New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-10
BIG GOLF TOURNEY ON.
BYERS OFF HIS GAME.
TRAITS, Walter Egan and Herreshof
Lead the Big Field.

Cleveland. July AT the end Of the first half
OF the thirty-siX-hoe medal play qualifying round
or the thirteenth annual championship tournament
OF the United States Golf Association decided to-
day on the links Of the Eucd Club, three players
ued for low score at 70. They were Walter J
travis and Fred Herreshof, OF Garden City and
Walter Egan. Of Chicago Travers needed IS
The surprise of the day was the Indifferent work
OF Eben NJ ByeTs the ritle-holder. who returned
score of s. Early in his round the PIttsburg
man showed tendency TO top his iron shots lie
TOOK II going out and came bacl, in A.. His Gard
registered skies at the seventh eleventh and
ueehth noles the result OF indifferent third shots
AS IleSe are long holes. the loss was only sfrol,e
hoie lie really lost through weak uniting
Byers only had one his card and Tonight
speculation is rife 10 whether he will no atIa to
quarry The percentage Of scores under s. is
large 80 that & is apparent he will have 10 return
S,IusuaAy low score tomorrow IN order 10 come
iEithin the magic thiTty-two. Last wear over the
;-lee"ood course regarded more difficult than
Euchd' 40 proved 10 be the top score To o,aIIfy-
Indifferent playing ' -'S
me national tournament is a novelty here ana
consequently an unusually big crowd was on hand
70 watch the play The course was mora or Iass
congested. and many OF the naIrs racI,,-ea 80.
tnree hours 10 set round. OF the III original
Entries. 1O2 players started from the first tee
me nrst pair. consisting OF Daniel Clauncev. Of
ut. Llty' president OF the United States Golf
association, and J. A Ellen Of the P,ttsb,roy
fE1eId Club. drove of az o'clock. Although the
FORMER vas late arrival and had had no prac-
Eca ne returned an &c. II was good Wort. under
nc circumstances, ana probably accounted for the
smile Of satisfaction which lighted his feature. "a
we TOOK his place at the committees table later In
tfhs day. ' -
Weather conditions were ideal. there being little
fV no WIND to interfere with direction, while the
eobscured sky tempered the heat OF the s,,n Th;s
undoubtedly accounted for the long string OF low
As expected. Travers and H Chandler Egan car
RED the gallery. These young men regarded nv
many as the two foremost amateurs IN the coun-
try' had great driving battle and although Eean
ntee 20 choose between the pair to-day. First one
Going out, the Montclair player had an advan-
tsge OF two strokes his partner the cards
reading 81 20 SO. On the honeward Journey Trayers
took Il. the result OF e lost ball at the eleventh
hole and getting into the railroad track at the
seventeenth. AS # was. he returned 7S Egan
ting lacked steadiness- He finished in 70.
1t may be Sad that. as general thing. class
who were regarded sure 20 qualify made good
scores. So good was to-days play. in fact that
Sc looks as though Il would take a better
Than Is5 for the thirty-six holes qualify Thirty
two cards CT 81 or under were turned in. with ten
O. eg one Bosts For the course Is y and seven
players succeeded in beating that figure.
Close behind the leading trio were Ned Sawyer
of wheaton. the Western champion; w 7. West
of Philadelphia: Thomas N, Sherman. OF the sada-
Quada Golf Club. and ". T WhitteUore, OF Brook
tbe course in rs Harold Weber, OF Toledo; Charles
b Macdonald. Of Garden City; John NJ. Ward. Of
Fox HGls and Y. c. Fownes. OF oskront. had
20 each
Of ne th:rty-two scores Of 81 or better fourteen
were made by Western golfers, sixteen by Eastern
players and two by Canadians.
George s. Lyon, the Canadian. was an object OF
considerable interest It only last Saturday
that this Lambton player won the Canadian cham
ponship for the sixth time and as he went so well
yesterday there We're a number ready to pick him
as a likely winner. But the best he could do To-
day 81.
In getting his g the veteran Macdonald received
CONGRATULATIONS from many friends. After gradu-
atiag from the s.. Andrews university, IN Scot
land. hack IN the TOs, Macdonald 10 this
country. IT was ne who introduced the game 10
Chicago, before some OF those who competing
IN this tournament were born In 1895 Macdonald
the national championship title.
According the conditions the second nalf OF
the qualification round viii be played tomorrow.
The scores follow: