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Even Money
Is Predicted
For Big Bout
But 'Wise Coin' Will Doubt?
less Be Plaeed on Cham?
pion, as in the Past
By W. O. McGeehan
Whether or not twelve rounds be?
tween Jess Willard and Jack Dempsey
WU1 make a new chapter in the Queens
berry ring will remain a topic for dis?
cussion from the present writing until
Jatc in the afternoon of July 4. Later
(vi the discussion will become acri?
monious, and some of the conversation
will be backed with money.
Enthusiastic supporters of Jack
Dempsey are predicting that the con?
tender will go to the ring at even
money with the champion. They arc
not yet prepared to back this enthu?
siasm with coin of the realm. It is not
in the cards.
(?ranted ihat .less Willard is not the
most popular of the heavyweight cham?
pions, the money that is supposed to
be backed with wisdom always ?3 with
the champion until they dust the rosin
from his tights. The wise money will
1'ollow the customs of the ring in this
ca?e.
! or some mysterious reason the cn
thusiasm concerning Dempsey has be?
come considerably modulated since the
making of the match. A little before
the articles were signed it was more or
lc?s noised around that Willard had
become a corpulent old gent who would
be soft picking for a gent with a wal?
lop in either lin, such as Mr. Dempsey
undoubtedly possesses.
It is not so long ago that a number
of studious gentlemen who have been
pouring over pugilistic dope were be?
ginning to ligure that Frederick Fulton,
the ponderous plasterer, of Rochester,
Minn., would have quite a reasonable
chance with Willard. He was almost
as tall, ho had the punch and all that
sort of tiling. Then along came Mr.
Dempsey, escaped from tTia toils of
lohn the Barber, and knocked Fulton
for what is termed a goal with one or
two punches. Remember that Fulton
before that was quite extensively con?
ceded to have a CHANCE with Will?
ard. If that is so, taking the same line
of reasoning, Dempsey would havo a
considerably more logical chance.
But now it seems that Willard is not
so corpulent nor yet as aged as many I
had come to believe while he was in
retirement. He is down in Movieland,
riding bucking bronchos and fighting
the Mexicans and everything. From
all accounts he is able to move about
quite rapidly for his size without the
use of a dray. He may be carrying
270-odd pounds, but six feet seven
inches is a long frame, and you can
string a lot of beef on it.
Those who were beginning to wax
overenthusiastic concerning Dempsey's
chances are beginning to remember that
Willard has a straight left which he
can manipulate with great dexterity.
Tho face of Frank Moran bore testi?
mony to this effect after those ten j
rounds with Willard in the Garden. I :
am inclined to believe Willard's state- j
ment that he could have knocked out ?
Moran on that particular night, had he
been so disposed.
Unless Dempsey is even a greater
fighter than he seems to be?a younger
and greater John L. Sullivan?he would
have considerable trouble in getting by
that straight left if Willard chose to
make a defensive fight. That straight
left, working like a piston, ought to
keep Dempsey away until it became too
weary to work. Twelve rounds should
not weary a man like Willard. While
the champion is lazy and does not care
for training, he has lived a fairly clean ;
life. He can come back?for he never
really has been away in the sense that
it is used in the prize ring.
The expression "prize ring" perhaps
is a faux pas, because the promoters
and the officials connected with the
Wi'lard-Dempsey light insist that it
will be a boxing exhibition. Anything
ehe would shock the finer sensibilities
of a lot of gentlemen in Toledo.
Whatever the fight may be pugilisti
cally, the net result will be entirely
satisfactory to Tex Rickard, the pro?
moter, who is guaranteeing the sum
of $127,500 and is putting up something
like $70,000 more for the construction
of an arena. No doubt he is banking
on a gate of $500,000, the largest gate
ever drawn by a prize fight, boxing
contest, encounter, or whatever you
want to call it.
