Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-08
GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
ANNUAL NATIONAL TOURNEY AT
CHICAGO LINKS TODAY.

CHICAGO. August S.-Only thirty-two Of
the 1875 golfers from fifty-three clubs who
began play today in the first round of
eighteen holes in the qualifying round of
the eleventh annual national golf cham
pionship at the Chicago Golf Clubs links
will be eligible for match play Thursday
morning. But the small army that has
been attacking the difficult DOGGY Of the
course for about a week Is hopeful"
Team scores made yesterday in the Olym-
plan cup event show that the best Of the
stars are likely to do a ninety and then
come back with a seventy-eight, or vice
versa. Upon the feeling that pair of
S6's will get in the charmed circle of thirty
two qualifiers. the veterans today began
their medal scoring rounds without appear
ing to notice the great advantage that
youth gave the better-known golfers.
First Pair Away.
The first pair away today at the command
of 8. Y. Heebner. treasurer Of the U. 8.
G. A., was ]. H. Snowden Of Oil City, Pa.
and C. A. Brown of Birmingham. Ala. I'M
mediately following them were ]. D. Trav-
ers of Nassau and his partner, w. T. West
of Camden, N. J.
The schedule for the first half Of medal
scoring .contemplates the dispatching Of the
last pair at $3.50 O'Clock this afternoon. 1t
will be dark before the first days medal
scoring Is concluded. Weather conditions
today again are ideal.
w. Felowes Morgan, secretary of the q.
s. G. A. today announced dozen addf-
tional starters for the national tourney,
bringing the total to 14S. They were paired
starters Is Bruce D. Smith of Onwentsia.
the Yale player who defeated Findlay
Douglas at Nassau.
Early Withdrawals.
Some early. Withdrawals contained the
names OF w. A. H. Kerr. the Canadian eX
champion; j. B. Clarke, Birmingham. Ala. !;
H. H Lurton, Nashville; A. D. tombstone,
st. Paul; D. Chauncey. Dyker Meadow: L.
T. Boyd, Milwaukee, and Jack Eberts, Des
Moines. Mr.. Boyd was taken sick yester-
day while representing Wisconsin in the
Olympian tourney. Today he Is able to
sit up and later will leave for his home.
C. B. Macdonald. the first United States
amateur champion. and his partner, A. L.
White, had hard luck off the first tee. The
former sliced to the eighteenth fair green,
while the latter putted to the tall hay. Each
was unable to find the ball and had to re-
turn. to the tee to drive again. This costly
beginning may have a bad effect on their
medal scoring.
Other scores were:
C. B. Mcdonald, Garden City, IS: A. L.
White, Ekwanok, %; F. Clingman. jr.,
Homewood, So; C. B. Fownes. Pittsburg.
So; c. H. Stanley Cleveland, 81; Charles
Baker Auburn, Park, 50. r...--..
W. J. Travis was 80 out. His card fol-
lows:
Out ................5 3 4 S-S9
Norris Bokum, who played with him, had
A for his first nine. "-
1t was noon before the first two pairs
finished and the scores were disappointing.
J. H. Snowden of Oil City had 90. A. c.
Brown of Birmingham. Ala, had 81. while
J. D. Travers, the Nassau star, out in 40,
made a hard fight to keep within a safe
qualifying limit and came home In 81,
which is near the record for the last nine.
This gave him a total Of SO. w. T. West,
his partner, from Camden, N. j., had A out