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SETS RECORD FOR
BLINDFOLDED CHESS
Reti, Austrian Youth, Pro-
claimed a Morue[.

According to reports from European
chess circles. Richard Retl, the youth
fu' Austrian chess master was SUCCESS
full in surprising the worlds record for
blindfold play by playing total OF
twenty-four games simultaneously with
out sight of boards or pieces at Haar-
lem, Holland His score on that oc-
casion was twelve victories, nine draws
and three losses
Until then the worlds record had
been that of the late Harry N Pills
bury, American champion, who had at
tained the total Of twenty-five games at
MOSCOW In 1900. The same year he
played twenty at the Franklin Chess
Club in Philadelphia. Boris Kostich of
Serbia played twenty without losing a
game at the /. l.. Rice Chess Club of
New York in 1916. Reti, the new king
OF blindfold chess, has been invited,
along with Rubinstein, Spielmann and
Bogoljubow, to take part in the mas
ters' tournament planned TO be held in
Stockholm, Sweden. during November.
A brilliant future seems to lie before
him.
In winning the championship Of the
Western Chess Association at Cincin-
natl and thereby recovering his former
title, Edward Lasker of Chicago lost
only one game, which was to ]. w. Fry
of Charleston, w. Va, who won an ad-
journed game from the third round, In
which Lasker was under time pressure
Lasker also drew with ]. I. Beckner OF
Winchester, KY, the second prize win
ner, in the seventh round. John Win
ter Of Detroit winner OF the third prize
half a point ahead - :. ". Showalte- OF
Georgetown, KY, whom he defeated,
lost to the two leaders only, winning six
and drawing two against the other COM
petitors. The final standing follows:
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CURTIS SOCCERS
WIN p. S. A. L. GAME
Defeat Erasmus Hall Team by
2 to I Score.

Curtis High and Erasmus soccer
teams contested the only p. s. A. L.
championship game scheduled for yes-
terday afternoon at the Brooklyn Ath-
letic Field In Flatbush, the dates for the
rest Of the matches being changed be-
cause Of the Jewish holidays. Curtis
obtained the verdict by the score Of .
goals to 1 in gruelling encounter, in
which the Staten Island lads were con-
tinuously on the aggressive.
Soon after the start. Bratton, Curtiss
inside left, took a centre by Granata
on the right. and found the Erasmus
net. For the rest OF the period honors
were even and the half ended with Cur
tbs leading by to o. Erasmus was sue
cessful In equalizing ten minutes after
the restart, when Burns, captain. netted
the ball, following a fine rush down the
field by Linoki, the inside right
A close decision by Referee McGill
gave Curtis its second tally, fifteen min
utes later. when Granata scored. The
llnep:
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ERASMUS HALLS
VICTOR IN OPENER
Buff and Blue Starts With
ID to 0 Victory Over st.
Johns Prep.

Erasmus Hall opened Its football
season yesterday at Commercial Field,
Brooklyn, by banking the st. Johns
Prep eleven IS to o. The Buff and Blue
broke through the Willoughby avenue
boys line almost at will.
Erasmus scored its first touchdown in
the second quarter as the result of a
forward pass, HolEappel TO Hassnott,
with Hassnott running ten yards for a
score. Hassnott also kicked goal. The
viotors other score came in the final
period. In this stanza st. Johns worked
the ball up TO Erasmus's yard line, but
lost It on downs. Erasmus then kicked
the leather out Of the danger zone.
On the next PLAY st. Johns tried a
forward pass. which was intercepted by
Gillian, Buff and Blue right end, who
ran twenty-five yards for his teams last
touchdown.
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WITH 4 STARS OUT
! STUYVESANT LOSES
YOm Kippur Deprives Big
Black Team of Its Best Men
and Newark Wins.
FINAL SCORE is ID TO 6
Newak Eleven Employs Rough
Work in Overthrow Of
New Workers..
FINAL SCORE is ID TO 6
SCHOLASTIC FOOTBALL RESULTS.

