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By "LOCHINVAR"

MR. EDWARD family but shortly after was seized by G. WESTLAKE, a convulsion and never regained con- one of the pion- sciousness. eer report- Few Chicago citizens have been paid ers of the West greater tribute than he, all of the and for a num- papers devoting space to tributes to ber of years his memory, the Post giving a page, western corres- which included praise from many of pondent of the Chicago's leading citizens. American Golf- Mr. Westlake took up golf soon er, died suddenly at his home, 1446 after its inception during the world's Chase Avenue, Chicago, Sept. 19th, as fair at Chicago in 1893 and helped lay the result of acute kidney trouble. out the first public course in Chicago. At the time of his death he was In 1898 he made his first golfing trip automobile editor of the Chicago east, covering the national amateur Evening Post, with which paper he championship at Morris County when had been associated for 27 years, the Mr. Findlay S. Douglas defeated Mr. majority of them as sporting editor. Walter B. Smith of Chicago for the This post he held up until about five title. years ago when he took charge of the In 1915 when the Post published its automobile department. twenty-fifth anniversary number, he Few men in this country could boast was asked to run over a few of the of a wider range of personal acquaint- figures that stood out in his two ances. Possessing a remarkable per- decades as sporting editor and of his sonality, he seldom was forgotten by golfing experiences he wrote: men who met him while, on the other Of the golfing lights that pass before hand, he had a great faculty for re- us on the screen, none was more welcome membering names and faces. than Willie Smith, then out at Midlothian Death came to him on one of the big C. C. I urged him to go into the first west- ern professional, or open, tourney, which he days of his life. His eldest son, won, out at Glen View and accompanied Edward G. Westlake, Jr., a lieutenant him to Baltimore subsequently, where he in the new national army was to leave won the national open title. the following day to join the Rockford HE GOT THE CHAMP'S CLUBS camp and father and son had spent the Many times when in Old —Willie day downtown saying farewells. Those Smith is the undisputed champion golfer of who knew him said his pride in his Old Mexico and has been for years—and big boy made the experience one of my Spanish failed me, Smith was there to the happiest in his life, despite his see that I got what I wanted. His brother, , also a great winner of cham- sorrow in parting. pionships, dropped in one day after winning Returning home he dined with his the western and declared he would beat 198THE AMERICAN GOLFER

Willie Anderson at his home links, at that W. G. A. to give him a medal commemora- time Onwentsia, or make me the finest set tive of his prowess, in addition to the cash of clubs he ever built since his club-making prize. This fight for Anderson bore fruit. days at and St. Andrews. There it was that I framed up the first Well, Anderson trimmed the champ and golf-course may for Jackson Park, naming I got the clubs. the holes, with the assistance of Slason Louis N. James, former national amateur Thompson of Lake Forest, and gave the public-links movement its impetus that has champion and a Glen View star, once of- not lost its energy here. There it was that fered me $250 for that set. So far as I little "Chick" Evans, a caddy at Edgewater know, Willie Marshall, pro at Onwentsia, —now a champion looking for more honors still has them tucked away in a locker for —came occasionally for advice, the Rogers me, giving them attention once in a while Park lad having admitted recently to my to keep them from drying out—wooden wife that he looked upon the veteran golf clubs—and losing the dogwood or persim- editor of Chicago as a sort of a father. mon wood head. I gave him advice and he thanked me The mighty made me for it. There it was that I asked the query happy when he visited my office at the time point-blank of W. A. Alexander if he he was making his first tour of the United would give the women a cup that should States. He won the world's open champion- stand perpetually as the symbol of the ship at the Chicago Golf Club, Dave Bell, Women's Western Golf Association cham- the slashing driver from Midlothian, win- pionship trophy and got the costly cup im- ning the championship. mediately. HOLD INDIGNATION MEETING Oh, well, the screen is bright for a mo- ment—what's the use of continuing with this Returned pros from the national open reverie? Pretty nearly every sporting world tourney at Myopia held their indignation character of any importance who came to meeting, denouncing the treatment they had Chicago naturally paid visits to the news- received at the Massachusetts , in papers, and I had my share of callers." my office. It was there that I took up the cudgels for , winner of the He is survived by his widow, Mrs. in 299, at Cleveland in 1902, the first time a championship on a full Katherine Stark Westlake, two sons, course of more than 6,000 yards ever had Edward, G., Jr., and William, and his been won in a total under 300, to get the father Richard Westlake. THE WESTERN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP WHEN of the White- Club of Minneapolis in 1916, and the marsh Valley Country Club holed his best in the western, outside of Smith's final putt of his fourth round of the work in 1905, was 286 by Walter Western Open championship at the Hagen of Rochester, N. Y., at the Blue Westmoreland Country Club of Chi- Mound Club of Milwaukee in 1916. cago on Sept. 15, he secured his second The Minikahda course measured win of the classic and set a record 6,150 yards, Blue Mound, 5916 and total of 283. Westmoreland, 6446. Eliminating a total of 278 made by Barnes won first prize of $300 and Arthur Smith of Columbus, when he took the special prize of $25 for the won the title in 1905 over the Cincin- best single round, a 67 on his first cir- nati Golf Club course, which cuit of the course, which cut was five measured approximately 4770 yards. strokes under par and two under the Barnes's score is the lowest ever made previous record of 69 made by Jock in a national or western open event. Hutchison of Glen View, when prac- The best previous mark in the na- ticing for the western open. tional was 286 made by Mr. Charles , of Rochester, was Evans, Jr., at the Minikahda Golf second with 285 which netted him THE AMERICAN GOLFER199

$200, third with 286, breaking entry of over 140 and of this getting $100, Emmet French of York, number 136 started. It was the strong- Pa., fourth with 292, the prize being est field that ever has competed in the $75, while Fred McLeod, of Washing- western classic and with the addition ton D. C, received $50 for fifth prize of Mr. Charles Evans, Jr., Mr. Jerome with a total of 294. Travers and Mr. Ouimet, to strengthen Allowing that the Westmoreland the amateur contingent, and several course has few woods or shrubbery professionals who did not enter, it trouble and that its greens are large would have been a representative field and the approaches to them rather for a national open tournament. open, these facts do not detract from Given the choice of a trio of players the fine performances of the leaders, as the strongest championship possi- and the average of 70¾ made by the bilities it is probable a big majority tall Cornishman stands as one of the would have selected Barnes, Jock best performances in a championship Hutchison and Walter Hagen, and this tournament. Its brilliancy is em- selection would have been justified as

