The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-12
WESTERN GOLFERS HAVE Vim.
OPEN THEIR AMATEUR CHAM
PTONSHIP TO THE WORLD.
starters Ma, SurpaSs Number In the Ma
tional To he In ~. Louis and Begin
With Olympic Match Multi Ninliona
aires Litter the Pasadena Links.

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nor would any player accept with eQuanimit
a proposal to so belittle the national com
petitions. Yet. Just az the amateur chan,
pIonships for men and women nave beer
surpassed by the number OF entries at oper
tournaments, II II inevitable that before Ion
the national contests will be euualled II no,
exceeded in the number OF PLAYERS by some
OF the minor championships. The new con
ditlons OF the Western amateur championship
may bring about this contamination this sea
son and II no mistake Ii made in selecting
the course the Eastern Women's Golf As
ISOLATION should have the same success.
There Ia no Jealousy between st. Louis and
Chicago when golf is in question, for when
the games the thing all Westerners are
brothers. At the enthusiastic meeting OF the
western Golf Association last week in Chicago.
al which forty-seven of the seventy-eight
clubs had representation, the delegates Sc
lected the Glen Echo Country Club at st.
Louis for the amateur championship. Jun q
10 to 23; the Homewood Country Club for he
open and the Onwentsia Club for the Mar
shall F ield trophy team competition. There
TO Glen Echo, but in the event OF a contest
Col. George y. McGrew. its president, stood
ready with nineteen and Crafts ". Higgins
The tournament will be the first great COM
petition az the course since the Olympic
S Sbbam6dl0% %s RpS snd shoHld Of ser Glsn to ao sp5 cad Ss
the scene OF a national championship. per
haps next year. The course is a good one
and the members loyal TO the best interests
of golf. all reasons why st. Louis after some
years OF the cold shoulder should now receive
the United States Golf Association.
me programme arranged for Glen Echo
Is fruitful in prizes and stirring in the promise
tournament is open TO the amateurs OF the
country, As our last two national cham
TO fear from the Fast on the links, but the
conditions do more than TO lift the barriers
between the two geographical divisions the
every, hero at the lists, has opened it's cham
pionship to the golfers Of the world. The
Monday. June rs. the day before the cham
pIonship tournament, 1t is open to teams
In the true sporting spirit. competitors on
the Olympic teams. II from clubs outside the
membership Of the Western Golf Association.
teur championship and subordinate events.
There were twelve teams entered in the
Olympic last year. when played at, Wheaton
the day preceding the national. and the field
should be nearly as good this year. The
western PennsNlyania team win surely de
G. A. ormiston. y. p. Frederlcks and ". G..
Fownes. Jr.. or Others as good from PittsburR,
may be counted, on "a championship can
try again. especially rs II was at Glen Echo
that George i. Lyon won the Olympic indi-
yidual championship from II. Chandler ERan.
He has had a soft spot for the course ever
since in his heart. Whether the Eastern
associations will send teams or not will be
PLAYERS who wish to go on II is safe to say.
their local association viii help rather than
hinder the excursions,
II is the rolling stones in golf that have
the fun, whether they gather the moss or
not. The Glen Echo programme is a we'll
planned invitation to, have a bustling week
nj n h nh N M - "a
thIrty-si1 hole medal round, %thirty-two to
qualify and eighteen hole match rounds
f b6Ies' fbe 10 side the ey f9s!' tS be OF ORR 5hi i
some on Wednesday afternoon for those who
have failed to qualify. the partners to he
a great idea. and it is entirely new. Thurs
day afternoon non-qualifers and the beaten
in the first championship matches will go
flights Of, eight, On Saturday afternoon
there will be an eighteen hole handicap. open
d a = eR' Gap f]n sHfspt the The Gi assarp sIss 4 s sod
idea and an advance OF the custom in tho
The Deal Golf Club Is not yet in line with an
invitation to the Eastern Women's Golf Asso-
citation to Use, its links for the tournament
Of June 4 and the i%ntercIty matches. The
choose from Atlantic City. Lakewood, Nas-
sau, Baltusrol, New Haven and Great island.
the women,s teams from philadelphia, Boston
and New York, will be Of special interest, as
the championship is to be at thirty-siX holes
on June ! and :. without any match play.
The unexpected always happens saws
the adage. and in the allotment of the national
championships the truth is apparent" is the
editorial comment in Go't on the 1903 selec-
tons. "Englewood, which wanted the open
championship. gets the amateur; ,onwentsia
has the open. and To Brae Burn. which asked
for nothing. the, women's Championship is
given. IL, would be interesting to know what
caused Atlantic City to be dropped. At the
annual meeting il was the only applicant for
the women's championship. and its suita-
Was the, objection that il, is a hotel course
held to be fatal; i would take more time
proposition, Generally speaking. it would
seem that tn. first test Of A course should be
its quality for championship purposes. II
the MEMBERS OF a club are bonifaces or
brokers. hut we live in strange times now
in golhng matters and everything this year
During the tournament when William
chempionship. The Los Angeles course SnssqoI was
Uttered mp with millionaires. The count,
sesides the Chicag9 Youngsters Alden 3,
H. Tichenor, j. 4; Rankin, of the Chicago
Board OF Trade, who is said to have swung
the II biggest e, de- in ThsTi ever 9anipulatsd
Northern Steamship Line whose steamers
ply the Great Lakes; j. p. Stubs; a blast
furnace mHR1Alt OF 'IeNplAnu ana PlItSDnrR,
W. j. Carney, a Chica go lumber king: j. +.
Campion, a Colorado mine owner: the two
Cudahy sons and Mont gomery Ward Of Chi
cago. head Of the greatest mail order house
In the world.
The governors Of the New York Golf Club,
at their meeting OF organization on Saturday,
elected these officers for 1909: President,
j. Trull. Jn vice-pTesident, G.. =. Law
secretary. A. b. Lawyer; treasurer,
G. Robinson. chairman green committee,
A. NJ, SCraford; captain. Gilman p, Tiffany.
Although the weather was inviting for golf
At the Dyker Meadow Golf Club links ycster-
day, the ground was a trife soft and there
no roll 10 the ball. II invariably sticking
IL landed. Fifteen men competed in
A sweepstakes handicap. but only Ave scores
were returned. The winner was c. j, Crook
all. The scores;
C. J. Crookau, 50. $50: James P. Way, o. i2-Ss.
z, b. Knowlton, 81. $50. W. n. SimonS, %, $50
". b. Rhett. %. 4 40.
.astleman and Joyce Cases 70 lie Tried
on Thursday Next.
The cases of Castleman and Joyce which
been hanging over for more than six
and which have been the cause OF
litigation between the Irish \, 4. L.. and the
Metropolitan Asso citation Of the A, A. L.,
be tried next Thursday.
Every EFFORT will be made 10 finally dispose
" the matter then. The trial will take place
before &. r, Kirby, intercollegiate A. 4, A..
J. Walsh. New York A., C.. and DR., Luther