SCHOLASTIC FOOTBALL RESULTS.
AT Newark-south side. IL: stuyvesant. 6.
At Adelphi Field-Brooklyn Prep. 40;
N AZ Jersey cty-st. Peters Prep. O.;
s'i AZ Paving Wing. II. Y.-pawilns. 30; Mar
AZ commerciap Fieid--Erasmus Hall,
-; ST. Johns rep, 0.
Playing without the services OF four
Of its best players because of the Jewish
holiday, Stuyvesant High Schools foot
ball team suffered its first defeat Of the
season yesterday when It fell before the
attack Of the South Side High eleven of
Newark on City Field. Newark. N. ].
The score was IA to 6. With Kaplan,
fullback Sokoloff. left end; Randell.
quarterback. and Pignata, left guard. the
teams mainstays, out of the lineup.
Coach Chick Saltman was forced to put
IN second string lads, with the result
that the Jerseyites had an easy time with
The Red and Black.
Despite the fact that the New York
team was composed of four green play
ers and was outweighed by twenty
bounds to the boy, the "Dutchmer"
played a better game than their oppo-
hsnts. Had the referee penalized South
Side for the many fouls It committed
etuyvesant no doubt would have come
out the winner. The Jerseyites were
guilty OF, much rough work to which
he referee turned a closed eye.
In the second quarter the Jersey team
used such rough tactics that half OF
The Stuyvesant men were ready to quit
the field. Coach Saltman. however,
waved the lads back to the field from
the side lines, although he himself knew
that they were not getting the best of
the breaks. The South Side boys hiked
and hurdled to their hearts content
without receiving any penalties.
Stuyvesant was the first to score, Its
touchdown coming in the first quarter
soon after the opening whistle. After
stuyvesant kicked OF In the opening
period, South Side. through short end
runs and line plunges. placed the ball on
Stuyvesant's 10 yard line. Here the
Newark lads fumbled. Wester. the New
Workers. fullback. picked the leather W
and ran IS yards for a touchdown with
the whole Jersey team after him.
South Sides first touchdown came in
the second quarter when Weisenmuller
went over from the 10 yard line. Lille.
the Jerseyites' left halfback, scored the
second touchdown in the next period
with a short run around left end. The
Newark teams other points came in the
last quarter when 1t got safety.
wester, Leavitt, Nearpass and Giran
played best for Stuyvesant, while Wei
senmuller and Lille played best for
South Side.
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MANUAL DEFEATS
ST. PAUL'S, 10 TO z
Tobie Plays Brilliantly for
Brooklyn Eleven.

Manual Training High School started
its football season yesterday with vic
tory over the st. Paul's eleven at Gar
den City, L. l., by 10 to Z. The Seventh
avenue lads had no easy time OF It with
the Long Islanders. whose line held we'll.
Capt. Toble OF Manual was the hero OF
the contest. The veteran OF last years
Blue and Gold eleven accounted for all
OF the Brooklynites points. He scored
both the Manual touchdowns and kicked
one Of the goals from touchdown.
Metzger accounted for St Paul's touch
down after he received a forward pass
from II. Tyson and rnn FIVE yeards for
the score. Chichester kicked the goal for
st. Pauls The lineup.
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C0NCORDIA PREP TRIUMPHs.
Defeats New Rochelle High in
Football Game, 10 to o.

Concordia Props football team of
nronxyile gained an easy victory over
lne New Rochelle High eleven yesterday
On New Rochelle's gridiron at New Ro-
'neIe, The score was 10 to 0.
schildt. Concordia's fullback. scored
TWO Of his teams touchdowns, while
lang the right end. accounted for the
o'ner' Langs score was the result OF a
onward pass, while Schildt went through
~, ,,'e NeW Rochelle line each time for his
touchdown,
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PAssAIo II. $. ELEVEN WINS.