J. M. BARNES (on the left) and FRED. MCLEOD on the home green at Westmoreland. BARNES getting a line on his final putt for the western open title. phasized by the fact that many of the Hutchison the last of the three finished professionals were unable to gauge the six strokes ahead of Emmet French, speedy greens. Conditions, however, who was fourth. were as alike for all as could be ob- Barnes owed his victory largely to tained. his record-breaking round of 67 on The size of the field led the W. G. his initial circuit of the course. In A. officials to extend play into the this round he was only off the course third day and this gave everyone ample three times. He was trapped at the time to finish in good light, and second hole, 404 yards, to the right weather conditions practically were of the green, but scored a par 4. At similar for every contestant. the long seventeenth, after driving 325 The extension was made by a record yards, he sliced his mashie pitch to a 200 THE AMERICAN GOLFER

trap on the right and took five, one G. Nicholls, Great Neck, N. Y 73 75 148 G. O. Simpson, Oak Park 74 74 148 over par. These were offset by twos E. French, York, Pa 74 75 149 H. Turpie, Rochester, Minn 77 72 149 at the fourth and eighth holes. At the W. C. Sherwood, Memphis 74 75 149 T. MacNamara, New York 79 70 149 first of these he holed a chip shot from L. Longstaff, Oshkosh 79 71 150 A. Hackbarth, Hinsdale 75 75 150 off the green, and at the second he W. Kidd, St. Louis 73 77 150 G. Turnbull, Midlothian 78 73 151 put his tee shot six feet from the pin. T. McQuarrie, Rock Island 77 74 151 W. Hunter, St. Louis . 76 75 151 This 67 gave him a lead of three J. Roseman, Westmoreland 75 76 151 T. Boyd, Fox Hills, N. Y 79 72 151 strokes over Jock Hutchison of Glen C. Hackbarth, Cincinnati 74 77 151 R. Maconald, Indian Hill 76 75 151 View and Frank Adams of Beverly, A. Clarkson, Minneapolis 78 73 151 N. Clarke, Woodhill 77 75 152 who each had 70. E. Loeffler, Oakmont 78 75 153 G. Sargent, Minneapolis 76 77 153 On the second day Barnes and J. J. Burke, Wheaton 74 79 153 J. Croke, Exmoor 77 76 153 Hutchison each scored 71 and Hagen W. E. Mehlhorn, Calumet 75 79 154 W. Nelson, Indianapolis 78 76 154 had a wonderfully fine round of 70, L. Deigel, Detroit 74 80 154 which would have been a 68 had not D. Livie, Lake Geneva 76 78 154 E. Loos, Philadelphia 73 81 154 two six foot putts looked into the cups. A. Smith, Wykagyl 76 78 154 R. Peebles, Champaign, Ill 78 76 154

WALTER HAGEN (putting) and M. J. BRADY on the home green at Westmoreland.

Barnes at this stage led the field with A. Cunningham, Wheeling, W. Va. 77 79 156 P. Welsh, Butler, Pa 75 10 156 138, Hutchison having 141 and Hagen, M. McIntyre, Beloit, Wis 78 78 156 J. J. O'Brien, Beaver Falls, Pa 78 79 157 144, and it did not seem possible that J. C. Wilson, Kent C. C 82 75 157 R. N. Jans, unattached 80 77 157 one of this trio could miss the title. S. Robson, Clean, N. Y 83 74 157 O. George, Minneapolis 80 77 157 Their cards up to this stage were as E. Nelson, Indianapolis 82 76 158 F. C. Williams, Bloomington, Ind.. 82 77 159 follows: Mr. J. D. W. Archer, Westmoreland 79 80 159 J. Brophy, Fort Mitchell 78 81 159 LEADING SCORES AT 36 HOLES E. Horton, St. Andrew, N. Y 79 80 159 1st. 2d. Tot. E. Townes, Allegheny 79 80 159 J. M. Barnes, Whitemarsh Valley 67 71 138 R. Mair, Glen Oak 83 76 159 J. Hutchison, Glenview 70 71 141 W. Barrett, Ridgemoor 79 80 159 W. Hagen, Rochester 74 70 144 A. Richie, Oconomowoc 81 78 159 F. McLeod, Washington 73 72 145 J. Meehan, Glen Echo 77 83 160 M. J. Brady, Boston ...... 72 74 146 H. C. Walker, Muskegon 77 83 160 J. Donaldson, Chicago 73 73 146 A. Beebe, West End, N. J 80 80 160 F. Adams, Beverly 70 76 146 R. Hunter, Fort Worth 79 81 160 P. O'Hara, Pittsburgh 74 73 147 D. George, Peoria 82 78 160 J. Burgess, Chevy Chase...... 72 75 147 Mr. R. Markwell, Lake Shore 81 79 160 R. H. Craigs, Louisville 76 72 148 Mr. C. B. Devol, Garfield Park. . . . 79 82 161 J. B. Simpson, Milwaukee 74 74 148 J. Carberry, Deer Park, Ill 82 79 161 THE AMERICAN GOLFER201

