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TITE OMAHA SFXHAY T'.KFj: .TAXrAUY .1, 101.".
MORS ARE RETRENCHING
Some of the Bigger Ltafuei May
Abandon Spring Training.
TBIP IS ttUITE EXPENSIVE
V-mmt F1v T Tknwil Del la re
tk Freflt Derived Ant
Tr Worth th MBy
It Take.
Br FRANK O. MENUS.
NEW TCXRK, Jan. 1-Ooma of th big
minor tragus club may abandon tha
print training trip thl rear la keeping
with tha retrenchment policy.
"It costs ua from 16,000 to $10,000 each
year to tak tha spring trip, and past
experience ha convinced moat of ua that
tha trip lan't worth tha outlay," said ona
minor league magnate. "If we hit ft
streak of nice weather during the train
ing eamp daya It la likely that our mea
will get Into pretty good ah ape. But
even at that It doesn't mean that our men
will come north In much better snap
than they would be In If they had re
mained north and worked the klnka out
of their systems there.
"Very often a club hlta a spell of very
bad weather and that mean that the
benefits of tha trip are almost nil. The
players come bark In but little better
shape than when they left. -
"Another thing Is this: Players who
train In the south get used to the warm
climate. When It comes time to 'travel
north they begin to hit cold weather, and
whert they reach tha home town It often
happens that their muscles have become
stiff Again, and It will be a month before
they ana froned out.
North Training; ATnta,
"If a club trains In the north Its men
will work out in the same sort of climate
that they will face when they begin the
regular season. If the weather la cold
during the first two weeks of the regular
aeeaon It would not prove setback, as
It doea when the men train la tha south.
Tha men won't be so liable to get sore
arms and stiff muscles, because they will
be used to tha weather.
'Tha major league clubs make up part
of their expenses by playing exhibition
aramea while beating It back to the
north. The minor leaguers are not much
cf an attraction, because there are ao
many major league clubs dowa south,
and It rarely happens that we can get an
exhibition game that will bring any sort
of a gate receipt divvy."
. It look Just now as If the big league
dub In Organised Base. Ball are not
going to observe the new rule that limits
the. roster to twenty-one men between
May 1 and September . L Moat of the
managers have balked at the plan. A
club can operate for a season with twen-ty-ione
players, argue the managers, but
It can't build for the future by carrying
twenty-one men, and a successful man
ager la one who builds for the future by
keeping a lot of aubplayers oa ttm benoh
throughout the regular season.
If the twenty-one-player-rule had been
in tote soma years go It la mora thaa
likely that McOraw wouldn't hare bung
at . "Rube" Marquard so long, for
"Rub" would have been taking plane of a
man who was more valuable to MoOraw
at the time. Connie Mack probably
wouldn't have' kept Eddie Collins If the
twenty -ore-player rule was in force, for
Just at tha time that Collins broke Into
the game. Connie had a large flook of
veterans and ha would have given them
the preference over Collins If he had
been forced to bit some ( the excess
baggage loose.
ee Polly la Mailt.
.There are a score and more of Instances
similar to the Marquard and Collins
eases and the managers who are howling
gaJnst the twenty-ene-player-rule point
to them as exaraplea of the folly of limit
ing the roater to twenty-one men. There.
Xore, It Is more than likely that the Na
tional league at its February meeting,
will rescind Its rule and place tha limit
at twenty-three.
Tha American league, it Is aald! will not
force the managers to adhere to the
twenty-one-men-nile, and the managers
wl be permitted to cary about twenty
three men. . . . ,
If the twenty-one-player-rule wasn't
supposed to be In toroe la the National
league right now, John McQraw wouldn't
wast much time la getting the signature
of "Germany" Sobaefer to ft contract
The funny man from Weahingtoa has
been wasted by McQraw for ft long time.
MMnw figured that "Oecmany" with
hla rapid fir flow of humor, would, do
a -awful lot to keep th Olaata In good
apHU, and that "Germany" would keep
lb fans amused during the dull moments
sf the game. . . , , .
, ''But I can't grab Hchaefrr now," said
Med raw. if that twenty-one-player-rule
is to hold Ml have a hard Job in pruning
down my list of regular players to keep
ltbln the limit."
KiviattoSaveHis1
' ; Strength for Mile .
