The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-08-14
RATIONAL Amateur
Golf Championship
| Tourney Saturday

Pittsburgh. Pa. Aug. ii.-Aftcr n
&pne OF Two years the United States
|blf association will revive the ma
'pnal amateur championship tournn-
kent at the Oakmont Country club.
lleghnny county. mex Saturday. All
the leading American golfers. in
nalns the title holder. Charles
tub. Chicago. and some Canadian
&aNer~ h~s-~ e-t ~ed To- fhte venr'e
pntcst. In fact the field OF ~aspIrants
80 large that q hnH been found
t'ccs1ary TO begin with "a wedding
~ or preliminary qualifying round
holes medal play IN Saturday.
hlch VIII reduce the big field OF
.itrhnts To 90 players who will take
2,fi In the regular qualifying round
SO holes medal play which will
lari az ? o'clock next Monday morn
|g. on Tuesday the thirty-two best
pores VIII be paired for &c holes
Iatch play and each succeeding day
Pc survivors will meet at match play
pun Saturday, August 20. when the
pr Of hnalists will fight II out for
Pc championship title and gold
Iedai
This years tournament will he the
Fenty- third held under the iurisdic-
BON OF tne United States Golf assO-
alton which becomes the governing
41uy OF the game IN America la 1895.
InrinE 1924 W amateur champion
~ tournaments were held. one Of
penn at Newport, H. J.. In September
the other az the 81 Andrews Golf
ub, New York. the following month.
At Newport. after iva days OF
edai play. w. q. Lawrence % the
1cal CllD was the winner with a
ore OF 1855 for 80 holes and q. u.
4"acnonuld Of Chicago. finished sec
30 with lss. one month later In
Pc match play tournament over the
Andrew links l.. ~ Stoddard ~
. home club won by 1 up. G. u.
acDoaald being the runner w.
The hfst championship OF the Unit
States Golf association was decide J
yer Ue Newport Golf cidb's course
isst u won By g.. u. Macdonald.
r.. Sands OF IT. Andrews being the
her hnnlisi At Shinnecock His.
ong Island. n. ]. Whigham, "a for
gn bred golfer. representing the
nWents.a club Of Chicago. was the
RI Inner OF the 1885 title and hy win
d w again at Wheaton. IA. in 1897
higham was the nr.t golfer to earn
h successive championship brack-
> In America Walter J. Travis. the
arden city veteran. won IL three
mes. 1900. 1901 aud 1908. II,
handler Egan OF the ENmoor Couu-
~ club, chicago. was a double win
pr In 1900. 1893, and K. A. Gardner
Mother C~hicagoan and member of
e Hinsdaie club. won at Wheaton.
IN 1908 aud again al Detroit III
|is.
Jerome u. Travers Of Munt,lair
Il j.. has the unique record. however
a winning the national title iouT
mes. In 1907 az the Euclid club
iey.laud, o.. Trayers won his first
%lational, defeating another Jersey.
ban. Archibald Graham. In the nnaI
lund. over the Garden city courss
Il ne GEAR later. TrHvers successfully
efenned his title. the runner up be.
IL Max behr. also Of New Jersey
tier a lapse Of three years Trayer,
imc to the front again. winning the
pig championship at Wheaton. III.
le other inalist being "Chick.
vans. the present champion. AZ
arden city In 1913, Evans was pu.
ht In the scminnais hy John e.. An
rsOn then playing from Brae Burn
ass, ana TrgNers won his fourth
y l~ahnpiOushlp by defeating Anderson
w ana IN the final. The record
nuving won the national foui
mes. repeating twice m successive
'ars. made 10y TraNcrs. II ukely {,
ana AS a mark foI other players tt
DOT at fur many years to nuuc