Evening journal., 1913-12-01
OUIMET LEADS
The GOLFERS
Woodland Youth is Rated
Ahead Of TraverS This
Season
EVANS NOW In
THE THIRD POSITION

One day last September, Francis
Ouimet Of Woodland an amateur
softer, after tying the great English
professionals, vardon and Ray. de-
teated them in the play-on for the ma
tional open championship, the first
tlme an amateur ever accomplished
the feat. Ouimet then answered the
mooted question, who is the greatest
amateur golfer in America ?" Thus. n
he had don6 nothing else worth while
his feat merits his being placed al
the head OF the list of the sixteen hest
players in the country.
Far from enviable is the task OF
Classifying the leading players when
II is taken into consideration that
Ouimet in taking the lead. dlsposes or
Jerome ID. Travers. of Upper Mont
clair, who successfully defended bis
amateur title az Garden city only a
few weeks previous. In the past II
was regarded as the best possible
achievement TO win the amateur
Championship. but the complexion OF
things was completely changed when
such men as Vardon. RAY. Teller and
Reid came 10 America for the omen.
and were beaten BY twenty-year-
old youth. Then. despite the fact thar
lraVers defeated Ouimet in the sec.
ond round Of the amateur champion
snip, the last named can hardly be
prevented from taking the leading po-
sition in view OF hs wonderful win
ming Of the open.
II may be long time before an
amateur accomplishes this feat again.
so, for the present at least. hats off
TO Ouimet. The Woodland golfer.
won the Massachusetts, am
steur title. gathered in several low
score medals and defeated Travers in
the Lesley Cup matches. Irrespective
Of the actions Of the gallery, with
which, OF course, Ouimet had nothing
to do.
Unquestionably Ouimet is a steadier !
medal player than Travers. but the
last named possesses the ideal match !
play temperament Ouimet has never
before been given a place among thai
hrst sixteen golfers. He has PLAYED !
we'll In past seasons. though his
game lacked that aggresiveness and
determination which marked most OF
his experiences this year.
As for Travers, who takes second
place after having occupied the pro-
mier position on several occasions.
,thero is every evidence of nerve. for it
was this quality that carried the Up
per Montclair golfer successfully
through so many hard-fought
matches Travcrs always had to con
tend with unruly clubs. In plain words
he managed TO win without being at
tho top OF his game Generally II was
his driver which bothered him. and
sometimes his mashie went wrong.
but despite this fact he won the New
Jersey championship shortly after the
Between then and the
national amateur he gathered in occa-
sional minor honors. including the in
vitation tournament at Apawamis.
II was matter Of gameness that
permitted Travers to qualify in the
national after getting In a tie for
last place. and again It was game
ness which beat Ouimet 10 that tour
nament To force the driving iron TO
take the place Of wood requires an ex-
ceptional golfer, and Il will probably
take another season to satisfactorily
decide the question of lasting su-
premacy between Travers and Ouimet.
Charles Evans. Jr. of Edgewater,
easily takes third place. Harry Var
don has stamped him the best Ameri-
can amateur II would be hard TO
call to mind a more spectacular nm
ish than the one he made in the
qualifying round of the national, by
means OF which he won the medal
with las. Then he defeated such men
as W. G. Fownes. Jr.. Walter r. Trav-
is and Eben NJ Byers. Il was his old
weakness in putting that was mainly
responsible for his defeat at the hands
of John 6 Anderson He was the
medalist in the western amateur and
was on the team which won the
olympic Cup Visiting the Pacific
coast with the Middle Western team
Evans played brilliantly and broke
number of course records
Warren X Wood Of iomewood has
done enough e permit him beins
ranked fourth. for he won the western
title after having tried for number
Of years. He was only a stroke be
hind Evans in the qualifying round
and was a member Of the team which