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VOL. XIX. AUGUST, J906 No. 2

THE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPEnglewood Golf Club, Englewood, N. J., July 10-14, 1906

By " Oldcastle "

T^HERE were 141 entries and 131starters in the twelfth amateur

championship of the United States.At Wheaton last year there were 130starters; at Baltusrol the year before128 players finished the eighteen-holemedal play round, and at Nassau in1903 there were 128 players. It wouldthus seem that we have now arrived atpractically fixed figures, so little doesthe number of starters vary from yearto year. A considerable proportion ofthese players might well stay awaywithout detracting from the interest ofthe occasion.

The least satisfactory feature of theentry list is the patent fact that whatshould be a national contest is becom-ing, or rather has become, a sectionalaffair. Last year at Wheaton out of130 starters there were only nineteenEastern players. P>ut this representa-tion of the greatest golf section of thecountry, beggarly as it is, appears

prolific in comparison with what hap-pened this year. At Englewood therewere exactly six representatives ofthe West and Middle West, clearlyshowing how intense is the interesttaken in the national championship bythat part of the country. The most,conspicuous absentee in the Easternranks was Findlay S. Douglas, the ab-sentees of note from the West were toonumerous to mention; their name waslegion.

The conditions governing the cham-pionship were the same as last year—two medal rounds of eighteen holeseach on successive days, the thirty-twolowest scores for the thirty-six holes.Apparently ,the system satisfied thegreat majority of the competitors forbut little hostile criticism of it washeard. It is still, however, open to the1 bjection and always will be, that anaccident may at any time put out thebest golfer in the countrv. The ac-

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cident this time was the blinding stormon the afternoon of the first day whichcaused last year's runner-up, D. E.Sawyer of Wheaton, one of the strong-est Western players, to finish with 87,and thus compelled him to make a tinescore on the second day or fall out ofthe ranks. In the second round,though he had the respectable total ofS3, it was not quod enough to enablehim to continue in the tournament.Harold \\ elier, one of last year's semi-finalists, playing in the storm, had >^Jalso, hut a subsequent round of 81proved his salvation. It was 111 thisstorm that lerome I). Travel's gavesuch a fine exhibition of golf underdifficulties, for he finished in So. whichwas the fourth best score of the day.Looking at the totals for the two daysit will he seen that Walter J. Travisfor the fourth time in his career wonthe gold medal. His total, 152, wasthree strokes less than that of Dr. D.P. Fredericks, who won at Wheatonlast year. The high qualifying score

at Wheaton was 174. At Englewoodsix men at [69 had to play off a tiefor the last two places in the thirty-two. These were Douglas Laird, JohnAI. Ward, W. T. West, one of theKJ04 semi-finalists; J. D. Foot, C. J.Sullivan, and Gilman I'. Tiffany. Thesurvivors were West and Tiffany. Atevery championship a number of finegolfers fail to qualify, for some in-scrutable reason, and Englewood wasno exception to the rule. In this listmay be placed F. ( )den Horstman, A.L. White. Robert Abbott. HowardGee, A. W. Tillinghast, H. W. 1'errin.and C. H. Seely.

The distances at Englewood are:( Int. 380, 343, 400, 380, 300. 410, 425,130, 340—3,108 ; in, 522, 195, 350, 362,318, 391, 417, 380, 160—3,095. Thecourse is one which presents few dif-ficulties through the green. At a fewof the holes, notably the first, fifth andtwelfth, a ball off the line gets intotrouble. But generally speaking, thefair green is so ample, with so little of

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the rough in its borders, that a moder-ate degree of pulling or slicing doesnot interfere with the successful play-ing of a hole. The course, on accountof the absence of rain, the nature ofthe soil and the lie of the ground wasintensely hard, and this was given asthe reason why Chandler Egan felldown on his iron shots, which havegenerally been the predominating fea-ture of his game. The explanation,however, does not satisfy, for at P.al-tusrol in i<;c>4. when the course was sohard that clouds of dust flew up be-fore the club, Egan with an iron wasat his best. The greens were slopingand undulating and very fast, and thiscaused the failure of many of the play-ers. Travis and Lyon were two nota-ble examples of players who masteredthe difficulties of the putting greens.

The first day some of the best cardswere:

DwiGHT PARTRIDGE, Bedford—Out 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 3 5—37In 5 3 4 5 4 5 5 4 3—38—75

W. J. TRAVIS, Garden C i t y -Out 5 5 4 4 5 4 5 3 4—39In 5 3 4 4 5 s 4 5 3—38—77

C. E. VAN YLECK, JR., Montclair—Out 4 4 s 5 3 6 4 4 4—39In 5 4 4 5 4 5 4 5 3—39—78

E. M. BYERS, St. Andrew's—Out 3 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 4—38In 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 6 4—42—80

J. 1). TRAVERS, Nassau—Out 4 5 5 6 4 4 4 3 5—40In 5 3 4 5 5 5 5 4 4—40—80

II. CHANDLER EGAN, Exmoor—

Out 4 4 5 5 4 5 7 -' 3—39In 7 3 4 6 4 5 5 6 2—42—81

The second day there were thesecards:

W. J. TRAVIS. Harden C i t y -Out . . . . 5 5 5 4 5 3 4 3 4—38In 5 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 3—37—75

First round 77—T 52JEROME D. TRAVERS, Nassau—

Out . . . . 3 5 5 3 3 4 4 3 6—36In 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 3—39—75

First round 80—155

E. H. ISANKARD, JR., Baltimore—Out . . . . 4 5 4 5 5 4 3 4 4—3 s

In 6 4 3 4 4 5 4 3 3—38—76First round 82— r 58

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Those who qualified were:First

RoundWalter J. Travis, Harden City.. 77J. D. Travers, Nassau 80I'.. II. l'.ankard, Jr., Baltimore.. 8211. C. Egan, Exmoor 81C. II. Van Vleck, Jr., Monclair. 78G. S. Lyon, Toronto X4Dwight Partridge, Bedford 75P. R. Pync, ad, Princeton 85Dr. I). i \ Fredericks. Oil City.. 84E. M. Byers, St. Andrew's 80G. T. Brokaw, Garden City 83Fred Herreshoff, Harden City.. 85\Vr. P. Smith, Huntingdon 87T. M. Sherman, Wykagyl 86M. Olyphant, Jr., Englewood... 81P. W. Whittemore, Brookline.. 83A. M. Reid, St. Andrew's 83E. M. Barnes, Englewood 82Max Rehr, Morris County 87J. G. Anderson. Woodland 82S. I). Bowers, Brooklawn 86M. Whitlatch, Montclair 85Archie Graham, North Jersey.. 831). M. Cole. Westfield. Mass 86H. R. Johnstone. Myopia 83Brice S. Evans, Brae Burn S2Harold Weber, Inverness 87Ellis Knowles, Bedford S5Harold Wilcox, Montclair SyDr. S. Carr, Huntingdon Valley 89W. T. West, Phila. Country 83Oilman P. Tiffany, Powellton. . . 88

Those who did not qualifyFirst

RoundC. J. Sullivan. Baltusrol 88Douglas Laird, Princeton 87James D. Foot, Apawamis SjJ. M. Ward, Fox Hills 87E. O. Horstman, Philadelphia.. 86M. D. Ritchie. Pittsburg 85I). Clarke. Englewood 86A. L. White, Boston S3D. E. Sawyer, Chicago 87Robert Abbott, Plainfield 85H. J. dee, Princeton 86H. P. Smith. Philadelphia 89E. E. Giles, Pittsburg 88A. W. Tillinghast, Philadelphia. 85T. G. Stevenson, Boston 90J. F. Byers, Pittsburg 89J. H. Childs, Pittsburg 8bA. II. Smith. Philadelphia 90F. H. Thomas, Morris County.. 92Parke Wright, Buffalo 84F. II. McAdoo, St. Andrew's. . . 89]). H. Barrows, Plainfield 91IT. W. Perrin, Philadelphia... . 93J. Sherman. Jr., Westfield 87Oscar Woodward, Englewood... 88S. X. Stickney. Springfield 92C. H. Seely, Wee Burn 87Howard Giffen, Baltusrol 85C. A. Dunning, Nassau 89Chad Sawyer, Midland 90I I . C. Roess, o i l City 86C. West Tainler, Richmond Co. 92W. S. Ilarhan, Washington. . . . 93A. T. Dwight, Dyker Meadow.. 86I.. I.. Clarke, Englewood 87I.. A. Hamilton, Englewood.., . 90

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H. CHANDLER EGAN AT SEVENTEENTH TEE

W. C. Fownes, Pittsburg 87K. C. Watson. Jr.. Westbrook.. 94S. V. Beckwith, Englewood... . 98K. C. Reynolds, Essex County.. 96J. L. Taylor. Ekwanok 91H. McSweeney, Oil City 94C. II. lilake, Jr., Englewood...A. Havemeyer. SeabrightC. E. Van Yleck. Montclair....G. G. Baxter, Brooklyn

Dilworth, PittsburgPeters, Jr.. -MidlandKellogg. Englewood.Marshall. Jr., Pittsburg. .

J. C.RalphC. S.T. M.C. B. Brown, Montclair 95J). Cbauncey, Dyker Meadow.. . 90-\. T. Haiglit. Fox Hills 89R. Havemeyer, Seabright 94\\*. F. Morgan, Jr., Baltusrol... 99Fred Snare. Englewood 96A. F. Sontherland, Englewood.. 91T. S. Lippy, Seattle 91I:. 1!. Case.' Oil City 95C. \Y. Hunt, Jr., Princeton 97G. F. Clingman, Jr.. Chicago... 97J. ( i. Sage, Crescent 97A. P». Right, Essex County 94I". C. Talmage, Plainfield 97Henry Krvn, Crescent ro2F. \V. Howard. W'ykagyl i"iE. F. Mayberry, Char les ton. . . . 96W. G. Hopple, Fox Hills 107

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The qualifying thirty-two includedeighteen members of clubs belongingto the .Aletropolitan Golf Association;five from Boston, three from Phila-delphia, and one each from Canada,Toledo. Chicago, ( )il City, Pittsburgand llaltimore.

The draw was made in public andwas as follows: Herreshoff and Dr.Carr, Johnstone and Cole, Smith andBehr, Knowles and Sherman, Weberand Fredericks, Bowers and Tiffany,Whittemore and Egan, Barnes andLyi HI.

Whitlatch and West. Evans andBankard, Anderson and Wilcox, By-ers and Partridge, Reid and Travis,Brokaw and Olyphant, Travers andPvne, Van \ leek, Jr., and Graham.

Miere were no surprises in the firstmatch play round unless the defeat ofT. M, Sherman In- Ellis Knowles

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could be so styled. Travis played re-markable golf in his match with A. M.Reid, having a 74 for the round. Itwill be seen that the Garden City ama-teur was at the top of his game atEnglewood, his three successiverounds in the tournament having been77 • 75< 74- ' Eis card :< Hit 4 .1 4 4 3 5 5 5 4—37In 5 3 4 4 4 5 5 4 3—37—74

His one bad hole was the shorteighth, 130 yards. Three times dur-ing the tournament he failed here,twice playing his mashie shot into theditch and once dropping in the roughshort of the hazard. It seemed as ifhe got too much under the ball in theeffort to lift it high so that it mightdrop on the hard, fast green and staysomewhere near the hole. ChandlerEgan in his match with Whittemoreplayed better golf than at any timeduring the tournament, his iron shotsbeing in good control and his putting

very Steady and sure. lie went out in37 and had 54 for the thirteen holesplayed. In his match with 1 lowers,Tiffany came home in the wonderfulfigure of 34, the lowest of the tour-nament. The in-journey is worth re-cording: 4. 3, 4, 4, 4, 4. 4, 3, 4. Therunner-up of HJ04, Fred Herreshoff,fared very badly at the hands of Dr.Simon Carr. but the Philadelphiaplayer went round in 7'), and this takesa lot of beating. Herreshoff had 80.Fredericks and Weber, the latter oneof last year's semi-finalists, had a greatmatch, having to play an extra holeto decide it. The scoring was not par-ticularly good, Fredericks, the winner,having 83. livers had a 78 in beatingPartridge and Archibald Graham putout another low scorer in the qualify-ing round. Van Vlecht. Graham hada ~~. Bankard of Baltimore, who fin-ished third in the medal round, dis-

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posed of Brice S. Evans, who recentlywon the Boston Interscholastic cham-pionship. Another Ilostonian, J. G.Anderson, fared better, beating Har-old Wilcox, the 1<)C>4 .Metropolitanchampion, l ie had a medal score of81. Travel's played an unbeatablegame in his match with Pyne, having49 for the twelve holes played.

Championship — First Round — Dr.Simon Carr beat Fred Herreshoff by4 up and 2 tn play; 11. R. Johnstonebeat D. M. Cole by 5 up and 3 to play ;W. P. Smith beat Max Behr by 3 upand 2 to play; Ellis Knowles beat T.M. Sherman by 4 up and 3 to play; D.P. Fredericks beat Harold Weber by1 up ( i<) holes) ; Gilman P. Tiffanybeat S. D. Bowers by 3 up and 1 toplay; H. Chandler Egan beat P. W.Whittemore by 6 up and 5 to play ; G.