S. Meister, Aurora...... 80 81 161 H. Brand, Pittsburgh...... 79 82 161 his best vein came home with 70 and W. Brown, Hastings, Neb 83 78 161 R. McNulty, La Grange 78 83 161 was next with 218. W. Lovekin, Milwaukee...... 80 82 162 C. Rowe, Oakmont 80 82 162 Nicholls was paired with Alex Smith E. Garre, Galesburg, Ill 81 81 162 B. Beebe, West End, N. J 82 80 162 and it was something of a novelty to L. Davies, Lincoln, Neb 80 82 162 see these veteran campaigners passing A. Lesperance, Ottawa, Ill 79 83 162 H. E. Flora, Houghton, Mich 83 79 162 the club house going to the 15th hole, C. Fraser, La Crosse 82 80 162 Jeff Adams, Port Huron 82 81 163 followed by a gallery of two. D. Wilson, Hartland, Wis 82 81 163 W. E. Dalgleish, Hammond 84 80 164 The cards of the leaders were: Mr. F. Noble, Butte, Mont 80 84 164 A. McBride, Pittsburgh 83 81 164 J. Morton, Racine 83 81 164 Mr. D. A. Foster, Beloit 78 86 164 MORNING T. Edwards, Steubenville 80 84 164 Hutchison: J. Gatherum, Windsor 84 80 164 Mr. F. C. Stiles, Jr., Westmoreland 78 86 164 Out—3 5 4 4 4 5 4 3 3—35 J. Herd, South Shore 81 84 165 Hagen: E. C. Williams, unattached 82 83 165 F. R. Stellar, Pt. Pleasant, N. J... 85 81 166 Out—4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4—34 H. B. Wassow, Janesville 81 85 166 R. B. Barnhart, Oakhill 89 77 166 Barnes: C. Raddatz, Beverly 83 83 166 Out—4 5 5 4 4 6 4 4 4—40 T. Stevens, Minneapolis 80 86 166 W. V. Hoare, Omaha 81 85 166 Par: Mr. R. Bensinger, Lake Shore 84 82 166 Out—4 5 4 3 4 5 4 3 4—36 Mr. E. J. Barker, Butte, Mont. . . . 88 79 167 C. Longstaff, Appleton, Wis 85 82 167 Hutchison: F. Brand, Pittsburgh 88 79 167 In —4 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 5—35—70 W. N. Brown, Westward Ho 87 80 167 W. B. Schatz, Evansville 85 82 167 Hagen: P. W. Henry, Wequetonsing, Mich. 89 80 169 J. Caldwell, Midland, Kewanee . . 87 82 169 In —4 4 4 4 3 4 3 5 4—35—69 J. B. Sloan, Ludington, Mich 83 86 169 Barnes: F. A. Gariepy, Harbor Point 84 85 169 Mr. W. E. Code, Wheaton 84 86 170 In —3 5 3 5 3 4 3 5 4—34—74 R. L. Kober, Sheboygan, Wis. . . 90 81 171 Par: In —4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 5—36—72 The last number to qualify was 161 leaving a field of 68 players for the DISTANCES 36 holes of the final day. Out 341 484 347 211 331 525 409 150 425-3,223 Barnes opened his third round In 320 391 441 361 177 350 305 425 453-3,223 poorly and it looked as if he would Total—6,446 fritter away his chances on the put- Leading score at 54 holes: ting green. He went one over par at the third hole, and at the sixth pulled FIFTY-TWO HOLES Jock Hutchison, Glen View 141 70 211 his second shot so close to the bound- J. M. Barnes, Whitemarsh 138 74 212 W. Hagen, Rochester 144 69 213 ary he had to stand against a wire Fred McLeod, Washington 145 72 217 Gil Nicholls, New York 148 70 218 fence to get his shot. He reached M. J. Brady, Boston 146 74 220 the green in three and took three putts. James Donaldson, Chicago 146 75 221 E. French, York, Pa 149 72 221 This gave him a total of 28 for six P. O'Hara, Pittsburgh 147 74 221 Frank Adams, Beverly 146 76 222 holes, while Hagen and Hutchison, T. MacNamara, New York 149 74 223 Alfred Hackbarth, Hinsdale 150 74 224 who were ahead of him had 22 and William Kidd, St. Louis 150 74 224 W. C. Sherwood, Memphis 149 75 224 25 respectively. Each of them at this T. McQuarrie, Rock Island 151 74 225 R. H. Craigs, Louisville 148 78 226 point had 266. Barnes reached the Bob McDonald, Indian Hill 151 75 226 E. Loeffler, Oakmont, Pa 153 74 227 turn in 40, Hutchison in 35 and Hagen W. E. Mehlhorn, Calumet...... 154 73 227 G. O. Simpson, Oak Park 148 79 227 in 34. They were about equal coming L. Diegel, Detroit 154 74 228 J. Burgess, Chevy Chase, Md. . . . . 147 81 228 home and at the end of the round William Hunter, St. Louis 151 77 228 Bob Peebles, Champaign, Ill...... 154 74 228 Hutchison led with 211, Barnes hav- J. B. Simpson, Milwaukee 148 80 228 O. Hackbarth, Cincinnati 151 77 228 ing 212 and Hagen 213. G. Turnbull, Midlothian 151 78 229 J. J. Burke, Wheaton 153 76 229 Fred McLeod, who had 72 was Joe Roseman, Westmoreland 151 79 230 Tom Boyd, Fox Hill 151 79 230 fourth at this stage with 217, while J. J. O'Brien, Beaver Falls, Pa. . . 157 74 231 Jack Croke, Exmoor 153 78 231 the veteran Gil Nicholls, playing in G. Sargent, Interlachen 153 78 231 202THE AMERICAN GOLFER

H. Turpie, Rochester, Minn 149 83 232 reached the turn in 38, putting his A. Clarkson, Minneapolis 161 81 232 W. Nelson, Indianapolis 154 78 232 chance on the ragged edge. He needed E. Townes, Allegheny, Pa 159 74 233 Edw. Loos, Philadelphia 154 79 233 something better than normal golf to Dave Livie, Lake Geneva 154 79 233 A. Cunningham, Wheeling, W. Va. 156 77 233 put himself back in the running, but E. Horton, St. Andrews 159 75 234 P. Walsh, Butler, Pa 156 78 234 this was not forthcoming, and the N. Clarke, Woodhill 152 82 234 Neal McIntyre, Beloit, Wis 156 79 235 doughty Scotchman had to be satisfied S. Robson, Olean, N. Y 157 79 236 Alex. Smith, Wykagyl 154 74 238 with third place. R. Hunter, Fort Worth 160 78 238 William Barrett, Ridgemoor 159 80 239 Hagen opened with a par 4, but at Otis George, Minneapolis 157 83 240 J. Carberry, Deer Park, Ill 161 79 240 the second hole his drive just trickled Jas. Meehan, Glen Echo, St. Louis 160 81 241 Erwin Nelson, Indianapolis 158 83 241 into a trap on the right. He had to P. N. Jans, unattached 157 85 242 Mr. J. D. W. Archer, Westmoreland 159 84 243 take a goat stance and reach down for J. C. Wilson, Kent C. C 157 86 243 Mr. C. B. Devol, Garfield 161 83 244 the ball, which went twenty yards up the course, and he finished with a 5. THE FINAL ROUND Three putts on the next green were THE FINAL LEG of the tournament the reverse of encouraging, but he was staged in beautiful weather and played perfect golf to the turn. a gallery of several hundred was on A birdie three at the eleventh hole

