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THE OMATTA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 27, IPO?.
CUR EARLIEST GOLF CUJB
Did iTeiident-Elect Taft Err In So
Call In j St. Andrew's f
PEIOll ONE IN WEST VIRGINIA
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aaratea in rw York state
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Gam Was Yaaasj.
NEW YORK. DM- President-elect
Taft In tha hearty letter read at th recent
dinner In this city of the St. Andrew's Golf
club, referred to the club lh oldeet
In this country. This 1 now true, for Since
the orranlsatlon on November II, 1888, there
v.. h.n no luu In Its activities; but It
-was not the first one. Recent Investigation
has disclosed that there was a golf club
started In West Virginia In 1884 or 1887
which flourished until about 1900, and possi
bly than were other local clubs or tne
same era, but none of this pioneer band
haa survived.
The location of th West Virginia club
was about four miles from Whit Buipnur
flnrmn In Bresnbier county, on the slopes
of the Allegheny mountains. Ftank O.
nelnhart, who, when at Princeton, won the
lnteroolleslat Golf association cnampion
ship, has been visiting" there for eighteen
or twenty summers and has played over
that nrlmal course.
Two of the five founders of St. Andrews
were native Scots, the late Robert lockhart,
who. on one of his business trips, brought
from that country the first clubs and balls
ver seen In Yonkers. and John Reld. The
others were their neighbors, the late Harry
. Unlhrook. 11. U. xaunwMiBo "
l. . - nr.- VU1nt AJItirsA had ItS
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Inspiration also 1n Scotchmen who obtained
their playing equipment from their native
land.
i. R Canr Montagu In a letter from Oak'
hurst. White Suiphur Springs, states that
tha first srolf oourse consisted -oi tnree
practice holes laid out at Orey Cliff, the
estate of George. Grant, to whom the
charms of th game had been introduced
by his cousin. Lionel Tarrln, who had
played In Ceylon. This was In 1S86 of
1887. About tha sam year a seven-hole
links was laid out at Oekhurst, the country
place of Montague' father, and a little
club formed., The earliest members were
Messrs. Grant, Tarrln, Montague and A.
E. and R. MacLeod, who purchased a chal
lenge medal which was played for at regu
lar Intervals. For a long time all the clubs
nd balls were brought over from Scotland
bv friends of the MacLeods or by them
as they went back and forth about everr
mn vears. It was at that time quite im
possible to get clubs or balls at any of the
snorting goods houses In this country. The
seven-hole course was somewhat ovar a
mile for the round and three rounas w.
.v.- .,ii anntest. It had a number of
itiv
vot-v snortv hazards.
Th call to members to attend the St.
.Andrews dinner said it was to celebrate
w. twentieth anniversary of the "organ-
.nA Incornorati&n." According to
' the recollections of old-time Manhattan
golfers the club was not Incorporated untH
h. 4ntr of 1892-88. when It had been de
cided to leaaa or buy land for a better
. tvi.t the
. course. It. is on recoru, u"
Bhinnroo.k Hills Golf club was Incorpor
ated at Albany in 1K1 and for two years
.... .unilnni had Been unaer "J
v iurv V '
, mnr m.t Southampton. 1
it,.,, im Ana areat honor that Is due to
the Bhlnneoock Hills Golf club. It has not
skipped an open or Invitation tournament
any season slnoe the inaugural one In 1891
In addition, the national championships of
1896 wera held over the sand dunes, and.
besides, special competitions arranged U
give matches to the visitors. Willie Park.
Tr snd Harry Vardon. the Shlnnccock
Hills folk gave a special tournament to en.
tertsln the Oxford and Cambridge team In
1903 Also the club had the women's na-
i. lam the best and most generously
IUIIDI 111 .
conducted tournament ever held for the
feminine golfers. The uaraen v-.u
club held its usual Invitation last spring
tha amateur .championship last fall.
but it Is exceptional that a metropolitan
golf association club does not drop IU
tournament the season It gains a nattonal
championship.
