Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-30
THE new GOLF T..
CHAMPION, EVANS
0U|MET, TRAvER|

UUImEI, lkAVERy|
Detroit. Mich, Aug. IS. will the ..
golf champion be Evans Ouimet
Travers-or will he be someone Ella.
These three stars, each Of whom nj
champion, have been picked from
brilliant field by majority OF AmsI
can enthusiasts. to furnish the wil
ner OF the twenty first National Ann
teur Golf Championship Tournamer
to be held here from August "a
September 4.
More than $50 contestants are ],
pected to compete in the qualifyi1
round, August %, on the Detd
Country Club course. Harry Vardd
the famous English golfef, who sh
game on these grounds two vel
ago. pronounced the course the Anl
he had seen in America. Other nod
students of the Scotch pastime bad
declared that no course in the eo1I
try demands more skill from star ID
formers in championship competti(
Since the links We're complete in I'd
1912. no one has turned in score ID
ter thanN72.
So far as known the great plaal
from the East. Middle West. Sd
and Pacific Coast, who are enters
the national struggle, are mostly N
opinion that Relationship =
bility win DO grea1ly favored or
ously handicapped by the rn4uiseui
of hecourse- On the others nnN|
probably their unanimous vil I
the two shot" star will be lef( y
lessly behind before the prefin
rounds Of medal play have been
pleted.
Nearly all of the amateurs who q
peted in the championship round
the 1914 tournament are entered. 0
cago will have more than dozen ~
ers of national Importance, in ~
ton to. the Western Champion, CT
Evans. Jack Neville. the Pacific Oh
hope and Nelson Whitney. Of New d
leans often referred to as ...The ~
Of Dixie players" sent their ent5s
in early. Through the efforts IN
United States Golf Association,
field is certain to be remafn
strong for the qualifying rounds
er Monday. the tournament u q
ed to resolve itself into battt
giants. r.
Golf experts, who Tor months
been writing Of the tournaments n
delighted in again referring to At3s
test as "a struggle between De ~
and West with about ten topaetcss
on each side. Their articles howe7s
seemingly have been incomplete. Hii
out reference to the open champs
Jerome. Trayers: the national araas,a
title holder and former open ehampia'
Francis Ouimet and Charles Evan
Jr., lone Westerner OF the trio va
for the past two seasons. has bs'
invincible in the Western arnatet
tournaments. These three players
has been computed. haysyon q go
titles during the past eight yea'
These honors do not include forels
or scholastic victories. Travers D
been most successful He has o.
winner Of the final match in IA cha'
pionships of distinct importance
The fact that Travers and oulD'
have not played much goh IN !
West and Evans has been unsuec"
full in his big matches in the East !,
caused enthusiasts to study the pea
iarities OF the Detroit course with :
usual care. The grounds were
signed and built by an Englishn.
and are. perhaps, more Representa-.
of British links and the more dino
of Eastern courses, than OF those he'
err the Mississippi river. .r
Although the country is PRAGUE. =.
fiat. the designer produced an enas'
variety OF hazards. diagonal cIus
bunkers, Elusive traps and lmpos.
mounds. Nearly all Of the greens :
bankR and are large. giving as ~,
s s;sss| a" opportunity for '''s'.', :,
Tnf courss is s,sl5 yards long :. :, y
incll es six holes that are 4Vv 10
or he apart fhree that =, ~ vs ri
vard or more: i've in the Wv lis
| clasjl ma four uf the 200 yard' u
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