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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-12
"CUSSEDNESS" ONCE WON GOLF
TITLE; 1T is AN ESSENTIAL
Harm Vnrdon British Champion E@patns Parts Foge0 oO
Nerve Stubbornne8S Accuracy and Dehcdcy OF lo@cH'
When Strokes Are SeVerest Test

a caddie. the chances are that you will
become flurrled and confused. And then
your nerve will 20.
The Value of the Undivided Mind in
Golf
Let me tell little story illustrating
the value of what we may call an un-
divided mind In the first championship
1 ever won land the first is by far the
hardest to VIM 1 had to play off with
j. H. Taylor at Muirfield for the title.
We had tied in the competition proper.
Nearing the end, 1t was still a question
as to who would triumph, and on the
seventeenth green l was faced by a long
putt which had to be played over un-
dulating ground. Immediately 1 decided
just which slopes / would take In order
to reach the hole.
My brother Tom. who was carrying for
me, pointed out line which was entirely
different from that which I fancied. 1t
was a critical putt, for If one went the
wrong way the ball might start off u
slope and finish considerable distance
from the pin. had the profoundest re-
spect for my brothers gifts as a putter
(there have been few better than Tom on
the green), but I did not want to be
shaken at this stage NO. said, "I'm
going my own way"
The putt was holed, and it practically
settled the championship Just "cussed-
ness" perhaps, but 1t Is a useful trait IN
the golfer. have seen men almost trem-
bling with excitement at the critical
point in a contest. and yet possessed OF
such command over themselves as to OBJ
serve at once the best thing to do and
to play the shot perfectly.
For the great majority of persons, II
is in connection with short puts that
nerves attain their most painful activity
There is nothing else in sport quite like
the short putt at golf You know that
there can be no reasonable excuse for
falling to knock ball into n hole -four
feet distant, and yet that there is a con-
siderable chance of failing. Here, per-
haps, may be permitted to remark, that
the higher the reputation of the player
and the more, therefore, that is expected
of him, the greater are the trials of the
short putt. For all the skill that 1t re.
quires, he has no advantage over the "a.
handicap man, and he realizes that, Il
he misses 1t, there will be no chance
of recovery. 1t will be hole lost or G
stroke gone.
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M. R. MARSTON BEAN
R. D. WEBB IN JERSEY
TTTULAR GOLF MAYg
Baltusrol Expert sim.,.
Could Not Go Wrong y
fe ted Englewo,l.'ss ~
Man Z Up and 6 to Is' pIs'
at West Orange.

ESSEX COUNTRY cr,IrR
ange, n: j.. June 1a.-Maxwsli p :. g
ton, OF Baltusrol, is the new rois nan aa7
pi9n o. new Jersey. He won ~ snaa.
thls AFTERNOON Tor the first tims uts
career Wnen ne defeated Roy X ~ hls
OF Englewood, up and 6 n ~. webb
3s-hole final match over The ,lnsy ,lb,sy N ths
Essex County Country Club A' Or ths
Marston simply played ysh,a.
going out In s5 to webfAs q ug,Iu !. sdll
almost impossible for him ~ seemss
Meanwhile, Webb was ciear,y gfonE
his early form and was oon,i,,,noft snoft cf
Ing TO Keep pace off the tee y tiy.
Webb Is slight of physInus
propaoly oO pounds less than ~ w'lshs
tusrol man. Marston won ,ha une BAL.
In to when Webb fiubbed nj. .Ist hols
shot. n's appruath
On the fourth, Marston reoora..
by driving the green 275 varS. lsaea 4 !
tee. Webb was fully 50 yards .nm ,nIom ihs
had to be content with 4 Ifs,suot uot sht
iron, Marston also drove the az, = MD
zoo yards. and made another q ~ ~ e
He further increased hls lssd
played. was ovsf.
Putting his drive out of bound, 8.
webb the eighth hole, while on ~. 49, ~
an over-approach lost him mora ~ s.s.l nlna
Thus Marston turned for hona S,Vula y.
Three puts after dubbed sseors
the tenth for Webb and, althouvSSV y ~
able TO get back the eleventh ~. ~ W.
hole he won, Marston settled tbs q, ,.s,ag oaI
on the twelfth with a half in 4 -'s'0l
| Fully 200 persons were In The ,s,t..
probably half that number were 49, ~
The card: "V'nen'
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GRAMMAR SCHOOL BOYS
IN TRACK CONTESTS
Houston Field Is Scene of An
nual Festival-Nieman Wins
50-yard Dash.

