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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17
WHAT THE LONDON TIMES"
SAYS OF TRAVERS.

Mr. Travers, who was taken as the
text Of this discourse, stands pre-emi-
nent among his compatriots as match
player for two reasons-first, that he
is the best although many Of them
are notably good; secondly, because he
is. in my experience at least, almost
unique among American golfers in that
ne does not care about Bad. score u
any case, he probably never could be
such a good score player as are Mr..
Ouimet and Mr.. Evans. because, al
though capable Of spurts Of long con-
tinued brilliancy, he is always liable TO
make serious mistakes-he has occa-
sional tendency TO hook round his
neck with wooden clubs and TO hit
mashie shots OFF the extreme shank.
These very tendencies have possibly
made him more feared than have any
of his other qualities among American
golfers: the crookeder he hits one shot
the more deadly straight, in his oppo-
nent's imagination, will he hit the next,
and these imaginings, possessing a
painfully solid foundation OF fact, have
such bad effect that few American
players ever seem to produce their best
game against him.
Perhaps, however his most notable
quality as match player is one which
should have been mentioned before as
belonging to all supreme match play
ers, whatever their game-namely, that
of blotting out from the mind all that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17
BROUGHT FIRST JAPAN TEA HERE

"IFTY FIVE years ago, hNe years
X after Commodore Perry had
u opened the ports of Japan to the
commerce Of the Occident, the good
shin Benefactor sailed out of New York
harbor for Japan and brought back the
first cargo OF tea ever imported from
the Flowery Kingdom. Just one man
remains Of the crew of twenty-five
which put the gallant Benefactor over
her long course to and from Yokohama.
He is Timothy Whelan, who lives at
155 South 4th St, Williamsburg, where
often his friends gather of wintry
evening TO hear his tales of the high
seas and the square-rigged ships Of by
gone days.
Timothy is fond of relating the
prophecy of Captain Berry, VINO com
manded the Benefactor. that the Jap
anese would soon startle the world. He
made it on the occasion OF this first
voyage while the ship lay at anchor OF
Yokohama. The first steamship ever
owned or run by the japanese mad just
come into port from Europe. AS soon
as the papers were signed the japanese
ordered the foreign crew ashore, ana
with a crew OF natives started In TO
navigate their new possession.
I'VE all expected that they would
beach her or blow her up" said Whe-
Ian. because steamships in those days
were crude affairs; but to our surprise
they took her out OF the harbor WIN
ease and came back>the next day with
everything shipshape. BY watching
the European engineers few minutes
they had learned the whole thing"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17
TIE TEETH OF JAPANESE WON
EN-A VIVID MEMORY.

He still remembers that as a young
man. fresh from the sea, he took a.
count Of one popularity OF the Japa-
nese above all others, and that was that
the married women had black teeth
and the unmarried women white. But
he also saw a man burned 10 death
publicly for stealing. and that, too, has
remained in his memory very vividly,
although as a veteran of the Civil Wa-
who had fought for the Union through
out the four years he was not unac-
customed 10 sights which would cause
the average citizen TO faint.
Guess what he stoiel' remarked the
ancient mariner-"some solder!'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17
y CHtck
evans

once more. and other men of, or nearly
OF, their calibre. This being medal
play, however IT will not command
quite the same degree of popular in
terest as the amateur meeting. But 1t
will give these two superb medal play
ers from the United States an oppor-
tunity TO make the most OF their tai
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17
oUIMETs TRAINING ON BROOK
LINE LINKS.

When he was nine years old Ouimet
put in every spare hour caddying on
these links. lie learned TO swing a
club as instinctively as the average
boy learns TO throw ball but he also
learned those links. every nook and
Granny Of them, every slope and rise,
their every mood, in fact, in all sorts Of
weather. That is a great advantage
in golf. which above all other games
depends so much upon the confidence
of the player He needs the moral sup
port OF his links. IL we may personify
10 this extent that beloved stretch of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17
FREQ
HERReSHOer
The Doughty Band of Experts Whose Effort to Bring
the British Title to This Country Begins To-
moron, Faces Huge but by No
Means Impossible Task.

