Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-23
BIC GOLF|NG YEAR ON
AMERICAN COURSES
Tournaments and Miscella-
neous Competitions.
Belief That Upsets Of Last Season Will
Not Be Repeated-Women Who
Should Be Prominent.

Predictions as to the royal and ancient
sport in this country might have been made
years ago with some degree of safety, but
not now. The new ball and the golfer in
knickerbockers have been the factors most
potent in bringing about an upset little
short of CONFUSION. Not observer
in this country would have dared to predict
in print half the results that last year
brought about. If lie had every one would
have declared that he had gone insane over
the game One statement at least can be
put down that will not look foolish next De-
cember and that is the year will bring
more tournaments. team matches and mis-
celaneous competitions than any previous
season.
Leading players in Philadelphia. Pitts
burg and Washington have already been
quoted as declaring that the calendar In
those districts was never nearly so full be-
fore The same may be said OF New Jersey
little later the game will boom on Long
Island which being mainly a vacation dis
trict is from two or four weeks further OH
than the territories previously mentioned.
Garden City, Nassau, Oakland, Highland
and the other large clubs on the easterly
end, where the snow has about melted, were
never earlier in the matter OF preparations
and are charging their committees and
otherwise getting ready for a strenuous
campaign. The Hudson river clubs, While
less numerous, have their schedules well In
hand. Such organizations as ArdSiey nave
issued booklets that the schedules may bet
ter be carried in the pocket for reference.
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Last year, while the general average OF
womens play improved the individual ad-
vance among the stars was hardly worth
talking about. unless one excerpts Mrs. f.
F. Sanford and two or three others, judging
mainly from the showing at the national
championship. Better things are likely
among the first rank of performers this
year, if for no other reason than because
Miss Bishop. the national champion; the
Curtis sisters, Miss Mary Adams, Miss
Emily Lockwood and Miss Frances Girls
com are going abroad to take part IN the
championship at Cromer, Whl!e seVeraI
others are planning individual trips across.
Mrs Stout formerly Miss GeneVleVe
Hecker, relieved of family cares, is coming
back-to the game which Will unquestlon-
ably stimulate the metropolitan contingent
Mrs E. A. Manice and Mrs M. d. Pater-
son had a give and take time of it last
season and never were more closely match
ed than now. Mrs 7. H. Polhemus of
Brooklyn, who is picked as coming bright
light is at Lakewood practicng, While Miss
Elizabeth Hurey of Apawamls. ike MISS
Mabel Higgins and others, has been Keeping
in trim on Bermuda and other subtroplcal
links The trip of the women OF CANADA
last fall also proved of benefit. More is
heard of the sport in semnarles ana
schools Smith College has recently estab-
liShed a championship.
Turning to the masculine contingent IL is
generally believed that the juniors biggest
squirt has been made. 1t would be next TO
impossible for them to keep up their SHOW
ing of last year through another season
This belief is based on experience IN the
west where they had their innings year
earlier than in the east. There they so
nearly disrupted several organizations that
narrow legislation was introduced, which
for the time being shut them off from many
links OF course, a little reflection showed
the folly of this move, while nothing could
keep down the real stars. The last took
the invasion more phiosophically ana SO
have little to undergo. The best of the
youngsters are sure to make still further
advance during the next six or eight
months, but they are not likely TO dominate
the sea son, IS they did last year. Nor is 1t
believed that the next champion of the
metropolitan district will be junior.
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Chandler Egan goes into business early
next fall. and that means his virtual retire
ment from the golfng forum. OF course, he
has a chance to recapture the title, but the
odds on the field are tremendous. Fred
Herreshoff last years runner-up, got to 60
ing fast at Pinehurst recently, but went
into the air at the critical juncture, so that
his stock has not advanced in public opin-
ion. Walter J. Travis is still far and away
the best gamble, but business Is demanding
more and more of his attention, and the
game has long suffered for lack of leisure.
W. c. FoNnes, jr., while invincfble around
Pittsburg and Atlantic City, has large bust
ness interests that prevent much increase in
his golfing caliber. In the same way, H.
w. Perrin and A. w. Tillinghast are towers
of strength in the Philadelphia district but
win little prominence abroad The big GEN.
tiers in New Jersey, such as Newark and
Jersey City, are virtually without links, be-
cause of building encroachmentS, and with
in two years Brooklyn will be as badly off.
OF course suburban clubs are protiting by
the crowding in real estate, but it takes
time to travel twenty or thirty miles. The
ideal arrangement is that of Walter J. Ira
Wis at Garden City. and James D. Foot of
Apawams, who can step out of the back
door and play several holes while they are
waiting for breakfast.
No one will be watched with more inter-
est than a. l.. White, intercollegiate cham
pion who won his title at the very end of
the northern golfing season, and has not
played to speak of since. He certainly has
class and alone, with Jerome d. Travers,
the scholastic champion, offers the safest
wager among the younger ranks.
In eastern professional ranks the name
to conjure with is still Willie Anderson, al
though he lacks the clocklke quality of
Stewart Gardner and the meteoric flashes of
Alexander Smith.