The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-13

Entries for the open championship
OF the Western Golf association, to be
held at the lakewood club, Cleveland,
on August "a, 25 and &c, thus far re-
ceived by Secretary w. w. Hairless, of
Chicago, indicate that the usual large
field of expert golfers will contend for
the place held by Jock Hutchinson,
now British open champion. APP
parently the contestants will be the
same as those who lost the title TO
James Barnes att Washington last
month.
While the lakewood club is among
the newer courses in Cleveland, it is
severe test of golf and has turf that
will reward good shots and hazards
that will punish bad strokes. Hutch
inson, who has not been at the top of
his game since winning the British
title with a fine score, is improving,
and will do his best to retain the
honor which he won at Olympia
last year with 296 strokes, only one
stroke ahead of Barnes, Harry Hamp-
ton and Clarence Hackney.
The play this year will be arranged
to cover only three days, the qualify
ing efforts of the first two days at Is
holes each comprising half of the ~
hole score for the championship. The
entire field viii play 8 holes on We'd
nesday, August "a, and repeat the per-
Torrance the next day. Then the "a
low scores and ties for siXty-fourth
place will continue in the contest on
Friday, playing SO holes to complete
the scores for the title.
While his precludes the chance to
become familiar with the course in
elimination rounds before the cham
pionship play starts, the course VIII
be open to entrants for a week pre-
ta ont for PtiCe
Entries will close August 10.
The title which has been contested
since 1899. has been won but once by
an amateur, altho the national open
title has gone outside of the profess
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 Beverly
club Chicago. His victory. which was
won at match play from George Simp
son, first brought Evans INTO national
prominence, as he was then only 70
years old and had subdued an illus
trious array of the country's best pro-
fessionals at a time when the anna
tours were not the peers of the teach
ers of golf.
The record score for the event is
2S3 strokes. made y Barnes at West
moreland club. Chicago, in 1917 ana
duplicated by him in 1919 in winning
at Mayfield club, Cleveland, while the
record score for the national open is
2SG, made by Evans at Minikahda
club. Minneapolis. in 1916.
The winner of the titles by years
follow:
1899, Willis Smith. Chicago; 1900,
not held; 1901, Lawrence Auchter-
Ionic. Chicago; 1902 Willie Anderson,
Pittsfield. Mass; 1903, Alec Smith,
NJ
Arthur Smith. Columbus. o.; 1906,
Alec Smith; 1907. Robert Simpson.
Omaha; 1908. Willie Anderson; 1909,
Willie Anderson; 1910, Chick Evans;
1911. Robert Simpson: 1912. MacDon-
aid Smith. Del Monte. Cal; 1918.
John McDermott, Atlantic City; 1914,
James Barnes, New York; 1915, Tom
Mcnamara, New ork; 1916. Walter
Hagen. New York; 1917, James Barnes;
1913. not held. war; 1919. James
Barnes; 1920, Jock, Hutchinson, Chi
cago.
In addition to the titles going to
eastern players 10 times out of the
20 meets, nine eastern professionals
have been runner-up, so that the con-
test has been about evenly divided ma
tionally.
Byron George. son of the governors
secretary, is to become a golfer, even
If it ruins his political career. Byron
went out to caddy with his father one
afternoon this week and all but
Showed up the Old Man."
AS an added attraction to the ma
tional amateur golf championship to
be played at the st. Louis Country
club next month, it has been arranged
to hold an East versus West match on
Friday, September 16, the day before
the opening of the championship. Os-
wald Kirkby, former metropolitan
champion, has been appointed captain
of the forces from the East, while
Robert Gardner, twice national title
holder. will act as captain of the Chi
cago District Golf association forces.