PAssAIc, N j., Oct. 4.-Sensational
football in the first half gave Passalc
High School a hard earned Ia to VIC
tory over Hackensack High in the open
ing game OF the Northern New Jersey
Interscholastic League season here to-
day. Kerr made both touchdowns and
kicked goals his spectacular line plung-
ing and all around play featured. Smith,
Campbell, Tooker and Frazer also
starred for Passaic, while Captain King
ley. Jacquert, Phugie and Ward did good
work for Hackensack
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LAWRENCEvILLE WINS.
Special DespatcA 10 TEE srx.

Special Despatch 10 TIE SUI.
iHENToN, n. j., Oct 4.-The Law
pngeVille School football team defeated
"1TrL MI High to-day, to 0.
- inc touchdown was made by Can't
ten al the beginning OF the third quar-
Ma Childs kicked the goal. The home
ssyeIs showed that exceptional night
seterlstic Of all LAwrenceyills teams.
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BROOKLYN PREP VICTOR.
0utclasses AdeIphi and Wins by
40 to o.

Brooklyn Props football team
Swamped the Adelphi Academy eleven
yesterday at Adelphl Field, Aqueduct L.
l. The score was 40 to 0.
From the opening quarter. when Smith
scored the first Brooklyn Prep touch
down. until the final whistle 1t was a
steady march down the field for Brook
iyn Prep. The Brown and Gold seemed
10 have no defence to check the onrush-
ing Crown Heights team. Practically
tOuchdown
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~.
HOPPE TO RISK HIS
BILLIARD GROWN
VIII Meet Six Rival Balk
Liners in Tourney Begin
ming October 90.
STYLE OF PLAY TO BE 1872
Schaefer and Cochran viii
Match Skill With Worlds
Champion.
STYLE OF PLAY TO BE 1872
by THE REFEREE.

The interesting question as to whether
Jacob Schaefer, Jr., and welker
Cochran, two youngsters who in the past
few years have made remarkable ad-
vances in the science OF baIk line bill
lizards, have reached the point in their
careers where they can stand az worthy
opponents of William F. Hoppe, the
champion at 14.1, 1872 and 1871. will be
definitely ana decisively answered by
the results of the tournament for the
championship to be held in the Astof
Hotel ballroom beginning October 20.
Entered In this tournament, which
will be at 1872, are William F. Hoppe.
Jacob Schaefer, Jr.. Welker Cochran,
Koji Yamada, George Sutton and
George f. Slosscn. THESE seven players
are the foremost balk line experts Of the
world. and admirers OF the game can
hardly fail to find much to interest
them. In taking part in this tourney
Hoppe resigns his 1872 title and offers
IL for competition among the best play
ers in the world. 1t is at the mercy on
the player who can win the greatest
number of games in the tourney.
The friends of both Schaefer and
Cochran believe each has a royal chance
to win, but that can only be decided
when the players have contested the
question on the chalk lined table. In
practice Hoppe is playing wonderfully,
quite as well as ever in his brilliant
career, and the man who beats him In
the tournament will have to perform in
q spectacular manner.
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PLAY sCoRELEss TIE.
St. Peters Prep and stevens Prep
Are Deadlocked.


St Peters Props football team yes
terday held Stevens Prep eleven to q
scoreless tie at Hudson County Park.
Jersey City. In both teams opening con-
test Although outweighed by the
Castle point lads to fifteen pounds the
man, St Peters played a creditable
game.
St Peters repeatedly broke through
Stevens defence for large gains, but
each time were checked when within
striking distance Of their opponents goal
posts. McAuliffe and Gleason played
well for st. Peters, while Dwyer and
Kelly were the stars for Stevens.
Bob Rutledge, st. Peters crack full
back. was unable to play because of
some misunderstanding with his parents.
However, he will get in the lineup next.
when 81. Peters plays Newman School.
The lineuD.
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TEN BASEBALL BnorHERs.

