New-York tribune., 1906-10-15
COLLEGE, GOLFERS MEET.
Annual Tournament to Begin at
Garden City Tomorrow.

College golfers are gathering at Garden City for
the annual championship tournament of the Inter-
collegiate Golf Association. which will begin to-mor-
morning and continue throughout the week. A
start will be made with the team matches. which
will claim attention tomorrow and Wednesday. The
three remaining days Of the week will be devoted
to individual COMPETITIONS.
Since the tournament a year ago, Williams Col
lege has been admitted TO membership in the asso-
citation The Williamsport golfers will not muster
hand for the indiJgai corp2natittons yater IN tSa
week. Robert Abbott. of Yale. is the champion. In
the final round at Garden City last year he defeated
9se 9 Gsage Are Es G 3hsE %
Harvard viii have v. Hickox. tr., H. H. Wilder
IS confident Of making AKIN stTong bid For
honors with Howard J. Gee, winner Of the recent
H. C. EiGhard' % Tqnner,up 70 Gee in the same tour
and the University of Pennsylvania doubtful
This tournament will be additionally interesting
because use it will be the first time an important event
the radical changes have been made in the course
Rolling greens such as as those at Garden City are
fessional let alone college golfer.
If the Eastern women have their way the next
women's national golf championship tournament
win be decided Chicago. They
declare this to be only fair to the Western women
who they say entitled to return team match
The Midlothian Country Club has already filed an
application for the championship with the United
States Golf Association Midlothian has been the
scene of Western championship tournaments Sew
eral years ago II applied for the event, but
received recognition and a little later resigned
as associate member Within year the Mid
lothian Club was reelected 10 the associate list
There is considerable speculation to what
will be the winning in the championship tour
nament of the Eastern Professional Golfers Asso-
citation, to be held the links of the Forest Hill
Field Club, Tuesday. October % Thirty-six
holes, medal play, called for on the programme
and, as the course is short one, low totals are
predicted. George Pearson the clubs professional
holds the record at 20. This is par golf, and
hard to beat, but for all that there those willing
TO predict that some player will get around low
6S
George Low and Pearson claim that about 147
for the thirtysiX holes will be the winning score
Pearson has his doubts about 70 being beaten, al
though Isaac Macke says he would not be sur
pIised 10 see some one, favored a Dit or lucA
get %. fOroSt Itll is a course where great deal
depends upon the second shot. With the exception
Of the fifth and eighteenth holes. there will be no
need for the brassey, so that those who happen to
be playing their midirons and mashies especially
money.
The first annual championship tournament OF the
Dunwoodie Country Club will be played on Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday of this week. A hand
some cup, emblematic of the club championship,
has been presented by Frank Presbrey, and the
winner, in addition TO having his name inscribed on
the trophy, will Give gold medal outright. The
call for egh.een-hole medal play qualifying
round Thursday AM