J. M. BARNES (putting) and FRED. MCLEOD on the home green at Westmoreland. BARNES had a six- foot putt for a 70 which he missed, leaving him a ten-inch putt. hand. Hutchison who was paired was a ray of sunshine, but he went one with W. C. Sherwood of Memphis got over par at the short seventeenth, being an early start and the major portions short on his approach putt. At the of the gallery divided and followed sixteenth, 305 yards, he drove to the Hagen and Brady or Barnes and Mc- edge of the green and laid his approach Leod. dead. On the home green he was Hutchison started the crucial round seventy feet short on his second, and with a five, his putt for a par four was ten feet short on the run-up. jumping out of the cup. This mishap Barnes started better than his two was followed by a drive to the rough, predecessors. A fine approach after a and with things breaking badly he sliced drive at the second hole gave THE AMERICAN GOLFER 203 him a seven foot putt for a four, which AFTERNOON CARDS he made for a birdie. He took three Hagen: putts at the short fourth, then hit par Out—4 5 5 3 4 4 4 3 4—36 to the turn, going out in 36. This left Hutchison: Out—5 5 4 3 4 5 5 3 4—38 him a margin of 37 to come home in, Barnes: and he began the last lap with a birdie Out—4 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 4—36 three, due to a fine chip shot to three Par: feet from the pin. Out—4 5 4 3 4 5 4 3 4—36 Hagen: Five holes in par all were rivets in In —4 3 5 4 4 4 3 4 5—36—72 helping to fasten down the title, and Hutchison: when he made another fine chip shot In —4 4 5 4 3 5 3 5 4—37—75 and notched a birdie three on the six- Barnes: teenth, nothing but an explosion could In —3 4 4 4 3 4 3 5 5—35—71 Par: upset him. He putted for a three on In —4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 5—36—72 the sixteenth, 425 yards, and took five. At the home hole, 453 yards, he was FINAL STANDING home in two in easy sailing. His sixty 1st 2d half half Tot. foot approach was six feet from the J. M. Barnes, Philadelphia 138 145 283 W. Hagen, Rochester, N. Y 144 141 285 cup and he was down in two more. J. Hutchison, Glen View 141 145 286 E. French, York, Pa 149 143 292 Although Barnes finished two F. McLeod, Washington, D. C...... 145 149 294 P. O'Hara, Pittsburgh 147 149 296 strokes ahead, the finish might have Jas. Donaldson, Chicago 146 150 296 G. Nicholls, New York 148 148 296 been closer. At the last hole in the T. MacNamara, New York 149 148 297 F. Adams, Beverly 146 152 298 morning he pulled his long iron second M. J. Brady, Boston 146 152 298 Wm. Kidd, St. Louis 150 149 299 into thick shrubbery to the left of the W. C. Sherwood, Memphis 149 150 299 W. E. Mehlhorn, Calumet 154 146 300 green and played another ball in case Robt. MacDonald, Indian Hill 151 149 300 the other was out of bounds. This J. B. Simpson, Milwaukee 148 152 300 E. Loeffler, Oakmont, Pa 153 147 300 went 16 feet past the pin. L. Diegel, Detroit 154 148 302 A. Hackbarth, Hinsdale 150 152 302 G. O. Simpson, Oak Park 148 154 302 The club has a local rule which per- G. Turnbull, Midlothian 151 151 302 T. McQuarrie, Rock Island 151 152 303 mits dropping out of the shrubbery at Wm. Hunter, St. Louis 151 152 303 that particular spot, without penalty. Alex. Smith, Wykagyl 154 150 304 R. H. Craigs, Louisville 148 157 305 The matter was referred to Assistant O. Hackbarth, Cincinnati 151 154 305 J. Croke, Exmoor 153 152 305 Secretary Higgins of the W. G. A., G. Sargent, Minneapolis 153 153 306 T. Boyd, Fox Hill 151 155 306 who stated the executive committee J. Burgess, Chevy Chase, Md 147 159 306 J. J. Burke, Wheaton 153 153 306 had ruled on that particular spot and J. J. O'Brien, Beaver Falls, Pa. . . 157 150 307 Edw. Loos, Philadelphia 154 154 307 so allowed Barnes to drop back to the Bob Peebles, Champaign, Ill 154 153 307 E. Townes, Allegheny, Pa 159 153 312 bushes. Jim made a pretty chip shot A. Cunningham, Wheeling, W. Va.. . 156 151 307 E. Horton, St. Andrews, N. Y 159 148 307 five feet from the pin and nailed his H. Turpie, Rochester, Minn...... 148 162 310 N. McIntyre, Beloit, Wis 156 154 310 four. A. Clarkson, Minneapolis 151 160 311 P. Walsh, Butler, Pa 156 157 313 He had a cinch five with the other N. Clarke, Woodhill 152 161 313 D. Livie, Lake Geneva 154 159 313 ball so it would not have affected the J Roseman, Westmoreland 151 163 314 R. Hunter, Ft. Worth 160 158 318 ultimate result except that the last Wm. Brown, Hastings, Neb 161 158 319 W. Nelson, Indianapolis 154 165 319 three holes in the afternoon would S. Robson, Olean, N. Y 157 162 319 J. Carberry, Deer Park, Ill. 161 159 320 have been a little more of a strain. Jas. Meehan, St. Louis 160 163 323 Otis George, Minneapolis 157 166 323 However, that does not excuse the Mr. J. D. W. Archer, Westmoreland 159 164 323 W. G. A. officials, after many years Mr. C. B. Devol, Garfield 161 163 324 of experience from not posting plainly MUCH PRAISE is due the Westmore- the adoption of any local rule. land Club for its treatment of the 204 THE AMERICAN GOLFER

professionals who were made to feel Mike Brady, Boston 76 73 149 J. J. O'Brien, Beaver Falls 73 76 149 at home. In addition, through the ef- C. A. Rowe, Pittsburgh 75 75 150 William Kidd, St. Louis 75 75 150 forts of Chairman George W. Springer G. Sargent, Interlachen 75 76 151 P. Walsh, Butler, Pa 77 75 152 and Mr. N. C. Naylor, assisted by J. A. Donaldson, Chicago 80 72 152 professional Joe Roseman, the club T. MacNamara, New York 77 76 153 staged two preliminary events dona- AFTER SECURING the honor of being ting $700 in cash for the professionals. the first golfer to score a one at the The first was an amateur-profession- Earlington Golf and Country Club, al best ball event at 18 holes and was Dr. W. J. Ford was besieged with re- won by Mr. C. A. Rowe, Westmore- quests for the prescription. He se- land (11) and M. J. Brady with a card cured his single at the third hole which of 67. Mr. T. Gallagher, Ridgemoor is rated as one of the best short holes (14) and E. E. Foord, the veteran on the Pacific coast. English professional now at St. TWELVE YEARS of persistent effort Joseph, Mo., were second with 68. finally gave Dr. G. L. Miller of the Seven pairs tied at 69, and as one of Blue Hills Country Club the cham- the pairs was composed of profession- pionship of Kansas City, as in the als, eight of them divided $90. The final over the tricky Hill Crest course six amateurs tied drew for the awards, he defeated Henry Decker, the twenty- Mr. George F. Henneberry taking year old former title-holder, 3 and 2, third, Mr. J. T. Ling, fourth, and Mr. at 36 holes. Year after year the Christy Brown, fifth. First prize was doctor found himself among the also- $100 and second $60. Those in the rans but still be persisted, and even tie were: when he reached the final the golden 1st. 2d Tot. Charles Rowe, Pittsburg—Emil Loeffler, fleece of his dreams seemed far way Pittsburg 34 35 69 as young Decker had been playing re- J. Burke, Wheaton—W. B. Huey, West- moreland 33 36 69 markably fine golf. When the crucial R. McDonald, Indian Hill—Christy Brown, Glen View (4) 36 33 69 test came, the doctor uncorked a J. Gatherum, Windsor—E. H. Raedel, Westmoreland (3) 35 34 69 short game that recalled the palmy J. J. O'Brien, Beaver Falls—J. T. Ling, Skokie (4) 35 34 69 days of Mr. Walter Travis. He nego- J. A. Donaldson, Chicago G. C.—G. F. Henneberry, Glen View (3) 33 36 69 tiated the straight and curling ap- T. MacNamara, New York—Dewey Weber, Maywood (1) 33 36 69 proach putts so skillfully that his Amateurs received three-quarters youthful opponent finally broke. It of their club handicaps. was a fine win for the veteran and a lesson in the value of persistency. On the following day Eddie Loos of Philadelphia won the 36 holes event ESTES PARK, Colorado, is to become for professionals with a total of 146 a famous golfing center if the plans taking first money of $125. Loos ate of a syndicate headed by Mr. Frank something which did not agree with L. Woodward, of Denver, former him and was sick during the first two president of the U. S. G. A., Mr. rounds of the championship. Thomas B. Stearns of Denver and There were twelve prizes, the lead- Mr. F. O. Stanley of Boston do not ers being: go awry. The syndicate has sub-