A baseball team OF nine brothers has
been formed by the Critchley family Of
Ind. Each member of the nine
Is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. James
critchley, 1900 Vale avenue. In ad-
dition TO the regular "Critchley nine"
there Is still another brother, who can
servs a. utility mar
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ROCKWELL WINS AT GOLF.

PAssAIc, N. j., Oct. A large field
competed in the eighteen hole match
against par on the Yountaksk Country
Club links to-day. L. S. Rothwell, VIM
ming. 2 down to par. Richard T. Ander-
son was down to par.
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CARROLL CLUB HAS
COME INTO ITS OWN
Women Swimmers Flock to
Join Growing Brooklyn
Organization.
TANK AND POOL GOSSIP
Interesting Bits About Young
and Old of Both Sexes
in Aquatics.
TANK AND POOL GOSSIP

From the local point of view the most
interesting feature of the past week IN
water sports was the competitive deput
of the girl swimmers of the Carroll
Club of this city in dual meet with
the mermaids of the Central Y. W. C. A.
aon Friday.
Little has been heard of the Carroll
Club. No blare of bugles has heralo9d
its rapid development. Yet In about
six months It has grown from obsourity
into one OF our strongest and most
thriving organizations, with an amazing
membership OF 5000 girls and young
women.
Such an organization Is bound to play
a conspicuous role in any branch OF
athletics 1t embraces, and, for the pres
ent at least, aquatics are Its leading ac-
tiyity. The great majority OF Its MEM
beers have registered for swimming ana
the pool ia always crowded to capacity.
OF course there has not been time to
nroduce champions. That Is hardly done
in a short semester. But 1t was NOTICE
able in Fridays meet that all the eluos
fair contestants displayed the modern
strokes in excellent form, although mos'
of them are virtual novices. This speaks
for itself of efficient schooling received
at the hands of Miss Elsie White, the
head coach, and Miss Christine Wnlte'
her able assistant.
with several hundred potential candi'
dates for its raeeng team and the sssur.
ance that all will be afforded the pest
az instruction. the Carroll Club promises
10 become before long an important rae
tor in the field Of aQuatics for the gentie
sex.
More Child Prodigies.
Two Youngsters in their teens have
inst succeeded in placing Stockton, Call
on the swimming map. A week ago one
of the citys youths, Reginald Eoio
water aged 10, caused a small sensation
by winning the mems one mile cnain
nionshlp OF the Pacific A. A U. II
Yosemite Lake and defeating some o.
| Cal,fornia's most famous water men.
The following day Miss Leila Dun
KUN. a maid Of II, sprang another sur
prise by romping away with the women
fifty yard district classic in the Olympic
bath. Now Stockton is being talked Of
wherever swimmers convene, ana coas,
experts are predicting that Its star lac
and lassie Will soon be in line for ma
tional laurels.
The recent announcement that TIT
only swimming events for women a.
next years Olympics will be 100 metre
| dash and 400 metre relay race toi
teams of four threatens to turn oui
leading mermaids into group OF ou
and out sprinters. Within the past few
weeks the champions Of several dis
tricts have made known their intention
of specializing at the short distances
hereafter in anticipation OF the Ant
werp meet Among them are Mis'
Dorothy Burns OF Los Angeles, Mrs
Frances Schroth of Sacramento, Mis-
| Rettv Grimes of Minneapolis Mis-:
TheIma Darby of indianapolis, Mis-,
, Marie Curtis of Detroit. Miss Leila Dun
KUN of stockton and others. Tn,
thought comes that the official tryout,
| will be worth going a few miles to see
A wonderful field should be gathered.
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Worlds Most Famous Billiard Pya Including Compete Open
SOCCER GAMES TODAY.
Many League Matches Are
Carded.