This gambler-miner-Boldier-of-for?
tune seems to possess a weird insight
into the strange psychology of the fight
bug. He has paid the biggest purses
and made the biggest money on boxing
matches. He does not protend to be an
ardent fight fan himseif, and probably
does not care who is champion after
July 4. But he has shocked the petty
larceny profes.sional boxing promoters
by handling boxing with scrupulous
commercial honesty and making big
money out of it. The chance always
was there, but the average boxing pro- i
rnoter would sooner steal a thousand ;
than make ten thousand honestly. At i
any rate that is the policy that they j
seemed to work on and that is why I
boxing?a clean sport and a man's j
sport?fell into disrepute.
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Patterson to Wave Flag
In Auto Speed Race
INDIANAPOLIS, May 9.?E. C. Pat?
terson, of Chicago, noted sportsman
and holder of the 'cross-country record
between New York and Chicago, has I
been selected to wave the checkered I
flag for the winner of the international !
600-mile Liberty Sweepstakes at In- !
dianapolis, May 33. j
Patterson has been identified with !
the speed sport for many years, and on
three occasions was an entrant in the
Indianapolis event, bringing over The
odor? Pilette to drive in 1914 and
backing Ralph De Palma in 3934 and
Hit. Pilette rewarded Patterson'? ef?
fort? by finishing fifth in the five-cen?
tury grind, and De Palma crowned his :
'Hr<<-r as a "?peed angel" by captur?
ing hrst place two years later.
Canadian Football Stars
Oppose New York To-day
"??<??? York soccer fans will have an i
opportunity to-day to see two of Can- j
ad&'s greatest players in action, Fidler !
and Malliy/ell, members of the All- ?
Canada eleven, which lost two games? |
one at Harrison, N. J., and the other !
on Toronto University field for the j
benefit of war charities -early last j
winter, to the nation?! champion Beth- i
lehem Steel eleven, have been mnm- >
h*.rn for several months cf the Mar- I
chant Ship Football Club Team A, of;
Harri m an, Penn.
The ?h?pb?ulder* will meet the New \
York football club Sunday afternoon j
in a .National League game, upon which j
may hang second plaee in the league's '
final standings this winter. Tommy
Cnnnlnghem, of Brooklyn, will rtferve. '
The game's *f*rt is set for 3 p. m.
THE first invasion of Southern golfers in college tournaments has been one
of the features of the early season. Georgia Tech sent a team of four
to compete in the East. The pictures below were taken when the
Georgians played Yale at New Haven Thursday, which tournament resulted
ma tie. Perry Adair, one of the stars of the Georgia team, however, did
loi ? Vn C?Jnt^t- e Pesides Adair on the Tech team are Bobby
Jones lorn Presco t and M. ScKley. The Yale players are M. W. Borders
? b Davis S. Scott and K N. Hawks. The Georgia Tech team is considered
the strongest aggregation of college golfers in the country.
Rickard9s Partner
Buys Victory Bonds
To Pay Fighters
TOLEDO, May 10.?Frank
Flournoy, of Memphis, associated
with Tex Rickard in promoting the
Willard-Dempaey championship
prizefight to be held here July 4,
on his arrivai in Toledo to-day
purchased $127,000 worth of
Victory Loan bonds, with which
to pay the fighters.
It was stated that WiHard will
receive $100,000 in bonds and
Dempiey $27,000. Flournoy will
open headquarters here next
week. Rickard is due to arrive
Monday and Dempsey will be
here Wednesday or Thursday.
Ad Thatcher, of the Toledo
Boxing Commission, and Mayor
Schreiber to-day went on record
as against Mat Hinke], of Cleve?
land, being appointed as referee
of the fight. It was reported
Cleveland interests are attempt?
ing to have Hinkal appointed.
Uncle Sam Studying
Age of Fish Family
To Etudy the age of fish and the ex?
tent of their migrations, the Federal
government is conducting through the
zoology department of the University
of Wisconsin a series of experiments
in which thousands of fish are being
tagged and recorded.
Fish of all kinds are caught in the
Madison lakes, measured, weighed,
recorded and put back into the water
at the spot at which they were caught.
