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HARDWOOD RECORD 



June 23, 1919 



Chicago Golf Tournament 



The fhirtccnth annual tournament of tlic Lumbermen's Golf Asso- 

 ciation of C'liicano was held Tuesday, June 24, at the Beverly Coun- 

 try Clut). In spite of the weather over a hundred players attempted 

 to beat "Colonel Par." The tournament was unusually interesting 

 because of the numerous ties due to good handicaps. 



Addison Stilhvell led the field, turning in a card of 42—38—80 

 for the morning round and 40—40—80 for the afternoon, thereby 

 roi)cating his feat of last year by winning the championship cup. 



W. J. Foye, also a plus man, was next with a card of 84 in the 

 morning and the same score in the afternoon play. The Stillwell 

 cup was awarded to F. J. Foyc. J. W. Carey was second in this 

 event, with a score of 86—87—173. H. J. Trowbridge had 

 86—89—17.-). 



Events and Winners 



Championship — Lowest gross score 36 holes, medal play. Morning 

 and afternoon play: Addision Stillwell, 80—80—160; second, W. J. 

 Foye, 84—80—164. 



Stillwell cup — Low^est gross score, 36 holes, morning and after- 

 noon play: W. J. Foye, 84 — 80—164. Mr. Stillwell was barred 

 because of winning the championship cup. Second, W. J. Carey, 

 86—87—173. 



W. J. Foye cup — Match play against pur, 36 holes, all day play, 

 three-quarters handicap to apply: Frank Burnaby, 12 down to par. 



American Lumberman cup — Lowest gross score, 18 holes, after- 

 noon play: Ike Lincoln, 42 — 42 — 84; second, A. K. Maxwell, 

 43 — 43 — 86. A. Stillwell and W. J. Foye were barred because of 

 having won in previous events. 



The Lumber World Review cuj) — Lowest net score, 36 holes, full 

 handicap to apply. Only those playing 36 holes all day play were 

 eligible in this event: George B. Osgood, 78 — 66 — 144; S. 0. Knud- 



son,77— 80— 157. 



The Lumbermen's Association of Chicago cup — Lowest net score, 

 18 holes, afternoon play, full handicap to apply. Only players hav- 

 ing a handicap of 12 or more were eligible in this event: Lourie 

 Burnaby, 92—16—76; W. L. Sharp, 93—18—77; H. H. Jarvis, 

 91—14—77. 



The Hettler cup — Match play against par, 18 holes, afternoon 

 play, three-quarter handicap to apply: R. H. Meyers, 7 down to par. 



Homer W. Chandler trophy — Best net score on even holes, all day 

 play, one-half handicap to apply: S. O. Knudson won the toss from 

 L. Rollo, 67; G. J. Pope, 71. 



The president's cup — Lowest net score on odd holes: G. J. Pope, 

 84; Lourie Burnaby, 85; W. L. Sharp, 86. 



Flight events — five — Medal play, full handicap to apply, after- 

 noon play: 



G. H. N. 

 First flight— A. K. Maxwell 8G — 10 — 70 



Runner up — J. Mili-sals 87 — 10 — 77 



.Second fliglit — II. II. Jarvis 91 — 14 — 77 



Runner up — C. M. Smalley 91 — 12 — 79 



Tliird flight — W. L. Sharp 93 — 16 — 77 



Runner up — R. Biddle 96 — 17 — 79 



Fourth flight— F. J. Ansle.v 103 — 22 — 81 



Runner up — G. D. Kemler 101 — 20 — 81 



Fifth flight — G. J. Farnsvvorth lOG — 28 — 78 



Runner up — J. C. Durgin 107—28 — 79 



Golf was not the principal event of the day, as following the play 

 dinner and entertainment of an unusually fine character were pro- 

 vided in the beautiful clubhouse. 



The officers for the ensuing year are as follows: President, Frank 

 Burnaby; vice-president, C. A. Flanagan; secretary-treasurer, Minor 

 E. Botts. 



Export Prospects Brightening 



The outlook for the movement of hardwood lumber and forest 

 products overseas is materially brighter now thau at any time since 

 the armistice was signed, according to J. H. Townshend, secretary- 

 manager of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association. 



"There Is n material Increase in the number o( boats loading with lum- 

 ber and forest products at southern ports now compared with the more 

 recent nverage." said Mr. Town.shend on June 21. "There are not 

 enough boats even .vet to take care •f all the lumber which foreign inter- 

 ests are seeking in Memphis and the southern hardwood field but there 

 has been such a gain that the outlook Is considered substantially brighter. 

 The Shipping Hoard has in-omised quite a number of adilitional ships for 

 the nioiitlis of July and .\ugust and this is helping the situation to a 

 decided degree." 



Mr. Townshend is of the opinion tliat, because of congestion of 

 the docks at that point, Liverpool may declare an embargo against 

 further importations of lumber and forest product through that 

 port until this congestion can be cleared up. "Such a develop- 

 ment would be in the Mature of something wholly new but it is 

 none the less i)robable on that account," he said. 



Mr. Townshend also intimated that there is some congestion of 

 lumber and forest products at Antwerp and suggested that the 

 steamship authorities might restrict the movement to that port 

 until the congestion has been either altogether cleared up or greatly 

 reduced. 



Joseph Newburger, chairman of the foreign trade committee of 

 the Memphis Chamber of Commerce, believes that there will be 

 plenty of sifips in the next few months to take care of alljhe cotton 

 and lumber that will be offered to Europe from the Mississippi 

 valley states. He says that wooden ships which are now being 

 offered by the Emergency Fleet Corporation of the United States 



Shipping Board are not suited to the handling of these commodi- 

 ties and that they are commanding prices .which make their pur- 

 chase practically prohibitive for that purpose. But he points out 

 that the board is building something like 10,000,000 tons of steel 

 shipping and that, when this is well advanced, there will be de- 

 cided increase in the quantity of ocean shipping space. Mr. New- 

 burger is head of the Newburger Cotton Company, one of the largest 

 cotton exporting firms in the South, and he has taken an active 

 interest in the export situation, with particular reference to cotton 

 and lumber. He is in favor of the purchase of ships by exporters 

 at Memphis, New Orleans and other points to facilitate the move- 

 ment of these commodities but ne does not believe in buying the 

 wooden ships now being offered by the United States Shipping 

 Board. 



W. H. Russe, president of Russe & Burgess, Inc., one of the big 

 lumber exporting firms of Memphis, says that there is decided in- 

 crease in the quantity of ocean shipping space available and that 

 in some instances there is more of such space than there is of lum- 

 ber with which to fill it. "We have been offered shipping space 

 which had been contracted for by others," he said today, "be- 

 cause they found that they were unable to obtain the necessary 

 dry lumber, of the kind and quality desired, to fill all the space 

 they had engaged." - 



Mr. Russe believes that the situation will gradually improve 

 with respect to shipping overseas and he regards the outlook in 

 this respect as quite encouraging. He further believes that the 

 scarcity of southern hardwoods is going to prove quite a handicap 

 iu taking care of European requirements and that the hardwood 



