Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-08

Cleveland Course 70 BE the
Scene 81 Championship
Meet.

Chicago, Aug. 3.--Entrtss for the
championship 81 the Western
Golf association, TO be held Mt the
lakewood club, Cleveland. pm AHg. d,
Is and rs, thus far received BY Secre-
tary ". ". Hairless indicate that the
usual large field Of expert golfers viii
contend for p title hold py Jock
pion. Apparently the contestants WIN
be the same as those WHO lost the
titM to James Barnes ut WASHINGTON
last month.
While the QakwDqa clyb is am0Ag
the newer c0uTses Ia ClevelApd,aj IT is
a severe test Of golf and has turf
that will reward coed shots and
Shasards that viii punish bad stF0kAs.
Hutchinson, who has not been at the
top of his game since winning the
British title with q fna SeOfe, " ina
proving, and will do his best to retain
the honor, which he Won 1t Olympia
year with 2S6 strokes, only one stroke
ahead Of Barnes, Harry Hampton and
Clarence Hackney,
to cover only three days. the quail
tying efforts of the first tvO days az
- hpies each comprising half Of the
70 hole score for the championship.
The entire field VIII play Is holes on
Wednesday, ANg. ~, and KepAAt the
performance the aext day, Then a
81 low scores and ties for sixty-EoHfth
place will continue in the contest on
Friday, playing IS hoies to complete
the scores for the title.
To Close Aug. -.
While this preeludes the chance to
become familiar with the course n
elimination rounds before the cham
pionship play starts, the Will
be open to; entrants for q week pre-
yious to the tournament for prdctice.
Entries will close on Aug. 10.
The title, which has been contested
since 1899, has been won but once by
an amateur, although the national
open title has gone outside Of the
professional 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 h
western open in 1910 at the Beverley
won at match play from Georges
Simpson, first brought Evans int na-
tienal prominence, ~ he was then
only 20 years old and had subdued IN
ilustFious array Of the couptry's best
professionals at q time when the
amateurs were not the peers Of the
teachers Of golf.
Record Score.
The record score for the event is
2e3 strokes, made by Earnest at
Westmoreland club, Chicago. In 1917
and duplicated by him in 1919 in
winning at Mayfield club, Cleveland,
while the record score for the ma
tional open is 2ss, made by Evans at
Minikahdas club, Minneapolis, in 1916.
The winners Of the title by years
follow:
1893, Willie Smith, Chicago; 1909,
not held; 1891. Lawrence Auchter-
Ionic, Chicago; 1902, Willie Ander-
son, Pittsieid. Mass; 1905, Alec
Smith, Columbus, Qhioi 1906, Alec
Smith; 1907. Robert Simpson, Oma-
ha; 1908, Willie Anderson; 1909, Viii
lie Anderson; 1910, Chick Evans;
1911, Robert Simpson; 1912, Mac
Donald Smith, Del Monte CAL; 1913,
John McDermott, Atlantic City; 1914,
James Barnes, New York; 1915, Tom
McNamaFa, New York; 1916, Walter
. Hagen, New York; 1917. James
Barnes; 1913, not held, war; 1919,
James Barnes; 1920, Jock Hutchinson,
Chicago.
In addition to the titles going to
eastern players 10 times out OF the
20 meets, nine eastern professionals
: have been rnaaer-up, 80 that the
contest has been about evenly divided
d nationally.