Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-10
AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
A Favorite and Dark Horse to Play
in the Finals.

A fsvorite and \ dark horse" will figure
IN the finals of the amateur golf champion
shin today over the Baltusrol links. H.
Chandler Egan, the Western Association
title-hoider and Frederick Herreshoff. the
Ekwanok boy won both their matches yes
terday and as result will meet In the
thirty-six hole final. Herreshoff is a neph-
ew OF Capt. Nat Herreshoff. who builds
yachts.
No one thought that Herreshoff would
reach the final, as the exceptional ability
Of this sixteen-year-old youngster was not
generally known in the metropolitan dis
trict The gallery in the morning was con-
seauently treated to bit of shock when
tie youngster defeated George Ormiston of
Pittsburg, by up and to play. 1t seems
to be impossible for a golfer. after having
the good fortune to defeat Walter ].
Travis, to stand prosperity long enough to
survive the subsequent matches.
Ormiston pla yed the first two holes beau
tifully against Herreshof winning both in
l. Thereafter the putting OF the Pittsburg
man became ragged, and as the match pro-
crossed Herreshoffs game became steadier.
Donald Ball. the professional, who is caddy-
ing for the boy, knows the latters game
and helped him nightly.
DR.. Fredericks of Oil City, worked his
way to the semi-final by d.sposing of James
Rhett, the Crescent C. man. They made
the hardest fought match of the tourna-
ment the affair Being carried to the twen-
tieth green.
Herreshoff went out like a Vardon against
West. and at the turn had the Camden
player 4 down. Herreslon's score to the
turn showed a total OF 80. and he won the
match by up and to play. Their cards:
He Herreshon. out......-....: s5s45 Is
Herreshonn, m........... =
West. in. ................... 5 40
With one of his grand recoveries for
which he is noted Egan won from DR.. Fred
ericks in the semi-final by up and / to
play.
After putting his drive from the seven
teenth tee clear over to the sixteenth
fair green. he laid 4 long aim shot almost
dead and holed the put for 3. Their cards:
Egan, out. ............... I 45446 40
Eaeaerie * out ...-........ a57 "s
E EErh. y; iI In
Both matches carried good galleries, the
Egan-Fredericks aff3ir being especially
large. fully 500 people following the players
around. Old golfers declared it one of the
most exciting matches they had seen In
long while.
At one time Egan mad his man s down.
yet DR.. Fredericks hello his nerve and
squared the match on the fifteenth green
With the exception of DR.. ID. P. Fred
ericks. none of the survivors when they
started In yesterday morning had figured as
a semi-1Eaiist in previous championships
In fact IL a vote had been taken at the ont
set OF the tournament as to the best eight
players in the United States it Is doubtful
IL any save Egan would have received much
consideration.
For the final today Egan is the favorite.
although many are quietly taking the short
end. They argue that Herreshoff has been
playing since the qualifying round the best
golf OF any In the tournament. He does not
get the distance that marks Egan's game.
nor does he put quite as WELL Golfers saw
HerreshOn's only chance to beat the Chica-
go boy win be to have the latter get ono
~ ~ Aka ~fsA \
0ped during part Of the mateA with Dr.
Fredericks.