Golf was a family picnic at St. Andrews
In 1S88. It was played over a few holes on
th. fl-Ms ODOOSlte the Holbrooa nonio.
Gardeners were engaged to keep the grass
short on the putting greens and to mow
tha fairway every week. Clubs and balls
bore Scottish trade marks, and so that the
members might recognise their own bands
of colored pamta were on the club shafts
In croquet, mallet style. When Harry Hol-
u t. in.t the head of a favorite
mashle ha had to send the club by Lock
hart to havs a new one refitted. Balls were
..r xid the members did not think the
hours wasted that they spent In the long
.,.. Marching for one. The holes were
au out bv hand and were very shallow.
After holing out the players would take a
ik of earth from the edge of tho hole to
make a tee with, so that at the close of
the play the hole would be the else of a
soup plate. Sand boxes, tin cups, disks
and caddie bags were all unknown. So
wr raddle boys, and those to volunteer
were often Fred Holbrook and the Reld
bova. John. Jr.. and Achle.
"As the twig inclines the tree will grow,
.ni not lonsr after young Holbrook and
John Raid, jr., started scholastic golf by
laying out the, first course at Lawrence
vtlle. When Rsid went to Yale he helped
to begin golfing there, while Lawrencevllle
boys Inaugurated the game at Princeton.
Oolf at Harvard was due mainly to boys
front 8t. Paul's and - St. Mark's schools.
Many persons had been hit with flying
' golf balls or club heads before Simeon
Ford,, as be told th St. Andrews diners,
one soaked John, D. Rockefeller at Lake
wood on the off hind leg in the golden
calf, from his. tee shot '.'The only man
' probably to ever touch John D. and get
away with If but th very first accident
"In American golf happened on this llule
course. Kenneth Putnam and Fred Hol-
t.rnik were in a maicn wiira ins mi m
the former's cleek flew vt f. It hit young
Bogert. who was serving as caddie, but
did not seriously hurt him.
A tent served as a club house for the St.
Andrew's goiters on the Holbrook couise.
. la loS they bad a short seven-hole course
on ground now part of th Ewlng estate.
. Th John Reld gold medal wss played for
there a, won by P.. Cortlandt Myers. A
spreading apple tree was the shelter and
V clothe rack for the goiters, supplemented
r on special days by a tent In ISti-W
; there was a great accession of new mm-
bers who learned th gam at Southamp
ton or abroad. The removal- to the nhie
: hole course at Grey Oaks. In tha suburbs
i of Yonkers on the Sawmill Rer road.
? was In tha spring of UH An fld farm
v house was equipped as a atmfortable
club house and Bam Tucker brought from
! England to be a professional. bo was later
JoinoJ ty his brother. W11L' The mem
. btrshlp Increased very fsst and for two
years or so St. Andrews had the best
rours end horn around Manhattan.
Hut in VSm-M tha gam had so spread that
matches wer regularly played with
; teams from Staten Island, Long Island and
Xw Jerre clubs: also with Philadelphia
and Boston teams. Th St Andrew's Golf
j rlub la irM felt th nee', of expansion if
It wss to keep its foremost place. The
ground was Act well suited to an eighteen
hole course, besides, th Boston owners
would not flft selling price, and there was
nothing to do but seek a new spot
St Andrew's held open tournament each
fell over the Sawmill River course and sn
annual professional tournament also. A
notable match in 1896 was between Willie
Psrk, Jr., the twice British champion, and
Willie Campbell, then engaged at Boston.
There have been open amateur tourna
ments of Importance over tho Mount Hon
course, but not for some years. Th
Metropolitan . Golf association champion
ship of 1W6, In which Jerome D. Travers
earred his first title, was the most Im
portant tournament ever held at the Mount
Hope links, arid In ISM the Philadelphia
New York match, the earliest of the semi
annual series that haa been succeeded by
th trt-clty match, was held at St An
drew. Th club, has had but three presi
dentsJohn Reld for many years, J. C
Ten Eyck for one year, and J. B. Thomas,
One tournament over the Sawmill River
course has had an Important bearing on
American golf history. The Newoptr Golf
club announced an amateur championship
for September I and i 1904, but made the
mistake of holding the competition at
medal play th gam of th professionals
at open championships. There war twenty
starters and th program called for thirty,
six holes of medal play. The winner was
William Lawrence, entered from the New
port club, and who had learned the game
at Tau, France. He did 188 and beat C. B.
