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By "LOCHINVAR"

PRESIDENT ing of a ball unless there is good rea- Charles F. son. Thompson of "The stymie is unfair, and its abo- the Western lition by the Western Associa- Golf Associa- tion has proven satisfactory. Ninety tion, who will per cent of the golfers in the west are retire from of- against the stymie. fice January 17, "I do not favor the compromise believes St. An- rule, which makes a player play a self- drews will abo- laid stymie. If through the green an lish the stymie opponent's ball lying within a club's and asserts that the British rule mak- length of the player's ball, interferes ers are more liberal than the officials with his play, he can request his op- of the Golf Association. ponent to lift. The same rule should "The officers of the U. S. G. A." apply on the green, when the ball in- said Mr. Thompson "in desiring to terferes with the play of the oppon- preserve the traditions of the game ent's ball. are less liberal than those of St. An- "Another rule which I hope St. An- drews. The British rule makers ex- drews will change is the lost ball lost pressly state that it is quite permis- hole rule. It is manifestly unfair for sible for clubs to make rules suitable a player who shoots a ball down the for local conditions. course or even in the rough to lose the "Over there they have no gophers, hole, while a player who makes a far and on many of their courses they do more erratic shot and goes out of not get as much mud as we have on bounds, merely loses the distance. many of our courses here. But they "The passage of such a rule, I feel say, 'Make rules to fit local conditions.' sure will occur in course of time. It "I am firmly of the opinion that a is not a desire on the part of many player should be allowed to wipe the western golfers to become radicals, mud off a ball. It is merely a matter but comes from a belief that tradi- of bad luck that a ball lands in a mud- tion in some cases must give place dy spot and so handicaps the player, to moderate ideas. especially on the putting green. If it's "I note that a Philadelphia writer permissible to lift a ball for purpose asks if the United States Golf Asso- of identification it surely should be ciation will ask the Western Asso- permissible when mud adheres to the ciation to appoint a representative on ball, although I do not favor the lift- the committee which will confer with THE AMERICAN GOLFER187

St. Andrews. While this hardly is 'copper' delivered himself of this, in probable it would be a nice thing for disgusted terms. the U. S. G. A. to do, as the national "Well, I'll be domned. How did officials are well aware that the West- yez escape the squirrels?" ern Golf Association is a substantial organization, even if the two bodies ONE MORE British golfer of note have had some wide differences of may come to strengthen the forces of opinion. the middle west. The Evanston Golf "The far western golfers are get- ting stronger each year and they, too, are deserving of more recognition than they have had in the past. The argu- ment that the U. S. G. A. is not as national in its scope as it should be is an old one, but just as St. Andrews Has found it advisable to confer with the U. S. G. A., so will the latter body find it advisable to confer with the various sectional organizations and bring about a spirit of harmony, which will help the game."

THE LOOP DISTRICT of claims to have the "champeen" golf bug. He is a high class telegraph operator at one of the news empor- iums, and a right royal good chap. Took to golf like a duck to water. When he can't play he practices in the basement of his house. He talks golf when he can and dreams it when he sleeps. During the last moonlight spell he left the office at mid-night and going to his home near Stony Island and Sixty-First Street was thinking of a golf problem. Getting home he took his "brawssie" and went over to the football field in Jackson Park. In MRS. HATHAWAY WATSON the light of an arc lamp he teed up President, Women's Western Golf Association on some black earth and worked out his problem of a swing, getting 170 Club is in communication with Law- yards as he paced off the distance. rence Ayton, the brilliant young This after one o'clock. Coming out Scotch player. He is a friend of Jock a 'copper' stopped him at the 63rd Hutchison's and recently wrote he Street entrance to the park. He ex- would like to locate in this country. plained his mission, whereupon the His chance for the Evanston posi- 188THE AMERICAN GOLFER tion was made possible by the leaving Field's, Willie Hunter, Bill Hutchison, of Bob MacDonald, who accepted a Lloyd Gullickson and Chester Horton substantial offer from the Bob O'Link at The Fair, George Knox and George Club of Chicago. Taylor at the Chicago Beach hotel, Seldom have there been so many while Ralph Healy expects to open a changes among the professionals as school at the Stock Yards. this year. Eddie Loos left the Beverly The invasion of the stock yards by Club to go to Ravisloe and Ralph golf may furnish food for the para- Healy, formerly at West Baden and graphers, but there are many officials LaGrange has taken his place. Willie of the packing houses who want to Kidd has left St. Louis but has not keep their muscles fit during the win- located yet, and it is rumored that ter. Stewart Maiden also will leave the Among these are Mr. Alden Swift, Mound City. former Transmississippi champion, George Kinsman, formerly of the Mr. Thomas E. Wilson of Wilson and Westmoreland Club of Chicago and Company, Mr. F. Edson White, vice- last year at Saginaw, will go with the president of Armour & Co., and Woodmont Club of Milwaukee, where many others. Bim Lovekin has held sway for 13 And be it noted that Commissioner years. Fitzgerald who hails from the district George Turnbull, the big Scotch- was one of a minority of six who man, who last season was at Del voted in favor of the course on the Monte, will return to Midlothian, as west side track owned by the Forest Tom Morris has decided to locate in Preserve of Cook County. the south. Turnbull at present is The commissioners had voted to ex- visiting Scotland. pend $4,000 for a course on a tract George Sargent came within an ace of 190 acres, but the Czecho-Slovak of signing with the Scioto Club at Association and others complained Columbus, but was persuaded to re- that golf would interfere with the pic- main at Interlachen, Minneapolis. nic parties and so the commissioners has signed again with rescinded their original vote. How- Glen View, and if he can get leave of ever, the two forest preserve courses, absence, intends to have a shot at one at Palos Park and one at Edge- the British open championship. brook, will be in commission next sea- Alec Cunningham has left Wheel- son, giving Chicago eight public ing, W. Va., and will be with the St. courses. Joseph Country Club of Missouri next year. There have been a number of CLIFF TARBELL, professional at the minor changes. Iona Club of Michigan, was killed in an automobile accident at Grand INDOOR GOLF is in full swing around Rapids, December 20th. Ledyard the Chicago district. Raymond Treacy Blake, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, who of Flossmoor is at the Chicago Ath- finished second to Nathan Hall in the letic Association, Tom Kennett at the national amateur billiard champion- Athletic Club, Bob MacDonald ship at Boston in 1917, also was killed. and Jock Hutchison at Marshall Mr. Blake formerly lived at San THE AMERICAN GOLFER189