Houston Field was the scene of great
activity this afternoon when large
number Of grammar school athletes par
ticipated in the annual grammar school
exercises.
The races were divided into three
classes SO that the smaller athletes
would not be so greatly handicapped by
being forced to compete against larger
boys
A large crowd turned out to see these
youngsters in motion. The track was
fast and good time was made.
Neman, wearing the colors of the NC
Call School, won the Class A senior class
5O-yard dash in 10 seconds.
The summaries follow:
GLASS A SENIORS.
5O-yard dash-Winner Nieman, Mccall
School; second, Ascrino, Campbell School !
third. Cook. Newton School. Time, l-5
seconds.
CLASS B SENIORS.
50-yard dash-Winner. Schlecter. Ken
deron School. second. Pennock. MacIn-
tyre School, third, Duckett, MacIntyre
School. Time, l-5 seconds.
CLASS c, SENIORS.
5O-yard dash-Winner, Clayborn. Rey-
nolds School; second, Eldridge, Pierce
School: third, Deshields, Rendoll School.
Time, 2-5 seconds.
CLASS A JUNIORS
50-yard dash-Winner. Burt, Newton
School; second, Barrol, Belmont School;
third. Snyder. Belmont School. Time,
Z 3-5 seconds.
CLASS B JUNIORS,
50-yard dash-Winner, Speitz, MacIn-
tyre School; second, Bergsman, MacIn-
tyre School; third, Mackenzie. School OF
Practice. Time. 7 AS seconds.
CLASS c JUNIORS.
! 50-yard dssh-Winner Reiss, Reynolds
School; second. Murcag. PASTORAL School;
third, Halderman, Pierce School Time
| As seconds,
CLASS A INTERMEDIATE.
| Broad jump-Winner, Tobin, Southwark
School; second. Siegel. Campbell School;
third, Stern, Newton School. Distance, 10
feet 7lk inches.
CLASS b INTERMEDIATE.
| Broad jump-Winner, Yates, Kenderton
| School; second, DOoley, Cleveland School;
third, Furlong. Blaine School. Distance,
16 feet.
CLASS G INTERMEDIATE.
Broad jump-winner. Malley. Haw-
thorns School; second, Baokman, Whit
| tier School; third, Sieman, Hawthorne
School. Distance. Il feet 11h inches.
CLASS A INTERMEDIATE.
5O-yard dash-Winner, Tobin, Southwark
School; second, Stern. Newton School
third. sintson. Campbell School. Time,
2-5 seconds.
CLASS INTERMEDIATES.
50-yard dash-Winner. Yates. Render
ton School; second, Rowe. MaoIntyre
School; third, DOolsy. Cleveland School
Time. 1-s seconds
CLASS INTERMEDIATES.
60-yard dash-Winner, Malley, Haw,
thorna School; second, Baelkman. Whit.
tier School: third, Wood, Reynolds
School. Time, S-5 seconds.
CLASS A SENIORS.
Running broad Jump-Winner. Cook
Newton School; second, Nieman, Mccall
School; tie between Shetland, Mccall
and Smith. Newton. Distance, II feet I
inches.
CLASS B SENIORS
Running broad jump-Winner, Miller
School OF Practice; second, Matthews
Dunlap School, third. schlecter. Render
ton School. Distance, II feet IL inches,
CLASS c SENIORS.
Running broad jump-Winner, Sands
Pierce School; second. Clark. Whittie
School; third, White, Partorius School
Distance. ls feet 81 inches.
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Successful Putting Mainly a Matter
of Confidence

In all sincerity, I express the opinion,
after having undertaken two lengthy
tours in the United States, that Ameri
can golfers are better hoIers-out than
British golfers, Taking the general stand
ard, they are not yet so good in other de-
partments of the game, but they are the
cooler on the putting greens, and, after
all, absence OF anxiety is the chief essen
tial OF success. Whether 1t is that they
possess the better temperament for this
dainty part OF golf, or that thew hsva
not played long enough to appreciate how
dreadful a bogey 1t may become. do not
know At any rate, there Is the condi-
tion OF affairs as 1t appeals to me at the
present time.
Without doubt, successful putting IA
mainly matter OF confidence. and that
several great golfers fail TO win cham
pionships by reason OF their weslFnss.
near the hole is probably due TO the fsc,
that they have never gained eonnplats
confidence In their ability TO get down =
fouF-foot putt :
tor many happy years 1t did not so
much as enter my head that eouiS
miss short putt except as the result oS
earelessness Then / struck a bad patch
in this hitherto simple business Tbe
result was that / developed In INV risbt
forearm nerve that puzzled 4 GOOD
many medical friends, and subjected me
to indeseribable mental torture. When
ever prepared to play a short putt dt
was only close 70 the hole that | hsa
any trouble. so that the afflietlon must
have been born largely OF imaginationl
/ would wait for that nerve in the riebt
erm to jump. The instant / felt thai h
was about to start would make a dash
/ at the ball In a desperate EFFORT 10 be
/ IN first with the shot, and what happened
/ as a consequence Of this haste may be
readily imagined.
Last spring the Jump" left me entirely
for month OF two, ana whenever anv
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test of nerve and
temperament than
any other game In
the world. That,
indeed, is the opin-
ion of most people
who are expert
enced in the pur-
suit of sports and
pastimes, and 1t Is
the cause of a phe-
nomenon which Of
fers much food for
reflection.
Golf is unique In
the respect that 1t
has two types OF
first-class players
d. thn
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LOUISIANA DEFEATS BLUTE
Referee, However, Declares Baltimore
Bout a Draw.

