Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-14
MANY YOUNG GOLF CHAMPIONS have
FIGURED IN HISTORY OF PASTIME

Ever since little Bobby Jones
proved at Merton that boy OF the
tender age of II could more than hold
his own in the best and most skill
full golfing company that can be as
sembled in the United States, the sub.
ject OF Youth and Golf" has been 6
frequent topic OF discussion among
the followers of the royal and ancient
game. The sudden rise TO fame OF
the youthful Albanian has been the
source OF innumerable arguments
among golfers in the last few weeks.
and the feat of little Bob has been
hailed as one of the most remarkable
incidents i'm the history of American
golf
IL is a remarkable t;i:ng that boy
so young should do SO we'll in the big
gest tourney of the year. and 1916
undoubtedly will stand in the annals
of American golf as the year in which
Bobby Jones first flashed into view.
II will be so remembered If Bobby
fulfills the promise of future greatness
which he made so eloquently by his
splendid performances on the Merton
links, and it is q bold prophet VINO
dares to say that he will not. Tnose
who saw the sturdy though youthful
Southerner in action much prefer 10
predict that before many years have
gone by he will place his name upon
the list OF national champions.
The history of golf on this side
Of the Atlantic reveals no other IN
stance of golfer playing so brilliant
ly at so tender an age, but II does
show that ever since the game was
brought over here youthful goiiers
have been prone to seek and occupy
the highest places. Champions VINO
won their titles before they reacneu
their majority have not been uncoIi-
mon. and among them are Jerome y.
Trayers. H. Chandler Egan, Robert A.
Gardner and Francis Ouimet. Is
. rather notable fact that they also
belong to that even more select COM
many of American golfers who nave
won two or more national champion
shins Those who gain the neights
carly in life seem to be able 70 stay
there.
Louis James Exception
Furthermore, the great young gon-
ers of the past all served tnedr ap-
premiership before entering the cham
pionship realm, and Bobby Jones mas
every reason to feel that his faiiure
IN reach the top at Merton was no
mora than he should have expected.
T ouis James is about the only golier
Who won the first championship IN
Witch he entered, and he is famous
as the one champion who was never
hoard from again after his triumph.
pohhv ZONES undoubtedly would pre-.
fer to follow in the footsteps :.
Trayers, Ouimet, Egan and 1aruhei
than to emulate the rather distressihe
example set by James.
ANY one who VANS 20 know nov
long II took Trayers to develop the
game which ultimately carried him 10
victory in five national champions hlps
need only to visit the clubhouse oil the
Nassau Country Club, at Glen Cove,
Il Hung on the wall OF the care
il a silver plate on which are en-
grayed the names of the club cham
pions and runners-up since the organi-
zation's early days. And on that plate
may be found the name OF Jerome ID.
Travers appearing in the humble po-
sition of runner-up to such well known
golfers are Howard F. Whitney and
FindIay S. Douglas. Jerry was boy
of only Is or 16 when he tried rnsuc-
cessfully to win the championship of
his own club.
The national championship was held
at Nassau in 1903, and Travers, then
only 16, entered and was beaten in