eigner has shattered himself. In fact,
the most encouraging characteristic Of
our golfers in England is not their
youth and dash, but their industry. Mr..
Darwin, in another article in The
Times" dwells upon this feature Of the
inVaSiO He writes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17

voyage il still living. l dare say that
you know that all the japanese tea I'm
ported by my fathers concern os long
as il remained in existence was sold
under the trademark Of 'Benefactor
Japan Tea Thus for many years the
voyage in which you took part was
commemorated throughout the United
States"
Forty-fve years ago Whelan was
shipwrecked off Asbury Park, in the
Circucian, an old blockade runner. then
bound from New orleans for New
York. The Deal lifesavers rescued
him and the rest OF the crew. Three
years later he retired from the sea, got
Job with the Street Cleaning Depart
ment and remained with 1t until his re-
tirement
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17
FRANCIS
OUiMET
BY W. VI. HOUGHTON.

"EN American golfers, the longest
and best list Uncle Sam mas ever
sent abroad to represent him III
one event. are in England TO play In
the British amateur championship
tournament at Sandwich. beginning to-
morrow. And the entire Anglo-Saxon
sporting world is waiting to see
whether this number contains one man
capable of humbling John Bull on home
territory in this ancient game of his.
Francis Ouimet, the Brookline boy
(for he will then be only ten days bet
ter than a boy). who sent Nardon ana
Ray. the British professionals, back To
the land Of their birth last year de-
feated. is the individual upon whom
the major interest has centred both
here and abroad. And yet it is admit
ted in all we'll informed golfing circles
that Jerome d. Travers GERRY 70
those who know him least and those
who know him besD is the more likely
winner, if the Americans have one
among them.
However, mystery clings tenderly
about young Ouimet, Americas open
champion. clothing him with those al
Turing garments Of hers which always
magnify and dignity her temporary pet.
This youth who says so little am
smiles so genially, who feels so much
AT home with the caddies, Of whom ne
was one himself not so long ago, and
so much at ease with every one else
has he got the nerve" necessary to a
personal victory in a foreign land on
an unfamiliar course over the world
most famous golfers, with the world
looking on?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17
HA ROlO
WE GER 3

county" To this jeremiad the cheerfully
arrogant one makes answer something
as follows: These Americans Will
practise so much that they'll be hope
lessly stale by the time they get TO
Sandwich. The more they practise
now the better for us. The great thing
is to come to 1t fresh and to get on TO
your game just at the right moment
Let us sleep quietly in our beds.
We may soothingly say to these two
gentlemen. You're both right and
you're both wrong" but in our own
minds we make the reservation that 1t
is the complacent one who is the more
wrong OF the two. His advice in the
matter of practice is akin to that given
to the smaller OF two street boys about
to engage in a fight Go in and win"
It is splendid fun for the smaller hoy
II he does win, but If he doesn't he is
likely to have his head punched all
the more soundly because he is the
smaller; indeed, this is. as rule. the
painful and wholly unromantic ending
Of the affair. Much the same thing
generally happens TO the golfer who Is
short OF practice just before the cham
pionship. Very occasionally he Jumps
right into his best form, plays with an
almost light hearted zest and wins the
championship. thereby initiating
grave confusion between cause and eff
feet, either in the writings Of journal
lists. who must have something new
10 say or in the minds of earnest stu
dents. who must have something new
TO try. Far more often, however. he
does not come on to his best game at
the right moment: he does not even
feel fresh and keen, because he has
worked too hard in the vain attempt
to make up for lost time, and the cpl
taph on the tomb of his young hopes,
cut after, perhaps, one flicker of brill
fancy in about the second round, con-
sists of the three brief words, six and
five"
1t is considered probable that. what
ever comes, Ouimet and Evans will re-
main in England to play for the Brit
ish open championship at Prestwick on
June IS and 10. There Ouimet will
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17
1T is LARGELY A MATTER OF
PSYCHOLOGY.