Macdonald by on stroke. The latter then
played from the Chicago Golf club, and
began golfing when at St Andrew's uni
versity, Scotland. '
Committeemen of our St. Andrews
promptly arranged for an amateur cham
pionship at match play on October 11, 12
and 13. Macdonald had his revenge by de
feating Lawrence In the semi-final, 2 up
and 1 to play, but he was beaten 1 up In
the final by L. B. Stoddart, an Engllnhman,
who had learned his golf In that country.
The clash and the consciousness that the
game had a great future in this country
brought the leaders Into council on Decem
ber, 22, 1904, the United States Oolf associ
ation came Into existence at a meetlna
In the Calumet club, Manhattan. Charter
members were St. Andrews. Shlnnecock,
Hills, Chicago Golf club. Country club,
Brookllne and. the Newport Golf club.
Ohio Is the1 mother of presidents and St.
Andrew Is the parent of many golf clubs.
There was a great opening of new courses
about Manhattan In 1895-97, and In most
cases the founders were players over the
old course. Each new club sapped the en
ergy of St. Andrews In a manner, for It
meant the loss of a few members. It was a
critical time too, as. property for an eight-een-hole
course had been bought at Mount
Hope and a clubhouse finished. The re
moval was In the latter year. T. "A. Have
meyer, first president of the United States
Golf association was the financial backer
of the undertaking ond his sudden death
made a complication. The election of Joseph
R. Thomas, as president, ended the club's
troubles and it Is now very prosperous,
There are few better Inland cotrrses In the
country, and should the United States Golf
association ever open Its heart to give the
old club a national championship the public
win find this out.
NICKNAMES FOE BALL CLUBS
Bis; Teams Seldom railed After the
Cities They Represent.
It Is an odd fact that the base ball teams
representing leading cities In the United
States are seldom called by their proper
names. When fans are talklne- base hull
they rarely refer to John McOraw's great
team as the NewYork Nationals, but af
fectionately cling to the time honored
name. "Giants." This Is the case prac
tically all over the country and the reasons
for It Is Interesting. With two ball
teams In a major league city It Is easier
to distinguish between them by using nick
names than tacking on the name of the
league which each represents. Hence we
have ths "Giants" representing the
metropolis In tha National league and the
"Highlanders" or. "Yankees" doing the
same in the American league.
In the old days, say twenty years ago,
the same practice prevailed but not ex
actly for the same reason, as two clubs
in a single city, barring Philadelphia,
could not live. The New Yorks were first
nicknamed the "Giants" In those days
because the players were all big men.
Buck Ewlng, Tim Keefe, 'Roger ' Connor,
Bill Brown, George Gore, Ed Crane, Jim
O'Rourke and Mike Tternan were , six
footers and powerfully built. The Brook
lyns were called the "Bridegrooms" be
cause a majority of them had just been
married. The Chlcagos, under Anson,
were known as tha "White Stockings." for
the reason that they wore hose of that
color, and the St. Louis Browns under
the leadership of Comlskey were simi
larly named. So were the old Cincinnati
Reds, while alt the Boston , teams were
known popularly as the "Beaneaters."
The Cleveland!, with Pat Tebeau at
the helm, were dubbed "The Spiders," as
some of the players were slightly built
and had thin legs. The old Detroit cham
pions were always called "The Wol
verines" and the Plttaburg team bore the
name of "Smoky Cltys" and "Pirates'
from time Immemorial. The Washing
tons were hailed everywhere as "The
Senators," while In Quaketown the
Phillies and the Athletics -Were the same
old rivals. The Indianapolis team was
nicknamed the Hooslers and the old Met
ropolltans of the American association
were known familiarly as the Meta. The
Loulsvllles were the Colonels and In US!
there was such a team as the St. Louis
Maroons In the defunct Union association
engineered by H. V. Lucas.
