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Live Stock

Chicago, December S.-Hogs: Receipts Is, GOO; market, strong; bulk, $15 so@ l6 30 light, $16 45@17. .25; mixed. $l6. 7OQl7 4V' heavy, $16. .75@17. 40; rough, $i6.75Ql7. .so' pigs, SIP. .75a15. 75 $,
 Cattle: Receipts, 5000; market, weak native steers. s7.35@162o; western steers St. 3O613. 70; lockers and feeders, $1a lyG H. cows and heifers, $5.10Q11 40; calves sS@15.
 Sheep: Re9eipts. 1000; market, weak wethers, s. S0@12 90; ewes, $7.7oaIl 50; lambs, SIP. 25@16.75.
 St. Louis, December S.-Hogs: Receipts, $500; market 10c to 15c, lower; lights, $17@17.2 25; pigs. s14. 25G16 50; mixed and butchers, $17.15@17. .45; good heavy. $17.3s GIT 55; bulk, $17Q17.40
 Cattle: Receipts, 5000; market, steady native beef steers, $S@15; yearling steers and heifers. s7414. 30; cows, $5@11; stock CTS and feeders, $6.50@11; Texas quaran- tine steers, $e. 75@1O. .50dfair to prime southern beef steers, $9Q12.75; beef cows and heifers, $6@10; prime yearling steers and heifers s7.5OglO, native calves, 5.75Q 14.75.
 Sheep: Receipts, none; market, nom- inally steady; lambs. $13@16.S5; ewes, $1t al 5o wethers, $1l@12 50; canners and choppers, $6G9
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Hubbard Bros. & Co.'s Letter

New York, December S.--The ginning report showed more cotton ginned than expected, so the market opened lower on selling by local traders and others who thought the report to be bearish as it was. On the break spinners' brokers bought heavily, as they have been doing for the past four or five days. As no new hedge selling appeared, prices steadily advanced, closing at an improve ment of 20 points over last evening.
 These markets before the bureau esti- mate of the crop are of an evening up character, without much new business tc determine the trend of prices It is a feature that those mills which have gov ernment orders are free buyers against their sales which are made at fixed price without danger of cancellation at such profit that the mills are unwill- ing to take any chance of losing it.
 In other days they would have been afraid of buyers cancelling orders al these prices and therefore would have been taking a chance on buying the cot ton.
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spot Cotton

New Orleans, December S.-Spot cotton, quiet and unchanged; sales on the spot, 130 bales; to arrive, 60; low middling, 27.31c; middling, 2s.19c: good middling, 2S.6sc. Receipts, 7546; stock, ,729.
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w. E. Campbell
Cotton
 ~

Stocks, grain. provisions and cotton seed oil. Correspondent Shepard & Chuck, New Orleans; F. w. Wagner S Co. New York and Chicago. Continnsss ous quotations; private wires to ail exchanges aAA
 010 and 017 Wood ward Bldr.
 Telephone Main 0141
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Fruits and Produce

Fruits and Produce Cocoanuts-Sc each. Bananas-Large. $2.50Q3. Fresh Peanuts-l2c lb. Oranges-California $4.25. Limes-Imported 90c1$l. Colorado Celery--90c doz., y5 crate. Cranberries-s3.25 per crate; st5 barrel. Snap Beans-$5 hamper. Florida Oranges-S425 box. Lemons-$5. Grapefruit, s4.50. Garlic-121ac lb.
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Money Market

New York. December S.--Mercantile paper. 5M@5A; sterling 6o-day bills, 4.71H: commercial 60-day bills on banks. All; commercial to-day bilis
 4.70A; demand, 4.75M cables, 4.75 7-16; bar silver, <85X. Francs. de- mand. 673h; cables, 671; guilders. de- mand. t4SM; cables. ~; lires. demand.
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A Korean servant, whose yearly saias was his food, clothing and 631s cents, re gently was surgical patient in the An. dong Missionary hospital. Out of grati tude to the hospital for his cure he gave to it all he had, 63h cents.
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py JoIIN


