The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-07

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JOHN q ANDERSON The song OF the
blinking dollar has not proved melodious
enough to counterbalance the dirge OF
war. Else we would have had In the
lists for the coveted American title at
golf several of the British golfers well
known to fame and to us. Harry Var
don. Edward Ray. George Duncan.
Charles Mayo, perhaps others high in
the realm OF golf in foreign circles.
would even now be with us and there
would be a tension In the golfing atmos-
phere already. as the chances for keep
ing the title In our W and were
weighed. But another year must pass
before a conflict Of a truly international
nature can take place.
The recent arrivals, Wilfrid Reid, his
brother. and several others OF lesser
fame, excepting OF curse James Hep
burn. are not visitors but residents now
and are TO be termed as defenders rather
than invaders. But be that as II may.
the contest for the open championship
title is going to be as hard fought as
ever. with feelings OF especial rivalry
between the golfers of native stock and
those who have come from other lands
to take positions here. The rivalry be-
tween the homebrcds and the Britishers
not forgetting Louis Teller OF France
-slumbers most OF the year, but flames
anew on the occasion Of each national
championship. No Scotchman. English
man. Irishman or Frenchman would
deny tina victory TO him would mean
only the silver and gold OF 1t most of
them have feelings OF patriotism much
akin To tho kind displayed by James
Braid when he won the Jubilee open
championship at ST. Andrews and In
his speech said simply. II am proud
TO have won the championship title for
the fifth time. proud that II was at st.
Andrews. but proudest Of all that 1t
was a victory for Scotland, my native
heath" Although there has been no
foreign born winner for the last four
years, the tide may turn at IN mo-
ment. II is not that the golfers who
are from the British Isles are less capa-
BILE, but possibly they are not 80 keen
as they once were.
Now. how about the probable winner?
OF the professionals-and with such
scorers as Chick Evans and Francis
Ouime, In the field. to say nothing of
other sterling performers. II may he an
amateur again-the name of Walter
Hagen OF Rochester naturally comes
first. His first open was the one at
Brookline. which Ouimet ultimately won
from Nardon and Ray. There he did
astonishingly well for "a beginner. land
Ing in the money. His brilliant win last
wear by one stroke over Chick Evans
is we'll remembered, and his astonishing
work by which he won the 81 900 prize
at the Pinama-Paciic Exposition leaves
no doubt as to his ability.
This was shown again In his recent
exhibition AT Greenwich, where he not
onl yestablished a course record. though
he had never seen the links before. but
did nine holes In 80.
Hagen hits a long ball. Ii good with
his irons and excels as a putter. He
has great physical stamina, and must
he counted ms the natural choice as
favorite. Baltusrol ought 10 suit his
game,
There are many stories cofnihs 70
who are likely to break Into fame at
B~altusrol, but they are too many to list,
and the likelihood OF their turning the
trick ia too little to count heavily. But
nat some OF them VIII do well IL n Ger
tainty. That has been the feature OF
the past four or five championships IN
fact.
Next the name OF Macdonald Smith
comes to mind. III world record score
OF 27S made In the metropolitan open
championship last year is a big asset
to start the assumption that II the young
Scotch player Is In good health ne VIII
take a good deal OF beating. smith mas
few II any speclai WeaNiIesses anu Vas
the one player OUTSIDE OF j. d. AcDeI-
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THan we Gonna To Georxe sareen,
r,,rner n, ,ba ti,,e IN 1aoe and who
la ,or thtrd n,aca IN tho cha mnIopshin
Mold ~ Chicago last wear He never has
hoar Tar down the list. "a a strong player
with no fuss and FURRY. who goes about
the NAV as n the work were TO be done
vim a seriousness that betokens a de-
sire TO excel for the honor rather than
for the material gain. You can never
count out George Sargent until the last
round is played.
Then there is wllfrid Reid and his
brother-in-law. Louis Teller. whose