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Hubbard Bros. & Co.

Members New Orleans Cotton Exchange, New York Produce Exchange. Associated Members Liverpool Cotton Association. Or- ders solicited for the purchase and sale of Cotton and Cotton Seed Oil for futurs delivery. Special attention and liberal terms given for consignment of spot cot- ton for delivery
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CHICAGO VEGETABLES

CHICAGO. July 2.-Potatoes, sacks. slightly weaker; receipts, 117 cars total United States shipments, 719; Oklahoma sacked Bliss Triumphs, $2.5oa2.75; few best, S2.90: barrels firm. S2.40;' Virginia barrel Cobblers mostly $6.25. Watermel- ons weaker; Florida Georgia, bulk per Watsons, 20 to 30 pounds. S3.256S. To- matoes dull; Mississippi Texas, 4-basket flats, $1@1.5e. Peaches steady; Georgia, hushel basket Hiley Bells, $3.75q4; crates
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METAL MARKET

NEW YORK, July 2.-Copper quiet; Tin weak spot and nearby. s3762; fu- lures. SS7;62. Iron steady, No. l nsth- So southern S sss as @or'hsea Head & aesdy spot. $6.s5. Zinc quiet. East St. Louis spot and nearby, S5.759 5SO. Anthony spot, S6.9507.O5
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DoREMUs. DANIEL & co.

New Orleans daily letter on cotton, by private wire to Doremus. Daniel X Co.,:
 NEW ORLEANS. July 2.-The lower trend of the cotton market today was due opinion of the weather over the belt, and in the later trading to the figures on acre age and indicated crop from the govern ment, which were altogether larger than expected. The figures the condition of the crop on June 25, al 69.9 per cent of normal. just about met bulish eXpecta- tions, but nobody prepared for an in crease in acreage of 12.6 per cent or 3s,- 2s7,O00 acres. breaking all records. The average of private guesses on condition was between 69.5 and 70. The average of
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MONEY MARKET

NEW YORK, July 2.-CaIl money cas- fer; high, 6 per cent; low. 5 ruling rate G. closing bid, 3; offered at 5h last loan, time loans firm; mixed collateral SO to 90 days. 5G5A; to months, 5Q5A; prime commercial paper 5.
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NEW YORK PROVISIONS

NEW YORK. July 2.--Flour unsettled; spring patents, $6Q6.50; spring clears, $5 @575: soft winter straights, $5@5.50; hard winter straights, $5,50@6., Pork quiet; mess, $25; family, $50. Lard steady; middle west, s11.20@ @11.30.
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HORSES AND MULES

\ EAST ST. LOUIS. H.. July 2-Horse and mule transactions very light. Marke, steady.
 Horses: Good 10 choice drafts, s14oa 1So; medium to good drafts, S10O g140 good to choice chunks, $70 9l0o; medium te good chunks, $4087o; choice southern Sf046 fair to good southern, $40965 smooth -mouthed southerners, S1OQ25.
 Mules Draft, IS to IT hands s1s5 o 2bo; sugar, 16 to 16.2 hands, $175Q225 ton 16.2 to 16 hands. s130015O: cotton 1k to l5.2 hands, $1OO @ 125; cotton, small SS0s@75.
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KANSAS

KANSAS CITY July 2.-wheat, No. 2 hard, 95c@s107; No. 2 red, $1.O1 a 1.04. Corn, No. , yellow, s2@S91ac. Oats, No ? white. 4112 @4212c; No. mixed, 41Q42c
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RAW SILK
NEW YOR

