The Cordova daily times., 1921-08-23
COLFCHAMPS SWING CLUBS
 AT BIG MEET

CHICAGO. Aug. 9. Entries for the open championship Of the West. ern Golf Association to be held at the Oakwood Club. Cleveland, on Aug. 24. 25, and 26, indicate that the usual large field of expert golfers will con tend for the held by Jock Hutchinson. now British open champion. Appar ently the contestants will be the same as those who lost the title to James Barnes at Washington last month. While the Oakwood Club Is among the newer courses in Cleveland, it is severe test of golf and has turf that will reward good shots and haz- ards that will punish bad strokes. ! Hutchison. who has not been at the top of his game since winning the Brit ish title with fine score, Is improv- l ing, and will do his best to retain the | honor, which he won at Olympia ! Fields, Chicago, for the first time last 1 year with 296 strokes, only one stroke ahead Of Barnes, Harry Hampton and | Clarence Hackney.
 1 The play this year will be arranged It. cover only three days. the qualify ,>g efforts of the first two days at Is holes each comprising half of the 72 l hole score for the championship. The entire field will play Is holes on We'd nosday. Aug 24 and repeat the per formanCe the next day. Then the 64 1 low scorers and ties for 64th place will continue in the contest on Friday. playing 36 holes to complete the scores for the title.
 While this precludes the chance to become familiar with the course in i elimination rounds before the cham piouship play starts, the course will be opeU to entrants for a week previous to the tournament for practice. En- tries will close August 19.
 The title, which has been contested since 1899, has been won but once by | title has gone outside of the profes- sional ranks several times.
 Chick Evans, who has won the ma. tional amateur championship twice, the national open once and the west ern amateur crown six times, won the western open in 1910 at the Beverley Club. Chicago. His victory, which has won at match play from George Simp- son, first brought Evans into national prominence, as he was then only 20 years old and had subdued an illus trious array of the countrys best pro- fessionaIs at time when the anna tuers were not the peers of the teach, CTS of golf
 The record score for the event is ' 2S3 strokes, made by Barnes at West moreland Club. Chicago. in 1917 and duplicated by him in 1919 in winning at Maytield Club. Cleveland. While the record score for the national open in 2S6, made by Evans at Minikahda Club. Minneapolis. in 1916.
 Ths winners of the title by years fol. low:
 1899. Willie Smith, Chicago: 1900. not held; 1901. Lawrence Auchter Ionic. Chicago; 1902, Willie Ander. son. Pitstfield, Mass; 1903 Alec Smith. New York; 1904. Willie Anderson: 1905, Arthur Smith, Columbus. O.; 1906, Alec Smith; 1907, Robert Simp- son, Omaha; 1908. Willie Anderson: 1909, Willie Anderson: 1910, Chick Evans; 1911, Robert Simpson; 1912, Macdonald Smith, Del Monte. Calf: 1914. James Barnes, New York: 1915. 1913, John McDermott, Atlantic City; Tom McNamara. New York: 1916. Wal ter Hagen, New York; 1917, James Barnes; 1918, not held, war; 1919, James Barnes; 1920, Jock Hutchison. Chicago.
 In addition to the titles going to eastern players 10 times out of 20 meets. nine eastern professionals have been runner-up. so that the con- test has been about evenly divided na. tionally.
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