BALTIMORE. Md, June Ia.-Notvlth-
standing the fact that Louisiana. ~
Philadelphia, carried the night to Jimmy
Blute here last night IN nearly every one
Of the 10 rounds and landed the most tell-
ing blows, Referee abe Ullman called the
large crowd. How Ullman could have
called the bout a draw was a mvstery
Louisiana did all the leading, ana On sew.
eral occasions had Blnts hanging on for
his life. The latter only showed hashes
OF form at times.
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TDT 40 NORWAY WINS WOOTENS NATIONAL LAWN TENNIS TITLE
DETROIT TIGERS, HERE TODAY,
HAVE LEARNED MACHINE PLAY
Jennings Team Is Up Race Because the WIN Idea Has
Crasped Whole Ctub-Cobbs Work Big F0ctor-G~v
Morton Like Both Alexander and Addie Joss


Morton Like Both Alexander and Addte Joss
WV arc N. Detroit Tigers so high when
their pitching been asked thousands OF tunes
, s season opened field glass to find the
answer and desire to win ball games % Is
sadly lacking in some OF i Players " ~
the of rush. - -,
The batting the fielding was above @
average the Tigers seemed to waste too many
hits Any Cobb and Crawford in It's lineup
serous pitching the other players are hus'ns
the famous Athletics machine seeneu
rpit OF the and ambition the
whole became convinced that II %
pennan entered their minds when the ~ ~
dcrfuic ombi was'intact
Cobb Largely Responsible for Teams Good start . ,,o,
Cobb started of reporting at the
training Cobb has not reported u
days transforming trip north Ihe
Of and incidentally was respon'0 "
sa. start the Georgian has Cobb
generally hoved about 'e %
but this year he " far above % anu
Every player strives only natural that
and that another reason Tor
thesteams to date
Jennings Master fOr Pitching staff M
argument White sox and Red sox STATS when the
eso would ind anywhere Dngss and
in shape pohe cavet ACQUISITION
the that held the team up while the veterans
BIZ stoen has been purchased the
form of two years ago Jennings VIII not ] nd to worry @ t % s @ b %
the league but that he was dissatisfied in ceVe
wanted to
s % co6S @ ouO So aT to r in the game It team that
play the local
entirely from his operation for appendicitis the Tigers VIII IN
enough to hold down
base a pennantbound club
Morton Speakers Prediction
shbe anticipation seeing star young
standing all the hs their heads with his binding speed
a Two lone
by swinging at a ball foot over his by
Athletic base the entire effective
o
When iris Speaker declared that Morton was second Ado Joss he
pitches much like combination Alexander the Great
of
fOr wghtman
With Miss Eleanor LOngwoOd Cricket
the Of the padepn cse club at St. Marn Th 3 o
the fourth Mrs wightan In aOso1 Miss
national thereby
originally California it
tennis players the world developed Mrs wshtman
proved to be one of the of the While
doubles nor the singles @ proved it in this tournament
partner fairly easy going throughout
although Miss Sears has reached the point
and Mrs George H Chapman West Side Club New
York yesterday
In fact the ultimate the
capable The So which
which the title was
Signs CrOweu. College Pitcher
AS announced
n crowe the big righthaned tweF of the Brown
lot with
o a coach.
Mathewson back shape against yesterday
right he with Iay
desired effect and he thought the
yesterday pitched hi
@ Sss s sss IN @ 1 % the a cubs S @ % back % S S '4 & e s end of due
best days
Billy of the American
Of Of
control IN
Cleveland chap
ahleL
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D-4 Wins Southern Highs Title

