The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-24
WESTERN CRACKS TO GOLF
TO TIE TP ~ ANNGtL CHth-
PIONSHIP TOMORROW.
Course % Mnnik ahGa club NJ Minneapolis
TO ne the Place WIN the Competition
Produce n National Titleholderr %
10 History Nni Only Repeat Itself.


trippinGly from the tongue. IL the course
Of most renown in Minnesota and there
Tomorrow the play begins in the twelfth
annual amateur championship Of the
Western Golf Association IL IL the links
81 the Minnikahda club. laid out as brawly
and sxactingly over 10 acres within the
city 81 Minneapolis "a though over dunes
and soft turf in sight 81 the Firth o Forth
Members may step from the porches ~
their homes To the course. IA IL were. and
with population - half a million Ia draw
from IL goes without saying there IL al
ways "A waiting list The course is OF
G.i5O yards and the par is -. - "a
viii the winner keep on and gain the
national titls' That les what mostly con
Germs the players of other minor leagues
under the cloak Of the United States Golf
Association. including those of the Metro
politan and Massachusetts, golfers The
Metropolitan Golf Association has fur
nished the majority % the national win
ners and its members have always n right
Ia he hopeful while as the amateur cham
pionship il this fall for the first time to he
over "A Boston course. the golfers ~ NIassa-
chusetts have every reason to he sanguine
and even merry at the prospect Of VIC
tory. II the plans Of any aspirants
are To 60 wrong the holt from the blue
will be- Western siZZler and % cyclonic
force: and that = why all amateur golfers
who are not competing will watch out for
the Mimi ahda results this week
II is not unknown that the Western Golf
Association stands for a vast territory:
All properly organized clubs located in
Buffalo. y Y or PittshurR. Pa. and all
properly organized clubs located in the
United states west Of "a north and south
line made Ia pas through Buffalo and
Pittsburg are eligible to membership in
this association ~ states the W q. A
constitution and the ieo clubs or 40 on the
lzt go all around the clock They include
the Allegheny and Oakmont clubs Of
Pittsburg. the Buffalo Country and. 20
seek snuthward clubs in Kentucky,
Tennessee. Missouri. Arkansas and Louis
ana There are members along the
Paciflc coast from Pasadena To Seattle
and claiming allegiance. too. 10 IN" Oahu
Country Club % Honolulu. Hawaii; vet
no champion has ever entered from other
than a Chicago club. This il the list ~
titleholders Of the different wears and their
clubs
William Waller. pnv"nt la ipni. Phelps y.
Hovt Glen Nies 1909. u chandler EgAn.
FSmoor trol. Walter T. ERsn. EXmoor
ia,I N chandler EgHn. ENmoor 1895. "
chandler Fsan. ENmonr l@S. II y. sawyer,
Wheaton inn5, n chandler Egan. ENmoor
ISIS Mason phelps Midlothian isa. Charles
Evans. II Edcrvater.
Last years contest was AZ Hnmewood.
the home co,r-, &c WaTrrn X. wood who
won the score medal with 100. In the
final Evans l-at Alh"rt Sackel. who has
sine. become he intercollegiate champion.
by | up II will be recalled that in
the last national amateur championship
Young Evans was the pyrutschnical
golfer throughout. for he tied with Albert
SeckeI and r. 4. Gardner for the score
media at ISL, the trio leading H. Chandler
Egan and X =. Hunter stroke At
match Tlav Evans heat In turn Pfeil II
PhiladnlpAia. Stillw"ll of Midlothian. who .
had nut ont the BrstoniAn Clafin. and :
Aib.r Srck"i. then succuInhinR ~ " |
Chandler Egdn, who did - and WAS up /
Tor the morning. but who only gained the /
victory ola the thirty sixth hole. playing /
for which Evans topped the drive and was I
beaten | up.
There was = light Eastern entry in the /
natiunal. as the play took place at the
Wholesome respect ia all parts II the ooun- .
try for the skill ~ the Western group.
S.ack-l l-'for' he ct Evans mad accounted
for Norman ~ Connecticut and Sher-
man & Utica. Gardner won the title
AMI pas-cd two stars IL Fast and West.
Travi. and Mason Phelps, before te-ing
M for the final. There was class enough .
among the prominent Westsrners to make .
them formidable in the national at the .
Country Club ~ Brcokline should they
l.,i aud Western xfIntprG
seem - hold 10 the game with less fall ,
downs than Fasteners The Fast. too.
lost q strong canddats last tim" when .
Herr.shuf Tell X the first round before .
Travis On the nineteenth hole To bal .
anCe this on the STALE of possibilities III. .
@ IsagR e Vale and rtInnerup - SeCkcl. .
Who halls FROM Princeton. in the inter
collegiate did not enter IN the national. .
IPgg il Minnikahia member and Mime +
sofa champion lie should more than
heat him this week and also in tho ma
tinnal in September. which Is assured of
a large college emery. for the boys hold
their tournament az the nearby Essex
County club the week before.
The Championsh conditions are the
sam. ~ H. the national amateur cham 7
piDnship hui the psirings ~ the thirty
two for match play are male in sct'ort- d
ance with their medal play ~cCres instead
- Ivy draw. A similar system ~ pair-
jig vas tried g. ~" ua'ionPl champion
any special merit Nv the United States
CiuR Association The iI,'a 81 a numerical
scrring arrangement for the matches il
that the PLAYERS most likely TO win out
usually haa tho list NJ medal play. an
idea certainly justified 10y facts AZ the last ;
rational. aud when paired together NV
the luck ~ the draw f"v dull the tourra-
Inent 10y killing ~ each other IN early
rounds This make- one part 81 the draw
often an easy end. when only one or two
topnotcher~ ar" In 1t among n collection
81 players they are almost certain to de-
feat Placing III" pairs on the medal
play scores ~ bring on the basis a weak
and a strong man together. will perhaps
keep the Lest PLAYERS apart until the third
round. This u. the theory. When tried
a, Gle'' View the ultimate winner Louis
y James only gair- place In the match
round on plavoF Of several who were
iiei AZ o. an Travis and Ormiston tied
for low score ~ 20 and placed NJ the top
and bottom Of the draw both lost in the
s"oond round.
In the first round At Mirnikahda No.
or the uualifvirg round will he paired with
No. ~. sni IS . and p. IS and %. aud
-. rs aud II. ~ and p J and 10. ? and Is.
10 and 20. q and -. - and NJ. and -. 10
and -. II and IS I and 20 This system
A n