The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-12
" Is I HOPES TO WIN
Chicago Golfers Think Champion
Travis May Be Defeated.
MINNEsoTANs ENTER CONTEST
Jaffray, sehurmeier, Doran and
johnson Will Play in National
Tournament Mt Glenvieyv.

Western golfers have the best chance
this year they have eyer had to capture
the national Championship in the annual
tournament, which opens on the links Of
the Glenview club at Chicago next Tues
day. 4
championship, II Champion Travis and
the rest of the eastern contingent are,
defeated. Travis has been playing phe-
nomenal golf, but his defeat at the hands
of Rhinehart, the Princeton man, has
shown that he is not infallible. Placing
their confidence in their better acquaint-
ance with the tricky G1enview links,
therefore, the Chicago men think that
one Of their number may carry off the
prize. e. IA S4s st IT,
: The .GIenyiew course abounds in natu-
raj hazards, and is really a very tricky
one. Some Of the eastern golfers are
more or less familiar with its peculiari-
ties, and such men as Travis, Findley
S. Douglass and a few others, may not
be seriously handicapped by their lesser
knowledge OF the links, but even for.
players like that IT. Will be no easy mat
ter to gage the distances and avoid the:
mishaps that will continually confront
them. d 81 zz *s & ~ ! sS
+ f Travis Praises 'HoIabird. s.S szf
I William Ho1abird, Jr.., H. Chandler
Egan, Walter E. Egan, Bruce D., Smith,
and Abram Poole. Jr., are among the
men to whom Chicago golfers look to
capture the championship from the east
ern men. Travis, the champion, says of
Holabird, the western champion: HE is
the best native born golfer I have seen"
That statement, coming from Travis, p is
significant. Holabird and the other Chi
cago men have refrained from impor-
tant matches during the last fortnight,
and have devoted their time to practice
over the Glenview course. They will be
in fine fettle next week, to meetathe
eastern men, and it is considered that
they will have just about an even chance
to win. IL. L. .ss- @,.... sc-t
Walter E. Egan Of the 0nwentsia club,
was the runner up. last year, .succumb
ing to Travis in the final round This
year he has played in great form, ard
is thought to be ablestos play even bet-
ter than he did. twelve months ago at
Atlantic City. Egan and Holabird will
both battle as if their lives were at
stake, and they will be helped by the
good wishes of all western golfers.
Four Minnesot ans Entered.
natens Mnasse5a ftarsE N b e in 1 the
fray of Minikahda, and B. F. Schur-
meier, NJ Doran, Jr, sandseA. D. S., John
son of Town and Country. Jaffray has
been playing in BETTER form during the
last two weeks than hes did at the state
tournament, and is expected to- make a
good showing Il the big. event at Glen.
cellent golf when they are II fheir best
form, and while it is not to be expected
that any one of sdhe Minnesota quartet
can win the tournament, they are count
ed on to do credit; to- ithe northwest. r
Whether these men will play their best
game at GlenvieW cannot be guessed un-
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that a golfer cannot be counted upon
to play in the same form two days rum
ming. A player may put up phenome-
nal game just before an important con-
test, and think that he is in his best
form, only to discover when play begins
that he is over-golfeds The case Of 5Jaf-
fray in the state tournament, not to
mention Hale and Corser, is another IL
lustration. All three OF these men had
been in great form up to the very day
of the first contest. Jaffray was re-
peatedly and consistently making the
course in bogey or better, and Hale, the
very week Of the tournament, broke the
amateur record for the Minikahda
course, making the nine holes in three
better than : bogey. v Nevertheless all
three Of them fell down badly, and only
Corse qualified for the championship cup.
Much surprise has been expressed that
Harold P. Bend OF Town; and Country,
the state champion, did mot enter the
national tournament. & as he has been
playing a. remarkably strong game. -
Preparations for Tournament.
Everything points to one of the most
| successful tournaments in the history OF
| the United States Golf association, as
| the Glenview club is an organization
which never does, ANYTHING by halves.
Possessed of a course which Harry Var
don classed as one Of the four best in
this country, the club has the arst es-
| sentialy for the running of the golf classic
Of the year, while the successful run
ming of its own affairs is a guarantee of
| the; ability OF the club to handle the
| other details. :. 4, - i. = - =
| For several months past President
Wiley J. Littlejohn and his associates
have been perfecting their arrangements,
and it is safe to assert everything will
besconducted with machine like precision.
| Prominent Chicago golfers who were at
/ the last tournament TAT Atlantic City,
| returned home convinced that the western
! golfers could give most of the eastern
clubs a few pointers in the matter of
running a tournament, and those who
were from the GlenView club, as soon
as the tournament was awarded to their
organ anization, set about accomplishing the
task. @
Visiting golfers can rest assured of
having a perfect course tor play on and
| receiving the best attention one Of the
| most hospitable clubs in the country
can supply. II 5s.zzss. , aas..A. j! Il
| This years championship will be the
| third held In Chicago, the first having
been held on the course OF the Chicago
golf club at Wheaton in 1897 and the
| second at.the OnWentsia club in 1899.
The latter tournament was memorable
in that the championship was won for
| the first time by an American born golfer,
Herbert M. Hartman. >
| The 1900 championship, played at Gar
den City. was won by Walter j. Travis,
who retained his title in the meeting
| last year at Atlantic City -
The complete list Of the entries for
| this years tournament follows:
Austin Golf Club-R. n. Connerly.
Aston Golf Club-A. g. Lockwood.
| Apawamis-Maturin Bal1ou.
| Allegheny Country Club-W. @. Carnegie,
b. M. Byers, John Moorehead, JT., John E.
Porter and 9; y = Thompson. s
| Belmont Golf Club-lEI Ierbertf ]. TWeedie. 81
Baltusrol Golf g le-sE'rank @: Re einhart
Chevy Chase Club-F.s Oden HorstmaIu.
T !. Chicago Golf Club-Frederfck r. Hamlin
and ID. Mark CunGnin ngs. s5 81 Z.55-zs
Columbia Golf ClubrADr. o. q. H1aT ban. DR..
". al aarban. Y. ssulliya and John q.
cieveland Golf .club--M: Chisholm Beach.
Crescent "A. C.-Garison 3. Adams. IS
Denver Country Club Walter Fairbanks. SIS
Detroit George Angel.
| Evanston Golf CIub--W. i. Rowland, Jr.,
and Clarence Adams ss
ENnoor Country Club-B r. Cumnins, w.
". %. fright. H. r. MeElwee, II. Chandler
Egan, " IA. Alexande and b. Lyon, Roach.
Edgewater Golf Club igh Collins, w.
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