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Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 15

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MM ft CLUB owners worry like DEEAT Be Sure to To Day no 10c JOIE RAY TAKES 9 a a IRST IN 2 MILE id At I ROUGH ICE MATCH WON BY EVELETH IC PLUS Business Suits to ioo jy i k2' i Lf 4WS 4 4 BIRCH HILL CLUB WILL HONOR RICE are the When interviewed from pla tonic distance on wharf Petty was endeavoring to strangle herself with million dollar rope WOULD PERMIT STEAL IRST of diamonds with pearls optimistically alimony Petty and grand are two kinds of larceny but Petty is beautiful While in Europe she will write book about her former American husbands Which catalogue should almost be census of our united col lection of States Baseball Uniforms 125 lannels to Select rom The best things that are said about Leith Young clothes arc being said every day by the men who wear them YELPS GAN BE HEARD AROUND LOOP EUROPEAN DUO CUE WINNERS slightly diluted Petty spoke very about her tragic AQUATIC STARS SET OR MEET: petty AND GRAM) All our beautiful collectors of rare and modern alimony are step ping off to Europe for drinking season 11 11 Ninety five Handsome Suitings i 1556 I oodward Opp David If hit try Bid tne Detroit Junior gym Wednesday night and away from the Juniors 37 JACK ARRIVES OR HURT WO SKATERS TIE OR LEAD Blreh Bill Country' club will give a reception and dance at the Twen tieth Century club riday night of this week In honor of Alfred Rice president of the club last year Mr Rice leaves Detroit soon to accept a position in Chicago Mem bers and their friends are invited to the reception Can see how Petty gets so many rich husbands to leave her Some girls are Just nat urally fortunate A 4 Sapphire ring on her neutral fin ger was memoir of first husband who was sapp she had so many engagement marriage and divorce rings on her mitts that she looked JlKo she was baking crullers Kansas City Man Offers Sug gestion to Speed Up Baseball DEB HI LITS STUART CUP Palatial liner Aqultarila pad died away last week carrying precious freight of escaping divorcees? Among passengers Petty Grand famous actress and discoverer of perpetual emotion After that she will write fur ther volumes as occasion de mands Nice girl When asked if she Intended to got married again Petty smiled very epi demically and stated that' her first 11 successful alimony ro mances had not discouraged her Everywhere Candy is sold Petty will only mention some of her most prominent husbands in her book She is typical home girl arid she doesn't taro whoso homo It Is St Paul Minn eh St Paul Athletic club team went into tho lead in group No 2 United States Amateur Hockey league by de feating Cleveland 3 to 2 In a two period overtime contest last night At present Petty Is dragging down plenty of alimony but success has not throttled her ambition Her first book will be hus bands sho has mot Her second book will be about her own herd of husbands Anything and every thing you could wish worsteds of every sort many imported: real Scotch tweeds and Irish homespuns staple blue serges etc etc To be hand tailored to your individual measure Ciiipwood Has two good and neither wean out your shirt 20c 4 for 75c JOIE RAY Rap last Week succeeded in breaking the mile and a quarter mark and only a short time previously set another middle dis tance record' 1 the latest addition to aquatic sports according to word received from Jock Hutchinson who has just finished a tour of the Pacific coast Along the southern California sea Pacific Ocean Made a As West Now Plays Water Golf Eight Hundred Alumni Estimated as Eligible for Membership Nearly 400 Now in It En in IS 3 PUTTING THE NEXT ONE WITITDUGTDAER Club Plans to Enlarge Scope And Enroll AH ormer Varsity Men Nice little woman Would make fine governess for pack of sabre toothed sharks GilletteBlades 67c Doz Detroit collegians clung Landis is Puzzled as to How Plan Cyuld Be Car ried Out Chicago ob fBy the Aso clated Press) Speeding up baseball by permitting a batter to steal first Is a suggestion that has Judge Kenesaw Landis basebell com missioner guessing today The commissioner received a let ter from Newton Gillham a Kan sas City Mo attorney In svhlch he suggests that th theft privilege of a batter would offset the "iclentlfiq pitching" which the attorney thinks slows up the game from a fgn a viewpoint Too Much Ditching The "Ins" and 'outs" of the game are not properly balanced accord ing to Mr fltllham who believes that the scientific pitching often makes an Inning a tame affair with the batsmen being mowed down