The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-13
FIGHTING GOLFERS
BATTLE ON LINKS
Two Hundred Heroes Compete
in International Service
Tourney in London.
MANY CHAMPIONS PLAY
Also Host of Experts Who
Were Crippled in the
Trenches.
MANY CHAMPIONS PLAY
by JOHN G. ANDERSON.

f1Kntlng golfers ndu tHcl lIlHiubS
last Wednesday over the Sandy Lodge
links at Northwood. London, and tho
prominence of the men who played tho
round deserves the attention of the golf
ers in America, since Il Is quite posi-
BILE that next year we may see some or
them in our own amateur championship.
The title of the tourney was the in
ternational active service amateur golf
tournament. and so popular was the
turnout that over 500 applied for the
opportunity of testing their golfing abil-
ity. dulled perhaps by the war drudgery,
Eolfing cracks.
AOnly 200 could be accommodate ted. but
In that list can be seen the names OF
somk Of the finest players the British
Isles Shave produced. The most notable
performer, perhaps, was Capt. J. l.. C,
JenkinA II. c.. amateur champion of
Great Rritain. who enlisted at the first
note Of war as a private, was wounded
thrice anG achieved the rank of Captain.
In preliminary practice he had shown
as he did in 1914. Then there was
Major c. q Hezlet OF Ireland who was
the hnalist Yin that memorable contest
which Jenkinss won by and 2. Major
Heslet gained\ the coveted d. S. o. IN
the war campaign.
Then we fndN also A. Gordon Barry,
winner of the aAnateur championship in
1905, while but az youth of 10. He a1aS
and also has the M, c. 1t is said that
when on his way to- the final round no
defeated two OF ScotlAnd's great players,
John Graham and Robert Maxwell. ths
dour "Andra" Kirkcaldy\ could only gasp
and say again and again with increasing
emphasis: "Sheer impud)ence! That's
what It Is, sheer impudenceS'
Irish Champion Conn ete..
Still another renowned COMPETITOR last
week was Lieut.-Col. H. A. lloyd. for
merry the champion of IrelandA There
was also the famed Capt. c. K{Hutchi-
son, who has not quite recoverAd from
the effects OF a leg wound I Lieut..
Gordon Lockhart, the old runnink mate
IN the foursome matches of SobbS An
Grew, who Is now located at New Haven,
Conn.,. and Capt. r. w. Crummack, With
whom the writer has had many a fsre
round. and Leslie b. Stevens, at whot,s
home we stayed when the open chanS
pionship was played at Sandwich !l
1911. The latter is also a Captain anN
another recipient Of the military cross
IL was In 1911 that Mr. Lockhart andt
Mr.. Stevens were the semi finaiists In
the British amateur championships In
tact, the more we look over the list the
more like regular amateur champion
ship field this tournament at Sand
Lodge resembles 1t is fitting to SAL
too that only those eligible to competb
were the golfers who had been shown
on the strength OF an active military or
AIR force unit at the front or on a warJ
snip or snip in the mercantile marine l
Then there was Lord Charles Hope
| the winner once Of the French anna 4
J teur title Captain the Hon. Denys Scottl
, Capt Challiner Of Oxford. and by noi
means least II. l.. Doherty, the fanoust
| international lawn tennis player, whose
golf handicap now IL at plus two. Surely
tnerc Is enough strength here to cause
! more than little confusion to golfers
| who trecE across the foam in search of
| high Golf1nG honors.
The event just held was OF an inter
national character and Australia had
eight entries of scratch or better, heads
I ed by Lieut., Two Written once the oman
champion Of Australia. and Lieut.. i. J.
Qurk plus three man al Royal Mel
! bourne. Canada also entered more than
half dozen cracks, including Lieut..
r. Legge. the Canadian amateur cham
pion of 1909. while Capt. r. NJ. GRAY.
who has already won two competitions
/ at Sandy Lodge, will take beating
from the assembled golfers as we'll as
, from the American who may chance 70
meet him II he returns In time 10 take
part In the international contests al
ready arranged between this country
and Canada.
New Zealand had entries, and South
Africa, and there were ten from the
| United States. but these elected to take
part in the handicap and not the
scratch competition at match play, the
reason being that they are not ratad
/ high in our land.
! Big Revival Abroad.