Nowadays we hear of the Boston Red
Box of the American league and the
Boston Doves, named for their reputed
Owner, George B. Dovey. The Brooklyns
are staggering under th name Trolley
Dodgers . and 1 In Chicago we have the
Cubs and the White Sox. The Cleveland!
have been nicknamed the Naps because
th greet Lajole la their leader, while the
Detrolts are known all over tha land as
The Tigers. In St Louis ths Browns and
the Cardinals are rivals for patronag.
The Washingtons have shaken th sena
tors for th Nationals, but the Cincinnati!
and Plttaburgs still stick to the Reds and
the Pirates. That is the case with the
Phillies and the Athletics In Phtladelphl
too.
Some of the other nicknames sra the
Baltimore Orioles. The Jersey City Skeeters,
the Newark Bailors, the Providence Clam
Diggers, the Flour Cltys of Rochester,' the
Buffalo Bisons, the Montreal Royals, the
Milwaukee Brewers, the St Paul Angela
the Kansas City Blues, the New Orleans
Pelicans and others too numerous to men
lion.
HOWARD JONES GOES TO YALE
lyracsw lurk Will Have Chars; (
the Kit Team.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.. Dec. M.-It was
reported here rucently that Howard Jonea,
Tale, 'l. and coach of this year's Syra
cuse university foot ball team, will be
placed In charge of the Tale l4 foot ball
squad. Jones did excellent work with th
New Yorkers last season and great efforts
have been made to place him In charge of
the Bulldog's gridiron affairs. The Navy
and Syracuse are both after Jones for aext
year, but he will undoubtedly glvs his
service to bis alma cnaWr,
MANY BOXERS TURN TABLE
Defeat Does Not Necessarily Prerent
Eeyersal in Form.
WHIPPED MAN OFTEN GETS BACK
Iastaaees Hiatroii In Which Pugi
lists Kaoehed Oat r Beaten an
Decision Have gabseaaeatly
Beat Their Coaejaerars.
When Bill Papk knocked Stanley. Ket-chr-1
out In their mill at Lns Angeles last
fall It wa generally believed because of
the so-called mystic sign In puslllsm thst
Ketchel could not "come back" when he
met. Fapk again in 'Frltco. But when
Ketchel surprised everybody by putting
Pnpke to sleep the historians of the boxing
game begsn to unearth similar case In
which pugilists once beaten or put to sleep
regained their lost laurels In mills with
the same antagonists.
Beginning with old Bob Fltxsltnmons, for
Instance, It Is on record that he wss besten
In Australia In four rounds by Jim Hall,
but that when they met several year
later In New Orleans Hall was sent Into
dreamland In the fourth round. Fits also
lost on a foul to Sharkey In California,
but he turned around and knocked the
burly sailor dead In a quick fight at Coney
Island.
George Dixon, while he held th feather
weight title, was knocked out one night
In Philadelphia by the Kentucky Rosebul,
Walter Edgerton, but that did not cut any
1c with Dixon, who In another bout beat
Edgerton decisively. Dixon lost a decision
to Frank Erne In a twenty-round bout In
189 and then turned the tables In twen-ty-flve-round
fight which took plac flv
irenths later. Dixon also defeated Eddie
Lenny In a twenty-five-round affair, only
to be defeated by the same pugilist In nine
rounds not long afterward. Pedlar Palmer
and Dixon met tour times. Tho first bat
tle was a six-round . draw. After that
Palmer got decisions over Dixon In fifteen
and eight-round bouts,- but In the fourth
battle Dixon won with something up his
sleeve In twenty-five rounds.