Metal tabs are attached to their gill
covers to identify them. Samples of
their scales are filed with their records,
since age may be determined by the
rings on their scales. When they are
caught again, the tags and records will
indicate how far they have migrated.
About 1,200 fish have been tagged
and placed in the Madison lakes in the
last two years.
College Girls on Diamond
Many Stanford University girls have
answered the call for baseball candi?
dates and a first-class team will un?
doubtedly be organized. Mills College's
baseball team will cross bats with the
girls' nine of the Stanford University
on the Palo Alto diamond Saturday
morning, May 20.
Louisville Entries
First race; purs?, 11,200; claiming;
three-year-olds and upward; nix fur?
long?)?Madraii Gingham, 93; ?Humma,
102; ?Hasty Cora. 102; Lady Longfellow,
105; King Bill?. 107; Bllll? B., 100? Hund?
ir?an II., 109; Hob Hensley, 109; John, jr.,
109; Circul?t?. 109; Senator .Tames, 111;
Huffaker, 112. Also eligible?-P. aecfiil
Star, 109; Loys, 98; ?Mab.:l Trank. 100;
Ettahe, 107; Captain liurn?, 109; Noble?
man, 109.
Second rac? (purs?, $1,300; two-year
old?; maidens, colt* and geldings; four
furlongs) ? Hplce Bush, 109; Biirgoyne,
109, Melvin, 112; Overbold, 112; Jim
Hastings, 112; 1'arol, 112; Wilson tho
Great, 1>2; Inspector Hugh'-*, 112.
Third' race (purse, $1,200; throe-yenr
oldn and upward; one mile).Corlnns, 99;
8pearlen<\ 10?; Kree Cutter, 109; Hodge,
109.
Fourth rare (purse, $1,200; three-year
olds; six furlongs)?Allah, 104; War Tax,
10?; Betsy, 106; Lady Falrplay, IOC; Can?
dle Light, 111; Serbian, 111; Texas Hpeclal,
111; Discussion, 112; Corson, 11D; By
Heck, US: Lancelot, 115; Linden. 115.
Also eligible?Joyful, 10?; Hell Solar, IOC;
Hum lieh, 115; Joe Stahr, 112.
Fifth race I$4,000 added; Debutante
Stakes; two-year-olds; (lilies; four fur?
long?)?Lady in Black, 110; Mlssa, 110;
Mysterious Girl, 110; Busy Signal, 110;
Huby, 110; Hprlng Vale. 110; Miss Minks,
110; Iris, 110; Martha Luckett, 110; Sweet
Liberty, 110; Talisman, 110; Viola Oaffney
110; Viola Park 116; Pop Ryes, lit; Miss
Jemima, lift: Kmrna Waller, 110; Htar
view, 116; Furbelow, 118.
sixth race?(purse, $1,200; claiming;
three-year-old?; one mile arid seventy
yards)??leapfrog, 9?; Harking, 102; Day
rrion, 102; Laekiiwunna, 103; Dancing
lipm?/, IOS; Brimful, 104; Hunter Clark
105; Betttt IS., 105; Han? PeUr II., 109.
Seventh race (purse, $1,200; claiming
four-year old? und Upward: one ml|,. ,if|,?
? sixteenth)- Kentucky Hoy, J60; ?Mis?
tress Polly, 102; ?TaMae, 104; 'Hndland
?04; Hrynllwah, 104; *lrr<-gular, 107; I'au?
Connelly, 107; Baby Lynch, 107; Klapper
107; Bogart, 109; Ithymer, 109; Lottery'
109. Also e!lglble--*H!gh Low, )04:?
Lively, 109; Philistine, H?; ?Cheer Leader'i
104; Bonnl* Tes?, 107; Nominal, 112. 'I
?Apprentice allowance claimed.
