The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-13
SPORT GOSSIP

New York. Sept. 13.-Another inter
national sport competition will be
added 10 the already lengthy list of
1913. with the playing of the United
States open golf championship tour
naIaent at Brookline, Mass, next
week.. Owing to the entry Of several
of the leading professionals of Eng
attracted unusual interest this year
and elaborate arrangements are being
made to accommodate a record entry
and gallery during the four days of
play at the Country club course So
keen is the desire to witness the for
enign players in competition with the
best of Americas professionals that
the original arrangements for the
tournament had to be revised in order
to meet the new demands.
According to the latest estimates
more than $50 entrants are assured and
a daily gallery in excess of 5000 will
follow the players, providing favorable
weather conditions prevail. The pres
Eence of Wilfrid Reid, Harry Vardon,
Edward Ray and Christopher Caller
way, representing England, and Louis
Teller and Arnaud Massey of France,
is likely to prove a great drawing
card for both entrants and spectators.
In order to provide for this unusual
entry, elimination round will be
played on Monday and Tuesday.
Those players who qualify with the
best thirty-two scores n those tied
for thirty-second place will proceed to
the championship rounds to be played
on Wednesday and Thursday.
The open championship dates back
to the organization Of the United
States Golf association in 1896, and the
tournament of next week will be the
nineteenth annual play for the title,
Willie Anderson won in 1901 -03-04 -05
and j. I. McDermott in 1911-12. Alex
Smith won in 1907 n 1910. These
were the only players to capture the
championship more than once. Harry
Vardon, the present English entrant,
won the title in 1900, when the tourna-
ment was played at Wheaton, Ill. In
view Of the failure Of the American
professionals in their invasion of Eng
land n France last spring, the efforts
of the. English and French players tc
retain this advantage on strange links
will be watched with more than or
binary interest.
The possibilities of 1914 as a record
year in sport is considerably brighten
ed by the final signing and sealing OF
the agreement for a series of races
for the Americas cup during the
month of September. 1t, cannot be de-
MED that the negotiations between the
New York and Royal Ulster Yacht
clubs were conducted upon ticklist
grounds, and not until the final com.
pact was signed was the cup contest
assured. Now that the last doubt re-
garding the yachting classic is re-
moved there are busy sessions ahead
for designers, yachtsmen int many
other actors in what will undoubtedly
be the chief, international sporting con
test of the coming year.
1t is understood that the plans fol
Sir Thomas Lipton's challenger, Sham.
rock w, are about completed and tina
the keel of the s~eventy-fve footer will
be laid within the next month or 81,
weeks. Three, and possibly four de-
tenders, all seventy five foot yachts. ar,
projected at the present time, and
may be that this umEe will be still
further augmented if the plans of Ger,
tain wealthy followers of yachting ma
terialize. 1t is proposed to have al
these yachts in condition for the tria
race preliminaries early next summer
in order that there may be ample tim
for the tuning-up and testing which
plays such an important part in al
Americas cup races.
In the meantime numerous plans arr
being made to accommodate SPECTATOR
along the New Jersey and Long Island
shores and off Sandy Hook, where thu
international regatta will be staged
The chartering of large excursion
steamers for use during the month o.
September, 1914, has already begur
and it is expected that the excursion
fleet will carry $4,000 spectators to tn,
scene of the races each day. The early
tuning-up off Newport and Sand.
Hook also will attract many yachts.
men. Special arrangements for re.
porting the trials and al by wire,
less are alerady under way and thu
United States navy. may be asked tt
help lin this department OF the REGATTA