NEW YORK, July Raw silk steady. Prices per pound; kansai, double extra cracks sS.25qS.40; Kansai best No. l. s5g7.95; Kansai, No. l fil, s7.sO 7.9O; shinshu. No. l. S7.75@7S5; Canton extras, A, 14-le, $7.2o97.50; Shainghai China steam fil gold double deer, S9q9.35.
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NAVAL STORES

| JACKSONVILLE, Fla. July a-Turpen-
 tine steady. s7A @s7hc; sales. b1a: re | ceipts 25s: shipments. 37o: stock, e,o3s | Resin firm; sales. LIDO; receipts, 1o.oe6 l shipments. s45; stock, 11oos1. Quote: B
 ,4.s2h as.st; NJ, s4s5; N. $: W c, ;5.so 1 46.26; w W. 36.7o.
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private guesses on acreage was an increase of per cent, and the average of guesses on the crop was 10.75S.000 bales. The government placed the indicated crop at 11,412000 bales.
 The early selling mainly done be- cause of the feeling that the rainfall in Texas over the weekend was highly fla vorable for the crop of that state Some last minute liquidation from the long side was done and it weighed against values In a moderate way Buying started on the condition figures of 69.9. but buyers turned sellers when the acreage and in diCated crop figures were known.
 It is a question of weather, and tho crop is in the critical period of the son. The course of the marked during July and August must of necessity hinge on the weather over the belt, and there fore the weather map, day by day, will probably be the strongest factor
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GRAIN EXPORTS

WASHINGTON, July 2.-Grain exports from the United States last week amount to S,S6S GOO bushels. compared with 4522,- 900 the week before.
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STEEL QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK. July 2.-Steel prices Pitts burg f. o. b. per 100 pounds Blue an healed sheets, S3q31O; galvanized sheets t5Q5.10 black sheets, s3.75 c S.S5; steel bars, S24q25.
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Decidedly Better Tone Displayed By Stock Prices n Actue NeO Yor
NEW YORK BONDS

NEW YORK, July 2.-Following are today's high, low and closing prices of ponds on the New York Stock Exchange, and the total sales of each bond:
 RnIlMnA and MiaceIInne nenna
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MINNEAPOLIS July 2.-Wheat, No. 1 northern, s1.061s s@1.14B. Corn, No 3 yellow. 72@7212c Oats No. 3 white, SC o 3Sc. Flax, No. 1, $260@2.
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Ouer Priuaie Wires
HUBBARD BROS. LETTER

NEW YORK, July 2.-(Special. l-The weakness in the market after the bureau report was due to the estimate of the acreage being the largest on record. This, while the condition of the crop was the lowest with one exception, the estimate of yield was thereby increased. This esti- mate is less than the present consumption of cotton. and unless crop grows larger from now on we will use up our diminish % ing reserves. Nevertheless the report is considered as bearish by the trade and we think the short interest has been increased during the past week.-HIubbard Bros. & Co,
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NEW YORK. July 2.-Live poultry steady; broilers by express, 25 6 5Oc no freight quotations for broilers. fowls, roosters or turkeys Dressed poultry steady; '; chickens. 25 @ 50c fowls, 17G29c; old roosters 13@l7c; turkeys. fresh, 25 e soc {; frozen, 32Q42c. Butter unsettled; re- tras. 3724 Q3SAci creamery extras (92 score). 37Hc do firsts (SS to 91 score), 35d36%c: packing stock, current make, No. 2. BOG. Eggs firm; receipts 9,201 i; fresh gathered extra firsts 26G27hc; do firsts, 2312 e @25c. Cheese easy; receipts, 270, ,911 pounds; state whole milk flats, fresh, fancy, 241a @ 26c; do average run, 24c; state whole milk twins, fresh, fancy, 2412 Q24Ac do average run, 25h @24c.
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NEW YORK CURB

NEW YORK. July 2.-FollowinE is the official list of transactions on the New York Curb Exchange giving all stocks and bonds traded in:
 al
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BOND MARKET
UNITED STATES BOND

Readers should note that Liberty bonds are quoted in dollars and thirty seconds of dollars instead of dollars and cents.
 The fractions are designated by giving the numerator only. ,.
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BERLIN. June 3o.-(Delayed in trans mission. )-An increase of S7s. .6S0.140. 900 marks in bills of exchange and cheques Is shown in the statement of the Imperial Bank of Germany as of June 23 Depos liabilities increased 1s9.s67.sl7.Oo0. The foregoing items were missing from the statement as of June 23 received on Saturday. Owing to an error in trans mission the increase In advances was given in the earlier dispatch as 1905, ,045.- 900, whereas the actual increase was 1S,-
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INTERMEDIATES EIOTR
POULTRY AND PRODUCE

MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., July 2.-Flou unchanged: family patents, $6.20 Co 6.2 barrel. Bran, $20.50@21.
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New York daily letter on stocks; by pri-


 NEW YORK. July 2.-For the first hour today the stock market awaited renewal of pressure. and when it did not come stocks picked up a little lost ground It Is too soon to form idea of how the market would take a renewal of deter mined pressure and whether there is any more absorption power than there was last week. It is apparent however, that many stocks snapped back very easily and we feel that the incipient rally has more chance of moderate success than had the short strength which lasted few hours last Thursday. The tone of general news seems a little better, and there is the expectation of somewhat lower money rates. DOREMUS, DANIEL x co.
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NEW YORK STOCKS
High. Low. Close.

NEW YORK July 2.-Folowing are todays sales, high, low and closing prices of stocks listed on the New York stock
 Exchange:
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RICE MARK EFT

NEW ORLEANS. July 2.-Rough rice qriet; sales, none; receipts, 3,244 sacks Ipillers receipts, 3.244 sacks. Clean rice qntet sales, 100 Blue Rose at Shc; re- tsS Polish, $33QS4 per ton.
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CHICAGO, July 2.-Poultry, alive high
 CT; fowls. 21 c 23c; broilers, 37 c 42c; roost- CTS 12c. Butter lower; creamery extras, 371Ac; standards, 36iAc; extra firsts, 35lA
 e 36 1ac firsts, 3Sa SAC; seconds 32@
 3216c. Eggs lower; receipts, 23,443 cases; i flrsts. 20 F e 21c; ordinary firsts, 10G20c
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IRREGULAR GAINS ARE MADE M CURB MARKET DEALINGS

NEW YORK, July 2.-Prices In to- days curb market made irregular recovery from recent heaviness. Many new lows were established in the early trading but when selling pressure was lifted prices were not long in coming back except in the high-priced oils. some of which reg istered heavy losses
 Standard oil of Indiana showed consistent strength, closing nearly a point higher on total sale of 10000 shares. Gains of a point or more also were recorded by Cities Serv- ice, Atlantic Lobos, Continental and a few others. Prairie Oil and Gas dropped s points and Standard Oil of Ohio 10, the turnover in each case being small.
 A 3-point gain in Gillette Safety Razor was the feature of the in dustrial list. The motors improved fractionally, activity of Roamer be- ing based on reports that May net totalled $145.944 or at the rate of S2 share. Glen Alden Coal dropped 1 point
 Narrow and irregular fluctuations characterized the trade in the min ing shares.
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Little Market Flashes

NEW YORK. July 2.-Durins the three months ending June 90. 1s4 railroads pub lie utilities and industrial corporations de- clared extra dividends, increased their regular rate. distributed stock dividends or made back payments on account of dividends. This compares with total of 176 companies which made such payments during the first quarter of the year.
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CHICAGO, July 2.-Armour Of Della ware, S5 ha {; Armour preferred 731A; Com monwealth Edison, l27A Libby -McNeiu. 6h; Middle West Utilities. 45 National Leather, F Standard Gas. 56 Swift & Co., 99h; Swift International, I7M Union Carbide, 521s Western Knitting, 3; Yel- low Mfg. B. 252it; Yellow Texi, 9OA.
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FOREIGN BONDS CL AE-l.,NA

TVH Sales Gin s1.00O) High. Low. Close. 12 Netherlands 6s ...1o1 10O% 10O% Mexico Gov 3s..... 97's 979s 91es Panama 5l2s wi... 1%s 11a II B 14Russian 515s ..... II 10 II Swiss 5i2s ........1OO 99% 99B Gu r) Under rule.
 Total sales of bonds S3S4 poo.
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cu1cAGn GRIN ANp PROVISIONS
TnI Enn