1st. 2d. Tot. scribed $20,000 for the purchase of Edward Loos, Philadelphia 74 72 146 120 acres of the former estate of the J. Hutchison, Glen View 72 76 148 Bob McDonald, Indian Hill 72 76 148 Earl of Dunraven in Estes Park. The W. C. Hagen, Rochester 72 77 149 O. Hackbarth, Cincinnati 77 72 149 course will be located in front of the Gil Nicholls, Great Neck, N. Y 73 76 149 THE AMERICAN GOLFER 205 site of the old Dunraven hotel which lowing by some golfers who complain was burned six years ago. of caddy service. They should hire a quartet. has succeeded Tom Nicoll as professional at the MR. JOHN H. WOOD, father of Mr. Country Club of San Jose, California. Warren K. Wood, became a golfing headliner by winning the annual tour- "I'VE BEEN GIVING lessons to all the nament for Grandfathers, held annu- women players in Colorado," said ally at the Flosmoor Country Club, Walter Clark, the Denver Country Chicago, getting a card of 89, 15—74. Club professional, during the progress Mr. J. P. Gardner, father of Mr. of the men's state tournament at Lake- Paul Gardner and uncle of Mr. Robert wood. "The hardest task I find is A. Gardner, was second with 87, 9— teaching some of them the rules. One 78. asked me what to do if her ball went in the creek. Drop another, and lose MR. JOHN D. CADY, former Trans- a stroke, I replied. 'Fine!' she said, mississippi champion, and Mr. Decker 'I'll hit one into the creek and drop French met in the 36 holes final for another on the other side.' " the championship of the Rock Island Arsenal Golf Club. Mr. Cady was MISS FLORENCE HADFIELD of the dormie two but lost the next holes 3— Blue Mound Club of Milwaukee won 4, and 4—5, and Mr. French took the the Wisconsin state championship de- extra hole. feating Miss Marjorie Miller 3 and 1 at the Milwaukee Country Club. HARKING BACK to the early days of golf in Chicago, Mr. William T. P. CLEVELAND'S "" has Wardrop, a veteran member of the been found according to members of Flossmoor Country Club, recalled the the Highland Golf Club, the future days of the World's Fair, when Sir champion being Eddie Hasman, 13- Henry Trueman Wood, the British year old school boy who won the Commissioner and a few foreign born championship of the Cleveland cad- golfers formed the Chicago Golf Club dies. We have seen "Chick Evans" and started play at the Belmont course. many times followed by crowds of "We argued," said Mr. Wardrop, admiring boys but never did he have "whether we should charge five or ten four to assist him as did little dollars as annual dues and finally fixed Hasman. So many of the boys were on the former amount. Later it was anxious to carry his clubs that Eddie advanced to ten and by that time some was in a quandary and compromised by American players had joined the club. taking four of them. Al. Slama was Among them was Mr. Joseph Leiter, the club bearer, Jimmy Pvejsil was and one day he sent out a case of fore caddy, Harry Novotny lugged Scotch whisky. That was the day golf Eddie's coat and Percy Black held really was started in the west." Eddie's watch and took charge of the Mr. Wardrop also recalls his initial flagstick on each green. With this experience in going from his office to able retinue Eddie made the High- the station carrying his clubs. A land course in 39, 42—81. The crowd of small boys followed in his youngster's drives never were less than wake curious to know what new 200 yards. Eddie's plan is worth fol- weapons he was carrying. 206 THE AMERICAN GOLFER

THE Glen Oak Country Club of down; Exmoor, 34 down; Tacoma, 36 Chicago, won the second annual par down; Onwentsia, 40 down; Skokie, competition of the Women's Western 40 down; Blue Mound, Milwaukee, 41 Golf Association, finishing 31 down to down; Evanston, 44 down; Shawnee, par, Exmoor being second, 34 down. Toledo, 45 down; Beloit, Wis., 46 The winning team consisted of Mrs. down; South Shore, 51 down; Inver- Melvin Jones, Miss V. Gardiner, Miss ness, Toledo, 56 down; Edgewater, 61 Marie Powers, and Miss C. Sheean. down; Decatur, Ill., 62; Sheboygan, The leading scores: Glen Oak, 31 Wis., 65 down. THE WESTERN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP FOLLOWING her success in winning player par on the four unplayed holes the Chicago championship, Mrs. Fred she would have come home in 83. C. Letts of the Indian Hill Club, re- The five long holes played in the tained the women's western title by final range from 477 to 550 yards, yet scoring a fine victory over Miss Elaine Mrs. Letts made each of them in 5. V. Rosenthal of the Ravisloe Country Her mashie work was wonderfully Club. In the final at the Flossmoor fine and in this connection it may be Country Club she defeated the North noted that Bob MacDonald, the Indian and South champion, 5 and 4. Hill professional, considers her the Last year at Grand Rapids these best mashie shot player among women players met in the semi-final round at he ever has seen and he has played the Kent Country Club, Mrs. Letts with Miss Ravenscroft and some of winning 3 and 2, and then in the final the other leading players across the defeated Miss Laurie Kaiser of St. water. In a recent round at Indian Louis by a similar margin. Hill, one of the hardest courses in the Mrs. Letts and Miss Rosenthal are west, Mrs. Letts and Macdonald were unquestionably two of the leading all square at nine holes which forces golfers of the country and were logi- the conclusion that the new western cal candidates for the finalist position champion who as Miss Marjorie Dodd and their meeting aroused widespread of Cincinnati, held the Tri-state tennis interest. championship twice, is of national "Unbeatable" is an easy word to championship class. juggle but in this case it may reason- Miss Rosenthal did not play up to ably be applied to the brand of golf form and it was the general opinion Mrs. Letts produced and as fine a she was overgolfed and that weeks of player as Miss Rosenthal is, she never preparation had left her too tense did anything better over the course in when the crucial match arrived. her practice rounds. Preceding the She opened by driving into a trap, championship she had set a record of and Mrs. Letts reaching the green, 512 84 for the 6,439 yards course, which yards, ran her approach close and won is considered to be of championship 5—6. At the short second, 175 yards, caliber and one of the best in the Chi- Miss Rosenthal sliced her tee shot, but cago District. recovered finely and as Mrs. Letts To have beaten Mrs. Letts in the missed a four-foot putt, the Ravisloe final, she would had to have improved player won 3—4, and was all square. on this as allowing the Indian Hill This was the last time they were on THE AMERICAN GOLFER207