Bohland of Paulist A. C. Victor in Modified Marathon
Run From the Bronx to City Hall in Rain
Contlmed from pagre 1
athletes on Audubon Avenue, and with
| the warning: "Get ready," Major
! Gonernl Alexander fired the gun that
i sent the field off in a wild scramble j
j for the lead. Speeding back of tho
official cars, the pacing position
? changed frequently, but at the one
? mile point Veteran John Costello,
1 Paulist Athletic Club, was in the van.
' Ho was closely followed by Poros,
! Bohland, Organ, Henigan and Ky
1ronen.
Both Pores and Bohland went about
! their business with determination. Tho
j pair gradually worked their way away
> from the pack, with Organ in close
! pursuit. The Pittsburgh runner pulled
j up on even terms with Bohland and
Pores as the three runners passed the
two-mile point all abreast. At this early
stage of the race, some were already
beginning to totter, and the field was
trailmg for more than a half-mile in
the rear.
Organ assumed the lead at the third
mile post by a matter of two yards, but
he did not maintain this advantage
long, as Bohland and Pores soon were
at his side. Kyronen, Costello, Laakse
and Henigan were following bunched
fifty yards behind anil maki ig no prog?
ress in gaining any ground on the lead?
ers.
Laakse soon moved up into fourth
place and managed to go'; fifteen yards
behind the throe; pacemakers. How
ever, his spurt was costly, for as the
field rounded 110th Street into Fifth
Avenue he bogan to fall rearward.
Running down the traffic congested
Fifth Avenue, Bohland, Pores _nd Or?
gan continued their wild fight for the i
honors. Passing Forty-second Street i
they were still running stride for stride,
with Laakse some fifty yards behind. !
Hankel fifth, Kyronen laboring along
in sixth place, Costello ninth and Hen- i
igun eleventh. A change came nt Thirty
sixth Street and Fifth Avenue, where
Organ begun to show signs of weak?
ness. Within half a mile Pores and
i Bohland had succeeded in gaining tw<
I blocks on the Pittsburgh man. The lat
i 1er managed to m:ke up half this dis
j tance, but ho never succeeded in catch
I ing the leaders.
The struggle now remained between ;
I Bohland and Pores, with the .irst name I
i running along easily and biding his
I time. Turning inte Lafayette ht Fourth
? Street Bohland tested Porea with a
' strong sprint, but soon slackened his
pace. Pores was therefore soon at. hi.'.
t side. However, Bohland three blocks
! further on, again surprised Pores with
a sprint, and again Bohland slowed
down after gaining n slight lead.
However, Bohland decided to make i
I his final bid to leave Pores behind :
within less than half n mile to the fin?
ish line. The Paulist boy iengtheneu
Max Bohlmuh Winner of Marathon
Crossing Finish Line in City Hail Park
his stride and Fores gave mad chase. ;
Both runners were straining every '
muscle, but Uohlnnd was the stronger
and slowly gained ground. ?le never
Slackened his pnce Iheronftor, and as ;
he reached City Hall Park lie<i a ft/teen
yard advantage on Pores. The lattoi
then culled into play every bit of re
Serve strength left in him, but to no
avuiI, na Bohland, with victory in sight,
bounded along with more vigorous
utricle;! to tho finish.
