Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-04-30
GOLF GOSSIP
Thy Latest NALL

as to the status of American golf att.
er the playing of the English anna
teur championship on the Royal st.
George Golf Club course at Sandwich,
May Is and 10. Although the entry
list does not close until May IL the
United States contingent for Sand
witch already totals eleven and late
entries from home players and those
living abroad may almost double this
number. That 1t is the desire of the
Royal st. George Club to. make the
1914 English amateur championship a
real international competition is at
tested to by the fact that more than
one thousand invitations to compete
have been sent to all parts of the
world.
The American response must GER
tainly be gratifying since almost
dozen amateurs including the United
States open and amateur champions,
are already pFactieing on English
links for the coming event. Whether
the honor of capturing the five hun
dred dollar trophy emblematic Of the
championship will fall to the lot of
any one of these entrants only the flu
ture viii disclose Regardless Of the
final outcome, however. II can be safe
ly assumed that no other nation so
far removed from England as the
United States win be represented by
a contingent of golfers superior eth
er In quality or quantity.
At the present time eleven prospec-
tive competitors from the United
States are gathering at Sandwich and
even though there are no further adj
ditions to this squad, American golf
will be well represented. Using the
1913 handicap list Of the United
States Golf Association as q rating
basis these players and the clubs of
which they are members, are as fol
lows.
Scratch Jerome d. Travers, Upper
Montclair Country Club, Upper Mont
clair, N. J., United States amateur
champion; handicap 2, Frederick Her
reshoff, National Links, Shinnecock.
l.. l.; handicaps 8, p. w. Whittemore,
Brookline Country Club, Brookline,
Mass; handicap 4, Francis Ouimet,
Woodland Golf Club, Auburndale,
Mass; United States open champion;
G. w. Inslee, Oneida Community; A.
G.. Lockwood, Belmont Springs Coun-
try Club, Waverly, Mass; Harold
Weber. Iverness Club Toledo, o.. r.
w. Brown, Belmont Springs Country
Club, Waverly, Mass; handicap 5, H.
j. Topping, Greenwich, Conn, and
Fraser Hale, Edgewater Golf Club,
Chicago. III, and Edward S. Knapp.
It is but natural that the hopes of
the stay-at-home golfer should be-
pinned upon the play of the two Anne
rican champions, Jerome Trayers and
Francis 0uimet, and the form shown
by these players during the early
days of the practice abroad appears
to warrant this faith. The fact that
a record entry is expected and the
luck of the draw may develop handi-
Gaping combinations must be taken
into consideration. Under these con-
ditions there exists the possibility
that one of the minor ranked play
ers, either English or American, may
come through and prove the surprise
of the tournament as was the case In
the American open championship last
fall, when Ouimet sprang into inter-
national fame by tying and then de-
feating Ray and Vardon in the play
on for the title.
Regardless of the outcome, how
ever, the coming tournament at Sand
witch promises to be one of the most
important, from an international
standpoint, ever staged in England.
Although the entry list does not close
until May IL and the draw made the
following day, elaborate preparations
for the tournament are already under
way. The few hotels and inns have
been booked to capacity for weeks
past and the question of accommo-
dations is serious problem for the
late entrants. A special train for
golfers and spectators will be run be-
tween London and the course. Sand.
witch is seventy-two miles from Lon.
don, but off the main line and the
ordinary running time is close to three
hours. Because of the poor transit
facilities in the past the gallery has
seldom exceeded three or four hun
dred. Conditions, however, will be
entirely different this season, for in
addition to the American entries, Can
ada, Australia and France are also rep
resented together with the usual Eng
fish entry. This international gath.
e-ing of golfers will undoubtedly at.
tract a CELERY of seVeral'thousand.
The course from playing stand
point is considered an excellent test
of all-round ability and the winner Of
the final round will well deserve the
honors which go with the champion.
ship. The distance for the full eight
cen holes is 1854 yards. The course
has been greatly altered and length
ened since 1904 when Walter J. Ira
Wis won the English championship
theer and is considerably different
from the course as usually played on
by club members. Under the cham
pionship conditions the outward
round will be 3,043 yards with a
scratch score of SO. The sixth hole is
the shortest, 100 yards and the sew.
enth the longest, being 400 yards
from tee to cup. Coming home the
course is 1851 yards with the six
teenth the shortest hole at 160 yards
and the thirteenth the longest, being