Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22

persons of w. c. Fownes jr.. and e.
NJ Byers, who shed lustrous golfng
light over Pittsburgh. The last two
named are never beaten until trey
means in their power to gain the VIC
tory / expect that Nelson Whitney.
who lately scored an exceptional
round of 10 at Shenecoasett. will
year he was picked to do something
meritorfous. but failed in the playof
of the qualifying stage. Give him
chance at match play and he VIII
show why he has won four southern
championship titles.
Harry H X. Davis Of California fail
ed to. qualify in the western amateur
at the Mayf1eld Country Club in Cleve-
land. Jack Neville, also of California
and the second Of her most talented
roundly whipped by Ned Sawyer, 10 to
9, think it was, in the western anna
teur. Thereupon not few critics have
proclaimed that Davis will never do
much overrated. That is a good thing
for Davis and Neville If their oppo-
nents believe such tales. No man who
could play such golf as Davis did
against Schmidt in the final round of
the PanamaPacific championship can
be reckoned out of the running after
he has had a month or more in which
to get accustomed to the conditions. 1
have never seen Davis play, but I have
talked much with amateurs and pro-
fessionals who have and / believe they
know a real golfer when they see one.
Their word that Davis has the class of
a true player makes me believe in his
ability to perform after the manner of
a champion, / think he will surprise
his critics.
Every tournament produces some
player hitherto unknown to high rank
In M he
from the large number who enter from
local clubs and finds that when he is
on his game he gets par for enough of
the holes to give q well known player
q scare at least. That is the start Of a
new golfing spirit which spreads to
his clubmates and makes the idea of
club, sectional and national rivalry
potent force in golf. That is one of the
tournaments in new districts; 1t fosters
the thought of excelling in the game
and makes for the wholesale advance
ment of the standard Of golf in the
country as a whole.
I haven't seen the Detroit Country
Club course, but have read much
about it. It's distance round, almost
5000 yards, means that there is
chance for the long hitter; four of the
par four holes range from 400 yards to
400 and all are very strongly bunked:
the par seventy-three is difficult and If
there Is wet weather will hardly be
-equaled. The features of the course are
many, but the most prominent is that
the bold player who will venture on
the drive will find an easier second
and chances for a good score There
are number of trenches built in ac-
cordance with the specifications as laid
down by golf course architect H. s.
Colt, and these are placed diagonally
across the various holes.
It is the course par excellence which
demands the proper placing of the
Arfu nd mr. r a M inr IN cd
to believe Harry vardon. who stated
that the Detroit course was the finest
in our land. The opinions of the golf
ers at the championship will be await
ed with more or less curiosity and ir-l
terest. hope to show next week where
the eastern golfers seem to stand
better chance for the title than their
western golnng brothers.