Record Smashing
NEW YORK, Jan. t.-Abel Klvtat'S
ambition to break the American amateur
-mil record of four minute fourteen and
two-ftftha second! ta
determlnatlon of the Irish American Ath
letic club middle distance runner to stay
out of all apecUl events for the remain
der Of th Indoor aon. This win K
"regretted by those who have had a chance
io ee in wonderful rorra displayed by
th Staten Inlander thta winter, but at
th asm time experts acre that in
lew of bis purposed attempt on th rec
ord no. is wise to keep out of strenuous
competitions. '
Becldea the hope of lowering John Paul
Jones- figure for the mil. Klvlat la anx
too to be In condition for the but aih
Ma meeting on the Parfio coast next
summer, and ha feels that tha war -nil
. tear of apecal events would serve to take
.ti edge off his speed. Ills Idea b to
Ve metiers easy during the winter by
competing In handicap races and relay
events, for which much tralnmg will
not be reauired. .
At present It Is KWifi plan to try for
the mile record as early In the spring
aa ha caa get In condition, perhaps at
. the game of U New York Athletic club
In June If tbe track Is right and a rao
to suit th purpose Is on th program.
1 ease he fills, then h m 111 still have
tli chance at tb championship meeting
to San rtancuKo.
Park ne te Ctaate.
Th city of Variln. Tex ..has presented
the New Tork National club with a deed
to Kmersoa Park, in kfarlln. where th
r;innt have beeu doing their spring work
e,,if'c 19". The property came to th
New York club as gift under an agree
ri tM tx-taeea the late President Jpha
1, Uruob and tne Mesltn lmmer"ll
1 u h. In which the '-Ity of Marlln screed
to itittia tba Ni Ytek club a present
t.i it. i tall park, pruvlucj they .?ir( their
lit-,,wia -here .Uioul any lutennlsaivu
fur te-tu eara. ,
DESIRE COSTSWELSH MONEY
Fanatical Ambition Eat Taken Tidy
Fortune from Champ ' Pocket
WORKS TOO MUCH AT ONCE
Fstaaoes Boxer's Vigor gapped as Re
salt n Is Oblla-ed ta Take,
sk Caspalsry Lay-off at
Great Ex pee.
By niilOIIDB.
NEW TORK. Jan, I A fanatical de
sir to prove to a fickle boxing publlo that
he Is a champion worthy of the name
has cost Freddie Welsh a tidy little for
tune. Since attaining th premiership in
th lightweight division. Marry Pollack's
industrous little charge has demonstrated
beyond peradventur that he Is a capable
till eh older and Is willing to consider as
an opponent anybody who has preten
sions to his crown.
When Welsh, upon his return to this
country after relieving Willie Ritchie of
the title In London, engaged in six fights
In as many weeks, the cry went out that
th new champion was avaricious and
was trying to corner th money market
But Welsh hss a different explanation,
and one that sounds plausible. Freddie
Insist that the deslr to fight at least
one a week was not actuated by cupid
ity, but by a sincere deslr to prov that
he waa a real champion.
True, Freddie cleared up approximately
ISO.ttM In those few weeks; but look at
how long h ha been passive. II has
been idle over a month now, and the
compulsory layoff has cost hint thou
sands. He waa forced to reat up In order
to regain his waning strength. Th
strain of fighting week in and week out
sapped the champion of vigor, and It
was deemed advisable by Manager Pol
lock that Freddie take a prolonged
siesta.
Welsh Hirer Shirks. .
But Walsh la not th sort that shirks
work ' when there Is work ' to be done.
While enjoying hi HtU vacation he has
found tlm to combine business with his
pursuit for pleasure. Freddie ha had
an y for th futur ever sine he em
barked on a boxing career, and It will
soon be seen what a foreslghtod young
man th world's lightweight champion Is.
When Johnny Kllbane, boas of th
featherweights, fought over In Philadel
phia th other day (hi opponent being
Willie Houck), there wss one spectator
who watohed with a microscopic eye
every' movement taade by th Kllban
person.. That spectator waa none other
than Freddie Welsh, kingpin lightweight
Ills dlsguls waa easily penetrated. He
said tittle, but his silence bespoke great
thinking power. For Freddie was think
ing hard as Kllban want through th
maxs In beating up his unschooled rival.
