New-York tribune., 1901-02-11
GOLF.
NEW SCHEME FOR METROPOLITAN
TEAM MATCHES NAY DO AWAY
WITH PRESENT SCORING.

The progressive spirit manifested by the Metro
poitan Golf Association OF this city. both in the
matter of official handcaps and the desirabiity OF
a qualifying round for it's annual championships
may lead to stH further experiments move
Fnent is on foot TO introduce a new system in
team scoring John Reid jr the former Yale
champion. who is member Of the 81
Andrews Golf Club. is of the advocates OF the
scheme, which has for its object the aoohtion OF
the present system and the substitution OF the one
In vogue last season at the Nassau Country club.
The plan involves a method by which match Is
divided into sections the first nine holes counting
point. the second nine one point. with anotner
point for the match. In other words. the man VINO
is ahead when the ninth green is turned. receives
one point If he is ahead when the eighteenth is
reached he gets another, and third point is
given him If he is up the match
Harvey AIurdOck president OF the Nassau Club,
is another warm advocate Of the idea. which, IN
his opinion. will prove the solution Of what has
come TO be the most veXing question of the game
The trouble with the old method is that 1t fails 10
adjust itself a team which may include one or
two weak members. Its unfairness rests in the
fact that good team may be beaten II one OF lts
players falls down" Various plans have been
tried to do away with the difficulty The first was
the philadelphia system That takes no account
of the number of holes by which a player wins
but simply gives him one point 9 I9f rne in
this city, but is not generally popular The Inter
weeks ago. adopted still more radical device. 1t
will allow winner point for his match Plus
success OF this plan will be watched with cohSla- a
eject there is no means of gauging its merit The
Nassau scheme the other hand mas peen gwen
yet taE devi5ed yfe nf It IS this that Is proposed The
metropolitan matches The movement 10 secure
it's adoption has only just been started but IL IS
already arousing keen interest among l9ea, goI
players. who promise TO give the idea thorousn
test in next seasons matches
BALTUSROI FOR wOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP.
If the next women's championship of the United
States is not held the links OF the Baltusrol
Golf Club a good many close followers of the
game will be disagreeabIy surprised Baltusrol is
the only club which has thus far made application
for the tournament. and the general approval which
followed its announcement would seem to Indicate
an acceptance of It's offer by the association The
only uncertain factor In anticipating the award Is
the attitude OF the Western delegates. many OF
whom feel that. the amateur and professional
championships take place in the East, the
women's championship should he held in their ter
ritOry. According to opinions expressed az the re-
cent women's Metropolitan Association meeting,
however, IL would be obviously unfair TO send the
tournament West 10 compensate. it were. the
golfers there for the loss of other tournaments en-
tirely distinct I'm character. The Eastern argu-
ment. summed up by well known woman
golfer. is that the West is entitled hold the
championship until II has demonstrated its ability
TO take prominent place in the final rounds. That
II has not done Is evident from the fact that of
the sixty players who drove off at Shinnecock Hills
last season in the preliminary round. not single
one qualified. Miss Bessie Anthony was among the
western representatives present. and, although
she had previously won the Western women $
championship. and was heraIded as the probable
vanqusher Of all the star players at the East, she
failed signally when II came TO the match play
rounds
argument for any championship award. and par
ticularlv 50 In this instance Baltusrol seems TO
have the favor OF Eastern women. and Baltusrol 1t
will probably be.