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Travis at Sandwich highlights cross Atlantic golf tensions
Walter J. Travis reflects on the 1904 British amateur championship week at Sandwich, noting intense public interest and the risk of misinterpretation across oceans. He recalls incidents, caddies, and spectators at St Andrews and Atlantic City, plus reactions from Low, Hilton, Robb, and others, and praises US golfers for courteous reception abroad.
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Walter J. Travis
Edward J. Blackwell
Golf Illustrated
Sandwich
James Russell Lowell
Atlantic
Travis
Great Britain
St. Andrews
John L. Low
Rhirold H. Hilton
Low
Hilton
J. L. Low
Atlantic City
United States Golf Association
Matc
James Robb
London
Reade
Robb
Blackwell
Rebb
Parry Vardon
J. W H. Taylor
James Braid
Ben Sayers
Massachusetts Golf Association
M. Herbert Jaques
Country Club
Eben M. Byers
F.eden Horstmann
Devereaux Emmet
Chandler Egan