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S. Lyon beat E. M. Barnes by 3 upand 1 to play ; W. T. West beat M.Whitlatch by 3 up and 1 to play ; E. H.1 tankard. Jr., beat Brice S. Evans by3 up and 2 to play; J. Anderson beatH. Wilcox by 3 up and 1 to jjlay; E.M. livers beat Dwight Partridge by2 up and 1 to play; W. J. Travis beatA. M. Reid by 5 up and 4 to play ; G.T. Brokaw beat .Murray < Hyphant by3 up and 2 to play; J. I). Travers beatPercy R. Pyne, 2(\, by 7 up and 5 toplay; A. Graham beat C. H. VanVlecht, Jr., by 3 up and 1 to play.

In the second round there were sev-eral surprises, the overshadowing onebeing the defeat of Egan by Lyon.The two had not met since Lyon de-feated Egan in the final at St. Louisin 1904 for the ( Hympie Champion-ship. The Canadian crack was not athis best in this contest, although hewas victorious and he had to thankEgan in a large measure for his suc-cess. The champion went out in thevery mediocre figure of 44, so it isnot wonderful that Lyon found him-self 4 up at the turn. Egan drove intothe rough at the third, but it was roughthat would have presented no diffi-culties if he had been playing hisgame. He was out of bounds on thefourth and also on the fifth and tookthree putts on most of the greens. Hewon the long tenth in 5 and then hadhard work in getting a 5 on the 195-yard eleventh hole. Then for a briefspell the champion was himself againand played some beautiful golf, get-ting the next four holes in par figures,and squaring the match. The six-teenth was halved in 5, and the seven-teenth Egan won by 4 to 5 and for thefirst time in the match was 1 up. Play-ing the 160-yard home hole, both werenicely on the green with Egan away.

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W. J. TRAVIS DRIVING AT SEVENTEENTH TEE

He needed half only to win the match, derson, the New England Intercol-but putting for the hole he over- legiate champion. He had a 76. andran it considerably, took 4 to Lyon's Anderson did very well with 79. Tra-3 and the match was halved. Playing vis played with machine-like accuracythe extra holes, Egan missed, at the in his match with Brokaw, having onlyfirst a long putt for a } and halved, one bad hole, the tenth, where he tookand at the second he missed a short <>. He had a 2 at the eighth and wentputt and lost by 4 to 5. The cards: out in 35. Brokaw took 39. The

match between Travers and GrahamEgan 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5—44

Lyon 6 4 5 6 5 5 5 5 3—44—84 was a good one, the figures being Tra-Egan 5 5 3 5 4 4 5 4 4—39—83 , ,-- 1

Extra holes—Lyon, 4, 4: Egan, 4. 5. VerS J/, G r a h a m /<).

Johnstone had 39 going out in beat- Second Round—Johnstone beat Dr.ing Carr. He laid the latter two Carr by 4 up and 3 to play ; Knowlesstymies which helped, and he had a beat Smith by 2 up and 1 to play ; Tif-full iron shot out of the bunker at the fany beat Fredericks by 4 up and 3 totenth which he laid dead to the hole, play ; Lyon beat Egan by 1 up (20Knowles put out another Philadel- holes) ; West beat P.ankard by 3 upphian, W. P. Smith, going round in and 2 to play ; livers beat Anderson by78 to Smith's 82. Tiffany went out in 3 up and 2 to play; Travis beat P>ro-38 to Fredericks's 43. The Doctor, kaw by 5 up and 4 to play ; Traverstwice a semi-finalist and once a medal- beat Graham by 4 up and 3 to play,ist, was not in the best of health dur- An immense crowd turned out toing the tournament and scarcely did see the match between Travers andhimself justice. West beat Bankard, Travis in the third round, and opinionhaving 79 to the hitter's 81. livers was very much divided as to the prob-was at his best in his match with An- able result. It seemed likely that in

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BYERS AND LYON AT FIRST TEE

estimating' Travers's chances so high- lost the hole, and the match wasly those who did so had in view the squared. Travis was now going at awonderful performance of the young great pace and winning five holes inplayer at St. Andrew's. Travis won succession, the match was all over atthe first hole, lost the second, and then the sixteenth hole. From the timewon the third by holing a long putt Travis was put off his drive at thefrom off the green. The next three twelfth hole he played poor golf to thewere halved and then Travers got to end, which scarcely argues his pos-the 425-yard seventh with a drive and session of a golfing temperament. Thean iron and ran down a long putt for card:a 3. Travis again fell down on the Travis 4 5 3 5 4 5 4 5 4—39

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short eighth and took 5. 1 he ninth Travis 5 4 5 4 4 4 4

was halved in 4 and Travers was 1 T r a v e r s s 3 6 5 5 6 5

up. The tenth was halved in 5. Tra- Johnstone and Knowles had a greatvers distinguishing himself by a bril- m a t c h w h i c h ha<1 a ver-v s u d d e n ail(1

liant cleek shot after a had drive. Tra- unexpected termination. The pairvis's second shot here—a brassey— w e r e aI1 S l l i n r e a t t h e sixteenth, andwas a beauty. I'laying the 195-yard tllt>n Knowles holed a long- down-hilleleventh hole in 3 Travers was now 2 P u t t a t t h e seventeenth for a 3 andtil>. At the twelfth he sliced his drive t o o k t h e eighteenth with a 2. Jolm-into the rough through a remark at stone is to be congratulated on his finethe tee from a bystander, and though work in the tournament. It was farTravis, by missing a putt, gave him a and away the best exhibition of golfchance to halve, he failed to take ad- he has ever given. Hitherto he hasvantage of the opportunity. He topped been known outside the Boston dis-his drive badly at the thirteenth and trict as being simply a great hitter.

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He showed at Englewood a thoroughknowledge of the short game and heought to figure more prominently inthe future than he has done in thepast. Tiffany's friends turned out inforce to see him beat Lyon, hut theFates were perverse. The HudsonRiver champion started off brilliantlyand was 4 up at the fifth hole. ThenLyon laid him two stymies and win-ning the eighth also was only 1 down.Lyon now began to let out from thetee and outdriving Tiffanv caused thelatter to press with dire results as todirection. Each had an 82.

l>yers went very strongly in hismatch with West, outplaying thePrincetonian at the short game. Thefirst three holes were halved and thenByers secured and maintained a leadwhich enahled him to win easily.West was semi-finalist in 11,04 and got

into the last eig'.it at Englewood—byno means a had record.

Third Round—Knowles beat John-stone by 2 up; Lyon beat Tiffany by1 up; livers beat West by 5 up and 4to play; Travis beat Travers by 3 upand 2 to play.

The great match of the afternoonwas that between Travis and livers.They had previously had three meet-ings, Byers winning at Glen View andSt. Andrew's and losing at Nassau.The first two holes were halved andTravis won the third in 4, and thefourth was halved. Through drivingout of hounds Travis lost the fifth andthen won the sixth in 4 and was 1 up.At the seventh the Garden City manwas short on his tee shot and hav-ing a tree in his way he lost the hole.Again Travis failed at the shorteighth, taking 5 as he had done in the

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morning, and Byers was i up. Theninth was halved in 4. Travis verynearly getting- a 3. Dyers won thetenth in 4, Travis being bunkered onhis second. Travis drove short at the195-yard eleventh hole and livers wonin 3. At the twelfth hole Byers tookthree putts and Travis won in 4. Tra-vis rimmed the cup at the thirteenthfor 4 and Byers ran down a five-footputt by caroming off Travis's ball.Travis sliced his drive at the four-teenth through the trees, but reachedthe green with a full shot. livers took4 for the hole. Travis with three puttsrequiring 5. livers was 4 up andtherefore dormie. The fifteenth washalved in 4 and it was Byers's match.The subjoined card shows that thewinner played very fast golf:

Byers 1 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 4—38Travis 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 4—39Byers 4 3 5 4 4 4 "4 6 4—3*—76Travis 6 4 4 5 5 4 "5 4 4—41—80

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The Lyon-Knowles match was arunaway affair. Lyon went out in 40,Knowles playing wildly. The Cana-dian was 7 up at the turn and wonvery easilv. Knowles is to be con-gratulated on his brilliant perform-ance in reaching the semi-finals in hisfirst championship.

Semi-Final—Lyon beat Knowles by5 up and 4 to play; Byers beat TravisIn' 4 up and 3 to play.

The finals had somewhat of an in-ternational aspect, though very fewpeople took Lyon's chances seriously,and when he took 6 for the first holebv means of four putts, his stockdropped very rapidly. He redeemedhimself at the second by a magnificentdrive and halved the hole, and won thethird. The fourth was halved in 4.and two bad drives at the fifth causedeach to take 5. The sixth Lyon won,Byers's approach being short. Lyonhad a hooked drive at the seventhwhich was stymied by a tree, but heplayed to the right of the green andholed out with a mashie for 3. Flyersmissed a short putt at the eighth, lostthe hole and was 3 down. The ninthwas Halved in 5. Lyon should havewon the tenth, livers having a badlytopped drive, but the Canadian tookthree putts and the hole was halved in6, At the eleventh there was anothertopped drive from Byers, but Lyononly halved, taking three putts. l ieshould have been 6 up at this point.At the thirteenth Lyon ran down a30-foot putt for 3 and was 4 up. Atthe fourteenth livers holed out amashie shot and won. At the fifteenthhe showed poor judgment in taking a

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drive at the seventeenth caused Lyonto take 5 and lose. Lyon landed inthe road at the eighteenth, took 5 tohis opponent's 4 and was 1 down. Thecards:Byers 5 5 6 4 5 5 4 4 5—43Lyon 0 5 4 4 5 4 3 3 5—39Byers (> 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 — 3 7 — s "Lyon 6 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 5—39—78

In the afternoon the three first holeswere halved, then Lyon had a half-topped approach shot in the rough,and Byers won and squared the match,livers drove out of bounds at thefifth and lost. The sixth was halvedin 5, and a poor approach lost liversthe seventh. Lyon tried to get a 30-foot putt down at the eighth, overranthe hole and lost. Byers topped histee shot at the ninth, but a fine secondgot him on the green, and Lyon hav-ing stymied himself lost the hole. Thissquared the match once more. At thetenth Lyon was bunkered on his third.but played out finely on to the greenand halved in 5. Byers became 1 upfor the first time in the match by hol-ing a 10-foot putt at the eleventh. Thenext hole was halved, Byers takingthree putts. The thirteenth and four-teenth holes were halved in par fig-ures, and then Lyon lost the fifteenththrough overrunning his approachputt. A bad second at the sixteenthseemed to destroy Lyon's chances, buthe ran down a 15-foot putt and got ahalf in 4. The seventeenth was halvedin 5, Lyon's ball jumping out of thehole. A 10-foot putt for 3 enabledByers to win the eighteenth hole andalso the championship by 2 up. Thecards:

Byera . . 5 4 5 4 5 5 6 3 4—4'Lyon . . . 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 5—42Byera . . 5 3 5 4 4 4 4 5 3—37—78—158Lyon . . . 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 4—39—S i—•<'»

The victory was undoubtedly a pop-ular one. Mr. Byers has fairly earnedthe title which is now his. He was

runner-up to Louis James at GlenView in [902 and it was a great sur-prise on that occasion when lie wasbeaten. At Nassau the following yearhe was runner-up to Walter J. Travisand he filled a similar position at St.Andrew's in the last Metropolitanchampionship. Ilis style of play is sowell known and has been so often com-mented upon that a brief note only isnecessary. The distinguishing featureof his game is the apparently extremeease with which he gets great dis-tances. It is a style of his own, butquite natural and very effective. Atplaying an iron shot he has no superiorin this country, though he was handi-capped at Englewood by a sprainedwrist. Mr. Byers's weak spot, per-haps, is his ability to miss short putts,but in this year's championship thefailing was not conspicuous.

Mr. Lyon also has a style of hisown. but then it is not according tothe books. He is an old cricketer andhe plays a cricketer's game. The re-sults he obtained from his absolutelyunorthodox methods lessened thevalue in many minds of the teachingof the authorities. Where were thesweeping away of the ball from thetee and the well-developed follow-through? Certainly they were not tobe seen at Englewood. The ball wasdespatched from the tee with oneclean, smashing hit delivered withsledge-hammer force and the full shotsthrough the green were played in thesame manner. But he got results. Heout-drove everybody on the course, hekept a better direction than any of hisopponents, and taking the five days'play into consideration he putted bet-ter than anyone except Mr. Travis.1 Ms presence added greatly to the suc-cess of the Englewood fixture and it

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is to be hoped he will continue to enterour American championships.

The winners and runners-up sincethe first meeting are:Year. Winner. Runner-up. Links.1895—C. B. Macdonald. . C. E. Sands. . . Newport1896—II. J. Whigham. . . J. G. Thorp. . . Shinnecock

1897—H.J. Whigham... W. R. Betts.. .Wheaton1898—I'. S. Douglas W. B. Smith. ..Morris Co.

. S. ])ouglas. OmventsiaS. Douglas. Garden City

1899—H. M. Harriman..1900—W. J. Tra\ is1901—W. T. Travis W. E. Egan . . . Atl'c Citygn^—Louis James

1903—\Y. J. Travis. . . .j 9114—11. C. Egan .

\. M. Byers.. .Glen ViewE. M. Byers. . .XassauV. Herrcslioff. Baltusrol

1905—H. C. Egan D, E. Sawyer. .Wheaton1906—E. M. Byers G. S. Lyon. . . .Englewood

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AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPEnglewood Golf Club, Englewood, N. J., July 10-14, 1906

QualifyingRound.

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Name ami Club. First Round. Second Rofttfd.

