Municipal Golf Links Drying Up; No Water Available
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4 THE SEATTLE ETAR SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1925 Municipal Golf Links Drying Up; No Water Available . i . Park Board Fails to They Return to Seattle With Enemy Forces Braves Will BOXING | - Install S prinklers 3 Be on R Oa Weak Hands | Three Dave Shade Prices Raised at Jefferson Links, but Nothing Is Done ~ Weekg ~ to Keep the Fairways in Condition During Summer | Lbl The Test Months; Other Golf Gossip ESeatde Club Leaves op ~ Important Trip After | BY ALEX C. ROSE BY LEO H. LASSEN Sunday’s Games Here HY don’t they install a sprinkling ', system sc | el hands, unable to stand | that we can have green in the HY. Seattle WEAKthe strain of punching, ate the fairways | Tiadeking summertima?” That is the of | leave on an nemesis of fighters, ’ cry the hun allym. of portant road Harry Wills, the leading contend. dreds golfers who their playing on ‘ trip after Sunday's er for Jack Dempsey’'s title, has a } fot course on doy. municipal golf Beacon ble LIl brittle right hand that is further i Seflttle's with Bacrs. Hill, mento’s i e handicapped by slipplng fe. summer for few lons hers rheumatism and | Every the past years that will Just about affects hias these fairway conditions have been the same 7 break the ' punching power as they are today-—dried-up, baked and champlons mnkigfop ¢ Tod Morgan burned. Several months ago the park board raised the % present had a lot of | season, of trouble with his price the daily greens fees and added a few dollars on to The first : will be made at San hands for two the annual ticket purchase, Nary a squawk was forthcom. H’lnf:ueo.“: attle opened the season thers or three seasons. ing from the patrons when this “boost” announcement was apgd After each fight got an even break in six gamey made because were lead to believe that “this aded rev- they the only club that hasn't the Coast feath- " suffered lenue was to defeat a series erwelght Kking going bring In with the Beals on their home lot, has to soak his Numbers for them green summer fair- hands in special ways.” Maybe it will—but The next stop-over will be in Los Angeles, where the Tribe ly prepared solu- Golf Players when? will tap. tions to reduce gle with Bill Essick's toothless Ty July 11.—All com- It s a shame, yes, a crime, the the swelling DE‘!‘RO!T, gers. The locals figure to win thig petitors in the Western way the members of the board of caused by hit. series, altho they will run into some MEYERS amateur tournament, which park commissioners seemingly fall ting. golf pretty good pitching, as Fssick has next to recognize what is really required starts here week, will be assembied a Bpug Meyers, strong and a hard falrly good staff of de. numbered. to keop the Jefferson park course—- but having small, brittle hitter, of the finest ;celveru. This concession to the gallery one links, public or hands, is forced to take many lay- | And then comes the final stand was given at Worcester, Mass, private, In the country-—in proper offs with broken bones in his nt Portland. Seattle has won the the natlonal playing condition during the sum- dukes, during recent open 'odd game in both series with the golf play thero. mer months, Give the munieipal Bob whom the old- Identification Beavers so far this season, but Fitzsimmons, falr commissionera! the = will be made large golfers a shake, timers rank with the hardest hit. possible by are evenly matched and and Duffy black numerals worn the Right now the one only re. ters of all time, had extremely by ' lewis has his boys playing good players’ caddies. deming feature on the 18.hole Crocker for tcluba small hands and they suffered ball. Y course Is the splendid condition of greatly because of his terrific It's a tough trip for any team to = the putting areas. ’ on punching power. face the road, and if the boys With gresn falrways to play over, Net Title Fighters with strong hands are l-~ come home with an even break Police Meet local golfers would have something fortunate. Dode in }cannobody should do very Bercot, worth while talking about and vis. B, C, July 11. any complaining, of the heavy he 'VA.