TOLEDO. July 2.--Wheat, cash, S1.14. Glover seed, prime cash, $l0.o5; october Sf1O5: December, $10.e5 March, $1l.10. Alsike, prime cash. $10.25; August, $l1.50; October, SIPS; December, S11;35. Tim othy seed. prime cash. S325; August
 CHICAGO, July 2.-wheat, No. 2 red, mixed. Sost @8i14c; No. , yellow, SEQ S2a<c. oats, No 2 white, 421a @4Stac; No. 3 white. 4oi4 c 43c. Rye. none. Barley, G466Sc. Timothy seed, $6@6.S0. Clover seed, s15017. Pork nominal; lard, SlO.15; ribs SS.75@9.50.
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miscellaneous. 20@201ac; storage pack extras, 2312 23&c; storage pack firsts.
KANSAS

KANSAS CITY. July 2.-Butter un- changed creamery, 43a 4fc; packing, 26c. Eggs unchanged firsts, 19c; seconds. lie; selected case lots, PIC. Poultry un- changed; No. i hens, lie; light broilers 25c heavy broilers, $4 12c; roosters, 1oc.
 ST. LOUIS. July 2-Hens, spring, Ale; turkeys, soc; ducks, 19c; geese, 15c; eggs, 20c butter. S8 12c.
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LONDON BAR SILVER

LONDON, July 2.-Bar silver 30 1s-1sd per ounce. Money, K per cent. Discount rates: Short bills. 3-16Q2A per cent; three-month bills. 2% per cent.
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ST. LOUIS, July Cash wheat No, 9 red, $1.1S91.19; No. 3 red. $1.1s. Corn. Oats. No. 2 white, 44c; No. white, 42A e
 Close Wheat, July, S1; September, $1.O1. Corn, July S1&c; September, 73 Bc. Oats, July, Ale.
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NEW YORK, July 2.-Wilson Co.,, packers. announce they will ship large amount of provisions for sale In their branches in England on the initial trip of the steamship Leviathan. Notwith : standing the depreciation In exchange, packers are making larger exports to Flu rope than year ago.
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RAR SILVER


 NEW YORK, July Bar silver, 62& c Mexican dollars, 47Bc.
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FLAX SEED

DULUTH. Minn.. July 2.-Closing fls s2 56A asked; September, S2.30; Octob, S222
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STEVENS AGAIN TO
PITCH; WHEELER
WILL OPPOSE HIM
Game At Munger Bowl To
Start At 3 O'clock
Thursday

Bulldogs and Partners meet Thurs
day on Munger field at Birmingham
Southern college in the second game
of the annual hasebaii series. The
game starts at 3 o'clock.
The Bulldogs defeated the Pant/ers
on Berry field Monday in the flrst
game of the series. In this game the
Bulldogs showed probably the best
form that they nave played in this
year. Although the Panther batters
hit Stevens but few times, the Bull
dog fielders backed him well outside
of the three or four errors that were
counted against them. Hodge, for
the Panthers, was hit in the pinches
and good baserunning counted runs
on every chance.
The Panthers went back to Munger
field and Tuesday opened up with
some real practice. Hitting and in
field work marked Tuesdays prac-
tice, while scrimmage was staged
Wednesday. Five errors We're rather
costly to the Painters in Mondays
game, and Coach Brown has been
putting them through some hard
work to steady them.
The Panthers will be well-support-
ed Thursday. The Panther was not
able to overcome the Bulldog on
Berry field, and now the question is
whether the Bulldog will be able to
eiiS iHthci VII ti
field. The college band as we'll as the
student body en- masse will be in the
bowl pulling for the Painters.
Ham stevens, to whom goes a
very large portion of the honors of
Mondays victory, will again face the
Panther batsmen. However, there is
some doubt on sunshine slopes that
he Will be as effective against the
Owenton hitters in Thursdays game
AS in Mondays. After batting him
once, the Panthers feel they have a
keener eve for his crooks.
Joe Wheeler will oppose liam" on
the mound. Joe has pitched several
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BRITISH OPEN CUP IN
COMPETITION OVER so
YEARS, HISTORY SHOWS

