FRIDAY, AUGUST, 4, 1923 To ---------- 10 THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. iin, i CRAPS | BADMINTON CRICKET ?e | RUGBY seems that way because of the con- [troublesome at least, by comparison - i TIMELY stantly_ increasing number of pl th the man who has hit far and jers. Most assuredly a fewtprocrasti- ctr i. i ! nating players, showing no desire to | TENNIS SERIES GOLFING GOSSIP keep their places, nor let the faster What is Torsion? | ones through, can gum up the What is torsion, asked a golfer "he i i { whole works. lother day. He was looking over ome | | It 1s no uncommon sight to eee [of the new steel shafted clubs that Defeat Country Club Court Discussion of the Present Day some slow pair, or worse still, four- 'have become such a sensation in golf- Enthusiasts Six Matches Game--Its Rules and [ball combination gradually lose |ing circles, "I'll tell you what it is," of Seven. Customs. {ground until there are two clear (said a bystander, "and I'll give you -- |boles ahead, while looking in the [an illustration of the effects. When | In a series of closely contested To those carefully watching the | Other direction can be seen bunch {one hits a brassie shot or an iron games | ed on Ques COUrS | rapid progress of goif the faot has | after bunch of wrathful golfers about | 30% on the fairway and takes a little | Thursday afternoon t repre- {become more and more appreciated | whom jt is possible to detect a sul- [too much "of the ground in going | sentatives of the summer school de- | that the old game has done well to |[Phurous haze. How much more pleas- through, the ordinary wooden club feated Country Club players in six avoid the many pitfalls and hazards | @0t it Would be if those who for one [shaft will in four cases out of five, | games cut of seven. The games Were (strewn across its path dn this, eg 'T®@%0n or another cannot keep their | permit the clubhead to turn eo much | . fine exhibitions in doubles and each | some have seen fit to express it, 'de. | Places, would give way to those being [that it spoils a good shot. : Still The Most point was keenly contested. In about |generate age." If. for a while in- {held up Besides being the court- { The steel shaft will permit only a half of the games the third set was | fluences were at work toward mak- | €°Us thing to do, it is also part of tito [slight turning, of the clubhead and F Th M , ih this means a straighter ball. Golf- or e oney Plumbers three more in the last of Retailers--Morris, 2b; Robinson, Instead of waiting a week for your only opportunity tennis enthusiasts pointing toward the swinging of the | Keeping On the Course. them straighter. The ball will usual- | en hand and the clever individual | firm in the belief that the ball should |oPserver gets the impression that| 'his must surely be good news for | From the collection of excellent how badly, are seeing moore encour- | | right along for years. Now, with the | laying of Col. Foulkes is worthy of makes for better p | words, less attention is paid to keep- lout and get what belongs to him. He | - playing er golf; playing the | {Successfully Overcome Handi |they secured two more when Fred. |dicr, 1b; Harrison, rf; Baker, 3b; ed exceptionally well. For the sum- oneself to any and Ef situations Un- | the most sensational player, scoring | courses were rough and implements | ors in suc ion less, ss; Armlel, 3b; Shangrow, ¢; # head in every play. \ | of excellency has lez . : 3 the hes bs ry 4 . ky lias hed; to leam to ex ills resultant from poor direction can | team made a great comeback and de- | ype in the ninth on walks and an The scoring: R. H. {second championship. . game of thet was then Called 'on account of the [Flumbers .........0002320x--7 6 tewart, Scott and Jeffrey, {unlike yu N h Ze ies r of tha fore | & . e young Tom Morris, the wiz lof a pull, yet a ball hit with the op- ANNUAL REGATTA |venze for the victory of the forses f AA AA A Aer Neer Sto Ae sr Saree i mE -------- 3 ' . ce 1 { p A 2 that in nine cases out of | and' J. Torrance and Col. Foulkes, | pa was not lying well, the only |Fe2dily and umhers | | Major Dunbar Messrs. Townsend, | thing to do