The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-18
.EGAN LED FIELD
OF OLYMPIC GOLFERS
Play Of National Champion Was
Distinguishing Feature of
Team Matches.
WESTERN ASSOCIATION WON.
Chicago Players Proved Them
selves Too Strong for OppcSin:
AggregationS and Defeated
T'ransmississippi Men.

II. Chandler Egan OF the Exmoor Col,
Club of Chicago. national ard Western
champion golfer of America led the field
OF thirty crack players in tn. information
al team match for the olympic team
championship at Glen Echo yesterday.
Mr.. Egan did the thir;y-six holes in isj
strokes. three better than his teammate.
Robert E. Hunter. of Midlothian. Chicago.
The strong play OF the Chicago boys. who
formed the team OF the Western Golf As
ISOLATION. which team was headed by
Esan. enabled that section TO win the
match by = points from the team of
the Transmissssippi Golf Association.
which was largely composed of St Louis
players. Thus Chicago must be credited
with a victory over So. Louis. though IL
was a narrow one az that. A picks team
OF golfers from various States competed
and finished last.
II was Champion Egan's first public ap-
pearance sine. he won .iati1nal hcnors
at Balustrcl recently. and lis initial bow
champion Though but u wears old. a
sophomore student at Harvard E:an ia a
young giant He stands ) feet IL in his
ehoes. weighs lso pounis. IL. steady and
careful az a much oder man and l., a
youngsfer OF prodigols strength.
He has the broad shoulders. slender
waist and powerful loins of the athlete.
His strength OF wrist l. wonderful. Esan
has the full swing o? the finished SCiier
and uses his wrists with great effect.
The champion was not at the top of his
game yesterday. but he did very good
work on a strange course. Playing agains,
stuart G. St;chney OF So. Louis. he went
out In - In his morning round ard cam.
IT with =, In this round he took seven for
the fifth hole. and DOGGY five and seven
for the eishteenth hole. an ordinary I.
Al the nfth hole Egsn pulled his drive
and missed his recovery. then dropped his
third In the bunker and far overrsn the
green with his niblic shot out OF the bunk
er. At the eighteenth hole he missed his
drive. second and third shots. a poor exhi-
bition- Otherwise his playing Was first
class.
He far outdrove every other man play
ing yesterday. was always in the center
OF the course: accurate in his approach
ing and deadly in his putting. In all he
played first-ciass golf.
STICKNEY IN BAD FORM.
Stuart SHckney. the ST. Louis star. was
not playing his hest game and was over
whelmed by Egann. In the forenoon Stick
ney could not get better than 90 for IS
holes. as against Egan's ST. In the after
neon the St Louis nan picked up and
did an ~ TO Egan's S. Stickney was weak
In his putting and approaching. In fact
WAS not by any means p.ay,us amy par.
o. his true game.
Harry Potter and Fred Semple OF St
Louis LED the Transmississirpi team with
scores OF Ia. excellent golf for both. Mr..
IS IN the afternoon. Mr.. Potter. played
similarly. getting - and 50. Ralph Nc
kittrtck got ia and A =. Lambert i1s.
ts.I',i ..cYi Nj - .vf t,r,--si.s.s. "a. co...-
pared with the play of Messrs. Semple and
Io.ter. VINO e not case! "a uign
Messrs. Mckittrick and Lambert.
buTt McI> tGI- I.scII iiplon. also
played poorly. Going LIS. a score which was
equaled by another good player Of local
note. Arthur Stirkney.
The Western Golf Association team was
compos.d entirely of young men of Chi
cs.go. These youngsters are a rather shifty
lot OF golfers. Chicago can boast more
lea Beginning young. they learn to play
better than men who take up the game
later in life r. T. Sawyer. Mason f.
Phelps. g +. SmOot and Robert F. Hunt
er all played splendid golf for the Western
team.
A FEW SURPRISE
With the exception OF Allen Lard Of
and u. Cadwallader OF SPRING
field. Ill. the picked team WIS outcIassed
Mr.. Cadwaliader did a splendid iss. within
three strokes of Egan's low score. The
play OF Mr.. Cadwaliader. who comes from
what Is rated rs a provincial club. was
one of the pleasant surprises Of the day.
Mr.. Lard Is on old-timer. who has proven
his mettle on many fields
The day was scarce favorable for low
scoring Tho wind was from the south
and high. This worried TIE players
great deal. The visitors were warm IN
praise of the condition OF the links AMI
the general topography os the course. Mr.
Lard. who has seen all the best courses
In America said that Glen Echo surpassed
them all in true test of golf. The fair
green was in splendid condition.
Some slight fault was found with the
newness of the putting greens. the young
sra.s not We, being strong enough to
was n very slight fault. however. and
players were cot often worried by it, Tn.
condition of the course reflected much
credit on Professional Robert Fouls, who
has IL In charge
There will not be any play at Glen
Echo to-day Tomorrow will see the in
dividual championship begin At Glen Echo
PLAY will start at SD a. m. President
Mctirew OF Glen Echo says that visitors
will be welcome as spectators The scores: