Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-03
Six Players to Meet French in
Match at La BouIie.
THREE HOMEBREDS ON LIST
To Compete in British Open Tourney
Also-Alec Smith the
Captain.

NEW YORK, March Six Ameri-
can professional golfers will form party
to visit France late in June for the pur-
pose of playing a team match with the
Franch pros" at La Boulie. This was
assured yesterday by an announcement
from Robert c. Watson. president of the
United States Golf Association in which
the personnel of the party was given.
AleG Smith OF Wykasyl will act as cap
tain. John ]. McDermott. the national
champion; Tom Mcnamara. the metro
polita.l open title holder, ana Michael J.
Brady of Wollastop are the other MEM
bers. Gilbert Nichols. former metro
polita.f open champion, is the first sub
stitue: and Alec Campbell of Brookline
the second. These men will sail for Eng
land about June 1 to prepare for the
British open championship tournament
June 80 to "A at Hoylake. After that the
American professionals will go to La
Boulie They will not be able to COM
pete for the French open title however.
for this tournament will be held in Oc-
tober
In the selection of the executive COM
mitee of the United States Golf ASsocla-
ton ii will be noticed that a high compli-
ment is paid the prowess OF the home
breds, for three of the four regular men,
berS Of the team are native born Amerl-
cans. McDermott. Mcnamara and Brady.
Smith, Nichols and Campbell are all for
eign born but have made this country
their home for a dozen years or more,
and during that time have been familiar
figures on American links.
y communication WAS received by the
United States Golf Association from the
Golf Club of Paris a few weeks ago IN
wiling team of professionals to visit
France for an international team match,
the first in the history of golf where
France and the United States have been
contenders. A short time after the re-
ceipt of the letter the annual meeting OF
the L. S. G. A. was held. and the dele
gates voted to authorize the appointment
of such a team if it could be organized.
The first on the list is McDermott, who
sprang into national prominence in 1910
at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, when
he tied with Alec Smith and his brother,
Macdonald Smith Of California. Tor the
national open title. Alec Smith. won on
the play-off, but in 1911 the redoubtable
Mack won at Wheaton after another
triple tie with Brady and g. o. Simp-
son of the home club. Last year McDer-
mott won at Buffalo with score OF 2s'6
for seventy-two holes, two strokes bet
ter than Mcnamara
When McDermott visited England last
year he even failed to qualify for the
open championship. and some of the crit
les over there were unklnd in their re-
marks. but a Few weeks later the Amer
lean visited La Boulie, and finished NTH
in the French open. ahead OF }. ii. ray
lor and James Braid.
McNamaraS chief claim to fame was
his winning of the metropolitan open
championship at Apawamis last year. In
the national open he was second at En-
slewood in 1909. fifth in Philadelphia in
1910, and although he lapsed in 1911 at
Wheaton was second 10 McDermott last
year.
Brady's principal achievements consist
in his work of the last few years, in
which he tied for the championship once
and finished even with Alec smith Il year
ago at Buffalo Smith has been open
champion twice-in 1906 and In 1910. He
has also held the metropolitan title three
times-1A,i, 1863 and 1910 1t was Smith
who had IA great deal to do with the de-
yelopment of Jerome u. TraverS, the ma
tional and metropolitan amateur cham
pion. Nichols is a former holder of the
metropolitan open little. and Campbell has
been a national competitor for the last
fourteen Years, with varying success.