The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-22
LIBERTY CUP GOLF
ATTRACTING STARS
Many Visitors to PLAY at
Siwanoy-Shinnecock Hills
Tournament Thursday.
BY INNS BROWN.


more than two weeks away, indications
already are assuring that the Liberty
Cup golf tournament to be staged by
the Siwanoy Country Club the second
week in August is going to prove a
pretentious affair. Beginning August
and running through the three succeed
ing days this invitation event will oc-
cupy the centre of local golfing interest.
With the big revival in golfing activi-
ties since the close OF the war, several
notable events to be staged annually
have been announced. The week fol
lowing the national open tournament at
Brae Burn, the Herbert Jacques Memo
rial tournament, on "a pretentious basis.
was inaugurated at Brookline. Similar
ly the Victory Cup affair at Siwanoy Is
having its inaugural on the above dates,
and it is the intention Of the club TO
make 1t much more than a local invi-
tation affair.
In fact, assurances have already been
received of the entry of well known
golfers from several cities out of the met
ropolitan district. From Boston Francis
Ouimet, Jesse Guilford and young Fred
Wright are three stars who are account
ed sure entries for the tournament.
Roger Hovey, who recently won the
Connecticut State championship for the
second time after a lapse of nine years,
is another who is expected to take part.
From the southern district Louis Jaco-
joy. well known in tournament play In
the South and Southwest, has signifed
his intention OF entering. Sheriff. Sher-
man of Utica, one OF the best known
upstate players will be there.
A Line on the National.
Nearly the whole field of star players
of the metropolitan district will be en-
tered. Coming as it does shortly before
the National Amateur tilt at Pittsburg,
this tournament will give pretty good
line on the bunch that will journey down
from the district for the big test at
Oakmont. With the liberal entry list
from out of town centres the tournament
bids fair to prove one of the star events
of the entire season.
Referring to the National Amateur at
Oakmont, 1t appears a certainty, that the
metropolitan district will send along the
largest representation of high class
players that ever entered the event. All
of the certified topliners, including jerry
Travers, Oswald Kirkby, Max Marston,
John q. Anderson, Gardiner White, Ned
Sawyer and other experienced tourna-
ment players, are planning to be on
hand for the big scramble. In addition
to these there is Il strong array of less
prominently known and in many cases
younger stars who have announced their
intention of entering.
This latter list includes such players
as q. l.. Conley. who won the West
chester county championship last week;
A. L. Walker, Jr., runner-up in the
Metropolitan amateur: Jesse W. Sweet
ser, who established new course record
In the qualifying round OF the West
chester tourney at Apawamis. Peter
Harmon, winner of the Metropolitan
junior championship at Siwanoy a few
weeks since. and Richard Hsight OF the
Princeton team. who proved the win
ner in the defeated eight in the New
Jersey State championship last week.
Conley is a former holder of the Hud-
son River and the Trans Mississippi
championships. But the others are all
newcomers. Their showing in the big
tournament will be watched with keen
interest.
ShinnecOck Hills Ready.
When the field tees up for the start
of the invitation tournament OF the Shin
necock Hills Golf Club at SOUTHAMPTON
on Thursday of this week practically
new course will spread out before the
players. Under the direction of Charles
B. Macdonald the old course has been
revised and revamped until only four
ho'es OF 'he ORIGINAL course remain in
use Inc 'hree holes OF the old course
"hich heceSsltated playing across the
railroad nave been eliminated entirely.
Inc course is IN nne condition for the
tournament The greens have been put
in tlptop shape and the fairways are
also all that could be desired Numer-
Gus traps have been injected into the
.ffn
TO have the course compare with its
neighbor, the National, in the matter OF
long carries, The course is more than
$500 yards in length with four short
holes placed along the route
John T. Doyle, who divides his time
between golf and billiards. played the
course few days ago and says it is in
excellent condition for the tournament
incidentally Doyle included this course
In golfng itinerary of four courses in
the southampton district in company
with Harry Chick Miller. a club mate
at st. Albans. In addition to Shinne-
cock Hills they played The National
Belleport and West Hampton, the latter
fyNn hun DO In, ~,