The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-19
CALIFORNIA GOLFER
SEEKS new HONORS
Harry h. y. Davis Entered in
Western Amateur That
Begins To-day.
SHAWNEE TO ACT HOST

The seventeenth ANNUAL amateur
championship Of the Western Golf Asso-
dation will be play ed this week az the
bayfield, Country club. Cleveland. and
ne usual field Of Arst rank golfers vili
Ne on hand 20 try for the Western title.
One OF the most closely watched golf.
re In the tourney will be Harry X. r..
Davis. the Pacific coast golfer. vho won
he big Pansma-Pacinc tourney on his
utive heath a month or two ago. sew
ral Eastern professionals who have
cen Davis play declare that he 10 the
,gual of any golfer in the land and
slace him on a par with Travers. Out
net and Evans. He never has played
,ven as FAR east as Cleveland before,
Ind his work on strange courses will
,e watched with keen interest. He was
he best Of californians Who played
n the olympic cup team competition
It Mayneld on saturday.
II was rumored the other day that
,hick Evans, the present Western cham
,lon. would not defend his title. bu:
UGH rumors generally are ollo~ed BY
he appearance Of chick IN the scene
u action at the last mute The neces-
MY OF attending to business was the
ga assigned for chicks contem-
plated absence from the tourney but
hat too - no new story and no one
will be surprised II Evans turns up as
usual. But even II Evans stays away
there are enoug other good golfers in
The West TO make This years tourney as
xaC.l A. any ~ q. .f.faaU pFahAgesanrs
Play will begin this morning with an
eighteen hole qualifying ound. the best
,ixty-four 10 play another eighteen holes
:o-morrow morning. the thirty-two with
he best scores for the thirty-six holes
" play Qualifying for the cham pionship.
The FIRST match round will be played
AZ eighteen holes Tomorrow afternoon.
All Of the subsequent match rounds will
De at thirty-six holes. the tourney end
nS on Saturday.
In addition TO h championship
division there will various minor
divisions In which qualification will be
according 10 handicap.
Since its institution In 1893 the west
ern amateur championship has been
held by a line OF distinguished golfers
and the names Of most %. them are al
most as well known In the East as In the
Vest. In 1904 and 1906 IL was held by
80 'NF'hN' bN'fN " NRN cal - "
chandler h:gan. and he Is the only
Western champion who ever succeeded
IN winning the national championship.
A complete list Of the Western cham
pions follows
500. p.Si4 2 F~ors,n:,, 1900. William
chandler Ezan. 1904. Waller z. Esan
1901 n Chandler Egar. 1905. II chand-
Ter Esan 1895. II F. sawyer. 1907. II.
tnandler Esan. 1905. Mason Phelps. 1909.
Charles Evan. j. 1910. Mason Phelps;
1sil. Albert Sscse!. 1919. Chari-. Evan.
- 1914. Warren h. wood; 1914. Charles
vsns, JT
The programmes for two other West
trn Golf Association championships were
gent out lS-t Wek. The junior cham
pionship open to all amateurs in the
United states or canada who are under
20 years Of age will be played at
Midlothian August I. ) and s.
The Western pen = 10 be play ed al the
Glen OAK country Club, near chicago.
o. Wednesday II Thursday, August Is
n 70. This too u open to all golfers
without restriction a. 20 residence.
~ IDENTITY determi! ed to attract as
many Of the profess onals as possible
from a.! section % the country. Glen oak
has arrange 4 little open tourney all
IT. O7n as 4 curtain raiser for the
championship \ four ball competition
Will be played On the afternoon OF Mon
day, August -. and tH- winning pair will
Get Sl2j and there Will be tao other
prizes for tn. next Two pair. a thirty
six hole medal play competition Hill be
held uu Tuesday, August u. and the
first prize will BE- $3.50. The nrst ten
Will finish IN the money.
A. the ch.ef prize in the Western
championship - $500 the professional
who ~ lucky enough to win both
Journeys az Glen OAK will spend a
pretty profitable week.
Here N the East the golfng Mecca
his week viii Ne the Shawnee Country
Club AZ the Delaware Water Gap. where
the annual BIckuOod tournament will he
played on Thur-day. Friday and Satur-
day. II = a tourney that Is Increasing
III pOp4iag!ts each year and attracts big
and good fields.
Msny prominent Metropolitan golfers
will play at Shawnee this week and II $
expected that Walter j. Travis will re-
turn from Ekwanok in time 20 play at
Shawnee. bf cOgrs. Jerome Travers
and Francis Ou.m-t have been invited
Also, but neither is likely 10 play.
Play vii be-.u on Thursday and
there vii. be enough sixteens to ac-
commodate most % the big field the
finals Viii he played OF Saturday.
The Connecticut open championship
also . 10 be played next week. The
course of the SheaecOssett Country Cluo
near New London viii be the scene OF
the tourney, whioh will he play d on FRI
day and saturday. This FRIDAY pro-
gramme consists Of a number Of varied
competitions and the championship test
will he th.rty-sIX holes of medal play
q SATURDAY. Following the prevailing
RAMON the tourney Will be open TO all
golfers.
Ekwanok has spent fifteen Years in
compiling a selected score OF 81, but the
Dunwoodle Country club has accom-
pi!shed the same feat IN just six years.
EkvanOs - a little longer than DUN
~oodle, hut DunpOodie's par Is - 10
Ii amos 30
The DurUo odie selected score. thai Is
the INST St0-- .t.r y,.Aa IL, ..,1 Lz1.