Tommy Burns was beaten In a six
round bout by Philadelphia Jack O'Brien
In Milwaukee several years ago, but Bums
squared accounts when he double crossed
O'Brien In a twenty-round mill at Los
Angeles. O'Brien, by the wsy, was put
away by Young Peter Jackson in thirteen
rounds at 'Frisco, but after that the Phila
delphia boxer beat Jackson twice. In two
rounds and again In ten.
Pete Maher, who was twice knocked out by
Joe Goddard, once In three rounds at Coney
Island, and again In one round at Phila
delphia, came back remarkably In a third
encounter by putting the Barrier Champion
away In eight slashing rounds in this city
Young Corbett Is another example. Dur
ing his early ring career he was sent to
the Land of Nod by a green boxer named
Jack Dempsey In 'two rounds at Pueblo,
but two weeks later Dempsey was ham
mered down and out by the Denver boy in
three rounds. It was In 1901 that Young
Corbett was put to sleep by Kid Broad In
four rounds In Denver, but later Broad
was twlc beaten on decisions In ten round
bouts.
Jimmy Handler knocked out George Gard
ner, once the light-heavyweight-champion.
In eighteen rounds In 1899, but the next
year Gardner beat Handler to the floor
for tha count In three rounds. Oscar
Gardner, the Omaha Kid. twlc redeemed
himself. Tommy Dixon beat him In thirty
six rounds at Kansas City, but later Gard
ner reversed matters In a twemty-round
bout at Rochester. Billy O'Donnell also
beat the Omaha Kid at Memphis In eight
een rounds, but afterward Gardner was
victorious in six rounds.
Joe Gans suffered a defeat at the hands
of Frank Erne in twelve rounds in the old
Broadway Athletic club, the colored man
quitting because he said Erne had butted
him over the eye. In another mill, how
ever. Gans stopped Erne In a round. Then
Dal Hawkins beat Gans In fifteen rounds,
but not long afterward Gans treated Hawk
ins to the "sleep potion" In two fights, one
of two and the other of three rounds.
Tom Sharkey treated Ous Ruhlin to a
knockout In a punch, so to speak, at Coney
Island, but two years later Ruhlin, who
had Improved, stopped Sharkey In fifteen
rounds In the same arena and tnen re
peated the trick In eleven rounds at the
National Sporting club of London. Yank
Kenny once beat Ruhlin In sixteen rounds,
but the latter recovered his lost laurels In
six-round bout at Hartford. I
President Roosevelt, then police commis
sioner, saw Peter Maher xnocK out joe
Choynskl In a bloody six-round fight at
tho Broadway Athletio ciun. Lter, in
nother mill, pulled off In Chicago. -Choyn
skl was a decisive winner in six rounds.
Johnny Griffin took th count In three
rounds in his first bsttle with Australian
Billy Murphy In California, but he reversed
matters when he stopped Murphy In seven
rounds at Coney Island. Frank Craig, the
Harlem Coffee Cooler, got a punch on the
Jaw from Joe Butler, a Philadelphia
negro, which scored a gnocxoui in two
rounds, but the next time they met Butler
was a soft mark.
Jack Dempsey, the Nonparlel, put George
La Blanche, the Marine, away in thirteen
rounds at Larchmont In their first en
counter, but when they fought again on
the coast Dempsey was stopped in thirty-
two rounds.
Owen Zelgler knocked out Charley MC-
Keever In three rounds ana two yea.
later McKeever squared accounts In a six
round mill, on a decision. Martin Flaherty,
th Lowell boxer, was beaten in eight
rounds by Danny McBrlde In this city, but
In another mill McBrlde went to sleep In
th elshth round. George Slddons defeated
Tommy White In forty-on rounds. Then
White turned th table In six.
Jimmy Walsh, th clever bantan, lost to
Al Demont In a ten round bout and de
feated the later In twelve rounds later on
Walsh suffered defeat at th fcanda of
Digger Stanley In fifteen rounds In
London and then beat Stanley In twenty
rounds at Boston.
