Arizona republican., 1914-03-29
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Francis Ouimet, Open Champion of the World, Leaves for England to Engage in the Amateur Championship Tourney
Special to The Republican,

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 BOSTON, Mass, March 2S.-The thousands of American golf enthusi- asts will wish success to Francis Quimet, the American open cham pion, when he sails for England next week to take part in the British ann ateur championship tournament.
 Quimet will not be the only Ameri- can player who will make a bid for tke British title in the great tourna- ment to take place on the Sandwich links today. Other Americans who are scheduled to take part are Je- rome D. Travers, the holder of the national amateur title; Fred Her reschoff, twice runner-up in the na- tional amateur championship, and Schmidt, Lockwood and Marston. all crack performers on the links.
 In this galaxy of American stars young Quimet is pretty sure to re- oeive the most attention on the other side. His name has been as familiar in England as in this country ever since he defeated Vardon and Ray, , the famous English professionals, in the national open tournament last fall
 Vardon and Ray, the pick of the worlds professional golfers, came over from England last summer and toured America, meeting all corners. What they did to the "all corners was little less than brutal All the two pros had to do was to walk ou- on the links, turn around, and walk right off again, incidentally taking with them the winners share of the prize money.
 Then came the open championship at Brookline, Mass. It promised more soft money for Vardon and Ray, but the promise failed of fulfillment. The pair of veterans showed great stuff from Tuesday till Friday of tourna- ment week and looked like sure win ners. But after Fridays play they found themselves tied for title with Quimet, a mere boy in years and who had gained his first experience on the links as a caddy
 The triple tie was played off on Saturday. Quimet, eager for the fray, jumped right out hustled over the course, turned in a card of 72, and was home eating his supper be- fore the two English wonders real iZed they had been defeated. In rec ognition of his brilliant performance that day. Quimet was presented with gold medal inscribed: Francis Qui- met, open champion, after tie with H. Vardon and E. Ray. The Country Club. Brookline, Mass, September 1S 19f3"
 l So it is not to be wondered that the devotees of the game in the British Isles are eagerly awaiting an opportunity to give the young victor the "once over"
 Young Quimet was born in Brook l line. Mass, May 8, 1893. of French Irish percentage. He learned his first | golf at the Country Club of Brook | line, where he worked as a caddy in 1907. He won his first prize in 1909. when as a high school student he won the interscholastic prize. Two years later he quit school to engage i in business, and thereafter his golf practice was confined to Saturday afternoons and Sundays.
 On his Saturday afternoons Quimet won more golf honors than any other player in Massachusetts. He played without practice on links he had never seen before. and in the major ity of his tournaments he captured the premier honors against a field of the states best players.
 For three successive years Quimet tried to qualify in the national anna teur tournament and failed Last year he qualified, but was defeated in the finals by Jerome D. Travers the title holder. Travers is quoted as saying that his match with Quimet was the hardest tussle he had or
 his way to final honors.
 After losing out in the nationa I tournament. Quimet won the amateur
 title of Massachusetts and estab-
 lished 6 reputation as a wonderful l finisher. Then, in the open tourna. ment last September, there came tt
 the young expert the greatest honol
 an amateur can win in the United
 States - the open championship -
 wrested from field of the biggest
 best and classiest golfers ever as
 sembled in America.
 From caddy to open champion
 of the United States in a period O five years is a record that is no likely to he dunlicated in many vaar