The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-09-20
ST. LOUIS GOLFERS
MAKE GOOD RECORD
TEN CHICAGO PLAYERS, HEADED
BY WESTERN CHAMPION EeAN,
QUALIFY FOR OLYMPIC MATCH
PLAY TODAY.

qualifying round Of the Oiympian self
championship. two former worlds fair
city golfers, Ralph MeKlttrieb and Stu
art stiolney, of the Country club, tielns
at 1ez for the gold medal henora Chicago
players, headed by former western eham-
plon Walter d. Esan or f1xmeor, finished
ten strong In the charmed circle of thirty
two eligible for match play IN the nrst
round tomorrow.
+. 9. Newton of Seattle, the Pacific
coast star, totalled 1el for the thirty-six-
holes. meeting with Just enough hard luck
in the afternoon round to deprive HIM
self OF the elaborate trophy offered by
the Oiympian committe for best qualify
ing score. There were no upsets In the
trying qualifying round. Play began early
IN the day when the links were soggy
from a deluge, and the grounds nearly a.
keen as they were when the Olympian
events were decided last week.
seventy-flve elected to play, and all but
one, Q. B. Cory of Boston, finished the
double round
National and Western Champion H. c..
Egan furnished one of the surprises OF
tho Qdy4 100 JUST SAo sbAOAo
worse than his companion Walters. after
a breaking round Of IS In the morning.
/ due to his inability to show his usually
/ brilliant long game. Chandler got the
| gallery In the afternoon by gallant
4 effort to overcome his serious hand1cap'
and go after premier qualifying honors
/ As 1t was the Exmoor youth totalled rs
/ which equals the record of amateurs Tor
/ the course.
Neb Sawyer, recently runner-up In the
western championship, also proved the
efffeicacy of Chicago pluck. Apparently
/ out of the running with a ninety In the
morning, he gathered 70 for his afternoon
work, and was well UP among the leaders
with 1863 score.
| Toledo, o.. furnished three qualiflers,
| Harold Weber c. w. Jones and II. w.
! Frazer. Three fasteners, w. ?. Smith OF
Huntington Valley, philadelphia; Allan
Lard of Columbia Golf club Washington,
D. c., and Raymond Havemeyer of Deal
Beach. N. j., just managed to get IN
tied at 1873 for the last places
Immediately after the last player had
finished at dusk, Chairman r. w. Ger
ouId and secretary, Col. G. s. McGrew
of the Olympian golf committee made the
| pairings for the first round of match play
tomorrow.
Champion Chandler Egan comes in the
lower half of the draw, which bit OF luck
makes him once more a favorite IN the
opinion of many followers of the game, az
some Of the best players will have been
eliminated from the upper half of the
draw. The latter strongly favors Chicago
players In that not any Of them are
drawn together for the first round
number of places, especially in regard tc
the number of men, the delivery of the
telegram from the governor and such un'
| important matters He seemed badly con.
fused, and at times contradicted himself
This seemed to be more from fright thar
| anything else.
Lieutenant Hay stated that he had
never been ordered to stand examination
relative to his competency and that III
had not been directed to read that sec
ton of the state code relating to thu
duties of military officers. Second Ser
geant Joseph Brock told complete and
straightforward story Of the whole affair
| He said:
Sergeant Brock Testifies.
II received orders from Captain Ha.
| In person TO report at the armory OF Com
| pany f for duty at the jail. This wa
about 8 o'clock in the afternoon. | wen
| to the armory Immediately and Their
/
| and after / had put on my uniform w
| spent several minutes in practicing load
ing Other men of the company were com
| ing in the meantime. We marched to tn
/ Jail with fixed bayonets, there being abou
/ eighteen men in line l didn't hear Cap
! tain Hay report to Sheriff Rodgers but
heard the sheriff tell the captain to driy
| the crowd hack. Captain Hay ordered
sergeant and four men to drive back tn
! crowd and the order was carried GU
without trouble.
After sentries were posted, l set on
| TO find a way to get supper for the men
| the others remaining at the jail standing
| about on the sidewalk. Mr.. Rodgers toll
| Captain Hay that If the sentry lines wer
| rushed to order all the men inside tn
! fall When the mob broke through tn
sentry lines, Lieutenant Hay gave tn
command to fall In line and this was done
| About that time the sheriff ordered ev
erybody inside The commissioned officer
| apparently wished to make stand out
side but orders were obeyed.
AFTER going inside, we were posted oil
! the stairway and Sheriff Rodgers ordere'
us not to let anybody come up there, an'
! nobody came After a smoke and FIR
was started some of the men began Il
complain and then Mr.. Rodgers said
| Come down with me and let's put out tn
| fire. We didn't go for as Mr.. Rodgers
started down somebody in the mob called
to him not to come down. He then haltet
us.
Begged to Do Something.
FINALLY the heat became so intens'
that the men In the company begged t.
be either allowed to do something or b.
ordered out of the place. After that
heard the sheriff call out to the GROVE
to come on and put out the fire and taxi
the negro. AS we filed out, saw Negro
| in the hall coming down and recognized
him. I did not see the negro jump ou
into the crowd and did not see him cap
| tured nor hung.
81 did not hear any command to load
but several of the men loaded their guns
when things became exciting. Every mar
was given forty riot cartridges ana a DO,
of ball cartridges was being opened wher
the lines were rushed I saw severa
shots fired by parties In the mob bu
do not know who the people were. die
not see any OF our men shoot as they had
been cautioned not to do so until the or
der had been given by the sheriff"
At o'clock the court adjourned unit
10 o'clock tomorrow.