New-York tribune., 1901-09-23
rI.AYERS PLAN A BUSY WEEK on TOWN
AND COUNTRY LINKS.
INTERCTTY MATCH WITH BOSTON TEAM TO
TAKE PLACE ON wEDNEsDAY-THE
LENoX ToURNEY-NoTEs
OF THE LINKS

Or 11iE LlNho.
The resumption of many tournaments postponed
On account OF President McKnley's death will
make the present week in golf unusually active
one Although the Morris County Golf Club has
virtually decided upon permanent abandonment
n, ifs fall competition, several fixtures have
been announced to I'LL the gap One of the most
important of these is that of the Mount Pleasant
Golf Club, of Ossning. which will hold tourna
rnent for the championship of the Hudson River
district on Thursday, Friday and Saturday Octo
her g. 4 and s. Sixteen will qualify in the prelim-
inarv round for the championship trophy. and
every club along the Hudson from Albany 10 Yon-
ers has promised to enter representatives.
The more Immediate interest of the week centres
., form Of goIfing hitherto unknown on this side
a. the water. This is the meeting at the Van
Cortlandt links on Wednesday of teams of ten, rep
resenting the Franklin Park links. Boston, and the
Van Cortandt course. OF this city. Both pub
lie links and the conditions Of the match provide
that only those who have been regular players
there shall take part Besides being the first time
that New-York and Boston golfers have met, it is
the first instance of a match between publicly
trained teams in this country Eighteen holes will
be played, and the return match will take place in
Boston in week ten days. The New-York
team win be chosen from the following men: Will
fam Freeland. P. F. Gilraartin, H. z. Brown, Gil
man Tiffany. E NJ. Mendel, G. c. Carter Arthur
Barry W. Wallace Andrew Bell, n. V Croker, F.
H Croker and E. z. Mengies.
On the same day the second half of the seventy
two hole match for purse of 500 between Willie"
Norton. professional at the Deal Golf Club, and Jo
seph Doebel. OF the Fairfield links Green
wich. Conn. will take place at Deal, y. ]. The
first half played a week ago at Fairfield, when
DoebeI wen by UP. The return meeting was to
have taken place last Wednesday, but post
poned on account of President McKinley's death
Play for the Bouchelle and Cammann cups will
slso take place this week at the Fairfield links
Golf in the Berkshires will also share with local
tournaments some of the interest of the present
week The Berkshire affair is the annual open
tournament of the LenoX Golf Club, the winner of
which will receive the Lenox Cup, one of the hand
somest trophies ever offered in golf 1t is played
for annually. and goes outright to the who
first wins il three times. The present cup is
new one, offered replace the cup taken by T.
AIarkoe Robertson, the former captain Of the Yale
team who. however, will not be a competitor this
week. Young Robertson is travelling abroad with
his father. who is president of the United States
Golf Association and is not expected back until
next month.
There Will be lack of able golfers to fill the
vacancy, however. for the Jenox tournament is one
Of the most popular OF the entire fall season, and
the entry list will include players not only from
the neighboring links at Stockbrdge, North Adams,
Pittsdeld and Great Darlington, but from Boston
and the metropolitan district as well. The execu-
tive committee. consisting of W. D. Sloane, Joseph
W. Burden. Samuel rockingham and Giraud Fos-
ter. have issued invitations TO every club belong
sng TO the United States Golf Association. and the
response has been ample 10 insure a successful
contest
The tournament opens tomorrow with thirty
six hole preliminary round medal play for the
Lenox Cup. The winner of this is receive a
medal, while the final contestants will receive
respectively, a gold and silver medal The pro-
gramme for the remainder of the week is as fol-
lows:
We@dnesd9ywAt @ 9-- 70 a m first round match play
for Lenox Cup; p. m consolation prize open only
to defeated competitors in the preliminary contest
Thursday-At 10 a, m third round match play
s fo Hs Cnp u M b6es cup sds e
Frfday-At 10 a. m. first half final match play
Cor Lenox Cup eighteen holes: p m, second half
final match play, for Lenox Cup. eighteen holes
match play eighteen holes open to the four players
making the best scores IN the medal rounds: p
Pisy. T pFesioeh'S cup ""'S' eighteen n0eS ma''n
On local links the week will open with the con-
test for the EDDY Cup at the Apawamis links to-
DAY followed on Wednesday by the postponed
monthly handicap at the Dyker Meadow Golf Club
of Fort Hamilton. Brooklyn Women's handicaps
are scheduled at Montclair, Englewood and Apa-
wants Thursday, while Saturday there will
he a general resumption OF fall tournaments and
team matches all the leading clubs Of the Metro
politan Golf Association. Another postponed af
fair scheduled for the week is the women's West
era championship tournament which to have
begun last Wednesday at the Onwentsia Golf Club
near Chicago but which deferred on account
Of President NcKinleys death and funeral. Special
Importance attaches the result from the fact
that the women's national championship is to be
decided Baltusrol the second week in October
and the winners a. Onwcntsia will illustrate the
cslihre Of game against which the Fasteners will
have compete For the first time a special tro-
phy has been offered this year represent the
womens championship of the West 1t is per-
petual cup given by ". A. Alexander and will con-
unUe to be awarded with the title should the
Championship pass under the direct control of the
Western Golf Association, seems likely.
There is fashion i'm the implements of golf as
IN other things. When Harry Nardon so
prominently the front few years ago fl
observed that the shafts Of his clubs unusual
y short and the club heads somewhat light. After
great demand for short shafts and light heads
Ihen came Taylor. the English -x-champiOn. who
played most of his matches here with short shafts
Ihe consequence is that to-day most OF the manu-
iaeturers are turning out implemenets of the new
mode. and in many cases the change has worked
for good Within certain limits il is reasonable to
assume that short shaft would favor accuracy
out after ALL this and the weight of the clubhead
Naual taste and expediency, and the result of the
recent championship at Atlantic City demonstrated,
breaking away from hard and fast rules and are
slns implements which suit their Individual pref
Whatever else may be wanting in golf. there is
seco now no h iaek ef , y6Iy Yer tina s s s
10 thonhang hg when not to be a champion at golf VIII
ten book The latest champion has been discov-
&c Tpeo IN australia, where the Australian Cup, at
5sotany Bay. awarded the honor TO H. A How
cen. il was expected that Peter Anderson, British
ha.eur :, champion in isss would compete but this
~ ~ ne last moment he was prevented from doing
5 ar, Howden was the ultimate winner. but his score
eoes not Indicate high standard OF gol11ns skiil
ro,,nas -AsssIraian amateurs he hoIed ths I9u az
ounes IN S52. which gives average for each OF So
Muiraeld in this seasons English championships
sss.,s @ .,s or more than ten strokes less than the
.aeatfalian's- The average Of Anderson, winner OF
49, t.e american open championship. was s. hye
best secro recorded IN the recent Atlantic City
amateur { r, Championship was. 70
~ = Hulshlzer has offered cup 10 the golfers OF
ahe Jersey City Golf Club play for which VIII be-