Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-25
PRACTISE ON FOR
GOLF TITLE PLAY
Premier Amateurs Will Meas
are Strokes in National Cham
piOnship Tourney.

Amateur golfers began whetting up
their strokes today over the links OF
the Garden City Golf Club. on Long
Island, where the national amateur
tournament commences next Monday.
Entries for the championship close
tonight. but the list probably will not
be made public until the middle Of
the week
1t is known, however. that the field
will be one of the finest the amateur
national tournament has known.
There will be Jerome Travers, holder
of the title, his ancient foe, w. j
Travers; the brilliant young Chicago
player, Charles Evans, ir.: Abe
Mitchell, the famous British player,
and Norman Hunter, u Scottish in
ternationalist. The absence of War
rem Wood, the Western champion,
will somewhat weaken the Western
contingent, but with Evans, Paul
Hunter, and Mason Phelps, Chicago
will have some promising contenders
New England will have some likely
candidates in Heinrich Schmidt, who
took Harold Hilton to the nineteenth
hole in the British amateur last
spring, and Francis Quimet, one OF
the best Massachusetts golfers.
John ]. HcDermott, the national
open champion, won the open golf
tournament of the Shawnee Country
Club at Water Gap, Pa, Satur-
day. The Atlantic City golfer
turned in score of 2s3 for
the 70 holes. Alec Smith, of Wykagyl.
was second, eight strokes lower than
McDermott. Mike Brady, of VOL
laston, tied for third and fourth
money with Tom Anderson. IT., OF
Oakmont, both completing the tour
nament in 305. The renowned Harry
Vardon. of England, had to be con-
tent with fifth place, a stroke behind
Anderson and Brady, while Edward
Ray, the other foreign visitor, came
in for triple tie with Tom McNa-
mara, of Boston, and Fred Mcleod,
of Columbia, their totals reading 30S.
Probably the most gratuitious slap
ever administered publicly to foreign
sportsmen visiting in this country
was handed to Vardon and Ray Sat
ilrday afternoon at the close of the
Shawnee, Pa, tournament, by Jonn
McDermott, national open golf cham
pion. About 800 persons gathered for
the award of the prizes. After Nc
Dermott had been given his medal
and cash. as the first prize winner.
without invitation, he mounted
chair reserved for the master of cere-
monies and said: I'VE hope our for
eien visitors had q good time, but
we don't think they did, and we are
sure they won't win the national
OPEN" The Englishmen' faces flushed,
but they said nothing. The rebuf1,
coming as II did from the tourna-
la1
title holder, who has twice been
abroad and met with a cordial recep-
ton there. gathered double force.
Nothing else was talked about Sat
urday by the professionals as theyJ
gathered on their homeward ways,
the homebreds, of whom McDermott
is one, If possible, being more indig-
nant over the affair than the foreign
born pros
One of the incidents of the week
will be the arrival in America of Louis
fellier. the French professional, who
will represent his country in the ma
aionai open championship at Brook
line. Vardon and Ray have few
dates out West to fill before heading
for Boston. 1t is now considered i'm
probable that Arnaud Massey, of La
Boulie. former champion of both
Great Britain and France, will come
to America this year. Abe Mitchell,
the British amateur; Lord North
cliffe. who is sponsor for Vardon and
Ray. and several well-known British
golf writer's. will arrive late In the
week.
Nearly all the golf clubs in the
+, iouth are expected to be represented
in a southern golf tournament, which
viii Re held here on September IL,
II and Is. on the links of the Chero-
kee Country Club. All members of
clubs belonging to the Southern Golf
Association are eligible to enter the
tournament. -
Mrs. Charles A. Woodruff, with
gross score of 80. established 4 now
record for the women players over
the Forest Hill Field Club links Sat
Hrday. Mrs. Woodruff went out in
80 and returned in Al. The special
competition of the day was an eigh-
seen-hele medal play event. Han
lord Ayres had the lowest score
With 30. whils his handicap was %.
ihis gave hin net total OF 6s. H.
.. eastman. e. r. Brown and G.
shappees wer[' tied with Ayres for
FIRST place. however, although they
lad net scores of 81 eastman
were tied for honors in the sweep
stakes.
The finals of the August cup will
take place next Saturday between
William l. Allsopp and Alfred Sykes
Allsopp defeated Count Olozaga. and
Sykes bested William w Lyons in
the semi-flnals saturday.
H. G. i'limpton. with 50. was high
IN class A; w. L. Conwell, with II,
was best in class b, and II. Cock
shaw. with 6s, carried off honors in
class c. IN the handicap event in three
classes at the Montclair Golf Club
laks Saturday.
e. Beggs won in class A with q.
I'd c. A.. Warner in class b, with
Z, in ar eighteen-hole handicap
p edal play in two classes at Glen
lioge Saturday.
WIFI TDN ONO CUIIM