K>3—F. Herreshoff, (iarden Citv Iif>S—Dr. S. Carr. I luntingdon Valley )\(ij—H. R. Johnstone, Myopia |i'»7—D. M. "Cole, Tekoa.' f1(13—W. ]'. Smith, Huntingdon Vallev |in')—Max I'.ehr, Morris Count)- \inS—Ellis Knowles, Bedford |ini—T. M. Sherman, Wvkagyl finS— If. Weber, Toledo,") >h'io |K>2—D. P. Fredericks. ( >il City fin(>—S. D. Mowers, Iirooklawn Iinu—G. P. Tiffany, Powelton \105—P. W. Whittemore, Brookline I150—II. C. Egan, Exmoor \105—E. M. P.arnes, Englewood /ini—G. S. Lyon, Toronto \1 (>(")— 1. \Vhitlatch. Montclair Ilf><>—W. T. West, Philadelphia Country.. . . \if>7—B. S. Evans, Brae I'.urn /158—E. H. Bankard. Jr., P>altimore f166—J. G. Anderson, Woodland IK38—IT. Wilcox. M^ontclair S162—E. M. Bvers, St. Andrew's162—Dwight Partridge, lledford165—A. M. Reid. St.'Andrew's I.152—W. J. Travis, Garden City I163—G. T. Brokaw, Garden City I165—M. ( )lyphant, Jr., Englewood )15^—L D. Travers, Nassau I162—P. K. Pyne, 2(1, Princeton I159—C. H. \ :an \Tlec1it, Jr., Montclair I167—A. Graham, North Jersey f

Carr,3 and 2. . . [ Johnstone,

Johnstone, f 4 and 3. . .5 and 3 . . . J

Smith, ~)3 and 2. . . I Knowles,

Knowles, 1 2 and 1 . . .4 and 3 . . . J

Fredericks. 11 up, H) h. [Tiffany,

Tiffany, f 4 and 3 . . .3 and 1 . . . J

Egan, 1n and 5 . . . [ Lyon,

Lvon, ( 1 up, 20 h.^ and 1 . . . J

West, ->3 and 2. . . {_ West,

I'.ankard, [ 3 and 2. . .3 and 1 . . . J

Anderson, "|3 and 1 . . . [_ I'yers,

Bvers, ( 3 and 2. . .2 and 1 . . .

Travis,5 and 4. . . [Travis,

Brokaw, [ 5 and 4 . . .3 and 2 . . . J

Travers. 17 and 5 . . . [ Travers,

(iraham, j 4 and 3. . .3 and 1 . . .

Third Round.

Knowles,2 up .

Semi-Final. Final.

Lyon,1 up

Lyon,5 and 4.

Byers,5 and 4.

Travis,3 and 2.

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BRIEF ESSAYS ON THE MAXIMS

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"NEVER UP, NEVER IN"

T T is safe to say that the gentle art ofputting grows rather than dimin-

ishes in importance. The merits ofcontending golfers are not so appar-ent in the long game as in the short.If the game begins on the tee with theexertion of power it concludes on thegreen with the most delicate manipu-lation. Consider the proportion ofputts to other strokes in your bestscore and learn how supreme in valueis skill in putting.

The maxim, "Never up, never in."does not merely enjoin us to applysufficient strength to the puttingstrokes. It implies this, but much morealso—knowledge of how to make thestroke according to the lie of the balland its proper route.

Many golfers never dream but thatthere is only one way to putt: merelyto strike the ball fairly and with suf-ficient strength ; but the artist in put-ting is proficient in various devices,some of which we shall briefly con-sider. On a dead level green the prob-lem is of the simplest, although itshould be always remembered that, asTaylor says, "it is much more difficultto hit. the hall truly in the putt than inthe drive." < In undulating greens ourmethods must vary. When the slopeis on the right we can, with slightlyoutturned toe of the club produce a

counteracting slice; when it is fromthe left we can, with inturned toecause a useful counteracting pull.This slight inward inclination of thetoe of the club is also effective, it maybe remarked, in a straightaway longapproach putt.

Putting down hill you must learn,sometimes, to put cut on your ball bydrawing the club leftwards across theback of it: or you may usefully adoptJack White's methods and work thetrick off the toe of your putter with itsheel pretty well raised. Although youmay commonly putt oft the right leg,you will remember, as Mr. Travis ex-plains in his book, that you can use-fully cause your ball to hop over aroughish bit of ground, but playing offthe left, getting well behind your ball.

You will also try, at appropriatetimes, that very pretty push putt whichconsists in administering a somewhatdescending blow, a half top, whichcauses a slight bounce from the turfand a very straight run thereafter.

In putting, always fix in your mindthe proper line to the hole (not always?. straight line ) accepting the help ofsome discernible bit of color or othersmall mark that intervenes betweenhole and ball and preferring somethingnearer the ball than the hole.

Having done this, strive to hit theball truly, making sure to draw hackslowly and also to follow through.Keep the body wholly out of thestroke. I laving taken these precau-

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tions you must now trust to the natureof things with as much confidence aspossible. You have done your duty,and no more can he expected of you.Depend upon it. the putt will go downnine times out of ten and with thatproportion one must fain be content.

"Never up, never in," is a usefulmaxim, but must be taken, we repeat,with all its implications. As we havetried to show, there must be variety ofmethods to suit varietv of circum-stances. Putting is more than the ap-plication of the just quantum of pro-pelling force ; it is this plus the correct

line, and the correct line can only betraversed by scientific manipulation.

( 'f stances and grips in putting, thenumber is infinite. A somewhatsquared left elbow, and support some-where against the body for the rightelbow or upper arm, are most valuablehelps.

Finally, remember that somehow itis easier to putt back eighteen inchesthan to hole out after being just thatdistance short. Always give the holea chance. Many of us would be "grandputters," as Tommy Morris used tosay of his father, if the hole were "twa'feet nearer."

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ANNUAL TOURNAMENTCountry Club of Atlantic City, N. J., June 25-29, 1906

AST year this very successful or-ganization held its first summer

tournament at the Euclid Club, Cleve-land, < >hio. The invitation was re-peated this year, and another invi-tation came from Atlantic City. Inorder to decide between the two rivalsa vote of the members, more than 300,and scattered throughout the country,was taken with the result that the At-lantic City resort was preferred. Forthe Western members Atlantic City isnot so easily reached as Cleveland, andthis was one reason why the attend-ance suffered in comparison with lastyear. But il was a highly successfultournament just the same, both froma golfing ami a social point of view.The credit for this must he [riven to

the officers of the Association and tothe co-operation of the Country Clubauthorities, who did everything intheir power to promote the interestsof their visitors. The course was invery excellent condition and those whodid not make good scores had onlythemselves to blame.

The first event was a four-ballhandicap contest. In the first divisionK. P. Nevin, Jr., and F. M. Harrisonwon. The scratch men. E. A. Free-man and \Y. E. Conklvn might havedone better if they had had some luck,hut it generally happened that eachman was off his play at the same holes.The score's in the first and second di-visions were:

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FIRST DIVISIONGross. Hdcp. Net.

R. P. Xcvin. Pittsburg, ami F.M. Harrison, Mmitclair 77 4 73

Walter M. Sim.Iky, Philadel-phia, and \Y. C. Freeman,Montclair Sr 5 76

E. A. Freeman, Montclair, amiW. E. Conklyn, New York. . . 77 0 77

H. V. Keep. Englewood, amiH. C. Adler, New York Si 4 77

Calvin S. Smith, Chicago, anilK. R. Maralock, New York.. . 86 84 78

Frank Presbrey, New York, and1. I'. I'latt. -Montclair 86

Josiah Hazen, New York, anilGeorge L. Fordyce, New York. S4 6 78

Charles Presbrey. Xew York.ami Tames R. Turner, NewYork " 85 o 85

SECOND DIVISIONCross. Hdcp. Net.

D. McK. Lloyd, Pittsburg, amiD. S. White, Atlantic City... 8g 1.3 76

S. L. Allen. Philadelphia, andT. I. Plummer, Springfield.... 88 12 76

E. .M. Hoopes, Washington, andH. L. West, Washington 90 12 77

J o h n I'.. W o o d w a r d a n d W . II .Beers, New York 91 13 78

R. R. Whitman, Chicago, andE. Chichestcr, Boston 89 10 79

H. W. Leeds, Atlantic City, andFrank Hays. Philadelphia 90 n 79

Kurtz Wilson, New York, andK. R. Reed, Chicago 90 10 80

The same day the women who arehonorary members of the Associationtook part in an eighteen-hole handi-cap. The leading scores were:

Cross. Hdcp. Ni !.Mrs. R. 1'. Nevin, Jr., Pittsburg. 97 5 9-'.Miss .M. Eleanor Freeman, Mont-

clair 103 7 96Mrs. I. J, White , Atlantic C i t y . . i3r< -5 1 0 5Mrs. F. M. Harrison, Montclair. 126 21 105

In the evening the annual meetingof the Association was held. It wasdecided to hold the next annual tour-nament of the Association at Chicago,and the .Midlothian Country Cluh ten-dered an invitation. Frank Presbreywho had been president of the Associ-ation from the time of its organiza-tion, had declined a renomination andthe meeting tendered to him its ap-preciation of his services. An enthu-siastic demand was made at the meet-ing for the election of W. C. Freeman,treasurer of the Association, as Mr.Presbrey's successor, but it wasdeemed best, inasmuch as the nexttournament would lie in the West, toelect a majority of officials from thatsection of the country. After somediscussion the following ticket wasunanimously elected:

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President, Tames L. Stack, Chicago 1;vice-president, Erman J. Ridgway,New York; secretary and treasurer,C.' H. Stoddard, Chicago; board ofgovernors, Elbert H. Baker, Cleve-land; li. D. Butler, L. T. Boyd, Mil-waukee ; C. E. Davis, Chicago; WalterE. Edge, Atlantic City ; John C. East-man, Chicago; George L. Fordyce,Youngstown, Ohio; William C. Free-man, New York; Frank Presbrey,New York; Erman J. Ridgway, NewYork; James L.. Stack, Chicago; C.H. Stoddard, Chicago; Waller Smed-lev, Philadelphia; F. E. Sands. Meri-den, Conn.; Leonard Tufts, Pinehurst,S. C.; Clarence C. \ ernani, NewYork, and l\. 1\. Whitman, Chicago.

Membership Committee—C. E. I )avis,Frank Presbrey, Erman J. Ridgway,I',. 1). Butler, and James L. Stack.

Tournament Committee — L. T.Boyd, lolm C. Eastman, Walter E.Edge, William C. Freeman, and R. R.Whitman.

E. A. Freeman of the MontclairGolf Club, and George L. Fordyce ofYoungstown, 1 '., tied for the grossscore prize in the qualifying round ofthe tournament, with 81 each. Theyplayed off in the afternoon, and againtied at 85. Fordyce had a handicap ofi). which gave him the net score prize.In the second division, W. R. Robertslit Philadelphia tied for the net scoreprize, with T. E. Weidersheim of Phil-adelphia, and in the third division C.P. Brady of New i ork won the prize.'1 he first sixteen were:

< iinss. I Ldcp. Net.George I-- Fordyce 8] oFames I'. Elmer, Ir 89 1 1John W. White X? 10W. Is. Roberts 93 1 <•

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West—C. C. Fordyce, o; R. P. Ne-vin, Jr., o; L. T. Boyd, 5; H. Tobey,1 ; J. L. Stack, o; Total, 6.

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< )ne of the most interesting events .Mrs. Xevin, o, by 4 up and 2 to play.was the team match between East andWest, which resulted in favor of theformer. Last year at Cleveland theEast wmi by 23 to 14. The score:

Hie final results in all the matchesand medal competition were:

First Sixteen—\\ . E. Conklyn, NewYork, heat George L. Fordyce,

Team .Match—East—I'.. A. Free- Youngstown, 7 up and 5 to pkray.man, <•; W. K. Conkl W, C. First Sixteen—Consolation—L. T.

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Boyd, Milwaukee, beat Harry Tobey,Chicago, 8 up ami (> to play.

Second Division—1'. C. l'ulver,New York, beat W. R. Butler, Chat-tanooga, 3 up and 2 to play.

Second Division—Consolation—\Y.E. Edge, Atlantic City, beat F. J. W'es-sels, Chicago. 3 up and 1 to play.

Philadelphia, beat II. L. West, Wash-ington, 3 up and 2 to play.

Fourth Division—Consolation—\Y.Mallery, New York, beat T. D. Coch-ran, New York, 4 up and 3 to play.

Fifth Division—E. J. Ridgway,New York, beat 11. \Y. Leeds. AtlanticCity, 1 up.

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Third Division—T. E. Weiders-heim. Philadelphia, beat J. C. Platt,New York, 4 up and 3 to play.

Third I )ivisii m—Ci >nsi ilatii>n—Chas.

Fifth Division—Consolation—II. R.Reed, Chicago, beat J. I'. Mills, NewYork, 4 up and 2 to play.

Sixth Division—A. \Y. EricksonPresbrey, New York, beat James R. New York, beat R. R. Mamlock Xe\Turner, Xew York, 1 up. York, 2 up and 1 to pi;av.

Fourth Division—Frank A. Hays, Sixth Division—Consolation—S. S.

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Allen, Xew York, beat W. R. Gar-diner, 4 up and 2 to play.

R. 1'. Xevin, Jr., of Pittsburg, wonthe gross score prize in the first divi-sion handicap, and II. P. Ruggles ofChicago the net score, with 92, 16—76. M. L, Chizzold won the seconddivision handicap with 92, 22—70.The 72-hole handicap was won by L.B, De Veau of Xew York with 324,Ralph Tilton of Xew York the secondnet prize with 331, and J. E. Ericksonof Xew York the gross score prizewith 415.

The mixed foursome handicap waswon by Mrs. J. J. White of AtlanticCity with 104, 17—87.

