Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-02
AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
Great Interest Manifested in Contests
at Glen Cove Today.

GLEN COVE, L. l., September 2.-There
| was considerable interest taken in the play
| today when play was resumed for the ma
| tional amateur golf championship. Over 100
! golfers were early on the course, and few
| of the 12S contestants in the first round
| defaulted.
The first pair-E. A. Downey, Apawamis.
| New York. and George Coolie. Philadelphia
| Country Club-started at 8 O'Clock, and the
| pairs left the first tee at four-minute inter-
walls thereafter.
| The last pair did not drive off until after
| II o'clock. E. w. Judd of OIL City. Fa.,
| who was to have started first with c. D..
| thompson of Pittsburg, won by default, as
the latter failed to appear. Charles B. Cory
| of Boston also won by default.
| A small gallery followed the former
| champion, Walter ]. Travis, who drove OF
with William s. Eyster Of the Allegheny
| Club Of Pittsburg. A few minutes later
! Louis N. James of Chicago, the present ma
| tional champion, stepped to the tee.
| His opponent was Archibald Graham of
Paterson, N. J.. and the former New Jer-
| sey champion. This was expected to be one
Of the best matches of the day, and a num-
Der of the western visitors followed the
pair Another good draw was that Of
Devereaux Emmett of Garden City and Max
| Bshr of Morris county. N. ].
An army of workmen had put the green's
| in fine condition early in the morning, and
! the course was in much better shape for
good golf than yesterday.
| In addition to Judd and Cory. these men
also won their way into the second round
! nents: Paul Murphy. Garden City; c. s.
| Fownes, Highland Golf Club, Pittsburgh
| Frank c. Talmage, Hillside. Piainfield, N.
| J.; Howard Gifin. East Orange, N. j.;
! Parker Wright. Buffalo Country.
| Their respective opponents who sent word
| to the committee that they could not APP
| pear were: w. B. Wheeler Brooklawn,
Conn; r. H. Kennerden Oil City, Pa; Ray
| Detroit "
Brown, Philadelphia Cricket; Joseph F.
| Stier. Staten Island.
F! A large crowd was on hand to see Travis
| come in with his opponent. Eyster. Travis
won the sixth hole and then led by four
| holes. Eyster was given considerable credit
| by the committee for coming in In the face
| of pra ctically sure defeat.
William L. Kicks of the local club led AL
| fred l.. Norris of Dyker Meadowbrook
| Brooklyn, by on the sixth green, and
Archie Red Of st: Andrews was down to
| Ormiston of Pittsburg led r. 8. whitney.
New Haven by 2 holes and Joseph Lynch
! of Lakewood won five of the first six holes
from Matthews Murray of the Englewood
! Golf Club.
Price Collier of Tuxedo by a twenty-f1ve-
foot put. led Josiah Macy of Morristown by
two holes at the sixth green. Max Behr Of
Morristown beat Devereaux Emmet of Car
den City after a close match by up and
| to play. Behr had a slim lead all the way
Harold Wilcox of Montclair was given his
match by default from James H Snowden
| of Oil City.
Louis N. James of Chicago, the national
golf champion. was beaten in the first
round by Archibald Graham of the North
Jersey club. Paterson, N. j. Graham won
by up and 2 to play. James game was a
disappointment. and he was poor in his
short shots failing to show anything like
| championship ability.
The first six holes were halved, and then
Graham won the next three James won
| the eleventh hole. and 1t was the only one
he won In the match. Graham played a
| very steady game. He was the New Jersey
champion two years ago.
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