even terms as a poor chip shot at the In the other semi-final Miss Rosen- long third cost Miss Rosenthal the hole thal won from Miss Florence Hadfield 6—5. A dead approach from 50 yards of Blue Mound, the 17-year old Wis- gave Mrs. Letts the 6th hole and she consin champion. Miss Hadfield who won the seventh when her opponent is of sturdy build is the longest driver pitched into the pond. in the west, but lacks tournament ex- perience. With a little more of this Another fine approach at the 8th she will be a candidate for national netted Mrs. Leets a win 4—5, and she honors. Miss Rosenthal won 3 and 1. was 4 up. Another fine young player who At the ninth hole Miss Rosenthal made her initial tournament appear- approached close from 50 yards and ance was Miss Lois Stumer of Ravis- won with a birdie 4. Mrs. Letts who loe, who is 16 years of age. She was out in 40, was 3 up. She took the reached the third round. long 10th, 483 yards, in par 4, Miss Mrs. David Gaut of Memphis must Rosenthal slicing her drive and then pulling to the rough across the course. Mrs. Letts was short from the tee at the 11th green, 138 yards and lost 4— 3, but won the long 12th, 477 yards in 5, and clinched the match at the 14th, 296 yards, where a drive and an iron left her a five-foot putt for a birdie 3. The yardage of the course is:

Out 512 175 550 313 498 315 126 330 382-3,201 In 483 138 477 109 296 434 350 461 490-3,238

The cards: Mrs. Letts: Out—5 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 5—40 Miss Rosenthal: Out—6 3 6 4 5 5 6 5 4—44 Par: Out—6 3 6 4 6 4 3 5 5—42 WOMEN'S WESTERN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP. (On Mrs. Letts: left), MRS. DAVID GAUT, of Memphis. (On right), MISS ERNESTINE PEARCE, of Chicago. In —5 4 5 4 3 x x x x—21—61 Miss Rosenthal: not be overlooked. She has been play- In —7 3 6 4 5 x x x x—25—69 Par: ing three years and showed remarkable In —6 3 6 3 4 x x x x—22—64 form. She won the championship consolation from Miss Ernestine Miss Vida Llewellyn of LaGrange, Pearce, who was a semi-finalist in the champion in 1909, who in recent years national event at Onwentsia. Miss has devoted most of her time to music, Pearce had two rounds of 85 in this gave Mrs. Letts her hardest battle, the flight, and in the final was all square champion winning in the semi-final at the 18th hole. Mrs. Gaut won the round 2 up and having some luck at extra hole, 512 yards, with an eagle the finish by jumping the ditch. 4. Mrs. Gaut carried Miss Hadfield 208 THE AMERICAN GOLFER

to the home green in the championship, Flossmoor trophy—Mrs. A. Printz, the cards being 87 and 86. Cleveland, defeated Mrs. S. K. Poole, The field numbered 135, a record South Shore, 2 and 1. entry, the most notable absentees being Association trophy—Mrs. I. W. Miss Mildred Smith of Evanston, and Case, Detroit, defeated Mrs. W. B. Mrs. Luther Kennett, her sister, a Brown, Hinsdale 4 and 3. former California champion. Mrs. Holden of Cincinnati, formerly Miss Painter, Miss Laurie Kaiser, who has married and moved to Iowa, and Mrs. H. D. Hammond of Indianapolis have played little this year and were among the missing. Last year the contestants played the initial round in a temperature of 95 and this year had to combat a gale which made the scores high. Mrs. Samuel Kunstadter, champion of Ravisloe and Miss E. Pearce of Skokie tied for the low score medal at 92, the former getting 43, 49—92 and the latter 44, 48—92. Mrs. Kunstadter won the playoff. The qualifying scores were: Out. In. Tot. Miss E. Pearce, Skokie 48 44 92 Mrs. S. Kunstadter, Idlewild 43 49 92 Mrs. John Worley, Aurora 47 46 93 Miss C. Lee, Beverly 46 48 93 Miss F. Hadfield, Milwaukee 47 46 93 Mrs. R. H. Smalley, Windsor 46 47 93 Mrs. M. Jones, Glen Oak 48 46 94 Mrs. C. Martyn, Flossmoor 44 50 94 Miss E. Rosenthal, Ravisloe 53 42 95 Mrs. J. H. Livsey, Detroit 46 49 95 Mrs. E. E. Harwood, Windsor. . . . . 44 51 95 Mrs. F. Brundage, Olympia 48 47 95 Miss L. Hunter, Memphis 48 47 95 Mrs. H. R. Kasson, South Shore . . 45 51 96 Miss E. Chatfield, Kishwaukee . . . 49 47 96 Mrs. Warren McArthur, Flossmoor . . . . . 50 46 96 Miss G. Curtain, Windsor 47 50 97 Miss V. Llewellyn, La Grange .... 52 45 97 Mrs. D. Gaut, Memphis 50 47 97 Miss L. Fergus, Glen View 48 49 97 MRS. SAMUEL KUNSTADTER. Champion Ravisloe Mrs. E. H. Evans, Evanston 50 48 98 Country Club, Chicago. Winner of qualifying Miss M. Ford, Flossmoor 53 45 98 Miss M. Edwards, Midlothian 48 50 98 round in women's western championship at Mrs. J. W. Douglass, Westmoreland.. 49 49 98 Flossmoor. Miss F. Wikoff, Beverly 50 49 99 Miss F. Ellis, Midlothian . 48 51 99 Solace trophy—Mrs. J. P. Gardner, Miss C. Lukens, Edgewater 48 51 99 Miss C. Kuhnert, Midlothian 47 53 100 Flossmoor, defeated Mrs. G. S. Wood, Miss E. Allen, Rock Island 46 54 100 Miss L. Stumer, Ravisloe 48 53 101 Bob O'Link, 2 and 1. Mrs. F. S. Colburn, Glen View. . . . 49 53 102 ALTHOUGH several of California's Finals in other flights resulted as best golfers were unable to compete follows: in the twentieth annual championship Championship consolation—Mrs. D. at Del Monte, a strong field was Gaut, Memphis, defeated Miss E. present, among the contestants being Pearce, Skokie, 1 up, 19 holes. Mr. Rudolph Wilhelm, the Northwest THE AMERICAN GOLFER209 champion. Champion Douglas Grant was elected president of the state as- won the low score honors with a card sociation, Mr. J. W. Long of Los of 70, 74—144, Dr. C. H. Walter of Angeles, being vice-president and Mr. San Jose, having 70, 75—145. Mr. Harry Roberts, secretary and treas- Jack Neville was third with 153 fol- urer. lowed by Mr. George T. Cline with MR. JOHN ELLSWORTH of South 156 and Mr. E. K. Johnson of San Bend, Indiana, who is something of Jose with a similar total. In the first a philosopher, says: "Allow your round champion Grant defeated Mr. Russell Smith of Portland, Ore., 3 and 2, Mr. Neville defeated Mr. Vincent Whitney, 7 and 6 and Mr. Wilhelm won from Mr. W. H. Crocker, 7 and 6. The semi-final produced sensational golf on the part of Mr. Grant who upset Mr. Neville by a margin of 6 and 4. Mr. Grant made the double round of the course in 133, getting 68 in the morning and 65 in the after- noon. Mr. Neville had 70 in the morning and was 3 down. Luck was with Mr. Grant when he holed the 11th hole, 227 yards, in one. Dr. C. H. Walter went into the final by de- feating Dr. A. Don Hines, 9 and 8. Dr. Walter won the final from Mr. Grant, 1 up, sinking a 15-foot putt on the 36th green. The doctor overcame a lead of 4 holes secured by his op- ponent who scores a 72 in the morn- ing, squaring the match on the ninth green of the second round. Miss Kathleen Wright, a young player from Pasadena, won the women's title from Mrs. Guy Coch- rane of Los Angeles, 7 and 6. Three days after losing the amateur MR. RUDOLPH WILHELM, of the Portland (Ore.) title, Mr. Grant won the open cham- Golf Club. Pacific Northwest Amateur Cham- pionship with rounds of 75, 73, 72, 73, pion and also Oregon State Champion. for a total of 283. Harold Sampson the mind to trickle down your club and Del Monte professional, who led on tell the ball where to go." Comment- the first day with 73—70, finished ing on this, Neal O'George, a column second with 296, his second day's conductor, who is a rival of George rounds being 75 and 78. Dr. Walter O'Neil, says: "We know a lot of play- was third with 299 and Mr. Neville ers who tell the ball where to go but, tied with John Black at 301. for the ball's sake, hope none of them Mr. J. O. Tobin of San Francisco, go there." 210THE AMERICAN GOLFER