one two three Mr Gillham saa that the aver age fan wants to see men running the bases and a change In the rules that would permit a Heel tooted butter to pilfer the Initial sack he thinks Is Hie very thing needed to speed up the pastime The "double steal" that occasion ally thrills the fans now would be mild compared with the "quadruple that might take place un der the rule change that Mr Gill ham suggests Ha Them Tussled Judge Landis and local baseball mon however are puzzled a to just how a batter would be able to steal first base with the pitcher having his eyea efmstantly on him Mr Gillham 1 clear In his statement that fans want to see "men running bases his letter offered no defljrfte suggestion as to how base running can be accelerated simply giving a batter permis sion to steal first Judge Lendl be lieves will not serve to speed up tho game iXOP ENivENINGS 42W0DWARPj rulings of the athletic association been In effect Tho club was organized to keep former Michigan athletes in closer touch with their alma mater by 13 Michigan letter men in the fall of 1013 ifty five wearers of the attended the first annual reunion of the club In June 1914 Since then tho club has grown until It has a membership of nearly 400 Eight hundred living alumni are estimated to bo eligible for membership and the club Is trying to bring Into Its fold every qualified man The club has been active In fostering athletics at tho unlver Through the club valuable publicity has been gained for uni versity athletics The memorial to tho men who sacrificed their lives In tho world war which was dedicated at erry ield last fall was sponsored by the club Officers of tho club aro James Do Pree Holland president Elmer Mitchell Ann Arbor secretary treasurer Clement Quinn Sugl naw football vice president Ed mund Shields baseball vice presi dent Carl Johnson track vice president The officers of the club have been called to meet here Saturday morn ing SAINTS TAKE HOCKEY LEAD GiQed Swimmer Compete inTank Event at the YM A and 3 oppose tho champion may be asked to bout If a match fails circumstances said Illinois Athletic Club Speed Boy Who Is Shattering Records Otten an extra pair of trousers of the same goods Collars Shirts AL WILSON Wisconsin Boat Makes It Three Straight Over Defender on Gull Lake Course Kalamkzoo Mich eb 15 Tho Dob HI of tho Ohkoh WI Ice Yacht club won tho third and de ciding heat in the Stuart cup races at Gull ake thl morning finish ing ahead of tho Wolverine and Hilo of tho Kalamazoo fleet over the 20 mlle championship The time was 50:38 The Wolverine holder of the world's championship distance sail ed finished ut least two miles be hind the visiting yacht The HIP a much lighter craft was a half mile back of tho cup defender After taking two heats of the race on the lake Saturday in Impressive fashion outsalllng'both of the local boats it was conceded by member of the Kalamazoo club that the Wolverine built 20 years ago stood very little chance of beating the newer boat which la a model of It Kalamazoo Ice Yacht club wnlch today lost the Stuart International cup as tlw result of the victory of the Debutante HI of the Oshkosh Wisconsin club over the Wolverine and Hilo will Issue a challenge to the Badger organization for a re turn race at Oshkosh next winter Announcement that a new craft would be constructed during the summer In an attempt to recover the trophy wa made within two hours after the third and final heat had been won by the Debutante In a clean race over the two defend er NEWTON CENTER AIREDALE WINS nresent trouble comes from the necessity of winning Great stadiums were built' They could not be filled if teams continually lost Coacheswere signed on their ability to produce winning teams and not on their power to spread helpful in fluence and interest a large num ber of youths in the game Sharp Practice Creep In In the furious competition for victorious gridiron teams sharp practices were bound to creep In otar players would be rounded up so cleverly that college authorities never knew anything about their advent on the campus It was only a question of time when all this un fairness would be exposed The re form movement is starting first In the wheat belt Professionalism is Just as ram pant in other sections as tn the middle west One of the most famous captains BlK Three" sadly told me a short time ago that ho hadn't made as much money since leaving col lege as he did playing football His case Is only one of many that have come to my attention Went Ont nnd Got A college near New York city decided to make a splurge on tho gridiron A new coaching staff was