After the tournament closed a ban-

quet was held at the Marlborough-Blenheim, where the prizes, fifty-two

in number, were presented to the win-

ners. .Air. W. C. Freeman was pre-

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NATIONAL OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPOnwentsia Club, Lake Forest, 111., June 28-29, 1906

By Alexis J. Colman

XT OXCHALAXT, happy-go-lucky,smiling', clever, canny, sturdy,

strong, far-driving, deadly approach-ing, sure, apparently lacking in pains-taking. All these terms can be appliedto Alexander Smith—Alex, .Meek.Alec—what you will, and with fairnessand truth. He plays the golf thatdelivers the goods and by this timethere is no one who begrudges theCarnoustie-Xassau laddie his well-wonhonors in the national championship.

"I wish / was champion," Smithsaid way back in i8<)8 as he sat oneday in the club-maker's shop at theWashington Park Club. Smith hadjust come back from California, wherehe had spent his first winter on a resortlinks. He had been second man in thechampionship the season previous andFred Herd, his fellow-professional atWashington Park, had been the win-ner. Smith, energetic and ambitious,realizing what it meant as an adver-tisement to be champion, was impa-tient with Herd fm- not branching outand making more capital out of themagic name, "Champion."

Now he is champion, after manyyears of endeavor, after finishing sec-ond to Herd at Myopia in iN<)X, aftertying Willie Anderson and losing theplay-off at Myopia in MJOI. and afterfinishing second to Anderson, again atMyopia, last year. Such persistencecertainly deserves reward, and Smith'sjourney to the West, netting him as it

did both the Western and Xationalopen titles, was rather a pleasurablejaunt.

And Smith delivered the goods inno unmistakable fashion, carefullywrapped and securely tied and sealedwith the grip and stamp and thumb-mark of a great golfer. For suchSmith undoubtedly is. Xo greaterthan Willie Anderson, who, it must beremembered, has won the national titlefour times and the western twice, andpossibly no greater than Willie Smith,his brother, and Lawrence Auchter-lonie, both former national title-hold-ers and masters of the royal and an-cient game. But this time Aleck beatthem all in a real test of the gamein a championship which had for afield the best and most skilful Ameri-canized Scots who ever played in achampionship in this country.

The cream of the country partici-pated, and all took their chances.Smith proved best player of them allon those two days, and although hewas beaten by Willie Anderson's ex-traordinary golf in their 36-hole matchon tlie day following the champion-ship, when Anderson equaled the

course record : < 'J. yet there is plenty

ol excuse for Smith, who naturally

felt that, with two titles tucked awayhe could afford t<> relax a bit.

The first day it was hot, with a

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was also hot, but in a lesser degree, ton came on from Pittsburg, as it wasBefore the afternoon round started it his vacation, but the rain dampenedbegan to rain and Alex Smith, the his ardor on the last quarter, and hefirst to start, had the full benefit of withdrew. Warren Wood, North andthe deluge. South champion ; Robert E. Hunter of

It is rarely that the man who drives Midlothian, John M. Sellers of Glenthe first ball in a championship wins \ iew, and < >rrin Potter of .Midlothianthe title, but Smith, who was paired went the route, Wood getting thirty-with "Nipper" Campbell, of the Coun- first place with ^2y, and Hunter thirty-try Club, Brookline, Mass., has this ninth with 332.distinction. The two Alecks started The course for the championshipthe balls flying at 9 o'clock Thursday measured 6,107 yards. It was length-morning, and at the usual five-minute ened twenty-five yards by setting" backintervals the pairs were started by the the tee to the twelfth hole to this ex-l . S. < 1. A. officials. Treasurer Heel)- tent. The distances and bogey:ner and Secretary Morgan. A field of Holes. r.ngey. Distance.

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Onwentsia's links was in prime con-dition, a heavy shower on the after-noon preceding the tournament help-ing the thirsty greens immeasurably.The fact that the polo team was hold-ing a three-cornered tournament thesame week with Kansas City and St.Louis added to the gaiety of the occa-sion, and with the golfers' continuousmarch around the borders of thegrounds, with their attendant galleries,and the polo field in the centre, with itsfringe of spectators, brilliant equip-ages and automobiles, the whole spec-tacle formed a most pleasing pictureof country club life, an emphaticanswer in the affirmative that golf,the pastime really responsible for itall, is one of the greatest benefactorsof modern civilization.

Aleck Smith never was second manin the tourney. In the first circuit ofthe course he made a ~^, the same fig-ure as that of Willie Smith and WillieAnderson. At the end of the first dayhe had 147, two strokes the better ofAnderson; at the three-quarters hewas three ahead of Anderson, and atthe finish he led the field by a cleanseven strokes, 295, to 302 for hisbrother Willie.

Brother Willie, but for a round of81, might have given Brother \lecka scare. lie started his afternoonjourney on the first day with a 7 forthe first hole and then took 5 for theshort second, twelve strokes for acouple of holes that he had made inX in the morning. As it was, theSmiths broke the record for a national

championship, both being inside ofWillie Anderson's 303 at (rlen View in1904.

There must be something in a name,after all, for not only did these twofinish one-two, but (leorge, a thirdbrother, stood in sixth place at theclose of the first day, falling to eigh-teenth in the final casting up. Then"Jimmy" Maiden of Toledo, brother-in-law of Aleck Smith, tied for thirdin the championship, with 305. samescore as that made by Auchterlonie.So the "Smith Family Robinson" wasdecidedly a factor in the tournament.

liest scores of the first day, besidesthe three 73's of the morning wereanother y^ by Maiden in the afternoonand 74 by Aleck Smith. Percy Bar-rett of Toronto, who with GeorgeCumming represented Canada, had 75in the morning, a figure registered byJack Hobens in the morning. Amongthe players who had scores of 76 dur-ing the day were Willie Anderson(afternoon), Auchterlonie, GeorgeSmith, Alec Ross, Jamie Watson,Stewart (iardner, George Cumming.Gil Xicholls and Aleck Campbell.

Maiden was four strokes behindAnderson at the close of the first day.with 153. Then came Auchterlonieand Willie Smith, tied at 154; GeorgeSmith, Alec Ross, and George Cum-ming, 155; Fred Brand, J. M. Wat-son, Percy Barrett, Stewart Gardnerand Bernard Xicholls, all 156; Chand-ler Egan (7') and ~S), (iil Xicholls,and Peter Robertson, all 157; famesSimpson and Dave Mclntosh, 158;Jack Hobens, 159, and Marry Turpie,Fred McLeod, Jack Jolly, and AleckCampbell, all 160,

Walter Fovargue of Grand Rapids,who made ~~ in the morning, took 84in the afternoon; Hobens, starting

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with 75, fell to 84 in the afternoon;Warren Wood, who had 7S first, cameback with 85, and Campbell, making a76 first, then took 84, and there wereother disappointments, though thesewere the nmst grievous.

According to the dictum of the offi-cials, all whose scores for the day ex-ceeded by fifteen strokes or more thefigures made by the tenth 111:111, wereineligible to continue on the secondday. This threw nut ten men. andanother having withdrawn after themorning round, the field was reducedto fifty-six for the morning of thesecond day. Among the ineligibleswas T. S. Lippy of the Seattle GolfClub, amateur champion of Oregon,who had scores of 90 and 8S.

Chandler Egan started as if he weregoing to land even higher up thin hedid, for he went out in 36. But abrace of 7's at the eleventh and twelfthholes killed the card, and he took 43for the incoming journey. In theafternoon he had another 7 at theninth. Aleck Smith also took a 7 inthe morning at the twelfth, and Ander-son had a 7 at the eleventh in the after-noon. But neither of these three had a6 on his card.

Altogether there were forty-twoscores under 80 on that first day, twen-ty-four in the morning and eighteenin the afternoon. And on the secondday, nineteen were made in the morn-ing and twelve in the rain in the after-noon. Seventy-three scores under 80speak well for the class of the tourna-ment.

"It's going to be another contest be-tween Anderson and Aleck Smith,"was the general verdict when the play-ers started out on the second day'spilgrimage around the links. Fatewilled otherwise. Competition amongthe leaders naturally was keen at thistime. Another ~$ by Aleck, best ofthe third section of the journey,showed that he was hard after the title.Anderson and Willie Smith each made74, and Auchterlonie 76. Alec Rosshad Jj. Chandler Egan 76, Jack Hob-ens 70. (iil Xicholls yy, George Low,Harry Turpie. and Aleck Campbell,each 76. The standing at the three-quarter stage was:

Aleck Smith . . .Willie AndersonWillie Smith . . .L. AuchterlonieT. .Mai.IonAlex Ross

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Stewart Gardner *33 doilC Something, for wllCll llC liad fin-Chandler Eff&n J33 , . , . . u-yi , , , , , . ,

Gilbert NichoUs -34 lslicd his 75 r< >und he said : 1 he man; ;^ anoSo U! . : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Ill that beats it iS welcome to it.-Hany Turpie 236 Willie Smith duplicated his score of"Nipper" Campbell 23° . . . . .Peter Robertson 37 74, made in the morning, clinching

&1S: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Zl second place, but seven strokes behindGeorge Low w h i brother. Auchterlonie, with 76,1' red McLeod - 3 s

Percy Barrett -3* a ] K l Maiden, with 75, tied for third atl ack Jolly -39 . , , . , , . , • • 1 r

George Camming -39 305. Willie Anderson, his chance torWalter Fovargue •• *39 ±& c h i o n s h j p ? o n e > slumped tO 84

Of the first eleven, Bernard Nicholls . . . . f L- _„_ __J__Jfor his day s work, but his 307 gamea

was the only one to drop out ot the . , T, , ~fl,,,i-1 him htth money. Alec Koss stuck

prize list. wj tk t l i e [ e a ( j e r S j recristering an 80, andAleck Smith and Campbell were ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ w a s g

thoroughly drenched by the time the g t r o k e w Q r s e ^ ^ s e y e n t h p [ a c e

second green was reached on their Amateur Champion Egan corn-afternoon round, and they got the full " ^ h o k J Q u r n e y ^ ^ a n ^brunt of the downpour. Smith started . ^ ^ ^ Qf ^ ^ a n { ]

with a 5. bogey, then took 4 or the m m i e v ; _ ^ . ^ 3

short second because of a pulled tee X i c h o U s Hobens came tenth, gettingshot. For the third he required o. his . . . .

1 . 79 for his last quarter-journey,hands slipping on the wet grip andcausing him to send an iron shot intothe sand trap guarding the green.Then he steadied and made all six ofthe outgoing holes in 4 each—a totalof 39. His driving, despite the rain,was far and straight and sure, and hisshort game was deadly. Coming home,he made the tenth in 4, holding a 5-yard putt. The next five he reeledoff in 5, 5, 4, 4, 5, at the fifteenth, justmissing a 6-foot putt for a 4. Hefinished 2, 3 and 4—evidence of hischampionship calibre. His tee shot atthe sixteenth, "the Baby," 135 yards,landed 5 yards from the flag, and heholed tlie ball. At the seventeenth,300 yards, he pitched to five yards onhis second, and again holed the putt.At the home hole, surrounded by hisbedraggled) umbrella-laden gallery, hepitched six yards short of tlie Hag andjust missed the cup by an inch.

A total of 295 for seventy-two holesisn't made every day, and even theCarnoustie man realized that he had VLECK SMITH

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Chandler Egan, while showing theeffects of lack of consistent practice,and never approaching his 70 mark forthe course, nevertheless played consist-ent golf, with rounds of /<). 78, 76 and80. These rounds were identical, bythe way, with the four made by HarryYardon in the championship at W'hea-ton, October 4 and 5. HJOO. Historydoes repeat.

The summary of the prize winners:

1. Alexander Smith, Nassau2. Willie Smith. Mexico3. 'Lawrence Auchterlonie. Glen

View'James Maiden, Toledo

5. Willis Anderson, Onwentsia...6. Alex Ross. Iirae Burn7. Stewart Gardner, Garden City.8. tH . Chandler Egan, Exmoor. . .

tCiilhert Nicholls, Denver10. John Hobens. Englewood, X. J.

ore.-9 5302

305

305

3O7

3>n

3' 13'3313i1.1

Prize.$300150

90

90

70

60

50

?3 53 520

* T i e d f o r t h i r d ( $ 1 0 0 ) a n d f o u r t h <$8o) a n dd i v i d e d , t T i e d f o r e i g h t h ($411) a n d n i n t h ( $ 3 0 )a n d d i v i d e d , i I n j . l a t e .

