New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-23
Saws Way of Conducting
Amateur Tourney Here
Is Infinitely Fairer.
TOURNEY IN ENGLAND
ONE OF SURPRISES
Jenkins and Hezlet to Fight 1t
Out To-day for Highest honors
of the Sport Abroad.
BY HAROLD II. HILTON.
Amateur Golf Champion OF Great br's'n'
inv Cable 10 The Tribune

HAHOLD IthfsipN'
Amateur Golf Champion of Great Britain.
tBy Cable TO The Tribunel
Sandwich, England, May 22.-Our
amateur championship is finishing
u,rch rs It began in series Of sur
misses. When Jerry Travers unex-
pectedly failed, on Monday last well
Known critic remarked to me; I'VE
.-s IN for a championship of surprises"
Although he had made such remarks
before which had not come true, stlil'
IN this occasion, he must be acknowi-
edged a true prophet, as 1t Is many
vosrs since there was such a whole
sale slaughter of the reigning favor
ties
In the semi-fnal round this after
mon ]. l.. c. Jenkins beat Everard
Martin Smith, who holds the record
for the course at 6S. by up and TO
play, while c. o. Hezlet beat X. T.
HUMPHREYS by up.
The luck Of the draw introduced a
big element Of chance into the tourna-
ment on the principle we now play IT,
We find two or three of the big men
all in a heap. They fight out their
differences in these nerVe-rachhg
eighteen-hole heats, and the survivor
comes out of the battle covered with
honor and scars only to succumb TO
little-known player, who has had an
easy. gentle journey through the early
rounds.
one spectator described the situation
as follows: THE dOuble-ruffed tigers
tear at each others throat for day
or two and the survivor crawls out OF
the fray victorious, but manned, only
TO be simply eaten up by some tame
old tabby cat"
This may be a somewhat severe view
10 take, but the championship now IN
progress has shown TO the most preju-
diced on this side that the method by
which you decide your amateur cham
pion for the year is an infinitely fairer
and more Just method than ours, and
there is a strong feeling prevalent that
the championship in future years
should be played on the principles I'M
der which yours is decided.
The final round tomorrow viii be
played between Scotch golfer, Lau-
rance Jenkins, and a young lrishman'
Charles Hezlet, brother of the famous
woman player, May Hezlet, who some
fen wears or so ago was the best player
we had amongst the members OF the
fair sex.
Jenkins is a well known player on
this side. and for some years has been
recognized as a finished exponent OF
the game, but Hezlet to golfers in Eng
land and Scotland is quite unknown.
He is a strong, powerful player, how
ever, who. moreover, puts with ex-
traordinary accuracy and who, If he
can only maintain the form he has
been showing, will make a great game
Of IL tomorrow.
lie pldStu Quitc 10 wei 'ON"S CO
Jenkins. and gave plenty of evidence
that he had courage and stamina. but
there is always the probability that he
may crack under the strain of final
round.
II Hezlet does come through it will
be the biggest surprise that has ever
happened in q big golf tournament in
this country, as even his own country
men, who are usually enthusiastic over
their own kind, thought nothing of his
chance at the beginning of the tourna-
ment.
Travers, Ouimet, Evans, Herreshoff
and Weber are off TO Paris to take
part in the French championship.
There they will meet Charles Palmer,
among others, but I have an idea that
their play will prevail and that the
French trophy will go to America for
the second time. Chick" Evans was
successful in 1911.