Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19
Golf Honors
Are Divided
Among Many
As the Season Advanced New Ap-
plicants Took the Lead in
Winning.

NEW YORK Dec. lS-Ths end Of anoaher
competitive golf season finds no one per
son enjoying q monopoly OF honors. Early
In the sumner George Sargent sprRng a
sensation BY winning the national open
championship title but since then the
Briton has been compelled to acknowledge
frequent defeat Then there was Robert
Gardner. the Yale pole vaulter. who went
through classy field Al Wheaton and won
the amateur title. Prior 70 this Achieve
ment the Chicago youth did little TO pre-
pare one for the surprise In fact. 70 make
use Of the phrase. he was a field choice
in the pool when the match play began.
II was the same in the principal com
petition heresbout Walter J. Travis began
Auspleiously BY winning chief cups at At
lantic City and Garden City. and \ little
later the Metropolitan championship over
the Apa~sEIis links. s4i1os tfssz. however
the Garden City veteran has been brushed
aside right and left Practically the only
golfer wearing a double crown Is Alec
Smith the wykagyl professional who won
the eastern title at ScazsdAle and supple
mented this by gaining the Metropolitan
open" over his home green Smith proved
somewhat Of disappointment in the Ma
tional open" ana he also failed TO gather
Portola series sf togrnaments.
Then there wee Willie Anderson. the
four-times National title holder, who after
barely getting into the money at Engle-
wood returned TO St Louis for few weeks
and then went TO Skokie and won the
Western open with the phenomenal score
Of SS for seyenty-two holes. Anderson s
record now embraces four Western titles
20 say nothing Of several Southern
/ II has been said that the east Is sadly
kicking in promising young material and
while this Is true to a certain extent ths
defect would not have been nearly 81
apparent had that great amateur, Jeroms
d. TravsrE. been able 10 do himself Jus
tiee- The champion Of 1907 and last yea
got a poor start on the other side in tn.
spring. and since reruraing 10 these shore.
his Indulgence IN the game has been o.
a desuitOry nature Anyhow. at no tins
during the past season has he shdkvn nj,
tue firm. consequently his name hns I,
appear as a tournament winner, making ths
/ first time in five years that this ha.
hsppsned-
BESIDES Gardner amateurs thar s.ant
elose 10 the top are Charles Evans. jr
the western champion: Albert Seckel. IN
Intercollegiate title holder. and H chandIe
Egan- There are many who believe tha
had Egan not been taken III he woult
have beaten Gardener in the decisive mattel
o. the last National tournamsnt However
Egan is the same great player, greater
in fact than during his reign as Nationa
champion in 1904 and ls0s.
The visit Of Miss Dorothy Campbell
woman champion Of Great Britain, re
suited in the championship on this sid
being won for the first time by a foreigl
player. Had the North Berwick lassie no
ura6s the trip the title would have change
hands anyway. as Miss Kate Harley. las
years winner. failed 70 display her old
4 time form. Mss 3. Adams dld exeeeed
tFgly well to win the eastern and III
Massachusetts, titles. When Il comes I
team matches IL is worth mentioning tha
the Metropolitan district forces won III
Griscom cup among the women aud Ia
Leslie cup among the men