Welsh's presence at the bout started
all aorta of conjectures. Finally th cham
pion was asked pointblank th reason for
going all th way from New Tork to see
his most persistent challenger In action.
Welsh evidently was not unprepared for
th Inquiry. II seemed to divine th
question and unhesitatingly answered:
"Well, what I saw tonight may com In
handy soon. I bad hoard so much about
Kllbaae's cleverness that Z thought I
would see for myself. H la clever, ex
tremely clever, but I do not think he can
deliver ft bard punch,
'Will Take ea Kllkas.
"Kllban ha been molesting m to fight
him with my charapolnshlp at stake.
That' a go. But h must wait his turn.
Th fact that h to th featherweight
champoln cuts no flgur with m. There
art any number of good lightweights who
ar mora entitled to meet me thaa la
Kllban. .
"I'll fight Kllban before any club that
offers suitable Inducements. And I'll make
weight for him. too 183 pounds at
o'clock. . I will do this mor to show X
am ft legitimate lightweight than to
pie Kllban' whims. ,
"Tes, I am confident I can lick Kllbane
and I stand ready to prov It. At best I
will hav only thr or four pounds th
best of th weights, but this should not
b a disadvantage to him, as h would
pssess bis full streagth at 139 pounds,
while X would hav to train down to th
notch."
Bo a Wslsh-KUban tnatoh Is not so
fay off as w were Inclined to believe.
For ultra-boxing skill this bout would
produce enough of it to satisfy th most
rabid boxing aalhuslast
Awaiting dabby Vlewe.
Jimmy Clabby will be ta our midst In
a few short days, and then w shall hear
how h views th middleweight situation.
That Clabby haa the call over Mlk Gib
bons with th boxing promoters was evi
denced when a Milwaukee club owner
drew out a proposed Qlbbone-Eddl Mo
CJoorty match la order to bring together
Clabby and McOoorty.
Gibbons fiasco with MoQoorty at th
Garden a Uttl over two years ago is
still remembered. Gibbons showed that
night that there I a strain of saffron
concealed about his person, and no pro
moter ' would oar for ft repetition of
that affair.
Mlk 1 a marvelous fighter that la
universally admitted but be has yet to
show real fighting spirit when opposed
to a rival of high caliber.
Clabby's first efforts her will be to
Inveigle AI MoCoy. th paeudo middle
weight champion, Into a match. That la
the only way McCoy will ever be drawn
Into a meeting with ft high olasa middle
weight' It Is not at all unlikely that
Clabby will tackle a medlcor opponent
first, and feign that he has lost his cun
ning. Then only Is McCoy likely to fall.
Others hav used this means to draw on
prospective opponent: why not Clabby?
W haU see.
Rraa Cearkee Indiana.
. Jhnmy Ryan, for seventeen years a
member of the famous Chicago White
box. under 'Top" Anaou ami other man
agers. In all probability will become the
le bail coach at the I'lUverslr of In
diana, if present plans carry. Mr. Ryan
will assume iliarce of the work about
tli first of Krbruerv and will continue
at bloomtnston until tha end of the
teaaon. retumlne In the fall to give the
base ball candidates as much Instruction
es Is poaeible at the beglun'ng of the
ensuing school year.
Icstaa gtlll WerWkera.
They are having a lot of fun In Or-
anlaed Hall circles over the Urooklyn
1n TnM naklna' Tam Katnn Hi- . . t .
'eat woiahotM of the pitching art. How-,
ever, tne eras oil sni worn Thomas
las hard aa lb Pluls did In 111
With
, Philadelphia ll,a Pitching crack took part :
In ii'iy-ivu sainee ana cwinea in J-'j in-
nings. iai season, wnn in Tip Tops,
be worked in aa innings, diairtbuted
through forty-four gantes. according to
oirviei recoioa.
Breeds Beaa Varaa Fake.
It Is stated br President Oilman ikal
m Maxee Is the only player who ever
rcx-lvei a bonus for signing a Federal
league contract. Kcporle Lave been oub-
, Mied for a year concerning a bonus I "uiakins and haa a splc-mtld future.
swarded whenever a star algaed. bats
tiilinore stale these stories are abao-1 Move Bravee Bed.
lutely false. The real situation Is that! The Bravee will tread on familiar
the aums handed out to such players aa ground ven when they move ih I
Tmkor. - Uoulaa. kaabe. aWon. Bn, Dw base ball field, for Jin, ihrmrv
drt. etc, bae been nvrly adiancea la i plans o trenafer t ef the Ui.inj'md
salartea. from the old grounds.
