Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-08-09
(From Los Angeles Times.)

Rogue interest has just been
aroused by the announcement of a
new summer tournament for the Pa
cific Coast to be held by the Pacific
Coast Rogue association during the
week beginning the third week in
August, at Philomath, Oregon.
1t is likely that several of Los An
geles and Pasadena players will go
to represent the local clubs in the
Oregon tournament Little is known
of the Pacific Coast Rogue assocla-
tion here, as the organization is new,
and the Los Angeles champions are
desirous of trying out against the
material in the Northwest.
Charles A. Greenslitt who won the
Los Angeles and Pasadena clubs
tournament last summer and who
also holds the state challenge medal,
will very likely be chosen to repre-
sent the Los Angeles club, with L..
NJ Evans and William Durham, at
present playing star games almost
equal to Greenslitt, as likely cham
pions.
Owing to the distance of Los An.
geles from NorYich Ct, where the
national tournaments were held, few
of the local players have ever been
East to participate in the big annual
rogue event. This has led to keen
er interest in the Pacific Coast tour
naments, and efforts are always
made by the foremost coast players
to be present at the big western
meets.
One of the foremost of the Pasa-
dena Club, F. c. Turner, former
state champion, will be a logical re-
preventative to take the northern
trip to the Philomath tournament.
AT present, Turner is not playing as
good a game as Greenslitt, but is
putting up almost as good exhibit
tions as any of the other Los Angeles
and Pasadena players. S. o. Street
er, reckoned the best player in the
Pasadena club, will probably return
East before the date of the Oregon
tourney.
There has been good attendance
at the Los Angeles court during the
last month, and several . record
games have been played Last week,
Greenslit made four complete
rounds without a miss, and Evans is
credited with two successive circuits
of faultless play. All the members
of the club have been practicing
regularly and are improving in their
play.
One of the most interesting fea
lures of the work of the Los Angeles
club during the past two years has
been the rise of Evans from third
notcher player to one of the top
notchers. Evans has played the
game for years and was practically
the organizer of the club, but until
lately never developed any particu-
larly fine form. A couple of seasons
ago he began to improve and has
come up steadily ever since, until to-
day, he is playing a remarkably fine
game.
He himself ascribes his improve,
ment in large part to the use of a
new heavy mallet, which changed
his style of play considerably. For
merly he practiced with a light
wooden mallet of only about 90
ounces. His ne wmallet is about
twice that weight, ha the custom
airy rubber ends, hard at one end
and soft at the other for draw. fol-
low and English shots, and with
regulation metal bands. After
years of play he has lined up with
the top notchers of the game.
At the Pasadena club there has
been very little playing during the
fall though in the last two weeks
interest has begun to pick up.
The Pasadena season usually
opens strong with the first of the
year, and the older players are get
ting out their mallets in preparatory
practice games. A tournament will
probably be held at the club in
which Los Angeles players will be
invited to enter at some time in the
near future No definite date will
be set until the season is further un.
derway.
Neither Streeter nor Turner who
are both Illinois men, have reached
Pasadena for their customary win
ter sojourn, but both are expected
within the next three weeks. Their
arrival will do much to stimulate
the interest Of Pasadena supporters
of the game.
There is some talk Of trying ou.
the new boundaries of cement, that
are finding favor in the East The
new borders that will replace the
present rubhar and wood combina-
tions ere Of a smooth concrete, with
a slight bevel into the court, on the
order Of the angle used in billiard
cushions Experiments have proved
that the hard rubber balls carom