The sun., 1905-08-13
BGAN HIS OWN SUCCESSOR.
he AGAIN WINS THE AMATEUR
GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
vanquishes Sawyer BY Up and to Play
in tho Final Round on the wheaton
Anks-Playu Brilliantly I'm the After
noon-Big Gallery Follows Players.

WHEATON, ILL.,, Aug. l2.-Gof champion
ehips seem to run in grooves. which is good
thing for the game and the players. Io-oay
H, Chandler Egan OF the Exmoor Coli Club
won the amateur championship for the sec
ond year. He beat D. Z. Sawyer OF the Whea-
ton Golf Club by 0 up and to play. This
brackets the gallant youth with II. j. "hie-
ham as a double winner, but Iravers .still
leads with three wins.
Il con gratulate you and hope to have
tho plea sure again next year in the East.
exclaimed New Yorker.
Thanks. but l may not be player next
year. was the reply firm Egan. You Know
/ am going into stock brokerage"
There was a band on the clubhouse lawn.
and when the crowd swarmed in after the
finish they heard 1t playing Fair Har-
ward" Egan got his degree at Harvard last
June, but the Yale men in the gallery would
not stand for the air. and the band switched
to -Tammany. Then President Thomas.
amid cheers, made the presentation OF the
championship cup and gold medal to Eean.
the silver medal to Sawyer and bronze
medal to W. c. Fownes. Jr.
Sawyer did not play up to his game to day.
but possibly moral influence may have been
q factor, ss this was their third match and
Egan had won the other two. In the casual
poolrelling on the quiet among the club
members, #. Odon Horstman had bought
Egan for $500 in pools Of 5000. After Saw
yer's nne howing against White and Fownes
some one told the Philadelphian he ought to
hedge. Not cent OF It,. replied Horstman,
For with both on an equal game moral influ-
ence would still beat Sawyer. believe in
the hypnotism Of golf"
On the third tee In the first round there
was striking proof Of this hypnotic infiu-
ence. Egan had pulled twice out Of bounds
from the second tee. presenting the hole TO
Sawyer. Then. instead Of keeping on and
fighting hard for the third hole. Sawyer in
turn pulled out OF bounds on his drive. and,
had not Egan missed foot put. 1t would
have cost Sawyer the hole.
To reach the final. Sawyer passed In turn
G. j. Cooke OF Philadelphia. by and 9; F. r.
Martin Of Canada. by 4 and 2; A. L. White.
the intercolle gate champion. by 8 and I. and
w. G. Fownes, Jr.. by up. while Egan's mile
stones to the journeys end were c. B. Mac
donald. former chamlpon. by up: DR.. Carr
OF Philadelphia. by 5 and 2; Fred Herreshoff.
Vermont champion. by and 1. and Harold
Weber Of Toledo. by and Q.
A few words Of counsel delivered by Presi-
dent Thomas to the throns waiting at the
start both in the morning and afternoon had
q salutary effect In preserving the etiquette OF
the game. He said. Il want to say a word.
and do 20 at the request OF the contestants
the auspices OF the United States Coli Asso-
citation TO determine who 10 to be the amateur
golf champion Of the United States and
should be conducted In an orderly manner.
"To that end ask that there be no applause
or demonstration OF approval or dlsap-
proyal. from the time they face the tee until
the ben 10 played out. / appeal to you one
to demonstrate which is the better man"
Human nature II falllble. especially when
wrought UP At . golf match. and when the
enthusiasm ID running high for native lad.
There was demonstration more than once
when Egen recovered from drives into the
rough. which was his crablike way OF pro-
when he found the bunker In attempting to
get, from the rough on the sixteenth. while the
yells and handclaps when Sawyer ran down
SO-foot put for. as on the twelfth hole
would have split church bell: But as a
numbers the following. was about 800.
Setting out. they halyed In S, hnt Sawyer
won ths second In I to 7 through Egan twice
pulling from the tee out Of bounds. The
miss Of . short put cost Esan win on the