Both runners finished strongly and
were the recipients of -ongratulutions
for some time when the shout went up
that the third runner was in sight. It
was Organ, badly used up by the long
struggle
t
H on' They Finished I
1?Max Bohland, Pauiist A. C ... 0:55:56
J 2?C. Peres, iVlillroE? A. A. 0:35:57
: 3?Joe Ornan, Pittsburgh Press.... 0:5S :40
| 4?A. W. Fcher, Hun.-Am. A. C 0:56:55
1 5?0. Hankei, Logan Sq., Chicago. 0:57:03
! 6?W. Kyronen, Millrcso A. A..., 0:57:11
; 7?J. Costollo, Paulist A. C. 0:57:14
? P?O. Leak;;?, Kolcvo A. C. 0:57:13
! 9?J. Tcumincski, Hurja A. C,
j Quincy, Mass. 0:57:23
10?J. F. Lesgar, St. Anselm's A. C 0:57:38
11 -P. THtorton, uncttached.0:57:1
12?W. Jackson, St. Christopher Club 0:57:47
10?H. Ohman, unattached, Sweden 0:53:10
? 14?J. P. Weber, Pittsburgh Press.. 0:53:33
13?J. Henigan, unattached, Boston 0:53:39
16?J. P. Knox, Morningsidc A. C. C:.r;3:50
17?F. Travelena, Mohaw:: A. C... 0:53:52
18?Han? Schuster, unattached. 0:58:55
19.C. Mitchell, Si. Christopher Club 0:59:02
20?C. De Stefane, Millrose A. A. . . 0:59:05
21 ?P. Trlviloudls, Morningsidc A. C. .0:59:07
22?E. Wciman, Morningsidc A. C. . 0:59:03
23?Carl Linfe;, Hurja A. C,
Quincy, Mass. 0:59:15
24?A. E. Schmidt, Baltimore C. C. 0:59:16
25?.1. McGuiness, Mohawk A. C_ 0:59:25
26? J. Weber. Swedish-Am. A. C... 0:59:33
27?E. R. Johnson, Salera Cr. A. C. 0:59:41
28?James McNeil. Panlist A. C_ 0:59:42
29?John Goff, St. Christopher Club. 0:59:50
30?J. Giorgio. Pauiist A. C. 0:59:53
31?J. P. Phillips, P3?Hr,t A. C. 1:00:05
32- H. S. Kcppert, Mcadowbrook
Club. Philadelphia . 1 :00:14
33?H. P. Siegel, Mcadowbrook Club.
Philadelphia . 1:00:26
34?H. Kantu, Hurja A. C, Quincy,
Mass. 1 :00:29
35?C. A. Holl, Mohawk A. C. 1:00:40
36?H. C. Spies, unattached. 1:00:46
37?A. Morris, St. Christopher Club. 1:00:52
38?VV. H. (;rfi,r. Pittsburgh Press.. 1:01:00
39?W. Stokeley, St. Christopher
Club . 1 :01 :05
40?L. H. Hill, Mcadowbrook Club,
Philadelphia . 1 :01 :14
41?H. Kaulpnpinon. Kaleva A. C 1:01:16
42?A. T. Turner. MradawbrocU
Club. Philadelphia . 1:01:16
43?Julius Lorenz. Brooklyn A. A.. 1 :01 :22
44?N. Ginnnpoiju'os, Millrose A. A. 1:01:27
45?W. Rutol?, Finnish-Am. A. C. .. 1.01:43
46?M. Russell, St. Anselm's A. C. 1:01:52
47?A. Vaughn. Pittsburgh Press... 1:01:59
48- W. Boak. Mohawk A. C. 1:02:44
49- It. A. Williams, Hurja A. C
Quincy, Mass. 1 :02 :5C
50- J. Flatley, St. Anselm's A. C.. 1:02:59
51 B. Jfkel, Brooklyn A. A. 1 :03 :02
52?-I. Lehman, Mornineiid? A. C... 1:03:14
63..--V. Voteretsas, Millroge A. A.... 1:03:33
54?T. Birch. St. Anselm's A. C. . . . 1 :03:39
55 J. W. Sukop, St. Anselm's A. C. 1:03:42
06 G. Thompson, St. Christopher
Club . 1:03:50
57 C. M. Laitth, St. AnwImV A. C. 1:03:57
53 -F. Zablud;)fsky, Kints County
A. A. 1:0i:00
69?Max Rea, Glencoe A. C. 1:04:01
?0 J. Corinc. Pauiist A. C. 1:04:04
61--W. Burke, Pauli?; A. ('. 1 .-04:08
62--M. Seinfold. unattached . 1:04:12
63--T. E. Mueller. Brooklyn A. A.. 1:04:15
64?J. Holla, unattached . 1 :04:13
65?W. Holmnn, Finnish-Am. A. C . 1:04:26
66 J. Hemplinir. Boys' Cub.1:05:14
f.7 SI. Lrvln-rrub, Boya" Club. 1:05:17
Polo Devotees Awaiting
Tourneys Slated for East
Whippany River Club to Launch Season To-mor?
