Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-28


play golf than baseball This state
ment brings cut the fact that there
are thousand Of golfers throughout
the country and they are growing
rapidly each year. Cities have kept
pace by installing public links. which
have been universally successful
The outstanding points OF the golf
ing season OF 1916 was the playing OF
Charles C'Chiek') Evans, Jr, who
captured both amateur and open
Championships. something that no
ether golfer has ever before accom-
Iaished His double victory was a
great tribute 10 the golfer who has
failed to win the title oa a number
OF occasions.
Ouimet Did Not Paly
Golfing circles had the. usual argu
ment on the amateur question his
year ard as a result Francis 0uimet
was unable TO play in the champion
ship His own club has held out for
his admission as an amateur, but the
United States Golf Association main
tains that dealer in golf goods is
not eligible to play in amateur rom-
petition. There promises 10 be big
fight before this matter is finally set
tied.
Atlanta. Ca, was placed in the eolf
ing eye more this year than perhaps
any other city has in the history of
the royal and ancient pastime. This
Southern city produced two players
who flashed across the go,fing hor;-
zon like meteor. One of them, Miss
Alexa Sterling, captured the women's
championship at the age of is.
Georgia Girl Best
Miss Sterling played excellent golf
throughout the tournament and de-
feated many OF the older golfers VITA
ridiculous ease. Her manner of ap-
preaching and putting was considered
marvellous. The year before she had
captured the women'S championship of
the South by big margin, making an
IS for the qualifying round
Bobby Jones is another At anita pro
duct, who is just IA years of,age, but
be was good enough to make a great
fight In the national championships
and gave Robert Gardner hard fight
throughout their match. Harold Jan.
win, who was here with. the ALI
Americans, believes that Jones. will be
q real champion within three years
Another lad who also claims Atlanta
as his residence is Perry Adair, who,
although but Is, has made great rec
ord in golf. Atlanta has good reason
10 be proud of the trio of golfers.
Competition has become so keen
in the golfing world that each year
may find, a new champion The
growth Cf-'the game has brought cut
many wizards and new men core
into prominence, as was the case when
Sheriff. Sherman almost landed the
title in the amateur ranks. Without
doubt some practically unknown golfer
may come to the front il 1917:
Many Stars
In the play OF the year many stars
stand out such as Chick Evans, Max
Martson. Jesse GHilford, Jerome Trav-
ers, Dudley Nudge, Eben Byers, Gardi-
ner White, r. A. Gardner, Nelson
Whitney. James Standish. Albeit
Seckel w. G. Fownes, Henry J. Top
ping, Walter Travis, Oswald Kirkby,
Fred Herreshoff and w. K Wood.
In women's golf the stars of the
year we're Alexa Sterling, Mrs. G.. H.
Nanderbeck. Lillian Hyde. Mrs. r. r.
Barlow, Miss Marion Hollns, Mrs. II.
ID. Hammond, Z. v. hosenthal, Myra
Helmer and Mrs. w. A. Gavin.
Golf on the Pacific Coast has con.
t,nued to improve. but to date the
Californians have not accomplished
much in the championship line Harry
Davis, Jack Neville. Heinie Schmidt,
r. Y. Hayne, K. S. Armstrong, K. III.
Bankard, r. Astbury, Paul Ford, X.
Monteagle. Russell Smith, r. Wilhelm.
Jack Morrill,. Louis Sloss and Arthur
Vincent are Pacific Coast men who
have made good showing in tourna-
ments.
There were two features of the
play OF Chick Evans this year which
stood out, and it added a pretty bit
OF sentiment in the national cham
pionship Next to golf Chicks real
hobby is his mother, and in all the
tournament matches she followed her
. son around the course, and when
Evans won from Gardner in the match
which decided the championship, his
mother was first to congratulate him
after Gardner.
Hawaii Non for Chick
One would secrecy expect to
ItdTn llltE 10 SuDtTSti1lOuS,
he carries with him, CT rather Shorty
Nelson, his caddie. does, a little idol
which "a friend OF his brought him
from Hawaii, and he says that it won
for him both the amateur and nation.
al championships. So Hawaii had its
part TO play in the championships.
There has been much discussion this
year. Regarding the length of time il
takes TO play match. Critics main
tain that the worse a golfer is the
longer ne takes TO make the stroke
There are very few first-class golfers
who play SLOWLY For instance, last
year anderson and Carter played Is
holes IN hour and 80 minutes in the
METROPOLITAN championship.
Many good golfers maintain that
delay breaks. in upon concentration,
that it gives tire to the thought that
the shot might be missed, and causes
the muscles to become rigid Alex