Show AMATEUR GOLF championship englewood N J july 10 there were very few absentees from the list of entrants when the twelfth annual national amateur golf championship tournament was begun here today play as well as tomorrows will consist of 18 holes medal play so that the preliminary round of 36 holes in which 32 will qualify for the following match play rounds will not be completed until tomorrow evening the englewood golf clubs course ahe playing distance of which Is yards has been remodeled so as to make a round a pretty thorough test of golfing ability the amateur record of the arranged rearranged re links is 74 ladeby jerome D travers in practice H chandler egan of the exmoor ex moor country club chicago who has held the championship title for the last two years and walter J travis of garden city who won this honor in 1901 and 1903 are among the competitors these are the only former champion who are taking part in this years competition as C B macdon aid and findlay S douglas refrained from contesting |