Diego. The machine went through a 400 members, each holding a share of bridge and into a river. stock and already there are 12 on the waiting list. A clubhouse to cost WALTER FOVARGUE, the former pro- $75,000 will be erected next spring. fessional, who has been reinstated as an amateur, recently set a record of 68 "THIS IS A CRIME; I can't lose it for the Grays Harbor Country Club seems" remarked Mr. Alexander Rose of Aberdeen. His best previous mark as he, Mr. John Gray and "Colonel" was 70, made in a game with Mr. Vaden moved towards the ninth tee at Heine Schmidt, former western ama- the municipal course at , having teur champion. won his eighth hole in succession. "John, he says he can't lose," soberly WINNIPEG GOLFERS may boast of drawled Col. Vaden. "Well, he's going having the Prince of Wales play over to lose and that very shortly. After one of their courses, but those of the we have played this hole he is going Seattle Country Club point with pride to lose two partners." to the visit of Sir Harry Lauder. He And he did. was paired with professional Robert Johnston against Messrs. Fraser and IT IS DOUBTFUL if there are two Cameron. courses in the world more patronized The previous week Sir Harry had than the 9 and 18 hole courses at defeated Chief of Police White at San Jackson Park, Chicago. Here the Francisco, a fine golfer, and so great golfers play free, get lockers free and things were expected of the Lauder- in addition can get shower baths free. Robertson combination. But it was The returns for last season's play "twa doon" at the turn, the comedian show that 285,553 tickets were issued. not being in the best of form. At the Through June, July, August and Sep- finish the pair was defeated, 4 and 2. tember, the courses practically played At the 13th hole where Mr. Fraser to capacity, playing being continuous played finely, Sir Harry remarked: from daylight until dusk. Although "Alec, you remind me of the High- there was snow on the ground in De- land Brigade, you're always there or cember, there were over 1,000 tickets thereaboot." issued. The attendance figures are Sir Harry, who has played on many given for the benefit of city authori- courses in all parts of the world, said ties who as yet have not realized the he did not believe there was a finer great growth of the game and the need course in America from a playing for more public courses: standpoint and that for scenic beauty Big Little he never had seen a finer setting. It Course Course reminded him of some of the courses March (part) 1,840 2,860 on the west coast of Scotland. April 12,500 5,620 May 19,950 13,460 MR. JAMES G. BLAKE has been June 23,440 17,204 elected president of the new Ingle- July 24,204 20,210 wood Golf and Country Club at Se- August 24,470 20,490 attle. The constitution provides for September 23,390 17,494 190 THE AMERICAN GOLFER

October 18,704 14,400 and hit with arms and hands he will November 14,750 9,820 get better results." December (part) . . . 857 250 ——— ——— MR. CHARLES L. WEST of the Glen 163,745 121,808 Oak Country Club was elected presi- dent of the Chicago District Golf As- IF YOU ARE INCLINED to corpulency sociation at the annual meeting held listen to what George Turnbull, the at the Chicago Athletic Association. Midlothian professional, has to say on The meeting was held during the pe- the subject: riod of the coal strike and most of the "The hardest thing I find in teach- delegates found positions near radia- ing is to prevent pupils attempting to tors as soon as they finished dining. The other officers are Mr. Norman C. Naylor, vice-president; Mr. Morris Woolf, Ravisloe, treasurer and Mr. E. T. Snohr, Hinsdale. The usual tour- naments will be staged next season.

