New-York tribune., 1908-08-31

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Me,isanle Edward. Trance. Hillside ard DICK
Isciier.
Professional golfers and. be IL said, amateurs as
WELL added little 70 the regulations at tae foo'
teenth national open golf championship tournament
at Ai,ctia last week When q of go Is re
quired by The leaders the close follower oa ne
game is compelled 10 accept enc OF two CAUSES
for az, exf,snation-eiher the quality of gotl 1hf-
,aished by contestants not UP to the stand
ard or else the which the cornpetitlSn
wac ilell is sncommony difficult. IT only requires
cursory glance 10 show tbas the field contaii's"
the cream OF the professionals on this sde oi i'ss
Atlantic OF the seventy odd pros who .fed hP
on Thursday morning many had liz earlier ciafn-
pionshps and open events this season retuiiAe' ~
serenty-two hole totals of 800 and better! AZ is
therefore evident that the course-likewise the ee
ments-had much to do with this years raihe-
high totals Since the experts last struggled i''
national bonors over the hills and dales of Msopid
something like one hundred traps have been added
That means trouble, especially IL player happens
to be a trife off in direction In most cases pau
holes the part of the favor1fes could ne i'aSeu
to faulty direction, the latter being due In no sai
degree TO the half gale of wind that prefaiieo
throughout The two days of the tournament Since
these national open championships have eolisis'eu
of eerenty-txo holes eleven tournaments nave pes-
rlayed and II is a matter of record that on ONLY
three occasions has the winning total neeh i'io
then 3ee shis years figure
When the open was decided at Myopa IN isr'
VIII Anderson with 31l in the opinion VI os
Of the contestants who returned from hos'on ies'
night the many alterations have WORKED NOR y" "
than good to the famed Myopia links his e'ii.e'
t,on IS that traps have been placed where 'hes
should be and that the width oil the fSi ns
has been iessened TO unnecessary nesiee -,
did hesitate TO say that, taking ~ sh " o.,
weather included. o championship field haa neNe
been confronted with more difficult scofihe p'opo
sifion either here In Great Britain
Although his name is new among the hauohai
open winners. Fred Mcleod has been steaciis iois
ing 10 the front ever since he came 10 inns co'"
fry &c an amateur from North Berwick some four
wears ago Last season he won the Western open
title and this year missed it by stroke All tmiss
considered he played sound golf, Wili smith, VINO
lost TO Mcleod In the piay-off on Saturday comes
from, Carnoustie which has for generations peeh
nursery of golfers He will return TO his sun
scorebed links at Mexico City with the reaii@a-
ton that his long journey was not IN 'ain' eNe''
though the glory went to another
The amateurs made sorry SHOWING vi tns
thirteen who started bravely the first day, ell
save four were compelled to drop out at the enc Oh
the first thirty-six holes. In the list Oh staI.eiS
were Walter j. Travis OF Garden CITY, aho rpeh
NJ Byers of Pittsburg, a pair of former chai
pions. Travis did manage TO hnlsh twenty -,ou :, -
on .he list but Byers never showed piomnehtiy- IL
would seem as if the same wide gult "hch sepo
rated the professionals from the amateurs III .iis
country decade ago has diminished put niue uui-
ing that span of years incidentally, America has
vet to prove its right claim single profess'oidi
worthy of a ranking in the same class WIN eo
big four the other side
The victory of William A. Larned, last year 3
champion. over Beas c. Wright in the challenge
round of the national lawn tennis tournament d.
Neuporr on Saturday not unexpected
Iarned is handicapped in tournament Play py III
exnlicable siu:nps his form, but when tie man
who urou the national title for the fourth time is
wing at his best IL probable that no player the
world has produced could beat him. The amazing
hrilliancy OF his play reinforced by SURPRISING
knowledge of the game, and by court generaishp
or :be highest order If the champions determine
,fon moi to go to Australia with the Davis Cup
team is final Americas chances Of recovering that
coveted trophy will be materially reduced and 1t is
earnestly hoped that he will be able SO to arrange
his fusness affairs that he make the trip.
The national tournament this year was uhouly
proonged as a result OF the storm that swept uie
Atlantic coast last week. but aside from TINS III
furnished some splendid sport Class as lhai-
Gated by the rankings, prevailed, and was spieh-
didly vndicated in the semi-finai. hnal ana chai-
lenge rounds Wright showed some unsteadiness
throughout the tournament, having undue difficulty
in winning some of his early matches. He is
der was a sterling performance If America can
not have I.arnea, Wright and Alexander are de-
eide5lv the next for the Davis Cup team,
and the committee showed fine judgment in select
inc the two men who eventually reached the final
rornd of such a bitterly contested tournament.
HERBERT.