National League, New York State
league and New Jersey Cup matches
constitute the soccer programme for this
afternoon, the New York Football Club
travelling to Morse Oval In South
brooklyn for the National fixture with
Federal Ship. The schedule follows:
National League--New York vs.. Federal
snip at Morse oval, Brooklyn; Erie A. A.
vs. morse Dry Dock at Clark's Field,
newark Robins Dry Dock VS.. Paterson at
Todd Field, Brooklyn; DIsston A. A. VS..
Merchants Ship at Tacony.
New York State I,eaRue-I,onrfellovs
vs. 1onkers at Ridgewood Baseball
Grounds, Brooklyn; Vikings VS.. Clan Mac
vs. Greenpoint at Newburgh.
New Jersey State Cup-Triangles VS..
TieUen a. Lang at Bayside Park, Jersey
City; West Side A. c. va. Hudsons at Jer-
sey City, Totowa Rovers VS.. Carlton Hill
At Paterson, American A. A. vs.. Victor A.
A. at East Newark. Edison A. 8. VS.. Speed
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Differing Systems.

The tournament also should show to
some extent the advantages and dis
advantages of two widely different gen.
eral styles of play-the carefully played
systems and the erratic but none the
less brilliant styles. While the style OF
each player differs greatly from that Of
every other one 1t still is safe TO say that
certain of them work toward n consistent,
regular acquisition of points rather than
to depend on flashes of speed to reach
tho coveted goal The opposite is true
of others. who depend more generally
on brilliant spurts to put them over the
line.
The never ending dispute as to the
comparative ability OF the old timers,
Schaefer, Ives. Vignaux and Cassignol,
can OF course have no settlement now.
and yet there will be plenty of oppor-
tunity for those who have seen the old
masters to compare them with the new
in the coming tournament
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Hoppe Working Hard.

Hoppe apparently realizes that he
must be capable OF his best perform
ance with the cue, for he has been prac-
Using assiduously for some time. and
that his training is having beneficial
results may be judged by his recent
feat of running sol in practice. But he
can expect to find the other stars in as
good form as he apparently is. and II
he does it will be no easy matter for
him to win.
The appointment of Charles C. Peter
son OF st. Louis as referee gives assur-
ance that all games In the tournaments
will be played under the eyes OF an
official who knows as much about the
rules Of the billiard game as any man
in America.
An entrance fee of $3.50 is required
and $3.50 will be distributed among
the first four at the finish. The winner
will be awarded a trophy emblematic
OF the championship and an annual sal
airy OF $4,000 until the title is wrested
from him.
The tourney Is TO be staged under the
auspices OF the Brunswick Bake Collen-
der Company, which has been the court
OF last resort in billiards for many years
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Matche. That Fell Through.

1t was not so long ago that Cochran
was asking for a match with Hoppe, the
hackers of the youth claiming that he
had earned the right to meet the cham
pion for the title. Words few fast for
a while, but much to the disappointment
of the billiard enthusiasts who were
eager for the match 1t never material
lied. and In spite of all the efforts made
no one was able to bring the two cue
wizards to an understanding.
Jake Schaefer is another Of the
younger players who has been seeking a
chance at the title. Many times a match
with Hoppe has been in the making but
has always come to nought- There are
thousands OF billiard fans throughout
the country who believe that Schaefer
will succeed to the titles held by his
father and their belief has been
stree t.Iened by recent performances. es-
, c.ally Schaefer's run OF S07 in an ex-
hibition match with welker Cochran.
Again, many have never been salts
fed with the result Of the Cochran
Schaefer contests and want a real test
of strength between the two. represent
ing as they do the cream OF the ability
Of the younger players. The recent con-
tests played by them were not under
championship conditions
Therefore, when they play in the
tournament at the Astor Hotel the
match should furnish positive proof of
the relative abilities of the two and will
be watched with as much interest as
any scheduled in the tourney. 1t would
be difficult to tell which is the better OF
the two players at the present time. al
though the Chicagoan appears to have
a shade the better Of the argument.
While much attention will be focused
on these contests. the games of George
F. Slosson. Ora Morningstar, George B.
Sutton and Koji Yamada will prove of
interest
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A Phoney Performance.

