Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-09-15
Arrangements for Americas
Cup Race Add One More I'm
portant Event; Golf Tourna-
ment at Brookline Next
Week to Be Exciting.

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New York. Sept Another in
tcrnntional sport competition win be
added 60 the already lengthy list Of
1913. with the playing OF tho United
States open golf championship tourn-
amont nt Brookline. Mass, next week
owing 20 the entry OF several OF the
leading professionals 81 England and
France. tho tournament has attracted
unusual interest this year aud eiaboT-
ate arrangements are being made TO
accommodate q record entry and gal
lorv during the four days Of play az
the Country club course. SO keen is
the desire 10 witness the foreign play.
cra IN competition with the best OF
America's professionals that the or
iginai arrnnsomenis for the iourna-
ment had 10 BE revised IN order to
meet the now demands
According 10 the iatcst estimates
more than $50 entrants are assured
ma daily gallery ~ excess ~ 5000
win follow tho players, providlng IA
vornhle weather conditions prevail
The presence Of Wilfrid REID. Harry
Vardon. Edward Rpy ana Christopher
Gallery, representing England, aud
Louis Teller and Arnaud MASSEY 81
France. is likely 10 prove great
drawing card for both entrants and
spectators In order 10 provide for
this unusual entry. elimination rounds
win be played on Monday and Tues
day Those players who qualify with
tho host thirty.two scores and those
tied for thirty-second place will pro-
coed 10 the championship rounds 10
he played on "Wednesday and Thurs
day
Tho open championship dates back
60 tho organization Of the United
states Golf association In 1895. and
the tournament Of nexi week will be
the nineteenth annual play for the
title. Willie Anderson won IN 1871
02-Of-05, and j. J Mcnermott In 1911
ana 1919. Alex Smith In. 1907 and
1910 These were the only players
~ capture the championship more
than once. Harry Vardon, the present
English entrant. won tho title IN 1900.
when the tournament was played az
Wheaton nl In view Of the failure
at tho American professionals In their
Invasion ~ England and France last
spring. the efforts 81 the English and
French players 10 retain this advant-
age On strange links viii he watched
with more than ordinary interest.
The possibilities % 1914 as record
year in sport is considerably brighten
cd by the final signing ana scaling of
tho agreement for q series Of races for
the Americas cup during the month
Of September. n can not be denied
that the negotiations between the New
York and ROYAL Ulster Yacht clubs
were conducted upon tlcklish grounds,
and not until the final compact was
signed was tho cup contest assurod
Now that the last DOUBT rcpordine
tho yachting classic b. removed there
are busy sessions ahead for designers
ynchismcn ana many other actors in
what viii undoubtedly be the chief
international sporting contest of tho
coming year
II o. understood that the plans for
Sir Thomas Lipton's challenger
Shamrock " are about completed
aud that the keel of the seventy footer
viii be- laid within the next month OF
eiv weeks. Three ana possibly four
defenders. an scventy-flve foot yachts
NV Nf'Af.fAf'NA az tAA+ HAfNN'AfA AAANANH NANAN
IL may bee that his number win he still
further augmented " the plans Of
certain wealthy followers ~ yachting
matcrialize. ~ H. proposed Go have
uil these yachts In condition for tho
trial race prcliminaries early next
summer in order that there may be-
ample time for tho tuning up and test
iug which plays such an important
part w All Americas cup races.
In the meantime numerous plans
are being made 10 accommodate spec
tators along the New Jersey ana Lon
Island shores and orr Sandy Hook.
where the international regatta will
be staged, The charterlng 81 large
excursion steamers for use during the
month Of September. 1914. has al
ready begun and II Is expected that
the excursion fleet viii carry 7h,000
spectators 10 the scene of the races
each day. The early tuning up off
NeWporf and Sandy Hunk ntgD will