New-York tribune., 1907-12-23

In the absence of official golf rating critics
! like DOCTORS are bound TO disagree It is possible
however, by keeping in close touch with the public
! performances of the leading amateurs and at all
times bearing in mind quality of the links and
strength of opposing fields. to form a fairly
| rate line the relative merits of the top six
teen BY glanoing at the above table 1t viii be
that several players who appeared the list a
year ago have been dropped. The fact that
has been left off the present list who received
ogntion in the 1906 table does not necessarily i'm
| ply that his game has deteriorated. With
| this has been the case, while with others absence
/ from important competitions has for the time be-
ing. least removed their names from the list of
/ eligibles.
| After several years of steady advancement Je-
rome d Travers, of Moptclair. has at last gained
! the goal His right to be placed at the head of
| the list will hardly be questioned anywhere. not
merely because he survived the crucial test-the
national tournament at Euclid last Juy-but be
cause in nearly a dozen other important compe-
ttions this dashing player proved beyond question
his exceptional ability
II has been said that all courses looked alike TO
Travers Although beaten occasionally, it is fact
that 'Jerurn'' scored some of his most credtable
victories acknowledged high class courses. such
Msopia and Baltusro He won twice over the
latter links the first time being in the New Jersey
Golf Association championship tournament. This
was held shortly after the metropolitan touIna-
ment at Nassau. where he duplicated his 1906 It 1t
of leading the field in the qualifying round, in ad-
dition TO winning the tournament
Other successes credited to the triple champion
Princeton. Wilmington. Morris County.
Nrontclair, Maplewood Brookine In addition
these Travers has broken several course records
during the last season. His IL at Glen Ridge In
the summer broke the best previous professional
well amateur figures and ii was only couple
of weeks that he reduced the amateur mark
for the difficult Dyker Meadow course to 49,
Although nearly prominent this year az
last II. Chandler Egan, of Exmoor. seems TO be
entitled TO second place. The national title holder
of 1904 and 1905 not at his best this year at
Cleveland. and right here it may be pointed OUT
that the Chicago entrants never likely 10 do
themselves justice in national tournaments until a
later date is selected Egan won the Western Golf
,fDtfa "a for tha m
In 1901 Egan thrtyfour out of forty-two
tournament matches. including the national In
! 1905 he both the national and Western titles
besides seventeen out OF eighteen tournament
matches. Out of fourteen public matches last year
Egan won all three. Like Travers. Egan has
all the shots. and when on his game nothing seems
too difficult His recoveries out Of trouble have
always been remarkable.
| Third place is due Walter ]. Travis. OF Garden
City, the only player who has ever won the anna
tour titles of Great Britain and this country lie
also appeared less frequently during the last sea-
son. but Of four tournaments the veteran won
first cups Garden City and Shinnecock He also
led the field In the qualifying round OF the nauoha
at Euclid. His latest achievement was TO iead
the metropolitan team victory for the third
time in the Lesley cup competition In Brookline
greatly improved player is Fred Herreshon
the far driving New Yorker. who won no less than
eight tournaments between early spring and lata
/ summer He began by winning at Pinehurst ana
followed this with triumphs at Virginia Hot SPRINGS
La Atlantic City In rapid succession
He won three tournaments at Ekwanok and then
practically gave UP active gof going INTO business
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win the metropolitan. especially after he defeated
Travis but HerreshoR had the misfortune to meet
Findlay s. Douglas when the latter was at his best
and the Garden City player lost on the home green
Eben n Byers. the Allegheny player. who won
the 1906 national title at Englewood. had mdirerent
success this season. He made a brave start py go
ing across and competing in the championship OF
Great Britain in the spring. only to lose In tie
first round He failed to get his game with the
wooden clubs and the same trouble handicapped
him at Cleveland. where he made piucky stahu
until he met Travers Later in the season bSeiS
dIsulayed better form at Watch Hill. where he won
1 an OMEN tournament He entitled 10 fifth place
| Next on the list comes ]. G. Anderson champion
J of the Massachusetts Golf Association This got-
| er's game has shown steady improvement Tor sew
eraI seasons and. in addition to winning the Aassa
chusetts title. he also scored successes AT sras
| Burn, where he made q thirty-slx-ho tecoiu VI
! ia and in the open tournament at Manchester-oy-
| the-Sea- 1900 nav.
made few appearances this year. In the ma
| tional he again distinguished himself by deieat-
ing Travis in extra hole match OUT iater ose los.
| Western Pennsylvania Golf Association was won
| by Fownes. ,
w / Rowland. tr.. the Chicago and Yale player. aver:
| snnaars To be deserving of eighth place. That
! he is a player of class is generally recognized.
| and his friends were not surprised "heh ne won
| the open tournaments at Onwentsia ana ~ nhohie.
| ne made a good showing in the intercollegiate
championship at Nassau, but lost to Ralph Peters,
| 1r. o.,.,,. ,r,.
| during 1906 FindIay Douglas Of Nassau. showed
! ths season that he must still be reckoned Will
| In his only tournament appear atec-'ii
politan-the Scot reached the final round against
| Travers The former also won his matches IN
| the Lesley cup contest.
Next comes Warren K. WOOD. that ddShihS
though somewhat erratic. Chicago youth. VINO
| made such a plucky stand in the national fie
omen tournament at GlenyfeW during tho
| summer Archie Graham, the North Jersey man.
| though unsuccessful in tournament golf this year
! again demonstrated his right to ranking oy
/ tho impressive manner in which he worked MS
way to the final round of the national Ills iohs
! game Is exceptional as ever
! Gilman p Tiffany of Powelton four times VIM
| NOR of the Hudson River Golf Association ute.
must be reckoned with In addition to winning me
| Hudson River championship. he led the amateurs
| in the Van Cortlandt Park tournament his oniy
| other apnearance at Deal, where ne had 10 &c
fauI- after qualifying Ellis Knowles resident OF
! Pensacola Fla. who playing from 1ale won .he
intercollegiate Golf Association title, Is also worthy
| of consideration. After him comes John M "alu
| the Fox Hills man, and winner OF the staten Isl
| and championship four occasions. While un-
| fortunate in open tournament play, Ward Is always
/ a hard man to beat -.
| n p. SAWYER: Of Chicago who comes next did
| out in the national. Sawyer is now In business
| and has little time devote to golf. Robert Alb
bott the Titanic driver from Planheid. Is entitled
| tn last place. His only tournament success was at
Deal last August In the intercollegiate he lost 10
Knowles.
| IT will be noticed that Anderson, Douglas. How
land Fownes and Knowles, who are rated this
time did not appear last years list, while w. C.
Chick Dwight Partridge. w. Z. Clune. jr, f. NJ
! Sherman and Walter Egan have been dropped. On
the present list are eight from the metropolitan
district four from Chicago. two from Pennsylvania
/ ono from Massachusetts and one from the South.
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