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Show BAY STATE GOLFER ) LEADS FIRST HALF I Quimet Makes 75; Travis lo Second; Evans and Byers jmm Tied for Third m By .OHIOK EVANS. W. 1 By International News Scnice. ra I GARDEN CITY, N. 1., ScpL 1. Fran- IQB 1 cis Quimet, the Massachusetts state ffi champion, led the field of 115 today in Hit the first half of the qualifying round for gut the amateur golf championship with a ml. brilliant 75. V.'. J. Travis was second HI,' low score with 7G and Charles (Chick j ffflj Evans and E. M. Byers tied for third at 77. WMi The monilng dawned dull and gray, but H f as the day progressed the weather n brightened up and there was but little Bl I wind t0 Interfere with the scores. The H 3 western players suffered the hardship of nmi'm a rather poor "draw." all of them get- fill j ting off late In the day. They have Mil made the best of things, however, and Hi have fared rather well, considering the III difficulties of the couisc. My own round H 'J of 77 was not bad at all, but 1 was J Q very sorry that it included the missing RJ j of two very short putts, an unfortunate jft I weakness of mine. U R Today the course was given Its great- 111 a est length, a total of nearly 0800 yards. HI Not only were the longest tees used, but H 1 tho teeing- plates were pushed to the back M l! edge of the tecP. The course Is In good r it condition and 1b lightning fast around the j 'i One can easily understand the dlffi- 111 fj cultics of the course when It Is known Bfl fl that some of the best players took sixes CM R on many four holes and even eights and N k nines. On an ordinary course a score of B I 10 would be considered high for the lead- H y ers In a qualifying round. Think of Jc- H; 9 rome Travis out lu 14 and Helnrlch Mi H Schmidt out in 47: then, too, a most tin- un tlj fortunate piece of ill luck befell Warren Hi li Cockran. who was out in a magnificent j 3fi, and then made the backward journey j The players for the first half of the 35 K3 hole quallfvlng round are closely bunched. Bl There are ten under SO and no one of H i these players leads by more than one f stroke. The closeness of scores show.-; t keen competition and we arc certainly H i preparing for a merry scrap. mu t. Tomorrow will be a ver' hard day and ! will tax us to the utmosL The morning will complete the qualifying round, fol- 1 l j; lowed In the afternoon by a ncrvc-rack- i 11 i: lng 18-ho5e match round. ' Sale of Players Lot Stand. A; CINCINNATI". Sept. 1. The National baseball commission denied today the re- fl if quest of the Boston National league club M) that the sale of Player "Duncan to the M Philadelphia Nationals and Player WH- -I son to the Toronto club by the Dallas club W i of Ihe Texas league be set aside. The Boston club claimed that It had ncgo- R tlated with the Dallas club, and the ncgo- K tiatlons had gone so far that It was as- sured of both players. The commission. fJT j however, held that there was a difference m between the terms offered by the Boston Ml club and that which the Dallas club would accept, and held thnt the sale of tho IBi players to the other clubs were valid. IBj "White Beats Griffith. 19 By International News Service. J CANTON, O.. Sept. 1. Charley vvhlte W of Chicago this afternoon mastered fl j Johnny Griffith of Akron In a twelve- Vi round bout here White's experience anil ffl cleverness proved too much for the young- ni ster. who was soon bleeding from tho m , rnouth and nose. Five thousand boxing jj fans watched the bout. rj ' I Foster Signs 1911 Contract. 9j BOSTON. Sept. 1. George Foster, a. jH.j pitcher, has the distinction of being the a. first plaver to sign with the Boston Amcr- l leans for 1914. Foster wrenched a, kneo W I several weeks ago, and as the injury H , continues to trouble him. he dec ded to return to his home In Bonanza. Ark. Be- j fore leaving today he wa3 signed up for g next year. Fight Ten Tamo Hounds. I By International Ncw.t Service. I TEKRE HAUTE. Intl.. Sept. 1. Gi3 ft Christie of Milwaukee and George f , ("Knockout") Brown of Chicago fought Bj a tamo ten-round bout here tnls after- K i noon. m j |
