The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-22
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In at Skokie prior to the open go't
championship a stocky little may VAIN,
"a ont Smacked one OF the longest ami
most perfect drives Of the day or the
toe and smiled. he was Willie Hoare
the only golfer among the more tnah
500 starters in the open VINO plaSeo 9"
the first open championship IN the chi
caso district.
Ing champion OF America he won l"e
lonx-driying championship three times
tn Succession more than 10 years ago
rerejyed the geld metal. and. since no
other long-driviEg championship mas
hean held since. then he retains the
title. , .r,-
He still Is among the foremost goi-
ore in the United States. and ne can
crack them "a clearly and as prett'iy
Gs he ever could.
Up here at Skokie. where the c'ans
-a,hs-ed from all over the world anu
re- Scotch burr replaced The North
shore accent. the old argument as 10
who the longest driving golfer IS arose
ccain. l strolled around ASKING 'n-
pros l encountered by chance lhe'l
opinions. Most OF the fasteners anu
the foreign players said that IN 'nelI
onin!on Abe Mitchell - the iohseS.
driver. But the majority OF the pros
- .us,rurs declared without hestita-
Bic, that In their opinion Bob NcDon-
aid was the greatest driver or them
III minute or two later AcDonaAu
,,rojlsd nm TO the tee and snashea
narfec, drive. which. with a long 10"
carry. a slight slice to allow TOT 'he
wInd. struck the hard-oacked turf anu
,rarelad about $40 yards. Perhaps some
on, hits them further, but twice our
Inc that around no overdroVe green's
that were above 800 Yards ono sno' NC
ing across the wind,
One day during the practice ROUNDS
rrtor 70 the open many OF the pros
were ignoring direction and seemed 20
be striving TO see how far they coula
make that little pill ride In the wind
The length OF their tee shots was ire
mendous. For instance, on one or tho
back holes. with a favoring wind. nara
baked turf four fellows, mang 'nem
JocL Hutchison and Fred Wight. all
lid ,nsI- "A. shots we'll beyond three
hundred yards.
Bill yeeck. president OF the Chicago
Cubs ia hopeful sort OF a fellow. Bill
Rnorted when he and discussed tho
chances OF his team this year.
NO second division for us, he SAID.
sw. are riding for tho top. There IS
M reason for US to tSlnk otherwise, De-
cause We have as good . cup as any
In the league. We're a better ball club
for instance. than St. Louis. We have
n three hundred hitting team now. when
the cripples are in shape. and we nave
~ bunch OF the most promising young
pitchers In the world-and don't rorset
that we'll have several more next sea-
son.
That. however. Is not the Dig I'M
proyement in the team. We threw away
a bali club last year so as to start right.
Our theory IS that no ball player iS any
good 10 his team unless he will get out
Athere and give the best he has 70 the
Ayners and 10 the public. II doesn {
Ike any difference how good player
<A;s. we do not want him unless he
work and earn his money. We
players right. and expect them TO
81 what they are paid for. Every boy
the team knows that. and they are
Working for the team and the fans as
|}&en as for themselves.
"Killefer is making good as man
aver He has developed Into good
dIsciplinarian. and he can make them
behave II they do not act right. This
club Is going 70 be one just like the old
Cubs before very long.
II the players have as much con-
hdence as the president has, the team
certainly will get somewhere.
TIA Troubles OF The M1nors-
The minor league club owners evident
IL are experiencing bit OF change
of hssrt regarding the draft. Jack
Dunn. who has led In tho move TOR
INDEPENDENCE" OF the minors. has de-
clared his intention OF selling his three
star players The state OF the Inter
national League. due TO weak teams in
some cities. strong ones IN others, has
worked out exactly as IL might have
been expected TO work. While the In
terrat;onal was prospecting largely 1t
perhaps could afford to carry players
at high salaries-at least the club own
l2y them could play. while the other
clubs suffered. II all the clubs could
AFFORD u pay major salaries. then IL
would be a major league. regardless OF
class Baltimore could pay salaries,
but II hurt all the rest OF the league.
II looks now "a IL the four recalcitr-
ant leagues which refused to abide a
draft rule will come into the fold this
fall and that the whole question will
be settled am!cably.
The minors have had all the better
Of the political situation during the
argument over the draft because they
did not need 70 accept or reject any
thing. and needed only 10 stand on an
agreement which still had nearly a year
20 run. Perhaps II has worked out
better to let the matter ride along until
that agreement expired and 10 give the
minors chance 10 see how their
theories worked out. Evidently the In
ternational has decided that they dc
not work Meantime the majors can
get ready 20 bid high.
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