The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-23
BRITISH GOLF TITLE
EVADES ENGLISHMEN
tcotchman and lrjshman, Both
comparatively Unknown,
in Final Round.
ONE rONDEROuS; ONESHORT
First Championship Try fol-
IIczlet-Opponent Twice
Prominent.

SASuWlcH, England, May 22,-One
more DAY of surprises in this most re-
Z Ssrkable Of British golf championships
,sr J !. 9. Jenkins. a Scotchman. and
2 q Hezlrt, an frlshman, as the last
40 survivors Of the international field
which began play on Monday on the Royal
;, Georges course. Regarded as rank
out.ders all of the way through the
,ournev jenkins and Hezlet will play to-
marrow In the thirty-six hole round that
will decide who is TO be the holder of the
vorlds greatest amateur golnng honor
during the next twelve months.
Tho English golfers are as down In
The mouth tonight as the Americans were
y.sterd,y. for championship hnal be-
,ra.u a Scutchman and an 1rishman ID
m, O., their liking. And play " on an
r,,lsh course. too Forecasts OF what
gw happ,u tomorrow are almost en-
,..,, Lirk.ng for what the two new
,,,.rs 20 championship honors Will do
IN ,bs stress VI the final round IL some
hing that no one dares 70 predict.
FOR one thing the match VIII be an ond
80. "a watch because OF the disparity III
physical proportions OF the Two nnsn rs
ftez'et is q Young giant, the biggest man
yho has played In championship, NJ
A., mat is what all the old timers as
,.,,b',d here assert, and jenkins Is one
4, the shortest golfers In Britain. inc
,an, and the pygrny playing for the title
viii be sight well worth the seeing
whether they play championship eot or
not T.,
,bs brother of tho famous HeZlet Sis
tsrs one ~ whom. Miss May Hezlet. has
,brae times held the ladies' champion
sn,p jenkins has played for Scotland
against England In the International
matches n couple OF times. and twice
reached the Sixth round In the amateur
tharnpionshlp. so he Is not quite so much
u an unknown as his bulky rival He Is
20 years old. and is hest known FOR his
confidence. which has carried him through
many a hard match.
Tho greatest match OF the day was that
n the morning between Il. Marun-Smith
and John Graham. Jr Al the turn II was
al square, but coming In Graham tired
perceptiblv and Martin-Smith. who holds
he record for the course, had not much
trouble In winning. In the semi-final
round In the afternoon Martin-Smith was
N turn beaten by Jenkins, who won by
NJ and TO play. Jenkins had reached
he semi-finsl by beating norman r.
Hunter the Scotch golfer who played IN
America decade ago and again in 1917.
where he was knocked out by the heat
IN the round before the scmi-nnal OF the
United states championship at Wheaton.
r. +. Humphries. a Cambridge golfer,
vas Vezlers opponent in tho semi-fnai
md the h!g Irishman won on the home
yr.sn nv 1 up after tho tiGhtest kind OF
match The hest golf OF the afternoon
vas Played by Jenkins, who did some eN-
ceed,ngly good work while he was ols-
posing of Martin-Smith.
ha of
fay we're the ten Americans and mort or
The British stars who had been eliminated
In the earlier rounds. on every side cotliu
he heard discussions of the surprising out.
come OF the championship, and divers ana
sundry reasons We're assigned FOR the pc,
guitar state OF affairs. II was the general
opinion that Notwithstanding the fact that
the list OF entries was the biggest ana
strongest ia the history of the event the
last eight wa the weakest on record.
The dry condition Of the course this
week which has been warm and without
ain, vas held responsible for the outcome
~ the championship by many OF the Brit
fgh golfers. and one or two or the Amerl-
ans were heard discussing what might
have happened II the American system OF
'i'rty-six hole rounds all OF the way from
he qualify ing round to the final had peen
m effect here. They seemed 10 think that
ne elimination OF all OF the favorites
might have been aNerted " the AMERICAN
system had been used
Harold II. Hilton, whose amateur utie
Will descend upon new shoulders to-mor-
row, was one 10 come out for the Amerl-
can plan OF running future British cham
pi)rships.
The American plan Is mach more fair
fhar ours" he said, 'rhirty-six hole
matches leave much less chance for the
pnore- nldyer 10 win and are better
est OF gJl! There Is growing senti-
'or1t here M favor Of this style OF tour
lament IN important events, and II would
10Y ,Yrpris. me 10 see our future cham
ponsn!ps decided IN this manner"
b Among tue visitors there seemed 10 be a
strong feeling that American golf had not
done itself fun justice. Jerome u. Trayers
would not comment on his own plans, but
he expressed the opinion that matters
should not DO left where they are, bu
that America should be strongly repre-
scented again in 1915, The other Ameri
can echoed his opinion
Harold Weber OF Toledo, Ohio, who
lasted until yesterday morning, suggested
to-day that plans for a team match
America AGAINST Brltain, be worked GU
along tho hu"s ~ the Davis cup atche
100 t-Uu'- lie said that he thought tina
here should he i've players on each sid
and that they should play single and fou
bal matches, but all at thirty-six holes
The plan has been received with favor b!
me other Americans and by many OF tn
British golfers, and II is being eagerl.
discussed this evening.
LoSnoS, May 23.-The Times says Il
an editorial to-day: