The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-04
Cities To Wake Fight
 For Southern Golf Honoys

Until a fe'- days ago it was conceded throughout the south that the golf play CTS of New Orleans had a better chance of winning the Southern Golf association championship and the low score prize at that event than those of all the other cities rolled together. In fact bets have been recorded all around tho south at even money, New Orleans against the field.
 But now comes the news that H. Cand Ter Egan, once amateur champion of America, and more than once western champion, is soon to move to Louisville to live. He will be employed in the of- flee of D. T. Goodwin, an official in the Southern Gold association, as well as the Louisville and Nashville railroad, and will represent the Louisville Golf club in the Memphis tournament.
 If this is the case the championship and the low score prize may safely be conceded to MT. Egan Barring Jerome Travers and Walter J. Travis he is un- doubtediy the best golfer in America to- day and should have easy sailing in the southern event.
 New Orleans chances of winning first honors are further lessened by the fact that Laurence Eustis, rlnner-up last year and three times low-score man, has been in the country since October, buying cot ton and has not played since then He will probably return to New Orleans in time to get a little practice before the championship and then make the trip to Memphis. though there is a probability that he may pass up the tournament en- tirely. This golfer made a great show ing in the western championship last year and then won several invitation | events around Milwaukee and Lake Ge- neya. With few months practice he | would be a stout contender.
 It will be no weak team, however, that New Orleans will send to the cham pionship. It will include the present champion, Nelson Whitney; former cham l pions, Leigh Carroll and Albert Schwartz i; and three other sterling players, William | E. Stauffer, William Stewart and R.. 1 H. Brooke.
 1 Whitney is playing a rattling good game l at present. After winning the southern championship in Atlanta last spring he l went to New London, Conn.,, where he | won several events. He has kept in the best of trim and barring Egan. seems to | have the best chance at the champion 1 ship. Stewart, Schwartz and Carroll are playing strong games and Brooke and Stauffer are greatly improved over last 1 year.
 With a team like this, New Orleans seems to have the best chance of any city of winning the team match at the coming championship. Four prizes are | s.I. | in connection with the qualifying round. | The scores of the four best performers from each club are taken and the team with the lowest aggregate gets the tro- phies.
 Last year New Orleans won, with an | avarage score for the four men-Eustis Whitney, Brooke and Stauffer-of slight ly more than S9 strokes. Then the teams came in the following order: Atlanta Birmingham, Houston, Nashville, Mem phis, Mobile and Little Rock.
 If Louisville sends down Chandler Fgan the Kentucky club ought to havt a loolS-in at the team prize. Charley Nel son, Rodman Crubbs and Ike Hillyer arc all likely to turn in low scores. The Atlanta team which finished second las year. can be counted out away from home It has but one good medal player F. G. Byrd-and aside from him vii not do much in the scoring line.
 Memphis, being on home grounds, vii have the best chance outside of New Orleans With large field of entries and with a half dozen class A performers the Bluff City ought to land as good al second Atlanta and Birmingham should scrap it out for fourth place.
 One of the best small teams at the tournament viii be that of Mobile. The Alabama club will probably send but four men, but they will be good ones. The four who arc now being counted on are | Clark. Monk. Horn and Talmadge. The last named will make his first appear | ance in the southern event at Memphis | though he has figured prominently in l the past in New Jersey events.
 Macon, Ga, will send tight little