The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-23
NINE DAYS OF GOLF FACE
DETROIT AMATEUR FIELD
International Match Next Thursday Precedes "Ameri-
can Golfer Trophy Play on Day Before
National Tournament Proper Begins.

which the West can produce. Much has
been written about the voc style which
Mr.. Msrston has with his irons-that
long back swing Of his-which In so out
OF keeping with the usual methods. He
does get good results with this style of
play and ought to improve some In this
respect 10 for no other reason than that
he sticks to II. In driving he hits a
ball with n long carry. which will be
useful at Detroit. especially the slight
pun, which will enable him to gauge
the ditch carries which are SO plentiful
on the Detroit championship course.
His putting Is excellent at all times.
Last yea he took Mr.. Oulmet to the
last hole. He liz afraid of no one. and
consider him dangerous. Above all
ne is one of the finest young sportsmen
In the game.
Mr.. Philip Carter. fresh from two
trouncings at the hands OF the ex-
Southern champion. Mr.. Nelson Whit
ney. Is probably saying "Ill show them
yet and perhaps he will. Though
possessed or but few fancy shots, he
has his W well under control and
In match play never says die. IL sec
tional victory enters his head he will
ne a hard boy to rrim. Mr.. Reginald
Lewis has not shown this year as last.
somehow or other. but he may find
himself. Mr.. Roy Webb will probably
have his mind set on adding the gross
score prize 10 his long years list. but
ne VIII find the competition keener
than ever II he decides to 90
West. MIR. Frank Dyer. amateur
champion of Pennsylva MIA but a resi-
dent or New Jersey. has II In him to
nash a couple of brilliant rounds, and
II Is Just this sort of thing which gives
q shade OF margin 10 the East. Mr..
oswald kirkhy u.il n,talff, ,hl. .n. Y
have no fear Of that, and all the pent
up revenge feelings will undoubtedly he
let loose on opponents in order to make
up Tor what we call hard luck when n
plaNe fails to qualify.
Mr.. Ray Gorton has not PLAYED much
golf this year. but II he goes to De.
troit may prove worthy OF an unset or
Two Then there are many others
whose names are bywords In American
golf who live in the Eastern section.
Barnes, Reid. Plat. White, Herreshon,
Hoyt. Hyde. Kerr, Sterne and Topping.
who might well he termed the advance
guard clearing the way for the main
reliance found in the open champion,
Mr.. Jerome n. Travers. and the anna
teur champion, Mr.. Francis Duimet.
VIII 1t be a handicap TO Mr.. Travers TO
know that IL he wins he will have at
! tanned the seemingly impossible. tw,,
golf crowns in the same year? It's
hard telling, but personally I think n
will until the first two or three matches
are safely out OF the way, ard then that
golf victory obsession OF his takes hold
of him and perhaps brings him through.
In the case OF Mr.. Ouimet IL depends
upon the amount of determinatbn which
he can muster. II he gets aroused-and
very few have ever seen Mr.. Oulmet
play when inspired other thar at Brock
line-he will be the most dangerous man
In the field.
1t Is always best TO rank the chances
of q golfer. ! think, not by his excel
lences, the places where he outdpes
all the others. but rather by his weak
nesses which crop out when there is
. tension. With this in mind. therefore,
we can find little fault with the game
which the champion plays there Is a
sIncoth0ess with each part that makes
him dangerous at every hole. and for
this reason he must be feared. At the
time. as happened at Baltusrol, when
he gets of in any one part Of the game
II affects his whole play in that he has
lost the regular distances TO which he
has been accustomed and Is veNed
thereby. Mr.. Ouimet has been resting
up, not having taken part In any event
since the Massachusetts State cham
pionship in July. and he should be at
his best right row. II he Is he should
reach the final round. In any event let
us hope that the draw will be even and
the semi-fnalists Mr.. Evans against
Mr.. Travers and Mr.. Ouimet against
Mr.. Harry Davis OF California. Few
matches would arouse greater interest
II is pleasing 10 note that the In
tersectional matches between the East
and the West will be played. These
will be held on Thursday next. since the
American Golfer trophy contest by prior
rights gets the day before the cham
pionship start. Perhaps. indeed rightly,
there may be a Travers-Evans match
as leaders. which probably would orine
out as much of a gallery as the ma
OF the championship itself. The names
OF the contestants have not yet beer
made public, ! believe. but they will be
truly Representative and what a mater
and series Of contests there viii be Fol-
that alone a trip TO Detroit is wei
worth while, ard W. C.. Fownes Is to b'
thanked for his efforts t. make tht
affair what is surely promises to be. tht
greatest team match In the world.
1t is reported hat Mr.. Walter j
Travis will not compete this year. No
one bur; many will have sincere regrets
hut few OF those who retire can do so "A!
a cha unninn He will be missed.