 Bad weather Saturday morning cur tailed business in the wholesale dis trict. Retailers in the middle of the day reported more business than expected, and by night the various markets had their usual Saturday crowds.
 As a whole, the week has been fairly lively, both in retail and wholesale dis tricts.
 Quotations were as follows:
 Federal Price List
 United States department of agricul- ture. bureau of markets. S0S-S0S Jefferson County Bank building. Birmingham, Ala, office, December '. Daily market news bulletin. (Irices based on sales to retailers.)
 N. B.-These are not retail prices, but the price at which your retail merchant can buy the articles mentioned.
 Red or Yellow Globe, pound ....S1sQ4c Small Green, per bunch .3Q5c APPLES
 Bulk stock, various varieties (best,
 per peck ......................... .30Q321zc Barrelled stock, various varieties,
 firsts, per peck ............... .504521st Barrelled stock, various varieties,
 seconds, per peck ................ .40q50e Box apples, northwestern varieties,
 small size. per dog. 200 BEETS- Per bunch ......................... .41z@61ec CABBAGE Northern Danish, per pound. .s4@21se CARROTS Per bunch .......................... .412W5c CELERY In Rough (not punched or washed) California Qarge), per stalk..... .SQlo1zc CRANBERRIES- Reds and Blacks, per quart..... .141kQ16s GREENS Various kinds, per bunch .2lzG4c LETTUCE Big Boston Gouisiana) per head ..64Sc RADISHES- Per bunch Qong or round) ....... ..21z05c IRISH POTATOES Round Whites tbesD per peck d5 pounds) ......................... .511z44z1 1sS SWEET POTATOES Yellow Yams and Porto Ricans, per peck Q3A pounds) ............. .3O9a21se SPINACH Per bunch ....................... .4124 se |TURNIPS- Rutabagas, per pound ............ 1%@2c Round Whites Gin punches of about 5), per bunch ................. 31aQ5s Round Whites (extra large), per DRY BEANS Limas and Navys, per pound. ......... .16e Black Eye, per pound .11c T. c. BUSHFIELD, Market Station Assistant.
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quently, we believe that any decline will be only temporary. and that cot ton should be bought on such price ovements.-Shepard & Gluck.
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New Orleans Futures

but was offset by the bullish claim that little cotton is left to be ginned.
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Bad Weather Puts Crimp in the Sales in Wholesale District Yesterday
MOSES

V. IOSES Perfection Cornmeal-yS.s5 per ss-pound sack. Hen Feed-sS.s5 per 10o-pound sack. Mixed Horse and Cattle Feed-s57Q65. c. S.. Meal per cent-$54. Cremo Feed Meal-s42 Old Style Hulls-s25 Lintless Hulls-s1e. Gray Shorts-$5S. Wheat Bran-$49. Corn-$1.S3 Corn Chops-$410. No. White Oats-93c per bushel. Wheat-$4 per 100-pound sack. Choice Pea-Green Alfalfa-s44 per ton. Choice Timothy Hay-$40. No. Timothy Hay-S39 No. Johnson Grass-$25
 Sugar and Cereals Granulated Sugar-S.S2c. Fancy Rice-s7 per cwt. Grits-Cartons, s1 dog. Grits-Sacks, sS.S5.
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Over w. E. Campbell's Wire

New Orleans, December S.-While the ginning returns were rather larger than expected today, the cotton mar ket did not remain depressed very long. It met trade buying, which steadily continued until all offerings were absorbed and prices were at net advance. Around opening and follow ing the bureau figures, prices fell to net decline of IS to 25 points. The up- ward swing carried the active months to IT points above yesterdays close. To the first of December the total quantity of cotton ginned was 9,704617 bales, which compares with 10,S52,031 bales ginned to the same time last year and 9.703.612 two years ago. The figures were considered bearish be- cause the ginning for the period was full and because the total was larger than that of two years ago. The out put for the period was 1.146.000 bales against 737.000 this period last year. and 933.000 this period two years ago General expectations were for 8 report somewhat under 9.700.000 bales but, as we have pointed out before. mat ter of few thousand bales, or . few hundred thousand bales. is not going to effect the final results for this sea- son.
 The deep rooted facts remain that this is small crop, firmly held in first hands and that 1t must supply the most urgent demand in many years. ConseA
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of offers may have reflected the holiday in Brazil. The official cables reported a decline of 75 reis in the Rio market yesterday and a decline of 1-32 pence is the rate of Rio exchange on London Brazilian port receipts, 59,O0O; Jundiahy 46,O00.
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Chicago Futures
Cash Grain