The two leading cards :ALEXANDER SMITH, Nassau—

THURSDAYM o r n i n g , o u t . . . 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 — 3 6

I n 3 5 7 4 3 5 3 4 3 — 3 7 — 7 3A f t e r n o o n , o u t . . 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 — 3 7

I n 4 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 — 3 7 — 7 4 — 1 4 7

FRIDAYM o r n i n g , o u t . . . 4 3 5 4 5 3 3 4 4—35

In 4 5 5 4 4 4 3 5 4—38 — 73A f t e r n o o n , o u t . . 5 4 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 — 3 9

I n 4 5 5 4 4 5 - 3 4— 3 " — 7 5 — 1 4 8 — 2 9 5W I L L I E S M I T H . M e x i c o —

THURSDAYM o r n i n g , o u t . . . 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 — 3 5

I n 5 7 5 4 3 4 3 3 4 — 3 8 — 7 3A f t e r n o o n , o u t . . 7 5 5 4 3 4 4 5 5—41

I n 5 6 6 4 4 4 3 4 4 — 4 0 — S i — 1 54

FRIDAYM o r n i n g , o u t . . , 5 4 6 4 4 4 3 4 3—37

I n 4 4 5 3 5 4 3 5 4 — 3 7 — 7 4A f t e r n o o n , o u t . . 5 4 5 4 4 3 4 3 4 — 3 6

In 4 6 6 4 4 4 3 4 3 — 38—74—[48—302

The best amateur card:' 11. (11 i \ i ' [ . u Ec w . Exmoor —

THURSDAYM o r n i n g , o u t . . . 5 3 5 4 4 4 4 3 4—36

1 n 5 7 7 4 3 5 3 5 4 — 4 3 — 7 9Afti rnoon, oui . . 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 7—40

In 15 5 4 5 4 3 4 4—38—7 s — ' 57

FRIDAYMorning, out . . . 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 4—36

I n I 7 <• I I 4 3 4 4 - 4 O — 7 < >

V f t i n H. ' ' i n . . t i << 3 4 4 4 4 <»—38

I" 5 5 '• 5 I 5 4 4 4 — 4 - ' — s o — 1 5f> — j 1 3

Complete summary of the tourna-ment :

Thursday Friday

AM.PM.AM.PM.Tot'l

Akx Smith, Nassau 73 74 73 75—295Willie Smith, Mexico 73 81 74 74—3021.. Auchterlonie, (lien »fiew..76 78 75 76—305James Maiden. Toledo 80 73 77 75—305W. Anderson, Onwentsia ....73 76 74 84—307Akx Ross, Iirae Burn 76 79 75 80—310S . G a r d n e r , G a r d e n C i t y . . . . 8 0 7(5 77 78—311*ll. Chandler Egan. Exmoor.79 78 76 So—313(iil Nicholls, Denver 79 81 77 79—313Jack Hobens, Englewood, N.J.75 84 76 79—314I',. Nicholls, Elyria, 0 79 77 79 81—316George Low, Baltusrol 79 82 76 79—316II. Turpi--, South Bend 80 80 76 83—319I'. Robertson, Oakmont 79 78 80 83—320W. l-ovargue. Grand Rapids..77 84 78 81—320J. Jolly, Arlington, N. J 78 82 79 81—320A. I'.axter. Lagrange S3 81 81 76—321George Smith. Oakland, C a l . , 7 9 76 82 85—322George Cumming, Toronto. . .79 76 84 83—322Fred Brand, Allegheny 78 78 85 Si— 322A. Campbell, Brookline 76 S4 76 86—322\Y. Marshall, Onwentsia . . . . 8 5 77 Si Si—324I). Mclntosh, Westward-Ho. .79 79 81 85—324James Foulis, Calumet S3 86 79 76—324W. R. Lovekin, Rockford 77 85 78 84—324(1. llackbarth, Oconomowoc . .82 82 82 78—324James Watson. SkokL- 76 80 81 88—325Ernest Way. Wheeling 83 81 80 81—325D. Robertson. Pittsburg 82 79 81 84—326George O'Neil, Auburn Park. 84 82 82 78—326*W. K. Wood, Home-wood. . .78 85 81 83—327C. II. Rowe, Beaver Falls S3 80 84 81—328A. Gourlay, Edgewood 82 81 Si 85—329Percy Darren, Toronto 81 75 82 91 — 329F. McLeod. Midlothian 81 79 78 9^—33"Rob Taylor. Minik.ibda 81 80 83 86—330Isaac Mackie, Fox Hills 87 81 82 Si—331W. V. Hoare. Salt Lake S6 81 82 83—33?-R. E. Hunter, Midlothian. . . 79 83 S3 87—3^21>. K. White. Algonquin 81 81 83 87—332Tom O'Neil, Edgewater 84 82 83 84—333A. 1;. Ilerr. lies Moines 86 Si 82 85—334K. Whit-. Ravisloe Si 8- So 86—334John Rtid, Toledo 82 86 85 S2—335C. Horton, Evanston Si Sj ,xs 84—335*J. M. Sellers, (den View 79 84 Si 03—337J. Simpson, Riverside Si 77 87 92—337*O. W. Potter, Jr., Midlothian.81 84 86 91—342M. Brady, Newton C e n t r e . . . . S i 87 S3 02—343Al-x Taylor. Exmoor 81 84 82 Withdrew1>. Ball, Phi adelphia S3 85 80 Withdrew' l i n n s : Ormiston, Oakmont. 81 So 87 WithdrewWilliam How, St. Louis 84 85 85 WithdrewM. O'Laughlin, Plainfield. . . .81 87 89 WithdrewC. Johns,in. Milwaukee 87 S3 Withdrew•\V. I. Howland, Jr.. Skokie.85 86 IneligibleJames Douglas, Chevy Chase.87 84 Ineligible• R u m i e I',. M a r t i n . C a l u m e t . 8 6 83 I n e l i g i b l e

David Foulis, Chicago 87 86 IneligibleR o b m Foulis, Glen E c h o . . . . 9 0 83 IneligibleE. rlorton, Winona, M i n n . . . 0 1 83 IneligibleW i n . Duffy , S t . I . . m i s C. C . . 8 5 89 I n e l i g i b l e

.1. Reuter, Dayton 01 86 Ineligible"T. S. Lippy, Seatt'e 90 SS IneligibleP. S. IloiHymau, Cincinnati..90 03 Ineligible\ \ . Horton, Evanston 04 Withdrew

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Conducted by Alexis J. Colman.

SEVENTH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPOF THE WESTERN GOLF

ASSOCIATIONHomewood Country Club, Flossmoor, 111., June 21-22, 1906

OR the fourth time in the historyof the event, a Smith has won the

open championship of the WesternGolf Association. It happens to be A.Smith, too. as it had been twice before.Willie Smith won the first in 1 S<><> atGlen View, Alexander Smith took theevent at Milwaukee in 1903 and thisyear, and in i<;O5 Arthur Smith—anEnglishman—won at Cincinnati. Tomake the history complete it may berecalled in passing that LawrenceAuchterlonie won at Midlothian inigoi and Willie Anderson at Euclid,

Cleveland, in n;o2, and at Kent Coun-try Club, Grand Rapids, in 1904.

Aleck Smith had a pleasanter timewinning the event at Homewood thanhe had at Milwaukee. In that ever-to-be-remembered event he finishedin a deluge, when the course was averitable chain o'lakes, and he came inthat afternoon much bedraggled, hiswhite sweater stretched like a peas-ant's shirt to his knees.

At Homewood the conditions, so faras weather, course and other requisitesare concerned, were SfOod, the sole

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drawback being a hard southwestwind which swept the course most ofthe two days. I ">ut none of the "pros"could make this an excuse, and thosewho failed fell back, as they usuallydo, upon their inability to gauge thegreens, which were keener during thechampionship than they had been dur-

ing' the period of practice.

Auchterlonie had set the pace with

a 71 in practice over the long FTome-wootl course, so the "pros" realizedfrom the outset that the pace was tohe hot. Only one beat a 74 in thetournament, "Bertie" Way getting ay^i, and Aleck Smith, \\ illie Ander-son, and Freddie McLeod each re-corded 74-

1 lomewood is not an easy course,and to play its 6,141 yards in anythinglike a low figure one must play care-ful, straightaway golf. It is an inter-esting links, and no two holes areplayed alike. There are enough haz-ards, natural and artificial, to keep theplayer alert through the whole round.The distances of the holes, with theamateur bogey and Auchterlonie'ssci ire follow :

Tula].

Holes.

Bogey.46

4456363

41

Bogey.4556346

44

Dis-tance.

2 8 0

540

31533O3 7 54 7 51 4 0

4 6 090

3.005

Dis-tance.

2 - 0

4 2 6

3 5o4 6 01 5 0

3-'55353 4 02S0

Auchter-lonie.

455445353

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Auchter-lonie.

35442

3545

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JACK HOBENS

At the close of the first day's playJack Hobens of the Englewood ( X.J.)Golf Club was leading the field by twostrokes, with 154, Willie Anderson andWillie Smith tying two strokes abovehim. Aleck Smith had 157, as alsohad Freddie AlcLeod of Midlothian,and (iilbert Nicholls of Denver. Ar-thur Smith, the title-holder, was seento be out of striking distance of a sec-ond victory, as he had 160. Auchter-lonie was 162.

The Eastern contingent, aside fromITobens and Aleck Smith, was donefor. Stewart Gardner had 78 for hismorning round, but required 86 in theafternoon. George Low was consist-ent, with 82 and 83, while an 85 cooked

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"Nipper" Campbell's chance, althoughhe had 80 in the afternoon.

Willie Anderson led at the half-waymark at noon, with a 74. He waspaired with Willie Smith, who had 76for his half-journey, the same figureas Hobens put up. Naturally, the gal-lery was attracted by Willie Smith andAnderson's play, and the pair was at-tended by a considerable bunch in theafternoon. But, although the play ofeach was characterized by flashes ofbrilliant work, the crowd hardly got itsmoney's worth, for Anderson took 82and Willie Smith 80, thus evening upon the day's journey.

The falling away of Anderson andW. Smith paved the road for Hobens,who registered an excellent jS. Italso helped the champion-to-be, AleckSmith, who, after a miserable—forhim—82 in the morning, came backwith 75 in the afternoon. Auchter-lonie's one bad round came at thistime, an 85, a disheartening piece ofwork for the man who bad done tbecourse in 71.

Followers of the Aleck' Smith-Mc-Leod exhibition on the second daywere rewarded by the real tiling. Mc-Leod, with a 74, forged to first place

for the three-quarter journey, with231 for fifty-four holes. This was astroke better than Aleck's total, andthree better than Hobens's, who hadshown bis vulnerability by falling toan 80 for the morning round.

Anderson lost his chances, makingan 80. and Willie Smith was 'way outwith an 83. Anderson, (iil Nicholls,and Harry Turpie were tied at thispoint witli 23(1, while Willie Smith hadslumped to 231). Jack Jolly was in atie with the title-holder, Arthur Smithof Columbus, ( )., at 237, and Auch-terlonie had 238. Bertie Wav. whohad clinched hold upon the specialprize of $50 for the best individual 18-hole round by making a J^, in themorning, bad a total of 240 for thethree-quarters, and Stewart Gardnerbad the same figure.

Anderson failed because of lack ofconfidence in putting, and WillieSmith made the same excuse. AleckSmith bad, naturally, little fault to find.Harry Turpie's case, so far as puttingwas concerned, was similar. Neveronce during the whole championshipdid Fin-pie take more than two puttson a green. 1 le bad a jz, for the morn-ing round and a JJ in the afternoon,

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and had his first day's scores beennearly as good he would have been inthe money.

So the afternoon round of the sec-ond day began, and naturally the crowdfollowed Aleck Smith and McLeod.Smith played perfect golf, with theexception of the eleventh hole, wherehe required a 7, driving into the roughfrom the tee and landing behind aclump of trees on his second. But hisnerve never forsook him and he con-tinued steadily, finishing with a 74,giving him a total of 30.') for the cham-pionship title. He had six 3's, four ofthem 011 the outward journey, whichhe made in 34, best outgoing mark ofthe tournament.

McLeod found difficult}' in keepingup to Smith's gait, and required 80.This left enough margin for FTobensto get into second place, and thesteady, far-driving fersey man, with76 and 78 for his day's work, had atotal of 3C1) for the tourney. WillieAnderson, despite an 8 at the secondhole, registered an excellent Jj. aidedby a pair of twos, so lie tied McLeodfor third and fourth places at 311.G i l b e r t N i c h o l l s c a m e in f o r f i f th w i t h

Best work by the amateur contin-gent, eight of whom started, was thatof Robert K. Hunter of Midlothian,wlin finished in a tie for eighteenth,with 331. I le had rounds of 83, 80, 82and 86. < ». W. I'oiter, Jr., and Ken-neth Edwards, also Midlothian boys,had ^^<) and 340 respectively. WarrenK. Wood, tlie North and South cham-pian and "native" of the Homewoodcourse, had 343, the same as DouglasStuart MI Homewood, a younger bro-ther of John, former Princeton golfcaptain.

Arthur Smith, previous title-holder,finished outside the money by a stroke.lie showed quality by making tworounds of yy on the second day, buttwo cSo's the first day crippled hischances. Auchterlonie, requiring anSo, after a 76 in the morning, had atotal of 318, and (Jardner was 319.Willie Smith and Jack Jolly tied at3-0.

Aleck Smith received first prize,$150, and gold medal. Jack Hobensreceived second prize, $100; WillieAnderson and Freddie -McLeod divid-ed third, $75. and fourth. $50. eachreceiving $'12.50, and Gilbert Xichollsreceived fifth prize, §2$. Way re-ceived $50 for his card of y^. Thecomplete card of the victor and sum-mar}- of the championship:

ALEXANDER S M I T H , Nassau—T H U R S D A Y

Morning, ou t . . . 4 6 3 4 7 5 4 5 3—41In 4 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 4—4'—S2

Afternoon, ou t . . 4 6 4 4 5 4 3 4 3—37in 4 5 3 6 3 4 5 4 4—38—75—1 57

FRIDAYM o r n i n g , o u t . . . 3 6 4 4 4 5 3 4 3 — 3 6

In 3 5 4 6 3 4 5 5 4—39—75A f t e r n o o n , o u t . . 3 5 3 4 4 5 3 4 3 — 3 4

I n 4 7 4 5 3 4 5 5 3 — 4 " —T h u r s d a yAM.PM.

