The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-22
PROS AND AMATEURS TO GOLF.
EASTERN CHAMPIONSHIP TO-
MORROW AT FOREST HILL.
Intereity Team Matches FOR the Lesley Cup
Friday N Saturday Atlantic City
Country Clubs Tournament -Mansleld
Hunter wins King william Medal.

Friday N saturday Atlantic City
Country Clubs Tournament Mansfield
Hunter wins King william Medal.
This will be a busy week for both smatsur
and professional golfers. Tomorrow the
nrst championship Of the Eastern Profess
sional Golfers Association will be played
over the $500 yard course of the Forest Hill
Field Club. There will be fifty starters. Inc
Guiding all the best men ofthe Eastern cluhe.
Wednesday there will be a professional four
ball match In the morning and one for pairs
Of an amateur and a professional in the after
noon. The entries for the latter ara headed
by Jerome Travers and Tom Anderson. the
Montclair professional. and all golfers will
wish the couple good luck. II shows the
right spirit for a clubs crack amateur to be
IoysI to it's professional In such open COM
petitions. In the same way Walter kobbe.
Jr., Baltusrol's new champion. is paired with
George Low.
The second tricity matches for the Lesley
cup will be played at the Merton Cricket
Club, near Philadelphia, on Friday and Satur-
day. The match, which has taken the place
OF the old semi-annual match between New
York and Philadelphia, had its first decision
last all when the Metropolitan Golf Associa-
ton team won. Walter Travis was the cap
| tain and the others on the team were jerome
Travers, Findlsy Douglas. C.. b. Macdonald.
c. II. Seely, Devereaux Emmett. Harold Will
cox. Daniel Chauncey. John NJ. Ward. Archi-
bald Graham and Percy r. Pyne. I'd. Travis
is again to be the captain, and on Saturday
he laid the team had not as yet been fully
decided on. There will be a number OF new
faces, but the list will comprise Travers and
Douglas, who Is back from a visit TO his old
home at st. Andrews. The Philadelphia and
Boston teams will play on Friday and the
winners will meet the NJ. g. A. team on Satur-
day.
On Wednesday the eleventh semi-annual
thiTtyrsif hole Slsb ms so1ier plax viii naPbe be ps y es 's az
St. Andrews. The, handicaps. as far as pos
sible will be based on the NJ. G. A. ratings
prizes. The entries close tomorrow with
Richard y. Thomas. 20 Fifth avenue. The
s cbase Club. Washington. viii also be a fixture
Of the week, on Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day.
A programme as full Of sport as an egg is
Of meat is announced for the open fall %tourns-
November 3. 0 and 10. The qualiners will keep
on in sets Of sixteen for the governors. presl-
dents. Alta ntic City and Mortified cups
scores. the last Of the ~sixteens TO play for o. .
consolation cup. There will be beaten eight
cups in each sixteen. so that all at the tourna-
be a low score prize IN the thlrty-six nc 0
qualification round and for the best gros,
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last day. Except the low score prize. a player
may not win two prizes at the tournaments
Entries fer the tournament close with the
secretary, Walter 4. Edge, on November Z,
and for. the handicap on November 10, at
10 A. N; Earlier entries however are re-
Quested by the committee.
Dates are already being announced for
the winter Roling. in southern California.
The mems open championship tournament
at the Coronado Country CUB, Tor the cup
won in 1905 by Walter Fairbanks Of Denver
and this vpaF nv James Gardner OF Chicago.
will begin on February 4. The, women's
open tournament will begin. on February, II.
Pinehurst Golfng will begin in December.
A date of consequence for next summer is that
the American Golf Association OF Advertising
Interests will hold its tournament at the Mid
lothian Country Club about July Is.
The Kiug William w. gold medal. in play
Ancient Golf Club of ~. Andrews, was the
feature at the famous links on September %.
on the play on with So This years winner
was T. Mansfield Hunter. who was here with
f Hsnt 1Ff Son n 100 Sa MitS q. bIS sa With n sSs msW
good, Three puts made the fourteenth 40,
S Sppr o . 'n from nO the "S rSush S 1%s &SGannsson
field Hunter played with, John l.. Low and
four to play, but Low finished with 81. one
OF seven tied, NJ, CraWley, Bowen was second
M1Fs ~ F:r E Isson' v fhe w club th so, @s6 Hed thiirtS :.
seven years ago, was a competitor. doing 20.
Harry yardon, who in spite Of his ine
Rolfng this season is said to be still in bad
health, intends to winter in a milder climate
than England. lie has under consideration
a visit to Australia for his health and 10 play
exhibition matches on the various greens
there.
W. y. Dey won the selected score prize on
Saturday at the Ridgewood Golf Club. withFa
net score Of 90. W. A. Dunn. Jr.. and ".
Mcfarland tied for second prize each with
l01i. Fifteen players competed.