Show NIFTY orTT FIELD FELD TO COMPETE IN INGOLF GOLF CLASS C Only 16 Players Will Wil Qualify for National Amateur Crown n By D HAY itA Y of Standard Special Con Con-c r nm Copyright 1925 by Consolidated Press s Association PITTSBURG Aug 29 As As the sun flun is setting next n Tuesday ru llla evening sr a small band of ot 56 16 star golfers will willbe willbe U Ube be all that remains of ot out- out outs outs' s sinding s' s players of ot the country who ho came ame to the Oakmont Country to participate In III the qualify qualify- qualifying ing In rounds of the he national amateur ao 0 o t r TV-Ms TV 16 men of ot lurk luck and skill- skill kill for or luck as well i as skip skin will have e figured importantly Imp in the tho th qualifying qualify start the thirty thirty- tog ing round will rounds-will will hole hot play grind on Wednesday Who ho will comprise con the tho illustrious easily easily- an an- s anc n- n nOw 16 6 A question 1 not ot Ow c w ed It is a golfing puzzle le that tha jn Ju olves ol more wagering and cuss guss- cussing ing than any problem of oe the links link that hit ha has arisen in years One Ono thing however may be b set flown down as not ot at all problematical with i only 16 golfers golCH qualifying and v Uh lIh a belter better ti tied M rl In competition than ever cr before in history tha th preliminary pre rounds roul are ore certain t to bring out the finest golf ever er played pl in n the he qualifying round of ot the na- na national Monal amateur championship match natch And only really great players play ers with unusual ability and ex x cx- going to make the th nce are grade ABILITY NEEDED LE DIn The golfer who qualifies this hitting ability ar ar will have long fo ft Oakmont is an extremely long course measuring nearly yards He will have to havo have shot making best i for Oakmont I IIII skill of o the type Ipe pc is III s exceedingly well trapped and am the are all very ver what halls is more traps deep and are furrowed The golfer goUer vho ho qualifies at Oak Oak- Oakmont Oakmont Oakmont 1 mont will have ha to possess rare poise and the right kind of or temper temper- temperament temperament ament to withstand the terrific terrine that will bo be put on by pressure Its dash ic Ie field this year ar in Its wild dash t In tJ qualify for n n-lional honors golfer who makes no ne grado grade disposition to rill m need also the keep slugging a regardless of ot how things arc breaking Finally the man who gets in in no matter mallet how good a a. golfer goIter he is h. is w dl II have to be right at the top of his game for tor there are ore a number nr nf entries who while they iney are ore not of ot championship caliber are arc capa capa- capable ble bl l nevertheless of or playing brilliant golf golt on occasion A glance at the list hat reveals at least 35 players who have in them to fo win the championship Yet only 16 are going to qualify Keeping this In mind as well ell as the require require- requirements ments to be met it Is now the tT select lect the task to try to s names ts of oe those who can fulfill these requirements and d who are re likely likel to tomake tomake tomake make the grade Here Mere Is the list SOME TASK Robert nobert T T. Jones Atlanta Ga Gay Francis Ouimet Boston Doston George on 1 on Elm Los Angeles Jesse Gull- Gull ford ord Boston Jess Sweetser Now V York Ruddy Rudd Knepper Sioux City Densmore Shute hut West est Virginia J. J Wood Platt Philadelphia Charles hick Chick Evans Eans and Hobert Gard Gard- Gardner Gardner Gardner ner Chicago William C. C Fownes Jr Mackenzie Mack Washington James Manlon Manion St. St Louis Louts William McPhail l. Boston Keefe K ere Carter Oklahoma City lIar Har- rhon R. R Johnston Johnst n St. St Paul raul Alternates Fred Alternates Fred Wright 1 Eos- Eos Bo Boston ton Eddie Held St St. Louts Louis Don Carrick Toronto Dexter Cummings Cum- Cum Cummings Chicago AI Al Ulmer Jackson Jack Jaek- son son- Fla and Clark Clarl Cochrane Baltimore The last six named might easily b substituted br b say I a for fOl the last six named lamed in the first list but frankly frankl he writer Is la at a loss los to say who shall be displaced This list of ot 22 players and par- par the first flight contains the names of ot those golfers goiters who nave have been playing the best golf golt of ot any of the amateurs this season Records do to not always prove the case of or any player pla er particularly in Inthis this his game of ot golf but they the do fur fur fur- furnish nish a line on the likely contenders T ke the cases of ot Bobby DObb Jones and of Francis Ouimet as Jones Tones finished in a a. tie In tho the na na- national na- na lIonal open with MacFarlane arlane and Ouimet was one ono stroke behind Since that tournament Ouimet t has won on tho the Massachusetts state tour tour- tournament tournament tournament and the gold mashie com com- competition competition competition petition with fine golf against strong sirens 81 ron opposition Both Ouimet and Jones JonE'S are wonderful golfers experienced steady I ally and each ach pos pos- possesses erases an ideal temperament for tor the te game It la Is almost a certainty that tha this pair will get gel In Inon Von on Elm too loo should qualify much difficulty Ile He Is a ar great r at player who has hlen heen plaYing Setter 1 II ht-II ever this year Bob Dob Gardiner Platt oun young Mackenzie Sweet Sweet- Sweetser ser r. r Knepper Manlon Evans and the rest have proved pro In competition and are plaYing well ell at the e time present i knur Dill Fownes Is 13 a n veteran in a golf golt sense to bo be b sure r but he Is playing quite a as well I as ever and t W what Is m more re h he knows know ws Oi m |