St. Louis, December S.-Corn, No. ! track, s1.64 No. white, $1.559a. .65; De- cember, s1.N; May, $1.1SbQ1 .1s. Oats No. track, 73c; No. white, 14lkc; De- cember, 72ihc; May, 6s94c.
 Chicago, December S.--Corn, No. 2 yell low, nominal; No. yellow, nominal; No. 4 yellow, $1.65 Oats, No. 3 white, 73@ 74ssc; standard. 7sk@75c. Rye. No. 2. s1.sS1xdd .S3: barley, s1 .2oa1.50; timothy, S or. 50; clover $20926. Pork, nominal; lard. s25. 40; ribs. s27.25.
 Kansas City, December S.--Corn, No. a mixed, s1. .6s@1. .67; No. white, 1.S0d1 .S2; No. yellow. s1.S0@1.S5. Oats. No. 2 white, 7qzc; No. mixed, 73d74c.
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Produce Market

New York, December S.-Butter, firmg receipts. 5544; creamery, higher than ex-
 tras, 4SGl491ac; creamery extras, 92 score
 4Ss94S1Sc; firsts, 43@47c. Eggs, firm; re- ceipts. 3363; fresh gathered extras. 56@ SIC; extra firsts, 54Q55c; firsts. 52G53c.
 Cheese, steady; receipts, 2121; state fresh specials. 23Q231kc; do average run, 22lx G23c. Live poultry. firm; prices un- changed dressed, quiet; chickens and
 fowls, unchanged: turkeys, 2343Sc. Chicago, December S.-Butter, un- changed. Eggs, receipts, S909 eases. un- changed. Potatoes. higher; receipts, F cars; Wisconsin, Michigan and Minne- sota bulk, s1.7091.85; do sacks. s1.S0a1 90.
 Poultry, alive, lower; fowls. 16q2lc; springs, 19c. Z -,-sss4 - ssss''7 1 St. Louis, December S--Poultry, steady; l springs, 1Sc; turkeys, 23c. Butter, uri- changed Eggs. 431z9Ac.
 Kansas City, December s.--Butter. eggs and poultry, unchanged.
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Cotton Seed Oil

New York; December S.-Cotton seed oil market was dull and entirely nomi- nal, with no business. Final prices were net unchanged to points lower The committee which has recently been to Washington to try to obtain concessions from the food administration for a broader market, has returned and seems hopeful of some definite results in the near future, No sales. Prime crude, 16.93c, nominal.
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BIRMINGHAM

HIDE q TALLoW COMPANY md Ave. and 2sth St.. Birmingham, Ala
 Largest Alabama Dealers in < 6idees Wool Furss Sheen Sklns. Goat
 skins, Horne Hides. TallOv, \ Beeswax and GlnxenG
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New York Futures
Port Movement

