The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-02
ELEVEN AMERICANS
ENTER ENGLISH
GOLF TOURNEY
Travers and 0uimet Among
the World Stars who will
Seek international Cham
pionship

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after the playing OF the English anna
tcur championship on the Royal =.
George coli club course at sandwich,
May Is and 10. Although the entry
list does not close until May IL the
United States contingent for sand
wich already totals eleven ~ late
entries from home players and those
living abroad may almost double this
number. Tina IL is the desire of the
Royal 81. George club a. maxi the
1914 English amateur championship
"a real international competition Is
attested 10 hy the fact that more than
one thousand invitations to compete
have been sent q all parts ct the
world.
The American response must GER
tninly be- gratifying since almost q
dozen amateurs. Including the United
States open and amateur champions
are already practicing on English
links for the coming event Whether
the honor 81 capturing the $500 tro-
ply emblcmatic Of the chImpionshp
will fall TO the lot Of any one OF these
entrants only the future will disclose.
Regardless OF the hnal outcome, how
ever. Il can be safely assumed that
no other nation 40 FAR removed from
England as the United states viii be
represented boy "a contingent Of golfers
superior either In quality or quantity.
Al the present time eleven pros
pectiVc competitors from the United
states are gathering at sandwich and
even though there are no further adj
ditions To this squad. American goif
will be well represented. Using the
1913 handicap list of the United
states Coli association az n rnting
basis these players and the clubs OF
which they are members are as fol-
lows.
scratch-Jeromc u. Traycrs, Upper
Muntciair Country club. Upper Mont
clair. y. j., United States amateur
champion. handicap 2-Frederick
Hcrreshon, National Links, SHINE
cock. l.. l.; handicap 3-P W. Whit
temOrc. Brookllne Country club,
Brookhne. Mass handicap Fran
els Ouimet, Woodland Golf club, Au-
burndaie. Mass. United States ope
champion: g.. W lnslce. oneida Com
immunity; 4. @. Lockwood, Belmont
Springs Country club. Waverly,
Mass. Harold Weber. ivcruess club,
Toledo, o.; r. W. Brown. Belmont
Springs Country club. Waverly, Mass.
handicap 5-H J. Topping. Green
wich. Conn. Fraser Hale. Edgewater
Golf dub, Chicago. n Edward >.
Knapp.
II is but natural that the hopes Of
the stny-at-home golfers should be
pinned upon the play OF the Two
American champions, Jerome Tray
.rs and Francis Ouimet, and the form
shown by these players during the
early days of the practice abroad APP
pears Ia warrant this faith The fact
that "A record entry Is expected and
the luck of the draw may develop
handicapping combinations must he
taken into consideration Under
these conditions there exists the pos
siblHty that one Of the minor ranked
players, either English or American.
may come through aud prove the sur
prise Of the tournament as was the
cease in the American open champion
ship last fall. when ouimet sprang
into International fame by tying aud
then defeating Ray me Nardon in
the play-ou Tor the title.
Regardless Of the outcome. how
ever. the coming tournament At
Sandwich promises 10 be one Of the
most Important, from an information
al standpoint ever staged In England.
Although the entry list does not close
until MAY ~, and the draw made the
following day, elaborate preparations
for the tournament are already under
way The few hotels n inns have
been booked TO capacity Tor weeks
past and the question of accommoda-
tions rs "a scrioUs problem Cor the late
entrants. \ special train tor golfers
an dspectators viii he run between
londun and the UuT sandwich -
seVenty-two miles from London but
off the main line. and the ordinary
running time IL close 70 three hours
because Of the poor transit facilities
In the past the gallery has seldom eN-
ceeded three or four Con-
ditions however. will be entirely dif-
ferent this season. FOR In addition TO
the American entries. Canada, Aus
trnlia and France are also represent
ed. together with the usual English
entry. This international gathering
Of golfers will undoubtedly attract a
gallery of several thousand.
The course from a playing stand
point Is considered an excellent test
of all-around ability aud the winner
OF the hnal round will well deserve
the honors which go with the cham
p.onship. The distance for the full
eighteen holes h 6.594 yards The
course has been greatly altered and
, iengthened since 1904 hen Walter
, }. Travis won the English champion
) ship there, and h considerably diner
, ent from the course az usually played
on by club members. Under the
championship conditions the outward
round will be s,Ot5 yards with a
J scratch score OF IS. The sixth hole
Is the shortest. l60 yards, a. the
; seventh the longest, being i9o yard'
: from tee to cup. Coming home the
, course II 3.5s1 yards, with the six.
tcenth the shortest hole at 100 yards
! and the thirteenth the longest, hoins
4St yards. The scratch score h go
! giving "A total Of as for the entire ts