The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-07
GOLF HANDICAPS ARB our.
TRirfs va LOv0ERAT rms NARk
on THE N. a. 4. LfST.
HatinEs SHOW tcs tlIlhE ~ Amons the
Leading Players Committee Asks
t1ub OHiriais 10 Hep0ff Promptly on
Irtpr 0vcments IN Form News Notes.

poltan uou Aslo'll,,.u .t,a, raISirss
the handicap committee, Iolfh'oh ININln7,
+ W Menzies and +. !. Phillips. Tho list
contains , 5si names. There we're only / 500
,at.d i,s, yrar and 2tn In 1904. About s5
per cont NJ tho increase = dle 10 lncIlulns
In the nj ghteen group the PLAYERS handicapped
a, "a ~ over rbcaa names are now
az VI w.. = II n ruIe
inciuneo On acc"ln, pl ~ u' -. 80
that no NJ O. A player Is 'HRlo'r w num,
ove,ts NJ ,bia assocIotion or in thr handicap
o W. ha go 49, tnri,,t,on tournaments
events az me open or lnv'.i'.pn 'o oasoniatJnn
unless his name appear. on the list. But
nIayers not IIsted who may wish TO compete in
handicap events durlhR inc sedsoh uSs ~
tain ratings and have their names hdden 70
cannst NJ dirsct to tbe Associnton Handicap
cappeI . U u"vV, ,wors are advised tn
ComIoitec. hh SUI Jii,itan,l ratinya win
not he given without. careful consldeTation..
The object is to eliminate eleventh hour
tee an tnfairness TO the players who have
duly olalined for careful ratings. Inc
necessI Of the rule is demonstrated by the
many unrated PLAYERS who last year appeared
for handicaps. the proportion being nearly
30 per cent Of the starters The CLUB handii
t5aatp the Committee has been able 70 accept
nearly 90 por cent. of the ratings unchanged;
hae oVnn t tbbge ssnmneeftiangg actually approach
ing CHARACTERIZATION In COLI handlcapping is
being attained Tho committee adds
We present the result Of our WoETk N wit1 a
nore Our urgent request that voluntary re-
potts oe SEM III ~ morn piavers show i'm.
MI lament in piaving form There will not
Be may n6t ,i ssS2 Ss' e d@ 4 9sE 1 e e eng, .l Tlss +
next 70 Impossible for this committee, un-
AIDED, to watch out for To- S 6 sS5 Of ]So S4G9 mRrG any
player goes out and wins a handicap event
vito a generous nfd laaFhs san r qeIuced. the re-.
spnnsihinfv must. we respectfully submit.
seS'S on Tie aiaO haadtcapper wao fails 70
'eITh e nublIo test OF a handicap Is that the
winntne net score Should be a total that is
attaihaDIe = + IN man Who plays better
Tran he knows how" and so returns a net
S score P ~ 1h~1a11dd In D must not be blamed
far v feI The above condition is upset,
All awstems must fan in this crisis. But
prniharIE IL S nGting IMPROVEMENTS in
form sbpx1id be an e%ifectuai guard against
players on their usual game creating such a
Tnsos az n evening no Of the Iiayers that
sbonid trend 10 an evening up Of the net scores
a. t he on on.1 To- be wished
Is ne ~ear'l isf showed only slxty-slx play
eEs from plus one 70 n s'T Ijii ep .alao, division Who
onts gTatd q ne hest of he 255f local golfers
az in IN" a. ordeer With list years rating in
arentheSes when the player hdu one
SSrath N :, AZ IL s va Year Seir 8
TTWIWeo VI g"srs lesT wear 2,
TSyceEEF s n6uEias ~. George T. Broksw
az Fl Seely 81.
Four-R. Abbott fG. Max Behr ~. Archibald
Graham 49,. c. Il. Macdonald ~, +, r. fyneiL,
80, Archie n Red IS F. o HginahII ~, gohH
Five. ". Baker ~. Il + bayeta - %IS
T. Dwight 10, PcNeItaHA EinfnEo "a Geo "a,
man 20. T. . tuHr'' ! XK.nnsdaT q. oswald
= q {. nouns u n 10 I'D 81. L. Livingston. 2
hErNSE ockr,, Sonald Mcclellan q, + ".
Men lei lies i5l. J66n MoIirr. il, 80, 4. 5. Morrow
"a +, A. Murdock t6. +. ~. ELEPHANT. .Jr4 90
D.. Partridge %. Ralph Peters, Jr, = a; Pt0si
I5l; j. Reid, Jr., ~. j. NJ. Rhctt bl. \. y. ,Eonhlhs
(6I. ". NJ. Sinclair. {. j. sullivan C1', W / Nesu 20,
n: WHi'Ia'ch CO. H. T. "m'H'> "'
SIX H. Barnes ,Uy:H =: "a "a, p Rrooks Ie, c.
BatIews 49, 10 ; u P q, yGb,m i5' W" c, Carnegie
% 81 hto"I " GCescrhSran.' - ", Colitr i0, /. II.
Conkin 81, Is. ". COrkran, t. VI. DALEY ~, Roy
ming To- W.. Evans 10, J. D. Foote 49,, g X.
FulIarton. W. L. Cheney q. " L, Eruntner ~
c. Hitchcock, Jr., W L. HICKS @ l H3nenGtn
"a, II Jafrey, Jr. tl, j.. ,Janln -. ~ I 'tni'ns.
"a, P H. Jennings 20 T. D hhapp l' N "Ianp@Ips
ham. 4. II. karkln i6ii i = MEtIs. N i '9h.ii
%; G W -, ~ ToIht[ T. wyt.r ~ G. 7, Stout IL,
:. b d 1sSS!oI q; va THf1ncii, Jr -; paul Water.
~ = annaaS WWaai,rrs ~. i II. p. Wharton a., 4
= aWNh 10 a., +, WiId,r, Jr, a.; H. II. Worthing'
ton l7.