Battling Nelson Is not an exception. When
h Was a novice, Jos Percent beat him In
six rounds, after which Nelson turned th
tide In eight. Nelson then trimmed In
twenty round bout by Jimmy, Brltt. on
a decision In Frisco and later h knocked
Brltt out In eighteen rounds. Th Battler
was defeated by Gans at Goldfleld In
forty-three rounds, but Gans was knocked
out in two battles by Nelson, who thereby
won the lightweight championship of the
world.
Jack Root was put to sleep by George
Gardner In two fights, once In seventeen
rounds and again In twelve, after which
Root won In a six round affair In the
Windy City. Jack (Twin) Sullivan lowered
his colors to Hugo Kelly In six rounds and
then trimmed Kelly cleanly in a twenty
round battle.
Even the great Jeffries comes under
this head, for h lost the decision In
four round bout with Jack Munroe, the
counterfeit, at Butte, but when he tackled
the miner again In 'Frisco the latter was
punched Into a 'helpless state In two
rounds.
Al NVU. th California middleweight
Buffered defeat twlc In th hands of
Jack Moffatt. but tha latter went down to
defeat In three rounds, all these mills
being decided inside of four months.
Staatoa Abbott of England lost to Bill
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Baxter In three rounds and afterward beat
the latter In twelve rounds for ths 126
pound chaplonshlp. Abbot was also
trimmed by Sam Baxter, only to turn th
tables a few months later; Fred Johnson,
the British featherweight, also shifted
honors with Bill Baxter. He beat him In
three rounds in 1887, and then lost the
118 pound championship of England to him
In forty-two rounds the next year. Johnson
beat Baxter In six rounds In 18S9, was
defeated him in twenty rounds In 1880
and 'then won a six round bout In 1894.
Joe Walcott detested George Gardner in
thirty rounds on the Coast in 1901, but the
next year Gardner had no trouble In taking
the measure of the Giant Killer In twenty
rounds, also In California. These cases are
used as a conclusive argument that there
Is little truth In the assertion that one
boxer beating another can never reverse
the odds In a subsequent encounter.
GOTHAM TEAMS AFT EE PLAYERS
G-taats, 8 d per baa and Yankees AU
Waat New Men.
NEW TORK. Dec. M. Now that the
annual base ball meetings of the major
league are things of the past fandom is
beginning to look once more toward the
season of 1909. From the time that the
world's championship series closed there
have been rumors of trades and deals
whereby each of the major league clubs
hope to develop a team of sufficient calibre
to clinch either the Pull lam or Johnson
banners and subsequently the premier
title of the universe. For a while these
glowing reports furnished some excellent
gossip, but now the supporters of the na
tional pastime are seeking not the ordinary
winter base ball dope, but trades that have
something of the substantial and reason
able about them.
The three local clubs, the Giants,
Tankees and Superbas, are still In the field
for deals. It Is evident, of course, that the
Brooklyn club, first of all. Is desirous of
procuring a manager, .and President Efobets
appears to have his mind set on BUI
Dahlen, the Boston shortstop, former Giant,
but Just here John J. McGraw and Dovey
have .put Ebbets In a hole. Ebbets waited
too long before putting through' a trade
that would get him Dahlen as manager,
and now he Is up against It. The Superbas
are without a head, and Ebbets must
make a sacrifice to land this necessary
adjunct to his team.. He says he would
have bought Dahlen from Boston If Dovey
had not made the figure so high. It was
something like 111,000, but that, was a Joke
that Ebbets did not appreciate.
'I am perfectly willing to sell Dahlen
If they will ,glve me a reasonable price
for him," said Dovey, "but I had rather
have a player who could take his place."
He laughed about the $11,000 and Intimated
that if was a Joke.
Ebbets then said: "I can't give Boston
one of my star men. for Dahlen Is getting
old, and If he proved a failure aa a man
ager he would not be any too fast as a
shortstop. If Dovey Is willing to sell him
reasonably I will try and trade with him."
Ebbets, however, waited too long, and
now he has got to turn loose a good man.
