The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-08
QUALIFYING ROUNDS
IN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
Over a Hundred Amateurs
to be Represented in
Tourney.
ANNUAL AUTO TOUR
Two Big Races to Mark
Closing of Sheepshead
Bay Meeting.

Following a period of much activity
in all branches of athletics the present
week promises little in the way Of
sports The endurance run for the
Glidden automobile trophy, the COM
petition for the American amateur golf
championship, preliminary play for the
Davis tennis trophy in England and
the usual number Of rich stakes in
horse racing covers the list of events
of national interest in sports during
the next seven days.
Annual Golf Championship.
The qualifying rounds of the thir-
teenth annual golf championship of the
United States will begin on Tuesday
on the links Of the Euclid club at Cleve-
land and play win continue throughout
the week. More than 100 amateurs will
take part in the tourney, the list being
the most representative one in the his
tory Of the game in America. All the
well known amateurs who have partici-
pated in previous tournaments are
among the entrants, as we'll as many
new Corners, whose playing lis an I'M
known quantity. Naming the probable
winner would be almost like picking
the winner of the Suburban in the
winter books. Certainly there will be
exciting golf before the finals are
reached and very likely a new cham
pion Of 1907. The qualifying and final
rounds Of play are at S6 holes.
Fourth Annual Auto Tour.
The fourth annual American auto
mobile association tour, Glidden cup,
viii start from Cleveland on Wednes-
day and finish IN New York city July
20. More than seventy machines will
engage in the great endurance run, the
route Of which takes them west Of
Chicago and returning east through
Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New
Jersey The Glidden trophy will be
awarded to the club scoring the great
est number of points, each competing
club being required to enter at least
three cars. The route covers 1918 miles
and the daily runs will average 1926
miles, the longest being liza and the
shortest 81. Each car must be driven
by the entrant, and carry not less than
four passengers of an average weight
Of 1875 pounds or other equivalent In
ballast, and have touring car body with
tonneau. The itinerary of the tour for
the present week gives the following
stopping points for the night. July 10,
Toledo; July II, South Bend; July u,
Chicago, whence the return trip east
ward will begin July Is.
Americans to Meet Australians.
The American tennis team, Beals c.
Wright and Karl H. Behr, sent over to
England to make the attempt to wrest
the Dwight f. Davis, international
lawn tents trophy from Great Britain,
is matched against the Australian team
In The eliminating contests beginning
July 10. The winners Of the prelimin-
airy games will meet the British team,
holder of the trophy, at Wimbledon,
July 20, % and g. Although the AM
orleans have been playing very
steady game in England they were
beaten by the Australian team,
Brookes and Wilding, in the final
round of the doubles for the all Eng
land championship.
Closing Races ut sheepshend.
Two big races will mark the closing
of the Sheepshead Bay meeting on
Tuesday and the transfer to Brighton
Beach. These will be the second half
of the double event, for two year clds,
the first of which was run on June 20,
and won by Firestone, and the Law
renee Realization stakes for three
years olds The first will be 'ver a
six furlong course and the second i
mile and five furlongs, The second
part Of the double event will bring out
all the good two year olds in training
at the Metropolitan tracks. Among
the entries for the Lawrence Realiza-
ton are Cold Bars, Dick Finnell, Oke-
mite Judge Post, Marathon, Salvidere,
Senator Clay Superman, Peter Pan,
Zambesi, Grimaldi Frank Gill and a
number of other good ones.
American Whist League Meet.
The American Whist League will
hold its seventeenth annual congress at
the Auditorium Hotel, Chicago, July s
to 10 inclusive Eighteen contests are
provided for in the program, chief of
which will be for the Hamilton trophy
and the championship for club teams