A few days ago a press despatch from
Los Angeles credited Miss Dorothy
Burns Of that city with winning the
yearly half mile ocean race at Venice
Cal, in ~ minutes 45 seconds, or
worlds record time for the conditions.
The performance need cause no worry
to local mermaids II is far from being
so good as the figures seem to indicate,
Returns by mail show that on the same
day, over the same course, the half.
mile event for boys was captured In
IL minutes 43 30 seconds by Richard
Stith OF Los Angeles. a lad who can't
come within three minutes OF this mark
under standard conditions 1t is simply
a case Of courses guessed at rather than
measured.
The New York A. G. this season has
exceptionally good candidates for A re-
lay swimming team. From among
Teddy Cam, Herbert Vollmer, Leo
Giebel Leeming Jolliffe, Paul Chace,
Norman Buck and one or two others
1t should be possible to pick a quartet
able to hold Its own even against the II.
linois A C.'s national champion four,
The membership OF the New York
Women's s. A has grown beyond the
capacity of its regular evening classes
and afternoon sessions are now being
arranged for to take care of the over
flow. Meanwhile a number of promising
new contestants are coming to light.
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NAME ATHLETIC HEAD,

LAWRENCE. Kan, Oct. 4.---Dr. Fores.
{. Allen has been appointed athletic
manager OF the University OF Kansas.
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Su6stitute-Brandes for Hawkins.
eney. Brandes, Monahan. Goals from
WTuohdown-Smith 8. Harrison. Referee
SSarney' Holy Cross Umpire-Woods, Co
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The lineup
-.

Touchdowns-1assnott, Gillian. Goal from
touchdown - Hassnott substitutes--Eras
lube for Wilmer Wilmer for lube st. Johns,
lin. Referee-Mr Meyer. Commercial. Time
of periods and 10 minutes. Umpire-Mr.
Scherer.
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Not satisfied with having on its roll
call a wealth of aquatic top notchers
including Ross, McGilllvray, Wallen. Nc
Dermott, Hebner. Siegel and others, the
Illinois A. C. OF Chicago has pressed
into. service another national champion,
Eugene Bolden of the Great Lakes
Naval Training Station, who sprang the
sensation of the outdoor season by win
wing the long distance title swim in
Philadelphia last August. Bolden Is still
at Great Lakes. but the club scouts have
insured against his straying to some
rival organization on leaving the ser
vice by extending membership to him
well in advance.
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Substitutes for st. Peters-Messler for
Kelly; Gassert for Coyle; Griffen for Mess
Ter; Kelly for Griffen: Coyle for Nolan.
Time of periods-12. 10. IL. 10 minutes.
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Nothing more remarkable has oc-
CURED lately in water sports than the
sudden popularity attained by competi-
tive swimming among the girls OF New
Orleans zone year ago II was difficult
TO get together enough fair contestants
to make even a small meet successful
Recently trophy was offered for q con-
test between the teams Of girls SWIM
ming clubs in the city, now being formed
into league, and twenty-one teams en-
tered the carnival
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The annual fall water carnival Of the
Hawaiian A. A U. is to be held this
month In Honolulu and fans on this
side await 1t with keen interest
Throughout the summer came reports Of
wonderful performances on the part Of
young boy and girl stars lately de-
veloped in the islands, and there is good
reason to believe that the laurels OF
some long standing champions of both
sexes will be threatened seriously when
they try conclusions with their rising
rivals in the coming meet.
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larry, perhaps, to standard
gthening OF courses may be
tn the championship venue
Is a sample. There we saw
course with a premium
and long hitting. Other
ia Fields with their I'VE
roximating 5000 to 1000
xamples, give us a 1919
what the future may hold
he footsore golfer.
in play or J. II. Taylor.
and Harry Vardon. ac-
the former. always the
( the three. is but tempo
allure in the Netos Of the
wing points to a retrogres-
will have to wait until
hen they will visit America
IN assuredly say that the
3 no more. AS an indlca-
esteem in which the play
held we can but mention
'hich have been given this
yiduals and associations