You see. IL is so much a matter or
psychology Every one knows by this
time that Ouimet can play on occasion
the kind of golf that Is going to win
the British amateur championship.
But how often can he play it and under
how many different combinations OF
circumstances? Henry Leach, an Eng
hsh sports authority, who writes for
The Sketch" says he is good enough
10 win" Mr.. Leach has been playing
with him since his arrival in England.
But then he goes on to point out what
a gulf divides that statement from the
simpler one: He is going TO win
In the first place, the man who sue
ceods must win his match In eight
rounds, one after the other. one bad
round will send his hopes glimmering
But even should he have the stuff in
him TO accomplish this supremely difh-
cult task il is not at all unlikely that
in one of his rounds he will meet an OPP
moment who on that particular occa-
sion plays phenomenal golf, the kind
that goes down in history because 1t is
so rarely repeated. Here again is pos
sible period to his progress.
Mr.. Leach is of the opinion that if
Ouimet plays the steady golf he played
in the American open championship
tournament at Brookline last year he
will win the British amateur champion
ship. The if however, is really big
ger than IL looks. To begin with, the
Brookline tournament was medal play;
that at Sandwich will be match play
a most important difference, involving
deeply the psychology of the individ-
ual player. And, secondly, Ouimet was
brought up from infancy on the links
Of the Brooklne Country Club where
he won his phenomenal victory. His
fathers house stands very near the
seventeenth green. so near that his
mother. over the fence in her garden,
watched her son hole out in three in
both rounds with Nardon and Ray.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17

IL is singular. but true that "hen
man begins to go downhill he finds every
thing creased.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17
HERRESHOFF A FIGHTER SEC
OND ONLY TO JERRY.

To back up this trio of stars prepar-
ing TO battle for their country are seven
other stout hearted giants or the gaiue'
any one of whom might capture the
championship through lucky squirt.
Fred Herreshoff, Of New YORK. WHO
sailed with Travers and has been play
ing with him constantly since they
landed in England, looms up slightly
above the others. He has the repu'a-
ton OF being a fighter second only 10
Jerry in the United States, ana since
his arrival on the other side ne mas
been shining in medal play. He came
off second at Westward Ho. In the play
for the Easter gold challenge meoai
with a score Of 81. on the handicap
list of the United States Golt Associa-
tion he ,s rated at No. 3, the only one
among the golfers with this rating TO
be representing his country at sahu-
witch.
Tho remaining six are Frazer Haze
of Chicago; c. w. Inslee, OF Oneida'
Arthur G. Lockwood, of Boston. Henry
]. Topping, Of Greenwich; Edward ;.
Knapp, Of westbrook. and Harold
Weber. of Toledo. All of these men
have a handicap of four strokes In the
official list. being rated in the same
class with Heinrich Schmidt, the
Worcester lad who took Harold Hilton
tn the nineteenth hole in the semi finals
of the championship tournament al
St Andrews last year. Unfortunately
Young Schmidt. who has become tutor
and IS now In Santa Barbara. Cal. has
found II impossible to compete at sand
wich.
The drawings. made on Wednesday
last, resulted favorably for the Amer
lean players, no two of whom are
bracketed together in the first round.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17
GREAT BRITAIN MARSHAlS
HOST OF PLAYERS.

Against these ten men Great Brit
ain is marshalling host. among them
Harold II. Hilton, the present cham
MON: r. H. de Montmorency, Lord
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-05-01
WIN THE LIVE ONIs.

! Nn Nrcs OF the RcNlm pgtro-
Iom company Of EartlcsNuo. is in
Tulsa
The Washington herald., 1914-11-22
Southern Men in the Majority.

