The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-20
u. S. GOLF TEAM NOT
SURE OF VICTORY
"Sun's'' Expert, Says Canada
May Spring Surprise in
international Match.
LAMBToS LINKS GOOD
Eighteen Hole Course Meas
ures $500 Yards-Fownes
Popular Captain.
LAMBToN LINKS GOOD
by JOHN G. ANDERSON.

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United States and ten from Canada
looms up as one of the best contests of
a season which is 30 full OF good Offer
ings that it Is difficult to choose the best.
w. c. Fownes has been appointed cap
tain of the American team. and very
shortly there will be some definite action
toward the selection of available candi-
oates Tor the play in Ca lada. June al
ready is chock full of championship
events. the Metropolitan amateur being
followed by the open at Brae Burn. play
for the Jaques trophy at Brookline. Then
comes the Western amateur champion
snip in st. Louis and the renowned
Lynnewood Hall Cup in tho Philadel-
phia district.
In July. besides many tournaments.
there are the New Jersey and West
chester championships in the Metropoli-
tan district In the middle of the month,
with the challenge international contest
In Canada starting July 25. date which
conflicts with the Victory C event at
| Siwanoy.
| The open Canadian title play follow
Ing the International contest may have
as starters many OF those who tourney
to take part in the matches, and IL some
or the best amateurs, who have won
championships in our own land remain
there may be new open champion Of
Canada imported from the States
Evans VIII Not Compete.
| Charles Evans says he cannot get
away TO defend the national open title
because of his desire to retain the West
ern amateur title It may be that other
golfers might be in somewhat the same
position, none wishing TO pass the chance
TO play In an International event of this
nature. the first Of It's kind in a couple
of decades
| Last autumn members OF the Seniors
Association journeyed to Montreal and
tasted defeat. That experience ought
not TO be a matter OF record SO far MS
lthe juniors are concerned.
| Canada has some very fine golfers
and from all accounts those of her best
| VINO are across the water will return
| IN time for the scheduled International
! event. Contrary TO the usual run of
sports. II does not take long for a golfer
| TO get Into first class condition a week
at the very latest being all that is nee
! eseary. and there is no surety that the
Americans will come out victorious un-
less they have their strongest team in
| the field
AS n headliner Canada has that old
INKS Scared veteran George Lyon
playing almost as good golf to-day as
ne ala when in 1906 he went to the final
round and almost 10 the last-putt with
Eben Byers in the amateur title plav
al Ens'ewood. Then there Is Lyons son.
who played several matches with his
father last year and held his own. He
! Is grand driver and strong in every
part or the game. There is Fritz Mar
TIN. twice the amateur champion Of
canada: Godfrey Turpin and Captain
James Hill of Montreal, the opponents
or MI. Traver5 and myself In a Red
cross match In Montreal last summer
where victory came to the States only
oN single hole and Messrs GRAY,
F'ackwood. Reith, Laird. Lawson,
Adams. James, Cassels and Leege, not
70 mention few youngsters who are
FORCING their way into the very fore
'front.' OF Canadian golf, hut whose light
has been hidden, as in our own country.
because OF the calling of of all title
play.
Good Players I'm Canada.
Some OF Canadas best players. such
az Gerald Lees. a Captain, and Alley
Fraser. Lieutenant. who in 1913 won
at the thirty-seventh hole from Cant.
Lees In tho struggle for the Ottawa
Championship, fell on the field Of battle,
out 'losc VINO are lett are filled with a
JOY OF conquest on the links. and al
though We hear too little Of their Prov
ess let us not be too sure of a victory.
Playing over home courses at match
play according TO Mr. Hilton and many
! other noted golfers, means n starting
handicap of about two holes up
The international contest will prob
ably be played over tho well known
Lambton links In Toronto. The course
was established in 1909 and there arc
twenty-seven holes in commissions, the
eighteen hole course measuring G POO
yards and the shorter round sourathin1
under 1000 This is where the ladies'
get their best practice Some dav Tho
clubs in this and other districts whose
members frown at the play of the ladies'
ana their "clutt'ng up" the course as
they selhshly call II. will spend n little
more money and make nine hole course
where the ladies can play at all times to
their hearts content, Saturdays, Sun
days and holidays. and the men will
remain IN undtsputed command of the
main course. Fine idea!" a good many
OF the men who dislike to see woenen
on the course will rrnark. Welt an
it takes is about $4,000 and forty
Ave acres Of land
The Lambton links is reached hy
the Canadian Pacific road or by trolley
from the city and is seven miles from
the centre Of activity. Extensive changes
Will be finished this year looking to-
ward the hettermeut of the course, AL
though ! can say from experience that
the greens are the finest possible and the
course presents test OF the game equal
to any links in this country of the same
length.
Capt" Fownes should have little diff.
ficulty in securing n grand team 10
meet the Canadian golfers, for he has
n group OF over th!rty.sx Lesley CUP
golfers to begin on and then a glance
over the western amateur finallsts and
semi-fnalists. together with IA view a,
the qualiders in the last few amateur
/. championships will surely give n large
enough group from which to make a
selection Of a team and substitutes
to make victory probable.
But II does not paw to be too sure
and the news that AR. Evans cannot
: appear on the scene for the big event
of the year points the way to possibIl-
' tiles on the rart Of others in this
International congress OF golfers. The
, association could not have chosen a
better leader than the 1910 champion.
Bill" Fownes,