The sun., 1905-09-10
FATHERS AND SONS ON THE GOLF LINKS
Some Seniors Worry When the Juniors Lose Others phio
sophical-Famly Ties the Links

player IN the days when Pole and "Caveu-
dish were the authorities and duplicate
leads or bridge unknown. but he soon gave
up. cards for golf, Now he is good player
in his class and won last year the veterans
cup. in which the entrants must he past
40 years, at the Ixmoor tournament. He
now follows Walter .Egan. or his. nephew,
H.. Chandler fgan, in all the ir chan pion-
ship matches, and he is a very close critic
OF the game.
e! tell the boys" was one observation
ot Egan senior at the Wheaton. that if
worth library # sermons on how to play
winning golf. 1t is the hardest axiom
for madcap youth to observe, and the ne
glect OF it has caused the early sn, fling
out of more than one tournamen ia vorite.
W: c. Egan. father Of the twice national
and four times Western amateur champion,
takes deep interest in his sons golfing,
and Is justly proud of the unpa ralleled series
OF triumphs that have rewarded Chandlers
game: But. the father makes horticulture
hobby and does not appear in the gallery
| unless it is championship final or a match
on the home links at Exmoor. He saw the
boy win at Wheaton and told this little
anecdote there:
Chandler never talks of his golf mat ches.
The only time he broke the rule was one
sat opposite to me in the library at home,
putting on his ,piTe. Then, as in reverie,
be- , said; l. Is i possible 1 have won the
Tho gist Of this is that the cup, which had
to be won three times to be hell outright,
was in play for four or five years before
Chandler took up golf. As kid he had seen
1t won by j. G. Thorp Of Boston and twice
by w. NJ; McCauley Of Philadelphia, and
as the thoughts of youth are long, long
thoughts, it may be that in a day dream
he resolved to learn the game and to strive
for the historical trophy. If the conceit is
true. and it is pretty enough to be truth, all
golfers will be pleased at the happy realiza-
tion of boyish ambition.
.,o Oswald kirkby's M father does ncs play
the game, but he knows 1t thoroughly and
has seen golfing on all Of the British links,
He was one of the Americans to applaud
the success OF Travis in the British cham
pionship at Sandwich Kirkby, Sir, fol-
lows his son very often and has a good
reason for every poor stroke the promis-
Egnn, he believes that the youthful golfers
often suffer through their imretuousity
Fish Fish kirkby. sr., will calculate to
whoever who YER may be with him when the boy
stroke wasted, but you can't put an old
head on young shoulders. Better luck next
time"
Frank O. Reinhart's father was often
in the gallery at Baltusrol when the
He was not as philosophical as Travers, Sr.,
but with II. c. Fownes wanted to see the
boy win everything. Four or five years
ago there was pater-fiiius interest in
; every club competition at Westbrook,
for in the field were often the senior and
Juniors OF the Cutting Rollins, Tappin
and Watson clans. c. F. Watson is an
Essex County player, and his son has golfed
on the same team with him often, but he
now goes in for lawn tennis. George L.
Armstrong and his son are Fox Hills mem
bers, and W. H. Sands and his son Harold
| are often in the contests together at Aiken.
| At ST. Andrews John Reid, the clubs first
| president, is often in rivalry in handicaps
with his sons, John, Jr., and Archie, while
j. @. A. johnson has golfing son at Yale
and w. r. lnnis one still at school.
The Joe Chadwicks, senior and Junior
,, play at Powelton, and the latter has ice
been runn' r-up in the championship Of the
Hudson River Golf Association A. j.,
and W. j. Evans are often on the links to-
gether at Ekwanok while at the Morris
County Golf Club Edward Shippen, Max
Behr and + red H. Thomas often meet their
fathers on the links, the dad of the latter
, being the president of the United States
Golf Association. In the same way the
Ralph Peterses, at Garden City; Murdocks,
at Shinnecock Hills and the McBurneys, at
Storkbridge:, are frequent opponents or
partners There are many more instances.
but enough has been Id to reveal that
II n pater-flius team match she lid ever
be broached the East need not take water
from the West.