row, and There Will Be Almost ?Continuous
Activity in Sport Until Middle of September
With tho beginning of the Whippany River Club's tournament, which
opens to-morrow. Eastern devotees of polo will embark on a season of
almost continuous activity, continuing up through the first week of Sep?
tember. The only lapse in tournament play will be the interim between
the close of the Rockaway Hunting Club tourney, on July 12, and the
bearinnine. on Arams. 9. of tho Westchester Polo Club event.
.-uready most successful matches
j have been played in California and in
j the South at Aiken and Camden, so
j that from now on the Cast will be
i practically the centre of attention.
Under the present handicap system.
originated by H. L. Herbert, the best.
, of results have been attained.
In ?88S, two years before the Polo
Association of America was organ
1 ?zed, this system of handicapping in?
dividual playe's was first suggested by
: the donor of the Herbert trophies for
teams of four that year. The top
limit of any player was fixed at five
goals. It proved a thoroughly prac?
ticable method of affording tho be?
ginner an opportunity to play with the
more experienced followers of the
: sport.
Handicap Limit Raised
; Owing to the increased number of
! players it became necessary to raise
the handicap limit to ten goats in order
to classify them more minutely. After
two or three years the one official han
dicapper asked for the appointment, of
? committee of live to decide and re?
vise the ratings. This committee has
since bren raised to nine and is now
the executive committee of the Tolo
Association. The system is now in
genera! use wherever polo is played
and is incorporated in the Hurlingham
: rules.
Out on Long island the dates of the
; annual Meadow Brook classic this year
i are June 7 to June 26. A beautiful
I field has already been laid out and
about thirty players, including Deve
rcaux, Milburn, Robert Bacon and Mal?
colm Stevenson, will indulge in prac?
tice three clays of each week. There
is a steadily increasing interest in
; army circles because of the many foa
! tures of the game which are beneficial
j in military training. The height of
| mounts also has been raised by the
Polo Association and now conforms
to certain limits of the government
standard for military mounts.
A large number of English officers
have always owned their own horses,
. and a communication received .at the
..tucos of the Polo Association in New
York recently, reveals an interesting
provision in the will of Captain Fran?
cis Grenfell, of the 9t;i Lancers, who,
with his twin brother, Captain Rivers
' dale Grenfell, was an expert polo
I player well known in this country
and both of whom lost their lives in
i the war.
j His will stipulated:
"I give to my regiment, to whom
| the honor of my gaining the Victoria
Cross was entirely due, thanks to the
[ splendid discipline and traditions
i which exist in this magnificent regi
I ment, all my medals, including the
; V. C. My pony. Pearl of Price,
which was ridden by my brother. Cap?
tain EUvarsdale GreafeB, all through
: the retreat Erosa ttona and by myself
on all other occasions, I give to Mrs.
! Duggun, of Birrield. Old Windsor."
General Treat a Pelo Fan
General Charles G. Tieat. of the
A. E. F. >o France, mm of the Mr<?ngesc
polo advocates ?a the army and a
player of national renown himself,
writes tho Polo Association that ttj i
game is flourishing in tho remount
vice in Franco and that aucb players _s
Antilo PcvereaiiN. Victor C. .Mather.
Carletoa F. Burke. Phil Randolph and
half a do~.cn other- who have played
on the host teams in America arc tak
ing an activo interest in the sport.
Other advices from the Si h \rn?y
Corps, located in the roci?n of Mon
tigny-Sur-Aubc. are to the effect thr-'.
under the influence of Major C'-nera'
Henry T. Alien, corps commander, who
organized polo teams in the Philip
pines, the Octagon Po!?> Club was
formed on March 17 U.st, General
Allen being elected pre aid i nt aad Cap?
tain Edwin D. Morgan, jr., seetytaijr
and treasurer. A safBcicnt numlicr of
ponies vvere on hand and all the neces?
sary equipment was avail;: bio.
Among the members are Colonel
Hjolmer Erickson. Colonel Aibcrt NV.
Forman, Colonel Nelson E. Uargett?,
Colono! Ernest i'". Haskell, Colon i Jaj
A. Shook, Lieutenant Colonel Clarence
Lininger and Lieutenant Colonel Rob?
ert H. Lewis.
Tournaments announced by the Polo
Association in this country ate as fol?
lows:
Whippany Ei\rr Club. Mav 12 to May 22.
Wnt Point Pr>ie Club. May 24 to May 3t.
Philadelphia Country Club, Jonc 2 to
Jnno 14.
Meadow Brook Club. June 7 to Jun* 2G
Ui'.msop Country Club, Juiif 1S ?o Jnne._fi.
Hirkav._> iiuntinsr Club, jane 28 ta
J_!v 12.
Wcstchesffr Polo Club. _HC-&t 9 I? As
jra*t 23.
Thctjv.ind Islands Polo Club. August 23 to
3rplembrr 6.
Capahhinra Coming Bi?ek
Jose R. Capablancs, who defeated
Boris Kosti< h by 5-0 at Havana re?
cently, is expected back in New Yor':
shortly and will play for the Man hat'
tan Chess Club against the Capital
City Chess Club of Washington in C
telegraphic match on ten boards C
Decoration Day. The Washington
team will be very strong and will in
elude A. W. Fox, N. T. Whitaker, V.
Sournin, F. B. Walker, N. Zapolcc-i
i and I. Turover.
? '
Ta les of a Wayside Tee
_Bv GRANTLAND RICE_I
(Copyright, 1919, New York Tribune Inc) i
The average golfer is a queer, quaint,
bizarre, mysterious and weird institu?
tion.
lie doesn't like to practise. So he
is willing to go along and suffor the
slings and arrows of an outrageous
game?all the poignant ang-uish of ilub
bed drives and topped mashies and
missed putts, from month to month i
and from year to year, rather than :
take the time or trouble to improve. '?
We sometimes wonder ii' the average ;
player?or the duffer?or even the low ?
handicap man has ever taken time
to note the difference between practice
and play?
Take the c;..se of a man playing
around 'JO. In one round he will ap
proximate the average of 15 drives, '?
5 brassie or spoon shots. 6 full iron
shots, 7 niblick shots, 23 mashie or ?
jigger shot3, and 40 putts. This will i
be the distribution he gets for his i
2^2 hours of effort.
In Practice
Suppose he takes only two hours off
for practice. We made the test re?
cently to see just what could be ac?
complished along this line, with a
fairly active caddie.
The result was astonishing. Taking
out a dozen old balls to a secluded
part of the course, two hours of prac?
tice yielded the following returns:
36 tee shots.
.'((i full shots with midiron and driv?
ing iron.
?1 mashie shots from 100 to 140
yards.
72 chip shots, from 10 to 50 yards.
96 putts.
Against the total of 90 strokes takr-n
in a full round, requiring 2:?> hriurs,
Ik-re was a total of 324 strokes, with
different clubs, taken in two hours of
practice. The margin is nearly 4 to
1, with the added advantage of being
able to play one ?hot after another,
?rirais the delay, where it is easier
to make corrections and dig deeper
into the main cuuse of the trouble.
So far as improvement in steadi?
ness and correction of faults are con?
cerned, you can get as much out of
two hours of practice as you can from
four rounds of play.
No. it isn't as much fun?for that
day. But it pays a wonderful rate of
interest later on. when you can ceas;1
haunting the bunkers and the traps,
arn! where every alternate shot isn't
followed with "Here, boy, hand me a
niblick! "
The above prescription can be im?
proved to meet the individual case,
the main idea being to give the bulk
of your time to the club or clubs where
you are weakest, breaking up inc
practice schedule sufficiently to diver?
sify the occasion and prevent staleness.
