Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-03
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Philadelphia After Champion
ship Golf Dates.
THIS CITY A BIDDER
o'BRIEN HURLs Def AT RYAN
AND FITZSIMMoNs.
Five Choices Won at New Orleans
Cams Whipped Ward-Magnates
Agree to Peace.
THIS CITY A BIDDER

1t rs now practically certain that Philadel-
phia will secure one of the three big ma
tional golf championships of 1904. There
has been considerable controversy as to
which of the Philadelphia clubs would make
application for a national event at the an
nual meeting of the United States Golf AS
sociation in New York next week. Golfers
generally look upon Huntingdon Valley as
the most likely course, but the officials OF
sthat organization are afraid the turf at Ry-
dial. so badly attacked by worms last year,
will not be good enough to warrant that
club in holding such an important event
upon it. This leaves an open field for the
Merton Cricket Club, and this organization
will be the only Philadelphia representative
| to ask for a championship.
The Main Line Club will make application
for the women's event, and no serious oppo-
sition is anticipated. Since the u s. G. A.
was organized Philadelphia has had only
one national championship, which was in
1889. when tie women's event was held at
Bala- 1t is, therefore. justly entitled to a
national championship this year, and
should be readily given any one of the three
events for which it asks AS Chicago had
the women's last year. no opposition is an
ucipated from that quarter, and. although
some of the westerners are under the i'm
preston that the Merton Club by holding
the Rhona Adair tournament last year, af-
fected the success of the national event at
Chicago. they will not be in a position to
oppose Philadelphia.
Both Atlantic City and Washington would
like the women's event The former is will
ing to give way, as it was owing to Phila-
delphia's support that the Mortified links
secured the amateur event two years ago.
The Chevy Chase Club realizes that Phila-
deiphia has the better right to the event
1t is hardly likely that the Quakers will
have to battle against opposition from this
quarter.
Officials of the United States Golf Asso-
citation expect the other championship will
go to Boston and the Metropolitan Golf
Association district. Boston gave way in
all three events last year. and should
therefore. be considered again this year.
1t will probably get the amateur event, and,
as the hub city does not experience the
same hot weather as the other golfing dis
tricts during the summer. this important
event may be held a trife earlier this year.
Although New York has not yet applied
for the open, 1t will probably secure it.
New Jersey has held two or three ma
tional tournaments since Philadelphia held
the women'S, and, as the Quakers will
make a strong bid at next weeks meeting,
the delegates from the other side of the
Delaware are expected to fall in line and
support the Philadelphia contingent.
ST. Louis would like, at least one of the
championships. but as no application has
been received from the mound city and no
canVaSSing. for votes from even western
delegates has been made. it is scarcely like
~ that the west will get a championship
meeting.
The American system of a medal play
qualifying round will continue to prevail
In the Metropolitan Golf Association Ii
any doubts had existed on that score the
question was settled to a certainty at the
organizations annual meeting held in the
Metropolitan Club. New York last night
The death knell of the all-match play or
English system. was sounded when such
prominent golfers as Charles B. Macdonald
former champion, and Daniel Chauncey
spoke In strong terms in favor of medal
play.
Macdonald went so FIR as to declare that
IN his opinion the United States Golf Asso-
citation made serious mistake in adopting
the all-match-play system last year at Mas
sau. The next M. G. A. championship Will
be held not later than the last week in
May with qualifying round the exact
executive committee
The nominating committee consisting O!
Granville Kane. w. A. Putnam and H. W.
Taft. did not present their list of officials
until just prior to the meeting. The selac-
ton was accepted without opposition as
follows:
President. Judge Horace Russell Garden
City
Vice president, NewboId Edgar, SHINE.
cock Hills.
Treasurer Lionel H. Graham. Baltusrol.
Secretary, F. A. Snow, Tuxedo.
Executive commttee-Charles F. Watson,
w. r. Innis. Harvey Murdoch w Fellows
Morgan and Robert c. Watson, jr.