The sun., 1908-12-20
RANKING or TIE GOLFERS
TRdvERS, NATIONAL AND NEW
JERSEY CHAMPION, FIRST.
sixteen VINO Form Representative All
America Team-New YeFk, BEE.
ton, Chicago. PittsbaPB. LOUISVILLE
and New Orleans RepPesented,

anu NcW VItesHs bepFete0te0
10 rank the golfers this year 10 a more
man ordinarily complex task. for with the
exception Of Jerome ID. Travors In the
amateur and New Jersey ohamplonshlps ps
the other titleholders Of consequence have
al been beaten. Even Travers could NOT
rsaeat in the Metropolitan Sieif Association
,hsm pionship, for after being 9 UP with
charles A. seeiy 10 the morning he lost his
chance to gain the title for the third year
on tho thirty-eighth hole. Another factor
II that this has been Q record year for large
nelds at tournaments and for fine first ap-
pearances by youngsters. At lawn tennis
here is an Official ranking committee, and,
while no such mandatory rating is needed
IN football or golf. the lack Of one permits
an individual opinion on the matter This
has been done In The SUN since 1901 The
rayers chosen for the FIRST sixteen In each
season may be regarded as very capable
Of touring In this country or abroad as an
AtI-America team.
To win the score medal or first cup at q
batch Of tournaments is not always recon-
mendation Cor the selected division, for
Iasuy who head the lists at summer or
winter resort compositions are In reality
only mediocre players. The value of the
course as a test Of golf and the quality not
only ol tnb 0utT huto Uut Ot tuOS0 uoio6toO
BY the person under consideration must
the merit Of . tournament win. To gain a
final through the easy end" of a draw does
not count as much as to force ones way
through the hard half" On the other
hand, after three very hard matches for
. player to lose In the fourth round to one
who Is keyed up after three easy victories
il to tighten the pains OF defeat. Many
more such points must be regarded In study
ing golnng form"
There is no question of the right Of Ira
vcrs to head the list, as he did last year.
Although beaten as . stripping In the ANA
teur championships of 1908. 'o4. '05 and 'os
7rAvers has gained ability through the hard
treadmill of experience. and since his vic
tory In the NJ. @. A. championship Of teo6
he has been the foremost golfer In the ccun-
try. Cnauestionably should Travers 20
oMuirhed this spring for the British cham
pionshp and be on his game he would be q
most worthy representative OF the Stars
and Stripes. On his path to the retention
OF the national title this fall at Garden City
he bearded the lion by defeating Walter j..
Travis on his homo course by . and at
thirty-six holes. Travcrs won the Hunting
don Valley and Morris County tournaments
this season. also the Montclair championship.
The assault on the Montclair record. which
had been 70 when Travers Joined that club
last year. has resulted In triumphant es.
and with q midiron he has recently done
the course In II.
There Is no question this season that W.
J. Travis Is to be placed second and over
II, Chandler Egan. who has led him in the
rating for three years. for the latter has
not done himself Justice. 1t was not that
Caesar nodded, for when all Is considered
Fgan played very we'll indeed, and only the
two terrible T's may be put above him.
During the winter and until May Is Egan
studied stenography in Chicago at night
school and had no goH whatever. He
took a position then in q railroad Office at
Louisville and moved to that city, working
FIVE nights week overtime on account or
q rush In getting up new tarin. This
kept up until october and prevented Egan
coming to the amateur championship.
l.. ID. latter part Of May he went to Memphis
for the Southern Golf Association cham
plopship TO please Louisville friends. He
roa the score medal with TO- but y N.
Whuney beat him in the final. ~Thinkine
better e lose his titls by defect than s!n;S tS
tssociation championship, where J. 2.
edy. on his home course, beat him out.
@ yon shs IA 1Isys Ss r.Senss bS Ssatns az
siy up In a match at louisville. and
ssa has lowered the record there to OF.
with ruidlron doing a 7o
rom s Se.h eransns sSs nstSns ana ns
Sna"aonshBB:i Sna Is as BsitSsre sSas Wss not
l sailed as Gsdsn sis end hs but drsM sth susa ies
sve rounds as Chad Sawyer, Wilder. T. NJ.
Sherman. and Trayers the week was too
Gg fer him Ard srx the ne shoes ss Trnvs
No6 the tournaments at Apawamis. Essex
soanty, Ssss.; Garden tfiE, Nassau q, and
Poland SpTinGs. he beat Wider oy ~ !, up
Poland sprinEs. kept w. G. Chick from win,
ring out 6y third victory ths much y n cSvsssd
So" eue Or ,ns Sss rsssredf 1sss af asaep Snd y
III il. M Il. Wider T probs bly, Is the best golfer
Harvard may claim since the under @ gradoatSS
Ihe fourth place is due 70 him: He is the
iptercollegiate champion. as Egan was IN
bis day, and he much s. rssepbiess n en- nm IN N
fsy fiy IN aaf NATIONAL s COLT In the amateur cham
Eiohship Wilder hsd Travis q down with
!, to go, but he ,w9s strisksn with cramps
susnsnded for some ipfautes, ne play ed
vearily after that until the advGn!sEe had
heen lost. but at this jnncture Wilder pc;
,ruYis 10 the forty-irst hole--the longest
,hampionship contest on the American
Looks-before being beaten. Returning TO
rnti the eve Of the Lesley. cup match ot
Garden City, aud here. Travis beat him ny
: aud /. Later in the month Wilder was In
GOOD health and he played his game during
the intercollegiate championship.
la the intercollegiate Wilder tied ior
10 medal with j, ". Soe besides gaming
'ns, title. He won the Country Club spring
ner up TO Fuller In the Massachusetts, cham
ptonsnip and to Travis. after being up
7t the turn, In the Essex county tourna-
nsnt. Also to be selected are j. q. ANGER
>on and Warren X. Wood. although neither
.ualifed for the. amateur ohampionshipad
Considerable success In the Massachusetts
orrnaments and made record OF e ~
Essex county, while Wood won the North
nd South title at Pinehurst and ior his
e Rarsoe Sa 5fSsds ana a fcr
Iindlay s. Douglas needs no introduc;;
,on to the list. He won the LakewIoGfa "a
records had II for dificult Apawamis. IS
At Yountakah and ~ over Fairfelds new
eighteen holes; Fred Hsrreshonv vant 2 w,nt
.,hampionship but he was runner up nosa
times to Dou uglas at Lakewood, HIS game
IL most brilliant In streaks and y sustained
lor any tournament would win from al
hands. Herreshof -s always Dell ghted
% follow In a match, for he pulls on shots
beyond the powers OF any but tne ionhg,,ss g,ns
ss TO read Shakespeare by flashes OF light
ming"
E. NJ. Byers, winner OF the Western
Pennsylvania amateur championshlp as
IN 1905, Is again rated. aud also W. 2. Fownes,
T., although not playing much after ne won Won
The Atlantic City sprfn g tounament Mason
phelpu Waafarn cha nnion and Kenneth