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Show GOLF TOURNAMENT LISTS WEEDED OUT CHICAGO, Fob. 2 Golfcra who .' ire to compete in the nations. amateur am-ateur championship next summer at Brookllne Will have to convince the eligibility committee of tho United Slates Qolf association that they are 'of championship calibre, for James l standish. Jr. of Detroit Is niaklnK I up S card Index Of all possible play-lers play-lers from which all but first raters Will be eliminate. 1 before the tournament. tourna-ment. Standlsh. who Is chairman of the I eligibility committee, has arranged to obtain all possible information as to the .vorlug abilities of all the leading players In the country. While It la the deslte of tho committee that every ev-ery low handicap golfer should have a "i banco to wrest tho amateur chain-pfOhehip chain-pfOhehip from Jesse Guilford. It has bl . n decided that the hitherto un-wleldly un-wleldly field:! shall be reduced to contenders con-tenders who may have a reasonable chance of at least qualifying for match '. play. While considerable effort was made last year to weed out golfers who.se playing ability scarcely warranted the spaco they consumed In the chempion-Ishtp chempion-Ishtp lists, tho number of entrants was still so large laat year nt St- Iouis that the tournament had to be extend-ed extend-ed over eight Hays, tho first of which was devoted to ousting all but the best 64. BxpoKlence has shown, manaffors of prominence ii. that nearly half of th. i who eiit.-r tho qualifying round have no chance of surlvlng. |