Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-06-17 | Page 6 | Play Brilliant Golf in Tourney at Short Hills

PLAY BRILLIANT GOLF IN TOURNEY AT SHORT HILLS Barnes and Dowling All Professionals Are Leaders of Day HORT HILLS N. N J. J June 16 There There S SHORT was no questioning tho quality of ot golf gal shown sho today b by the leaders In the tho hole thirty qualifying round for the annual open championship o of the United United United Unit Unit- ed States Golf Gol association over the Baltusrol links two Thirty-two men Qualified qualified quail quail- fied tied from the first half hat of or tho big bid entry en entry en- en yesterday esterday when wIlen tho the best try tn medal score core was made b by Francis Ouimet the national amateur champion from Massachusetts and James Thompson the Philadelphia professional proCessional Today however three lower scores went to the top of oC the list 1st and Jerome D. D Travers who has won mor more cha championships cham cham- 1 than an any other amateur golfer golf golf- er in America tied yesterdays yesterday's best score The rhe three leaders leador toda today Gilbert Nicholls Wilmington Del James M M. M Barnes White Marsh Valley Pa western open champion and Jack Dowling Scarsdale N. N Y Y HiO are all professionals A glance at their rounds shows that each earned tho the place of ot prominence he occupies In the tho eligible championship list Nicholls who recently re recently recently re- re won the tho open tournament at Shawnee Pa made the morning round in 72 72 the best score of the week eek although al althou although al- al thou though h it was duplicated later in tho the day b by Isaac S S. Mackle Mackie who bettered his morning score by ten strokes In In do doIn doing doing do- do In ing It it while Barnes and Dowling had three seventy-three each in their second round o of the course Water Walter C C. Hagen lIng of Rochester the tho present holder of oC the title play played eel steadily if it not brilliantly throughout Continued on Following Page PLA PLAY Y BRILLIANT GOLF IN TOURNEY AT SHORT HILLS Continued From Preceding Page the tho day an arid and In lily lila showing allowing he has a fairly good chance of or repeating hl his victory victory victory vic vic- tory of a n year ear ago Louis Tellier ex- ex champion of France who played a around around round with Hogan finished on equal terms with the champion a and he hc too Is la considered a promIsing candidate for forthe forthe forthe the title Ouimet and amI with equal re results results re- re suIts In their eligibility have ha given evidence o ol of being right up p to championship form Chick Evans the tho Chicago bo boy an and western amateur champion also showed Some lome fine tine Jolt golf throughout the day beginning with a s I splendid lIW three on t the c first a a. par five hole bole I