The New York herald., 1922-09-04
Ghost of 1910 Title Play
Stalks BrOOkline Links
Return of Amateur Classic to
Bay State Course Revives
Old Scenes.
By KERR \. PETRIE.

BRooRLlNE, Mass. Sept. 3.--With the
national amateur golf championship in
a state Of suspended animation and con-
testants either resting for the resump-
tion of the qualifying play tomorrow
or~tal<ing It comparatively easy as they
strolled around in the best ball compe-
tition for the American Golfer silver
trophy. ghosts Of the past found an op-
portunity to-day to take part possession
OF the links OF the Country Club of
Brookline From behind the murky bar
rier of a DOZEN years ago these shadowy
figures were Silently strolling forth.
swinging cleek and brassle, sending into
the air the divots OF the championship
OF 1910.
This afternoon some Of the leading
figures Of that event, which set a new
high mark in American amateur golf
with an entry OF more than 200 players.
could be found about the course. 1t
seemed like old times. for instance, to
see William G. Fownes, Jr., and his
friend George Ormiston. both of Pitts
burgh. pitching tiny mashie shots
around among the trees near the home
green, and Marshall Whitlatch. the au-
thor-golfer. watching them closely.
Fownes won the title that year, and Or
miston was guide. philosopher and cad
die for the Oakmont star during the con-
cluding stages of the tourney. carrying
the clubs and lending a word Of counsel
in the vital matches with Chick Evans
in the sem-finaI and against Warren K
Wood In the last bracket
The Same BrooISIInc Remains.
Brpokine to-day is much as 1t looked
a dozen years ago. The turf has inn
proved of course. Also the links Is
much more exactingly bunkered than II
was In those old days. There are a few
minor changes in the round, which make
for better balanced circuit and a more
equitable distribution of the yardage
outgoing and incoming. But on the
whole the course is substantially the
same as IL was when Fownes won the
title, coming from behind to eliminate
Evans by carrying Off the last three
toles after being down with 3 to play
and then defeating the following day
that other brilliant Chicagoan, Wood. z
1t is found on close scrutiny of the
field that exactly thirteen golfers are
playing here this time who qualified in
1910. OF these former national cham
pions who teed up on that occasion only
one passed the dead line. The player
was Z. NJ. Byers. of Pittsburgh. The
Others two starters of title fame we're
Robert A. Gardner and Fl. Chandler
Egan. Both of these Chicaeoans failed.
Gardner the previous year had won the
championship at Wheaton, III.
1t was being recalled also that the
Unexpectedly huge field left many of the
players afield when darkness fell and
that several had to continue the follow
ing morning. One of those badly hit
by the hardship of the occasion was
Gardner. This time Bob is not likely
to be left at the post. In fact his II
made on the opening qualifying round OF
thirty-six holes yesterday has made the
Onwentsia star one of the leading fav
oritcs for the title
Comparison OF the scores being made
now and those returned twelve years
ago illustrates vivdly how the game
has speeded UP. The course as 1t Is
now probably measures a few yards
more than it was in these old days.
Here, then. is very Illuminating fact.
While it is being freely predicted that
1t will require a thirty-six hole total
OF 15S to qualify there was at least one
i6S in the match play in 1910