The Washington times., 1906-01-14
FOUR GOLF CHAMPS
ARE IN OUR MIDST
Passing Through to Mexi-
can Tournament.
RECALL VARO0N'S VISIT
Famous Englishman Established New
Record for Chevy Chase Course,
Kirkaldy a Mad Wag.

There have landed on our shores some
OF the leading golf players Of the world
Alex Herd. open chal apion OF 1902; Jack
White. open champion of 1904: Andrew
Kirkaldy. the St. Andrews PRO" and
Rowland Jones. These men have come
over to play IN the international goli
tournament to be held at the City OF
Mexico. beginning January 70.
There have been several British open
champions here in the past. In 1900
Harry Vardon came over 81 ina instiga-
tion OF Charlie Cox Ia repses Il A. @.
Spalding & Co. 5 golf slPPa- The same
year j. II. Taylor came Or TO start
factory in the United ST les. and IA
and Vardon played in our open cham
pionship ar Chicago. Willie Park. jr,
was here in 1895 and 1896. David Brown
has taken a green near Boston. All these
four men have won the open champion
ship OF the British Isles.
vardon at Chevy Chase.
Harry Vardon has played twice at
the Chevy Chase Club course. IN his
initial practice round. he lowered the
record a stroke. doing %, Willie Tuck
eT. who was the professional at that
time. had the day before made the
course in =. Since Vardon's record was
made. f. O. Horstmann has equaled IL
Ormsby McCammOn lowered it by a
stroke; Samuel DalzeIl made a r. and
Donald Ball. the Washington Golf Club
PRO" lowered the record again. making
20. Since the course has been length
ened to over 5000 yards. James Douglas,
the present pro" holds the record at
"a.
1t is hoped Andrew KirkaIdy will visit
Chevy Chase. as two OF its members
have had interesting matches with him
at St Andrews. his home green IN
Scotland Mr. Horstmann was only
beaten by him on the last green, while
Ormsby McCammon. playing level with
him, won by up and 1 to so. There is
a standing purse TO be covered for any
one TO play him over his home course,
as he is such hard proposition there.
Kircaldy is quite a wag. and is always
making remarks which bring down the
gallery as much as his iron play does.
The Mexican golfers viii enjoy the fun
which Kirkaldy provokes. He has been
in the money seven or eight times, and
tied with Willie Park. jr.. for the open
event in 1889. but lost in the play-off
Who They Are.
Bernard Nichols. the Hollywood ''pro.'
got these star golfers to come over from
the other side. lie is the only man who
beat Vardon on his last trip. In fact,
he won from him twice These were the
only defeats Vardon sustained. although
he generally played against two men,
either pros. pro" and amateur. or
two amateurs
Sandy Herd was born at st. Andrews.
where he says a golfer should be born.
He is one Of the big Four" in golfdom.
Jack White won the open champion
ship in 1904 with the unprecedented rec
ord score for the event of 2e6. This is
an average of "A for the four rounds
OF IS holes
There are two Canadian pros" and
six pros" who have green's In this
country. together with some weIl-known
amateurs. who have been slated for the
many events at the Mexican champion
ship.
The events will be the amateur cham
pionship. the Mexican open champion
ship, and the open championship There
VIII also be foursome competitions. and
an international team match. II these
are not enough. the committee in charge
will arrange other events. so that ey-
eryone will have chance 10 win some.
thing