was ne the So y [ten is what is wanted when approach- | by approximately two hundred Rul he Ihe games : : { Minguay, Torrance and Bidwell. | little better!" - nd beni eid ing the hole. On the theory that a |fifty paddlers, will take part in the | Neither team scored, in the first | The men's doubles . were keenly | There was 10 be sure, a deal of {pulled shot runs further and con-|annual regatta of the Canadian Can- | three innings, the only hit being a . contested, the game between Col { truth in young Tom's theory of 5} sequently makes for distance, it has [oe Association under the auspi-:s of [doubtful one worked by the Retail- | . 2 Par y play- become customary for course archi- |the Cartierville Boating Club on Sat-|€rs. Then in the fourth Arniel got a . | ) Maclean and W. J. |g 3 __ | penalties for slices and too little for : : ; Ba : > FI0t of old St, Andrews might have entered from nine clubs, the west- | Breaking the spell and jecoring the th sets were won by the |yiga i Sein ry = : SHglgh bath ® Bis prescaption While 58] Provided the holes are of proper |ciubs and the northern division dig a nest of "rouble for a sliced . but will not be represented [tailers nade a bid to even it up when Are Brought In and *he Country Club players, Min-| disposal, ing Department for your service. able style and gave good support LC | with a hundred nowadays. Let a per-| fons making a rally from behind his | mark the result, especially if We fiz | racket you can have it 1n one day. required before the winners were d¢- | ng the game too easy, it may be saiq | ftiQnette of the game. i termined. As this is probably the [that now there are positive signs ~ ers using steel shafted clubs will hit | ~ have of seeing really good tourna-|pendulum in the opposite direction While watehing the progress o! (ly iy in a comparatively straight Yne ment games, there was a large crowd Advocates of the old school ever |(OUrhament golf year after year the in the direction it is aimed. plays were generously applauded bo played where it lies. no matter players are just as human as former- [the duffer or the short range player. | i A Ao er A et reese Pate elo tnt Bn ee EE . : r.|1¥. They slice, pull and top with im- | He has been getting the worst of it | [ Hits by Arneil and Ferguson, and winners by the score of 7 to 4. players it would be hard to pick *he | ging signs now than they have in a |punity, get bunkered and find the {a few errors and misplays, gave the The teams: | y +1 2 : . | FO in the same old way. e ¢v steel afted clubs he can step f best but for the Country Club the number of years "That of o o |Tough in the same old way. In other [new steel shafted clubs 1 --- fy 8 vat of course, the fifth, and in the last of the th |p; Po , ¢; McWilliams, ef; Gour- recial-note, as all afternoon he play- | ball where it lies means ' ing | 10g on the course than to the more may never become a champion but he . 3 8 es means adapt DE | alluring prospect of getting distance. [can get as good a club as the bigges: | cap of First Game and Jump t Morris broke under the fast pace he | Ball. If: Sugel, ss mer school, D. Maclean was probably |doubtedly in byzone times When {For many years Harry Vardon's mot- | professional. It won't be "the club's into Winning Class. . |had been hitting and had two bad Plumbers--Richards, If; BE. Law- v rc to was 'keep on the course" and it [fault if he fails The steel shaft | Th x in the PI F ; i 'es ng . i or han one title. puta it right up to the skill of tho | ere was joy in tae Flumbe Retailers scored two in the seventh | F'erguson, ¢f; Brown, rf; Richards, aimost impossible serves and using crude the Ifer 1 wi a st jwon him more than one pute g a : . = # 8 po » \ » the golfer to reach a standard | Doubtless a large percentage of the | player ' {camp last evening when the baseb on hits by Morris and. Robinson and [1{., 1b; Hartley, 2b; Fenning, p: Queen's was represented by Misse: |tricate the ball from situations. re- | fea . stailers 7 in the " . Simpson, Martin, Scott and Train and | garded by the AVerase presen: der be directly traced to a tendency of {feated the Retailers 7 to 4 in the !arror, Harrison coming in. The game | Ret ..00001021__4 §{ ' : : ; 1 ' .: " | mg S y fied Messrs. Maclean, Brown, Sexton, player s vell nigh a . (many golfers to play their lof } 1 . 