Alex Smith. Nassau S2 75J. l l o luns . Englewood, X. J . . 7 6\ \ . Andersoii, Onwentsia.. .Fred McLeod, Midlothi i n . . .Gil Nicholls, DenverArthur Smith. Columbus....II. Turpi:, South Bend 82L. Auchterlonie, Glen VTi^w..77S. Gardner, Garden City 7SJack Jolly. Arlington, X. J . . .82\ \ ir , ie Smith, Mexico -6W. II. Way, Euclid 85A. Campbell, Brookline .S5A. Taylor, Exmoor 87George Low. Baltusrol S2W. Mow, Normandia 86( ). l lackl iar th. Oconomowoc. .81• K. I-]. I hint r, Midlothian . . .83\\ . R. Lovekin, Rockford..A. liaxUT. LagrangeW. V. Hoare, Salt Lake. . .W. Marshall. Onwentsia S3 84D. Mclntosh, Westward-Ho..86 85R. Xicholls, Elyria, 0 84G. O'Ni il. Auburn Park 88Dave Foulis, Chicago 86'( 1. W. Potti r. .li., Midlothian.89II. Col'is, i I oimw ood 8o• K . l-'.dw a r d s , M i d l o t h i a n . . . . 0 2R. White, Rai isloe 88

11. Stuart, I [omewood 87Amateur.

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74—149—306Friday

UI.PM.Toti7 5 74—306

75—30975—31180—3 I I77—31377—3M77—31''80—31879—3 1 983—320

53 81—32073 S2—3227 7 *"—3^81 78—326So 82—32779 82—32786 82—33082 86—331S 1 Si,— 7,; 17S S2—33154 83—33482 S;—334

82Si

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82 83—33890 78—33083 84—330S- S_— 34084 83—34288 S4-343

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Homewood...87 86 83 87—343 mother, three brothers and sister, golfA. Tolhfson, Lake G e n e v a . . . 8 3 9-' 86 82—,343 °c. Horton, Evanston 88 91 80 84—34.3 had been practically unheard of, and1). Whi te . Algonquin, St. J . . . 9 3 82 82 87—3.14 , .- . , , . . ' . .-,. .T. Mitchell. Cleveland 89 93 86 86—354 the nrs t balls dr iven in Lnicago we re

loiin' \danislliri'iinK,T^" 93 91 86 93—-63 s e n ' : " u ^ by Herbert T w e e d i e a n dT. o-xeii. Edgewater 91 88 93 9'—363 m e m b e r s of his family on a p ra i r i e in*A. \ \ . l o p p , Jackson P a r k . . 9 8 gz gi 91—370*N. F. Moore, Lake Geneva..98 SS 90 96—37^ EllglewOod, a Southern Suburb of Clli-R. Foulis, Glen Echo 85 86 S3 WithdrewJ. Mcister, Chicago 95 91 Withdrew CagO.J. Simpson, Riverside 90 85 Withdrew ^L. Nelson, Indianapolis 92 90 Withdrew 1*James Foulis, Calumet 82 Withdrew

j . s. Watson, skoki.- 84 Withdrew A little later he and some of his•Amateur. Scotch friends laid out an improvised

•>&. course on the old grounds of the Wan-In the death of Herbert lames d e r e r s ' Cricket Club at Indiana ave-

Tweedie, which occurred at his home n u e a n d Thirty-ninth street, and laterin Wheaton, 111., at midnight, July 8, tllc-v l)la-ve(1 o n a n improvised coursethe game of golf loses one of its heart- ' f four h o l e s a t Jackson Park. In 1803iest advocates. A pioneer in the game t h e Chicago Golf Club was formed byin the United States, and an adviser Charles Blair Macdonald, Mr. Twee-and counsellor in all golf matters in tV]v- J- Marshall Weir and officials ofthe West, Mr. Tweedie always had tIl(-' British commission at the World'svaluable information to impart, and Fair, on the pioneer course at Rcl-his judgment was sound. When he moiit. When the club moved its larescame to Chicago, in 1SS7, with father, to Wheaton, Mr. Tweedie and others

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THE LATE HERBERT 1. TWEEDIE AND HIS S( IX I)( (L'C.LAS

remained at Belmont, forming theIllinois Golf Club.

Some years later the Belmont GolfClub was funned, and in this organiza-tion Air. Tweedie for five years waspresident. Air. Tweedie was born inBombay, India. July 25, 18(14, of Scot-tish parents, the family later takingup its abode at Hoylake, England. Itwas on the links of the Royal Liver-pool Golf Club that he learned hisgolf, and in the 70's he won the juniormedal 1 in that links. His skill as agolfer fluctuated, but some of the bestgolf he ever played he had put upwithin the last two years of his life.

A strange fatality seems to havefollowed the Tweedie family, for ofall the members, only the sister, Mrs.Grace, is now alive. The mother wasfirst to go, then Aleck, then the young-

est brother, "Jimmie," then profession-al of the Exmoor Country Club, whowas accidentally asphyxiated ; then thefather, and then Lawrence, who at onetime was actively engaged in laying(Hit courses and who also served asprofessional at Louisville and else-where. Air. Herbert Tweedie's wifedied only two years ago this spring.Seven children survive the golfer,who, although necessarily classed as aveteran, had not reached his forty-second birthday.

The funeral, held July 18, was at-tended by many business and golfingassociates. Six well-known golf pro-fessionals—James and David Foulis,William Marshall, William Yeoman,Lawrence Auchterlonie. and ]ames \\ .Watson—were the active pall-bearers,and James Foulis, Sr., acted as honor-ary pall-bearer. Interment was at< >akwoods, Chicago.

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Willie Anderson reached the goal ofhis ambition, July 12, when he nego-tiated the < hiwentsia course in 69strokes. Three times he had made70, and Chandler Egan had once. Butin a round with David R. Forgan, An-derson went out in 35 and home in 34.At that, he took 4 for the "boomer-ang," a hole he often has made in 2 bylofting over the trees, and he alsomissed a 2-foot putt for a 3 on thehome green. Anderson's card :Out 4 3 5 5 3 4 4 4 3—35

In 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4—34—69A comparison of this card with the

70 Anderson made May 24 (in a hardwind) shows a best ball of 64—31 outand 2>i in, the May 24 card also show-ing a 4 for the "boomerang" hole. IfAnderson could bunch all his goodwork

Miss Marion Warren of the Edge-water Golf Club is the latest player to

attract attention in women's golf inChicago. By defeating the westernchampion, Mrs. C. L. Dering, on herown links in the finals of the opentourney at .Midlothian, Miss Warrenwon a deal of attention for herself,and as she probably will play on theteam of western women which playsthe eastern team on the Saturday pre-ceding the championship at Brae Burn,Easterners may have opportunity tosee her play.

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Thirty-six players competed in theMidlothian tourney, in which severalgood exhibitions were put up, notablya score of 98 by Miss Alva Sanders,the fifteen-year-old player of the homeclub. This equals the sec re made byMrs. Bernard S. Home (Miss BessieAnthony), before the course waslengthened, so that Miss Sanders' per-formance is about two stiokes betterthan the previous record.

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MANLY (i( )LFAMETRl )P( )LITAN journal which

gives publicity to the paeans ofthe optimist and the jeremiads of thepessimist recently published a letterunder this caption. In this wail anindividual signing himself "DisgustedPutter" had two causes of complaintagainst three of our most eminentplayers. The first was an objection to.Mr. Travis playing in the champion-ship at Englewood with a sun um-brella; the second a protest againstWillie Anderson and Aleck Smithsmoking cigarettes when they playedat Van Cortlandt I'ark last summer."Such conduct as this does not tend tora ise the public's opinion of the manli-

ness of the game, and does not winrecruits for the sport," says the cor-respondent. It is, as a matter of fact,not at all important what the publictliinks of the game so long as thosewho play it are satisfied. Golf is notand has never pretended to be a strenu-ous pastime in the sense that someothers are. that is, in a physical sensemerely. There is no wild rushingabout the courts as in tennis, withintermittent smashing which consignsthe ball to oblivion ; no awful collisionsbetween immature virility as in foot-ball; no prolonged, sustained, intensemuscular strain as in rowing. Thebasis of comparison might be indefi-nitely drawn out. But in all theseexercises the strenuosity is almost en-tirely physical. In golf it is physical,mental and moral, as only perhapsthose realize thoroughly who have hada week of championship golf. Thestrongest men physically fail often ingolf to sustain the mental strain neces-sary to success. The weak men physi-cally must husband their physicalstrength ; of mental energy they haveabundance. To some an occasionalsmoke brings relief. < )ne of the bestgolfers who ever lived. Mr. Hilton,smokes cigarettes incessantly. Is itthe cigarette or the smoking thatcaused the protest, or would there beany objection if a pipe, filled with theblackest tobacco, was held between thelips? Willie Anderson and AleckSmith had better beware. ( hie hasonly won the open championship fourtimes, whilst the other this season hashad successive triumphs which fall tothe lot of only the chosen few. Be-ware, ye misguided young men. lestyour golf ends in smoke. As for Mr.Travis, we forgive him his while um-brella, for we know he will never showthe white feather.

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The victor)' of I'". M. Byers in theamateur championship is a popularone. (iolfers recognize that he pos-sesses a spirit of determination whichcompels admiration. So many of ourgood players who are anxious to winthe chief prize the game has for itsfollowers, seem to lose heart after abrief struggle. Not so Air. Byers.Twice runner-up he has stuck bravelyat it and has, besides winning the title,shown himself as a golfer the equal ofthe best. < >n behalf of its readersGOLF heartily congratulates him.

It was a very interesting champion-ship. Its distinguishing feature wasthe number of great matches it pro-duced. There were the meeting ofEgan and Lynn, Travers and Travis,livers and Travis, and lastly the greatfinal in which the result was in doubtto the end. The public was quick totake advantage of the luck of the drawand the play which brought these

famous golfers together, with the con-sequence that a larger gallery was inevidence than has been seen at anyamateur championship in the Eastsince Morris County in 181)8.

It was handled well, but really itdid iii it require handling, as it knewhow to behave itself, showing evi-dently that the greater part of it wascomposed of golfers, not people drawnthither by mere curiosity. Of courseit had its feelings—a gallery in theaggregate is merely human as it is inthe unit—and no appeal from any offi-cial of the U. S. G. A. can ever causeit to exhibit impartiality. It rootedvery cheerfully and regardless of con-sequences for Egan against Lyon; forTravers against Travis; for liversagainst Travis; and finally for liversagainst Lyon.

It has often been a subject for won-der as to what effect it has on a golfer

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in a match to feel that the sympathiesof the crowd arc with his opponent, orrather not to fed it but to have itdriven home to him in the most in-human manner by the loud applausewhich often rewards his opponent'smediocre efforts. It certainly didn'taffect Air. Travis at Sandwich whenhe went round the links like an in-vader in an enemy's country. Thewriter once asked an amateur cham-pionship semi-rinalist if the gross par-tiality shown by the crowd made himnervous. "Nervous, no!" he replied."It makes me mad; so mad I can'tplay." There is room for an essay on,say. "The Effect of Extraneous Cir-cumstances on a Player's Game."

Mr. Lyon, too, was a boon. If hehad come to us with the orthodoxstyle and had done as he did do no onewould have cavilled. But the noblearmy of critics got terribly excitedwhen the_\' stood in dread of the blueribbon of the links falling to a golfheretic. \\ e are evidently more acutein such matters in the East, for Lyonwon the Olympic Championship at St.Louis without attracting attentionthere on account of his style and sub-jecting himself to the criticism lie re-ceived in Xew York.

At least one thing Air. Lyon clearlyproved, and it is that a ball hit cleanand not swept off the tee will go asfar, if not farther, than a ball drivenaccording to the professors. A lot ofthese gentlemen were parading thecourse, shaking their heads doubtfully,as the Lambton man demonstratedthat results were more important thanstyle.

Mr. Lyon made many friends.Throughout he was the same whetherthe match was in his favor or goingagainst him, always cool, always play-ing his best, entirely unruffled by theaccident of the moment. He wascourteous to his opponent, exhibitedno undue desire to win, and was thepersonification of a modest gentlemanwho is a thorough sportsman. Mr.Lyon has in the past distinguishedhimself as a cricketer, but about nineyears ago he took up golf. Incident-ally it may be mentioned, upon his au-thority, that the popularity of golf isworking havoc in the Dominion.

ItSome time ago a Western paper

printed an article under the kindlyand generous caption of "The Passingof Travis." By those who understandthe game this assumption was felt tobe very premature, and Englewoodconclusively proved that the GardenCity amateur is still at the top of hisgame. His winning the medal with77 ami jz, and following this up witha 74 clearly proved this. But evenMr. Travis cannot always be at the topof his game, whereas an opponent tobeat him must always be at the top ofhis. He is still the greatest golfer inthe country, as he would easily demon-strate if he were to play a series ofmatches over neutral courses againstany opponent who might be selected.

The ex-amateur champion, H.Chandler Egan, was always liked inthe East and his popularity was veryconclusively demonstrated at Engle-wood. That he lost was the fortuneot golf. He was not really at his bestexcept in his match with Whittemore,and his defeat by Lyon did not crimeas a great surprise to those who had

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watched his work, lie showed hisgenerous spirit when he said lie wouldrather have been left out himself thanhave seen Sawyer fail to qualify. Itis to be hoped that the report that -Air.Egan is to abandon competitive golfis not true. The game cannot sparesuch men.

medal with 83, 74—157. R. D. San-ford, Wee I kirn, came next with if>0.Others who qualified were: R. S.White, 2nd, Xew Haven ; W. K. Shep-ard, Jr., Xew Haven, the champion;Carl Martin, Fairfield; S. D. Bowers,Brooklawn, and R. C. Carroll, Fair-field.

