The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-29
EXPECTED
N G0|L TOURNEY

Ry JOHN q. ANDERsoN.

4Ss OSkEo1A AUX. z5s--Seventy Goller1
Or 70 we're wondering at 8 o'clock
tonisht why i was that they had
j9urneyed long distances. spent much
time and money and muet return
home and explain how they had
failed TO make a score Of IS or better.
But there was little disgrace attached
to those who failed by d stroke or
two In this championship tourney.
Golfers who can 60 around the De-
troit course In Sc and 81 while under
strain are worthy enough. Time
was when the matter OF qualifying
was q foregone conclusion, for most
OF the golfers who got Into the match
play, for there was q great discrep-
ancy between the play OF the partici-
pants before the rule limiting to GER
tain handicaps was made: ten years
ago 1t was the fav0rite bet to make
a guess at the names OF twenty OF
even twenty-five who would survive
the medal test. Then came the year
1905 at Englewood who found them
sevies counted out. Not one selection
OF names was handed In which had
more than twelve OF the selected
I think. in the qualifying rounds Of
the association. marking the time
when Il was no longer easy for the
well known players to come through
The competition took on more SER
ious aspect and the young golfers
began TO arrive in large numbers
Since then there has been q steady
upward trend, making the survival
OF the ftttest q searching problem.
No golfer Ii safe. In the play today
where 100 golfers whose best game
was equal 10 seventy-five at least
over the Detroit course. that only 2
percentage 4 them came through
only proves that the average In such
cases IL always small, but the fact
that many good players failed to gel
In shows that no longer can reliance
be placed in having extreme steadi-
ness.
After finishing my own round.
made Respondent by X. P's on par
holes. hurried out TO see what MT
0uimet was doing. On the way
met q golfer and asked how the anna
teur champion was getting along. Hs
will have mighty hard work 70 Quali-
~ unless he braces up. said he. ~ ~
hurried by. leaving me wondering
what In the world was certain about
this game. anyway. except that four
foot puts are usually missed. When
/ caught up to fSandish and Ouimei
they both had lost their general san
guine appearance and had all the wor'
ried countenance Of a tight match
play effect. Az IL was the amateur
Champion gained admittance only with
couple Of strokes TO spare. which
might wen have been used UP Y
he had failed to carry the yawntnG
trap on the last hole.
Standisf did better stroke, but
! was only through some wonderful
putting that he was enable to show IA
at the next first tee next Monde!
morning. Mr.. Ouimst, BY the way.
not In his very best form, but ne 4
on the way to 1t. which II just as wei
from an Eastern standpoint. He Y
getting off long drives and putting al.
most as well, but his long and shor
irons are causing him bother. Per
haps the word bother Ia o pool
one. for the champion never worries
about his game until he gets In !
ti9ht fix and then he forces II to -
right Strange what hold he ha
| In the opinion OF competent judge
Inf class golf and golfers. Withou
doubt he Ii the ruling favorite. ~
| lions 81 tho would-he prophets ant
others. bat sitter seeing the play o
Dawson Heron. OF PtttsOurg. Z
sweet hitting golfer who made q to
day. and hearing Of the fine scores
which have been made by seyera
golfers, both new and old, I am In
cIined 70 be chary about picking 4
winner vet, and would only back
statement which was 10 the effec
that az present II looks like Travers
Ouimet or an outsider. believe. AM
have said before now. that there Ar'
men In the field this year who hav'
Il in them a. never m former years
10 win from any Of the triumviate
whether they win match their pla,
spirit ana become 90 wrApt la tl1eil
Tnne that they win not lose conf
dence for q single instant or not \
another question. There has seldom
i.been 4 tournament when some bil
upset did not take place. and ! an
very sure that we are to be treates
to several this year. The draw Mon
day night win tell much.