The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-18

/ The expectation of life after 20 is less
/ than it was thirty years ago. This is
/ due largely to increased prevalence OF
the diseases OF degeneration. TIL" mus
/ cles. arteries and other organs of those
who as result Of S"dentary "Ccupa-
. ti"n or Incidence take too little eXer-
/ CSr degenerate. Heart disease. kidney
; disease and other ills follow"
While Walter Hagen failed to repeat In
the open golf championship. the Ro-
chester FRO. has ground out one of the
Tin 81 averages in the last year in bunk
cred annals. He Won the open at Md
lothian last August. the Panama-Paciir
champions hip at San Francisco hack in
the .pring. Won the Greenwich invita-
ton tourney in May and then landed the
MassachH<etts open late in June. In
four of his last five main starts he has
finished first. There is no longer any
doubt that in Hagen America has a golfer
of first rank and one who will hold his
place when tho intcrnationals are re-
sum"d al the end Of The war.
George Cook Wi"hl. son Of st Jo-
seph banker was tlaHlng on the links
OF the ST. Joseph 'OGntry Club recent
y. and on driving from the fifth tee the
ball hit a redheaded uoodpecker which
was flying in the opposite direction. kill
ing the bird instantly.
The Solfer continued playing and moth
ing re 'uliar was noticed until Wlehl pre-
pared to drive 10 the next green. Then
he noticed something was wrong with
the ball. and upon eXaminans it dis
covered that the birds head had become
imhedded in the sphere. II was imbed-
ded half an inch with quarter of an inch
p.otTudinS.
The first contest for one OF the big
amateur titles held by Francis Ouimer
will be on July 2l-c4. when the Mas
sachusetts amateur championship Will
be held at Ouimet's club. the Wood
land. near Boston.
Besides the Bay state title. Ouimet
holds the French and tbs United States
titles. On account Of the war golf is a
dead in France as in Great Britain. and
he will not he called upon to defend his
foreign title this year.
Ouimet will thus have 10 defend only
two titles this year. but to do this is
no easy task. may he judged from
his CLOSE shaves' last year in winning
these championships.
In the Bay State title play he was
up and to go in his match with
W. c. Chick. and the latter's defeat
by a crushing score was considered
inevitable. But Chick won five
straight holes. squaring the match on
the seventeenth.
On the home hole Chick made his
first error in the half-dozen holes. and
was in trouble from the tee Ouimet
was straight out and won the match
by l up.
Although Ouimet began the season
more than promisingly by winning the
big Baltimore and Brookline spring
tournaments, he slumped badly in the
national open at Baltusrol recently
and was far down the list He dis
played falling off that alarmed his
friends and they were Of the opinion
that unless a change came for the
better. he would have no easy ttme
in defending his title at Woodland
this month.
No tournament of the season thus
far has engaged the attention Of the
amateurs. outside the open at ma
tional open. SO much as will this
coming play for the Massachusetts
title for the work done by Ouimet
there will determine in a measure the
chances Of Travers. Evans. Heinie
Schmidt. Chandler Egan, Harry Davis.
Fownes. Byers and other aspirants to
honors.
II Ouimet should wade through his
field without much trouble. naturally