New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-19
SNOW AN UNEXPECTED HAZARD on
LOCAL LINKS
GoLFING LEGISLATORS AT oDDs-TALK
OF AN INTERSCHOLAsTIC LEAGUE-A
THEORY FOR BICYCLE GOLFERS.


THEORY FOR BICYCLE GOLFERS.
Everybody knows that golfers have their own pc
culiar ideas about the of weather golf can be
played in and consequently 1t is impossible to pre-
6ict whether the many tournaments scheduleo Ior
washington's Birthday will take place or not COLI
is one of the few sports in which rain, snow and
ice all alike in being completely ignored and
il may happen that two of the more ener-
getic organizations. relying upon an abundant en-
thusiasm and unlimited quantity OF red-colored
golf balls may see ht 10 carry out their plans In
spite of the storm. The clubs which have an
nounced tournaments include the Lakewood Golf
and Country. the Nassau Westchester. Richmond
Hill Laurence Harbor Baltusrol and Yountakah
but whether notices of postponement will be mace
In the next few DAYS depends much upon the
weather II the snow freezes into crust 1t Is
simple matter TO play il. for the ball skins
along as though driven on glass. 1t is only when
II is soft and melting that difficulty arises so
that prolonged thaw means certain withdrawal
of dates.
The latest phase OF the championship question
seems TO be one over which there is considerable
diversity of opinion. This is in regard to chans-
ing the qualifying round of the metropolitan tour
nament so as TO admit thirty-two instead OF six
team nlsvers Among local golfers the change is
being widely discussed. BY those who advocate
the innovation il is said that the contest shoulo
be sufficiently stringent to bring out all the quail
ties of endurance and sustained accuracy necessary
element of luck which forms such large part
of the play, should be completely eliminated They
bold that good may by some series or mis-
fortunes be excluded from the fortunate sixteen
who gain places for the match play, and as a re-
su- he Ineligible TO take further part in tourna-
rnent in which he might otherwise make himself
prominent
A Baltusrol golfer whose opinions the game
are always of value said in speaking OF the mat
ter yesterday he is warmly in favor of the new
plan because the Importance OF the title and the
number who compete for ii absolutely demand 1t
Golf is a trial OF many qualities that, in my
opinion the championship title should be awarded
only after Thorough test OF them all When TWO
players are closely matched he continued, 1T Is
not always easy to tell which is the better in a
single round Give ali the good men a chance to
get in and won't have anybody complaining
about luck
On the other hand II is contended, and with
good deal Of force. that such a change will only
serve increase the hardshps Of the better players
without adding anything to the fairness OF the re-
suit To require the leaders to meet every one who
cares TO go in before he reaches the good men is
putting unnecessary tax their endurance.
II II is done the opponents To the scheme say, the
tournament will drag along without the snap which
now characterizes il. 1t would add another day to
tournament already OF formidable length, and in
,ninety-nine cases of hundred nothing would
he gained except large amount OF experience by
the defeated candidates. In the first few rounds
thtre would be little but tedious wedding out of
unskilful players, in which the outcome would be
known before the match started and the time n
surned by the winner IN rubbing it in Fairly
considered, say the conservatives. the present
method has too many advantages to make a change
worth while.
A project now on foot among some Of the promi-
nert golf clubs promises TO be interesting in its
developments the contemplated Eastern tour of
Harry Vardon- This is in regard TO the formation
OF schoolhoy league among the various schools
and colleges OF the country. The details of the
plan only half formed yet In fact some
OF The orignators of the idea are unable TO say at
present whether its scope will be local National,
but the plan contemplates an association OF the
younger golfers with annual tournaments on some
central links Whether those competitions will be
thrown open schoolboys throughout the United
States limited to those in the immediate neigh
borhood of New-York is still uncertain 1t will
depend somewhat on the reception of the project
outside points. Last the ST. Andrews
Golf Club made the first in its interscholastc
tournament at Mount Hope. and the success Of that
undertaking has induced others lend their sup
port. In the opinion of those promoting It, golf is
game which should be taken up at an early age,
and it is their idea that this can best be accom-
plished by an interschoastic league that will de-
veop g healthy rivalry among the various schools
and lead boys TO play regularly and consistently
while still in their teens
1t is not proposed that the education of the young
should be sacrificed even for golf, but there are
plenty OF holidays and holiday seasons and at such
times even the most exacting pedagogue may look
with favor on the sport. At the Cutler School in
this city there is already hourshng organization
and active preparations being made for
series Of team matches with other schools in the
spring. The Lakewood school has also a strong
golf association and many of it's members have
taken creditable part in the larger tournaments
at that resort, while at st. Paul. Laurenceville
Pomfret and other places the youngsters are
equally as active 1t is the idea of the promoters
unite schools Of this character into league similar
70 that of the intercollegiate Golf Association
and 10 conduct the annual championships in much
the same way as the college boys theirs The
initial move it is said, will be made within the
next few weeks.
There is possibility that the date of the womens
championship may be changed this year, in order
TO bring II al a time when most Of the contestants
are enjoying the ample leisure of vaca-
tions. October was the month selected last time
but there believing that
Shinnecock will hold the next tournament, and II
so the date will be changed TO comply with the
summer at that resort As It is admitted
that metropolitan clubs will supply by far the
greater part Of the competitors II is thought
right that their convenience should be first con-
sidered, and II is doubtless that midsummer
date is more attractive them than the other
Should Shinnecock hold the tournament it will at
tract much larger number of entries than has
Inankeo the previous meetings. Last October at
philadelphia there scarcely a dozen women
rom the CLUBS IN this neighborhood. many not
being represented at all, but Shinnecock is &C
ceSsiple ana SO surrounded by popular summer
resorts that the field is sure TO be a large one.
There is apparently well founded rurnor that
several women who have become prominent as
golfers seriously contemplate entering the profess
sonal ranks. That is, they propose teaching the
game to and children which under sec
ton 10 of the United States Golf Associations nv
laws would forfeit their standing as amateurs
ASIDE from the loss of amateur rights there seems
no reason why competent woman golfer should
not find teaching golf agreeable occupation
of late TO the $3.50 fees which Vardon is recev-
ing may be added inducement to the idea So
should be no lack OF pupils. and wide field is open
70 the one who Will take courage and announce her
self ready to receive them.
Robert Pryde, last season the professional s+ the
New-Hayen Golf Club. advanced a rather novel