New Orleans: Middling, 2S.1sc; re- ceipts, 7546; exports, $50; sales, 1s0 stock, 309,729. Galveston: Middling, 2S.25c; receipts 519s; sales. $50; stock. 26O,S66.
 Mobile: Middling, 2S.75c; receipts,
 ATT; stock, 18,017. Savannah: Middling, 29.1Sc; receipts, 4765; stock, 274,S64 Charleston: Receipts, 679; stock, 5s,- S67. Wilmington: Receipts, AS; stock, 45.767. Texas City: Stock, 93ss. Norfolk: Receipts. 1900; exports, 75,- 035; stock, 75,035. Baltimore: Stock, 23,486. Boston: Middling, 29.95c; receipts, 1250; stock, 14,5O0. Philadelphia: Middling, S0.20c; re- oeipts, 261; stock. 1865. New York: Middling, 29.95c; re- ceipts, 82; stock, 145,649. Minor ports: Stock, 35,2os. Interior Movement Incomplete account; wire trouble. | Total today: Receipts, 22,205; exports, $50; stock, 1,2S2. .236. Total for week: Receipts, 22,2o5; ship. ments, 2o0. Total for season: Receipts, s.1o2,ss4; ex. ports 1,s33,1S6 | Houston: Middling, 2Sc; receipts, 9263
 shipments, 7531; sales. 1264; stock, 223,7 ,774 l Memphis: Middling, 29.50c receipts
 1882; shipments, 1893; sales, 200; stock 1 2SS, 300
 Augusta: Middling, 28.75c; receipts, 2659
 shipments, 1915; sales S02: stock, 147, ,607 1 St. Louis: Middling 29.50cf receipts
 96S7; shipments, 9435; stock, 979o.
 Cincinnati: Receipts, 672; shipments
 3s04; stock, 19256.
 Little Rock: Middling. 29.sSc; receipts
 1852; shipments, 941; sales 941; stock, 51,
 1os.
 Total today: Receipts, S1,865; ship. ments, 27319: stock 6g043O
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Bonds

Bonds
 2. s. 2s registered .............. ssA y. 5. as coupon ................ Sc F y. 5. Ss registered ............. 99 U. s. 3s coupon ....... gs u. s. Liberty Shs .............. s8. 80 U. s. As registered 10a '. ?. 4s coupon ................ 104 6etnIenem steel ref. 5s ......... ss1a 1,5.r nsnlrai oI Georgla con. 5s ...... S55s rilinois Central Ter. s ......... 80 louisville < Nashville un. 4s .... s57s Seaboard Air Line adj 5s .. 49H Southern Bell Telephone 5s N. a4 southern Railway 5s .......... ssN fT ousnern rt ,ailway gen. As ...... 5sh N. o' oteol oS ....,... 98
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Meats
Fish
Flour and Feedstuff

Michigan Patent Flour-S12.l5. Idaho Patent Flour-$11 65.
 Tennessee Patent Flour-$11 :35. High-Grade Self-Rising Flour-sl1 65. Medium Grade Self-Risins Flour-s11 50 Hard Winter Wheat Flour-Sn. .95.
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Creamery Products

Butter-Creamery, 51c; southern but ter, soc; oleomargarine, soc. Full Cream Gheese-29c.
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Rice Market

New Orleans, December 8.--Rough and clean rice were steady today with quotations unchanged. Receipts, rough, 1884 sacks; millers. 992 sacks; clean, 77I9 pockets Sales. clean Honduras, S14 pockets; blue rose, 1925 pockets,
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The Germans are using a special sky. rocket, as an anti-aircraft measure Bursting, it Eliminates a wide area. So
 intense Is the glare that aviators com Ing within range of the device are tenn porarily blinded.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28

A certain acquaintance, talking bit
of golf to Jerry Travers few days
back. stated that in his opinion the
record individual achievement Of the
season was Jerry's feat in beating Gil
Nichols and Walter Hagen and then
finishing down only TO Jock Hutchin-
son, all in three successive days.
Jerry, however, failed 90 second
the motion. an my opinion he said,
"the greatest individual achievement
OF the last season was made by young
Bobby Jones. Just figure the whole
thing out. Here was a fftoen-year-old
kid, 1000 miles away from home, play
ing over three strange courses, and
within three days he beats three of the
best professionals in America Emmett
French, Freddie Mcleod and Cyril
Walker-all exceptionally good golfers
i can't recall any achievement in golf,
barring perhaps Oumet's victory over
Vsrdon and Ray, which ! consider a
superior affair. Young Jones had never
played either Garden City or Baltusrol.
He had only played Siwanoy once. Yet
over these three standard courses,
among the best in the country, he
stopped three top-notch professionals,
enc an eX-open champion and the
others rated "a formidable opponents
by the best OF the pros
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28
Ouinet Stars
In Golf Match
For Soldiers

