Bisbee daily review., 1914-05-17
YANKEE GOLFERS ARE
 READY FOR TOURNEY
 WITH ALL THE WORLD
America Has Largest Represen- tatiOn in Her History to Con-
 pete on English Links.

NEW YORK, May l6.-The fourth and most important to date of the many international sports competi- tions in which the experts of the United States and England meet this year will begin Monday with the play. ing of the English Amateur Golf Championship tournament over the course of the Royal St. Georges Golf Club at Sandwich. For this golf clas. sic of the old world America has made the most representative entry ln its history and the spirit of seek l Ing new fields to conquer is most commendable since there was no or- ganized effort in this direction, each of the dozen or so American en- trants competing as individuals. That under these conditions the foremost amateur players of this country should be eager to put their skill against the best golfers os England, Continental Europe and even far away Australia speaks well for their spirit of sportsmanship and their be- lief in their ability to hold their own against the golfers of the world.
 Whether one of those who made the journey from the states by Sand. wich win be shnful and fortunate enough Co return with the English title as a reward only the next forty eight hours can reveal t is natural that the American golfer should hope for such Q fortunate repetition of the 1904 invasion of Walter J. Travis. This Is especially true since Eng land leads at the present time in the general international sports series of 1914, having scored with the Oxford University relay team at Philadelphia on April % and again in London on May G. when E. M Baerlein defeated Joshua Crane. Jr, of Boston. in the Anal round of the English amateur court tennis championships. Against these two victories America has but one, that in which Jay Gould de- feated George F. Covey of London, at Philadelphia in March for the worlds open court tennis championship.
 There is,therefore, added incentive in the attempt to win this. the most important of all English golf tourna- ments, and thus balance the score on the eve Of other and stll greater | competitions for international honors. It needs but a glance at the entry ! list, however to grap the magnitude of the task that faces the American contingent, The entry for the tourna. ment. which begins on Monday, con tains the name of every amateur of eral other countries as we'll. nI fact | this tournamet ls to the gold world what the English singles tennis tour noment at Wimbledon is to tennis virtually the amatelr championship of the world. As to the ability of the players to be met 1t need only be | stated that John Ball, IT,. winner of the title eight times since 1888, iu addition to being rtnnerup on two other occasions, and Harold H. Hil- ton. four times winner and three times runner.up, as well as open champion, are entered and quoted at little bet ter than even out of field of more than one hundred competitors. Others 1 include Lord Charles Hope. French champion and I've Whitton, the sensa- tionnl and youthful player who holds theAustrali anopench ampionshipand the Australian open championship and has been frequently compared to Fran csi Ouimet as to mannerisms and play ing ability since he began his practice rounds at Sandwich
 Wane tho Uuitad H1abSA holds bes ond place in number Of entries by