THE Flossmoor Country Club will bid for the national open champion- ship and will send a delegate to the annual meeting of the U. S. G. A. at New York.

ANOTHER PROFESSIONAL of note, Alec Cunningham, has taken Horace Greeley's advice and come west. Just before the Xmas holidays Cunning- ham signed with the St. Joseph Coun- try Club of Missouri. For five sea- MISS F. F. CAMPBELL sons he has been at Wheeling, W. Va., Denver Country Club Women's Colorado State Champion and is glad to make a change to a big- ger course. do what they are physically incapable The St. Joseph course is 6,400 yards of doing. in length and Alec believes his long "The curse of the average golfer game will be benefited. Before tak- is too much body action and a wrong ing up his new position he will pay conception of the pivot. A heavy, a visit to his old home in Scotland. thick-set man cannot turn at the waist Alec is a fine player and finished like a slender kid, and common sense second in the cham- should tell him that such a swing is for pionship at Glen Oak in 1915, being him practically impossible. On the two strokes behind Tom McNamara, other hand a player of this kind gen- and ahead of Hagen, Brady and Sar- erally is possessed of strong arms and gent. hands and if he will keep his body Mr. F. R. Castle was reelected presi- out of the stroke as much, as possible dent of the St. Joseph Club last month. THE AMERICAN GOLFER191 the other officers are, vice-presidents, ball, a hole, or more, and most of Mr. R. W. Douglas and Mr. J. G. them could do good service on the Schneider; secretary-treasurer, Mr. handicap committee. R. L. McDonald, Jr. The is a com- mercial player who has graduated. He ON TAKING the chair as the new wants you to make the course more president of the Chicago District Golf difficult, put bunkers, pits and traps Association, Mr. Charles L. West of where everyone except himself will be the Glen Oak Club told the delegates sure to get a chance to use them. he was present at the original meet- The tournament or competitive ing of the presidents of Chicago golf golfer is a player to be encouraged, as clubs called by Mr. W. A. Alexander he generally lives up to the rules, to discuss matters of mutual benefit. which, too often, are waived in friend- It was this meeting that led to forma- ly games. tion of the C. D. G. A. In reviewing the history of the As- At this meeting a prominent Chica- sociation, President West pointed out go banker advised: that its mission was not to dictate, "That a business man should play rather to suggest and recommend to golf moderately until he was fifty its member clubs. The United States years old and from that time on he and the Western Golf Associations should gradually taper off on busi- look after the rules and provide tour- ness and take on more golf until his naments. business finally melted away into the The Chicago District Golf Associa- celestialicy of all golf." tion comes much closer to the individ- Mr. West had divided the golf fra- ual member. It stands for the fellow- ternity into four classes. Those who ship of the local clubs. It stands for play business golf and make it an the betterment of all the interests adjunct to their business, those who which are common to the clubs as a play commercial golf and make their whole or individually. Under this business an adjunct to golf, those who heading would come: play professional golf and those who Buildings, care of grounds and play tournament or competitive golf. greens, landscape, flora, care and pre- He believed the banker described servation of trees, birds. the business golfer who plays the The extermination of animals, game once or twice a week to keep in worms and insects injurious to golf trim, drive away dull care and make courses or golf greens. him glad to be alive and better able to The comparison of notes of differ- do his work. The business golfer ent methods of building putting seldom plays under 90 and more fre- greens, of drainage, etc. quently his score is over 100. The kind and quantity of seeds best Then comes the commercial golfer. adapted to this locality; the best ferti- The man who has time, or takes time, lizers. to play three or four times a week, The best apparatus and methods of perhaps every day. He usually plays using them. m the 80's and seldom above 95. He Watering, is a big subject, all too is always looking for a victim at a lightly passed over. 192 THE AMERICAN GOLFER

IT LOOKS AS IF Chicago will be the Chip Shots scene of several tournaments this MR. CHARLES EVANS, JR., who prob- summer. Flossmoor appears to have ably has travelled more than any ama- a good chance to get the national open teur golfer in recent years, states he event as the Oak Park Country Club, does not intend to travel as much in which at first was keen for it, seems the future. Chick in former winters to have decided against taking it and played a lot of indoor golf but so far will try for the women's western he has been idle. event. The Skokie Club so far ap-

MR. CHAS. E. YERKES, for a num- ber of years chairman of sports and pastimes at Glen View, has been ill for several weeks following an attack of pneumonia.

