The sun., 1897-11-15
WILL THECANADIANSPLAY
RBlNs TO HAVE a GOLF TEAM Ar
TRE LAKEWOOD TOURNEY.


Stewart Gillespie PFsuainsnt In the Matter
n,eeal Ruios ana tie Treubie They Coat--
Hint - Ciub Observation-Disclosures Plans
at WaahtuEten-Nsws frem Other hnLs.
Tho visit OF tho Canadian amateur golf cham
Dion OF 1896 to the tournament at the Country
Club OF Westchester seems destined TO have a
Tar greater effect on the future OF the game in
this country than would at first be conceived.
One OF the pleasant incidents of this we'll man.
aged tournament was the prominence given to
Stewart Gillespie, both at medal play and in do
feating Fonn. His good fortune and the kindly
way In which tho American players took his
success will be noted with interest in tho
Dominion. 1t will undoubtedly cause the Cana
dians to be competitors in many OF the open
tournaments next season. They should be well
come guests, for everything that savors OF pro-
fessionalism is as abhorrent to the golfer OF the
Dominion as TO the amateur in the United
States. A quicker result will bo that It will
quicken interest In the proposed annual team
match between players chosen by the Canadian
Golf Association and the United States Golf
Association, to be held each year alternately in
che two countries.
This project was frat made known to the
American players through The Sun by Henry
p Toler, on the Monday following tho Morris
County Golf Club tournament, who had Just re-
turned from trip to Quebec. Gillespie says
that the Canadians favor the plan, and can.
vass Of tho golfers in the metropolitan district
also shows quick appreciation Of the sports
manlike suggestion. The series Of matches will
likely be started next spring. Meanwhile,
during the present month. or early in Deccm
Der, the New York players are likely to inau
0urato the international match In an informal
way.
Gillespie is the leading spirit in the matter.
He intends to remain here for the annual tour.
nament OF the golf club OF Lakewood, during
Thanksgiving week, and he has sent letters to
nnrne of the best golfers in Canada urging them
y to come on for tho competition. Those whom
he has written to include Archie Kerr of Toron-
to, the present champion; I. Henderson Of
Montreal, s. Lyon Of Rosedale. Ont, and viii.
liam Henry Griffith Of Quebec. Should three of
these decide to take the trip, Gillespie proposes
to play match with his associates against any
team selected by the Metropolitan Golf Asso-
citation during the week following the Lake.
wood tournament.
question that aroused considerable discus
sion at q recent open tournament was whether
player from another club should be bound by
. local rule In itself quite an innovation on the
regular rules, which was not printed on the
back Of the score card. but was well known to
the members Of the homo club and was properly
displayed on the clubs bulletin board. That the
rule was not on the score card was due to the
fact that it had been established since the last
batch OF score cards had been printed. In the
dispute In question the home golfers politely
gave way to the arguments Of the visitor. who
claimed an acquittal on the plea Of ignorance
1t was q happy. but hardly conclusive
ending TO the controversy. Local rules
ar often sa nb sh wGFs Tss fsSs, SSss me met with
in, q safe principle for q green's committee te
adopt 1t is only fair to visitors that the local
rules should be printed on the score cards. or
which 10 the better way, exposed on placards on
the tee before the hazard they govern. Still. at
In the common law. ignorance is no excuse for 9
might say that 1t was the duty of visitors tc
hunt up the bulletin board and to acquaint
themselves with the local rules As matter OF
tact there are two sorts of players abroad. one
class strong in the rules and precedents, the
ether best at making low scores. The safest
rules as public as possible.
Although the past season has seen q great
advance in the systematic sending ont of the
announcements of club matches and other com
petitions. there are still many club secretarie!
who are singularly backyard in this respect. 4
striking instance Of q failure TO send out an ad
vance notice was the match at the Dyke
Meadow Golf Club on last Monday. between thu
homo players AMI an AllPhiladelphia team
The latter won by 13 holes to /! The visitor
pressed because they had won. To correct this
impression the following belated score Is printed
pYKER MEADOW PHILADELPHIA.
j. H. Merritt OIL. W. Bidde,
4. L. Norris GA. H. smith ............'
W. K Fowler H. NJ. Forrest
g. p Notman. OF. Z. WinsOr. Jr.........
j. C. Powers . II. Wilson.