4 is ire oa 1 p a) 8 n £1, hopeless. How {ghots to the pin with the suggestion 'EIGHTEEN CLUBS IN Mercantile league, taking sweet Te- darkness and Plumbers were legal Umpire--George Sullivan, The Country Club players Were lard of his day. whose favorite re- to . ; hic las ¢ ' - in { : a Tuesday evening. This leaves TR A bar, Misses K. | nm ras > posite spin will stop. much. more ---- team In : i 3 Mra; Foulkes, Mrs. Dunbar, Misses X. | mark was to the effect that when the Eighteen canoe clubs, represent:d|the Plumbers one run in the lead on Foulkes and his partner Major Dun- | ing the shot a little better" b 1 4 vic \hit = . stole third and came bar, and the team from the summer he lived to the present ter Put had {tects 10 pay a deal more attention to |urday afternoon. The eastern divis-}hit, stole second, stole third and came , I i C present day, this pro- | ion or Mofitreal district has paddlers {home when Baker missed the throw, y being particularly fast. Al-|¢o ion wii {the pulls that go scooting off to the 4 : . Erown, being p y jfound it advisable to somewhat re- | left of the fairway. ern division or Toronto district five|first run. Shangrow followed him | ) i 23 a ade it two and the vic ; etudents the issue was at doubt at all {average golfer might do worse than ios 's . rinniper RL pon na Ly: oh Phases was on. | R : i times and only cateful Playing 0 learn more about. the art of playing | RE it Will-hardly be necessary to [Ottawa four clubs. Winnipeg sent ftory march § Pluntels was on, e-strung and Repaired the Day They 3 3 3 a f 3 | 4 Sra sol 2 nto las \ S ? > fifs he Re- making every point count, decided |from indifferent lies it should also bari h | I Vaddlers to the meet at Toronto last In the first of the fifth the R ' In the game between \mer > . . drive, as the ball will have been so | Summer, 1) 4 : " the a of Ay and Jeffry [ omemberel Hay . ie old Baye |short as to give the offerider a suffic- [in the Dominion championships this [Robinson scored on an error, bu' the | ) S sturdier weapons at t ir | jently troublesome second shot: feason. rally stopped there. . { h dd d R . . : | We have added a Repair and Re-string- guay and Bidwell, three sets were re-| A dependable hickory shaft was oy | Guired to decide the winner. Jeffry, | hot such a rarity half a century ago 9 a young player, exhibited consider-| when one club was used as compared | "THEM DA YS IS GONE FORE VER Scott. Minguay for the club is a |son now attempt to follow young | sensational player. on several occas- | Tom's recipe from a duppy lie, and | You not only read it, you sing it. Try it on your piano. Watch nightly for this big comic hit. back which drew hearty applause. | had nerve enough to resort to the | + Sexton and Stewart, who were win- ordinary wooden club. Young Tom, . Bring your old one in and we make it like new. rent in doubles, won out from I. |dpnjver, get his ball up and away on Torrance and Mr. Townsend in a Very | ag trye a flight as if it had been resi- fine exhibition. ing on a tee. That to be sure, was BE } : ; x ] = Ep ANOTHER BASS, 6} LBS. ners of the summer school OUrNa- (g, we are told, could even with a HERE'S A LITTLE DOGGEREL. The mixed doubles were also keen- | the work of an artist, But could he : = have accomplished the trick with the Wa : ; W. J. Brown and Miss Y ox 9 y ¥ \ .- 1 Eitwpeon niy Yi from fal, aud regular Wosden olue of flay? ; | WHRY DO THEY, PUY 1 COULDN' T (SAY - BUT M#s. Foulkes after a hard battle, the , " may THAT, "AWFUL y THING WEARING ONE "Is NOT/ second set going into twenty games. be he man pr the club he fis cles qd | bou to ent under a £. ' ' } EE Si UPON YOUR Face, ALPLEATANT TASK TREADGOLD SPORTING teresting game, while the other two | "TOpey" and "twisty" that the club- -- ¥ IASK S$ \ i : games went into three sets cach, The | head cannot do #ts part. Too much : 5 GOODS CO , only Country Club team to win was Yorsion yi is the 'most perfectly - =~ ° . Torrance and M K. Torrance | ©xecuted stroke, -v oe = ry Sr G. B. ie K and Miss That is only one of the many rea- y » J BICY CLES--RECORDS--PHONOGRAPHS--CAMERAS BW F. Train after a three set game. The |90nS why the steel shaft will sooner ; . 