consistent winner. He annexed the
championship in 1905 and 1906 and
the competition was keen in both in
stances. The field of players had al
most doubled. This was the last time
the British open was ever won in
successive years by the same player
so this is what l face this year. If l
am lucky enough to repeat this year
/ will break record that has stood
for almost twenty years. The task
ahead of me is something to be taken
seriously.
Harry Vardon has his name on the
cup six times and is therefore ac-
counted the greatest of all British
golfers. He held it during the war
so it was in the possession of his
club for ten years. Braid and Taylor
won five championships. Up until
the time Jock Hutchinson won at st.
Andrew year before last, the cup
had never left Great Britain. Arnod
Massie. a Frenchman. won the title
in 1907.
American Pros Compete.
Our American professionals never
had competed in this event until 1910.
Willie Smith, a Sc9tchman by birth
and a player who had won four
American championships. went over
and finished in fifth place at St.
Johnnie McDermott was the first
American homebred to compete He
played at Muirfield in 1912, but fail
ed to qualify much to the disappoint-
ment of American golfers who rated
McDermott as the equal of the star
British players. On the following
year little Johnnie tried his luck
again. This time he finished fifth
and made very good impression.
One or two of our amateurs played
for the title the next year but failed
to make any kind of a showing.
Several of our best pros made an
assault on the title in 1913, but Nc
Dermott and Tom Mcnamara were
the only ones to make much of a
showing. That year the entry list
had grown to immense proportions
as 269 took part.
The remarkable showing of the
American players in the past two
years has caused the British some
concern. When we made whole
sale attack on the championships at
st. Andrews. Jock Hutchinson grabbed
good third. Barnes and myself tied
ers We're close behind.
Our success last year is still fresh
in the minds of the American golf
fans. was lucky enough to wiz
the chief honors and Long jim
Barnes was close behind, tied with
Duncan for second place. Jock Hut
Gibson was a good fourth only a
stroke behind them.
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Bulldogs Munger Second Tuar

good games this year, and has good
change of pace, with plenty of speed.
Although he has started but one
game, being used largely for reserve
pitching, he should go good in Thurs
days game.
One of the largest crowds of the
year is expected to be on hand for
the game. which win be rather de-
cisive one. If the Bulldogs win Thurs
day they will probably have a walk
away with the series. However, if
Re Panther wins, a third game will
be played at Howard and the fourth
at Birmingha M Southern.
o O O
Probable Linc-Ups.
The same line-ups that opposed
change, will clash Thursday. The
Panthers - Anderson. shortstop;
Caldwell first base; Miller, right
field; Godbee, catcher; Williams. left
f1eld Norton, center field; Howell,
second base: Englebert, third base;
Wheeler, pitcher
Bulldogs-Lackey, shortstop; gel
ton, center field Barfield, rt
field; Runyon. left field; Brindley.
third base; Dawson, second base;
Griggs, first base; Afford, catcher;
Stevens, pitcher.
Greek" Griffin, Panther cleanup
man and second baseman, will not
be in the lineup in Thursdays
game. Greek was hurt when a
Union played slid into him at home
plate in the Union series and is still
out with a band ankle. He was not
able to play in the first Howard
game.
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SCOTT PLAYS HIS
l,OOOTH STRAIGHT
In THE AMERICAN
Veteran InfieIder Has Broken
All Records For
Endurance