\'COL'VI-;R. spite punching iting golfers would have something i In one of ‘the most furious does, Is seldom troubled with this on Is ever on ; 'l'oday worth while writing home about, | matches witnessed the HERMAN HAS = sort of Neither is Ted Injury. annual international Police A “sprinkling system" will do the | courts of the Vancouver Lawn Ten- BATTING POWER : Krache. Jack Dempsey had very T.HI-: and meet was nis Wallace Scott of Tacoma, track fleld being work! club, “There lsn't a in the little hand trouble. man Coast 'held this afternoon at Denny fleld, playing under the colors of the league who can drive a ball harder Broken hands are usually caused getting under at 115, KITSAP COURSE Ssattle Tennls club, defeated Jack x " way Many than Babe Herman." by Incorrect punching, which snaps athletes the big i READY FOR PLAY | Wright of Montreal, 6.3, 75, 1.8 star wear brogans This from Brick who the bones, but it is also caused by Eldred, g the of Reattle, Vancou- TLess than a Frank 14-12, and is today one of the departments year ago fand one the brittleness of the bone which of the kingpin hitters of the B. C., and Victoria, B C, and James, the wellknown golf course in the Men's Canadian ten. (ver, | finalists minors, and he to know causes fractures with heavy hitting. ought what be in competition today, architect and bullder, started opera. nis championships nemng held here, - . they'll he's talking about when it comes . The tug-of-war is an added feature, tions on the nine-hole links of the | Beott In the last remaining Amer. to batting. Dave Shade The program follows: Golf and Country club and and will [Kiump !ican player in the tourney, “Herman can't pull a ball and hit FEW years ago the Shade | 100 yards—Pullce In uniform week-end the members cele- ilut {play Willard Crocker of Montreal well” says “and for | 100 yards—Seattls firemen In uniform Eldred, a left- A brothers were the tafk of the brated the opening of this fine lay. 14 pound shot put-—Police and firemen Ifor the title this afternoon. handed hitter he slams 'em harder which is a boxing world, being the most effl. l Discus throw —Police and firemen, situated few miles ;oul Jeon Seattle Tennils and farther Into centerfield i Turenne, thes = - clent group of 100 yards—Polioe, out of Bremerfon, was hitter I have in | Running broad Jumpy-Police lelub captain, sent down to any seen | brother - boxers George Howan proved to the y& by rdf§ - 14 pound hammerthrow-—Pollce and | defeat after he had won the first He'd lead the league in home g in the game, kingpin in this twoday turnout, and firemen, Turenne tired rapidly it he could learn to pull a ball carried off the honors In the low !two sets. te the . 100 yards—Regularly appointed detec- Billy, larg: the furious set lin the right fleld. He's handicapped tivéa net and low gross with cards pace hers est of the three, play ;rmm Pole vault—Pollee knd firemen and Crocker won the by a long centerfleld. It's too bad - of 147 and 178, respectively. Judge [ first two sets, was a sensation weight with one hand-—Poe i 3 pound ones, losing four Seattle fans didn't see him in lice and firemen. W. M. French gave George a battle declding only Oak- in Australia. But !thren two he did 4 ago, some - 810 yard relay. man team-—Pollee. the low net dolng the 38 g | gnmes. wegks ° - prize, he over fought !for i l - 100 yarde-—~Policemen (i years or over ;lundreal clouting there."” g holes In 148, | Champlons, so far, in the Cana. himself 75 yards—Fire chiefs and race, R and soon captains Semifinals for . "l Cleve Jefferson, of Phil, the are: H. G. turned- into the . 75 yarde—Polles Inspecior, capiains son { ’dhn champlonships, Imutenants race. Everett is to Vancouver vet's singles; ’MILJL'B has-been class. tnnd professional attending | Garrett, PULLS - Javelin throw-—Police. the duties the Kit. Shields, Vancouver, who profesaional at | McMaster and SMART MOVE George, 880 yards, walking, falr heel and toe— ' Star Lea | sap club. On an 18:hole trip around guers junior doubles; McMaster, Vancou- was a middle: Police | ~ John Miljus can do a lot of 100 yards—Seattle and fire. the course last Sunday this young {ver, boys' singles; Nunns in junior weight, never semi-finaly of the Star| things out on the rubber besides men, p\licmon man put up a fine exhibition, regis- ;Tlu-‘. i | singles, ana J. McDonald in boys' reached the 75 yards—Chilels of pelice, cities of will be throwing a baseball up to the hit- 36 first and leagus played Bunday| 25,000 or over tering a onythe outing } heights that his . ters. He's one of the best fielding the him afternoon with two gumes lc!xed-§ ‘smslu. 120 yards—Pollce. a 35 on second, giving a in YR brothers did, and 110 pitchers the league and he's yarde—Police, 71 for the round. uled. In the first tilt, the SHADE fought a great Running high jump—TPolice.