hurriedly employed and orders went Continued on Page Sixteen Improvement Bid air for a Victory Detroit College of Ijiw will meet the St John's university team of Toledo in the A gym nasium at 8:45 Thursday The result of this contest will 'liable followers of the sport to sompare tho respective abilities ofhe Lawyers and tho University of ostrolt st was beaten by Jefferson avenue five 30 to 29 Tho strong five man de ens1 ttn t'le increased skill shown 7 the men In shooting leads the itani partisans to expect It to wmo through victorious I if ei Hoyt Signs iiiniHinQ ork eb Willie i I pHrhcr who mtir ftcrloN loot tn lb yhlted the club nfliccN with bride todny nnd Rlgned coming Nennon The youngMer who rccchid for hlR Inut helicon Rrnntcd un iricreaae of more than 100 per In hlnew contract Special to The ree Preus Ann Arbor Mich eb? men of the University of Michigan in all parts of the United States are receiving letters asking them tq Join the dub Membership in tho club is re stricted to men who were awarded the varsity In some officially recognized sport or who would have been eligible for an had present Holdout Army in the Major League Bigger Than in Last Ten Year Special to Th rea Pr New York eb 16 Box Worn Barkentlne an 18 months' old Amer ican bred Airdale was declared the best dog in the big Madison Square Garden tonight The youngster wai shown In per fect condition and won eally over 40 other breed winners Including several international champions and grand champion ITederlC Hood of Newton Cen ter Mass' Is the breeder and owner and tonight refused an offer of 35000 for his Alrdal WATERSTON feGoobs American Soo Hockey Team all by 7 to 2 Score Special to Tba rw Proa Sault Ste Marie Mich eb Eveleth cleaned up on tho American Hoo hockey team In tho final game of the series 7 to 2 last night In a Btrcaky game tht was marbud by 10 penalties for rough stuff Taffy Abel Soo defense man knocked Carlos Haugh referee down during a dispute following a free for all scrap between the two teams The Soo had only throe men on tho Ice for several minutes Eveleth got two scores In tho first each team got two In the sec ond and Eveleth got three In the final period The second period was a thriller cleanly and scientifically fought linker Lnnd I Straight Wagner Baking company made it 10 straight when they downed the Spur club C5 to 15 Karpp and Captain Herrington led the oorlng with 14 and six field goals respect ively Melville and Smith were prominent on defense The Bakers will meet the Richmond a Thursday evening at Northeastern high school ree Preu Cup Race One of the Big eature Coach William Bachrach and Mat quartet pf famous swimmer ar rived In Detroit Wednesday after noon on th Wolverine to tae pert In the Detroit Amateur Athletic as 1 xoefation swimming meet Thursday at the Detroit A at 8:15 Coach Bachrach expects to have hl four charges return to with fiv new world' records Johnnie Wclsmueller ha been as signed to the task of lowering tho world' record for th 50 yard freo style and Hie 330 yard free tyU wherea Robert Skelton wll attempt to mike new mark tor the 410 yard at the breast stroke and Mfs Syblt Bauer wilt tm to lower her own record for the 60 yard back stroke Mis Edna O'Conner tho fourth member of the party will endeavor to beat Mis Dorothy An dre of Southeastern high cohol in ths t00 yard breast stroke and In so doing hope to ssubllsh a nw orld mark Eric to De Represented In addition to these four windy oU? er' a of fam rrl Erls some time Thursday morning mn fb'th's Prty and they are In charge of Coach of Erl' SI aL known of the Erie wlm Adarj Smith who has been credited with 190 yard in world record time Krl0 wl1' wlm in a 400 re ay National Jr champion ship i THursday Night One of the Best wl11 the ummlt of aquatic port attained in Detroit Never before have as many tar events been presented on one pro vraP? 1 on douot that the A pool will be taxed to Its limit to accommodate the ewtm jyjnr fane who wUh to see the meet The Detroit Amateur Athletic awo clatlon regrets that no pool Is avail able In the city that can accommo date several thousand spectators One of th features of the compe tition win be the contest for Tho Detroit ree Press trophy the flflft of the paper to the moat gifted high school boy In the medley event Detroit schools will bo represented by rtve boys "np Is Hranty The cup Is the beat Detroit Ama teur Athletic association official sty ever offered for competition hv amateurs here and a struggle of the closest kind Is predicted Manford Whittingham western Baker Johnson Southeast ern Richard Merti Southeastern! Lawrence Leonard Eastern and Patrick McAvoy Eastern After Even irst Half Victors Win 1 1 to 9 Kalamazoo college had a big aec ond half at college romped to 13 The cloae to their opponent In the flrat half which ended with Kalamazoo leading by only two point th scorn being 11 to 9 After that the up gtater were In vincible and began a coring bee while the Junior were held In Summary: DETROIT JUNIOR KALAMAZOO McKay Kern lloblimon McKay Her Rpurgeon CunninghamL'J Vroeg Llahtbudy Capt)KO Lambhe Hnal Kalamazoo 37 trolt 12 Scar Aral Kalamazoo 11 Detroit paaketa from Detroit Cunningham 2 Ltghthody Robinaim: KnUmazoo Kern McKay Spurgeon 8 Vroejr I Hlngn BaakaU from Detroit McKay liar 2 Kalamazoo McKay 2 Vroeg Kouta com Imtroit McKay 4 liar rkteln Kalamazoo Karn 2 Spurgeon 2 Vroeg 4 latnibke 2 Bovill (VV'aahlngton and Jenareon) Drew (Waahlrig'ton and Jefteraon) Time of halve 20 mlnutea Buballtutlone Detroit Blatt for McKoy Shannon tor Bobir eon Walla tor Beckialn Rrtel for Llghtbody uungtr for Kern Tramp Athletes Welcome a At Some of Our Colleges Desire to Win Prompts Certain Coaches to Go Out and Players to Realize Profes sionalism Therefore Runs Rampant in All Sec tions of the Country BY ROBERT EDGREN the nJbal1 fast bcconinS an all season pastime Months after UOSl OI EAT Pralines JLeith sYoung mne Tailoring 3rl loor Bcwles Buxl GRISWOLD and GRAND RIVER Illinois AC Runner However ails to Set Record New York eb 15 Joie Ray Jl llnoiu Athletic club atar failed to break his own record of 9:11 3 6 for the' two mlle when he easily cap tured the event tonight at the Knights of Columbus annual indoor games Ills time tonight was 9:13 3 5 ifteen thousand persons cheered the Illinois runner as he defeated Earl Johnson colored Pittsburgh national live and tcn mlle champion who was second and Arthur Cas ual Glencoe Athletic club third They were the only three to finish In a field of 15 Johnson bad a 40 yard handicap nnd Cassot one of 140 yards Ray startling from scratch passed the first man on the tenth lap and over took Johnson and Cassot in the thirteenth lap or one lap the three ran within two yards of each other Ray drawing away In the final lap and winning by a quarter lap with a final sprint Monroe Arrow Win This Monroe Mich eb 15 MOnroo Arrow basketball team trimmedStar Merchants of Toledo hero Wed nesday night In a fast game 27 to 21 Monroe held a lead In tho first quarter but the visitors forged ahead in the next after which Mon roe went to the front and never was headed Bumpus and Behm starred for Monroe the fofmer scor ing six field goals and five fouls and the latter four goals Purple Swimmer Win Enally Chicago eb IB Northwestern university's swimming team tonight defeated tho University of Chicago natators by a score of 40 to 28 ffJniiiiOHiHmiuuomniiuHmiixuHiHouiiimuiQ (Going Some! Il lull UIIUIIUIUIIIUHIUIUUUXUIU New York eb The Na tional hug lie club In filling tbelr 1022 schedule assignment will travel hllT25 miles The maximum number of miles for any eltih I Il 714 which fnll to Pittsburgh New York will go the minimum 0622 mile: The mileage fnr the eight clubs followsi Pittsburgh ii 7S4l Chicago 123HO Host on tlll17f St Louis 1 LUSH Cincin nati IOHS3 I 1 1 n1 1 1 I 17l' llrnnklyn 087 0 and New York 0022 Promoters Are Backward and Dempsey May Go Abroad for Bout New York eb "Open for engagement" is the position of Heavyweight Champion Jack Demp sey who arrived today looking for logical opponents for a title bout next summer Dempsey is ready to fight any heavyweight or light heavyweight either here or abroad who will prove a financial drawing card ac cording to tho statement of the champion and his manager Jack Kearns Promoters are not rushing to sign up the champion at attractive fig ures however and Manager Kearns said he might have to go abroad or into vaudeville to meet the over head charges incidental to housing a championship title Dempsey expects to remain In the east for at least a month During hls stay he may do a little theatri cal work while Kearns is endeavor ing to discover a suitable oppon ent If a championship bout is staged In thl country Dempsey's oppon ent probably will be selected from among Tom Gibbons Harry Wills Harry Greb or Jess Willard If the champion is forced to look abroad for a match such a con test would be staged In or near London during the summer and Georges Carpentier or Bombardlet wens wouia Tex Rickard stage such a nere Under Kearns would Dempsey fight in rance Wrestler Boxer In Mixed Bout RE liuifeli IHiinlrn fflillH Co Has Sent Repeated Challenges Without a Reply Philadelphia eb GeneTun rey claimant of the light heavy weight championship