??Tt?-J?ggv3 vi' i-N .'
These photographs show two of th
leading hockey players of the oast On
th lsft U Hobey Baker, formerly cap
WOULD SWITCH STATE LOOP
York And Superior Said to Be Will
ing to Sell Franchise.
TWO SUBSTITUTES BEABY
ralraary and Worth Flatt Both
Eager for Berths in Nebraska
Leaga and Ar Doing -Their
Beat to Us4.
Th topography of th Nebraska Stat
league may b altered a bit next season
If several changes now in contemplation
are effected. At the recent meeting the
Information waa given out that no
changes In the circuit would be made,
but since that tlm two clubs. Superior
and Tork, hav evinced ft willingness to
dispose of their franchises.
Since tha windup of th 1914 season
there haa been considerable Internal strife
la th circuit First soma dissatisfaction
was expressed regarding th official
conduct . of President C. J. Miles. Mr.
Miles, however, was re-elected to th of
fice at th meeting as h has proven him
self an able director of th leagu.
Violet Salary Limit.
Next charges of violation of the sal
ary limit were mad and even admitted
by one or two club. At the meeting the
culprit promised faithfully to abide by
th agreements set by the national as
sociation at th Omaha meeting and that
difficulty waa disposed of.
But no wthe owner of Tork and Su
perior do not welcome another season,
as they were forced to dig down doep
In their pockets last year to liquidate the
debts of the clubs. Three years ago when
they won th pennant, , York led the
league In attendance, but last year the
team waa far down In the lists, resulting
In ft financial failure.
But even though Tork and Superior
quit the league two cities' are eagerly
waiting to snap up their franchise. Iloth
North Piatt and ' Falrbury believe they
could support stats league ball and If not,
ertaln merchants and business men of
the town ar willing to provide for
Both Kager for Fraacklses.
North Piatt Is pretty far west but It
Is a Uv city and th impression prevails
that It would be a good paying location.
Whether Falrbury would support a team
or not uncertain, but Falrbury wants
that Superior franchise and the fans
there are working hard to swing It tbolr
way. If they evince as much enthusiasm
In attending the games as, they are la
trylag to bring th club there, financial
success la assured.
Two new towns la the Nebraska league
would be a beneficial boost, as It would
augment the Interest and enthusiasm In
th other cities. . .
Te av at. Peel.
Henry P. Conrad has applied for an
option on the til. faul club, of the Amer
ican association, ami will endeavor to
organise a stock oompaiiy to take over
the property it he aucct-ds in obtaining
it.- Mr, c.'onrud plans -to form a tm-
Iorary organisation at oitoe which will
atvr Incorporate for a sum sufficient
to take over the entire holdings of tha
e- ram uui, inctutung piayera, rraa-
cnisea ana grounus.
Hifi Bay a Waaaer.
The Cincinnati club ha purchased
Second llasttinan Joe Wanner front ike
Jhpoaane ciun ot tne Mort tiwreiera league
Wagner Is wintering lth a euuad of ball
Players at Priest Lake Camp, Wa-h
He ta still young, in the under side f
taenty-fnur yeais. is fast, has all the
Hockey Stars of the East Start
tain of tha Princeton foot ball team and
an all around athlete. He la playing with
St, Nicholas , In th Amateur Hockey
Starting the New
:By P. B.
Od tk New Tear,
Th new year la among ua.
And. his wings are white and pure.
And he's filled with resolution
That are good ones, we are sure.
And this year will be the, best one,
I what every one will say.
But we'll bet our weekly stipend)
Things will be the same old way.
We will bet that Europe's fighter
Will be fighting all the time,
And the dove of blessed pence, sir.
Will be oattered like our rhyme.
And that Johnson and J. Ollmore
Will continue la their flsrht.
And our hopping little athletes
Will keep hopping day and night.
And the suffs will keen on suffing.
Hunting bombs both here and there.
And the buga In San Francisco
Will keep harping on the fair.
