The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-20
BLUE RIBBON OF GOLFING
OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP on THIS
WEEK At ENGLEUOOD.

UEEk AZ ENGLEV OOD.
,AIean Match and -Four Ball Competition
10 Precede the Big Event-Profes
slonals to Gather from All Parts o
the United Statcs-TOm Nardon In
Professional golfers will be most con
fspicuous in American goIng this week
for besides the open championship Of thu
United States on Thursday and FRIDAY
there is q team match. East VS.. West. and @
four ball competition for pairs made up of al
amateur and a profess onal. All the play
will be over the course of the Englewood
Golf CLUB, which has been s~tifened up witt
fresh hazards and made still more relvety
90 putting greens since Eben Marshal
Byers won the amateur championship there
in 1905.
The two competitions to precede it viii
serve 20 get the professionals or edge fol
their great blue ribbon contest. To wiz
or TO be in the money-there are ten places
IN MS more to them than the actua
hash. Reputation. for there is nothing
ssfhore successful than success. comes with
1.-THE gaining OF the title or OF q minor place
Esrd Fthe professional who is so fortunate
njs in demand to las out new links, play ex-
Ekihition matches and TO cosch beginners III
sfhe game. aside from whatever bonuses
shemay CLEAN from makers Of golf balls or
l~iubs. The winner receives 500. a gold
medal and the custody tor one year OF the
= ohcmpio ushtp cup, second. $3.50; third, sl?5
4icurth, slco; 9th. $50, sixth, SO; seventh,
$50. eighth. $40. ninth. $50, and tenth, s2S'
An amateur receives the value of any prize
won in plate.
There seems TO he no chance of a home
bred professional carrying of the title, a
taoonsummstion that would make the wight
,. famous in the game But as II happens
our best amateurs are better than our best
professionals Our open championship dates
% the same wear a. the amateur and for
ihree years they were played az the same
iournament. the open then being OF only
ihrty-six holes. The Young Englishman.
Though he has since remained here,
eHorace Rawlins, won - 1895 at Newport.
lind in 1856 the'pSpfessional OF the Chicago
Golf Club. James Forlis won the title over
The course at sh!nnecock Hills. He is a
SCOT nd one OF three brothers who have
done we'll in the Chicago district Joe
LLOYD Won In 1897 AZ tho Chicago Golf Club,
the year Willie Anderson made his bow
s 9Ha he H II frst tine ilee1ns;thened to seventy
tvo holes and PLAYED on dates separate
Sr2rn the amateur
AIeck Smith had, come over to the Wash =
LrFton Para Golf club Chicago. as pro
t ssE9l. ,b for HsF T. a had f6SsSsmnaP6 ur nh c'S up
ne C~arnoustle and other scotch courses
= 9ompetitions bfft0te Ealing and the s9 9Sd
,a a4s sssSH SoE "a E ap r.. Be- S,1 III ESsssFp rs, e :
Asvsd Their bacon, Tor the winner proved
70 be Fred Herd WIG 10 hi Own surp Tyfe
sea; OF H. or NJ, pI9 }No T3iv pt9y eTneC MsdI
: NJ Enslewood, won a SPLENDID VICTORY in
.Gsea al the Balrimore Country Club 1t
.TTs sS g S was f.s ~ and a5:pJ J i TayloP second
Willie Andersen va. n1piaeeG; me ohIy
rlayer and his tall down on this occasion
oas due 70 pressing ~ he endeavor 70
smother the ,yo v~.s!.ors always a hazstd.
Anderson case provocative % Two poor
f5iss that spoiled MS chances
e tol ESQ., with liter AI e5iy'E .mi f he Fl a as SisA year
L "a zee e. ABB sl.St?"i ss T2n 9 e 5eF qsde G:ty
~ taking niIe for tie short ninth hole, q
.nss si 81 i bsSid G sroMa Al ST. e. 'WSS i!Iie D 9ndsr a
son won the P!ayoa.. held in he rain; Tbs
and also at Myop!a. in, 1905 The other win,
ners have been A!eck Smith a. onwentsia
s,. i. %ie;c XII ROSS es9f h The Wg htls Sst?s ssf eFiaR e;
{ Club in 1907. the occasion when John Hobens
Sad a hole in one stroke, and last year when
&c. Fred Noieod OF Myopia was he
-r,nner. This il a table OF the %yinnins
.rares and rIorn.
.a - a.. c,,, uo,, ,.,,,..
,,sSnor; F0'' ''" o'"' wa Ae""n'
GsdEo"sAnneco,t YIN. All Club. r,r.s rop,,s
i~seTSChicnso col. Club. Joe L.,oyd. H,sex. 1872
I isJs-Myopia Hunt Club, F Herd, Washington
/ PARK. g..
as~s,lHno'e cogn'gy club w, Smith, Md.
I, 5olhtan. SIS.
500 alcaEo Go!: c!ue; Harry Ns'ton, Eng
!sna: "3 &c. 49,
lS4-5yori nun lug " Ahae'son il!t:'