San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-16
Camp Sizes Up the Field
and Puts Jones at
Head of List.
SWEETSER IS SECOND
Nhen Come Evans, Gull
b ford, Ouimet and the
s. Other Stars.
nv WALTER CAMP.

Copyright, by The San Antonio Light.
New York, Sept. 15.-And now
comes the great finale scene OF 1925
golf:
With the gridiron warriors just off
stage donning their moleskins for their
first appearances of the new season,
the stars of the links Saturday began
their last big splunge Of summer
sport-th- national amateur golf
meet.
At Flossmoor, Chicago, tha field Of
entries is of the highest class. 1T is
difficult, indeed, to maze predictions
on a struggle where one little ship may
snuff out the aspirations of the best
golfer and send him off to mediate
i'll gloom upon the fickleness of that
most eccentric mistress-Dame Golf
(some spell Dane" differently. At
any minute she may desert her former
favorite and turn all her favor upon
his rival.
And the situation is further COM
plicated by the fact that this year
she seems to have so many fGvorites
at one time. Tho last includes player
after player to whom bogie means
nothing at all, and to whom par is
something to be shot under.
Jones Deserves First Place.
The youthful Bobby Jones tops the
list as open ciampion-a great crown
for an amateur to disport--anG he de.
serves to rank as the best single choice
on account OF his record for consistent
low scoring. Almost any one Of sew
eral shining lights may strike 0 bal
streak and tail 10 qualify. But that
seems impossitia in Bobbys ease, for
whatever difficulties arise, his totals
are always god.
Jess Sweetstr comes next, ms the
.nresent amateur champion. His bril-
'Rant flights of last year, when lie
decidedly with him. as he showed re-
Gently. But his work abroad has dim
med q little the overwhelming ocnfi-
dence his friends had placed In him,
and they will be a bit more nervous
than they otherwise would have been.
Some of them are willing to concede
that Bobby Jones may be letter
medal player than Jess, but they ar
que that jess is the greater match
fighter.
Chick" Evans comes next in the
picture, with his double crown-a dec
Grafton Bobby Jones hopes for but
has not yet achieved. Chick has had
a lot of worries recently. and has not
been in the best of condition. The
long struggle of the tournament may
prove too much for him. But this much
can be said, no man has more shots
IN his bag. nor a. more delicate exec
ution, than has Evans.
Guilford and Ouiuet.
Jesse Guiford. another past cham
plon. showed only short time ago.
in his tie at POI with Swcetser,
that he is just as good as the Yale
man, and he is bit more seasoned.
For long driver. Guilford is excep-
ticnally good on the putting green's,
and that is going 10 count n lot at
Flossmoor.
Francis Ouimet showed up best OF
all of on: men abroad, and few, in
deed. have forgotten his great 1913
work at Brooklinc, when he defeated
the British invaders. Ouimet has the
best disposition and the best rounded
game, in the opinion Of foreign critics,
Of any of our golfers.
Then there are the old guard, head
cd by Bob Gardner, man of sunny
smile and iron nerves. who is most
dangerous when down and who can
at any time play necessary half
-eiezen holes better than any man liv-
ing.
Others to be watched are Or. Will
ing. Rudy Knepper. the newcomer
Cummings. the recently reinstated Won
Elm. Vincent Whitney of San Fran
cisco, the former semi-finalist l.. =.
Allis, Eddie Held. the former chams
pion. David Heron. Nelson Whitney
of New CLEANS, and several well
known Eastern PLAYERS.