The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-14
FROM GOLF TO AUTO.
Popularity Of ''Bubbling' May Keep
a Number of Men Off
the Links.
Wet Weather Delays Local Golfers
in Beginning Play on TEN.
porary Greens.

Wet weather of the last few days has
kept a number Of the local golfers away
from the links. Both at Minikahda and
at Bryn Mawr the regulars have been
playing for nearly fortnight upon tenn
porary greens. and it was expected that
the permanent green's would be in use
by April Is with favorable weather. Now
it probably will be ten days or two
weeks before the permanent green's are
in shape to be used. No changes worth
mentioning have been made in the course
at either club.
The growth in popularity of the auto
mobile has lessened the vogue Of golf to
a certain extent. Saturday, March 2S,"
said Sewell Andrews secretary of the
Minikahda club, more than dozen men
were out at the club in their autos. They
got up an informal run over to the Town
and Country. and return, and not one
of them touched. a club. All were men
who last year would have been out on
the links the first good day of spring
While the automobile will not supplant
golf by any means, it will undoubtedly
keep number of men off the links most
Of the time this year"
1t is not believed that golf will suffer
greatly from the popularity Of "bubbliig,"
however, for after the first flush of en-
thusiasm over the new sport passes, the
golfers think the auto will be used more
as a. matter Of convenience than as a
pleasure vehicle, and the country clubs
will be more accessible. than before the
Introduction of the horseless carriage.
| Minneapolis golfers are already look
| ing forward to the state tournament,
which will be held this year at the Town
and Country club. The entry list this
| year will probably be larger than in either
| of the two previous tournaments, on &C
count Of the increase in the number 10
qualify for each Of the cups from eight
| to sixteen.
| Last year some Of the strongest Mini
kahda players failed to qualify for the
| championship cup. and Town and Country
| took most of the prizes. This summer
all who have a reasonable chance to win
should qualify. Still the St. Paul men
will have an advantage. for the Town and
| Country links are much sportier than
those at Minikahda. The Minikahda men
have played over the st. Paul course
often, but they will not be so familiar with
| all It's familiarities as the home players
| President Lionel H. Graham. president
of the New Jersey State Golf association,
! has obtained from the secretary of the
Hoylake Golf club in England a descrip-
| ton OF the official method of the draw az
used In the amateur championship of
Great Britain. This is the more inter-
esting in view Of the fact that it appears
that the English method may, be used il,
the United States amateur championships
| this year. The system Is thus described
| Should the number of entrants be ex-
actly the number which will eventually re-
due to four two and one. then the names
are at once drawn in couples. If, how
| ever this is not the case-that is, if the
! number Is not a power of two such as 8
il, 81 or 64-then byes have to be drawn
for In the first stage. To arrive at this
deduct from the nearest highest humble,
g. Is. 81 or 64) the number of COUPLES
competing and the remainder will be the
NUMBER OF Dyes. For example. take the
draw for the amateur championship at st
Andrews in 1895. There were GO compet
i itors or "a: couples. Substra citing "a from
I the nearest highest number, "a, that left
30 couples who had the good fortune t.
to receive byes. and started in the second
round while four couples entered for the
first round. This worked out SO that two
couples survived from the first into the
second round. in which. therefore 2.
couples took part In the third round I,
couples played: fourth round, s; fifth
round. 4: semifinal, couples; final
couple.
The method of ballot is as follows.
f list OF entrants is drawn up. and to each il
, a1t1Xed number. In box are DEPOSITED
] separate slips of paper. with CORRESPONDENT:
numbers. The slips are then drawn ouf
one by one, after the box has been shaker
up, and fresh list OF names is write,
out in order of draw. The comnetitor
:, first drawn get the byes (if there ar
byes), and the nlainder play each othe
in order of draw The comnetitor fire
drawn meets the next on the list. and s.
l on. "