Evening star., 1923-12-30

In golf the lesson is clear 1t is more
municipal courses. a halt upon the ris-
ing dues in private clubs and a far bet
ter appreciation of the fact that it is
not the scratch player who should be
considered, but the hitherto forgotten
man." who makes up 80 per cent of our
players and who pays more than 80 per
cent of the bills.
In tennis, a similar lesson is to be
learned, that our efforts should be more
largely directed toward the thousands of
medium players and the unnumbered
thousands who would become players X
they had the field room and equipment
that as an. element in this far more at
tention should be paid to the encourage
ment and development of doubles play
ers.
In rowing. that sport of mystery. the
lesson is that there still are further
undeveloped phases of the art Of MAX
ing an eight-oared shell travel more
rapidly; that, while all may be striving
for the same end and have something
Of the same ideas, there is an added
| finesse lying in the province OF the re-
which spells victory"
In foot ball, the lesson is that the
game has taken on new and unusual de-
velopments. and has progressed rapidly
| In the point Of tactics, and finally, that
the loosening up of formations has not
only made the attack more powerful,
| but has made it possible for the
spectator to see much more clearly just
| what is going on. Unfortunately this
has added to the interest of the game
unfortunately" because the stadium
and bowls are not only stretched to the
limit of capacity to accommodate the
crowds, but thousands are turned away,
disappointed, from the big games.
Keen Contests in Golf.
In golf. Robert Jones won the open
championship. but not until after a
most desperate struggle against
Bob Cruikshank. And here. indeed.
Hail to the conquered is decidedly
In order, for such a fight as was put
up by the latter Is most worthy of
the highest credit. Max Marston,
years, finally won the amateur cham
pionship. but not until after a hard,
grueling finish against Jess Sweetser.
Miss Edith Cummings, of Chicago
feating Miss Alexa Stirling, but both
played high-class golf. Dexter Cum
mings, a brother OF Miss Edith Cum
mings and Yale man, won the inter-
collegiate championship, and Prince
ton won the college team champion
ship.
The American Walker cup team
went abroad and defeated the British
amateurs. but here once more un-
stinted praise should go to the con-
gle, decided finally, 6h to 5k
The Americans failed to win the
British amateur championship in
spite of our strong team, Roger
Wethered beating out Francis Ouimet,
the runner up. But such struggle
has rarely been seen, and there was
no disgrace to the Americans in the
way Francis Ouimet fought 1t out to
the last.
A team of American women went
abroad to play for the British wom-
ems title, but were put out, Miss
Chambers coming through to the
finals and defeating Mrs. McBeth,
who had defeated the reigning cham
pion, Miss Wethered, earlier in the
contest. Miss Miriam Burns won the
woman's western championship, Miss
Glenna Collett. the Canadian wom-
ans; Clarence Hackney, the Canadian
open; Arthur Havers. the British
open, Gene Sarazen, our own open;
Jock Hutchinson, the western open;
Chick Evans, the western amateur,
and Perry Adafr. the southern. Rich
ard Walsh won In public parks.
But to come to the detailed les
sons of the golf season. 1t is true
that no young married, man of
twenty-four or twenty-five, earning
So, oeo a year, can, with justice to the
rest Of his budget, belong to any