of America who disposed of Whitey Wenzel of Pittsburgh In four rounds here last fi aid today he Is anxious to fight Georges Carpentier "Doc" Bagley manager of Tun ney said he had sent a dozen cables to Descamps Carpentier1 manager without a reply "Tex Rickard has been trying for the match Bagley said "As far as we can find out Carpentier wants Tom Gibbons Harry Greb and Tunney to fight an elimination tour ney Then he will meet tho win ner Portland Ore eb A mixed match between a wrest ler and a boxer will be staged by the Milwaukee Oregon box ing commission riday night Eddie Hlehnrds boxer and Iln snnta Nlngh Indian grappler will furnish the entertainment cncli slicking to hls own style until one I unable to con tinue The boxer will be allowed only to deliver gloved punches the wrestler only to catch nnd hold The referee will not dis turb clinches broke hls delicacy of stroke also dislikes tho cushion shot repeatedly missed on them draw shot went astray and made a sorrv show on manv hl masses Roudll tell far below hls form Only once did he show a flash of balk linn and that was In hl twenty seventh Inning when he made hls run of 70 at the foot of the table It was close nurs ing throughout being terminated by hls miss of a draw I 0 It 21 2 1 0 IS 4 13 1 IS 4 13 1 0 14 is 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 i 70 5 2 1 2 1 13 2 0 0 0 1 11 18 17 1 12 0 1 I 0 1 17 Total Ml (minus 1 Avmv i 45 31 hlxh runs 79 21 I II 3 11 111311 11243) 19 1 I 1 3 1 I 1 3 I 11 1 1 I 3 3 3 9 0 39 I 0 2 0 0 0 1 7 0 9 Total 313: oversee 441 high runs 23 13 and it KAZOO WISH IS Ary Bos Beats Appleby While Roundil Takes Morton Across Philadelphia eb Both ropean representatives In the ternational amateur class A balkllne billiard championship tour nament won their matches today Ary Bo tho Hollander defeated brands 8 Appleby New York tn the night Kamo 300 point to 291 while Edouard Roundil of raice beat Cope Morton of Phila delphia In the afternoon match 213 to 21 hlg were 70 31 and 18 and hl average was 6 45 61 Morton's best efforts were 35 13 and 16 and hls average 4 9 51 The American style of open table play as exemplified by Morton did not at all suit tho renchman It He and HI he of Staff and McGowan Are Out in ront in Saranac Lake Meeting Saranac Lake eb Arthur Staff of Chicago and Ever ett McGowan of St Paul tonight were tied in the race for the Amer ican professional outdoor skating championship on the eve of the final Each had 100 points Edmund Lamy of Saranac Lake was third with 70 and Bobby Mc Lean of Chicago fourth with 30 The events tomorrow win bo the final In the 200 yard race the three quarter mile and flve mile events McGowan won the 440 yard and mile races today and finished third In the three mile By winning the three mile race and finishing second Li Lh0vmlle and tlle 80 yard event btaff tho present champion will en w's races on even terms with McGowan McGowan Lend ield 3n the mile race McGowan took the lead from Staff on the back stretch and came down to the fin ish well in front Lamy finished Inches behind Staff who was a close second of Cleveland Jump ed into the lead on the twenty third lap of tho three mllo race but was passed by Staff McGowan and Imy be The three men were at the tretch Staff win ning by a narrow margin with Lamy second and McGowan third Announcement was made that 3100 will be awarded the winner of the llve mlle race tomorrow if the mark minutes 48 seconds set by Norval Baptite on the same course 0 years ago Is equaled or lowered Break a Record Skating against time Miss Gladys Ihsun of Toronto clipped three Jnhf secon(l from her prevl 23 4'5 SCeond" Summaries: eXn4W I roresuiunal 1 mJle Won by Mc Staff secund Edmund Lamy Sar 2 minutes 48 1 5 Professional 3 inilo Won bv Staff thrl 8 se2Sn' Valentine Blalia Iake Plaeld Time 1 minute 13 seconds 2WXV2U3rnW yOrk' thri' Wd race for boys of Won by Orlie Greene Saranac Lake Jack Darrah Lake Placid second Grlf ondsUke 1 aC Timo 43 2'5 Amatour 220 yard race for boys of 14 Aon by Earl I1 Inch Ixiko Placid Runneth Randall Lake Placid second: Dinlel Van hrt' ale econl: ilobert Oal lup Saranac Lake third Time 24 second GENE IS ATER GEORGE'S SCALP Say Heilmann Refuses to Sign! Reports rom IVest avej Harry Demanding $15000 Salary Harry Hellmann Iger outfieldar has returned hl contract unsigned according to report from th Pa clfio coast whet he la wintering It la said that he I demanding a salary of lliOOO for one year which would mean a aubstantlal In creoza over what he received laet season No information regarding Hell mann or hl contract could be ob tained Wednesday at the offices