The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-27

On the
Lam :.
- with
ELLIOTT
METCALF

can certaini, get . real chance Of
exercising them come this .sth
day Of July -.
The Seattle star IL staging Its
annual Around Lake Washington
: hike for cash primes and no few
Tacomans have displayed marked
interest
Several have entered. but SO far
no mail man has given Us a
tumble. And that s puzzling.
Who in the deobn can walk far
Their without firing than a mail
6 man.
Anyway. two or three Tacoma
gals have become curious and have
taken some Of our entry blanks.
That. TO me, is good news. Our
women folks no longer stand in the
shadow of meekness OF mans al
legged superiority :.
The records for the long noe
turnal hike stand ut hours and
IS minutes for the men and Q
hours and ~ minutes for the sup
posed weaker sex. That gives man
only one hour and one minute edge
over the women In that tough
physical grind -.
Yep the women folks are
moving right along this day and
age and IT all means for a better
; race of Americans. I'm for the
fair trails and what they mean 10
mankind, which Is PU-LENTY
pUD WARD is the Kind of golfer
i - who wants TO do anything he
, can TO help the game =. even Mt
danger Of risking his health -.
The great Washington amateur
recently underwent q tonsilectomy
and before he had recuperated TO
q point where his strength WAS
normal. he entered the state open
event in title defense -.
And he cracked wide open. He
was 20 pounds under weight. had
no control of his shots and was
tired mentally. A Bobby Jones,
even a Walter Hagen never could
have surmounted such obstacles.
1t was apparent from the first
day of the tournament at Seattle
that the brilliant SHOEMAKER was
i'll. not himself. Yet he continued
to play and gamely finished the
grind q. >.
Now. evidently upon urgent de-
mand of friends. he announces he
will not defend his amateur crown
this week at Seattle And that
is the proper action. He has no
! right playing at this date, had no
reason for entering the open
event -.
When I visited Bud In Spokane
q few days before his operation
he told me he would not compete
In either state meet II he found
II necessary to undergo an opera
tiou for his troublesome tonsiis.
He WAS very insistent upon that
aitnouHu NC TNk'os" -
cedure -.
A few days later the tonsils
we're removed. And before the
proper time had elapsed for him
to become active in competitive
golf. he entered the state meets,
wishing only to aid the cause. Now
he is convinced he made a faulty
step and intelligently withdraws
from the amateur competition =.
Too many folks take q tonsiiec-
tony lightly. Removal OF an
adults tonsils is more serious than
Is generally believed. More snoulo
remember that -.
I EFT me suggest tram eAe"'
sion TO Bellingham by Taco
ma Tiger baseball fans. Say some
Saturday night and Sunday !.
Such trips bring good results. Inc
town's never sent such deiega-
tion to the northern city and TINS
Is a good time -.
THIS corner will argue until the
COWS come through the OLD
harm door that the Western Inter-
national league needs a president
who takes a positive and active IN
terest in the play. Our present
prexy. an able man in his own
Nne. simply cannot keep in proper
contact with the circuit and its
numerous functions. Also, the
leagues office is in Seattle and
news emansting from the office
usually carries Seattle date line
and goes out over the wires that
way. And Seattle not in the cir
cult. You can see what impression
such reports leave that were
merely a Seattle suburb 80.
IT BEGINS 10 appear more and
more that Tacoma has young
shooter Of championship possibili-
ties and ! mean national and
international. The 1s-year-oid
Earl Colson. ir.. knocked down ss
out Of 100 birds in the recent Pa
eific Coast Trap shooting asseei-
alton world championship event In
Oregon. The competition WAS open
tn any shooter In the world and
stars Of the Pacific coast, from
. California through Canada. were
entered. But the younEster, un-
concerned, began splitting hot and
straight lead TO win the shoot and
around S5oe cash. We'd better /
keep our eyes on that sprout He