And the rookies In the springtime
Will be wondrous sharp and sly.
But will wither into nothing
By the fourth day of July. '
The Tank they'll keep on aelllng.
Although Ruppert's made the buy.
And they'll fire olA Cherley Murphy,
Though 'tis said, he's said goodby,
And the Rourkes will all be wonders,'
' In the gentle little spring,
Rut we hate to look to Auguat
And think what time will bring.
We will have the same old wrestlers.
They'll be with us still,
And the pugilist wilt prosper
With his crooked ten-round mill.
And New York and wise Chicago
Will have the old bike race.
And we'll have the tiny mustache
On every other face.
And money will be tighter. "
Just aa it alwaya Is.
And the pcaxtmlst will holler
That the blink Is on hla bis.
And the year will be ilke others,
'Twill be Just tha same each day.
And this Isst Is most Important.
We'll all draw the same old pay.
Eddie Plank says he will quit base ball
In two more year. It things continue as
they are. It will be base ball that will
quit in two more years.
WAR BILI.KTIN.
COFFETVIULE. Kan., Jan. t-(Stn-clal.)-Clark
Griffith hag surrounded the
city with the king' guard to protect
Walter Johnson.
Duluth Is planning a big akl tourna
ment. Among other who will , compete
will be Walter Johnson, Bill Kllllfer and
Karl Hamilton. '
No, Marie, the curlers at Miller park
do not us curling Iron.
Robert McLean and Piatt Adam have
been accused of being . professional
Things have com to a pretty state, of
affair when aa honest. , conscientious
amateur can't make a living without an
noying Investigations..
Willi Ritchie says he'll fight Freddie
Y.'cUh. Charley White or Jo Shagrue If
tbe financial Inducements ar satisfac
tory. 'Probably Mr. Ritchie would think
the state of Texas satisfactory.
A Real Whit Hope.
There Is a gink named Corsey.
For Charley's he's called Chick, .
He s one In many thouaands
That Uuaboat fcmlm caa lick.
Tip to Postofflre department: If no
body wants that I6.M0. our address Is
Omaha Bee, Omaha. Neb.
Would that all base ball managers were
like Clarence Rowland In their demand
for speed. We might occasionally get
home In time for midnight lunch.
It has been suggested that all American
leaaue club furnish Ruppert players te
strengthen the Yank. But can you con
the Season
league this winter. On th right is Eric
Kllner, one of the present Princeton
team.
Year Just as Easy
sXVlTTXB:
ceive of ft player from Cleveland who
would strengthen the Tanks?
Maybe It Is wise not to have base ball
peace, but we have a hunch that certain
treasurer on certain ball clubs will be
so lean next summer they won't even
cast ft shadow.
There seems to be considerable worry
a to where Rube Marquard will play
next year. But can you imagine why
there should be any worr as to where
Rub Marquard should play next year?
Jeas Wlllard says he entered the fight
gam with the end In view to tackle
Jack Johnson. Tou hav got to hand It
to Jess he selected some end.
Ok, Tea Contract.
Twinkle, twinkle, base ball eiar.
Tou'll be wondering where you are;
When the magnates ceas to fight
For you 'twill be a sweet good night
Th following lines are dedicated to Mr.
Robert C. Moore, a business office veg
etable, who committed matrimony th
night before New Year's eve:
We will hand you credit, Robert,
And when your time le up.
You ahould Join the fighting allies,
r or you wpuld face a Krupp.
Chicago Will Bid
for Next Champion
Billiard Tourney
NEW Y'ORK. Jan. i Chicago, repre
sented by tha Sportsmen's Club of Amer
ica, will bid for the next championship
tournament of the National Association
of Amateur Billiard Players, the open
ing date of which baa been set for Feb
ruary a. The directorate of the unique
Chicago organization is enthusiastic over
the ' possibility of securing this tourna
ment, for which Its members have al
ready set their caps.
Charles K. Conklin of Chicago, former
national and International champion,
with whom rests the task of selecting
wentern entrants to the national tourney,
will confer, with President Puga and
olhvi officers of the Spoi tsmen's club re
lating to holding the chiniplonshlp aeries
in his home city. All signs point to Chi
cago landing th tournament
Of the , eastern clubs likely to bid tor
the tournament the Union League of
Phl adelphla has . the best chance. Tbe
Vnlon League amphitheater has a seat
ing capacity of more than 1.1J0, and In
lbll the amateur billlardlsts seldom
failed . to play before a capacity .house.
