The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-14
Amateur Golf Reply to Mr.. FIN met.

To THE EDITOR OF TUE SYN nave feau
with interest what Mr.. Dcvereux Emmett had TO say
IN your ronud in ,Ss ,a,cr o,
wing rouhu IN inc H!"a'oui noh N"n"I''"''p'
His arguments are substantially as follows maj
Il is unfair to men with weak. nervous systems to
-, ~, "a r,.,. ,,,,, hoies a day for moro
asA mem W p''s "i,H - 49, , s
than four Gays; ,hat aoeh'erIohe 'he open mar,
second day OF the last open cham plonshlp and for
that reason would probably stand a poor chance of
winning ouI amateur event, , nn, 'nr Md ,ae ANA ma
10000. si.o undc, ou, n,rsen, sys,cn as h,
49,. ,,..,, rorn M, a, ,he end Of four DAYS OF
was was completely "o'" 0"' AZ '"' ''D " ''' ''' ~
II must he admitted tina, a man with a weak,
,.,.ons ,,s,.rr is a, +, d,s,dyan,ny. IN, 80 he is
In any game requiring SKIN and endurance. o'her
things being equal the other man w''l vim. IN
- - n,,,. ~S,','..ss h.vona IN. a,e,ag. i'm coli
depends upon the possession OF three things: an
sausbie temperament. clear mind or n'cllig ence.
80 nv aoo, hrsIny and s,ron," In rolf AS I'm any
fore' COOL ota'ns anu sIons, ~ so,i, as W ""y
cam n .s ~" cndurncc and control Of the nerve,
.,. .hsou,,Iv necessary and the chance, of course
will be asAns, men with weak, nervous systems,
and. other things being equal. probably In FAVOR
oi VIC mn n,c,o,r -. ,dn,,,.d ,h,, II ,s rn,,,
70 MANI n,yer, to have the contest las, longer than
four aays There is no objection to srandfa,hers
and PLAYER, with weak. nervous systems entering
the ehaponsep r, the e'e9i should not be
shoraen'u WI w" ~
T6s mos satisfactory WAY o. sw,rdns the 1,e
some ten or more players, In somt such way a.
,bs". tcn nlayers piaN match at thirly S!N holes
Nil ., rr,! other Inc champion 10 be the man With
NJ ~, n3.pceoi:e" Or n ali Of our hest piay rrS
ca,,S mepi each Gear in len or tWriyr lmpnrisnt
WINS a rhamnnnshh event would not be neces.
Sa.S ,nnsent In hasrbail The nrofeSSionsl team
Win The hest percentage al tic end OF the season
y, Wa tsir Lv' we'll moved o he he hes, team.
~ ,t,ic The con dl,IonS therefore should 30
,.s.s IL 1. roS<,bie he such that the title viii 20
49, IL h.iongs Is nearly As n can he done thr
event should be made the Kind OF 8 test which. In
~ Long mn will he survived by the best player We
hars "s 1900 "
The most important condition Is to have the
1,, nc; viii often heat n better man in
romUa ~ cish,~en holes. Why is the nnaI round
in almost every event at thirty six holes. Iie
-, "
tns rn .o.,, .o,di,,o, should he one which shall
REQUIRE @. The ttle winner an ability scors well In
~ "a - ala 4, AZ vr rmme, SAYS III, fa rrst vav
,ea "a. shin IS he scyen,v-tuo holes
70 Nv .Sa ni,v then certainly ne may in fairness
require reasonable amount OF medci play ability
i,o', ~, ,ound sbouId he retained: and in
wv ~ ,o -, n Satsfactory as well As a thorough
ies, snou,u y. 20 ~ rs in IL oncn evcnt' bni a.
~ JIM. nS,h o. The nurI,nsc al hand namely The
~ , enou ,fnr ~ ~ iii hui thirty two nlavcrS
on w M, ~ one In use n,ior IN i,s, ye,t
Ltupoaeu w" ,na,u,e 81 ,h,t - Sirm has been The
ItoaIoT OF the play on the rst day Win entries
nIhpvi,n s n ,he nyst dAv cannot H. CARED a..
ltg ruun' ~ inLs IL crowded ali d.. ,o Inc an
pnysncs Of every player The early starters must
often play whcn NC gone s,d a ~, ~ III
me nch VINO n N" Ths,c erc no. nroner conditions