New-York tribune., 1912-08-27
y Of the East's strongest represent

Three Of the East's strongest represent
lives IN the national amateur champion
In which will be played next week at
Ensaton Ill, will leave this city to-day
Il Chicago. They are jerome D. Trav-
l. former national champion; Oswald
|rkby. Of Englewood. the New Jersey
! !. holder. and Fred Herreshoff. OF Gar
|, CITY. runner-up to Hilton last year.
nav he that Walter J. Travis will join
\, trio for the Olympic Cup competition
! Sturday.
/ mere were eighty entries for the cham
4 xship received up to last night, and It
expected that when this morning s
ss are opened the list will be increas I'd
| nore than a hundred. although even
L will look small by comparison with
y Of the lists OF previous tourna-
kre. At Apawamis last year there
,, iS entries, while the year before at
[ykline the number was the largest on
I'D. 2l7. All of the favorltes, how
. = are expected TO tee up next Monday.
Vert g. Watson, the secretary Of the
1 ~ States Golf Association, received
\ VI Yesterday from Silas II. Strawn,
*rxeent OF the association, that the de-
rton OF the clubhouse at Wheaton
! tre on Saturday will not interfere
b the tournament. In fact, big tents
\ being erected on the lawn for the
pose OF affording shelter from sun and
] for the competitors, and incidentally
Inshlng rest places for the players be-
esn the rounds
Ia failure of Jack McDermott 70 do
3rhing worth while I'm the British open
)anponship and his subsequent success
! he national at Buffalo have puzzled the
hes abroad. as we'll as in this country.
BIZ Illustrated" has the following to
y
III "a difficult 20 know what construc-
y 10 place on the United States Golf
scelatlon open championship. j. j..
$Osrmott, who failed TO survive the
|eaiying rounds of the British cham
ship at Muirfeld, has gained the
krs Of his own country for the second
n In succession Such condition of
tS suggests that any one OF about
ty Englishmen, Scotchmen, Irishmen
p Frenchmen might have beaten Nc
Enctt II the field OF players had not
fedssed entirely OF men associated with
fneritan clubs.
When George Duncan returned from q
our IN ne United States some eight
fonths ago he declared that nothing had
Fruek him more than the custom among
|iaericsn golfers Of playing for pull so
to give the ball q low trajectory, an
xy descent and a long run. The
fssna he said, was national. Nearly
'sybcdy adopted 1t or tried to adopt 1t.
nat being 80, Il is only reasonable to
2soee that the links are laid out for 1t.
snode Of course architecture that pre-
" In country is apt to influence the
mods OF the players. Certainly the
conspicuous feature Of McDermott's
o. Muirfeld was the complete reG-
y he placed in the Intentional pull. II
practically the only class OF shot
be attempted He was all for the
His pull happened to develop the
s4s Of hook. And, metaphorically,
aged himself on 1t.
Me point in connection with the recent
@A States Golf Association tourna-
particularly interesting. There
ures American piayers-McDermott.
Asnara and Brady-in the first four
- Prior TO McDermott's success a
: So the event had always been won
.atrs from Britain. And, there were
rsnehmen in the first eleven places
| q srecent French open championship
Boulie. Truly has the world
es In a few years"