88 PRINCESS STREET . . - - PHONE 520 winners played well together, Miss |OT later come into its own. With a > 5 : . " Torrance having the exceptional abil- | well played stroke, using | ------------ ity of being able to change the rec- |Shafted weapon, the clubhead will ------------------ ' quet from hand to hand, while rally- | reach its objective, instead of twist- ing with dexterity. Miss Train also | ing to an angle likely to spell disas'er © iplayed a splendid game. Miss J.|!0o the shot. . In this way it may be | Beott and George Stewart worked a [Seen that the club which will get the * win for Queen's defeating Miss J. |Dball away, be it teed up or lying bad- { Torrance and Mr. Minguay after a |!v, Is the logical friend of the golfer. three set struggle. No ball will fly true unless properly g The games started a 3.30 o'clock [Mt and the in itself is sufficiently. jand were finished after 6.30, Re- [difficult without the club also fail- ' freshments were served to the play- | Ing at the crucial moment. ers by the athletic committee of the summer school. Tt is.hoped that re- Uniform Rules Needed, turn matches may be played between With the increasing interest in these two groups. golf fn Americasdue in a measure to The men's doubles resulted as fol- | the international phase, the need for lows: uniformity in rules looms more ur- ' WERE' D. Maclean and W. J. Brown de- | gent, for there never can be proper \ psy Col, Foulkes and Maj. Dun- {competitive relationship between SO YOU NEEDN" 8-6, 9-7. Great Britain and America under two fie A"MAS f= G. B. Sexton and G. 8. Stewart de- | sets of rules. A Neither can the best : : y { 4X; = | teated F. Torrance and M. Townsend |interests of the game be served by - "g I 1 : is, Be ad F. Jeftry defeated | NATE two governing bodies in this = : i . y a eloat SOUMEY.. Joif is oo grent 4 same; : AUGUST SALE OF FURNITURE foes, Mingwey aud Bidwell 5-3, has gone too far to have its compet- « : ¢ . . The largest and best stock in the city to choomne from. £-7, 7-4. tions and its championships knocked - Everything must be cleared to make room for new stock. Chestérflelds from .. $05 to $350 | Iron Beds from .... 85 to § 88 a steel \ : . | |The Mixed doubles resulted as fol- awiy by constant rule shifting and : i B Beds f lows: different systems of play, , > of A i 044 Dreaners from .. $17 te § 65 Springs and Mattressens © 0 78 Miss M. Simpson and W. J. Brown 5 - ; Dining Room Sets .to ...9750 from ...........8650 to $45 { NOTHING RESERVED IN OUR STORE. defeated Col. and Mrs. Foulkes, 2-8, Courteous Going Through. 11-9, 6-3. . Possibly there is mo more selfish- . Miss W. Martin and D. Maclean de- | ness in golf than in any 'other sport, 4 te feated Maj. and Mrs. Dunbar, 6-1,|though the former unquestionably ) r 3 " ° * R ID 6-4. affords more scope and means by S > R Y { . Miss K. Torrance and F. Torrance | which one can throw light on a man's : ] Bu = 1 LEADING UNDERTAKER defeated Miss F. B. Train and G. B. | true nature. Apparently the slow 230 Princess Street. Ambulance Call 577w, Soxton, 6-3, 2-6, 10-8, player is even in greater evidence Miss J. Scott and G."B. Stewart de- | now than formerly, or maybe it only ----- feated Miss J. Torrance and Mr. Min- Sry ot py | guay, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, BRINGING UP FATHER : . : By GEORGE McMANUS Lady Swimmers to Race. Hilda James, the seventeen-year- MAGGIE BRO . C pld English holder of all Europazn HER THAT hem 25 TELLIN . . 30 i i AVE swimming records, who finished ASH: SrTens S TO hho Xu ube MI nav BALL Toriaur- ; ly oR, ov third in the 3-12 mile race in New York Bay, will now attempt to beat WON'T NEED 1T7- America's mermaids in sprint and middle-distance swimming. Both Miss James and Gertfude Ederle, of New York, who won tne long distance classic are entered In Abe 300-meter swim that will featare & water carnival on Saturday. tA. M. Ecclestone, St. Catharines, beat Sir John Willison, Toron:, iu Buffalo bowling final.