The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-19

Andrews course IL now the hardest to score
over IhGt there Ii for. owing 10 the, ne1e
hazards, James Braid won the open cham
pionship there with 9ls three years ago.
Before the changes j, H. Taylor won the
open with 800 in 1900. But the course viii
not faze the American. for Byers is as
straight as an arrow in his full shots and
brilliant On the short game: II will oe the
twenty-second playing Of the British anna
teur championship, and. except when
Walter J. Travis won in 1904 the cup has
never left the tight little kingdom There
Is no qualifying round and there will be
over a hundred players, James Robb, a
native OF st. Andrews, IL the ~titlehoider'
while A. c.. Barry. his predecessor, is also
OF that ~bailiwick. 1t is 20 to 1, so strong
IL the field, against any one naming the
winner. Besides Byers. F. Oden Horstman.
Il. q. Stevenson and possibly other Ameri-
cans will start.
American golfers have arranged TO cross
the border in force this season. Some time
ago A. w. Austin, president Of the Lambton
Coli Club Of Toronto, Canada, conceived
the idea OF having a team from the states
pay the Canadian clubs a visit during the
summer Of 1908. He finally, through A;
W.. ~Tillinghast Of Philadelphia. extended
q cordial invitation to spend two weeks
there this present season. -
The plan IL To have ten or a dozen well
known amateurs cross the border and take
part IN at least four team matches, Matches
are 10 be played with h Lambton Gou
Club, Toronto Golf Club. Rosedale Golf
Club and Hamilton Golf Club. These
AFFAIRS will occupy the visitors the hrst
week.
Following this will come the annual
open on the Lambton links.
The first day will be devoted to a team
match. singles and foursomes, and then
all the visitors start in the tournament
proper. In the Lambton tourney a year
ago Tillinghast reached the final round, only
to he defeated by Fritz Martin.
When Tillinghast received the invitation
to get up q team he had his doubts, but he
soon found that the amateurs responded
readily. Among those who have expressed
a willingness TO make up the party are
Jerome D. Travers OF Montclair the metro
politan champion; Fred Herreshof OF Gar
den City, the in~terscholastio title holder;
/ Archie Graham, the New Jersey champion;
DIR. ID. p. Fredericks OF Oil City, Harold
| Sands OF Aiken. George Lafferty OF the
Chevy Chase Club and Howard W. Perrin.
W, p. Smith and George A. Crump OF Phila-
delphia.
1t has also been learned that the Cana
dams are anxious TO bring about a reaump--
ton OF the team matches. with the United
States Golf Association. which were annual
| features about a decade ago. There has
already been considerable correspondence
on the subject between the two bodies
and 1t was thought that a committee TO
represent the U. S.. g. A. would be APP;
pointed. As yet. however, no official
action has been taken. Al any rate it is
quite possible that the coming friendly
clash will be the means Of getting the two
associations TO make these team matches
annual events.
The exact time for the departure OF the
Americans has not as yet been determined,
but IL will either be the latter part Of July
or early in August. Prominent among
the Canadian amateurs are George y
Lyon, runnerup to Z. M. Byers in the ma
tional championship at Englewood last
summer; Douglas Laird. formerly at Prince
ton, and Fritz Martin. who learned TO play
In Scotland.