The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-14
CHAMP IONS ARE
BEING BEATEN
Only Sixteen Players Are Left
in Golf Tourney Begun
on Monday.
GARDNER AND EGAN ARE
NOW BOTH ELIMINATED
Former Stars Fall by the Way
side in Fast Qualifying
Rounds.

BROOKLINE. Mass, Sept 13.-Two
fast rounds of medal play and match
play ruthlessly moved down champions
and former champions in the sixteenth
annual golf championship today, with the
result that only sixteen players remained
tonight Of the 209 who started In the
initial round yesterday.
Among those who fell by the wayside
today were Robert A Gardner OF Hlns-
dale. who wrestcd the ti,le from the east
last year and II. Chandler Egan of EN-
moor. who twice has won national honors.
The sixteen included only one former
champion. Walter ], Travis OF Garden
City, but in II are Charles Evans, Jr., Of
Chicago. who is a hot favorite among
the westerners for the championship. and
Frederick Herreshoff OF New York, and
Ekwanok. who won the gold medal In the
qualifying round with brilliant l02
Champions Are Off
Gardner played poorly. not only early
in the forenoon, but subsequently, while
the brilliant Chandler Egan was even
further OF his game. Egan failed 10 get
Into the first 81 and was eliminated be-
luncheon. when the committee decided
l6S was the highest score possible for
continuation, and as the champion had
one stroke more. he put his clubs back
J. F, Stanley. Jr.. Of Deal. was the
last 10 squeeze lnto the charmed circle
Of 80 for the afternoon match play,
In the afternoon matches. only two
contests reached the home green and
three more were settled about the seven
teenth hole. The others were soon over.
The players will meet at 36-hole mat tch
tomorrow and the same Will obtain for
the rest OF the week.
Results.
The following Is the result OF the first
round OF match play, with the scores
made in The 3G-holc qualifying round:
Whitlatch. ApawamIs, 165. 4 up and to
play.
r. w: Brown. Meadowbrools. 1s7, de-
ieated w Van Amringe. Commonwealth.
l6l. up and 10 play.
w. c. Fownes. Jr., Philadelphia. l55.
defeated Ellis Knowles, Pensacola. 16i.
2 up a and 81. 70 play - ,.o ~
r. Weir, Wilmington, 167, . up and TO
play
p. w. whlttemore the Country club
lot, deieated e. NJ. Byers. Allegheny
Country club. Pittsburg. 100. up and /
TO play.
Frederick Herreshon Ekwanok. 152. de-
leaied j. F; shanley, Jr., Dear. l6S, 5 up
d: e; Sawyer. Wheaton. 1863. defeated
a, ,seckel, Riverside, Chicago. 1s7. up
Charles Evans. Jr.. Edgewater, lsl.
II,
up and 5 to play.
Warren X Wood. Homewood, 154. de-
isa'ed iSa ed d D BOY Bowers Hrooklawn, iea, 5
Fercival Gilbert. Bracburn, 1856, de-
feated D w. White. Oakland. 1863. up
walter j. Travis; Garden City. los.
defeated c. G. Waldo Jr.. Brooklawn,
l6l, UP and to play.
j. G.. Anderson. Woodland. 15S. de-
feated John a. Ward, Garden City, I67,
/ up.
II; Weber. Inverness. 1866. defeated 7.
NJ. Sherman, Yahundais, 163. up and
10 play.
r, 3. Gorton. Braeburn. lse, defeated
Paul Hunter, Midlothian, 161, up and
TO play
w r. Tuckerman. StockbrIdge lee.
defeated Fl. Schmidt. Worcester. is2,
up and l 10 play.
F.. A: Martin. El,wanok. 164. defeated
E. A Ormiston. Oakmont. 164. up and
TO play.
The drawing for the second round to-
morrow follows; Wilder versus Brown,
townes versus Reid. Whittemore versus
Herreshon, Sawyer versus Evans Wood
versus Gilbert Travis versus Anderson.
weber versus Gorton; Tuckerman versus
Martin.