MR. BASIL G. WYRICK, secretary of to understand just what Miss Fergus the Chicago Press Golf Club, con- meant, but so commanding was her tributes the following: tone that he trotted obediently over to Dog culture and the training of ca- the lady and laid the ball repentantly nines for various purposes have long at her feet on the green. been advocated by many people. Dogs Miss Edwards thought this action have been used as messengers, medical was the cutest thing, but Mrs. Worley relief and so forth, but not until re- was unable to see the joke, and was cently have their actions ever reflected further provoked when on the thir- on a sporting event. teenth hole, after a particularly good At the recent women's Western golf shot just off the green, Mr. Pup hap- championship at Flossmoor a new use pened along and again scooped up her of the dog was discovered. To be ball this time and with the evident in- sure, it was a mean, despicable, un- tention of showing no partiality trot- sportsmanlike and everything else sort ted off and dropped the pellet behind of use, but at the same time the prin- a trap, giving the Aurora player a cipals of the action had no hand in the difficult lie. Subsequent investigation episode. was unable to prove that Miss Ed- It happened when Miss Majorie Ed- wards was the owner of the dog. wards, of Midlothian, played with Mrs. The ball had to be played from J. Worley, of Aurora. The dog in where it was deposited both times, due question was a young collie, a playful to the fact that the dog was an out- little thing much petted by the ladies. side agency and that both balls were That collie had the time of its young in motion at the time when interfered life gamboling about on the links all with. There is a new field open for week, being hit by golf balls and being any professional who is kind hearted chased by domestics affiliated with the and would like to train dogs. No club menial duties about the club. Getting can afford to be without one. tired of local surroundings at last, the DR. F. W. MCCRIMMOM was elec- pup became venturesome and ad- ted president of the Montana Golf vanced into the previously unknown State Golf Association organized at regions of the twelfth fairway. There the Butte Country Club. Other of- Miss Edwards and Mrs. Worley were ficers are: Vice-president, Dr. C. H. pursuing their balls in conflict, each Head, Helena; treasurer, Mr. Louis intent on ending the competitive spirit Babcock, Billings; secretary, Mr. A. rampant in the other. T. Morgan, Butte. The state cham- Miss Edwards' approach trickled up pionship was won by Mr. E. J. Barker toward the green. With a squeal of of Butte; Mrs. I. M. Wheeler of joy the dog bounded at the gutty, Butte, landing the women's title. grabbed it in his mouth and was off, Frank Noble, the Butte professional, gyrating in mad circles, endeavoring won . in some way to connect the white sphere with the extremity of his tail. IN PLACE OF its regular champion- Miss Louise Fergus, of Glen View, ship tournament the Indiana Golf As- standing on the twelfth green, viewed sociation staged a State Red Cross with horror the unseemly actions of tournament at the Kokomo Country the pup and frantically called to him Club and Mr. A. V. Conrad, chairman to drop the ball. The dog did not seem of the finance committee was able to THE AMERICAN GOLFER 211 turn over $820.55 to the Red Cross Mr. Macan, who is now convales- fund. cing in Dublin, , was one of the Mr. Herman Sielken of the River- leading golfers on the Pacific coast, side Club had both low gross and net having won the Pacific northwest in the 36 hole Red Cross individual championship at Butte in 1913, in ad- championship and took the gross prize, dition to honors taken in other big the net reverting to Mr. W. B. Sparks tourneys in the west. of Terre Haute. Mr. Bert Wilber of ANOTHER golfing prodigy has come Highlands was runner-up in the gross into the spot light, this time in Kansas. column. The 18 holes team event was Master Arthur Bonebrake, the 16-year won by the Riverside team of Indian- old player of the Shawnee Golf Club apolis composed by Messrs. Jess Moss- won the Kansas State title from Mr. ier, C. G. Haughton, H. Sielken and H. L. Armstrong at the Topeka Robert Resener. Country Club, 10 and 8. In their total was 332, Mr. Sielken Bonebrake made the first round of leading with 76. In the afternoon Mr. the nine-holes course in 38, his op- Charles Evans, Jr. and Mr. R. Resener ponent taking 44. The youngster made defeated Mr. Bert Wilber, State the next nine in 37, and was 6 up, his champion, and Mr. William Diddel of opponent taking 38. Riverside, the Central States cham- pion, 3 and 1. Mr. Evans had rounds MR. RAY BRANSON of Mitchell won of 34—36, Mr. Wilber getting 40—41. the championship of South Dakota Mr. Diddel had 41 and 38 and his from Mr. Clem Minor of Aberdeen, partner, 37 and 41. 7 and 6, in the final at Sioux Falls. Half the population of Kokomo IF GOLF INTERFERES with nursing turned out to see the national cham- your baby, move closer to the links. pion, it being his first visit to the city. That's the motto of Mrs. Hubert L. Smith, who's out for the Ridgemoor WOUNDED in the celebrated charge Club golf championship of Chicago. of Canadian troops upon Vimy Ridge, When Virginia second arrived, Mrs. developing blood poison in his foot Smith had to cut down on her golf that eventually necessitated the ampu- rations. tation of the member and the sub- Not so with the new baby. She just stitution of an artificial arrangement, moved into a house alongside the links. Lieut. A. Vernon Macan of Victoria, Now she goes out and plays nine holes, B. C., erstwhile famous golfer and returns and nurses the baby, and re- sportsman of the Pacific coast, who peats. joined the oversea force of Canadians "Golfers are born, not made," said at the outbreak of the war, has written Mrs. Smith. to E. C. Wagner of the Seattle Golf She thinks her two daughters will club, expressing the hope that he may be mighty proficient on the links. again return to the Pacific northwest Mrs. Smith was runner-up. and compete in some of the tourneys which formerly afforded him so much THE Nebraska Womens State Golf pleasure. Association championship which was "I will have to learn golf all over played at the Happy Hollow Club, again, with this new pedal arrange- Omaha, was won by Mrs. J. T. ment of mine," he explained. Stewart, 2d, who beat Mrs. E. H. 212THE AMERICAN GOLFER

