GOLF
ENGLISH OPEN CONTEST. LONDON, June 28. I'.nnrmens crowds watched the a ; of the C If Championships lit Bre-iwi' I;. The players were frequently ilelayed for lengthy intervals, while 11.' spectators wore shepherded ..tV the . "•■■.•se. MacDonald Smith heoaii. ompanie.l bv five thousand, and returned with a following of 10,009, i •-eu.lili'.ig a marching army in whieh the worried .tfieials carried standards. Sever:.! - talers v.ere hit by flying h- 11,.. J Jvg- were a very great nuiThe “Daily Mail” says: “Golfers .1,.i - M.i.'Donald-Smith’s complaint that th’ conditions at Prestwick are ieipe sib: for championship golf. It is si, near Glasgow that crowds to sec :i fr. sb-'W ::re inevitable. Smith says that the eager, pushing spectators eompelled him to drive in the direction dictated by the li'iies of spectators, instead of the direction he desired. He drove .T.vt'.v in a motorear without waiting to receive his prize, and indicated that he would not again compete.
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Grey River Argus, 30 June 1925, Page 6
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