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Des Moines. The Country Club Midlothian. Witt 551 GOLF BY APPOINTMENT AN OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION WITH "WHICH IS INCORPORATED "GOLFING," ESTABLISHED 1894 VOL. XV. AUGUST, 1904 NO. 2 FIRST TEE, GLEN VIEW. THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP GLEN VIEW CLUB, GOLF, ILLINOIS, JULY 8 and 9, 1904 By Alexis J. Colman. GAIN the followers of golf who love When a man comes to the scratch when skilful play must pay homage to it is most necessary, and when he does his A Willie Anderson. This young best work while all his rivals are looking VEX. man—he is not yet twenty-four years of on and striving to outdo him, then the fact age—has now won three national open that he outfinishes them all is ample evi- championships and two western within dence of his class. four years, and this work certainly stamps The championship was doubtless the him as the best golfer in the United States. most noteworthy in the annals of the Copyright, 1904, fev ARTHUR POTTOW. All rights reserved. 70 THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP. United States Golf Association, always would give his unjust critics food for fresh excepting that one at Wheaton in 1900 attacks. Sixty-five players finished the when Harry Vardon and J. H. Taylor first day, four withdrawing at noon. The came over and competed. Noteworthy new rule of the Association, barring from chiefly for the quality of golf put up, for competition on the second day all whose Anderson made his seventy-two holes in scores were more than fifteen strokes the far foal 303 strokes, the record by four for a behind tenth man threw out eighteen ling bad national open championship, although who had been unable to get below 175 for Anderson's 299 for the Euclid, Cleveland, their first day's work. Of the remaining links in the Western open championship forty-seven, all but one finished the 72- ship ow of 1902 must be remembered. Baltusrol hole route. •and Mi was 6,003 yards and Anderson and Davy It was cold and drizzly when play be- Brown tied at 307 last year; Glen View is gan on Friday morning and the first quar- Easily the fet- ter of play was thus marred, but the 6,266 yards, and the men who have played tle evidence of both courses will hardly concede Baltus- remaining three rounds were attended by veteran jamb ft rol the greater number of difficulties. the best possible conditions, and the fact Golf Club, rit i that Anderson and "Nipper" Campbell The limiting score which won a prize at championship of I each made a 72, Gilbert Nicholls a 73 Baltusrol was 323; at Glen View the tenth Sbnecodxiv and James Foulis and Fred Mackenzie man had 318. sates In point of numbers the entry was less 74s is indication that the going was fast than for the two previous years. Seventy- enough for those who could travel at a two entered, as against ninety-four in 1903 swift gait. and ninety-sevn in 1902. The journey of Particular interest attached to Stewart course had much to do with this, as many Gardner, the tall professional of the i of the eastern professionals who recog- Garden City Golf Club, who led on the nbed that they had no chance stayed away, first day with 151, two ahead of Anderson. while they undoubtedly would have enter- Gardner was fourth in 1901, tied for ed had the event been held nearer their second in 1902 and followed the tied pair, own bailiwicks. But the best eastern Anderson and Davy Brown, last year. "pros" came, excepting Will Smith and This time it seemed that he had a good Davy Brown. chance to enter the championship door at The amateur representation was con- which he had been knocking. But after a fined entirely to Chicago, so the event 75 the first morning, equaled only by lacked somewhat of the prestige that Anderson, and a 76 in the afternoon, he would have accrued to it had Walter J. fell away badly on Saturday and abomin- Travis, fresh from his victory abroad, able putting added stroke after stroke to come west. As it was, Chandler Eganled his card so that he took 80 and 85.