New-York tribune., 1909-12-26
WHO'S WHO In GOLF
R.4NhTNG FINDS EG1N
1T THE TOP.
.lmatow Champion Placed
Sirfh an Honor Roll for.
the Year.
BANKING OF THE GOLFER THls
YEAR AMI LAST.
the Year.

ie-l NJ. tycrs- ls-f. n Seelr
WIKI ths dawn of = new year rapidly ap-
rros golfers have leisure 10 delve into
80 nast Cor q hrief period 20 look over the
Hst @: amateurs who did their part toward
waking Ise sof history and. II possible. 10
sft the vhe6t from the chsa TIE task
~ selecting tho leading sixteen PLAY ers a.
WAYS has been aud must ever he. not on,
dnnic-,' but open % criticism However. "a
1oss student of form VII have little dif-
f--lty in selecting the frst half dozen.
s'-hough placing them In order In tho ab-
ssuCe of en- o6fcisl rsuug must, OF course.
-smain entirely a matter nj personal opin-
tor
ne placing 81 he amateur champion
70 bound 20 be q delicate undertaking. but
a. The judgment of the writer. ss well - of
rary other students of the game II takes
more than q championship 90 determine n
r.s~sr-s true value. Consequently. Robert
A Gardner. the title holder. rs placed sixth
or tire list
o rs only necessary 20 mention the name
rgH chandler Egan 10 cause lovers -
n
10 pss rlsce1 third 70 Jerome T. TraVers
srd walter = Travis. Iravers Lad won
ths national championship twice IN success
..oa besides proving his worth iu various
cfhrr cor,prufive events. Furthernore. the
rsN -or-uerleut season vas practically a
lauE ro EEsu. whose business kept him
or .e rrk~ most of the time but when
ever Hs played during TIE last Y~ar the
TA~rrr man proved that he vas the EEan
ofc-f
-hrr.ghcut the championship tournsu,ent
o. Vlastou Dc accomplished the diflcult
v.tH such apparent ease that che could
scarcely help feeling that ne had IL I'm him
90 DO even more n SO inclined. Those who
lad 7arcie1 him play in practice prior
n trr r.-rUsmeLl knew that the champion
o. -.a and 1906 would make his presence
t.r. ana when Dc reached tie mai round
fsr thought le could lose Al illness,
C1l.ractc5 the night before the final match.
proved q landicsp. however. and nc ruf-
fs-ed defeat ~ the hands or l.ew star.
In spite NJ this defeat TFan is ranked
- ths tor. closely followed by another
chicago youth. Charles "a. Evans ST..
--glrdec ty many as tie coming PLAYER of
tht cogr Evans n viii be remembered.
Won trc low score medal IN The quality
il- round of the sn1ltelr championship
Tournament Efter q play-on with Gardner
and ~ Sherman. The Eigewater Lad
We. CHM. mates from the champions NIP after
st--af.1Dal mattel with Egan Evans
5Iso vor The western Golf Association
r-Is and open rournauerts ar EdseWa.ur
ard Orvert-ia.
T-i-l ol the Iist comes Walter J. Travis.
su srstvl bile leader. who vas placed SC
ond s. wear scc The Garden cry mans
oompstrFe record this year furnishes al
Interesting chapter OF successes and de-
leafs l1r began briilian y by reEaininE
the ~ N-tropclitau title. the tournament a.
Aravar-.- beng productive ~ the most
br.ris-t golf ~ his career other early
Seas1H s-coess-s Cere earned Il Atlantic
CRY. Garden CITY. chevy Chase and Utica
but hereafter Travis met With reverses.
Beside losing in tie national champion
sIiF. Do vss brushed ASIDE al Ekwanok.
Broosline and Atlantic city and Lakewood.
IN the fsIi.
Prom tie top 10 fourth position IS the
;sts of Jerome Z. Travers. who began
d,sEfrcuslv in an attempt 10 capture the
Fotng crown OF Great Britain While this
really rrear golfer did little 10 add 10 his
r-rgrEtiou during his stay abroad, and for
that matter when he returned. yet n was
plain ro rloEe who saw him the few times
no cid compete that the Montclair expert
had .1.- nrrle OF ms skill in a tourna-
mr-r over his own course Travers lost
U t-g ma round 10 John NJ Ward after
having rhs match On hand, while an Lake
wood fe vss PIT out BY Travis
sl5err SeckeI another brilliant Western
rroouct rs entitled TO NTH place lie was
runnsr-gp 10 Evans IN the Western cham
pionsElp tournament. lost 10 the same
s.ayer in The national amateur champion
shlp. our followed this up hy winning the
irtcrco. egiate title. He also won the
Princeton championship two months ago.
bgt loEt TO Pred Herreshon a. Lakewood
sftsr winning the media IN the testing
rouu6 on form seckel compares favor
arE with EEan and Travers.
AcZt comes Gardner. Comparatively IN
suoKu 20 tournament play until this year.
me Yale pole vaUlter was regarded as
having nttle hetter than an outside chance
Vnen hs Cutsred the national champion
,hip but came through with nying colors.
Do wee nut out ~ the Western cham
I.1Dsh.U tv kenneth Edwards, and by
Ralph Hoaglsnd a. OnNentsia. but I'M
isHed his season successfully 10y gathering
on tho Yale title. n VII take al least
another season on the links before Gard
r0r can establish himself as worthy
s-1cess1r no Egsn. Trayers. Travis or
r91ssf
n rree HerroshoH had taken part m
r.1re tournaments he might have earned a
hlgner rsrinE but. az a. was. lie held ms
pace as 10. e. He commanded attention
nv reaching the nnal stage in the Metro
il.ian championship ana the open tourna-
ment af Lakewood On the spring. lie
s.orec e. Nassau and wound up by win
nis Tie chief cup a. Lakewood IN tie fall
rl'ung OUT ~ match play such men as
iuclsy :. Douglas. Albert Seckel and Wal
tor J Travis
FaN Hunter the former Yale golfer,
hss long been regarded as among the best
- the Chicago set. Early this year he won
me soullern California championship. snd
20 Tie national. az Wheaton. distinguished
-'insef BY going around IN The exceptional
Nsnres ~ against Langford. Later
f-snter lost % Mason Phelps. the last
enic1 playing brilliantly. Hunter Is placed
ciEhth
finclsy :. Robinson Eets ninth position.
"--holEh he only success vas Al Lakewood
h tie spring, where he wen the chief cup.
90 NATTER " fact. Douglas plays as vel
a. II not better thar ever which is an
".nsr convincing proof 90 the rapid ad-
taices tho game hss made IN tAis country
curing thc last twelve years.
iisfry q. Legg winner of tie Trans