The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-04
BRADY AND 0UIMET /
FAVORED FOR OPEN
Anderson Thinks Two Have
Best Chances of Capturing
Coming Golf Classic.
HAGEN ABOUT ON PAR
Travers, Evans and McDer-
mott Make Up List Of Six
Dangerous Contenders.
HAGEN ABOUT ON PAR
ny JOHN G. ANDERSON.

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pionshp. There are few angles. how
ever to the proposition. The field d.
vides itself into three distinct groups
, those who have already won the open
title. those who have been knocking at
the door. and lastly the players who at
best have an outside chance. q small
group. indeed, because of the difficulty
Of the Brae Burn links in It's demand
for high class play over seventy-two
! holes.
! The favorites, according to our group
| Ing. would comprise list of the winners
and those tied for first In the last elk
years of the play, this stretch running
from 1911 to 1916. from which date
| there has been no open title contest. We
have the names Of Michael Brady, who
| tied for first at Wheaton only to be
beaten in the play off by j. J. McDer-
! mott; Francis Ouimet. Walter c. Ha-
! gen. Jerome y. Travers and Charles
! Evans.
II We take into our group the winner
OF the open event at Whtemarsh, when
a patriotic championship event was held
In 1917. the name OF Jock Hutchinson is
added to the list Of players who on past
performances in this event have the
added courage and confidence which
comes to man who has gained the top
! In trying competition, fact which alone
| Is worth a stroke a round
What splendid list that is, even IL
| confined to a half dozen! Brady, Hagen
ana Hutchinson as opposed TO Ouimet
/ Travere and Evans on the amateur side,
! golfers who have shown that they pos
sess the staying power to the end.
Professionals steadier,
| The chances are that while there
! might be an even break In match play
among this sextet the medal play honors
| would go to the professionals by a slight
| margin, and we are inclined to think
| that IL all six play the total of the pro-
! feesional scoring will be several strokes
/ lower than that OF the amateurs Tho
pros" as n body keep to n higher stand
ard of play even when n trife Oft, and
| regain their form in the space of hole
| or two. Whereas 1t takes amateurs a
round or more.
l would place Brady, Hagen and
Hutchinson as group with 10 per cent
higher rating toward the championship.
| However. l hasten to qualify with tho
statement that there is no 10 per cent
when taken individually against any orc
| pro, and there are many golfers VINO
| have announced their intention Of We
| geTing even money on Francis Ouimet
taking him individually against ten pro-
fess!onals. However, let us dwell brief
| ly on the chances OF the six mentioned.
Aside from his win at Whitemarsh
| JACK Hutchison has never been better
| Than eighth In championship over an
Eastern course This is fact worth
! noticing, for although II Is difficult to
say just why golf events run along year
! after year in much the same groove, we
| would scarcely select the irrcpress!blo
Scot as the foremost contender OF tho
group.
Mr.. Travers has not been In the hest
or trim for some months and we rather
douct the eXcellences of his chances to
fnish first at Brae Burn. Mr.. Evans
has played Brea Burn on several oc-
| casicns and does not seem to like II par
ucuiarly well as a scoring medium. A
place In the prize list ought to be his.
! nut not first place: the competition to
wrest the title so well won will take
! the strongest game possible and tn
aoiiity OF any champion to fight against
coming field is exceedingly diniculc
| these goilng days
The Leading Trio.
We are left with three who secrn to
stand out preeminent-Brady, Hagen
and Ouimet--and there is no choice
E'ut the names in a hat and pick out
on" and back him and there will be no
dlsInay.
II we were asked to drill down still
rurther' then out would go Mr.. Hagen
and there would remain the amateur
who has had eight successive rounds
ovei the long Brae Burn course In an
average OF 76, and Brady who has won
an open event at Brae Burn and been
second in another Massachusetts state o.
titlS open
The list Of those VINO have been =
Knocking at the door IS not large cor
siderng the hundreds of good golfer
among the professional members Jim
harnes' Alex Ross, once the open chan
pion and for years the pro ut
BIaC Burn: Tom Mcnamara, winner az
the Massachusetts State title and hold
er OF the course record at Brae Burn
of ~ Gilbert Nichols, whose brilliant
flashes always show in the Boston dis
trict where his personal followers arc
legion; Louis Teller. handcdppe be-
cause Of the fact that the course viii be
too familiar Fat Doyle, who likes tho
links and usually plays II confidently
and well: W. II. Reid, who seems 10 b.,
improving in his putting and Therefore
IS actually dangerous George Sargeut,
once the winner and once third Fredu.
Mcleod, also a winner and tied for
third III 1914 J. u. Edgar open Freni
champion whose display of wares shows
promise; r. G. Mcdonald and others OF
sllEllklN itsSFI 4dlltr
OF these the best, so far as past
records show. are Mcnamara aul
Barnes. The former won an open event
over this course IN good figures and tts
latter is about due to show In a chan
pionship meeting that he can win az
medal as well as match PLAY. It beinr
recalled that the championship Of tbs
pros association went to the tall Corn
shman.
The entry TINS year viii be the largest
In the history of the championship,
believe, with more amateurs entered
than since 1919 The 70 hole medal
play event at the country club Rrooh-
line, the last two days Of the week. Will
be an additional magnet for amateur
golfers
The winning score should he ahou.
SO3. with the first ten ranging TO 500.
There should be two amateurs IN the
prize monty group OF ten I expect 20.
see, II tho weather is favorable that the
par OF the course will be equalled on
very few occasions and that some OF
the entrants IL they hand in their cards,
will be above 90.
II the ground Is a hit soft the scoring
will be strokes slower at Brae Burn
than If the ground IL hard because tho
distances are SO laid out that IA hole
can be reached In the par figures re-
CARELESS OF the roll, while the ability ~
oh iNrna ,l,.