The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-09-07
ANNUAL GOLFGRAMPIONSHIP
RESULTS OF FIRST DAY,s PLAY
ON BALTUSRoL LINKS.

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Cards Entirely Difrerent from Those of
the Last Tournament - II. Chandler
Egan Carries on the Honors in the
First Round-ChampiOn Travis, A. NJ.
Reid and f. HerreshofF Next.
Short Hills, N. j., Sept 6-The re-.
suits of the first days play in the an
nual national golf amateur champion
ship tournament, which began on the
links Of the Baltusrol Golf club this
morning, were somewhat surprising, as
better scores were looked for from the
leading players.
The cards this year are not entire
Ily different from those Of preceding
tornaments, but out Of an entry list of
144 there were only eleven non-starters.
To-days round consisted Of eighteen
holes, medal play. and the players maxi
| ing the best sixty-four scores are to
continue tomorrow at thirty-six holes,
medal play. so that by tomorrow even
ing the leading thirty-two taking in the
medal scores for fifty-four holes will
earn the privilege Of continuing at
match play to the finish.
H. Chandler E,gan OF the Exmoor
Country club Chicago, western anna
| teur golf champion carried off the hon
ors in to-day's round Of is holes with
so. He was driving rather poorly. Next
to him came Champion Walter J. Ira
| Wis Of Garden City, A. M. Reid Of st.
ANDREWS and F. Herresfoff Of Ekwan-
lok, each of whom made the round in
81. Seventy players made scores Of 80
and under, and of these eight men, in
Icluding Findlay Douglas and w. B..
macdonald, both former national cham
lpions, and F. o. Reinhart, intercol-
legiate champion, tied with scores of
80 each for the sixty-thrd and sixty
fourth places. Among those who were
shut out were Harold Wilcox, the pres
ent metropolitan champion, with So,
Allan Kennaday, the three time cham
pion Of New Jersey, and Percy Pyne,
I'd, Of Princeton.
Following are the scores of those who
will play tomorrow:
H. Chandler Egan OF Exrnoor-
iOut ........... ..6446 341
/ In .......... % 4444464 6-39S0
Walter ]. Travis, Garden City
Out ........ ....643744653 3-42
| T,, A A n A A
"A. M. Reid, st. Andrews s.
Out ........ ....5 455 AZ
In ........ ......364S556 S-3s-s1
Fred Herreshoff, Ekwanok
Out ...... ....6 4455 455 3-H
/ In ....... ...45444545 5--4O-S1
w. r. Tuckerman, Chevy Chase, R.
G. Watson, jr., West Brook, SO; DR.. D.
p. Fredericks, Oil City; Enos Wilder,
jr., Morris county; Jerome d. Travers,
Nassau, "a; George T. Brokaw. Garden
City; Pierre A. Proal, Seabright, Geo.
4 A. Ormiston, Oakmount; John Lawson,
SanFran cisco; Walter p. Egan, Ex-
moor; Robert Abbott, Hillside; T. M,
Sherman, Utica; Eben M. Byers, Pitts
burg, So: M. Barnes, Manhaset; w.
Perrin, Philadelphi; e. s. Knapp,
Westbrook; T. M. Gilmer, Brae Burn,
Malcolm McBurney, Stockbridge, r. H.
Connerly, Austin, Tex; James M.
Rhett, Crescent, So; VIM. T. West,
Camden, 81; w. H. Burton, Ekwanok;
Jay $. Jones, Ekwanok; G. H. Mattern,
Oil City, H. L. Convey, Apwamis: o..
woodward, Lawrence Gaurley, Brook
line, So; Max H. Behr, Norris county;
Roy e. Des Raismes, Flushing; N.
! Mallouff, Ekwanok; r. E. Hanson,
Philadelphia; T. T. Reid, Montclair;
F. M. olyphant. Englewood; Arthur
Havemeyer, Seabright, SO; F. c. New
ton, Seattle; f. III. Thomas, Morris
! county; w. c. Carnegie, st. Andrews;
C. B. Macdonald, Garden City; Archi-
bald Graham, North Noise; w. L.
/, Glenny, Hillsdale; F. I'll. B. Freling-
huysen, Morris county; B. P. Nc
Kinnie, st. Louis; M. F. o'Connell,
Fitchburg; Louis K. James, Glenview;
IC. B. Cory, Oakley; E. A. O'Connor,
Il. Giles, Pittsburg; w. B. Rhett,
| Crescent; J. H. b. Wharton, Baltus-
rol; Wallace H. Sinclair, South Or
ange; John W. Watson, st. Davis; R..
j. Baldwin, Spring Haven, 80; H. G..
! Hartwell, Troy; j. G. Davidson, Wash
/ ington; c. W. OConnor, Essex coun-
lty; ormsby McCammon, Chevy Chase;
A. w. Tillinghast, Philadelphia, 81;
C. c.? Brown, Montclair; G. b. Fownes,
oakmount; James A, Tying, Baltusrol;
F. S. Douglas, Nassau; Frank o. Rein
hart, Baltusrol, 92; w. B. Smith, Hunt
| ingdon Valley; G. F.fWillett, Oakley;
=. Gillmer Brae Burn 81.