BOSTON, Oct. 27.-Francis Ouimet
and Jesse Guilford defeated Chick
Evans and Ned Sawyer at the Brae-
Burn Country Club, West Newton, to-
day in a thirty-six-hole match by a
score Of up and to play.
More than 1900 golf enthusiasts fol-
lowed the excellent play, and a large
addition was made to the fund which
is being raised in New England to pur-
chase athletic equipment for the SOL
diers at Camp Devens.
Ouimet was the star on individual
play in the morning round, making his
circuit in "a. and Guilford being only
two strokes behind Evans and Saw
ger. the Chicagoans, had scores Of ~
and sc respectively.
in the afternoon Guilford was the
star performer, with 70 for his eigh-
teen holes, and Evans following with
70. Ouimet was not in form during
the matinee session, his card being SO,
which also was Sawyer's. Evans did
some splendid long hitting during the
match, but fell down badly on his put
ting
In the morning the teams were even,
each making the first nine holes in 81,
but coming in Guilford and Ouimet
established a six-stroke advantage.
The cards follow:
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The Wonder Golfer

II McDermott had been properly
rugged out mentally and physically at
Brookline that year Ouimet would
probably never have been called upon
70 make his sensational finish TO up
hold American prestige. Even after
Jack had started down hill he was in
the wonder class. We recall certain
match he had at Englewood which IL
illustrates his brilliancy.
He had just won the Western cham
pionship. After his last round he
caught a train east 10 play with
Tommy Mcnamara against Alex Smith
and Jack Hobens at Englewood. Nc
Dermott reached Englewood at 10
o'clock that morning in a rush. In his
first round he had 20. In his second
round he found. after walking down
the course, that his tee shot had kicked
out Of bounds at the fourth hole. 30 he
failed 10 play this out. But he had a
CT for the other seventeen holes. Civ
ing him a 3 at the fourth hole and his
card would have been a 81. Two rounds
for a 1867 after travelling halfway
across the continent and then rushing
for tn, course to start on time, That
was NvDermott
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28
Maine Heavies Will
Play Princeton Here

Secretary John B. Foster Of the
Giants. who was chiefly instrumental
in the introduction Of college football
on a large scale at the Polo Grounds,
has rounded out fine programme for
New York's sport-loving public. Fos-
ter yesterday secured fine attraction
for the only open date-that OF No
vember 10. On that afternoon Prince
ton will meet the Maine Heayies in a
game. the proceeds Of which will be
turned over to the Red Cross. as will
be all the other Polo Grounds attrac-
tions.
The Maine Heavies. which have met
a number of fine college teams, among
them Harvard, are the pick of the
Maine Artillery, located at Camp Bart
lett, at Westield. Mass.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28
YeNow Labrador Making
4 Big Hit in Dogdom
Dog ShoO Dates

November IA and 15-Boston T~.
rier Club Speciality Show, at Bosts,
DIR. Edward J. O'Donoghue, serre.
tsry.
November 24-German Sheph.ya
Dog Club Of Americs, at New Yovt
City. George y. Foley. 1909 Samson
street, Philadelphia. superintendent
Entries close November 10.
November 30 Wire-Haired For
Terrier Club, New York. George p
FOLEY, Iansdowne, Penn, supev,s.
tendent and secretary. Entries eiose
November 10.
November 90 National MaItes.
Dog Club Specially SHOW "A. X. c
Iicense), al New York City. Mrs
James Gardner Rossman, secretary
Plainfeld, y. J.
December Il Worcester Kennel
Club, az Worcester, Mass. Charles
T.. UConnor, secretary.
December = AiredsIe Terr,V
Club Of America, New York. Geors.
r. Foley, Lansdowne, Penn, superis.
fendent and secretary. Entries clos.
November II.
December 4 and 5-Albany Do,
Club, at Albany. w. T. Mayer, sec.
rotary. Entries close November 10.
December 81, 1917, TO January, z
1e1s-Eastern Dog Club, at Boston
Alfred DOrr, secretary.
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CAPTAIN c. E. Radcliffe, OF
England, Responsible for
Newest Breed

