Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02
Another Western Expert.

Abert Seeker. dllOtner brilliant western
product. is entitled TO fifth place. He was
runuer-up to Evans in the western cham
pionship tournament, lostAto the same
player in TIE national amateur champion
ship, hut followed this up by winning the
intercolieg ate title. He also won the
Princeton championship two months ago,
but lost to Fred HerreShoff at Lakewood
after winning the medal in the testing
round. On form Seckel compares favor
ably with Egan and Travers.
Next comes Gardner Comparatively un-
known TO tournament play until this year.
the Yale pole vauiter was regarded as
having little better than an ouside chance
when he entered the national champion
ship, but came through with flying colors
He was put out of the western cham
pion hip by Kenneth Edwards, and by
Ralph Hoagland at Onwentsia. but fin
ished his season successfully by gathering
in the Yale title. 1t will take at least
another season on the links before Gard
ner can establish himself as a worthy
successor to Egan, Travers, Travis OF
Douglas.
II Fred Herreshoff had taken part In
more tournaments he might have earned Q
higher rating, but. as IT was. he held his
place as No Z. He commanded attention
by reaching the Anal stage In the metro.
politan championship and the open tourna
ment at Lakewood in the spring. He
scored at Nassau and wound up by win
ming the chief cup at Lakewood in the fall
Ffndlay 8. Douglas, Albert Seckel anC
Walter ]. Travis.
Paul Hunter, the former Yale golfer
has long been regarded as among the bes
OF the Chicago set Early tn year he wor
the southern California championship. ant
In the National. at Wheaton. distinguished
himself by going around In the exception
al figures OF Il against Langford: Later
Hunter lost TO Mason Phelps. the las
named playing brilliantly. Hunter 1.
placed eighth.
Good as Ever.
Findlay S. Douglas gets ninth position
although his only success was at Lake
wood in the spring. where he won tn,
chief cup. AS a matter OF fact. Douglas
plays as we'll as. if not better. than ever
which is another convincing proof of thu
rapid advances the game has made II
this country during the last twelve years
Harry q. Legg, winner of the trans
Mississippi and Minnesota championship
tournaments and runner-up in the inter
collegiate. earned his right to a rating an,
j. placed tenth. which was the notch &C
corded TO Phelps year ago. Phelps, VIII,
is now eleventh. won the Lake Genev;
tournament last season. but he was elm
mated from the National by Gardne
after a close match. John VI. Ward, VIII
was fifteenth last year. is now twelfth
ward, II addition to winning the Mont
clair tournament. won several qualifying
round medals. In fact, he played bette
than ever.
Next comes p w. Whitmore. the mos
consistent OF the Boston set. He had al
unusually successful tournament season
besides winning several important inter
city matches. Robert G. Watson, tn
Aiken and Slinnecock winner, Is place.
fourteenth. " lille w. G. Fownes IT., tn
western Pennsylvania champion, is Nc
IL. E NJ. Byers. who had a poor season
is sixteenth.
Those dropped are H. H. Wilder, T. r
Fuller, J. G.. Anderson, Warren Wood, X
r. Edwards and c. Fl. Seely. Leaving on
Fownes and Byers. the Pittsburgers, tn
list contains an equal division of easter
and westernkSolfers.