OF the 227 Democrats in the next House there
will be at least I22, a clear majority from the
South If these should stand together upon any
legislation distinctly favorable to their section they
could control caucus action.
This is a situation which is already topic of
discussion among the comparatively few Northern
and Western Democrats who have been returned 1t
is probable that they will demand in the first place.
redistribution of the chairmanships although it is
by no means likely that this request will be needed
Another proposition under consideration is or
ganization of which the nineteen Democrats from
New York will be the nucleus and which can main
tain balance of power in the House. the idea being to
utilize this organization as conservative force against
sectional legislation The outlook is that the pre-
ponderance of Southern Democrats will be a serious
problem in the next House. The Republicans are
certain to make political capital of it, and the
only way in which the Democrats can neutraize the
attack is TO keep the South in the background If the
Southern Democrats, conscious of their majority
should agree to self-abnegation, the path of the
Northern Democrats would be much easier to travel
The President will be expected of course to hold
himself aloof while the situation adjusts itself Born
in Virginia and lifelong Democrat, however, he
is credited with Southern prediction and will be
relied upon by the Southern Democrats to stand by
them in any contention which may arise He will be
wise enough to see however that his only safeguard
is position of strict neutrality. He cannot afford
to offend the South but he can and doubtless will
insist that his party shall be completely free from all
taint of sectonalism. 1t is the North and West and
not the South which makes and unulakes adminstra-
tons by its vote, and knows this better than
the President himself 1t must be remembered, also
that the South will be loyal to the Democratic party
no matter what happens, while the rest of the coun-
try will exercise an independent judgment.
1t will be interesting to observe when the new
Congress assemblies, how the Democrats meet the
situation which will confront them. They can, if
they will, allow the Southern members to head all
the important committees shape all the legislation,
and, in general exercise control The Probability is
however, that this condition will not be allowed to
exist without serious protest from Democrats who
represent districts in Northern and Western States
The Washington herald., 1914-11-22
Unimportant If True
By DIR. ERITAS

What is of a lance
No. Jason, people do the family
one-half the Mexicans trying put jail
Whom the Mexicans would destroy they FIR max
Creek these days they unite against Turkey
And there they
yet Kentucky are not committed by
night riders
up occasionally.
always trying get
of the other fellow
longer
when he
way get along without you
is think that he can't
putting
too much English in their shooting
Nobody has rich by sitting cursing luck
European people grudge against posey judging by
that being piled for pay
The might give up o wanting
would do cooking a whic-and
Laws support of
Jersey Judge boy in jail for killing
rabbit higher the penalty killing
parts of the South
The Washington herald., 1914-11-22
Political Situation.

One result of the reont election which has moi
received especial attention is worthy of comment
In the next House the South will be in position to
control legislation to almost unprecedented
The abnormal conditions of 1912 brought into the
House unusual influx of Northern and Western
Democrats. The South had its usual quota of Demo-
cratic representation, but for the first time in the
history OF Democratic control of Congress the South
ern Democrats were in minority. 1t is true that
the principal committee chairmanships were held by
Southerners, but this did not mean caucus donina-
tion. The consequence was that measures especially
designed to benefit the South, such as the proposed
government cotton loan, were not enacted. There
was much talk of the South being in the saddle but
as matter of fact the Northern and Western
Democrats had sufficient political to appreciate
that if they allowed sectonalsm to control legsla-
ton there might be some resentment throughout the
country
The election swept aside these Northern and
Western Democrats In the next House there will be
only four from Massachusetts, none from Connecti-
cut only twenty out of total of foryhree districts
in New York, only six out of thirty-two from Penn
Sylyana, and mere handful from Ohio and Illinois
On the other hand, the delegations from the Solid
South still intact with the exception of a solitary
district in North Carolina In nine out of ten
also, the same members have been returned. Out of
twelve districts in Georgia eleven members have been
reelected and the other district would have returned
Representative Hardwick if he had not been elected
to the Senate. In Kentucky, Missouri and Virginia
there is change whatever in the personnel of the
delegations. 1t is characteristic of the South, by the
way retain Representatives for several terms This
is one reason why when the Democrats come into
power, all the important chairmanships go to that
section, for in the makeup of the committees the
matter of seniority plays an important part
The Washington herald., 1914-11-22
NAVAL ORDERS.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.

