New Britain herald., 1926-06-15
ROUND
 IN GOLF TOURNEY
Fair Weather and Bad Hampers
 Play on Various Links

New York, June , Pl-Fairest to Ifoulest weather greeted the more Ithan GOO golfers who went into the Qualification tests of the national lopen championship on r widely IScattercd courses yesterday.
 1 But withal 11S players qualified. although rain at Chicago made nc Icessary postponcmcnt of a pIayoff in (which two must be chosen from six i who finished with 159
 | There were few upsets. The vet eran Alec Smith, an open champion
 of 15 years ago. failed 10 reach the select list in the New York district. | John Black, who tied with Bobby Jones Tn 1922 for the runncr-Up po- sition 10 Gene Sarazen at Skokic. went down in the Kansas City area. Jimmy Manion of St. Louis, veteran Iamateur, also failed.
 several amateurs Of calbcr SCOT l ed exceptionally prosaging trouble for tho professionals in clinging 10 | the open crown which Cyril Walk
 CT won in 1924 and Willie MacFar- lane ill 1925. Chick Evans the Chi cagoan who paid his own expenses co England to participate in the re- cent amateur championship won by
 Jess Swcetser was in a tie for fourth Iplace at Chicago. Keefe Carter, the western amateur king, and Clarence Wolff, Mississippi titleholder gained the places at St. Louis. 1 Densmore Shute of Huntington, w. Va, scored at Cleveland and Max
 Marston and D, Clark Corkran at Philadelphia.
 Eddie Held of St. Louis, Harrison
 Johnston of St. Paul and Jack West land of Everett. Wash, were other well known amateurs to place Westland. representing the tnivcr- sity of Washington, reached the finals of the intercollegiate cham
 pionship last year, where he was
 beaten by Fred Lamprecht of Tu- lane university
 Cleveland showed by far the best scores with all II qualiIiers under .150. Held registered 141 at St. Louis while Wolff turned in 14%, beating out Manion ny one stroke Players on the Oakmont course out side Pittsburgh where the national amateur was played last September, met with difficulties. The home pro fessional, Emil Loefflcr, winning the day with 154 while Charley Rowe, his assistant took second place with 155.
 The qualihers by sections follow: Chicago-GQ)-EddieL Loos. 147, Jack Biakeslee 15o. Bill Hartshorn .153, Chick Evans, 154, w. B, Hutch ins 154, Willie Hunter 154, Carl Will man 15G, J. G. Collins 157, J. II.
 Bird 157. Austere Clacyssens 157, Walter Apel 157, Eddie Murphy 157
 Frank Walsh 15S. Dewey Weber 15S, Happy Martin 15S, Frank Brady .l5S, James Weeger 159, Eliot Evans .159, l.. B. Schmutte 159, Waffle Nil son 159, Alex Ayton 155, Georg" Stark l59 (Two of last six to qualify in playoq postponed by dark Iness).
 New YorIi-GS)-Georgc Mclean .147, T. D. Longo 150. John J. OCon- nor 15o, Pat Doyle 152, Robert Cruickshank 152, Tommy Harmon .152, August Nordone 152, Robert
 Black 154, David Hanley 154, Gil
 Nichols 155. Arthur Demane 15G,
 Louis Costello 15G. Willie Klein 15C, Dan Williams 157, William J. Clancy 157. Anthony Greeo 15S. John Sol lis 15S. Clarence Manero 159.
 CIcveIand-G4-Jack Thompson .14t. Ben Weichman 142, Larry Nab boltz 142, Lloyd Gullickson 143, George Howard 143, P. O. Hart 14%, Carl Rocco IA, Raymond Derr 14G,