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By permission of f-tolf Illustrated. GOLF PU6LIC USRAR Worcester; Mass BY APPOINTMENT AN OFFICIAL BULLE UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED "GOLFING," ESTABLISHED 1894 VOL. XV. JULY, 1904 NO. I THE ROYAL ST. GEORGE'S CLUB HOUSE. THE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP OF GREAT BRITAIN By P. B. Burn. HE amateur championship of of its geographical position and the Wfy T Great Britain was held over the vagaries of the railway service, it was not course of the Royal St. George's surprising that the entries fell far short of •Club at Sandwich on May 31st, and the last year's record at Muirfield. There first three days of June. Sandwich is a were 104 entries, and among them were Cinque Port and a quaint old place, but the names of the great players in England the sea has been fickle enough to leave it. and Scotland, and only some three or four Somewhat difficult of access on account of any importance were missing from the "~Copyfiglii£;"f§&^. by ARTHUR POTTOW. All rights reserved. 00 6 THE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP OF GREAT BRITAIN. , list. Charles Hutchings, the winner at John Ball, Jr., Horace Hutchinson, W. Hoylake two years ago, was present as a J. Travis, H. H. Hilton and E. M. Byers, looker-on but not as a competitor. J. A, so that it seemed certain that the winner T. Bramston was unable to make the would be found amongst these names. journey and also the brothers Ellis, and In the first round John Graham, Jr., the Hon. Osmund Scott was laid up with beat L. Balfour Melville by 7 up and 6 a sprained ankle. to play. The first nine holes only cost The presence of Walter J. Travis, the him 32 strokes and this should almost be American amateur champion, along with a record for any nine holes on a champion- E. M. Byers and other golfers from the ship course. J. B. Pease, who had such United States, naturally added interest to stiff struggles with Maxwell at Muirfield the meeting. Mr. Travis came with a last year and at Hoylake in 1902, beat H. great reputation, and the results of the W. de Zoete by one hole. F. O. Horst- Oxford and Cambridge Golfing Society- man, (Chevy Chase, U. S. A.) was beaten tour should have told us that he was a by R. W. Orr by 4 and 3. Robert Max- player to be feared. But, it is to be well had to go to the 20th hole in his admitted that we in this country scarcely match with W. P. Mathews, of the St. anticipated that he would carry off the George's Club, before he could gain the blue ribbon of British golf when all our victory. Angus Macdonald, Edinburgh best were against him. We have so long Burgess, who was a semi-finalist at Muir- considered our cracks as almost invincible field, was rather easily defeated by C. that the danger was ignored. Yet, by his Kerr, Royal and Ancient. S. Mure Fer- fine golf at Sandwich, his excellent judg- gusson—who has such a fine record in ment and discrimination, backed up by this event in previous years, but who has most phenomenal work on the green, he never actually been successful—put out has emerged successfully. I once heard Norman Hunter by 4 and 3. S. Stanley a good golfer denned as a man who put Froy, London Scottish, beat S. H. Fry his divots back and raked over the holes by 2 holes. Considerable interest was he made in a bunker. The new champion taken in the match between W. J. Travis feoppat Ih does both these things, and moreover, and H. Holden, who is one of the best in 3. Graki is when his opponent in the final had lost players in the Royal Liverpool Club. j(;eey oai •_-• his ball in the long grass he made a point The visitor won somewhat easily by 4 and stroke av :t \ of going across with his caddie to help 3. This, and the fact that E. M. Byers merh2r-T, -. in the search. There are fine players disposed of C. E. Dick in this round, hwevti.;;:',r-' who do not attend to these matters, small shewed that American golfers were to be and insignificant as they may possibly be reckoned with as dangerous opponents. it ie K~:- when there is so much at stake, but they The weeding out process was continued go to prove that the amateur champion- in the second round, and with only one setmed lidv • ship is in hands that will not allow it to or two exceptions the leading players- suffer in any way.