The San Francisco call., 1909-09-19

Golfers Play
POrtOIa Week
Presence of Five Famous Smith
Brothers viii Be Feature
of Great Tourney

The greatest golf tournament ever
held west of Chicago win take place
during Portola week on the links of
the San Francisco golf and country
club at Ingleside. The cream of the
professionals of the United States will
strive for the professional champion
ship of the Pacific coast. together with
the best professionals on this coast.
This has been made possible through
the generosity of the Portola COM
mittee, which granted the sum of
$1,000 to pay. the expenses of such
we'll known champions as George Sar-
gent. present United States champion
Fred McClod, Alexander Smith and
Willie Anderson. former champions.
and III. II. Barker, the well known
English player. on condition that the
golf players raise $4,000 for prize
money.
There will also be held a grand
amateur tournament, which carries
the title of ''Portola amateur cham
pion. The entry for this will eclipse
any former amateur tournament held
Will be presented by Hammersmith &
Co, and the runner up cup by Shreve
& Co. In addition there will also be
prizes for the semifinalists and a cup
for the best gross score in the quail
The tournament will start Wednes-
udN, OCTOBER IL, Wnen the amateurs
and professionals will play &c holes
medal play. Sixteen men of each class
are to qualify. The professional hav-
ing the best score for the S6 holes
be prize of $50 for. the best single
round and seven prizes of SIS for
other seven qualifying.
Thursday the first and second rounds
will be played by match play of Is
holes. while Friday and Saturday will
be devoted to semifinals and finals of
36 holes.
The winner of the championship
will receive $3.50. while the runner up
will receive $500 and the two semi
finalists $500 each.
other former champion. is also ex-
pected to take part, so that there will
be presented the unique feature of
five brothers playing. in the same
competition. which in itself will make
the tournament notable. Alexander
and Willie Smith have both won the
times and are known wherever the
game of golf is played. The golfers
on this coast believe, however, that
George and young Mcdonald Smith OF
Claremont can hold their own with
their more celebrated brothers. Jim
Smith of San Rafael. the fifth member
of the family, is also an excellent
player, but has not had the experience
of his elder brothers. 1t is an in
teresting fact that the father of the
Smiths acts as green keeper at Clare
1lOnl
John Black. the Ingleside profess
sional will carry the confidence of
the San Francisco club members. and
as the competition takes place on his
own course he has a slight shade on
the other local professionals. Coming
to the eastern champions, Freddie Nc
Clod of Midlothian will take a lot of
beating, especially as the champion
ship is decided by match playing
Willie Anderson is another great
player and one who may be relied on
TO give a brilliant exhibition of the
game.
George Sargent, the present cham
pion, is new star in the golfing world.
He was formerly assistant to Harry
Vardon and until last year was hardly
known to the golfing community.
H. H Barker, the celebrated English
player, was formerly an amateur and
won the open Irish amateur champion
ship before being appointed profess
sional to the. famous Garden City club
of New York.
Under the careful tuition of John
Black the green's at Ingleside are
getting into fine shape. The profess
sional record is 20. by John Black.
but this is expected to be beaten.
The amateur record is held by c. ID.
Whyte of the San Francisco club. 20.