Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-16
GOLF T|TLEPLA
ON AT DROOKL|NE
Cream OF Experts Striving for
National Open Champion
ship HOnOrs.
EVANS NOT COMPETING

BROOKLINE, Mass, Sept Ian
early autumn frost was still whiten-
ing the greensward of the famous
course of the country club when the
first balls We're driven across the old
polo field today in the nineteenth
open golf championship Of the United
States Despite the early hour there
were several hundred spectators on
the terraces of the club, many OF
whom had motored out for breakfast.
The field was open to half the entry
list. which this year reached record
of TO. President r. c. Watson, of
4he National Association, and mid
Forenoon starter, was on hand early.
with other officials to see that each
pair of professionals was followed by
"a scorer. Besides the interest aroused
by the presence of Vardon, Ray,
Reid. Teller and other foreign play
srs, there was considerable specula-
4ion at the start today as to the prob
able standing on Friday of the three
.Anerioan-bred stars, all former cad
dies. John ]. McDermott, of Atlantic
CITY, the present title-holder; Tom
Mcnamara, of Boston. and Nj. j.
BRADY. of Wollaston, all of whom
played in the British championship
al Hoylake early in the year.
The starters will play double
round of the course and then wait
n day. while the second division of
the field has its innings tomorrow.
on Thursday the best thirty-two
scores in each day will start in the
missionary 72-hole medal play contest
u 81,
Golfers in their last practise yes
terday fairly burned" up the course
with their low scores. Fred Nc
Ieod, the former national cham
pion, now representing the Columbia
Country. of Washington. reeled off
II. while Edward Ray. on his sec
ond time around, had a rs, making
the inward nine in SO strokes
Amateurs We're also on hand.
Among the best of the early birds In
this division were Francis Ouimet,
the Massachusetts title holder, and
Heinrich Schmidt. who did so well in
the amateur championship abroad a
few months ago. Ouimet had u
and Schmidt a rs yesterday.
Although he was on the winning
side in a six-ball match in the morn
ing Harry Vardon was not feeling well
and decided to lay off in the after
noon. The affair in which Vardon
took part had the former champion,
his brother Tom, and Walter Fo-
vargue on one side opposing Tod
Ray, Jack Crok and Willie Leith. At
the long ninth, considerably over 500
yards, Ray surprised the gallery by
getting home with a drive and an
iron. The Nardons and Fovargue,
however, won the match by / up.
Later on Ray was steadier, his aft
Groom round resulting in his getting
70. doing the inward nine in 49,
Jerome d. Travers, of Upper Mont
Clair. the national amateur champion.
arrived yesterday at Brookline and
after playing a few holes got into a
four ball match. He had Jack Ho- |
hens, of Englewood, for a partner
against Alec Smith and George Cum |
n1iffgs, one of the Canadian represent
natives. Travers and Hobens had a
best ball that was equal or better
than par at practically every hole,
and defeated Smith and Cummings
handily
John J. McDermott, the national
open champion, played around stead
by. He had II in the morning and |
IS in the afternoon. Tom Mcnamara |
also had X, while NJ. j. Brady COW
Fred the course in rs.
One absentee will be Charles w. |
Evans. ir.. of Chicago. This bril- |
liant amateur sent word today that |
II would be impossible for him to |
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