The Washington herald., 1908-08-27
FOR PRO GOLF TITLE
Eighty-three Skilled Play
ers Meet at MyOpia.
FIVE AMATEURS ON THE LIST
Walter Travis Among Those Who
should Make strong Bid for the
National ChampiOnship Fourth
Time-Tournament Has Been De-
cided on Pretty Links Near Boston.

Boston. Mass. Aug. 8.-Eighty-three
exporents OF tried metal are engaged in
the fourteenth annual struggle for the open (
golf Championship. which is 10 be decided
over the 8Iycpia links. near Boston. to-
morrow and Friday. The list includes
The cream Of the professional ranks. If
one excepts Stewart Gardner. formerly
OF Garden City. and now al the ESmoor
Club. near Chicago. and at least i've
amateurs of those engaged who are posi-
blities for the amateur title 70 be bat
lied for next month
The amateurs are H W Beveridse. a
prominent -epresentative OF the Oxford
Cambridge Society member of the
Cinque-Portes Club. al Deal, England
Walter J Travis and T. NJ. Byers. both
former amateur champions. and H w
Wilder. the present HarvErd champion.
and J G. Anderson. the scratch man in
the Boston Association handicap list As
yet no amateur has been enrolled as an
open champion. the nearest approach 20
II being in 1872 al Garden City. when
Walter Travis. al Sl3. tied with stewart
Gardner for second place. SIX strokes be
hind Lawrence AuchrerIouie. and in 1905.
The last occasion The opan title was held
AT Mvcpia Nessrs- Travis and A g.
lockwood. who were the leading ANA
-eurs. tied for eleventh place. thirteen
strokes behind Willie Anderson. the win
ner. a position which would indicate
three strokes O. round difference between
-ne LEADING professional and amateur or
thorough hIv representative course
Al-E0uE- lIr. Travis forte is medal
u-a-. chief interest as regards the ANA
-er-S VIII be rh- relative positions Of
The Garden City veteran. Il. ". Bever-
l5se. r. NJ Bye-s. and r. H Wilder
The last named. who has Yet 20 be seen
az a meeting in The Metropolitan district
is uncu-sri1rah'v an eEc=pUoDaly hue
PLAYER and Judging from his deeds
around Boston. he has psuchant for
medal PLAY He has been responsible
for many fue returns 51 score play com
petitions. b-- probably his best e1rorJ
was ln the recent Massachusetts open
champ pi--sE5p- ar Er1ls---e. when be l1-
=shed ffrl with the fine score Of S+ for
r-e Eve rounds The Harvard man is
strongly fz1c-=5 by the Boston contin-
gent 70 lead The fourteen amateurs en-
gagged
Strength of the Pros
Turning n the deeds Of the profession
a-aa a..aa- .-- aa.a-E
r.-nship has been held al Nyopia- The
frsc occasion. in lS7S The course was IN
an incomplete condition and the greens
we're such that -F-=5~ Herd. -1e winner
owed his victory In great measure 90 de-
pending on his uasEie in lieu OF his put
ter He led with the appalling score OF
s-S or 81 per round That the condition
Of the links did not then warrant a meet
ing Of such Importance being held over IL
IS shown by the fact that Alec Smith
was second. with SO. Willie Anderson
third with c5 and Willie Smith fifth
with ST. an average Of S. Since Herd S
success -lU= has worked wonders. and
for the last three 0- four years lIZcQla
has been accepted. not only as the best
links in The country. but as one OF The
best anywhere
In 1911 1Iyouta vas again the scene and
that IL Still lacked the polish requisite for
q classic links was evident when Willie
Anderson and Alec Smith tied ar GsI for
f-zt place and the former won the play
Of wiki a round Of s. figures which in
these DAYS would be s-ofed al by a pro
f-=sio1ai of ordinary proves
-Four years later the struggle for The
title was again ar Lvopis- and this time
putting greens. fair green. everything i-
fact was i- apple pie order Willie An
G=-s71. with 1-4 an average cr 80. again
led the field. and incidentally his fourth
Championship leading his old rival Alec
smith. hv TWO strokes The victory was
q memorable one. as al the end Of the
15rsr day Anderson with Isl was five
strokes behind Alec smith and Stewart
Gardner. and tied 1r~ eighth place n
the last Two rounds however. the dasli1E
OlWe-tsia professional emphasized his
reputation as golfer of determination as
vel as h-illizncy under pressure 5y reg
isrerins IS and .. or l55 for the third and
fourth rounds
A1de-s1n's two ether victories were
gained respectively at BaItus-oT and GIe-
View At the former be tied for first place
at 517 with David Brown. winner Of ths
British championship at Nusseiburgh
nearly thirty years ago Anderson on tni.
occasion again saved JLe-day by a brilliant
sp-lnt ol the Eomeward Journey Of the
last round
After getting into all kinds Of diff
culties AT the short ninJh-a par three
he holed out in nine. In the meantime
David Brown had finished his four round.
and Anderson knew he had to come hous
IN S ~ ne. and he stamped himself as one
CT The best uphill players living by ac.
couplishLrE IL
AAAnfe Tor a hecOEu-
No other professional has Won III,
American title more than once. and
should the sturdy Orweutsian prove in
T-Dc-bis this week. he viii stand alone
IN the history Of modern golf as fv.
times winner Of an open charupionshfu
Harry NardCn James Braid. and J. II
Taylor boastinE the distinction OF hefrz
four times British rF-ar7r7o-7e 17--- Cd, "a,
a dfth victory has been denied them all
Other winners Of the championship en-
Eased in to-day-s struggle are Ho-ac.
Rawlius. first In ISe5 az Newport Joe
Lloyd. first in ISaI 1T Wheaton,. when h.
beat Anderson. then ID yourgste-- O,
eighteen a stroke Willie smith. frs
AZ Baltimore in IS9e- Lawrence A--rl7.
te1lonie, first az Garden CITY N 1esa
alec smith first at Cnweutsia il 1905
and "Alec' Ross. winner last wear A. N.
Philadelphia Cricket Club links.
Apar- from Willie Anderson the -ros-
dsshinE and most finished PLAYER fq T-ob
ably Willie Smith whose sofourn in 7Te,-
leo CITY for the last four years has baf
no arect on the fascinating crisp1ess c-
his sclr That he IS in his game is man
fest from his exhibition last week OF
the Naumbek Links. al Jefferson. y H
where, finishing up with s.. he led :
Held including 4 H Barker. Alec smith
AID Jack" Hutchinson.
e r. Barker. VINO has been engaged
ar Garden City since the beginning Of III.
season Is a new addition 10 the ranks
Regarded as the best amateur I'm York
s-lre, England. and former holder of m,
Yorkshire amateur rnpionship. the bes
-ne one mas on his capabilities is the fac
Ia he raHa q 2