The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-06
Winner.

=. Who L. to be the eleventh on the on1ctal
llst3 Willyoung Egan retain the supremacy
Of the West or pass the title along to a
fellow clansman, or will one Of the young
sters from the Atlantic seaboard be pro-
claimed the winner? Or perhaps one Of
the old stagers will come to the fore, the
trick they so often carry on in the British
championship. Whoever wins, the golfers
will unite in the toast, More power to
him!s
Wheaton ia the golang apotheosis Of
prairie land, for the immensely Of sod Of
the early West lends itself readily to links
building. II is as easy to mold course
there as for a pastry cook to build up a
landscape OF sugar on his cakes. Hence the
chain of flne links inland. On the lake banks,
q at Onwentsia, there were trees to con-
quer, but inland the Western soil Is adapt
able for golf without the worry OF engi-
neering problems. The grand round at
Wheaton is Of 8,O8s yards, with each hole
compelling two or three perfect shots to
the green. while pond makes the two short
holes Just right for pitch to the putting
It Is not picturesque, except to golfers
As nat a. pancake and hard as a mac
adam road was the sneering comment
81 one non-golfer when the women's cham
pionship took place there. To the careless
golfer, though, the bunkers make the round
Z q fair as an English bowling green.
The clubhouse Is charming, and the social
elde Of tournament at Wheaton will always
atone for the brown turf Of midsummer.
The Chicago Golf Club would have pre-
and when a later date was voted, so that
the college boys would be free to play, there
wore fears expressed that the turf might
be baked by the sun. But careful irriga-
ton has done wonders, and unless all signs
fail there y not to be heat wave this
The conditions under which the cham
piopShip s to be played are entirely new.
II viii be the sixth change in the condi-
dons since the 1895 tournament, all designed
70 sift out the better players from the poorer
ones for the decisive rounds In as speedy
concede that II the entry would not exceed
sixty-four all match play would be the
fairest of all systems. But with an entry
Z Of 100 to $50. a sitting out medal play round
becomes q necessity to decide the tournA-
ment within one week.
: The new plan calls for . thirty-six hole
qualifying round, to be played on two
days. Eighteen holes will be on Aug. 8
and eighteen on Aug. O. The thirty.two
making the lowest scores: counting both
D.
match play until the final, which viii be at
thirty-slx holes. In other words, Tues
day and Wednesday will be given up to
qualifying play: There will be two rounds
Ct eighteen holes on both Thursday. and
Friday, 30 that the two survivors will have
IN day Saturday to do battle for the title
ct thirty-six holes.
Under the easy terms Of the qualifying
round, there will be no congestion, no
matter how large may be the number Of
starters. and the players will not feel the
worry and strain Of hurrying through be-
fore dark that have been an accompaniment
q On al day qualifying round. Last year
The best sixty-four at eighteen holes Of
6nodal play kept on at thirty-six holes Of
tnodal play again to determine the thirty
Two for match play, which was regarded
- tee cumbersome and tiresome.
There seems now no doubt entertained
Il any quarter that an American trained
nhyor will win. Yet, should q Britisher
s. permitted to play and should he win,
e would not be deemed arHspersion on the
ALL Of our golfers, nor would 1t give q set
back to the game. The golfers want the
6eet man on the links on that decisive day
70 be the winner, careless rs to where he
larned the game. Since Travis's victory
- the British championship II has been
desnonstrated to all the world that American
Goh Is to be respected. To have a Scot
Win at Wheaton would not faze our golfers
but how he would have to hustle
Z Matters were very different when the
amateur was last at Wheaton. In 1897. There
Was not scintilla of hope anywhere In this
areat country then that an American trained
Go,fer could win. The issue then was