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
ure Strokes in National Cham
piOnship Tourney.

Amateur golfers began whetting W
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 moi
be made public until the middle Of
the week
1t Is known, however, that the fiele
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 Chicagt
player Charles Evans, ir. Abe
Mitchell, the famous British player
and Norman Hunter, 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 j. AcDermott, the national
open champion, won the open g)lf
tournament of the Shawnee Country
Club at Water Gap, Pa, Satur-
day. The Atlantic City golfer
turned in score of 293 for
the y 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. jr.. of
Oiknaont, both completing the tour
nament in 305. The renowned Harry
Nardon. of England. had to be con-
tent with fifth place, stroke behind
Anderson and Brady, while Edward
Ray. the other foreign visitor. came
In for a triple tie with Tom McNe-
mara. of Boston. and Fred Mcleod,
of Columbia, their totals reading 3OS
Probably the most gratuitious slap
ever administered publicly to foreign
sportsmen visiting in this country
was handed to Vardon and Ray Sat-
nrday afternoon at the close Of the
Shawnee, Pa. tournament, by John
NcDermott, national open golf cham
pion. About 500 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
eign visitors had a good time, but
We don't think they did, and we are
sure they won't win the national
open" The Englishmen's faces flushed,
but they said nothing. The rebuff,
coming as 1t did from the tourna-
ment winner and twice national open
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 they
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
twill be the arrival in America of Louis
fellier. the French professional. who
will represent his country in the ma
fional open championship at Brook
line. Vardon and Ray have n 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
AIISdl IDIltdlu anu Will NoiAC
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 win arrive late in the
week.
Nearly all the golf clubs in the
South are expected to be represented
in southern golf tournament, which
1.
y 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 n
gross score of 90. established new
record for the women players over
the Forest Hill Field Club links Sat
urday. Mrs. Woodruff went out in
A. and returned in II. The special
competition Of the day was an eigh-
teen-hoe medal play event, Han
ford Ayres had the lowest score,
with 90. Will his handicap was %.
This gave hin n net total OF 6S II.
y. eastman. f.. r. Brown and G.
Shappees VERY tied with Ayres for
first place. however, although they
had net scores of 81, eastman,
Brown. Shapes and Thomas Allsopp
were tied for honors in the sweep
stakes,
The finals of the August cup will
take place next Saturday between
Williafn |. Allsopp and Alfred Sykes.
Allsopn defeated Count Olozaga, and
Sykes ttAsted William w. Lyons in
the semi finals saturday.
II G. Plimpton, with 50. was high
In class A, W. l.. Conwell. with II.
was best in class Il. and H. Cock
shaw, with IS. carried off honors in
class c, IN the handicap event in three
classes at the Montclair Golf Club
links Saturday.
L.. Beggs won in class A with -.
and c. A. Warner in class r. with
10. in ar cighteen-hole handicap
medal play in two classes at Glen
Ridge Saturday
WILL TRY LONG SWIM