New-York tribune., 1910-08-29
SCENE SHIFTS TO WEST
Professional Golfers to Play
Near Chicago This Week.
ANDERSON TO COMPETE
Championship Tournament VIII
Be a Combination of Medal
and Match Play.

! Professionals who competed in the Ys+-o-
| polftan fixture at Deal last week will havs
to make quick shift IL they wish 70 nv
their luck in the annual open charnpfo--
ship tournament Of the Western Coli a.
sociation. TO be played over the Inks O.
the Beverly Country Club, near Chfcago
on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday y
is expected that VIII Anderson. nov con-
nected with the Philadelphia Cricket Club
who won the title last year with record
score Of 2s8. will take part; also Fred Nc
Leod. Of ST. Louis. and Gil Nichols Of
Wilmington.
Six prizes have been offered, as follows.
First, 5000; runner-up. 500. each loser IN
the semi-fraIs. $50: winner OF the cousoIa-
ton division. S0; runner-up in the consola-
ton division. SIS. and lowest score In the
Qualifying round. SIS A gold medal en-
blematic Of the Western open champion
ship will De awarded the winner Of the
tournament. and in the event OF an ANA
teur winning any Of the prizes mentioned
he will be awarded the equivalent n plate
Unlike the Metropolitan. the Western
tournament will be a combination OF medal
and match play On Wednesday morning
the contestants will figure in an eighteen
hole testing round. and the sixteen PLAYERS
having the lowest scores will qualify for
the championship. Those making the sec
end sixteen will also continue on in the
consolation fight. The first match round IS
carded for the same afternoon. and will BE-
followed by the second and seni-fnal
round Thursday, thereby paving the
way for a thirty-six-hole final on Friday
Judging by the interest shown in the re-
cent championship tournament Of the East
ern Professional Golfers Association az
Salisbury. the Westerners are making no
mistake. Their competition is 10 be decided
under the rules Of the game Of golf as
approved by the Royal and Ancient Golf
Club OF St Andrews It is significant that
no mention is made Of the United States
Golf Association The committee IN charge
Of the Western tournament consists OF
Horace F. Smith, Edward A. Engier.
Charles Z. Willard. Charles T Atkinson.
Wendell Hertig, Frank L Woodward, CIar-
ence Stanley. John G. Cady and " c.
Fownes, j..
Connecticut and Rhode Island goters are
looking forward with expectancy 20 their
annual Interstate team match. VII ben Will
be held on September l. over the links Of
the Agawam Hunt Club. az Pro{idenee.
There are those who say the Conhecticut
forces will surely win the day At any
rate. the team appears TO be a strong one.
including. as il does. II. H. Hovey. Who
recently won the state title: P s White.
%. E S. Bronson. Robert Abbott. for
mer1y Of PlainfeId. y. J., but now living
in Bridgeport: s. D Bowers. E : Par
malee G G. Waldo. jr.. s. J. Graham.
Richard L. Jackson and B. P. Nerriman.
the captain.
John Shepard. tr.. is the Rhode Island
captain. and some of his associates in the
coming contest include D FairChild T.
Congdon. A. W Hancock. R V. Rust and
Brock Smith and A. A. Campbell TWO o5
Yale players.
Judging from an opinion expressed by
prominent Western golfer the calling o-
of the proposed sectional team match that
was 10 have been held prior to the national
tournament at BrookIine next month IS. 70
say the least an unfortunate action Here
is what he has TO say
while our Western boys are keen 10
play an Eastern team. still have not been
in sympathy with the manner in which the
proposed contest has been handled. There
seems 10 be no sponsor for the event and
no official notification was sent out 70 any
association secretaries, and the only inti-
nation any of them had was through the
press Notwithstanding this, the Western
Golf Association executive committee had
picked out a team of six TO represent il
The statement has been made that a num-
Der of the best players do not care 10 par
ticipate- That must refer 70 Eastern play
ers. as there is no such ti11idity shown oUc
here