Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-18
NATIONAL GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
More Than Seventy Aspirants Meet
This Week at Myopia.

Following on the hee.s Of the open cham
pionship of the Metropolitan Golf Assoc.a
tion at Fox Hills, comes the national open
championship at Myopia, near Boston, on
Thursday and Friday. AS far as this sec
ton is concerned the meeting at Fox Hills
unearthed nothing, but only emphasized the
fact that Willie" Anderson, holder of the
ma tional title; Alec Smith, Stewart Gard
ner, George Low, John Hobens and Isaac
Mackie are the pick Of the professionals
and one would include David Ogilvie OF
north Jersey but for the fact that he does
not possess the physical power necessary
for four rounds in such trying competi-
ton.
BY a coincidence the recent Metropolitan
championship and the coming national
meeting will have been held over courses
very similar in character. Both abound in
fluctuations over rolling country and both
provide the most delightful golf-not for
getting Shinnecock Hills-in the country.
Fox Hills, although quite long enough, ID
nearly 800 yards shorter than Myopia and
by reason Of It's lack of bunkers is probably
four strokes easier. The weeks play at the
Staten Island links, however should be dis
tinctly to the advantage of the Metropolitan
men. and IL Willie" Anderson only regains
the confidence on the putting greens he lost
on Friday and Saturday he should surely
retain his title.
OF the seventy mine entries nine are anna
teurs, and of these Walter Travis. A. q.
Lockwood, A. w. White and Fay ingalls,
are the only class" representatives Both
Mr. Travis and Mr.. Lockwood are fine play
ers at the score game. and the last-named
efforts in the Massachusetts open champ on
ship which he had within his grasp to the
last hole, stamp him as the most likely OF
the amateurs. Mr.. Travis is not playing as
consistently we'll as he did year or Two
since, as throughout the season he has in
yariably had at least one bad round. This
was Illustrated in the third round of the
Metropolitan open, when he had an mex
cusable 80.
AS regards the pairings, those Of most
interest. apparently, are Alec Smith and
Bernard Nichols "Villie" Anderson and
David Brown. Lawrence Auchterlonie and
Fred" Mckenzie, and Stewart Gardner
and Jack Hobens Curously enough, the
latter pair played together last year.
The executive committee OF the Unlteo
States Golf Association has, very properly,
put it's foot down on the attempt OF goif
ball manufacturers to use the open cham-
pionship as medium for advertising In
a historical effort to outbid one another
firms were sending circulars 70 Promnen.
professionals offering prizes ranging from
$500 down to players at the Myopia using
their wares. To check this the executive
committee at special meeting adopted the
following resolution:
."rhe offering by manufacturers of golf
goods of cash prizes to be played Tor al the
open championship of the United STATES
Golf Association Is, in the opinion OF the
executive COmInlttce, " e'S
hest interests of the game and should be
prohibited"
president of the United States Golf Asso-
Cation, arranged a meeting with the manu-
facturers, with the result that all their Of
fers have been Cancelled. 1t Is generally
understood that had no such agreement
been brought about the United States COLI
Association would not only not have al
lowed the wares to be used, but would have
disqualified any player who was party to
the scheme.