Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-01-16
U. s. GOLF STARS
GOING ABROAD
Dozen Amateurs Plan Trip IN
Quest Of English Titles.
F|NDLAY DOUGLAS At HELM.
Players Will Go as individuals, but
Team Matches Are Likely as Side Is
sues-Jerome D. Travers Will Not
Be In the Party.

~ tUdv0U0 "uI MOL
Be In the Party.
Following the announcement of u
few weeks ago that several of Amer.
ica's best professional golfers intended
invading Great Britain next spring in
quest of the golf crown Of the world
comes the news that perhaps a dozen
we'll known amateurs will form a party
and make a trip to st. Andrews, Scot.
land. the scene of the next British anna.
teur championship.
Nothing definite has been decided.
Fandlay S. Douglas, who came original
y from st. Andrews and who has won
the national and metropolitan titles in
his thirteen years of residence in this
country, has decided to make the trip.
He spoke to several friends who ex.
pressed considerable eagerness to make
the trip.
Among those who probably will join
the party are Fred Herreshoff, whose
trip abroad last spring was unsuccess,
full; E. M. Byers and w. G. Fownes, Jr..
Of Pittsburgh, former national cham
pions; Oswald Kirkby. Howard w.
Perrin of Philadelphia, P. w. White
more Of Boston, John M. Ward of Gar.
den City, Robert G. Watson Of West
brook and A. w. Tillinghast and George
A. Crump of Philadelphia. Douglas
hopes that Charles w. Evans, Jr.. the
western title holder, will be able to go.
He also hopes to see such men as War;
rem K. Wood. Albert Seckel. Mason
Phelps and Paul Hunter included.
Many mentioned already have been
visitors abroad, such as Herreshoff.
Byers, Evans, who won the champion
ship of France two years ago; Tilling-
hast and Whittemore. Herreshoff be-
lieves he can do much better next
spring than he did on his previous
visit to Britain. Whittemore, for
years one of the leaders in amateur
golf around Boston, is enthusiastic
over the trip and is Of the opinion that
other Bay State golfers would be only
too willing to become members Of the
party. Kirkby was on the point Of
going over last spring with HERE
oAOhS OuI was plOfCuLCus UuI liz 1celS
reasonably certain Of getting away
this time.
According to Douglas. there is to be
no attempt to organize a team, but
simply a party of congenial golfers
who are willing to 60 abroad to play
over some of the famous courses, take
part in the British championship and
make as good a showing as possible.
There was some talk recently of Je-
rome D. Travers. the national cham
plon. going over in the spring, but
Travers states that there is little like
lihood of his going, for the reason that
he uses a putter Of the mallet headed
variety which has been legislated
against in Great Britain. He believes
that it would require a long and
steady period Of practice to become
accustomed to the ordinary kind be-
fore he could become proficient in it's
use.
Douglas says he would like to see
a few team matches arranged, one
being against the Oxford-Cambridge
combination that visited America in
1903. The international phase of the
situation becomes important when
team matches become probable. and
it would then be little trouble to bring
about an international team match be-
tween the United States and Great
Britain. AS this could not be brought
about without the supervision of the
Royal and Ancient Club of st. An.
drews and the United States Golf as
ISOLATION. the probability is considered
remote.