New-York tribune., 1919-08-18
.Oui1net Battles
ith Cold and
May Not Play
'o'f Star Under Physicians
Care-Chick Evans Now
Favorite for Amateur Title
By Grantland Rice

PITTSBURGH. Penn, Aug. II
when high east winds prevailed in the
OaAmont locker room TODAY on tho
eve Of Mondays 36-hole uuaIrfv;no mo
round. the main topic Of golf conver.
satioh that prevailed in the polite chit
Ghat was the physical condition Of
francis Ouimet. coupled with Chick
Evans IS one of the two leading favor-
ties from the field.
Ou'met has been battling against. a
series of chils and fevcrs for week
ne paved out Saturdays elimination
round IN the throes of chill. and a
few hours after that combination hail
storm and cloudburst struck him his
temperature ran up to 104. The mar
ycl of it is that Ne could turn out a
- When he was barely able to stagger
out the last five holes
Determined to Start
Ouimet was under physicians care
saturday night and all day Sunday.
The fever was finally curbed, but he
is still weak and in poor shape to
face the rugged physical test of a
thirty hole grind. He said last
nlght that he would start to-day, if he
had TO be carried around the course
oN litter bearers. and as his fever has
temporarily abated he will very likely
O.
ly harassing handicap.
heavy cold, intermingied with tom
sllitiS. chills and fever. is hardly cal
culated to leave an entrant in good
condition for champ pionship clash, not
over course $500 yards long, where
there isn't breathing spell along the
entire route
Ouimct's condition will make Chick
Evans, present champion, the advance
favorite. The heavy rains which fell
Saturday and Sunday have been to
Chlck's liking. They have slowed up
the course. making it possible for him
to use his iron with deadly effect and
to use his putter without being beset
by any i'uttering duck fits. The green's
VIII still be keen, but they will not
be OF that skiddy. burnt-out type.
Seventy-tive survivors Will start at
Oakmon Tomorrow morning. and bv
the summer dusk which frequently
prevails in August there will be only
thlrty-tWo left 20 enter the advance
sector Tuesday morning for match
play. As IS was the low score on
Saturday. j. is hardly probable that
any one wll break $50 in the thirty
six-holc qualifying round that assemc
bles the final field for the match plav
test.
l10 May BE Sufficient
Ofhand we should say that any
golfer capable Of returning l52 for
the double round Will be snugly en-
sconced in front of the parade. And
any golfer capable of turning in 1853
Will have no great worry about contin-
uing at match play day later on
It may be tina. 40 VIII be sufficient
TO slip by, this part OF it depending
nr n Hn5 RI Z
prevail.
If the daily. rainstcrnl. intcrpolated
with a sulvo of nail. descends upon the
flock Monday afternoon there is no tell
ing how nigh the scores viii run
Judging By the weather schedule set
in fashion so far the early starters
have the bes: Of t.
Ouimet's charcc IS now. cf course.
protlcmatica.. If he can g. back mo
far condition OF short notice nls golf
is good enough to outlast anything but
a sensational rush
There ere 10 suc.l CONDITIONS at
tached 20 Evans He has bean playing
s:ea. go.i Ell SUN ~ar, and lc Looks
TO be at his bcst new In oddi'ic1 70
MS game he seems TO be playng with
Jar more confidence than he carried
in the old days before he finally hrcxe
the spell al the Merton in,>s three
years ago Evans iant going 20 be
stopped by aly fairly good round. If
he is ovcrthrown only fine golf viii
turn the trick.
Travers Not Dangerous
The golf that Jerry Travers has
SHOWN so far has not been strong
enough 20 make him the dangerous
factor Of the post. This. however,
does not apply to Bob Gardner. who
- not only playing fine golf but who
is in shape to stand the slogging grind
end who is also keen for the heavier
course whore his long carries from
he ;oa max" him even more formi
dab,s tran evev. Gardner stands
very eood chance 20 win his third
cham piousl.a : here. for he is also
rare fighter aeainst odds: one of the
best men At match play In the game.
Others who are sure to qualify nnd
Will b. Formidable antagonists are
Booby Jones, Oswald kirkby. Max
Marston, Bill fownes, Dave Ecrron,
John g. Anderson. Gardiner White, f.
VI. Byers ard several mem bers OF the
younge, colony embracing Sweetser,
Platt. Wright and others.
Louis Jncohy who led the field On
Saturday is also sturdy match player
Who viii give some one an argument
before the issue is settled. The same
applies to Nelson Whitney, Southern
champion, who should be due to make
his best showing over this course.
In the four ball matches to-day for
the "American Golfer" trophy, a tie re-
suited between Dave Heron and Grant
Peacock, Two Oakmont entries, and
Richard Haight and Simpson Dean, rep
resenting Princeton. E,ach pair was
around in .22 The Oakmont team los
its chance to win at the l3th hole,
where Peacock dropped fine mashie
shot 80 inches from the pin. but IN
smoothing out divot incurred
penalty stroke.
The card turned in by Heron and
Peacock follows:
2p' % .... 5 ) :: s-ss s-ss-7s
The card of Dean and Haight:
Out ln..... :: 5 : ! : ) s-ss s-ss =,
It will be much easier 70 get bet
ter line on the championship situation
after the draw is completed Monday
night The break Of the draw plays
e vital part in 3 tournament Of this
sort, but there are so many star en-
.ries that it is almost certain feature