The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-05
AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF
VIEWS WANTED on RETAINING
PRESENT CONDITIONS.
Before April Meeting Of u. q. @. A. Each
Associate Cub WIN he Asked 70 Ex-
press Its stand-Many Favor Plan
Tired by Trayis-Match.P1ay Pfea.

Before April Meeting Of T.. q. @. \. Each
Associate Club WIN He Asked 70 EN-
press Its stand-Many Faver Plan
Urged Nv TraVis-Mateh.Piay Piee.
Before the April meeting Of the U. 8. .. A.
executive committee. when a vote will be
taken on the question, each associate CLUB
will be asked to ex press It's stand on the ANA
teur championship conditions. The views
are wanted as to whether or not the present
conditions will be retained. and. II not, what
method shall be substituted. A majority
Of the executive committee. It n understood.
favors match play without a qualifying round
II change Is to be made from the conditions
introduced last year. A good many favor
the plan urged yesterday by W. J. Travis.
thirty-two to qualify and thirty-two hole
match play throughout. Still others want
Travis's plan, but so altered that sixty-four
shall qualify. That the sixty-fourth man 70
qualify, l.. N. James. won out last year they
put forward as an argument that II is not fair
sSpporters for tSe sG Conditions
OF the executive committee and also those
who support the present system In all but
club, and Of the principal players vili 3.
sifted out and the executive cotnmittee WI
y ss psR hs ts s
demanded. No system will please everybody.
4 strong plea for straight match play. both
pion.hips. i made By, Ralph craofnsl pf
the Oakley Country Club, in the Boston Globe
Of sunday, in part as follows:
The amateur golf champonship touInamsat
Andrews on May I. 9, . and 10, In 1901, With iie
entries, the largest ever made In Great Britain,
affords good object lesson OF how tournament
at match play can be run on In four days.
In this tournament there were twelves byoA
The nrst pair started st . o'clock. The others
were despatched a. four minute ln!eryah and a.
A. $50 those drawing by started and the six
pair were all on at 1850 A. 1854 vinnsu began
TO play winners OF the morning matches, and the
last pair left the 1rst teeing ground a. saA The
play for the day was over soon after O'Clock.
DunnG the day eighty -four matches Of eighteen
holes had been played over . eounse which 81 that
On the morning Of the second day sixteen
matches were played and In the afternoon eight
matches On the third day four matches were
played In the morning and two In the afternoon
On the fourth and last day John l.. Low and II. n
Hilton play cd thirty slx holes, the latter winning
by lup.
The attendance on the last day vas enormous
and included nearly all the players who had come
to 81. Andrews for the chAmpionshlp. On the
second and third days play was over soon sftsI
O'Clock. The morning rounds were started o.
10 o clock and the afternoop rounds a. O'Clock.
a. four minute Intervals. On the last day the
nrst round was stared at io:iS and the second
round al 2lS
AUGUSTA. ia. March <.-Northsrn so
journers made up the mai GRITTY Of the starters
In the open competition at the Country clubs
links yesterday The winner was G. n.
FIitz Of the, Huntingdon Valley dolf Club
of Philadel mia