The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-23

catch the characteristic. the a~tmosphefe
as IL wore, of the ideal holes. In 1905 the
open championship gem had this fno setting,
and In the coming contest for the .g9iing
full. for the turf IL three years older and
consequently q degree more velvety. The
distances are: Out: 24o. f66. $50. $50. 4oS,
240. 405, 4S6, I40-2.o70; In: os6. $40, 420.
$40. $50. 500. 28s. $50. s4o-s,27o. The circuit
Ia Of $40 yards.
and conformation Of b ground on. the
seventy-two holes are considered. there
have been tics In two American open cham
pionships, To suggest such an ending this
year would be as foolhardy, a to wager
one could find a needle 10 q haystack. yet
as the grade OF skill 10 closer than 10 used
to be n might fancy the consummation
more apt TO happen than before. fet 1t
would not be wise to back the Oh change.
The first tie was In 1901 at Myopia. VIII
of; the second In 1908 at Baltlsrol. IL was
one OF the most interesting finishes In the
records Of American golf. David Brown. q
Scot who was the British open champion Ia
1885. had bobbed up from No Man,s Land
s ths a I'd ss%s .s sso % w &li ke Andersen. as b :
ginning the last eighteen holes. the latter
being then two strokes to the good. Ander-
son had the prize In his pocket. but as q
result Of bad luck and bad temper he took
nlUo HOT Jnt IAI U hitltu oiV VIZ tAio
playon, which was at eighteen holes. An
dersen won his third title.
There has not been a pronounced rivalry
between West and Fast since 1893, when
the members OF the Washington Park
oiubmaker and XIeck Smith, fresh from
Carnoustie with a great reputation, as
professional. A couple Of the members
came to Myopia to get some bets down.
They backed the two Warrington Park
Herd. although a brother Of the famous
Aleck Herd. was not thought to be in the
race. Yet the dark horse won and Herds
unexpected success changed the dismal
faces Of the C~hioagoans, who were "a serious
looking as owls after Smiths defeat. into
professionals has broken up the sectional
rivalry that existed in the early years.
and indeed the fittings Of the amateurs
have helped to do the same and to create an
G. b: Macdonald won he first amateur
championship from the Chicago Golf Club
and for years played as O Westerner. but
now he Is a pillar Of the Garden City Golf
bad ha5 been En- Ct the sn, Pitt sas Country C dh,b
Of Rye before engaging three years ago
with the aristocratlo Onwentsia Club Of the
Chicago group. with a winter berth at the
st. Augustine Country Club. Stewart
CafQlnef TOO, the lHl BOn Oh lIoOu,.
was for ten years at the Gardep City Golf
Club before going in 1908 TO the Exmoor
(In.) Country Club. There will never be a
revival Of sectional rivalry until our homo
breds come to the fore, IL they ever do.
Three Englishmen have won the OPEN
Horace Rawlins, who opened the dance In
1895; Joe Lloyd of Manchester, Mass, and
Pau, France, in 1897, who then beat Will
Anderson. q boy In q round jacket. by one
stroke, and Harry Vardon. All the Others
to win have been Scots by birth, OF whom,
however, Viii Anderson and Aleck Ross,
the titleholder, never played In q com
petition before coming to the United States.
They came over as mere Kids, and Rawltns
was as youthful when he won at the New
port Country Club.
There are the money prizes. ranging
from $500 to $40. The winner also gains
q gold medal and he receives the custody
Of the championship cup on which his
name Is inscribed. for the year. In 1902
for the first time the rubber cored ball
was used, and the following table reveals
how it enabled the professionals to lower
their scores. just as the bicycle sulhy
brought about the smashing Of the old
trotting and pacing records. Before 1893
the competition was at thirty-si holes
only, now 1t Is at seventy-two holes. There
were eighty-two entries last year, which
is the average number. The champion
ship table: