New-York tribune., 1906-10-22
BUSY WEEK FOR GOLFERS.
Eastern Open Championship and
Tri-City Match the Features.

This week will be important in golffng circles
What between the first championship tournament
of the Eastern Professional Golfers Association and
the annual tri-city contests for the LESLEY Gun
there will be nearly week of continuous play
The professionals are to compete for their new
urle at the Forest Hill Field Club tomorrow at
thirty-six holes medal play. They will have q
chance TO return extremely low scores, as the
Field Clubs eighteen-hoe course is rather short
George Low, open champion of the Metropolitan
ssona Golfers says a % he Moud not be-
SURPRISED M & to see some one return total Of about
-. Ia. me record for the course is TO- made
ny George Pearson, the Forest Hill pro" and a
oe beaten during the tournament
Nearly all Of the prominent professionals In the
as to the class Of the ed Aleo Smith 1e no the eop6t
slight Angh the Is Is a9s t2s% to fs b
Is not likely to trouble Smith. who Is remarkably
cePonshe fifth and the homs hoesthe W e"S Scots et
VIII be able to use irons nashies their sec
In In sfyss ay1ng up his Of
On Wednesday the amateurs will join with the
rome rom D D % %TFayers. the Metropolitan Coli Assocla-
o5 @ s1d Is Fotns to team up With Tom
will represent the Montclair Golf Club. Howard ward
Vim hadePa cFcaat aas cub sa'sTse pred
amateur, will have Low for partner.
Three sections will be keenly interested in the
outcome of the Lesley Cup contests between teams
from Boston Philadelphia and this city The
matches will be played the links of the Merton
cricket Club on Friday and Saturday Boston and
Philadelphia will meet the first day to see which
Will earn the right to play tho metropolitan team
the present holder OF the cup There will be ten
players a side.
walter ]. Travis. captain of the metropolitan
team, mas not announced his selection as yet but
ne admits that there Will be several changes from
!ast years personnel On that occasion the selec-
Son included Travis. Jerome d. Travers Fndlay
Cbares sids' II sATchlnald Graham John NJ Ward,
81 and Harold Wilcox.
dwight Partridge and Robert Abbott have been
playing golf all worthy of q place, and the
r tiffany. Rumor has that the Boston and
FIlladelphia combinations will be stronger than
Z, year ago. The latter will have something OF
advantage in playing at home.
Announcements out for the annual fall open
tournament OF the Country Club OF Atlantic City.
TO be held over the Mortified links. November
o. and 10. The qualifying round will consist OF
thlIty-six holes. medal play, the first sixteen TO
qualify for the Governors Cup second sixteen for
the Presidents Cup, third sixteen for the Atlantic
City Cup fourth sixteen for the Northfeld Cup
nrst and second rounds at match play will take
place on the second day. with the semi-ftnal and
nnsl rounds on Saturday. An eighteen-hole medal
play handicap will also take place on the last day
while special consolation has been arranged
Tor November for the defeated eIghts or each six
teen This viii afford the contestants an oppor-
tunlty TO play throughout the three days
This tournament Is open TO members OF clubs
belonging To the United States Golf Association,
and To such other players may be Invited 10
compete, Entries will close November with Wal
mittee consists OF Walter E Edge. J. Hanes LIP
pincott and Frederick :. Sherman