The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-23
BY JOHN G. AMBER son.

sectional teams. 1t is the first time that
the national amateur championship has
taken a wee slice out of a second week.
but II seems necessary to gain the re-
uuired thirty-six hole match play method
for which every one has been crying the
last few years. Uniformity Is a desired
note, but some may rightly question the
~advisabllity of holding a tournament
which takes up almost two weeks OF a
payers time. Those who have to travel
my distance. say from New York. leave
on the Wednesday and get back a week
from the following Monday. which means
twelve days away from ON and BUSH
ness. This may appeal to those who
can get away for that length OF time. but
Il may work an injustice upon some good
golfers h might ave a nance for the
title. But until some one can invent a
new method-it hardly would be
eighteen hole rounds with a t~hirty-six
hole fnal-or until we accept MIR.
Travers's suggestion that seventy-two
Poles medal play settle the question:
scheme which has merit as well as some
faults-we must be glad that no criti-
ciem can be launched at the fairness OF
the play.
! cannot help but think. too. that II
these affairs are always to be as long
that II will be necessary for the men who
play In the tournaments to 90 in train
ing for the sport the same as In any
other arduous games, for II takes more
OF reserve force than almost any other
game because the subjective end OF the
sport is so strong. So far We have paid
little attention TO the training end OF the
play. hut 1t may he that careful atten-
ton to diet, water, hours OF sleep and
outside ~recreatlons may help each golfer
TO control his nerves so that he will In
truth have no nerves at all and will face
a three foot putt with his usual prac-
tice round equanimity.
The past few years have seen the
passing Of some players who would be
right up in the forefront of the fight
this week and next II they had paid
more attention to regular habits and
physical trim certain golfers can stand
more abuse of hours. &c, because they
have a certain style which carries them
through. but In severe match play this
does not always hold and the better man
Is he who combines both strength and
style. We read about the track athletes
taking large bottles OF water with them
TO the Pacific coast a couple OF weeks
ago In order that their stomachs might
net be forced to try another brand.
With the golfer there is also the likeli-
hood that he may get stomach trouble
with the change of water and no player
can do his best II he Is under that handi-
cap. All these little minor matters OF
detail in getting ready for a golf tour
nament OF Importance are suFe. aids TO
those who will be careful and follow oui
a schedule which they arrange for them
selves. II will pay.
There are three reasons In particular
WHICH appeal to me in thinking over the
sectional chances for success In the
coming United States Golf Association
amateur championship. That the East
stands the bes; chance of winning is the
result OF the three eason two of which
are taken care OF by mentioning the
names of Messrs. Jerome Travers and
Francis Ouimet. while the third is the
splendid game now being shown by the
younger school OF Eastern golfers, II
would hardly be the thing to class Mr..
Ouim.t with the old c~ampaigners, for
he has yet TO cast his hrst Presidential
ballot. but his prominence OF the past
three years has been quite sustained.
BY the young school is meant those
golfers under or still in the early twen-
ties whose game in the past has been
untowardly streaky but who now,
through practice and perseverance,
have at their finger tips a gains which
might Justly be termed ripe
The number OF players who have
progressed 90 this pint In the Eastern
States whose ability makes them q
power to be reckoned with in tourna-
ments Of this kind. outnumber those
OF the West by about two to one. the
same proportion as do the star golfers
Mr.. Travers and Mr.. Oulmet, as against
Mr.. Evans.
II wa begin in the extreme East In
our search for names we find Pau
Tewksbury and J. IL. sullivan. Jr.,
likely candidates for a qualifying place
The former with shoulders grown ex'
pans!ve and wrists supple and strong
has developed into a very long hitter
with one or IVA brilliant rounds in his
system which might well defeat any
body. Almost every golfer has one OF
!, two such rounds concealed somewhere
about his person and they seem to be
coming into the light in the case of Mr.
Tewksbury.
The name which | would present foT
most careful consideration at this tim'
of year is that OF Jesse Guilford. form
erly state champion OF New Hampshire
, but now a resident of Massachusetts
where the twelve months residence
rule still makes him ineligible for plaI
:, in Lesley Cup contests. / do not know
: for certain whether Mr.. Guilford viii
enter tHt UttlblHsil, bbN u nv 'N'H' "'
. shows his present form, look out fo'
l him. He II just coming into his owl
y as a golfer. His record this season
speaks for itself. for he has twice
: taken the measure OF Mr.. Oui1net, ha'
won a number of gross score prizes
from representative fields, and has woi
$ three open besides. III
e last victory in the Press championship
began with a 30 In the qualifying
i round. followed up the next day by
z 81. To get a 81 at any course re
auires superb play, but to get 1t "a
I Wollaston which is ot good aVeras
G length IL exceptional, The par for tn
outward journey is a fairly difficult 8
/ and Gullford was out IN 33, The Ion
: driver Is hitting them as fi.rcely as ever
but with his drives under better contro
while his irons have come along timely
In the past Guilford has lost matche
. because he had no confidence in hi
q own ability To putt, but his play on IN
greens this season has been up To IN
! standard of any high class golfer, an
now his mental attitude IL supreme u
golf, Unless he has changed completel
Mr. Gullford does not yet know--he WI
some time no doubt-what II means
he worried in tho course Of a matcl
. He SAWS 81 should have done such
, thing and does not use the "If ! IA
v done so and So" which. II seems to m
liz "A good sign Of a golfers mental ro'
and attitude. Moreover ] am confdet
p that i'm the majority OF his contests Il
has A start Of one hole In that he ca
almost always look back at his 81
nonen, from the tee. The opportunit