The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-08-29
GREAT GOLF MATCH
ON VERMONT LINKS
Amateur Golf Championship Of United
States to Be Fought Out on
the Ekwanok Course.

Although there were two amateur goli
championship tournaments, one at medal
play and the other at match play, held
in the United States, in 1894, it was
not until the following year that the
newly organized United States Golf as
ISOLATION assumed control of the game
in this country. The first amateur cham
| pionship under the auspices of the ma.
tional organization was decided on the
course of the Newport Golf club, New
port, r. l., in October, 1895, and won by
Charles B. Macdonald, entered from Chi
cage, and now a resident of New York
City. Monday, Aug. 81, the Goth ami
versary of this event carrying with it
the championship cup and title for which
a great field of players will contend, will
begin on the links of the Ekwanok Coun-
try club, Manchester, VT, and the final
round will be decided the following Sat.
urday.
In the early days of golf in this coun-
try it was only natural that those who
had learned the game in Scotland and
England easily led the American play
ers, as after the victory of G. B. Mac.
Donald in the first tournament, II. j.
Whigham, also Chicago entrant, who
had come from the other side OF the At
lantic with his bag of clubs and fine
knowledge of how to use them, won the
title in 1895 at Shinnecock Hills, L. l.,
and repeated the following year at
Wheaton, Ill. The fourth championship
was decided at Morristown, n. j., in
1903, and won by Findley s. Douglas,
who had come from Scotland to make
America his home.
From this stage of the game, however, !
the American homebred golfer became |
factor in the championship class and |
H. NJ. Hartman of New York took the |
measure of Douglas in the final match |
q year later at the Onwensia clubs links |
near Chicago, and Walter j. Travis fol- !
lowed with the successive victories at /
the Garden City and Atlantic City tour
in 1900 and 1901 Travis was
put out by Z. NJ. Byers of Pittsburg
in the second match play round at Glen
view, Ill., in 1902, when H. n. James of
the local club won the title with Byers
as the runner.up. Travis came again in
1908 at Glen Cove, N. Y, and won the
title for third time, Byers again being
he other finalist. H. Chandler Egan of
Chicago next held the honor for two
years, having won it at Baltusrol, n j.,
n 1904 and successfully defended it at
H., in 1906. E. NJ. Byers was
'ewarded for his persistent efforts in
9o6, when he became champion after
the Canadian champion, George
J. Lyon of Toronto, at Englewood, n. j.,
n 1906.
The present champion, Jerome d. Trav
RS, captured the title in 1907 on the
inks OF the Euclid club, Cleveland, O.,
When he defeated Archie Graham, the
Jew Jersey state champion, in the final
ound and won it again in 1908 at Gar
en- City. The next year at Wheaton,
H., r. Gardener of Hinsdale, H., was
eturned the winner and w. C. Fownes
Pittsburg survived field of 203 start.
RS at Brookline, Mass, in 1910. This
as by far the largest number of start
rs that ever began a national tourna
tent and under the new rule exempting
i but players with national rating of
We strokes or better from competition, =
D such field can ever be assembled for T
lis event again.
At Apawamis, n. Y, in 1911 there
ere ITO starters, when for the first
nd only time the cup and the title left
lie United States, as that year Harold
Hilton, England's foremost amateur
,lfer was the winner, but not until he
ID been carried to an extra hole effort
: Fred Herreshof of Ekwanok, Vt.
ilton was defeated in 1912 by c. G.
aldo in the first match play round at
heaton, H., when j. d. Travers won
r the third time and his victory at
Irden City IL months ago marked his
urth winning of the trophy and title
lich he viii be called upon to defend
xt week, /