The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-15
YARDON'S DEFEAT BY BRAID
ENGLISH GOLF PROFESSIONALS IN MATCH PLAY TOURNEE

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 This Year-Egan Forming a Team for St. LouIs-News From the Links.
 The professional golf tournament at Edzell. England. which was finished on September with victory for James Braid overy Harry Warden in the final round of thirty-six holes by up and 3 to play, had all the cracks of England engaged. The best eight in the qualify ing round were as follows: Harry Var don, l45; A. Massey, 145; A. Herd, AT; ]. Braid, 147; B. Savers, 147; J. H. Tay- Tor. 14s; T. G. Renouf. 150; J. White 152: R. Simpson, 152. Vardon was off improved in the afternoon, while White, the present champion, was not on his game and barely got into the qualify ing eight by beating Simpson in the play-off for the last place. In the first match play round the open champion, who was drawn against Harry Vardon, again gave an indifferent display, He lost the first three holes and stood five down to Vardon at the seventh. The latter was playing almost at the top of his form, and, although losing the eighth and ninth, he finally won by up and to play. J. H. Taylor was given a close game by the Silloth professional T. G. Renouf. The latter stood up at the turn, but he was ultimately defeat ed by and 1. James Braid easily beat Arnaud Massey, but close match was witnessed between A. Herd and Ben Savers. The results of the matches in the first round were as follows:
 Harry Yardon (Totteridge) beat Jack White (sunningdale) by holes up and 4to play.
 J. H. Taylor (Mid surreyo beat T. G. Renouf (silloth) by 3 and 1.
 James Braid (Walton Heath) beat Arnaud Massey (Biarritz and North Berwick by 5 and f.
 A. Herd (Huddersfield) beat Ben Savers North Berwick) by and 1.
 A close match was witnessed between Vardon and Taylor in the semi-flnal round. Both players were at the top of their form and completed the first nine holes in thirty-two strokes each. At that point Taylor was 1 hole up. He in creased his lead to ? up at the thirteen tn, but Vardon secured the next two. and the match finally ended "all square" An extra hole was played in in downpour of rain, the result being a win for Vardon, who holed out in to 6, Braid was up on Herd at the turn lead which he held to the seventeenth hole. At the home green Herds pitch was wide, and Braid, winning the hole qualified for the final. The results in the semi-f1nal round were: Vardon beat Taylor at the nineteenth hole; Braid beat Herd by holes up.
 The match was concluded on Septem- Der in the final round at thirty-six holes. Vardon was the winner of the professional tournament on the same links two years tgo. The match finally ended on the fifteenth green with a safe half, Braid gaining the victory by 4up and to play. The bye was halved The approximate scores for the round were: Braid, 72; Vardon, 76.
 A four-b ball foursome was also decided between J. H. Taylor and Arnaud Mas sey on one side, and A. Herd and Jack white on the other. The contest was for 3, purse presented by the club. The result was an easy win for Taylor and Massey by up and 5 to play.
 The Irish open championship was all so finished on Saturday at Newcastle, County Down. The match was begun on the previous evening, but on reach ing the turn, where J. F. Mitchell of the Royal Musselburgh Club, held a lead of one hole over J. s. Worthington of the Mid-Surrey Club, rain descended so heavily that play was discontinued for the day, On play being resumed on Saturday, Mitchell showed fine putting form, and increasing his lead, stood up at the end of the round. A restart for the last eighteen holes was made in the afternoon, when, to general surprise Mitchell went clean off his game, and at the fifth hole Worthington drew level. Playing a good game, Worthing- thon led by ? at the turn, which he reached in 36 strokes. Coming home, Worthington won the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth holes, and halved the tllir- teenth. Winning the next hole, Worth ington secured the championship by { up and 4 to play. Previous winners were: 1892, A, Stuart, jr., played at Portrush; 1893, John Ball, jr., played at Newcastle; 1894, John Ball, jr., played at Dollymount; 1895, W. B. Taylor, played at Portrush; 1896, w. B. Taylor played at Newcastle; 1897, H. H. Hilton played at Dollymount; 1898, w. B. Tay- Tor, played at Portrush; 1899, John Ball jr., played at Portmarnock; 1900, H. H Hilton, played at Newcastle; 1901, H. H Hilton played at Dollymount: 1902, H H. Hilton, played at Portrush; 1903. George Wilkie, played at Portmarnock.
 H. Chandler Egan, the new amateur golf champion, arrived in Chicago yes terday and at once began organizing a team to compete for the championship at St. Louis next week. Fourteen of the best players in the Western Golf Association have announced their in- tention of playing against the Trans Mississippi organization, most of them from clubs in and around Chicago. Among them are Walter Egan, Ex- moor; N. F. Moore, Lake Geneva; Ned Sawyer and S. Fouls, Wheaton; R. E. Hunter, Mason Phelps, and Kenneth Edwards, Midlothian; E. Shoot and Ned. Cummins. Exmoor Louis Allis and l. T. Boyle, Milwaukee; J. M. Sellers and K. L. Ames, Glenview. Eben Byers and c. A. Ormiston have also been in-