From first to last the tournamentwas run by the officials of the U. S.G. A. without a hitch. The playerswere started on time and there wasless congestion at the tees than wasever seen at a similar contest. TheEnglewood Club did its part well, too.It had got the course, by enormouslabor and great expenditure, in thepink of condition, and its committeeduring' the tournament days were al-ways to be seen doing- its utmost topromote the success of the champion-ship.

Soon after T. M. Sherman, theL'tica golfer, started in his match withEllis Knowles in the championship, hiscaddie lost his mashie and withoutdoubt this seriously affected his game.Another circumstance worth recording-is that Mr. livers was the only com-petitor who employed a professionalcaddie. A prominent amateur volun-teered to carry Mr. Lyon's clubs in thefinal, but the Canadian thanked himand declined his services.

The Connecticut Golf Associationchampionship was played at the WeeBurn <lolf Club, Noroton, July 18-21.There were sixty-four starters, theclass of players being as good as usual.l\. II. I lovey, Hartford, did very wellin the qualifying round, winning the

Shepard was put out in the firstround by R. L. Jackson, Middletown,who beat him by 4 up and 3 to play,and in the second round Jackson beatS. 1. (iraham, Fairfield. The finalswere between Dr. Carl Martin andSanford. The rain had rendered thecourse soft and the putting greenswere very heavy. It was a close fightfrom start to finish of the thirty-sixholes, Sanford winning by 2 up and 1to play. R. C. Carroll won the con-solation cup, beating R. L. Jackson by3 up and 2 to play. S. Hopkins, WeeBurn, won the Bunker cup. The inter-club four-ball contest was won by H.D. Beach and R. E. Sprott, Brook-lawn, by 2 up and 1 to play. Theiropponents were R. S. White, 2nd. andE. S. Parmelee, Xew Haven.

Gumey T. Curtis of Rochester wonthe individual championship in the(iolf League of the Lower Lakes tour-nament, July 21, on the links of theBuffalo Country Club. Wylie Car-hart of Detroit was the runner-up andsuffered defeat by 3 up and 2 to play.In the semi-final round Mr. Curtis beatParke Wright of Buffalo. 2 up and 1to play, and Wylie Carhart beat 1'. S.Macmillan, Detroit, 2 up and 1 to play.In the consolation cup final J. C. Tow-ers, Rochester, beat J. I'.. Dyer, De-troit, 3 up and 1 to plav.

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There was a large entry list in theApawamis Club tournament, July $-y,but the class was pot quite as good asusual. A number of the cracks whousually enter were busy at Englewoodpractising for the amateur cham-pionship. Spotswood D. Bowers,Brooklawn, had low score, J'>, 85—idi, a good performance, which mighthave been better but for a few badholes at the finish of the second round.In the first sixteen were such men asW. K. Shepard, New Haven, thenConnecticut champion; C. I I . Seely,Wee Burn; S. J. Graham, Fairfield ;Dwight Partridge, Bedford; ThomasM. Sherman, Wykagyl; F. S. Wheel-er and J. D. Foot, Apawamis, andEllis Knowles, Bedford.

I »< iwers was put out in the firstround by DeWitt Loomis, a golfer offifty-eight from Detroit, and in thenext round Loomis was beaten bySherman after a good fight. Shermandefaulted in the semi-finals to Shepardthrough being in an automobile break-down, and Partridge beat Seely by 4up and 3 to play. The final was set-tled on the last green, where Shepardbeat Partridge by 1 Up. Each manhad 85. The second cup was won byH. A. Sherman, Apawamis. The thirdcup went to F. II. Thomas, MorrisCount). The handicap was won byA. F. Taylor, Apawamis, his cardreading 172. 24—148. Findlay S.Douglas won gross score prize with77 • *-'— '5').

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R. 1'.. Locke, Albany, with So. G. \Y.White, Ekwanok, won the net prize.

4After playing in the amateur cham-

pionship Chandler Egan went to Man-chester and made his first appearanceon the course there. He played amatch anil being in his very best formhe made the thirty-six holes in J^, "d—151. This equals the record of Al-

verse L. White of Boston, made lastyear. What the ex-amateur championwould do if the course was familiar tohim is a problem.

The second tournament at Ekwam >kopened July i<) with a qualifying roundof eighteen holes. The first sixteenwere: T. M. Sherman, LJtica, 7<>; E.W. Clark, Ekwanok, 81 ; M. K. Wat-ers, Midland Golf Club. 82; SherrillSherman, I'tiea, 82; R. D. Campbell,Dorset Field Club. 83: Dr. E. M.Pond. Rutland Country Club, 85; L.M. Richmond. ( (akland Golf Club, 85 ;D. M'. Cole, Tekoa, 86; F. A. Martin,Hillside, 86; F. Herreshoff, GardenCity, 86; H. W. Brown, PhiladelphiaCountry Club, 86; W. C. Houston,Philadelphia Cricket Club, Xj : B. M.Smith, Agawam Hunt, 88; WilliamFrew, Pittsburg Golf Club, 89; G. F.M o r s e , R u t l a n d C o u n t r y Club, 8<j; M.

M. Townley, Indianapolis Golf Club,80.

The finalists fur the Taconic cupwere T. M. Sherman and ( i. E. Morse,and in a thirty-six hole match Sher-m a n w o n b y 10 u p a n d i) ti> p l a y .There was a good deal of rain, butSherman played good gulf, his ap-proach shots mi the soft greens beingespecially lnu-. In the morning lie hail

the excellent card of 74. The Batten-kill cup fur the beaten eight of the first

division was won by L. M. Richmond,( 'akland. The < 'ndawa cup was wonby C. R. Leake, Ekwanok, and theconsolation cup by R. I'.. Green, Ek-wanok. There were more than fiftyplayers in the open handicap, WilliamFrew, Pittsburg, winning the net scoreprize with 80, 3—~~. T. M. Shermanhad best gross, 74.

Fifty-three started in the qualifyinground of the Hudson River Golf As-sociation Championship at the St.Andrew's (X. Y.) Golf Club, Julyyj. Low score went to Gil man P.Tiffany, Powelton. twice winner of thechampionship. I le had 38, 40—78.( (thers who qualified in the first six-teen were: S. H. Lockhart, Powel-ton; L. A. Hamilton, Powelton; RalphCarroll, Briarcliff, and D. Brandreth,Briarcliff. Hamilton was put out byTiffany in the second round. In beat-ing F. II. McAdoo, a St. Paul's, Con-cord, schoolboy. Tiffany had a y^,within one stroke of the course record.The final at thirty-six holes was be-tween Tiffany and Carroll, the formerwinning by 2 up ami 1 to play. Tif-fany had 15(1 and Carroll 161. By thisvictory the handsome trophy becameTiffany's absolute property.

The second cup was won by J. S.Taylor, Powelton, and the third cupwent to F. L. Madden. Briarcliff. Thefirst beaten eight cup was won by P.P.. Rossire, Saegkill, and the thirdbeaten eight cup went to C. F. Mar-tin. Saegkill. II. Nelson, Dutchess,87, 10—JJ, and A. IT. Vail, Dutchess,92, I'I—JJ, tied in the handicap, (hiFriday, Jack Hutchinson, the St. An-drew's professional, beat \ \ . Gaudin,the Dutchess County professional, by

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It is virtually indestructible in or-dinary play and can neither be cut norpounded out of shape. It is perhapsa shade larger than the ordinary ballami this has its advantage in playingthrough the green and out of cuppylies. It differs materially from therubber-core in the quarter game inthat it must be struck' a trifle harderin proportion to the distance desired.Ibis is a most valuable quality on the

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George S. Lyon won the amateurchampionship of Canada at the < )ttawaGolf Club. July 5th. This makes hisfifth victory. If he wins next year thevaluable Aberdeen trophv will becomeIns property.

In the tournament of the CountryClub of Springfield, Mass., whichclosed June 30, P. W. \\ hittemore. ofthe Country Club. Brookline, won thechief cup. His opponent in the finalswas S. 1). I lowers, Brooklawn, whowas beaten by 1 up. For the CountryClub cup R. I'. Alden, Spring-field, de-feated J. H. Shehan of the ( )xfordClub of Chicopee Falls. 1 up. For theGovernor's cup. G. A. Pope, Jr., Balti-more, defeated 11. W. Maker, Spring-field, 8 up and <> to play. The Bunkercup went to J. W. Shepard, Jr.. Wan-namoisette Country Club of Provi-dence, who defeated R. K. Clark,Springfield, 4 up and 3 to play.

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two In iles medal play for amateurs andprofessionals of the Metropolitan GolfAssociation clubs. ( >n the third daythere will be an eighteen-hole four-ballcompetition, each team to consist ofan amateur and professionals, open toall golfers in the United States andCanada. In addition there will be aneighteen-hole open handicap. For thechampionship, entries must be made byAugust 6, to Leighton Calkins, .25Broad street, Xew York, and for theother events to Mr. Calkins, care ofHollywood Golf Club, P. O. Box 152,West End, X. J., up to August 10.

The B. F. Goodrich Company makethe announcement that they are bring-ing 1 nit a new ball called the Haskell-Match. The claim is made for it thatit is superior to any ball hitherto man-ufactured by them. Assurances of thisnature coming from such a firm as theB. F. Goodrich Company are alwaysentitled to respect and no doubt manyof our golfers will give the ball a trial.

Some few months ago Mr. ].Campbell Cory happened to inventwhat is now known as the Cory GolfBall Marker. He made one for hisown use, and finding it a very usefularticle he determined to give golfersgenerally the benefit of his ideas andso he advertised his invention in sev-eral publications. Now, Mr. Cory waslaboring under the delusion that afew hundred markers could be madejust as easily and readily as the one hehad fixed up for himself, l ie neveranticipated the multitudes of orderswhich would arrive. They poured inby the thousand, and it was an impos-sibility to keep pace with the demand.The marker was exactly what golfers

were looking for. Some people whohave sent in their orders have felt an-noyed at the delay in executing them,but this will happen no more. A largestock of the new and improved markeris being rapidly accumulated, so thatan order will in future be filled as soonas it is received.

|ulv 7, Brice S. Evans, the De Mer-itte School golfer, won the BostonInterscholastic Golf Association cham-pionship at the ( >akley Country Club.His opponent was T- B. Hylan of theLowell Textile School, who won lastyear. At the conclusion of the morn-ing round Hylan was 2 up, at thethirty-sixth hole they were all squareand Evans won the extra hole in 4 to 5.

«The late Herbert J. Tweedie's

friends were by no means confined tothe West. It will be only necessaryfor those in other parts of the countryto know that a fund is being raised forhis widow and eight young childrenwho are absolutely without means, andthey will be anxious to contribute toit. The Chicago golfers are doingtheir share of the work well in theopen-handed Western manner. TheEast should not fall behind in its ap-preciation of one who during his life-time did so much for the game. Sendyour contributions to Edward P. Mar-tin, ex vice-president of the U. S. G.A.. 144 East Erie street, Chicago;Phelps 1'.. llovt. 1 River street, Chi-cago ; David R. Forgan, ( hiwentsia,or Harry B. Clow, Glen View.

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The "South Side Barefooted GolfClub" is the latest addition to Chi-cago's list. For some time the early-playing frequenters of the public linkshave noticed men of middle age or old-er playing around in the dewy grasswith feet unencumbered by shoes orstockings, and so has the idea spreadthat a club with the above name hasbeen organized. The club has overthirty members, and Harrison E.Southworth is president. Dr. \V. E.Probasco secretary, and R, J. Woodtreasurer. In a way the golfers areapostles of Dr. Kneipp, but they donot pretend to adhere strictly to thetenets laid down by that savant.Health and recreation are the objectsof the club, no one is allowed to playafter 9 o'clock in the morning, and noone under 21 is eligible to membership.The average age of the members is be-tween forty and forty-five.

Arthur Gordon, of the HyperionGolf Club of Des Moines, is championof Iowa. In the 36-hole finals of thestate championship, on the WavelandPark links at Des Moines, July 14,Gordon defeated Bert McKee, Grand\ iew Golf Club, Des Moines, 7 up, 6to play. The tournament was the mostsuccessful ever held in Iowa. Mar-shalltown gets the next championship.()fficers of the association were electedas follows: President, L. R. Maxwell.Marshalltown; vice-president) WarrenDickinson, Des Moines; secretary andtreasurer, Tracy Garrett, Des .Moines;directors, officers and W. C. Beck,Sioux City; W. 11. McFarland, Keo-kuk ; George Kinney, Burlington; Ar-d o M i t c h e l l . R o c k I s l a n d , 111., a n d I I .

11. Fergusi in, (!edar Rapids.

Better evidence that the game ofgolt is popular among Chicagoansnever was afforded than on July 4 atthe lackson Park public links. Thesun rose at 4:22, and before he hadpeeked out above the lake the armchairs in the pavilion were all occu-pied by impatient golfers. At 5 o'clock-newcomers had to wait half an hourfor their turn, and players who arrivedat 5 130 had to wait until 8 o'clock.Players starting at 8 finished at 10:30,and received tickets for their secondrounds, which were not available foruse until 4:15. All told, about 1,400tickets were given out. Another pub-lic course of the size of Jackson Parkis needed and would be used constant-ly by Chicago players who do not be-long to any of the twenty-five privateclubs about the city.

Gordon Copeland of the Xew TrierHigh School, one of the best juniorsc if the Skokie Country Club, won thewestern interscholastic championshipat ( 'nwentsia the third week in June.Copeland led in the qualifying roundwith 83.

