New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04


again at Brookline, where he unexpectedly
lost to J. G.. Anderson. Travis is clearly
entitled to second place.
Although given positions OF prominence
in the ratings for several years, w c.
Fownes. ir., of Pittsburg, never deserved
quite so much attention as now. That his
| Improvement has been marked none can
| deny. hut even had he failed TO win the
amateur championship at the Country
Club in September the oakmont man did
enough to warrant further advance toward
| the topmost rung of the ladder
Early in the season Fownes the
| Western Pennsylvania championship and
| he supplemented this by annexing the
Pennsylvania state title. Always student
of golf, Fownes set TO work in the early
spring at Pinehurst to work UP his game
TO even a higher standard Up TO that
time he had never taken professional In
struction, but at Pinehurst he disregarded
custom by seeking advice from Donald
Ross. Just how much of the champion 5
Improvement is due to professional aid will
probably never he known At all events.
! Fownes made good this year. and de-
| serves TO be placed as the country's third
| best golfer.
Next in line comes Fred Herreshor, the
far driving Garden City amateur. who has
contributed his share toward American golf
history ever since. when a boy in his teens.
he was rIlrner-up to Egan st Bsltusrcl In
1901 Last spring at Lakewood Herreshon
displayed good form, barely losing to the
redoubta BILE Travis In the final round
When Herreshoff went to Morris County
for the Metropolitan he was never better
and he won all his matches impressively,
including the decisive tilt with Travers. 1t
was regretted hy the gallery at the time
| that Travers was not in better form Later
Herreshoff won one of the Ekwanok tour
| ncments. At the national he made his pres
ence felt at the outset by winning the
medal in the qualifying round.
| His work in the next two matches also
was IMPRESSIVE so that when he became
bracketed with Evans the gallery gathered
in anticipation of seeing the match OF the
tournament. In fact. nearly every one de-
clared that the winer Of the Evans-Her-
reshcff tilt would most likely win the title,
I AS II turned out Herreshoff went to pieces.
falling to show anything like his true form /;
| and Evans did not gain the crown, an
ether illustration of the charming uncer-
| tainty of golf. However, Herreshof played
with credit in every tournament in which
/ he took part this season, and few VIII DIS
pute his right to fourth place.
Fifth on the list is Mason Phelps, the
| Chicas go man who won the championship
! OF the Western Golf Association at Mini
kehda- defeating Evans in the final round.
This is the second time Phelps has won
/ the Western. There was general regret
that he did not come on for the national,
but even so his game, which appears to be
steadier than ever, entities him to fifth
place
Warren K Woods great work in the
| national coupled with his enviable record
! in other seasons makes him deserving Of
! I prominent position gain. He was prac-
| ticallv out of the game last year In the
Western championship last summer Wood
| lost TO Phelps in the seminal tilt after
! having DISPOSED of H. G. Legg in the pre-
vious round Wood is named sixth on this
| list. Another sterling golfer is P. W.
| Nhittemore. the Bostonian, whose game
| was better than ever all season. He won
| the tourna ment at the Country Club in the
spring and defeated Travis in the decisive
match at Essex County. He is placed sew
| enth
Eighth place is given to D z. Sawyer.
tins Wheaton golfer. who took part in sew
eral great matches with Evans during the
|
Sawyer clearly proved his class. He de-
feated Albert Seckel. who is placed ninth,
| in the national SeckeI by the way, failed
to maintain his 1909 form, hence his drop
| from fifth pIace Robert Gardner. last
| years champion, gained additional credit
by heat Travis in the final of the Glen
! View fourna rnent last summer. He also
| won honors at Yale. but the pole vaulter
| hurt his reputation q golfer considera-
| bly, when he failed TO qualify in the ma
tional at Brookline, He is placed tenth.
Paul Hunter. regarded as one of the best
| amateurs in the Chicago district. is given
eleventh place. followed by John NJ. Ward.
who did better than ever in the competitive
line. Gilman P. Tiffany, who led .he field
| in The testing round of the Metropolitan.
won the Ardsley tourna n1ent and came
within an ace of galloping off with the Hud-
! son River Golf Association title for the sixth
time is entitled TO thirteenth place. Then
comes Findlay s. Douglas who did Just
erouEh TO prove his right TO further recog
nition. II. g Jegg, the Mississippi
winner. comes fifteenth. while that promis-
| ing youngster Gardiner ". White. winner
of the interscholsstic title and the Wykagyl
tournament. holds down the sixteenth num-
Der.
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tours knocking at the door, it were.
| Some played too seldom; others discounted
| brilliant flashes by periods of Indifferent
| golf that occasionally sank TO the level of
raedocrfty. AS a tournament winner T NJ.
Sherman, of Utica, was q success when he
| old not find himself opposed to class"
| Max Behr won the New Jersey title for
the second time, but failed elsewhere and
was unable to qualify at Brookline. Archie
Reid deserves credit for winning the Hud-
! son River title, while J. G. Anderson made
a favorable impression in the national.
| Robert Hunter won the intercollegiate. but
was disappointing elsewhere S. D. Bowers
met with some success in the mountains,
while E. NJ Byers and r C. Watson did
not do as well as in 1909.
Credit is also due to W. r Tuckerman
for reaching the seni-f1nal stage Of the
national, and c. H Brown of Saegkill, also
proved himself a strong player Unaues-
tionably H B. Mcfarland. the tall Phla-
delphian, would earn place in the first
sixteen If he had the time to devote to
competitive golf, but that's another story"
Not counting Fownes. claimed by both
East and West. the present list is fairly
evenly divided. showing eight from the
PRATT FIVE IN DEFEAT
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