The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-22
GOLF AT PRESTWICK TO-DAY.
OPENING ROUND IN TIE ANA.
TEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS.
American Women Have Good Early Proc.
poets At Cromef-Plans for tho Met
ropolitan Tournament ~ Fox Hills
To Beyin Women's Team Matches.

T~'Ssu WOtuOu kAhVo OOOU n1rty EuVV'
poets At Cromef-Plans for the Met
ropolitan Tournament at Fox Hills
To Rcyin Women's Team Matches.
Prestwick will be tho meeting place Of
Great Britain's best golfers to-day-with q
slim muster Of aliens for the amateur cham
pionship. which is to last out the week. II
seems TO be very open contest. with no
decided favorite. unless 1t be Robert Max
well. the titleholder Of 1908. who was despoiled
oy Travis. The win Of the latter last year
would denote that the "old order cham goth.
AID as the history Of the Prestwick cham
ponships Is ono Of surprises, tho name Of
some younsster may be this year added to
the roll Of champions.
st. Andrews. on tho other hand. is not .
course OF surprises. and. unless 1t be A. H.
Ioogood. who has been very good Of late.
the British critics can see nobody In II except
the old quartet. Taylor. Vsrdon. Braid and
Herd. They think. too. that from so4 to sos.
Taylor's winning score there in 1900. will
again be good. The prediction would seem
favorable to the American entries Will An
derson and Aleck Smith. either OF whom II
on his game can play any course on earth
In the tally mentioned.
The draw for the women's championship
TO begin next Monday At Cromer seems to
be favorable to the American entries. the
majority Of whom will not have to play until
the second round. Miss E. NJ. Lockwood is
drawn against Miss Z. Steel. OF Sheffield.
who lasted to the fourth round last year;
Miss Griscom plays Mrs. 8. Hunter and Miss
Adams meets Miss A. Roberts, both scratch
players at their clubs. but In the other in
stances the Americans are thought to have
the better show. Mrs. Boys. the English
go6ng writer. makes this summary Of the
outlook: with Miss Adalr not we'll enough
to compete. Miss E. C. Neville not too robust,
and Miss bod not playing up to her form,
1t looks as II tho hopes of Britons must rest
solely on Miss May Hezlet."
Leighton calkins will have out the entries
for the Metropolitan Golf Association cham
ponshp this evening and tho play begins
over the Fox Hills links on Wednesday morn
ing. There will be an entry UP to eSpecta-
tons and BETTING the enterprise OF the popu-
lar club. Travis Is not the pronounced favor
lite he is usually on the eve OF an important
tournament. one set holding that he cannot
Use the telegraph post clubs throu ghout n
tournament without firing. another clique
declaring that Travis cannot play extraor-
binary golf except on a fat course. Travis.
meantime. remains as cool as cucumber. and
on Wednesday. although the greens were
wet and slow. he recorded "a. 1913. which
ties the amateur record held by the lamented
Luther L. Kellogg. Jr.
There will be cups for three siIteens this
time besides the championship plate six
teen. Post entries will be received for the
annual four ball match for individual prizes
and a club banner, to be played on Friday
afternoon. and for the thirty six hole handicap.
10 be played on Saturday. The two events
are open TO all NJ. G. A. members. aside from
the championship proper. The NJ. G. A.
tournament committee are Lionel II. Graham.
chairman; Harvey Murdoch and William r.
lnnis.
Team matches in the Women's Metropolitan
Golf Association series begin on Wednesday.
Richmond County playing at Bridgeport.
on the Brooklawn link 9. and Englewood at
Nassau. The one day tournaments were
started in brilliant way last week at Rich
mond County. with twenty-nne cards in
the handicap. and the field on Friday In the
repetition Of the tournament at the Apa-
wants Club should be az strong.
The Marine and Field Club links at Dyker
in OF the sewer excavations and the members
are out in greater number than in two or
three seasons for the weekly competitions.
Saturdays competition was 9 selected score
handicap for a cup presented by William c
Biddle, in which the results were in this order
G. II. Briggs. 40. 44-ss'1: G. $. Taylor. -. Ia
se'l: ": 6; Mddle, w., g. li.s7 " =; Howell.
IS. j4-S7i4; b. Harris. l5 7l:-g7is: W: H Childe,
q. IS; J. " Baymond; 8. Sc; y Pcslsy.
~, 90; F, z. Lally. 20. 81-4o..
BLOOMFIELD, May 21.-There was q club