The d. section defeated Ell on South
wark Field yesterday afternoon by a
score of II to 4 for the intrassctional
championship OF Southern High School
Desasn. the yictoFs twirler. had IS strike
outs, while Conigan, OF the vanqulshed,
famed is batsmen. The boys composing
the d. section also won the champion
ship In 1918
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Jennings Master Stroke for Pitching staff
Burns. Local BOY, Will Boost Tigers' Chances

there is in the league that looks any
that accidents can
When Burns the local
appendicitis the Tigers will be In
enough hold
nrtba on a
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nv HARRY VARDON

GOLF CHAMPION OF GREAT BRITAIN.
Golf. for all the appearance OF tame
tranquility that 1t is apt to present 70
the uninitiated mind, probably proEiues pSIn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-12
Copyright. 1915, by the Wheeler
Syndicate, Inc.)

This Is the first of n series OF articles
on golf that MIR. Warden Is writing
specially for the EVENING LEDGER.
The second article will appear next
Saturday,
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caddie, the chances are that you Will
become flurried and confused. And ther
your nerve will 20.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-05-13
MIGHT HAVE SAVED BIG LINER
interchangeable Flying Ahead Of Lusl.
tania Would Have Detected SUBJ
marine, Say Experts.

Chicago. May 10.-A hydro-aeroplane
Aging ahead Of the Lusitania would
have detected the submarine and pre-.
vented the explosion which sank the
ship, say experts.
In order that America may be pre-
pared with plenty of experienced avia.
tors. II this nation is drawn unwilling.
ly into the worldwide conflict. the
Aero club of Illinois has Joined the
movement to raise 800, 900 with which
to conduct a series of long-distance
flying contests this summer.
Charles s. Dickinson, president of
the club, said:
mo British warship proceeds with.
out a convoy OF hydro-aeroplanes and
no submarine can reach one of the
ships with these watchers above them
in the air. Such a Waterman ahead OF
the Lusitania for the last so miles
OF its course would have served the
same purpose.
America should have hosts of cap
able flyers. They would be invaluable
In times of stress to save human lives
The government cannot have then
ready In time of need unless they are
trained In advance. Capable ayiatori
do M develop over night"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-05-13
EIGHT TURKISH SHIPS SUNK
TRANSPORTS ARE SENT TO BOT
TOM BY RUSSIANS.
Teutonic Allies Claim Cars Troops
Are Being Pressed Back In
GaIicia.

Paris, May 1t.-According to news
from a reliable source in Constantin.
opIe, says a dispatch from Athens to
the Havas agency, six Turkish trans.
ports have been sunk by the Russians
off the Bosphorus and two others have
been sunk in the Sea Of Marmora.
The Turkish army, the dispatch adds,
has left Adrianople in the direction Of
MIdieh, a seaport or the Black Sea.
London, May IL. - In the fighting
that Is in progress along the battle
lines in Belgium and France, and in
Russia and the Carpathians, both the
Triple Entente and the Teutonic allies
claim successes at various spots.
None of them however, except pos.
sibly Austria and Germany, record sue
cesses on a great scale. Even the
statements Of the Teutonic allies are
reiterations Of the reports for several
days past that the Russians continue
to be pressed back In Galicia and the
Carpathians and that Hungary Is free
Of enemy forces.
Petrograd does not deny the gains
claimed by the Teutons, but declares
that the Russians are fighting back
hard at certain points and that the
attacks OF the Teutons while undimin.
.shed In vixor. are becoming less fire.
Quent.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-05-13
BERLIN CLAIMS CAPTURE
OF CITY OF llBAU IN RUSSIA

Berlin, May l0.-(Via IIoudOn.)-
Official announcement vas made at
the German war Office that the city of
Libau. in the province OF Courland,
Russia, has been captured by the Ger
mans.
The text of the communication fol.
lows: IAN infantry battle took place
In the Vosges. Only in this section
did the French attack our positions.
All attacks resulted in failure with
heavy losses to the French.
In the eastern theater of the war
the troops we sent against the city
Of Libau took possession OF this town.
Sixteen hundred prisoners, Is cannon
and four machine guns fell into our
hands"
In the capture Of Libau the Ger
mans have gained one of the main OBJ,
jects Of their invasion Of the Baltic
provinces Of Russia. The movement
undertaken within the last fortnight
was designed to occupy Libau and
Riga. two OF the principal Russian
ports on the Baltic, which would en-
able the Germans to harass Russian
communications with P~etrograd.
Liban Is about rs miles along the
sea coast from the German border.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-05-13
CARRIED AMERICAN
FLAG WHEN STRUCK
GULFLiGHT BORE STARS AND
STRIPES AT TIME OF
DISASTER.
THREE EXPLANATIONS OPEN
ment of Case-Aid Expected From
German Government in Making
American Position Easier.

