The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-18
AMERICAN GOLFERS
GO DOWN T0I.D[FEAT
BEFORE ENcjIl||SHMEN
Oxford and Cambridge Players
Capture the Honors in the
First International Contests
in the West Walter Egan and
B. j. Cummins Alone Escape.

CHICAGO. Aug. 17.-Capt. ]. L.
Lows visiting team of Oxford and
Cambridge English golfers today won
the honors in the first international
Capt. L. L. Boyd's aHWestern team on
the links of the Chicago Golf club in
the scheduled fourball foursome
events to 2, and winning the team
competition by the score of to 5.
In the latter event. National Amateur
Champion Louis N. James. Western
Amateur Champion Walter E. Egan
and veteran B. ]. Cummins were the
only representatives of the American
their British rivals. Harvard Cham
pion H. Chandler Egan and Norman
+. Hunter, the OXoniamf furnished the
most exciting match of the contest.
Five hundred enthusiasts who
watched the play saw Hunter total II
for the most difficult golf course in
America, breaking all records for COM
petition and practice. made by anna
tours and professionals.
Hunter won his match handily by
four up, going out in sc. but Egan was
not disgraced, for he totaled 76. which
is one better than his former record
only one stroke worse than the record
of rs. made yesterday by H. G. B.
Ellis, of Oxford, and equaled early to-
day by P. w. Leathart,5 of Cambridge.
Not even British Champion Harry
Vardon, who made the Chicago course
in IA, played such remarkable golf as
Norman Hunter. who is product of
North Berwick, Scotland, and who was
cheered by the largest group of pro-
fesSionals from his native land that
ever watched an amateur event Hun
ter's feat of clipping off eleven strokes
from the difficult DOGGY score APP
peared so brilliant that the victory of
the Englishmen seemed a secondary
matter. The record breaking card is:
Norman F. Hunter. Oxford:
f 2ut .. 30 ! 7 : 2 az
Chandler Egan lost his match against
encountered being able to capture ,only
two holes from the Oxford man.. ,Egap
was out in 40 and coming in he equaled
Hunters score Hunter frequently holed
in control of the bali on the green. He
never required three puts, took only one
put On six greens and used thirty puts in
the entire round. At the third tee ne
that he took the hole one under DOGGY
from his young rival. After a mediocre
drive to the twelfth hole, DOGGY five,
Hunter played SO brilliantly that he won
1t in three. stls14 ;,-.{s
Egan Wins His Match.
Walter E. .Egan, Exmoor, and the team
ably well and defeated Fl. G.. B. Ellis, Ok
ford, 8 up 2 to play. Egan's medal score
was 70. 5I@z-it "a -pr.,
]. A. T: Bramstrom,. another Oxford
man and the only one of the visitors who
clings to the old gutta ball, won 1Jup from
G. A. Ormiston, of Pittshurg. in 10 holes
Ormiston was 2 up on his English rival
at one time, but sure green work by
Bramstom squared the match at the
eighteenth hole N-1s sF =
\ Capt John L. Low, Cambridge. defeat
ed Stuart Stickney, who had made e
in the morning, up to play; e. d
Bafne, Oxford, gave a fine exhibition Of
the long game and defeated Roswell f
Mundy, Riverside. up 8 to play.
Champion Louis N. James and L. M
their match at the end of nine holes and
played give and-take game to the home
hole. where the American won UP. d
F. Ransom, Cambridge, had a tight match
latter. succumbed. 2 down. by hard lucl
in having puts jump out, of the holes a
turned the course in 70 and defeated J
P. w. Leathart, Cambridge, defeated w
T. G. Bristol of the home club. Is up
r. F. CumnIins, who uses no wooden clubs
won from G. Il, Ajlseens ox dd. 4 d "
feated w. I. Osborne, G1enview, 1 up
During the four ball foursome play IL
the morning, the glare Of the sun affected
the visitors play somewhat. but they wor
three out of the five matches. The Hun
tiers defeated the EganS Pup. Bramstor
and Beveridge took their match from
Ormiston and Stickneyi5 Lup, while Eli:
and Leathart. principally by the latter.
score of 70, defeated Munday and Sellers
up to play. James and Smith tool
Barne and Ransom into camp, 1 up, ant
Cummins and Osborne won by the same
margin from Low and Alison The latter
had difficulty in keeping on the course.
Tomorrow the Englishmen will practice
on the Glenview golf course. where
Wednesday they will meet the all-Chi