of the Detroit baseball club Secretary Charles Navin having refused either tn confirm or deny the that thb unsigned contract ha como bock with a demand for mor mony Last season was big Kent year Hls hard hitting gave him the American league batting championship after a clos race with Manager Cobb down to th season' end EPARSHS I Warning to Mag nates Took Deep Root it I Seems Boys Wrathy 7 I Screams of the oppressed the I poor ball players whose contracts I for the comftig season do not call I for more than' 10000 aro hoard I wound the circultg embraced by I the American and National leagues I Every club has its quota of hold lout who retuse to re Iport for spring training until the remuneration written in their docu I meats meet approval and if half of I the boys who have said they Igo south uutll their demands are met stay homo the ranks are going to be depleted I it Is merely tho pre season yelp to well known now that It has be Icomo a part of the game But alt I until the sun shines on both side ot I the street and the Itch to get into harness becomes more pronounced Then the song of tho boys who feel Ithey have been discriminated I against will be sung In a different key I Expected the Situation I That the magnates expected a Ishge by their chattels was pre lillcted In these columns several weeks ago' How badly the Tigers are hit nobody but tjie' officials In tho baseball office hero knows but tho ranks of dissatisfied athletes Ihavo swollen considerably compared Ito any similar period within the last 110 years I President Dan' Johnson's warning Ito the magnates during the leaguemeeting in New York in Decemberwhen he said that baseball would I be confronted by a lean period in Ithe next two years must have takenJeep root Trouble is lurking in (practically every baseball strong Ihoia even tne xanKees who (regarded as spendthrifts feel pressure Must He Reconstructed I Rle ht now though baseball (other business Is undergoing a (course of reconstruction in a flnan clal sense Inflated salaries arebound to fall and the magnates naturally disagreeing with the ball players deem It wisdom to start at this time Hope was expressed by tho mag nates that tho press would not give information regarding dissatisfied players undue publicity and a meas ure to curtail the evil was adopted Whether collectively or individually the owners decided to suppress the announcements of signed contracts thus guarding when necessary against tho escape of knowledge dealing with holdouts cannot be determined More evidence is furnished evoiy day however that the magnates either acting on tho prophecy of Ban Johnson that lean j'ears were ahead or leaning naturally to the Ibellet that the turning point hadbeen reached did a lot of amputat ing of figures in the contracts ten dered to tho players this spring Ilnrrly Are Skiccrc Nobody believes that the athletes are sincere in their threat to quithe national game unless tho sti pends are Increased yet tho club i wners denied the privilege to re cruit through the privilege of hatting from the Class AA clubs 'he natural channel wherebj trength Is added to tho majors have sufficient reason to feel harmed over the prospects ot start ing the next campaign burdened llssatlsfactlon in' their ranks even the disgruntled players Ign and swing into lino with the rest of the boys In camp ST johWnext OR LAWYER IVE Bathing Suits Worn by Players and Caddies for There Are Occasional Spills Chicago eb 15 Water golf IsAshore men and women aro playing the game by driving the ball iromafloating teo while standing In a ca noe or abcat paddled by an assist ant Bathing suit are worn by tho players and their ea farlng caddies so that the golfers may swim back to the clubhouse In cae an awk ward swing capsizes the vessel While golf In Its native land of Scotland originally was played along the sands of the seashore It never before has Loen transplanted to the surface of the water although odd case have been reported In which golfer played a ball from the edge of a water hazard Naturally the new game violates the cardinal rules of land golf be cause the player Is aBlsteil by hls coddle who steadies tho boat while the stroke I made The ball can not be putted Into a hole ns I done on land but may be shot at a fixed area In the water and the game Is played with many variations as to scoring and length of links While the new game I In an ex perimental stage golfers say It promises to develop much as water basketball and water polo have grown from their dry land progeni tors i A i 'Y A jui i i 1 A ih jV Vf 1 1 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