Sprague in the final by 3 and 2. Mrs. with a score of 333 for 72 holes, Mr. Sprague and Mrs. Walter G. Silver Ralph Hogen being second with 336. tied for the low score in the qualifying MR. HAROLD WEBER of the Inver- round. ness Club retained his title of Toledo, The championship was conducted as Ohio, City champion, with a score of a patriotic tournament and the sum of 323 for 72 holes play, being 13 strokes $265, was turned over to the Red less than his clubmate, Mr. Bob Cross funds. Stranahan. Mr. Frank Southard of The 1917-1918 officers are as fol- Inverness was third with 347. lows: Mrs. Walter G. Silver, presi- dent; Mrs. F. M. Crane, first vice- IN THE FINAL of the West Virginia president; Mrs. W. B. Tagg, second patriotic golf tournament which was vice-president; Miss Louise Pound, played at the Wheeling Country Club third vice-president; Mrs. Allan course, Mr. J. Pollock, Jr., beat Mr. Palmer, Secretary and Mrs. F. J. W. E. Rownd by the large margin of Despecher, treasurer. 11 up and 10 to play. Mr. Rownd beat State Champion G. W. Hewitt in MR. W. J. FOYE of the Omaha the second round by 2 and 1. Country Club was elected president Mr. Pollock was also the medalist of the Nebraska State Golf Associa- in the qualifying round with a fine 34, tion succeeding Mr. S. R. McKelvie of Lincoln. Mr. F. B. Wead of the 37—71, Mr. J. Wells being next with Happy Hollow Club was elected vice- 78 followed by Mr. G. W. Hewitt, 79. president and Mr. W. E. Shafer, 2d, The entrance fees were turned over of Happy Hollow, was re-elected to the Red Cross funds and quite a Secretary-Treasurer. Three new di- handsome sum was realized. rectors were elected, Mr. Paul Scott THE Country Club of Virginia won representing the Council Bluffs Row- the team championship of the Virginia ing Association; Mr. John Rees of State Golf Association, beating the Hastings and Mr. H. E. Gooch of Hermitage team in the final round by Lincoln. 8 points to 7. As the Country Club of Virginia has won the cup four THE THIRD annual North Dakota times—in 1912 at Norfolk; in 1913 at State championship brought forth a Hampton; in 1915 at Roanoke and at new champion in the person of Mr. Richmond in the tournament just Guy Hunter of Dickinson, who beat closed—the cup becomes the perma- Mr. Wm. Kostelecky, also of Dickin- nent property of the Club. son, 2 up in the final. At the annual meeting of the Vir- Mrs. Hal Heaton, Dickinson, won ginia State Golf Association the fol- the women's state championship beat- lowing officers were elected for the en- ing Miss Rea of Fargo in the final by suing year; President, Dr. J. W. 3 and 2. Carroll, Oakwood Country Club of Next year's tournament will be held Lynchburg; Vice-president, Mr. Chas. at Fargo. G. Hume, Norfolk Country Club, and MR. J. K. BOLE, the Mayfield Club Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. H.S. Worth- champion, won the Cleveland City ingham, Oakwood Country Club. championship which was played at the The Danville Country Club was ad- Shaker Heights Country Club course mitted to membership. The next State THE AMERICAN GOLFER213 tournament will be played at the Oak- tary-treasurer. It was decided that wood Country Club of Lynchburg on the championship tournament of 1918 Labor Day of next year. would be held at Lakewood.

NATIONAL CHAMPION Charles Evans MR. KENNETH P. EDWARDS won the Jr., still is playing frequently for the championship of the Midlothian Coun- Red Cross and hopes the total amount try Club, defeating Dr. Paul M. he has helped to raise will be over Hunter, 7 and 6. Play in the morning $25,000. Playing with Mr. Ned was mediocre, both men being wild Sawyer, the pair defeated professionals from the tee and putting poorly. Mr. Alex. Ross of Detroit, and Grange Edwards had 78 and Dr. Hunter, 81. Alves of Shaker Heights, by 20 points, The afternoon play was brilliant, scoring being on the Nassau system. Mr. Edwards going fast and playing out the bye holes for a card of 71, MRS. M. A. MCLAUGHLIN won the which equalled the record score made second annual tournament of the by Mr. against him in Colorado Women's Golf Association, the Western amateur championship. retaining the championship. The event Dr. Hunter had 38, 38—76. Mr. was staged at the Denver Country Club Edwards's card was: and the increased interest indicates the association is doing fine work. Out—4 3 3 4 5 5 5 3 4—35 Mrs. McLaughlin won the final In —5 4344345 4—36—71 match from Miss Fannie Campbell, 4 TOM STEVENS, assistant professional and 3. In the semi-final, Miss Camp- at the Minikahda Club of Minneapolis, bell defeated Mrs. Courtland Dines of won the Minnesota State Champion- the Denver Country Club, 4 and 3, ship at Minikahda, with a card of 73, and Mrs. McLaughlin won from Miss 74—147. Twenty-four professionals Frances M. Moffat, 6 and 5. and amateurs competed. Otis George Miss Margaret Fertig of Colorado of Lafayette was second with 75, 73— Springs and Mrs. McLaughlin tied in 148 and of Inter- the qualifying round at 99, the lachen, former national champion, was other qualifiers being Mrs. Lafayette third with 75, 74—149. Harry Turpie Hughes, and Miss Frances Moffat, of Red Wing, was fourth with 152. 100; Mrs. C. Dines, 102; Miss Fannie Campbell, Mrs. L. M. Van Meter, 107, MR. LAWRENCE D. BROMFIELD Mrs. Fred Winter, 108. Mrs. Van scored his fourth win of the Colorado Bradt won the second flight. state title by defeating Mr. Carroll T. At the annual meeting Mrs. Lafay- Brown in the final at the Lakewood ette Hughes was elected president; Country Club. In the semi-final Mr. Miss Margaret Fertig of Colorado Bromfield won from Mr. George Post, Springs, vice-president, and Miss 12 and 10 and Mr. Brown won from Frances Moffat of Lakewood, secre- Mr. C. B. Bleible, 6 and 5.