The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-07
.EGAN PICKED TO WIN
Western Champion Expected to Win
Title Again in Tournament
at Cleveland.
National Champion Louis James Is
Put Out in the Fourth
Round.

When the fourth round for the western
golf championship was decided over the
links Of the Euclid club at Cleveland yes
terday afternoon, II. Chandler Egan, the
present title holder, and his cousin, Wal
ter E. Egan. both of the Exmoor Country
club of Chicago, We're among the four
survivors who were slated to battle for
the ownership Of the coveted trophy to-
day. The great contest yesterday was
between Chandler Egan and his rival in
the national championship last year,
Eben M Byers Of Pittsburg, who was
| runner-up to Louis James for the anna
teur title and who put the western cham
pion out in the fourth round in the big
event at Glenview. Yesterday Chandler
got even, but he had nothing to spare
as he won the match by the narrow mar
gin of q hole.
| The surprise of the day came when
National Champion Louis James met de-
feat at the hands of E. Brown of Cleve-
land. James played miserable golf all
| thru the contest. This brings Brown
against Walter Egan in the semi finals,
as Egan easily defeated j. Sellers of Chi
cago yesterday afternoon. Chandler
Egan is now picked to win the champion
ship, as he is playing the finest game Of
the four who are left.
| The scores: .
Third Round
DR.. D. P. Fredericks Oh City, beat N.
| IL. 4oOhuI1l, IISHV1cW, up dllu D.
! Raymond Russell, Detroit, beat DR.. J.
L. Richamond, Toledo, up and 1.
| H. Chandler Egan, Exmoor, beat H. J.
Tweedie, Belmont, Z up and 6.
| 3. MI Byers, Pittsburg, beat John D.
Towne, Glenview, 6 up. .
Walter E. Egan, ElSIIicor, beat w. Car
hartt, Detroit, up and 4.
John M Sellers, Glenview, beat Stewart
Stickney, st. Louis, 1 up and 10 holes.
E. H. Brown, Cleveland, beat DR.. w. w.
| Goldman, Toledo, up and 2.
| Louis N. James, Glenview, beat J. Bole,
| Cleveland, 7 up and s.
Fourth Round 49,, 49,.
Raymond Russell beat D. P. Fredericks,
H. Chandler Egan beat Eben M. Byers
| 1 up.
Walter E. Egan beat John NJ Sellers,
up and 2. u
E. H. Brown beat Louis N. James, 8
| up and 2.
In the semifinals at 1s holes to-day the
pairings were Raymond Russell VS.. Chand-
Ter Egan; Walter Egan VS.. E. H. Brown.
While the fourth round at match play
was being decided the competition for
| the three special flight cups was under
way. It an 18-hole affair at medal
play, with "a to qualify in three flights
of EACH G. T.. Jaffray qualified in the
second flight and beat G. D. elmo in the
first round.
| Farmers have abandoned the plow for
the putter and the churn for the cleek and
have become golf rabid according to re-
ports from the country districts of Iowa
and Illinois. Crops, the weather and the
rural free delivery routes are now forgot
ten. Dust gathers on the albums and the
glass cases inclosing wax flowers, while
the country folk trail the gutta percha
ball at the golf clubs.
Yesterday the whole country side near
one town turned out to see the match be-
tween Van Cts and Snyder, experts of
Rural Free Delivery Route No. 6, and
Babb and Whiting, their rivals from
Mount Pleasant township The score,
after the nine holes had been covered,
was 10 up for the Babb team. -7.
On account of the absence from town
of the best Minikahda and Town and
, Country players, the plan of sending a
twin city golf team to play at Glenview
Chicago, Tomorrow has been given up
; The qualifying round for the Tribune CUP
will be played at Minikahda tomorrow
afternoon. The Winnipeg team will play
at Mnikahda Aug. %.