MR. GEORGE ADE and his boon com- panion Mr. Ort Wells will invade the sunny south early this year as will Mr. James Barnard, present secretary of the Western Golf Association.

THE NEW Northmoor Club of Chicago has made wonderful strides and has its membership list of 300 full. Mr. Julius Rosenwald is a recent ad- dition. Work on the new course near Highland Park is progressing finely, most of the clearing being done.

DETROIT has taken rank as a major league golfing city. This point was reached by the formation of the De- troit Newspaper Men's Golf Associa- MR. KNOWLTON L. AMES The "Big Chief" of the Onwentsia Pow-Wow tion. Mr. Edgar A. Guest, the De- troit Free Press poet was elected pre- pears to be first choice for the western sident. Mr. Don O. Champney of amateur. There probably will be the Detroit Journal is secretary. spirited bidding for the western open especially if it is held about the same CAPTAIN ROSCOE FAWCETT of Ore- time as the national open, in which gon and winner of an overseas tour- several British stars are expected to nament at Walton Heath, was unable play. In this event it would be pre- to start in the invitation tournament ferable to let the western event go to of the Ingleside Club of San Francis- some other city than that which se- co, owing to premonitory symptoms of cures the national open. appendicitis. THE AMERICAN GOLFER193

FOLLOWING A LINE of illustrious Mr. DeWitt C. Balch of Cincinnati, predecessors, Mr. Thomas R. Wyles who took the Ohio title, is a former has been elected president of the Ex- western junior champion, but has not moor Country Club. Mr. Ralph A. the class possessed by several lead- Bard is vice-president, and Mr. W. ing western players when at his age. Bradshaw Egan, brother of Mr. H. Mr. Harry Legg, in addition to win- Chandler Egan, former amateur ning the champion- champion, is secretary and treasurer. ship, won the Minnesota title for the Mr. Walter E. Egan, a cousin, is on ninth time, a record approached by the board of directors. no other player in state competitions. Another veteran to again sweep aside all the junior opposition was Mr. ABOUT TWO HUNDRED members of Sam Reynolds of Omaha, who won the Highlands Club of St. Joe last the Nebraska honor for the fourth month cut piles of cord wood for the time, while E. P. Allis again estab- benefit of the poor. They cleared the lished his supremacy in Wisconsin by woods around the course of undesir- a fifth win of the Badger title. able timber. Those wishing to emu- In Colorado, Mr. M. A. McLaugh- late the St. Joe players are advised by lin, who has passed the half century Bert Leston Taylor of the Chicago mark, again was the premier perform- Tribune to use a square stance. er. He has held the title several times. THE YOUNGER SCHOOL of golfers did In California, the older golfers held not make much impression in the their own, Mr. Jack Neville, scoring championship column of the mid- his third success in the state event. western and western states last season. Winners of state events were: The most promising of the younger Michigan—L. L. Bredin, Detroit C. C. players are Mr. James C. Ward of Missouri—James C. Ward, Mission Kansas City, who won the Missouri Hills, Kansas City. title for the second time, Mr. Richard Iowa—Robert McKee, Grand View E. Bockenkamp of St. Louis, runner- Golf Club. up in the Transmississippi and West- Indiana—Burr Swezey, Lafayette. ern amateur championships, and Mr. Minnesota—Harry G. Legg, Minikah- Rudy Knepper of Sioux City. The da. last two did not win a state title, but Nebraska—Samuel Reynolds, Omaha. Mr. Bockenkamp's two performances Wisconsin—E. P. Allis, Milwaukee. stamp him as a high class performer, Ohio—DeWitt C. Balch, Cincinnati. while Mr. Knepper qualified in the Colorado—M. A. McLaughlin, Den- national championship at Pittsburgh. ver. Mr. Louis L. Bredin, who landed North Dakota—John Reuter, Jr., the Michigan state title, is a little Dickinson. over the twenty mark, but before South Dakota—W. A. Kishigo. they had reached that age Mr. Robert California—Jack Neville. A. Gardner of Chicago and Mr. H. Chandler Egan had each won the na- LAWRENCE AYTON, the Scottish tional amateur title. professional, will be with the Evanston 194THE AMERICAN GOLFER

Golf Club of Chicago, next season, ternational matches against England. and is expected early in the spring. In the last two British open cham- He is a native of St. Andrews and a pionships before the war, he finished former school-mate of Jock Hutchi- fourth and fifth respectively. Before son's. He is about 34 years of age entering war service he was located and rates as one of the best players at an English club, but last season was in Scotland, having played in the In- at St. Andrews.