Honors in the Advertising Golfers'Association tournament at Exmoorwent to (J. McG. Howard, who defeat-ed J. R. Griffiths 2 up 1 to play, in thefinals, June 21. A big field of pub-licity men took part, three nights ofsixteen each qualifying. O. W. Brew-er and C. S. Painter won the "stagf< iiirsc nne . "

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first street, Longwood, can be secured.The clubhouse was built in 1899 at acost of $15,000.

H. Chandler Egan was defeated inthe Kent Country Club's open tourneyat Grand Rapids, Mich., June 22, byGeorge F. Clingman, Jr.. of the Home-wood Country Club, the count being"6 up and 5 to play. D. E. Sawyer ofthe Wheaton Golf Club, runner-up toEgan in the national championship atWheaton last year, won the tourna-ment, defeating Clingman by 7 up and6 to play in the finals. Clingman, in

his match with Egan, made a 76, twobetter than the record set by Egan last\ear.

Clive T. Jaffray. the veteran playerof Minneapolis, won the Trans-Mis-sissippi amateur title at ( hnaha, June23, defeating F. W. McCartney ofDenver in the finals.

•Ralph Hoagland, Riverside, won the

Edgewater open one-day tourney, June21, defeating Loren Hebberd, Wind-sor, 1 up in the 9-hole finals.

FIXTURES

August 1-4.—Homewood CountryClub. Open Tournament.

August 2-4.—Ekwanok CountryClub. Vermont State Championship.

August 2-4.—Shinnccock Hills GolfClub. Annual Tournament.

August 4-11.—Lambton Golf amiCountry Club, Toronto, Canada. OpenAmateur Ti turnament.

August 6-8.—Beaver Meadow GolfClub, Concord, N. H. New Hamp-shire Golf Association Championship.

Aug. 7-11.—Onwentsia Club, LakeForest, 111. < )pen Tournament.

August 9-11.—Hollywood (N. J.)Golf Club. M. G. A. ( )pen Cham-pionship.

Aug 13-15.—Rock Island (111.)Golf Club. Annual Open Tournament.

August 15-18.—Ekwanok CountryClub. First President's Cup Tourna-ment.

Aug. 16-18.—Westward Ho (111.)Golf Club. Open Tournament.

August 16-18.—Deal (N. J.) GolfClub. Open Amateur Tournament.

August 23-30.—Welsh AmateurChampionship.

Last Week of August.—FairfieldCounty (Conn.) Golf Club. InvitationTournament.

Week ol September 3.—Lenox Golf( lub. Annual Tournament.

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September 3-8.—Portrush. Irish()pen Championship.

September 3-8.—Glen Echo Coun-try Club, St. Louis, Mo. OlympicCup Contest and Western AmateurChampionship.

Septembr 6-8.—Ekwanok CountryClub. Equinox and Orvis Cup Tour-nament.

September 8.—Brockton CountryClub, Campello, Mass. Open Tour-nament.

September 8.—Bellevue Golf Club,Melrose, Mass. Open Tournament.

September 15.—Merrimack ValleyCountry Club, Lawrence, Mass. OpenTournament.

September 15. — Arlington GolfClub, Arlington, Mass. Open Tour-nament.

Sept. 20-22.—Calumet (111.) Coun-trv Club. Open Tournament.

September 20-22.—Calumet (Chi-cago) Country Club. Open AmateurTournament.

September 20-22.—Woodlawn GolfClub, Auburndale, Mass. Open Tour-nament.

September 22. — Vesper CountryClub, Lowell, Mass. Open Tourna-ment.

Sept. 25-28.—Town and < rown Club,Colorado Springs. Pike CentennialTi lurnament.

September 27-20,. — Wilmington(Del.) Country Club. Middle AtlanticGolf Association Championship.

September 28-29.—Chestnut IlillGolf Club. Open Tournament.

September 29.—Myopia Hunt Club.Open Tournament.

October 3-4.—Wollaston Golf Club.Open Tournament.

October 3-6.—Chicago Golf Club.Open Amateur Tournament.

Oct. 4-6.—Richmond County Coun-try Club, Staten Island, N. Y. OpenTournament.

October 4-6.—Richmond County(X*. Y.) Country Club. Open Ama-teur Tournament.

October 6.—Oakley Country Club.Open Tournament.

October 8-13.—Brae Burn CountryClub, West Xewton, Mass. Women'sChampionship of United States.

October n-13.—Allston (Mass.)Golf Club. Open Tournament.

October 13.—Lexington Golf Club.Open Tournament.

October 1S-20.—The Country Club.Open Tournament.

October 20.—Albemarle Golf Club,Newtonville, Mass. Open Tournament.

October 22-26.—Merion CricketClub. Women's Individual Champion-ship of Philadelphia.

October 26-27.—Merion (Pa.)Cricket Club. Lesley Cup Inter-CityMatches.

The Breaking of a World's RecordThe National Open Championship

Part Played by the Improvement in Golf Balls

WHEN Aleck Smith of Nassau holedout his last putt in the NationalOpen Championship at Onwent-sia, the official scorer announceda 75 for the round in the rain.

The umbrella brigade that made up thefaithful gallery which had followed Smith for18 holes—through driving rain, steady down-pour, and strong wind—applauded enthusi-astically.

The much larger gallery on the club-house side of the 18th green received theannouncement almost in silence—such a per-formance seemed incredible in the face of theweather conditions.

Aleck Smith and his partner for themedal scoring, Aleck Campbell, of Brookline.were first to tee off for the National, andAleck Smith had led at the end of first, sec-ond and third rounds.

When the pair started between showersfor their last round many feared that thechanged conditions might upset all calcula-tions. But when, after one hole of play, thetwo Alecks drove from the second tee in such adriving rain that the flight of the ball couldonly be followed a few feet, fears were freelyexpressed that, with conditions bound toimprove before Smith's nearest competitorswere due to start, his chances for the cham-pionship were seriously endangered.

So when his 75 for the last round wasannounced the silence of those who augmentedthe gallery at the last hole was probably dueto the mental calculations that were beingmade.

73-74—73-75 295.When the total was realized Smith was

loudly applauded and hailed as the newChampion, for it seemed almost impossiblethat any of the players to follow could comefast enough to overtake Aleck Smith ofNassau.

This not only proved true, but 295 hadbeaten the world record for 72 holes inChampionship Play.

Willie Anderson's 299 at the Euclid Club,Cleveland, in the Western Open of 1902 wasthe best ever made in this country, and JackWhite's 296 in the British Open at Sandwichin l!)04 was the world's record until Smith's295 brought the honor to this country.

The victory was distinctly American.Won on one of our representative courses,the Onwentsia Links, at Lake Forest, 111.,near Chicago, with an American-made ballinvented by an American.

The World's Championship record scoremade by Aleck Smith with the new SilkPneumatic Ball follows:

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Grand total, 295, the World's Champion-ship record.

Choice score for eighteen holes, 64.Just a week earlier Smith won the West-

ern Open Championship at Homewood, andhe is today National Open Champion, West-ern Open Champion and Metropolitan OpenChampion.

All of his championships were won withthe Pneumatic Ball.

Three of the prize winners in both theNational and Western Open Championshipsplayed the Silk Pneumatic. James Maidenof Toledo and Gilbert Nicholls of Denverplayed the Silk Pneumatic and took prizes inthe National, and Gi lbe r t Nicholls and"Bertie" Way of the Euclid Club, Cleveland,won prize money with the Silk Pneumatic inthe Western, Way taking the prize for the

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lowest score for 18 holes made in the tourna-ment play.

In conversation with the Secretary of theUnited States Golf Association, just beforethat official awarded the prizes won in theNational Open, Stewart Gardner the wellknown Garden City "prof," always to bereckoned with in Championship events, re-marked that the one thing that stood out inboth the Western and National Open wasthe way the up-to-date golf ball had come tothe front. "It will be the only ball in nextyear's championship," was Gardner's pre-diction.

Several well-known players had notedthe same thing and announced their intentionto play the new ball in the future.

The now Silk Pneumatic Ball has onlybeen on the market for a few months. It istotally different from any other golf ballmade, and when golfers are more familiarwith it this new World's Record may againbe lowered.

For the benefit of those who are notalready familiar with the new ball, a briefdescription follows:

Unlike the rubber cored ball, which in itsturn undoubtedly benefited the game, Pneu-matic Balls get their resiliency from a com-pressed air core. Compressed air is thegreatest resilient known and unlike a rubbercored ball the liveliness of a compressed airball is consistently graded.

Unquestionably putting suffered with theintroduction of the lively-at-all-times' rubbercored ball. But the Silk Pneumatic, liveliestof all from the driving stroke, is enough lesslively on the putting green to make it reliableand dependable.

The air retaining wall of Pneumatic Ballsis of wound thread and the outside cover isof purest "ungashable" Para Rubber.

This wall is flexible,—-without the com-pressed air in the chamber it can easily beflattened between the thumb and fore-finger.

With compressed air in the heart of theball it is a perfect sphere at all times—theoutward pressure of course being equal in alldirections.

The force of the heavy blow, however, asin driving momentarily depresses the flexiblewall and the ball takes a firm seat on the faceof the club throughout more of the followthrough,—it is consequently harder to sliceor pull a Pneumatic Ball.

And it's this momentary depressing of thewall that "reaches" the compressed airwhich is livelier than rubber and gives theSilk Pneumatic Ball a longer carry from thedriving stroke than any other ball.

Now, when it comes to approaching andputting the lighter stroke makes very littleimpression on the flexible wall, the force ofsuch a light stroke hardly reaches the com-pressed air

So the liveliness of the Pneumatic isgraded from drive to putt. You soon getused to this and find it unnecessary to makeany mental allowance for it because theresiliency lessens consistently, though fasterin proportion as you lessen the force of theblow.

In approaching, the Silk Pneumatic Ballcan be run up or dropped onto the green withan accuracy impossible with any ball livelyunder all conditions and apt to be divertedby the least irregularity of the green.

As "Nipper" Campbell, Aleck Smith'splaying partner in the National, tersely said,"Sandy gave himself nothing to do on thegreens."

Everyone knows that the lively-at-all-times ball is hard to putt. You can give theSilk Pneumatic more of a stroke and it keepsthe line when a rubber cored ball would rolloff. Then the Pneumatic "likes" the cup—it goes down on any kind of a putt entitledto hole out—and once down it stays down—no jumping out of the cup.

The outer covering of Para Rubber per-mits of a scientific stroke, with the pneu-matic, impossible with any "gutta" coveredball.

Para Rubber is much more adhesive thangutta-percha and the club takes hold of it,making the "back spin" and other "cut"strokes as reliable and safe to use as 'English"in billiards.

There are three types of Pneumatic GolfBalls on the market at present—all the pro-duet of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Com-pany, of Akron, O.

The "05 Pneumatic—the ball that wonthe '05 Western Open.

The Improved '06 Pneumatic and theSilkPneumatic.

The principleof all these ballsis the same, butthe wall of theSilk Pneumaticis of the purestfine spun silkthread.

Silk makes amore flexiblewall and itsgreater strengthp e r m i t s ofg r e a t e r com-pression of theair in the heart

of the ball—1200 lbs. to the square inch.This greater flexibility and greater air

compression makes the Silk Pneumatic muchlivelier from the driving stroke and slightlylivelier in approaching and putting.

The play of the Silk Pneumatic in theNational and Western Open events, by AleckSmith the winner of both, and by otherprize winners, in each plainly demonstratedthe superiority of this ball.

The ffrent strength of purest One•pun silk Is required to retiiln thei.'-'Oii lbs. nil- pressure*

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Silk PneumaticPlayed by the Winner of Both National

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Three prize winners in each event including thewinner of both championships played the

Pneumatic. The world's recordfor 72 holes in championship

play was lowered underthe most adverse weather

1 conditions.We say to any Golfer,

no matter at what stage inthe development of his game

•S —the Silk Pneumatic will cutdown your scores.

k Smith played well nigh perfectfSjIY golf, but in an interview here reproducedI he gives the Silk Pneumatic due credit forits share in his victories and record breaking.

We want every Golfer in America to knowhat this ball will do for his game. To that

end we make this liberal offer:

us. We take back all balls, used or unused if you do not likethem. It therefore

to try thpse new Silk Pnpnmatic Balls, unless you want tokeep them, because you tind them u decided improvement.

A word llboat the long-run economy of the Silk Pneumatic:The outside covering is of purest Para rubber. The markingIs distinct and irnlefaceHble. Not only is it impossible to outor gash it with ;i golf club, but you cannot even tlatton thepebbles us you can on all other balls on account of theirgntta percha COVOn. The playing success of the PneumaticHall is flue to two things—its oompressed a r core anil itsflexible wall. The longer you play a Pneuma ic Ball thebetter it nets, because the flexibility of the wall increases

Costs You Nothing.wirh tlie pounding you give it. Since yon cannot mar itssurf Ace and the playing quality of the bull evt-n improve,jnu fun play a Silk Pneumatic till >ou lose it. Our newpainting process insures B long lasting paint, and whenrepaint* d nn old Silk Pneumatic cannot be told froni a newone and, if anything, plays better.

We Repaint Balls.We will repaint Silk Pneumatic Bulls for Hie each aa often

us you return them to us for repainting.

Now, order trial Silk Pneumatic Balls today (at our risk remember), for they are returnable ifthey fail to improve your ^ame after a reasonable trial. Order from your dealer or professional,or direct from us. Leaflets, fully explaining Pneumatic Balls, sent on request.

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"How to Play GolfBy JAMES BRAID

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