NOV NENlENTS OF VESSELS.
~tcr't arrived at TOmpkinsyille NOyciuhrr y.
from Grtvcsend Bay; Monaghan arrived at Grave
sud Bay November ls from TOmpkinsEiIc; NJ
puucal Casin, and Mccall arrived at Ham, ton
Roads. November 70 from Southern DTin ''rU,.nds:
Br.tus arrived at San PedrO de MECOris. NUvCmfsr
r. from SantO Domingo: Washington Sailei for
Philadelphia. November -, from Santo Duming'
SClaCr arrived at New York yard, November ..
Buffalo arrived at Mazatlan. November -: BTutUS
aiIrd for Guantanamo. via Santo Domingo, rrJzn
san Pc.lrO dc Macoris November %.
NOTES
The Caesar now at the Charleston yard, has been
ordered TO the Norfolk yard.
The Potomac now at the Charleston yaUi. has
hz-n ordered TO the naval station. GuanianImo Bay
iuha towing coal barge No. l. From Guantanamo
Bay the Potomac will proceed to CTistctNl for duty
as mobile tender to the first division, Submarine
tutila, Atlantic feet.
Upon completion OF division ITactice by the battle
shirs of the Capes Of Chesapeake. the Uncas Will
rruc~ed to NuTfon Philadelphia, and rrtIrn 10 Nor
folk.
The Marblehead. now at SaUsalito. has been or
dcrei TO the Mare Island yard for repairs
The entry in the movements Of vessels list Of
the 9TH instant reporting the sailing Of the Gin
dinnati fruln Nagasai for Manila, should have RAD
shanghai instead Of Manila"
ORDERS To OFFICERS.
Ensign F. X. Elder to Jouett.
First Lieut.. e. G. Sinclair. Marine COTTs, to
SeDnd Lieut. A. R. Sutherland, to Ninth Com
pany First Brigade. Vera Cruz.
Second Lieut.. Harry schmidt. TO marine barracks,
Philadelphia. duty Twelfth Company.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-22
PRICES GOING UP IN JAPAN.
Government Purchases and Short
age of stocks to Blame.

Prices Of commodities have advanced.
but this must not be taken as a well
come sign Of the return of prosperity.
1t is to be attributed to the present
war directly or indirectly. According
to the Bank of Japan the average price
Of commodities in Tokyo and around
for last month stands at Isl against
1888 for the previous month and
l3252 for the same time last year. In
other words prices have advanced las
over the previous month. but still re-
main 336 below the figure for the same
time last year. OF So staple com
modities covered by the Investigations
Of the Bank of Japan "a have shown
an advance while 16 have undergone
a curtailment the remaining 16 being
unchang" !.
Among the staple commodities show
Ing an upward tendency are number
ed barley. rye, wheat, -four, bran, ma
nure, fish manure, oil cakes, sugar. tea,
soy sake. dried bonito, eggs. oils, hemp,
indigo, imported iron materials, inn
ported iron nails, copper, sheet glass,
vegetable wax, matches. charcoal, and
fuel wood, while the list of goods
which have witnessed decline IN
cludeS rice, SOya beans, auZukl DedilS'
misc. raw silk. nabutae. silk handker-
chiefs, kaiki. silk lining, floss silk, cot
ton yarn. imitation nankeen, ginned
cotton, satin. mattings and raw lacquer
Among those commodities which have
remained unchanged are salt, cut tObac-
co, imported tobacco, shirting, flannel,
muslin, lumber, stone, bricks, tiles, Ce-
ment, Japanese paper, foreign paper,
skins and hides, coal, and kerosene OIL.
or all staple commodities which have
advanced barley. rye, soy, hemp, cop
per. and sugar have risen on account
Of a large purchase by the government
for consumption at the front while
wheat. flour. indigo. imported iron
materials. imported iron nails. and
sheet glass have been only indirectly
affected by the war. the immediate
causes being the stoppage OF business
and transportation or the shortage Of
the visible stock caused by the present
war. The advance of matches also
may he attributed to an indirect cG-
feet of the war, manufacturers having
been forced to raise prices on account
Of the scarcity of raw materials. The
rise in the prices of other CommOditi =
Is all due to causes independent OF the
crisis.
The effect of the war to the contrary
is seen in raw silk, habutae. silk hand
kcrchiefs, mattings, and other com
modities manufactured for export
In the case Of rice, soya beans, adzulIi
beans, and ginned cotton the decline is
to be an inevitable result Of
overproduction. Other staple commo-
dities have declined on account Of a
decline in demand.-Japan Times.