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Show OIL CITY MM IS VIOTIN GOLF Has Clear Margin of Five Strokes Over Champion -Lyon. EAGAN AND FOWNES, JR., ARE TIED AT FIGURE 162 But One Stroke Separated the Young Experts of Wheaton Golf Club. ' CHICAGO. Aug. 9. Dr. D. R. Fredericks Freder-icks of Oil City, Pa., won tho gold medal scoro today In the 36-holc qualifying round of tho eleventh national golf championship champion-ship at tho Chicago Golf club links, with a total of 16G, which Is tho competitive record of the course. He hail a clear margin of live strokes over Champion Georgo S. Lyon of Canada. Tied at 162 were National Champion II. C. Eagan and V. C. Fownes, Jr., of the Oak Mount club. Pittsburg. Only one stroko separated sepa-rated the young expert of the Wheaton Golf club, D. E. Sawyer, and Hugh Camp-JllcII. Camp-JllcII. who mudo respectively 1C3 and 161. Fred Herreshoff of Ekwanck, runner-up In the national tournament of last year, had 1C3. Walter J Travis of Garden( City was ICG, four strokes bettor than hla old rival, J. D. Travcrs of Nassau. Considerable Surprise Manifest. Considerable surprise was expressed over some of tho names that were shown In tho list of those who fulled to qualify. Walter E. Eagan. former runner-up in the national tournament and Western champion, failed to got In, with a total of 17G. Former National Champion L. N. James of Lakevlow was fused out with a total of 175. Six Players Tied. ' Six players arc tied for the last places In the qualifying list, ono of tho ties. A. L. White, the Intercollegiate champion, having made a great improvement on his first round's score, only to get Into a play-off tomorrow morning for his right to continue In tho match play. Tho West predominates In tho qualifying list, with twenty-threo players to nine for tho East and two for Canada. Tho two Canadians, by a strange colncldonce, aro pitted against each other In the first run. Champion H. C. Eagan Is in tho lower half of the draw, pitted against former Champion C. B. McDonald for tho first round. Mr. Travis is In tho first half with Dr. Fredericks. W. C. Fownes. Jr., Ned Sawyer and G. S. Lyon. Cards for Qualifiers. Tho following aro the cards of tho first three quallllers: D. P. Fredericks, Oil City. Pa., Tuesday, out 12. In 3S-80. Wednesday, out 0. In 35-75. Grand total, 155. Georgo S. Lyon, Canada, first dav: Out 39. In 37-76. Second day: Out -56. In 38- H. Chandler Eagan. Exmoor: First day. out a. In 39-K.. Second day, out 44. In 3G-S0-1C2. Failed to Qualify. Among tho well-known golfers 4 (who failed to quality were: L. H. James, former national champion, who mndo 175; Walter E. Eagan of Exmoor. 176; W. H. Fairbanks. Pacific coast champion. 17S; A. If. Manson, Jacksonville Southern champion. 179; W. II. Dickinson. Dos .Moines, la,, trans-Mississippi champion, ISl; W. C. Carnegie. St. Andrews. 101 |