Boston Intimated to Wm that they would
like to have Hersog, of the Giants, to take
Dahlen's place at short. Hhbets then went
to MpOraw. Now, McGraw holds the whip
hand. He will not turn loose Hersng un
less he gets something good, and Boston
will not trade unless they get Hersog.
Ebbets went to see McGraw again, but
they were unable, to do anything. McGraw
has suggested that he would take Hum
mell, but Ebbets threw a fit Immediately
and said that he couldn't afford to sacri
fice one of the best men on his club. IIo
Is whlpsawed either way he turns. In
either event he only gets Dahlen, while
Boston and New York must each get I
star man. If nothing else can be done
Ebbets may appoint Iumley manager, and
stop the whole proceedings.
WAR ON RACING ON THE COAST
Reformers at Baa Fraaelsca Will Try
ta atea Game. '
ban rKANt-'iBCU, Dec. M. The "re
formers" are trying to kill racing here
Just aa Governor Hughes killed it in New
York state, but in 'Frisco it Isn't a "blue
nose" proposition. Th fight against the
racing game Is the result of a political
scrap. Racing goes on nine months In the
year In California. Naturally there are
tremendous financial Interests, and many
politicians are In for a slice here and
there. The Insiders are always trying to
hang on to their graft and the outsiders
are always trying to break in. This makes
a fight within the ring, and there are al
ways a few real reformers hanging around
the outskirts ready- and anxious to take a
hand. No doubt there are a few genuine
reformers In the California movement, but
they ere In a small minority.
It la not likely that raring will be
stopped In th Golden State. California
has always been liberal, like Nevada, and
moat of th western states, whvre there
are ao blue-nos traditions,'
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SAFE ROAD TO TRAVEL
TICKET OFFICE,
CHANGES IN RULES OF GOLF
Many Alterations Made in Code Gov
erning' Play on Links.
NO THREESOMES IN TOUBNEYS
Other Deviations from Practices of
the Fast that Will Work to
Advantage of tha Game
Art Adopted.
NEW TORK, Dec. 26. Many changes are
coming next year in the rules of golf. So
much has been heard of that '"out of
bounds" rule, together with that relating
to the "line of the putt," that further
comment Is not necessary, but there are
other alterations which will puzzle some
players. For instance, under the new read
ing of the rules a player will be allowed to
remove sufficient sand to enable him to
see the top of the ball when lying In sand,
whether In a hazard or otherwise. This Is
g. consummation sure to be fully taken
advantage of, but there Is likely to be
difficulty In discriminating when the new
law ought to come into operation. Added
to this many are likely to take advantage
of the reading of the rule as an excuse
for grounding the club In a hazard.
The rule relating to casual water on the
putting green has also been amended, and
the new order of things will be pleasing
to most. Under the old rule a player could
only lift and place Immediately behind the
water, but under the new code a ball lying
In casual water on a putting green may be
lifted without penalty and placed within
two club lengths, but not nearer to the
hole, so as to afford a putt without casual
water Intervening.
A rulo likely to put a curb on the hurried
putter Is that which says that it a player
plays before his opponent's ball Nls at rest
on the green he will forfeit the hole. The
old rule covered this phase, but previously
the penalty was only one stroke.
In medal play, if a competitor plays more
than one stroke with the wrong ball, ex
cept when in a hazard, he will lay himself
open to disqualification. Should the error
be discovered, however, after playing the
first stroke he will incur no penalty. If he
should then proceed to play his own ball.
Another rule that the new code makes
more drastic Is that relating to play within
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twenty yards of the hole before the flag
stick has been removed.
A player who hits the pin or the person
standing at the holt! within this distance
was formerly penalized two strokes, but
under the new code the penalty is doubled
. Following is a summary of tho chief
alterations:
1. A ball must be dropped over the
shoulder Instead of the head.
2. A player will be entitled to remove
sufficient sand to enable hint to see the top
ot the ball when lying In sand, whether in
a hazard or otherwise.
Formerly this could not be done.