As an Aid
There is no fun, of course, and no
great good, in making this practice
period a mere slogging affair- a mat?
ter cf just hitting the ball and let
it go at that.
There is plenty of interest at hand
in studying your faults and attempt?
ing to work out your salvation.
Then, again, a bit of imagination
won't hurt. Imagine, for example, t:.at
some ball near the cup is your im?
pellent's ball m a tight match, and
then see how often you can got un
close or even closer.
This will oil be good schooling, and
it will help remove the drudgery, and
there will be further satisfaction, as
the improvement begins, in noting the
startled look on old Hill Hoskins' face
in your next round as you begin lift?
ing patches of his hide at a ball a
bole.
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Will Outside Talent Break Through?
The open championship at Bracburn
after a lapse since 1916?is now less
than a month away.
While one of the main issues there
will be the amateur vs. the prof?:
the outlook for one of the foreign-born
stars to break through.
Alex Smith was the last Scot to win.
back in 1910.
The home-breds, led by such stars
as Ilagen and Brady amorj the pre;
and Ouimct. Travers and Evans amon,"
the amateurs, have the best of i!. Bet
tie foreign-born from Scotland ruin
England urc not to be overlooked. Not
v.-itii Jock Hutchinson and Jim Barnes
around, aided and abetted by such en?
tries as <iii Nicholis, George Fothcring!
kam, Wilfred Reid, Louis Tellier,
George Sargent and a few others.
Louis Tellier, the diminutive French?
man, will be playing over his home
course, and reports have him working
steadily below 80. And to operate
steadily below 80 at Bracburn is no
light accomplishment.
Barnes and Hutchinson will be i
main hope., of the outside clan, toi
both have proved too often their abi
ity to travel at vmcarmy speed. In th
last open Hutchinson ?ed the pros, fir
ishing only two strokes bact; of Evans.
Amateurs to Play
Chick Evans h;>> announced that lu
will not defend his title, but he may
change his. mind.
Even without Chici the amateurs will
be well represented. Francis Ou i met
is sure to start, and with the opoi
tunity io play Bracburn frequently be?
tween now and the June dale, he will
be a formidable entry. Ouimet's gam?
is so sound from tes to cup that if he
happens to be anywhere near iiis tup
form he will have as good a chai
win as Barnes, Hutchinson, Hacen o
pny of the best.
Jerry Travers is still uncertain ;?
to whether he will compete, but there
is a chance that he will ?::ct away and
take a shot at it.
Jestc Gui'ford is another amateur
who might bear watching. He iscr't
the consistent golfe- that Evans, Oui?
mct or Travers happens' to be, bat
Bracburn is a course to his liking. Hi?
swiping ability, his Iotik range fron:
the tee will give him a big jump, an?l
it his short game happens to be work?
ing well he will be worth watchlnp.
A few years, ;;go he was the only golfer
:- a big field to break 80 at B'raeburr.
three rounds in a row.
Just how many other amateurs will
compete is not known. Rut there is ?
strong chance that the list will in
elude John G. Anderson, .Max Marston.
Ned Sawver, (Jardiner White and pos?
sibly Oswald Kirkby.
sional, another important detail will be
The Bracburn Test
Bracburn is a course that, requires
the double test -both distance and
accuracy.
No slight hitter has a chance there.
Neither has the wild swinging goife"
who happons to be hitting a long ball
off the line. The golfer who can play
a long iron accurately will find this
course to his liking, and it is here that
Walter Hagen -ill figure. Kor Kagen
can probably get belter distance and
greater accuracy in his ?ron play than
any golfer in America. He can get
tremendous distances from close lies
and this faculty will help him more
than a little.
As for the winning score there will
be no ?S7 or 291, such as Evans and
Hagen won with in 1914 and IMA,
There will be v.o 297. the score Travers
had in UH5 at Baltusro!. The golfer
who can travel Bracburn four time?
for an even 300 will not be beaten
not very likely.
As we recall the scores, Ouimet, Var
don and Kay tied at 305 at Brookline in
1913. And Braeburn is even a harder