New-York tribune., 1906-11-05
BUSY GOLFING WEEK.
Election Dag Contests and atlantic
CitY Tournament on List.

This Will be lively week for the golfers. Near
ly every one who knows anything about the game
has arranged to spend at least part Of Election
Day on the links Following this comes the an
nual fall open tournament Of the Country Club of
Atlantic City, the last OF the tournaments
in the North this season
The Atlantic City affair. arranged for Thursday.
Friday and Saturday will attract q good field in
cludng golfers from the metropolitan district and
the usual Philadelphia representation The first
sixteen Will qualify for the Governors Cup. second
sixteen for the Presidents Cup third sixteen for
the Atlantic City Cup, and fourth sixteen for the
Mortified Cup. All trophies TO become the
absolute property of the winners. without further
competition.
There will be no team contest in conjunction with
the thrty-sx-hole medal play qualifying round this
fall but special consolation event is to be ar
ranged on Friday for the defeated eights Of each
sixteen that the contestants attending the tour
nament Will be given opportunity for competi-
ton during the entire three days.
In the last years important tournaments
have been held over the Mortified links. They IN
ciude intercollegiate and national amateur cham
pionships. The national event at Atlantic City
IN 1901. and It is memorable as the one in which
the rubber-cored ball made its successful appear
Findlay S Douglas. A. G. Lockwood and Charles
who adhered to the solid bail The SEMINAL round
match between Walter J. Travis and Douglas went
Ing With lively ball In the he final Travis Fra & defeated @
Walter Egan, ooth using the new Dall The WIN
ners and runners-up for the first division cups
since the start Of the regular fixtures follow:
Is0O-Spring w ]. Travis ard Findav s. Douglas
fall, Findlay S. Douglas and W. H. Davis.
1e02-Fan w. ]. Travis and Findlay S. Douglas.
lsg3-Snring. w. J. Travis and E, A. Darby; fail,
SsoasPEas: q e %?S FoEns; W GSn6 @nS H E Fown.s
fall: w; c; Fownes. T.. and Fl. shackelford
fall F. O. Horstman and H w Perrin
1Soe-Sprng, ". J. Travis and F. o. Horstman.
A meeting of the Eastern Professional Golfers
Association will be held in this city to-day, and
expected that this meeting the offer OF the
Country Club OF Brooklins Will be formally ac-
cepted. The Brookline plan IS to hold the tourna-
championship OF Massachusetts, and allow all
members of the Eastern body 70 compete for the
Massachusetts title.
ty Country Clubs schedule is an all-rnembers
team match. arranged for next Saturday. between
teams selected by c. W. OConnor and Fred Reyn-
ods. According to the conditions the losers are
expected to dine the winners at the clubhouse the
same evening. These events. which are held every
fall. usually attract between fifty ard sixty players
Play for the John Reid medal will attract the
usual strong field at the st. Andrews Golf Club
tomorrow. This trophy is emblematc OF the club
championship. and contestants will compete at
thirty-six holes. medal play. The John Reid medal
is one OF the Oldest events IN the country.
Archie Graham. champion of the New Jersey
State Golf Association. has taken UP his residence
at Montclair. He is contemplating joining the
Montclair Golf Club. which already is able to boast
of of the strongest teams ir the East. Promi-
vers, c. z. Van Week jr., Harold Wilcox, Mar
shall Whitlatch, Paul Harrison and z. A. Freeman