3. When a ball he been played out of
bounds, another ball must be dropped at
the spot at which tho shot was played, but
If the ball has been driven out of bounds
from the tee, another ball may be teed on
the teeing ground.
Under the old rules teeing was inadmis
sible. 4. A ball lying In cnsual wntrr on a
putting green may be lifted without pen
alty and placed within two club lengths,
but not nearer to tho hole, so as to afford
a putt without casual water Intervening:
and the same course my be taken If
casual water Intervenes between the bnll
and the hole.
Under the old rulo a player could only
lift and place Immediately behind the
water.
5. Dung, wormcasts, snow and lee on
the putting green may be removed by
scraping them aside with a club; hut the
club must not be laid with more than Its
own weight upon the ground, nor mu.it
anythng be pressed down, either with the
club or In any other way. Brushing it
with the hand will not be permitted.
Formerly It was permissible to brush
away earth, sand, wormcasts, snow, ?tc.,
lightly with the hand.
8. If a player plays before his opponent's
ball Is at rest on the putting green, he
will lose the hole, Instead of a stroke, as
formerly.
7. The following changes relate to stroke
play:
(a) The committee In charge of a com
petition will now be responsible for adding
up the scoring cards, not the secretary, aa
formerly.
(b) If a player plays outside the limits
of the teeing ground he will lose . stroke,
and the second stroke must be played In
side the teeing ground.
Under the old rule the penalty was dis
qualification. c) Except when In a hazard. If a player
plavs two consecutive strokes with a wrong
hall, he will- be disqualified; but If he
plays only one such stroke will Incur no
penalty if he then plays his own ball.
XTnder the old rule, playing two consecu
tive strokes with the wrong ball did not
disqualify, provided that the player dis
covered his mistake before playing from
the next tee, or In the case of the last
hole, before handing In his card.
(d) ' It a competitor plays morn than one
stroke with a ball other than his own. In
hazard and the mistake Is discovered be
forefore he his played a stroke with the
wrong ball outside tho hazard, no penalty
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will be Incurred, provided that he then
plays his own ball.
(e) If a player plays within twenty vard
of Ue hole befoie the flagstlck s removed,
and the ball hits tho bik or the person
standing at the hole, he will Incur a pen
ulty of two strokes.
The old rule, which provided that a
player who played within twenty yards of
the pin without having It removed was
Ipso facto liable to a penalty of one strok
has been rescinded.
(f) Players must play In couples, and lr
a player is left without a match,, the com
mittee must provide him with a companion
or a marker. The rules are silent as to
sex.
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gether. BILLIARD TOURNEY AT CHICAGO
Great Championship Match Is Being
Arranged.
NEW YORK. Dec. 36.-What promises to
be one ot the best professional champion
ship billiard tournaments ever held in this
country is that slated for Chicago during
the latter part of February or early March.
Practically all the star players In the
world of the cue and Ivory ball have an
nounced their intention of entering the
competition for the world's title at elgh-titn-lnch
balk line, two shots In. Of all
the probable entries there is none that has
attracted more attention than that of
Calvin, Demarest, the former amateur
championship, who created quite a sensa
tion last winter by establishing a new
amateur record for a high run. Willie
Hoppe also has stated that he will be there
to try to regain his title, while Slosson,
Sutton, Cutler and Mornlngstar will prob
ably be among those present at the green
cloth table. At the present time it ap
pears thut Bchaefer will be the only
luminary of the cue, who will not shine
at the tournament.
Soliaefer has sent word from his Denver
home that he Is afraid his health will not
permit him' to show in Chicago until the
spring of the year. Tho rest of the would
bo contestants are busily engaged In prac
tice, and all eyes are watching the work
of Demarest. His . work Is Improving
rapidly, and those who know the game
like a book predict that before many more
championship contests have been played
the former amateur will hold the world's
professional title. When he enters the
play In February or March he will lack one
Important requlsito of a champion experi
ence In tight places. However, h ..has
been wonderfully steady la all of his prac
tice matches to date.
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