The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-15
SPORTS
GOOD men ABSENT
National. Amateur Golf Tournament
Opens on Glenview Links.
CRACK WESTERN PLAYERS OUT,
Champion Travis Now Appears AL
most Certain to Retain His
Title Another Year. 5-5.. b.

Title Another Year.
Glenvlew Golf Course Chicago. July *.
Promptly at s O'Clock this morning. N.
r. Roberts of lthe Springfield Golf Club
and ALLEN Hihbard of Milwaukee drove
from the first tee. of the, Glenview course,
formally opening the annual contest for
the amateur golf championship. At iu-
tefvals of six minutes thereafter play
ers were sent out in pairs over the
course, but it will be late this afternoon
before the last aspirants for champion
sglip honors are called to play. -. -,
The list of contestants, though" one of
the longest ever entered in the amateur
championship struggles, does not include
some of the more noted golfers, notab BILE.
exceptions being former champions Fin
ley S. Douglas and Charles B. Macdonald.
The sudden illness of Mamie" Hola bird
probably prevents the championship COM
ing west, as Holabird has recently shown
such beautiful form that his prospects
of winning the medal were considered very
bright. Typhoid has also taken Bruce
Smith of Onwentsia, Holabird's school
mate, out of the lists. =.
Walter Egan. of Lake Geneva, last
years runner-up, his cousin Chandler
Egan, and Abram Poole, Jr., of Glenview,
all youngsters. but brilliant players, will
he absent. II Travis is beaten, it is the
general opinion. it must be done before
the finals.
Out of the players starting to-day;
those turning in the s1xty-four lowest
scores will qualify tor the match play be-
ginning tomorrow. This is twice the
usual number. In the former champion
ship contests disaster has overtaken many
high olas players In the qualifying round
and the high number of qualifers was de-
cided on to avoid this as much as posi-
die. :" : :
The heavy rain last night apparently
had little effect on the superbly kept
course. The sun was blistering hot this
morning with but little breeze stirring
Gnd even the early players on the course
found conditions very favorable. It was
believed that scores of ninety~two and
even higher would qualify over the
Iengthened eighteen-hole course, and that
|seyenty-eight or seventy-nine would car
|ry off the gold medal for the lowest quail
Esying score.
| Clock-like precision obtained in carry
ing out the program, the players driving
off at their scheduled time and making
ahe rounds in exceedingly good time. A
gallery of 800 followed Champion Travis
and Walter B. Smith of Onwentsia.
Neither made especially good drives, but
Travis holed out in four, one stroke
under bogey. A number of the players
also attracted small galleries.
Allen Hibbard, the young Milwaukee
golfer, playing with N. r. Roberts, turned
in a card of SO for the IS holes. The
medal score follows:
Hibbard-
M u' ..............:S ...::.: = ) : Gass
This is the bogey for the course; Roberts
acore was: Out Sc. and in 50, total 1oS.
:, Championship Travis made 40 for the first
nine holes, playing like a machine The
medal score was:
Medal scores below 80 were as follows
E. ID. Frazier. Gleview- ~
out Gu :.'..:'......s 5s 5 6 * - oo
Max s: Banr. siii.' Morris Nor count-
Out q :::::::::::s ::::::::::s 81 EAs7 sts
N F. Moore, Onwentsia--
Out On ,.-....:s .,::::.::s i : - ! : &Ass ~
: John D. Cady,. Rock Island
En- En- ...............5 !. 10 Is s 8 445-ss
W. G. T. Bristol. Midlothian &
IN ...:.........:.5 2 1 IL s 10 54sSss
Charles Zeublin, Midlothian- r.
Out Out .-...c..:..s 9 6 56 9 s +4s On
- Ralph McKttr!ck' st.. Louis couhty-'
Out ..............7 4 4 5H
In ....:......:..4 46 4 +4o-s4
: Howard Griffin, East Orange
Out Out ..-.....s.4 ..-.....ss. s 5Ss$ 8 - ao
E. M. Byers, Allegheny
o. Out :::::::::'::t :::::::.::t5 4SSs Els4 -
= Walter E. Egan, Lake Geneva
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