Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-30
GOLFERS TO BATTLE FOR
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Amateur Title to &c Contended For
on Detroit Country Club
Links.
ALL MUST QUALIFY TO-DAY
Final Round Will Cut Field Down
Observation-Disclosures and Mars.
ton FavOritcs Among Easterncrs.
Difficult Course Stops Reckless One

DETROIT. MICH, August 29.--Inter-
est In the battle for the American ana-
tour golf championship. which is be-
Ing wagcd on the Detroit Country
club course. was greatly increased to-
day. The success In the preliminary
qualification round yesterday of every
contestant who was even remotely
mentioned as a possible candidate for
the crown now Worn by Francis Out
mot. was considered responsible for
this feeling. The final qualification
round OF thirty-siN holes medal place
will take place tomorrow. 1t will cut
the field from sevcnty-thrcc players to
thirty-two. Granting that a few up-
sets may occur, students of the sport
predicted an extremely we'll ba danced
field for the match play. which starts
Tuesday. The possibility OF star being
which Will follow the play Monday.
has frequently been discussed Al
though many golfers term the tourna-
ment battle between Ouimet, Trav-
crs and Evans, on one side. and the
field on the other. there arc at least
nan dozen entrants who have been
popularity granted good opportunity
OF surprising the big three" d. r.
sawyer OF Wheaton. H., always n
dangerous opponent in match play, has
been going at top speed since he ar
rived in Detroit early last week His
games have been consistently fine and
his scvcnty-threc yesterday was low
mark for the preliminary match.
Jesse Guilford of Boston, and Ma
Marston, or Springfield. y. j., are ia
contingent. Nelson NJ whitney. OF
New Orleans. to whom the South is
looking for championship recognition.
mas SHOWN steady Improvement since
his arrival here. Whitney's rise to
fame has been comct-lilte, resembling
M t ia
ern experts have said he is unbeatable
when favored by ono of his "brilliant
strcaks Another star, who has made
golf history while playing his best
game, is Albert Scckel OF Chicago. At
the Western amateur tournament, in
Detroit, three years ago. Scckcl simply
toyed with his Held. which included
players OF national prominence Since
then he has never repeated. but this
season has shown flashes OF old time
form.
Dozen Arc Strong Contcndcrs. I.
AT least n dozen others are expected
to worry champions and includes T..
VI. Bycrs, of Pittsburgh; ]. ]. Bole, OF
Cleveland. and Sheriff. sherman, at
Utica.
Tho difficult course stopped many :,
reckless golfer yesterday and will
probably exact more severe penalties
before Saturday evening. One contest
ant, who started away splcndi[ly,
drove into n trap and took ten strok cs
to hole his put. Another, who was OK
pectcd to make q good showing, struy-
glcd through eight holes with dcsper-
htclE poor results. and then gave up
in disgust. The fear which leaders
have often expressed in the past that
erratic players. blessed by n run OF
luck, might capture the title. has not
been outwardly shown this year
some OF the competitors, who cor
rcctly predicted yesterday that score
or eiGhtN-iivc would survive the first
round, have l62 for the dead line to-
morrow y light shower swept tho
links to-day and removed little
lightning" from tho greens. MANY
oNer-approachcs resulted ycstcrday
from the speed of the putting grounds.
Thomas and Sheriff. sherman, OF
Utica, y. Y, to-day won the play Off
Tor the American golfer silver trophy.
ihcir score was seventy-two. Max
Marston and c. +. Van Week. Jr of
Springfield. y. j., who tied the Utica
pair for low score in the four ball he t
ball. match Friday, took seventy-nv
strokes.