One OF the newest breeds in the dog
world is a yellow Labrador retriever
and it is rarity as well, chiefly on ac-
count Of the fact that this member OF
the canine animals afeld is simply and
purely a freak Of nature. THIS class
must not be confused with the goideh
retriever, type which has been shown
for a number of years In Canada and
some sections OF the United States, as
well as the British Isles.
How the yellow came into existence
can be put down as one Of those acci-
dents Of sport, many Of which occur
from time to time. To Captain q. r..
Radcliffe, Of Dorset, England, belongs
the credit Of developing the original
parents. they having made their ar-
pearance in a most singular way. The
Radcliffe family were the first in the
Old World to introduce the black Lab
rador to the Britisners, and for forty
years they have more than held their
own against all other breeds.
Breeder Astonished
About twelve years ago, in litter
wheIned for Captain Radcliffe, there
suddenly appeared two yellow. puppies
and .his astonished the breeder, espe-
ciaIlv "a the other members OF the
brood were let black. The faneier saw
~ once that he had the material Tor 2
raw breed. and with the keenness OF
The real dopman started to make the
most Of the freak, with the result tnat
be has developed the most instructive
sportinr dog Of the generation: Il,
Those who are acquainted with tne
dogs extraordinary intelligence nave IL
that he will do anything but talk. one
NJ his remarkable accomplishments IS
tho landing Of trout from fast run
ming deep water after the fish had peen
hooked and played on the most delicate
! tackle.
Inst Mt the moment when the angler
has had 4 bite there is no need 70 sig
nal the Labrador, for as he sits on the
hank he watches every cast, as wen as
the movements Of the line after the bait
hits tho water. No sooner has the nsn
yanked the hook than the dog is alert
| but he makes no move to retrieve until
told bv his master. Then he slides
smoothly out from the bank and comes
back with the fish in his mouth and
drops it on tho ground. What is still
more wonderful is that the Labrador
never leaves the slightest mark on the
Ash. and neither does he injure the gut,
the line or the rod. Another quality
of the dog is that he will kill all sorts
( of vermin, and as a ratter he is better
! than the most vicious class OF terrier
/ for that class of work.
! The quality that has endeared the
/ new dog to his owners is what shooters
term a soft mouth. No matter whether
/ it happens to be a bird or fish, the
/ teeth Of the Labrador does not leave
+ the slightest mark OF the retrieve.
Hard-mouthed dogs are the abomina-
/ ton of the fowlers, as nothing is more
exasperating than TO find bird bitten
and squeezed TO death from the jaws
of bloodthirsty retriever.
Only a limited number OF fowlers
own the real kind of yellow retrievers
| in England, and only few have
crossed the Atlantic. Fabulous prices
have been offered by American tourists
for specimens OF the breed found here
/ and there in England, but so far no
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28
Championship Hunch ?

This discussion OF young Joncs's dar-
ing piece Of work may be a champion
ship bunch.
For il so happens that four of the
greatest amateur golfers America ever
sent TO the fairway were ali, in way,
kid prodigies. Jerry Travers was Just
sixteen wnen he went against Walter
]. Travis for the first time. Travis
fhen being British amateur champion.
Yet Travers won that first engagement.
to the terrific surprise OF an astonished
gallery. .,
Chick Evans was still kid back IN
1909. when he went 10 the scmi-hnN
round Of the amateur championship
and carried Chandler Egan 10 the old
thirtv.sixth hole. Chick az fifteen and
sixteen was breaking IS with fair con
sistency.
Bob Gardner won the amateur cham
p:onship before his sophomore year at
Yale. And Ouimet wasn't twenty
when he empowered Vardon and Ray.
But 10 ho Of these four stars. as