The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-22
VARDON'S SIXTH VICTORY
SHOWS GOLF is NOT LUCK
There May BE Cases Where FIuke Beats Player,
Says Anderson, but in Long Run Class
Surely Will Tell

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game OF golf for pay or persons who re-
ce!vc payment. EXCEPT as authorized In ad-
vance by the United States Golf Associa-
Ton, FOR playing IN tournaments, he IL In
the form Of direct cash remuneration, rail-
way fares. hotel bills or other return OF a
similar nature which constitutes "a real or
, coIor1blc iinaEC.Ii gain. Playing for
stakes IL private games. provided such
stakes are not Ipprcclab.y an addition to
and disprOportionatc IN ones regular in
come. sJall not constitute profession al.sm
per Sc, but tho facts in such cases shall be
competent evidence In determining a play
er's status
Reinstatement Any person having
sacrificed his amateur standing may be
roinstatcd TO amateur standing upon fur
iishlng evidence satisfactory to the United
stntcs Golf Association OF his merltng
such reinstatement"
The pros and CONS OF this question are
numerous and opportunities FOR hair split
ting and sea lawyerism" initiate. 1t Will
be noted. for instance, that nothing Is said
about sale or giving away Of prizes. In
my opinion II would be foolish to attempt
to specify all cases In advance. Each case
should stand on its own merits at tine dis
erection OF a body Of officials who are 1T to
he vested with sucn discretion. They
should determine IN each instance whether
the spirit W am1tcurlsm IL violated and
rule accordingly. 70 give driver, won
as prize. to a friend does not violate the
spirit To 20 To- a tournament az guest
OF a friend, FOR instance, seems quite I'M
Ike the case OF a player accepting hospi-
tllitlcs AID expenses from hotels engaged
II promoting resorts. But IL any proposed
acceptance of favors he sanctioned In adj
vance by proper officials. surely the path
II clear.
NY only conclusion Is that one OF
the secrets of their success and the reason
why they do not 20 stale Is that they
always play within their powers and let
the other man do the worrying. Every
event IN which they take part is AL In
the days work IL things do not go
right there is another day coming, and
the world OF golf in general Is ready
enough to make all the necessary eN-
cuses for any foeting slump they do
not bother their heads about the matter.
When the news came of the total which
won the title. SOC strokes, the thought
Instantly struck me with renewed EN-
phnsis, What pity IL was that J. j.
McDcrmotts hardness kept him out OF
the play, The average round of the
winner was 7sis strokes; McDcrmott
would make short shift % accepting
wagers on his ability TO score 3o6 or
better Tor sevcnty-two holes on the Prest-
wick course or proha bly, on almost any
other course Without knowing the exact
conditions at Prestwlck. but simply com
pairing the winning total with other
championships played at prestwick 1t
strikes me that this was the year of all
years that the twice holder Of the Ameri-
can open title should have been IN the
competition.
rs for Francis Oulmets total OF 332
strokes for the seventy-tWo holes Of the
championship. ! confess II u measure
Of surprise, even granting that there was
hardly the slightest hope that he would
f.vntninaut1y far tiIlp Itself
Still. there is no reason why he should
be IN any way discouraged. He has the
game ana needs only the riper expert
ence to prove IL.
What many OF w desire row !s a worthy
representation OF both British Hina;cu"
and profess onal golf in our coming ma
tioual championships. We hay" been well
beaten abroad and. thank goodness. none
OF our boys ia making any attempt to
explain IL In any other way than a. due
20 clear cut supt rloI!ty OF IN" victoTs.
Iiut---tic victor OF to-day Il not neces-
sar!iy the victor Of tomorrow and We
would welcome heartily the opportunity to
prove that the degree OF skin on this side
Of the Atlantic is not so inferior as Brit
ish hamplonships this season might In
dicate.
Travers believes that several OF the
British amateurs will be In the amateu!
championship Mt Ekwanok and doubtless
hopes that they will. Tom Mcnamara,
the Boston professional. has had word
from a friend abroad that Nardon. Dun
can and others are coming over for the
open. Vurdon's winning of tho open may
change his plans, II he actually was con-
templat'ng such a visit yet II would seem
only human II he desired TO tackle the
American open once again. II only because
Of what happened last year. lnasmuch
as Duncan once more has failed In the
British open 1t may be that he will think
the more of coming, for 1t doubtless will
be vardon and Taylor who now VII he
flooded with the requests for exhibition
dates all over the Isles.