The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-18
Norman F. Hunter of Oxford Beats
Chandler Egan by Breaking
All Course Records.
SCORE OF II ExcITEs WONDER,
Stuart stickney of st. Louis De
feated by Captain John L. Low
of Cambridge by Four Points
With Two to Play.

Chicago, Aug. T.-Captain J. l.. Lows
visiting team of oxford and Cambridge
English golfers to-day won the honors IN
the first international golf contest In the
West defeating Captain l.. L Boyd's all
Western team on the links of the Chicago
Golf Club in the scheduled four-ball four
some events 3 to 2. and winning the team
competition by the score of to 3.
In the latter event National Amateur
Champion Louis N James. Western ANA
teur Champion Walter E. Egan and Veter-
an B. F. Cummings were the oliy represent
atives of the American golfers who sue
ceeded in defeating their British rivals
Harvard Champion. H. Chandler Esan
and Norman F. Hunter, the Oxonian. Iur-
nished the most exciting match OF the con-
test. Five hundred enthusiasts who watched
the play saw Hunter total Il for the most
difficult golf course in America. breaking
all records for competition and pracuce
made by amateurs and professionals. y -
Hunter won his match handily by four ups
going out in So ard coming home IN ~
but Esan was not disgraced. Tor ne totaLsn
IS, which is one better than Ms lVI NJ
record. and only one stroke worse 1nan tns
record of IS. made yesterday by h y. =.
Ellis of Oxford. and equaled early To-Day Dy
w Leth p, Of Ca Car 1n;ng Harry vardon.
who made the Chicago course In a. piayeu
such remarkable golf as Norman Hunter.
who is a product Of North BerWick; sCo ost
group of professionals from his native land
that ever watched an amateur event. Hnn-
ter's feat of clipping on eleven STROKES
brillian that the victory of the English
men seemed secondary matter. 81
MACHINELIKE PLAY. t -
Chandler Egan lost his match against
the most machinelike golf that he ever en-.
holes from the Oxonian- -
Egan was out in 40 ard coming in he
sgnade dt m + es ana seemed
in control of the ball on the green. He
never required three puts. tcok only one put
entire round. AT the third tee he topped his
drive. but recovered so well that he TOOK
the hole one under bogey from his younS
hole, DOGGY five. Hunter played so brilliant-
" that he won it in 8. &C.,
Walter E Egan. Exmoor and Harvdfd.
teammate of Chandler Egan, putted n
markabiy well and defeated H G. 3; En4.
Oxford, up. to play. Egans mccall scofe
]. 4. T. Bramston, another oxonian,- and
the only one of the visitors who clin9s to-
the old gutta ball, won ! up from y. ~
Ormiston of Pittsburg In 10 holes. Ormi9oq
was up on his English rival at one tfmet
but pure green work by Bramston secured
the match at the eighteenth hole.
Captain John T. Low, lam prluBe, oeieateu
Stuart Stickney Of ST. Louis, who had made
a IS In the morning. up, q to play.
G. d. Barne, Oxford. gave q fine exhibi.
F. Mundy. Riverside, up. to play Cram
pion Louis N. James and T. II. Hunter. she
Oxonian, were all square in their match AZ
the end of nine holes. and playedtA give
and-take game to the home hole, where the
American won. up. Ii
u. F. Ransom. Cambridge, had tight
match with B. D. Smith Of Onwentsia, but
the latter succumbed. 2 down. by hard luck
In having puts jump out of the holes at two
NJ. W. Beverage. oxford. turned the
p w. i.sathart, Cambridge, defeated W.
T. G. Bristol of the home club. 1.up
B. F. Cummins, who uses no wooden club,
won from c. H. Allison, Oxford, up To
play. and C. H. Day. Oxford, defeated W. i.
Osborne, Glenview. up. 4 -. !
During the four-ball foursome play1ns tf5@
morning the glare of the sun affected, IT,.
visitors play somewhat. but they won three
out of the five matches. The Hunters Do
| feated the Eeans, up. Bramston and Bev-
eridge took their match from Ormistpn and
| Stickney. / up, while Ellis and Ieathaft.
| feated Mundy and Sellers, up and 3 70
| play. James and Smith took B1xne and
I Ransome into camp. up, and Cnmmin1
| and Osborne won by the same margin ff011
Low and Allison. The latter had dimculfy
| in keeping on the course. sa5t-.s.
Tomorrow the Englishmen will pracfzce
| on the Glenview golf. course, where ON
| Wednesday they will meet the aldChlcAg0
team. BE ss,s - :
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