The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-17

Entries Close To-day for Morris County
Tournament.

led the qualifying field In 1907 with lsJ. ana
Arden NJ, Robbins won the first cup and Aleck
Morten the consolation trophy. In the last
two tournaments. OF 1909 and 1908, l.. ~.
Conklin won the first sixteen cups. The
course has twice been the scene Of the
wOmen's national championship. Douglas
won the national amateur there in 1898 and the
Americans beat the Canadians In the in
tevnational match OIL the course In 1909.
This spring Archie Graham won the New
Jersey championship at Morris County, but
the. clubs own tournaments have lapsed
since 1903 until the pending event.
The entries will close to-day with Alfred
Macy. secretary OF the Morris Country Golf
club. whose address Is Con vent station. n. j.
The qualifying round on Thursday morning
will be at eighteen holes. and. besides play
ing for a low score prize. three siNteens will
gain eligibility for cups and there will a'so
be three beaten eight cups. All the final
rounds will be at thirty-six holes on Saturday.
when there will also be a thirty-siK hole
medal play handicap for best gross and net
prizes. Members who have presented the
cups are Messrs. Thomas. Frelin ghuysen.
Foote, Dickson, Pitney. Hardness and Will
Jams.
The East Jersey Golf League championship
at Deal. September % and 20, Ia the next local
competition. October will be opened In the
competitive way by the tournament OF the
IhlCuInOuu NouuhN OuhNI AIuOs ~
5 and Q. The women s national championship
will begin at Brae Burn on Monday. October
3. and continue throughout the week. The
Int rcollsgiate Golf Association champion
ship at Garden City, the Eastern Profess
sional Golf Association championship and a
tournament at Baltusrol will round out the
months available dates.
PLAINPIELD, n. j., Sept. ~ls-Charles A.
Reed won a leg on the September andicap
cup and first three points for the golf COM
mitt ee cup at the Plainfeld Country Club
yesterday with a net score Of Il. Arthur
Murphy and Robert Abbott divided the re-
naming honprs with a tie score OF IS. These
scores were returned for the cups:
Charles A. Reed. sS. Al; Arthur Murphy. IS.
It's: Ro bert Abbott. 70. plus rs; Morris J. Du-
mon {, SO. 10: Julius T.. Erickson. %. 1870: C. b.
Morgan a.. Ssh: Dudley II. BarTows. 80. plus Isl;
Stuart II. Patterson. 100, S-s.
wEsrFIEID. n. j., Sept. I8-In the semi-
finals for the September handicap cup Glass
r ut the westheld Golf Club yesterday X. II.
Graham won from g.. w. Rawlins by default
and y. Watanebe beat +. g.. Harris by , up.
The result of the approaching and putting
contest for women was as follows:
Miss Gertrude Noe, 20; Mrs. J. A. johnson.
"a: Miss Hegeman. %; Miss kimball. %: Mira.
J. s. Foster. -; Miss Chapman. 20; Mrs. F.
Kinch. 80.
STANFORD, Conn. Sept. IG.-The best four
scores qualified in the eighteen holes handi-
cap for the presidents cup at Wee Burn yes
terday. The scores;
J. Beldon Hurlburtt, 80. sO-es; F. A. Lockwood.
80, iS-7E r. b. smith. 1906. SIS; the Rev. B. N.
TIP s.. "a IFS sGsI q. Trs TS;y ioS' SIS i. s swan,
S s.jdil s % rs L; ct cSes Sm' seiils @ 80 20. IFS: Dr f F4sa
ercE Schavoir. "a. so; A. Leland broSn. 100
iO4. 22-ss; /. {. Green. %, los; 2 l Sconeld, Jr.
I l2o' i ico, isH Hsso' q. pH 3. fb lS5 ann' 10 T. .5- ss11FP F ?.
Sobbins. lis. 20 81: James Hoyt Knapp, los, iS-s9.
In the play OF for the captains prize F, W.
Dotv won from Harold Dolly on the twenty
fourth hole by up.
There is an agitation in the East Jersey
Golf League in regard TO opening the in
dividual championship at Deal on September
p and % to al OF The members instead OF
teams in at least three matches. Paul +.
Hellar, chairman OF the commit &c. states
that he will personally urge the, change at
the next annual meeting. but that as the
matter requires a constitutional amendment
nothing can be done before the pending
! can qualify and there are no minor cups. IL
Ia not likely that over thirty or forty. the
number now eligible from the teams. would
be apt to turn out this year. even II the barrier
could be raised. Ifthe constitution u changed
Heller " i'll recommend that minor fight cups
be added 10 the championship card and the
tournament be made the great event OF me
ports nee and all efforts have been 10 keep
the six clubs int ed in these natches;
The handicap at Deal on September 70 MI
be open to all the Fast Jersey members Wlth-
out any restrictions.
Will Anderson. our former open champion,
ia 10 have leave OF absence from 0nwentsia
next month foT an Eastern trip. Tie Will pc
on a hunt for matches and writes that no oner
for a meeting will be turned down. The frst
championship Of the Eastern Professional
Golf Association will be held in October. but
az the. conditions have not been framed up
TO non-residents of the territory or not. Inc
open Championship Of the Western Golf As.
Nassau is the present titleholder. An i'm
poItant dinP II that the Eastern Pro-
f~essional Golf Association tournament y to
in this respect the district competitions Of
the British and of the Chicago professionally,
and not a competition of an association.
The Eastern professionals will meet in ten
| days to thresh out this and other points in re-
lation 70 their inaugural champioGship me
its links and TO add $500 10 the prize money.
The course is a very good one OF eighteen
holes but practically unknown save to the
resident PLAYERS. To obi ain the tourna-
ment would make the links better known 70
outside golfers and this ia one OF the reasons
present the Forest Hin folks. have the inside
track. for the only other offer IL from the
| ADANamlR NluD, winch VIII RlNt Sib III pIlNrs.
The professionals have some 5000 in hand
| and they will add n number OF prizes 10 the
event. but the desire n TO keep the funds
\ intact II possible to meet other calls that may
he made from the committee 10 care FOR sick
| or temporarily embarrassed members. The
| idea now in most favor Is to play at Forest
Hill and to add a sweepstakes OF $40 orS5 a
starter to the prize money, 30 az not 10 break
Ia on the treasurer's funds,
II il proposed to have two divisions OF the
prize money on original lines. The field
will be separated into two classes. one made
I'M Of players who have been within the money
al competitions this season and the second
act TO include those who have been non-win-
ners this season. A man can gain only one
prize, 80 that II a non-winner makes the low
score he will still be entitled only to the first
money in his class. The prizes in each class
are to be equal in amount, the main idea
being to group the non-winners into the
same division without making any distinc-
tons as to the relative skill Of the starters by
a~llottinR handicaps. There will also be a
set of prizes for the assistants to PROFESSIONAL
at the clubs.
Protest Against Chip II. Not Sustained
The protest against the Chip H., winner
Of the American Power Boat Association
challenge cup last month, will not be sus-
tanned. The boat was protested by the