Chicago,, nevertheless, feels confident of
equaling,. If not beating, this record.
In all probability Chicago will enter
three playera unknown ao far as the out
side bMlard world In concerned. These
are WlUon Henderson, August Bloeae
and Robert Lord.
It U probable that eleven players mill
Start in the next amateur "national."
Several of tbem are former title holder
The entry should be ia follows: Ki
Chsmplun Joseph Mayer, PhUodrlpbia :
Champioa Kdward W. URruru-r, Mont
clslr, N. J.; ex-l'liamplon Ktidlnaiid Pog
genburg, New York; ex-Chumpioii Mor
ris Brown. Brooklyn; Dr. I'ffenhehner,
Philadelphia; Charles Uedden. IKiwagiao.
Mich.; r-ucene Milburn, Menu hK Tenu. ;
J. Cope Morton. Philadelphia; William
Henderson, August lllocae and Robert
Lord, Chicago. ,
BIG THREE INJ10LF PUZZLE
Followers of the Sport Staggered on
How to Place Leaden.
OUIMET IS BEST EJ SOME WAYS
While Chirk Kvaas le Good, bat
Caeeot Coatrol iervref aad
T raver Great, bat L-ks
Confidence.
NEW YORK. Jan. J -While looking
over the names of the amateur golfers,
who, In the opinion of the writer, have
been deserving: of a ratine-. It worthv
j of mention in pesKing that during" period
oi nine consecutive years there are only
two, Walter J. Travis and Fred Herres
hoff, who have never been omitted. Un
fortunataly golf ha no official ranking
list the" nearest approach being the na
tlonal handicaps, -compiled annually by
the United State Oolf association. This
work of the United States Oolf associa
tion executive committee Is for the pur
pose of determining who shall and who
hall not have the right to compete In
the annual championship tournament
The list of names Includes those from
scfatch to five. Inclusive. anJ numbers
more than 2(fl. A large percentage of these
eligible are grouped In the five classes
and many others at four. The LJnksman,
to the best of his of his ability, picks
the first sixteen. He has no two on 'an
equality.
Without question the "big three" In
amateur circles at present are Francis
Oulmet Charles Evans. Jr., and Jerome
D. Travers. Just how these men should
bejjplaced has puszled a good many. In
fact, pelectlng the leading golfers any
time is a ticklish undertaking, like play
ing with fire, but after facing this sort
of danger for years one naturally be
comes mote or less hardened.
Oalmet la Lead.
Returning, therefore, to the leaders,
when It comes to making the rubber core
behave, where Is thsre the equal of
Oulmet to be found among th amateur
golfers in .the United States With Mm
the object of the game 'to get the ball
Into the hole with the leaVt number of
stroke" Is never forgotten. He applies
that motto to match as well a medal
play.
' i near wuimet say, "I hate
medal play," or "I never could score
over that rotten course." Open champion
In 1913 and amateur tltl holder in 1914 la
surely going some, without doing any
thing else. But he has done a great
deal more. Playing almost dallv over
a variety of courses from nrin
well Into the autumn, tha Massachusetts
proaucL averaged close to seventy-five.
Ability to score and win nnt
home, but on strangrt courses and on
testing links, to say nothing of the cali
bre of opponents met. should nil h
sidered aa factors before rendering the
..no. uecision. uuimet therefore, with
out a weak spot in his armor, may be
said to be almost in a class by himself.
Caanot Coatrol Nerve.
Evans, No. . on the list cannot al
ways control hla nerve, and when
nerve enter into th gam It la a cer
tainty that the ball will go a-wandering.
"Chick" Is a wonder at medal play. He
proved that again in th-. open champion
hlp at Midlothian, when he came within
a stroke of tlelng Walter C. Hagen tor
first place. Lake Oulmet ther Is no shot
In the bag over which iu i.
roaster, yet be defeat himself at the
match game. There la little to choose
between these two stars, but what mar-
How Oolf Player Have
Name.
Francis Oulmet
Charles Evsns, Jr '
Jerome I). Travers '
waiter J. Travis
arren jv. wood
John F. Neville
H. Chandler Egaa
Fred Herreshoff .......
