Evening star., 1914-05-17

the nited States had hardly heard ~
ouimet. and when asked about him ~
Garden City consigned him TO only ave.
age, should simply on account of OuimctS :
one success in the open now be conviUc-
ed that he is the greatest gofnr in th
world. IT is quite true that We are murlt
too prone TO this sort Of enthusiasm
which warps the Judgment.
To come down to n real cold-blooded
study of chances in the British amateur
championship therefore. our best man
from his records. carried over a number %
Years as to quality and match play. is Je
rome Trayers. The English critics recoS-
niZe this and fear that our other men
may put out enough good ones TO enabls
Travers TO come through to the point.
couple of rounds from home. where tie
field is narrowed down and he has a
chance to exhibit that fighting spirit ~
his. Finally, to come TO our weaknesses.
we all know that Travers has been mani
times badly off in his wooden club play
and has had 10 rely upon his big iron.
which, as every first-class Englshman
familiar with Sandwich knows. would
probably take away Travers' chances -
winning His shift from his old Science
tady putter has not apparently troubled
him very greatly. But We must remenl-
Der that it was shift Now as TO ou.-
met. He has not shown his form IN the
early play over there. He has na long
O
here Should he play in the inspired way
which carried him through the open and
the play-off at Brookline II would bring
him through. and we can hope for prooa-
bilities and not possibilities. Evans has
always been more or less troubled with
his putting, and he has never been
lucky player. As the professional base
ball player would say of pitcher, he
has everything" but it hasn't served 70
bring him through. Perhaps the real
point is that he is not hard enough on MS
opponent in his determination to make
the most of everything. In this respect
he is not unlike one of his opponents.
Johnny Graham. who is known over
there as a wonderful player, but so un-
lucky that he has never won. Graham IS
known as the longest driver at Hoyiake.
an asset that is very valuable at Sand
wich.
Once more we turn our eyes 10 the
Pacific coast for remarkable happenings.
Edward Beeson of the Olympic club OF
San Francisco Is reported as having
broken the worlds high Jump record.
adding five-eighths OF an inch to the +"
feet inches made by George HORNE.
another coast athlete. This. taken IN
conjunction with the wonderful work or
the athletes from the University ~
Southern California at the Philadelphia
relay races will aid James +. sullivan
games at the Panama exposition. The
University of Southern California has
given up Rugby foot ball and returned
to the American game. ana several
schools in the vicinity have followed suit.
so that it will be possible to get some ma
tional foot ball at the time Of these
games To return to track records our
eastern athletes will have to look TO their
laurels or else have the Pacific coast cut
off the map. The records for which TINS
section are asking sanction made TINS
season are II seconds for the l9o-yard
hurdle by Fred Kelly; s seconds for the
GO-yard hurdle by ]. r. Case. at san
Francisco: minutes ~ 30 seconds FOR
the interscholastic mile run, made oE 2
B Berry at Berkeley, Cal: 30 seconds
for the 1o1 yards, by Howard Drew 70
feet III inches for the height throw 81
the 6i-pound weight. by p Donovan -
feet 9la inches for the javeln throw. py
Harry Liversedses, at Stanford. Sal
this in addition to the above record OF
Beeson.