The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-14
GOLF.
wsmep's Eastern Association at work m a
d. . Handicap List.

3. Handicap List.
A general handicap list Of players In the
womens Eastern Golf Association lie in
preparation. and although the absence OF
reliable data will make the task a hard on
IL Ii expected that the ratings will be ready
in the spring. Miss Frances @. Griscom Of
Merton Is chairman Of the handicap commit.
tee. During the ~intercity matches at Merton
she had a talk with Leighton Calkins. chair.
man OF the NJ. q. A. handicap committee,
on the best method of utilizing the par basis
in the ratings and the system OF allowances
that takes into consideration the greater
chance to improve. some players have over
others. The .Calkins table of allowances.
based on a par Of "a. but. adjustable TO an
given par, is carried out to an average thYes
best scores OF 100. The actual difference
between this maximum score and the par
is IS strokes. but the strokes on given in tbs
Calkins table is n. The average OF some oC
the women pla yers on a par Il course on ther
three best scores would probably be higher.
On this account Leighton Cslkins has pN-
tended his table Of allowances for the women
committee to include q best three score aver
After the preparation Of the first list. tbs
copmittee will be able, by keeping g card
TO the Improvement or falling on Of thu
players in Compel ttions. The. inportant
Working order FOR the Eastern Women.
Golf Association in June. which this tins
will be at q Boston course. IL is under con
at a par OF "A. 10 have a women's par provided
on which to make the handicaps. The men,
tons viii fopmnIate such 'a a list Of par SSs sOorss
II asked to do so, or the women's corlmittee
nay do the work; The task is a hard onS,.
some Of. the longest women players are ca
pable Of reaehinE a green In the absolute
would Use for the same result. there are many
more to whom the mems DOGGY is practicallF
here Is III Iit 9y t need fa AZ Ie. ssG psr q f6e 1 iDItisi Tist,
in not working from the absolute par OF =
The Ave best cards in the women's Eastern
Golf Associations first handicap last June at
Nassau were Mrs. T. Bstchelder. e5. 5-eo.
~ srS 81 g L; and TifHsRiy s:; r. =. g :-- ST,s s5SS e Is. H CH5s.
did 3, while there were also several under
so that the scores would seem TO Justify a
women's par for handiOappinS.
BRooELINE. Mass Nov. ls.-Asck Smith.
the nstionsi champion. with Audrey Camp.
6 6sn as R"TiT IL dsIeStsd Ai b0Is and MsttheT
fSuTsome, for a purse to-day at the couStrT
Club by the score OF 3 up and ? to play. They
Smith and his partner getting a total Of 1871
for, the thirty-six holes, while the two Camp
This forenoon Smith and Andrew Campbell
pleted the FIRST round, they were I up. their
opponents s. AZ the turn Of the second
round the players were all even again and
played some fine golf. making a medal
The lead at the eleventh hole, haIyed
won the fifteenth and sixteenth, which made
them 3 up. they also haived the seventeenth
Opponents 5. t andrew Cam cssmpseii to m Sass
an excellent partner for Smith. His work
This afternoon he hoied out his mashie ap.
Tor a :. "e'"
Entries for the Country Club OF Lake woods
tournament Tomorrow. Friday and SATURDAY.
booked book iH to fe.t n sisESsni iSnci ns%es G. haf 4. e Tsn
Week, Jr.. Montclair: II. H.. Swords. IN.
Morrtstown; 4; =, southerIspds EngIewood,
John N, Byer-, DyEer Meadow jasper Lynch,
and Harry s1Sds%S.., LSESssood.. and nd j Il
shsordi PredsricS sherman Ernss.
Club.
the ATTRIBUTES. OF .. first class course in the
British journals; The following from james
f hnGsr sSs hsa the merit SIn OF So%1Siseness, bu,
prepenterance Of dwelling holes. IL reads
That the par should be about y, par being
sIpcnen tsOI Of VI" the DH H.n Se a without fal% d1 mls 81 sss ssfn,ii
allowing tive ppts on zach green.
two holes capable OF being reached from the trs
~ any average Out not necessarily nrst elias,
player IN one stroke SAY from 1S0 to lsS yards
long,: two holes capable of being reached IRON
the tee by very long drives tsay 20 to 2SO yards
TWO long noies requiring two full shots and an troH
20 reach the green SAY about 500 YARDS; -four
holes requiring two long shots to reach the green
SAY about 400 yArdsl and eight holes requiring
various shots from q drive and n clelk TO a drive
and a pitch (say from 300 to $50 yards.
~BRopKLINE. Mass. Nov. ts.-When two
such sterling golfers as Miss Fanny e. Osgooi
and Miss Molly B. Adams meet al mattel
play on the goif links something In likely ~
happen worth watching. H. proved so this
morning in the final round for the challeEg
cup at the Country Club, Miss OsgOod win.
ming by the close mar gin Of > up, after tho
match had been all square at the sixteenth
Miss OHRood went around in ~ and Mia
Adams IN o.. Miss Adams after a half in
At the fourteenth took the next two hole
sduaring the match. The short sixteenth II,
won with u drive aud q put. Miss O9g0od
requiring only 2 for the hole. Two HvcA
tor the last I 40 holes showed grand golf h..
Miss Osgooi and made a fitting windup q"
an exciting match.