John O. Anderson.......
Ebcn M. Byers
Oswald Kirkby '..
V. E. Sawyer
Hay R. Gorton
Maxwell R. Marston...
Kdward P. Allls 3d
Paul Hunter
Mason Phelps
Albert Reckel
B. Warren Corkran....
P. W. Whlttemor
Heinrlrh Schmidt
Hamilton K. Kerr
Harry O. Lcgg
Robert A. Gardner.:'...
tSatliner W. White
John M. Ward
Oilman P. Tiffany
Flndluy S. Iiouglas
Robert C. Watson
H. H. Wilder
T. H. Fuller
K. P. Edwards
Charles H finely
W. I. Howlar.d. Jr
Archie Qraham
Kills Knowles ...
Rooert Abbott
W. C. Chick
Dwlaht Partridge
W. E. Clowe, Jr
Thomas M. Sherman...
Walter Egan
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Travers la another past master, who
for years ha been striving to regain
confidence with hi wooden clubs. Re
spite this handicap, rare powers of re
ccvery, supplemented by putting so
deadly as at tlmea to be almost me
chanical in Its accuracy, and aa Ideal
fighting temperament have worked to
keep th Upper Montrlnir man doe to
the top, when his drfVlng went wrong
It shook his confidence. Even so, he I
a hard player to defeat In a match.
Travers never was a good medal player.
He Is third on my list this year. In fact
only once ha his name been - missing
and that was becaus of hla laps In
WO, when he practically dropped out ot
the gam.
The Thirteen other.
It Is not tha Intention at this tlm to
discuss at length each member of th
chosen sixteen. Briefly, th thirteen
others are as follow:
W. C. Fornea, Jr.. of Oakmont, Walter
J. Travis of Garden City, Warren K.
Wood of Flossmoor, John F. Nevlll of
San . Francisco, H. Chandler Egan of
Mcdford, Fred Herreshoff of Garden
City, John G. Anderson of Brae Burn,
Eben M. Byers of Allegheny. Oswald
Kirkby of Englewood, D. ; B. Sawyer of
Wheaton, Rae R. Gorton of Brae Burn,
Maxwell R. Marston ot Baltuarol and
Edward P. Allls, &. ot Milwaukee.
That old axiom, one a golfer alway
a golfer. Is borne out by a glance at th
composite table extending over ft period
of nine years. In 1900 no less than
even ot those now regarded a th top
sixteen were given a rating. They eon
sister of Travers, Travis, Wood, Egan,
Herreshoff, Byers and Sawyer.
At that time Qulmet and Evans were
scarcely out of the cuddle ranks, while
Fownes did not show real prominently
until the following year. Jack Neville
was unheard of, nor was Anderson con
sidered until the following year, kirkby,
a mere boy in 190$, did not get on the list
until several seasons later. Gorton, also
an Indifferent golfer nine year ago.
did nothing to claim recognition until
this year. As for Marston and Allls.
both were lads in knickerbockers.
To carry th analysis further. It will
be seen that of th other dealt with In
1908, who do not appear now, practically
all have allowed their gam to slip,
largely through lack of opportunity.
These include John M. Ward, now en
grossed with baseball managerial dutlca:
Oilman P. Tiffany, who finds less ani
less time for golf with each succeeding
season: Archie Graham, having long
sine dropped out of tho competitive
game: Robert Abbott rarely aeen since
his Yale daya: W. C. Chick. Dwlght
Partridge, W. C. Clowe, Jr., Thomas M.
Sherman and Walter Egan, all of whom
have seen either the wisdom or necessity
of allowing business to Interfere with
golf.
0'LEARY IS ANXIOUS TO
MEET THE BEST OF THEM
Freddie Welsh, Charley Whit and Jo
Shugru had better look toward their
laurel. Johnnie O'Leary, a youthful
lightweight with ambitions. Is coming
eastward and he la heralding hi ad
vene by expression of willingness to
meet any lightweight In th world, bar
none. Freddie Bogan. O'Leary' manager,
ha written to Omaha that he would like
to show hi man here. O'Leary declare'
he ha annexed the championship of th
Paclflo coast and Canada and 1 destined
to becema th champion of the unlvers
befor the passing of another Nw Tar'a
day.
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