Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-06-16 | Page 14 | Amateurs Enter Eliminations

AMATEURS ENTER ELIMINATIONS Largest Field of Golfers at St. Louis in History of Association. I ST LOUIS, June 1 6 - Elimination j 'rounds in the western amateur golf championship opened today at the Sunset Hill eountr elub with 176 en- 1 ' tered. the largest field in the associa' .lion's history. Kenneth Burns of Chicago, Chi-cago, and John Simpson of Indiana-po'is Indiana-po'is Ipd off and were followed by , : other pairs at four minute intervals : The course is in excellent shape and j Ideal weather conditions prevail. Contrary to expectations, Francis Ouimet, present champion, was not on the green to defend his title. Chick j Evans and Robert Gardner, former I title nolders, likewise failed lo keep 'their promise to enter The far west sent E. B. Tufts, as chief of Los Angeles' galaxy and the I south. Nelson Whitney of New Or-j Or-j leans, winner of the trans-Mississippi ; tourney last week .mons those expected to become fi-inallsts fi-inallsts are Harry c, Legg of Minneapolis Minneap-olis five times winner of the trau-j trau-j Mississippi title; Nelson Whitney, Sam Reynolds of Omaha, and Clarence Wolff, who, with a 77 shot, the lowest among his colleagues in the St. l.ouls golf association, winners of the Olympic Olym-pic cup yesterday.