New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-12
CHICK EVANS MAY
PLAY IN SLEEPY
HOLLOW TOURNEY
Plenty of Class in Large
Field That Will Compete
in Golf Fixture.

Although many goltefS 90 TOT man
up their minds until the last minute, II
looks as though the Sleepy Hollow
Country Club would entertain large
field and one of class. A. II. Johnson,
who is serving as chairman OF the tour
nament committee, is authority for the
statement that when the competition
begins on Thursday it is likely that
Charles f. Evans, jrp Will be among
those TO tee up.
Evans plans to be in the East this
week, and if he is he will try his luck
in an Eastern invitation meeting tor
the first time. He was 70 have played
last summer, but had 10 change his
plans at the last minute. Among those
who have been invited 20 compete are
Maxwell r Marston, the New Jersey
champion; Philip Carter, the metro
poltan junior title holder FRANK w:
Over. who won the Sleepy Hollow chief
cnn last wear. and John c. Anderson.
Definite word has not been received
from, Ouimet. Travers or Travis.
Conditions call for all Of Thursday
IN he given over 10 an eighteen-hole
qualifying round, five sixteens becom-
ing eligible for match play. Cups are
offered for the winner and the runner
nm in each. There will be beaten
Fights in all divisions, with handl-
can on Saturday limited 10 eighteen
strokes. Prizes are offered Tor the
two best net scores.
Several of the nearby professionals
have sipnifed their intention OF Visit
ing Shawnee on Wednesday for the
PENNSYLVANIA open championship, CON
sisting of thirty-siX holes OF medal
play. The tournament IS open TO all
The whitehall Club has arranged for
a one-day gathering at Oakland on
Julv 90. An eightecn-hole media! nan
dicap is on the card for the morning:
Contestants will qualify in flights OF
ei,teer each. and after the draw Is
made the cards will be matched 10 de-
termiEe the various hIght winners
The name "Chandler' and the word
trouble" in golf are apparently
synonymous terms II. Chandler Egan
is one Of the greatest trouoIe-shoI
players in the history Of the game
His rccoveries border on the uncanny'
Now comes the story Of the remarha-
ble shot played By Miss Eleanor Chan
der. of Philadelphia. in team malch
near her home recently.
Miss Chambers tee shot landed IN
2 brook. Wading in the water 10
depth of eighteen inches. she PLAYED an
approach dead TO the pin. Her so
disconnected her opponent that MISS
Chandler won the hole after her an
taoonist had carried the brook and
had. an apparently easy putt for D.
Half a million rounds Of golf were
played over the public links OF Chl-
cago last year. At Jackson Park, said
10 possess two links that have been
used more than any other in the world
1865 rounds were played over the
big course and 1880 rounds over the
little course during 1914. That makes
q total Of almost 100000 rounds IN one
park alone.
In every city where there are public
courses there are at least n hundred
times as many golfers as there IS room
for them on the links. But the mu-
1icipal authorities are awakening.
They realize that golf has become a
game Of the masses as well as the
classes now. They realize It has prob
ably as many players as any other
game.
Those who believe the trite saving
that nobody loves fat man will do
well TO remember that it was not long
ago that a tournament with a weight
limit attached was held by the Edge
water Club. near Chicago. More than
200 players participated, all cont test,
ants weighing in at the first tee. Medal
results were accounted according TO
classes. The classes were divided as
follows: Submarine. li5 pounds or
less; destroyers. l46 to 100; cruisers
l6l to 1870, and battleships. l9l TO
ton.