Evening star., 1925-11-29

Atlantic, when Hcrold H. Hilton, r
England, beat Fred Herreshotf OF
final round.
But in its time it Travelled East and
West, never west of Chicago and
never south of Philadelphia until last
year when Bob Jones took it to At
lanta. Its travels during that time
were chiefly between Chicago, New
York and Boston, with two stop-overs
at Pittsburgh and a short sojourn In
Philadelphia in 1923-24. when Maxwell
r. Marston first brought the big mug
to the Quaker City.
Cup Put Up in 1894.
Presented to the United States Golf
Association in 1894 by Theodore a.
Havemeyer of New York, first presi-
dent of the association, the historic
trophy saw champions from half
dozen cities come and go; was the cen
ter of Il score of congratulatory ban
uuets and probably the most sought
after prize in amateur golf.
Certainly it ranked with the Davis
Cup in tennis in popularity, although
the Havemeyer trophy was an in
diVidual prize and not q team prize
Only one other trophy in golf held
place equal to 1t, AND that i'll the
hearts of Britishers. Their amateur
championship trophy has not crossed
the Atlantic since 1904, when Walter
j. Travis amazed and astounded the
English and Scotch with the efficacy
of a new make Of putter. and defeated
the long g-hitting Edward Blackwell
to bring the British amateur cup back
to this country.
American efforts, steadily made
since 1911, have failed to equal
Travis feat, while similar British ef-
forts. made at various times, with in
creasing frequency over the last five
years. also failed TO take hack to Eng
land the Havemeyer trophy.
The old cup. goal of youth and the
despair OF age since golf champion
ships began in this country, was a
massive silver trophy, with the figure
of a golfer on its cover. Around it's
ha sc were engraved classic names
names that will go down in golf his
tory, although the cup itself is gone
Macdonald First Winner.
Charles B. MacDonald's name first
was engraved on it's base back in 1895.
the initial year Of the championship.
Macdonald never won again, sue
cumbing to the accuracy and strength
of II. j. Whigham and F'indlay s.
Douglas back in those days when golf
was young in this country, derided
castle stage comment
To Onwentsia, which to Chicago is
as Chevy Chase to Washington, went
the Havemeyer Cup in 1899. The year
1900 saw the beginning of the lengthy
reign of Walter ]. Travis, who won in
1900 and 1901, losing in 1902 to Louis
James, only to come back again in
1908. Then III. Chandler Egan, young
Harvard student, began a reign that
gave him two victories.
Eben'M. Byers took the cup to Pitts
ourgh In 1906, losing it the following
year to Jerome d. Travers, whose rec
ord of four wins stands as the best in
amateur championships.
Then came 1909 and the beginning
of the line of fine young players from
Chicago who stood out for a decade
and more as leaders in the game
Robert A. Gardner, then 10 years old
a Yale undergraduate, won the cup in
that year, defeating Chandler Egan
who played through the final despite
serious physical disa bility Gardner
failed to qualify at Brookline in 1910.
and saw the cup go again to Pitts
bursh when w. e. FoWnes defeated
another Chicagoan, Warren K. Wood,
in the final.
Harold Hilton took the cup back to
England in 1911, winning at the thirty
seventh hole from Herreshoff. when
his approach shot to the extra hole
bounced off a rock on to the green
after starting far off the line. Travers
won again the next two years, crush
ing Chick Evans hope for victory at
Chicago in 1912 under an avalanche of
pars and brides pounded out by his
famous driving iron and his more
spectacular putter.
Ouimet Scores Only Once.
Then came 1914 and the only vic
tory of Francis Ouimet, eX-caddie of
Boston, whose open championship vic
tory the year previous did more than
any other one thing to populariZe the
game of golf. Gardner won again in
1915, and Evans registered his first