WASHINGTON, May 2-waIter
Johnson, Washington's veteran, in
shutting out the New York Yankees
less game as major leaguer-and
he did it on the day Everett Scott,
Yankee shortstop, was playing his
1.000th consecutive major league
game.
Scott was the center of attraction /,
Johnson the hero of the game. All
of the 5000 fans who flocked to the
American league park to join Ban
johnson, president of the American
league. and Secretary of the Navy
DENLY, in honoring Scott, knew
he had already participated in 500
straight games Few of them real
lied, however, that their pitching
idol had scored 80 shutouts since
joining the Washington team in 1907
Ceremonies had been planned in
honor of Scott. Before the game the
two teams lined up at the home plate
while Scott. escorted by President
johnson and accompanied by the
Marine band. marched between the
lane of players to Secretary DENLY
who pinned gold medal on the New
York player in honor of his record
Long since. Scott had shattered the
record of both leagues for playing
in consecutive games and johnson
had passed the mark of scoreless
games. for all pitchers in the major
league.
WASHINGTON, May a. Everett
Scott New York American league
shortstop, today played in his one
thousandth consecutive game, having
appeared in every club contest en-
gagged in by his teammates since
June 20, 1916. Scott's record has
never been approached in major
league baseball.
AS the Yankees prepared to take
thelr turn at bat in the game with
Washington, Secretary DENLY of the
navy pinned on Scott's uniform a
gold medal presented by the Amer
lean league in testimony of the quail
tiles that enabled him to achieve his
remarkable record. A tremendous
cheer went up from the fans in trib-
ute to the Yankee shortstop.
Deacon Scott's "Johnny-on-the-
spot" record reached 1913 games in
1915 In 1917 he did his bit in every
one of the 157 games his team played.
In 1918 and 1919, the abbreviated war
seasons he played in 1926 and 1873
games, respectively and 154 games
The old record was held by George
Pinckney, who went through 577
games with the old Brooklyn club of
the American association and Ma
tional league from 1885 to 1890. Fred
Ludarus of the Philadelphia Nation
ais held the former modern baseball
record of 533 games, made between
1916 and 1919 with the Philadelphia
Nationals.
Scott broke into professional base
ball in Kokomo, Ind. His first big
league try-out was with the Red Sox
in 1913. He was released on option
and recalled in 1914. He left the
Boston club in the winter of 1921-22
to join the Yankees. With Sam Jones
and Joe Bush, pitchers, he was
traded to the New York club for
Roger Peckinpaugh, shortstop; Bill
Piercy, Jack Quinn and Rip Collins.
pitchers.
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by WALTER HAGEN
British Open Champion and Core.
spOndent of The Age-Herald and
of the North American News
nnner A IItnucc.1

In returning the British open
championship cup to Great Britain l
took the opportunity to glance over
some of the previous winners of this
famous trophy
The cup was played for the first
time in 1872, over half century ago.
Previous to this, championships were
played, but belt was the prize then
instead of a cup The belt lasted for
period of twelve years and was
finally won three times by young
Tom Norris and became his property.
Young Tom continued his bril-
liant play and won the new trophy
the first time it was played for His
name is the first on the cup. This
was his last stand, however, as the
field of contestants became larger
and more good players developed.
Young Tom was a great PLAYER new
ertheless in his day.
st. Andrews Men Won.
The players from old st. Andrews
were always winning the cup. Tom
Kidd followed Morris, then two years
later came Bob Martin. jamie An
derson followed Martin and won the
title three times in succession. Bob
Ferguson, Musselburgh golfer, won
the title for the next three years.
Only thirty-six holes We're played
these days. For the double round,
Is was the lowest score made Will
lie Park, who is at present in Amer
lea made this figure in 1899.
The first time the championship
was played for at seventy-two holes
it was won by Harold Hilton, the
amateur. who turned in score of
305. There were &c entries only. but
contestants at that time were small.
The largest number that had up to
that time played for the title was at
ST. Andrews the year before when
SO took part. J. T Taylor won his
first title in 1894 and repeated the
next year. Harry Vardon followed
Taylor. winning his first title in
1896. Hilton won it the second time
the next year and then Vardon came
back and won the title in 1898 and
1899. Taylor repeated the following
year.
James Braid, who won the cham
pionship five times In all, won his
first title in 1901 and 101 players took
part. Alex Herd won the following
year and 112 played in the event No
golfer had ever scored below 200 I'M
til Jack White made the record 296
in 1904.
Braid Repeated
After Braid got started he was a