The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-12
WESTERN GOLF MEET
 OPENS TODAY WITH 162 N FIRST CONTEST

Memphis Tenn, July n.-Cspecial)- j. Upon trail that will lead the way for some one to fame and the amateur cham pionship of the Western Golf Assecia- ton, 1e2 or maybe more golfers will strike out bright and early tomorrow morning oyer the links of the Memphis Country club when the thirty-slX hole qualifying round will start.
 The elimination test pr qualifying found will consume Monday and Tues Ifay with eighteen holes being played
 leach day. Late tonight 162 golfers had fbeen paired for the qualifying round. but officials of the association expressed the belief that late arrivals would prob ably swell the starters in the qualifying round to 219 players
 The tournament viii witness the chang ing of hands of the championship This was made positive when it was an nounced tonight that Harry Legg Of Minneapolis who won the title last year would not be here to defend 1t. Despite the abserce of several national figures in the fold the field that will start in the qualifying round today is a most rep | resentative one.
 pr5ctice rounds of the course today were indicative of some low scores III the qualifying round. Chick Evans nao the lowest score of the day when ns turned in 35-4o for 6. The dnateur record for the course, held by Martih Condon a-,Memphis Country Club golfer i4 ii Jimmy Manion of St. Louis, n,edalist in the national amateur last wear played thirty-six holes in l5l. k. E. PeelSenkamp of st. Louis turned Tn an se and Walter I<essman of St Lotus rlaved two rounds in IS and so. Boops Jones, playing the inside of the eourss' dli had a thrty-six, and Ferry -Noan, other Atlanta youngster, had thlreS . seven. ....tor, N The hopes of the south for western cbamnion are pinned to Bobby Jones | ca Atlanta In fact those who nave I Noiced an opinion as to the l92o cha'i. '. pion are free in the prediction tna' s ! rests between Jones and Evans, Wi'h .ic ,c result having much to do Wltn ene iav ,,,,, in drawing opponents Ill the rounds of match play. . Ninetv-six players will qualify in the tournament and these will be divlded Tn to three flights of thirty-tWo each, IF cluding the championship flight, the sec, ond flight. for the president cup anu the third flight for vice president eup, pp, The first round of match piay VI start Wednesday and will be of eighteen holes until Friday, when the semi-hnais 5 will he reached. The seml-hnals anu final rounds will be thirty-siX hoies. | Feature of the opening day or the hfs, l eighteen holes of the qualifying rouna will be inc play for the Olympic cup and annual feature of the Western Amt teur championship. Seven associations have entered teams ;nch,diner the Indiana state, Soutnerh' vannessee. Trans Mississippi, WesteriL < Louis and Arkansas.
 T7,s. tesus Are Indiana-Chick Evans | st sf,,,neon 53er Wilbur and W. B. .,st.-t sas. sa lbv Jones, R. S. Y4trssv Ton Prescott and Perry Adair' - .saRYass3s-sf4.i--Ia.r1es Ward, Harlow
 tE,rie, l<nepper and F. A. Lin ts,.y n-Riai Rolfe, Howard e cronnell and Arthur ,s ,otfsAJames Msnion, Clar-
 syaiter Kess1nan and R.. E, r1aE,G essee-Jack Wenzlers Poilak Boyd and Roger sss Howard Conley, G. N. r engiand and H. M. Bennett. Evans, Memphis, and Lewis 5l5lsr sfalnpHia-
 ana Martin. Memphis. and K. D. artsf Memphis. Sn-Raiph IL Jordan, Memphis, ana .e4 sclanan Ridgeway.
 S.4s Saul Isenberg, Ridgeway, ai'u Dave Halle, Ridgeway
 S:5QAHerbert Herff, Ridgeway, anu Charles aI Halle, Ridgeway, S.55-R. Crenshaw, Pine Bluff. and W. P Markle, Memphis. l 9;Oe-Herbert G. Skinker, Hinsdale anu w. B. Sparks Terre Haute.
 9:o5--Roger Smith, Nashville, and M' J. Condon, Memphis.
 9:10-C. w. Hubby, Cedar Crest' anu Y. D. Potts, Memphis.
 |s s:15-L. E. Cornelius, St. Louis. and +. Crager, Helena.
 e.2o-W. T. Nelson, Chicago, and K. J. Oshurn, Roebuck. 9:24--C. R. Garner, St Louis, and K. M. Metcalf, Memphis.
 9:3o-Paul R. stinson. Kansas City. ano no. A. Wood Colonial. NJ 9:35-J. K. Wadley, Texarkana, ana Douglas Tweedle. Glenoak. 9:4o-G. M. Mcconnell, Edgewater, anu R. D. Wilbur, Indianapolis.
 9:45-A w. Tanner, IT., Helena, and '. K. stig, Colonial.
 s.5o-A. w. Warner, Denver. and Nate J. Sawrie, Colonial. 9:55-A w. Baum. Jackson Park, and Courtney Lewis, Ridgeway.
 1o:o0-R. E. Krepper, SsoAx City, and Rial C. Rolfe Ridgen1ore.
 10.o5- Charles Evans, Jr., Edgewater' and Clarence L. Wolff, Sunset Hiu. fo.10-Eioward R. Watson. Green Valley, and Pollock Boyd, Chattanooga.