Washington, May From the own,
ers of tie Gulfight, %torpedoed off the
Sicily Islands, comes the information
addressed to the Department of tSate
at Washington, that the ship carried
the American flag.
This leaves three possible explana
tons open to the Germans for the de
struction of the American ship:
Frst.-That the captain OF the sub
marine was mistaken as to the iden.
tity of the vessel.
Second.-That he assumed the
American flag was being misused to
cover the real identity Of the ship.
Third.-That in view OF the warn,
ing given by the German government
no vessel has a right to assume safety
in the published war zone.
Friendly Settlement Likely.
So far as developments here are con.
cerned, every indication points to a
nacfic settlement Of all the cases in
point and that Washington viii c~oniine
itself to It's usual program of writing
notes and making protests.
Aid is expected from the German
government in making the American
position easier.
Ii a more drastic policy is adopted
1t will NEAR that the President has
yielded to advisers in the State Depart
ment, not Secretary Bryan, and that
the entire administration policy rela
tive to foreign relations is changed
Pacificism is expected to prevail.
IL Germany disclaims knowledge o.
the identity of the submarine which
fired on the Gulhight. the administra
ton will be puzzled to say differently
should II wish to do so.
1t Is generally admitted that tn,
German advertisement warning Ameri
cans to avoid the wal zone has a tend
ency to place the burden OF proof OF
the German government, but the ad
m~inistration may not look at 1t tina
way.
The general expectation Is that tn,
administration will find d Ioophole on
OF the present difficulty.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-05-13
Death Due to browning.

Sioux Falls. 8. D., May 10.-The
coroner's jury returned q verdict to
the effect that Mrs. Kate McGlade,
about SO years old. Marshalltown. Ia,
came to her death by drowning when
the automobile In which she and her
husband were travelling to the home
Of their sons 10 Blunt. was over
turned near Hartford. west OF Sioux
Falls. The unfortunate woman was
pinned under the ~ when n reii mte
q creek Her husband. so years old
WEE too vercom 10 rencsr any ms
sistancA
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-05-13
Evidence 10 Incompetent.

Syracuse. N. Y. May 1O.-Justice
William s. Andrews. presiding at the
trial Of William Barnes suit for libel
against Theodore Roosevelt. ruled that
unless 1t be shown that Mr.. Barnes
actually knew of and profited by al
legged extravaganza and waste in the
execution In Albany of orders for pub
lie printing, evidence upon that sub
ject was incompetent. The proof ac-
cording to the ruling of the court must
be either circumstantial or direct. and
1t must be shown that the waste and
extravaganza was brought about
through his political influence. The
question Of printing In general would.
1t was said, come up again in a few
days.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-05-13
Liberty Bell 10 Repaired.

Philadelphia, May 6.-The clapper
which had hung inside the liberty bell
for 1862 years has been removed and
a spider" of structural steel inserted
on the inside of the relic.
The spider" or steel skeleton.
stretches Its six metal fingers down
underneath the bell and at equally
distant points around the Clipped
edges, clasps them tightly so that the
crack In 1t may be prevented, II pos.
sible. from growing further.
Whether the ciapper will be taken
with the bell to the Panama. Pacific
exposition will be decided by the Coun.
cilmanic committee which has pre-.
pared the plans for the journey.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-05-13
Chicago Sends Hospital Corps.

Chicago May ga complete hos
pital unit. to be known as the Chi
cago corps" will be Chicago's contri.
button to the British army. 1t is
learned. At the request of the British
var department, DR.. John B. Murphy
10 organising the corps. to consist of
80 Chicago doctors and "a nurses. II
10 expected to be ready to sail In FIVE
or six weeks. Its active head when
IL leaves America will be Dr. Jams r,
NeH, IN associate of Or. murphy. sv;o:-
unteers are In % Of the require.
ment. DR.. Murphy said.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-05-13
Like Titanic Disaster.

Liverpool, May 10.-Scenes reminis-
cent OF the Titanic and the Empress
Liverpool where a large crowd, chiefly
women relatives OF the crew of the
Lusitania, gathered outside the Ca
nard Office anxiously awaiting news OF
their e Little was available. how
ever. but the people remained calm. al.
though the strain was terrible. So far
as could be learned here the I.usi.
tania had no guns aboard.