The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-05
OPEN TOURNAMENT DATES.
KNOLLWOOD, sHiNNECOCK HILLS
AND LAKEWOOD FIXTURES.
Other Clubs should Get Into Line TO Re
serve the Time Wanted-InterschOlastic
Golf Here and AbrOad-Herd ana
Kirk aldy May Play NJ Boston To-day.

Kirkaidy Stay Play At Boston To-day.
Open tournament dates have been asst gned
by the Metropolitan Golf Association TO the
Golf Club Of Lakewood. Knollwood Country
Club and the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.
The list Of local dates officially sanctioned
to date Is: Golf Club of Lakewood. April
10, 20 and 81: M. g. A. amateur champion
ship, st. Andrews, May 2S. ~, % and 2oi Knoll
wood Country Club, June IL. is and 10: EnRle-
wood Golf Club, national, July 10, IL. ~, 10
and IA; NJ. O.. A. open championship, July
20. 81 and 2s: shinnecock Hills Golf Club.
August /, 2, 8 and 4.
This Is q good beginning and the hint to
get into line should stir up some OF the other
club committees. The Deal Coli Club In 70
hold it's usual midsummer tournament. and
should the Seabright Golf Cub wake up from
Its long sleep, a Rip Van Wrinkle emergenoe
threatened every season since the last open
tournament in 1890 or 1900, the second and third
weeks In August might be made lively ones
for golfers of the New Jersey shore resorts.
The New York interscholastic tournament
will be at the Garden City course on May II.
ls and 10. 1t has the Endorsement OF the
NJ. G. A., but does not require exclusive
dates. The Garden City Golf Club has held
a spring tournament for the last two years
and may be expected to continue the fixture
this spring, Clubs wishing to hold tourna-
ments are required by the NJ. q. A. to apply
to Secretary Calkins for dates. The applica-
lions should be made early. as this helps TO
avoid possible conflicts with tournaments
In other districts.
Herd and Kirkaldy. with fine weather, may
get eighteen holes on one Of the Boston links
to-day and try American turf green's for the
first time. This has been a phenomenal sea-
son for open links about Boston. with crowds
out for informal play each week end. and as
- at. 80 -nn1sI Nhnrn " nuhinptnna
Birthday competitions at Wollaston and
Brae Burn. The British champions are with
out clubs, yet they may be trusted TO give a
grand round. Kirkaldy's 70 at Aiken is said
by those who followed TO have been t1awless
golf: not a mistake being made and each lie
played for all it was worth. Herd had "a
the same round, which would have been a
stroke less but that on the sixteenth. where
Kirkaldy had 8, he tried to gobble a 2 to beat
him, running 20 the far edge of the green.
George Low and Percy Barrett ser rived as
caddies at Aiken and the visitors dubbed
them Fiery" and Big Crawford" after the
two most famous Scotch caddies.
Kirkaldy's hand and wrist were swollen
from rheumatism yesterday morning, but
he may be in trim to-day should clroum-
stances permit a game. lie Is not too keen on
golf, as they sail tomorrow morning and
Kirkaldy has to meet an uncle at boston
kaldy IL a fine. lusty chap. Of companionable
manners, and by no means, the rough dla.
mond to be imagined from the line OF stories
golf writer's abroad take delight in printing
about him. He has, been playing IN the
British, open championship Tor thlrtE-ioqr
years, barring six years he was a soldier in
the Egyptian campaign. and he tied for first
place with Willie Park IT, the yer he he got
Park and says the professionals must all
thank him for the increase ZIP II the n0 open he cham oeda-
siSn OF The 66t eroe mio oesi ieudds Sl and ne r ri"a ipe that
1t used to be in Scotland. kirkaldy observes.
As late as 1887, when he played Willie, Park,
seemed to be winning at Mnsselburgh. Kir.
kaldy had four tsi fights with in Ypn GoniS sH of
through, avenues lined by the crowd, aud
Park friends stood massed at the puttiag
greens, So that the only place the ball could
fall was near 10 the hole.
last in the first amateur championship OF
the year for 1905. 1t was AZ the Los Angeles
OF Los Angeles and Alden i. swift OF Chicago,
who was the title holder OF 1904. The title IN
dispute was the amateur champiSnshlp OF
Fairbanks. 1t seemed ut first that Frederick
son would have to claim the tile by default,
rested on the way to the links for exceeding
the speed limit in an ~autom2bts and did not
arrive Mntil very late, sr,ec lh, nayrsa an nPlG in
ideal weather, ,frederickson was ! Up in
IN morning and won out by 3 up and to
IlIHN. III ltN NItlH blO Iut 'NNh IN "
in CALIFORNIA golf and was runner up last
year TO Fairbanks, Frederickson took part
in the national amateur championship at
Wheaton last summer scoring Of, $50.
which wastwo strokes overtle limit equality.
Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston and New
York have now their we'll established school
boy golf championships, the latter really a
national tournament, rs it IL open To all but
schoolboy golf has even now no formal recoF;
milton in England The chanve there, should
II come al ali. will be due from the pressure
,F Tho ftrhnTE vim nnNp regret tnAI The de-
lights of golf were not made known to them
ii youth, and in the light OF bitter experience
cricket and football if they could have been
started right on the links. Scottish boys
victory OF A. q. Barry in the amateur cham
pionship il one Of the consequences, aside
from the general enjoyment to all conferred
at Eton, and there il a links within reach.
About 100 of the boys are players. This Is
, makeshift goii at Malvern. Charterhouse
Clifton and Christ's Hospital There Is q
small links at RossalI,t but goI5 Is , not a s SHoss
minister or Marlborough school.
: In fact there Is little school SUPPORT for the
on It as in Scotland, The situation is one thai
the wise golfers seek to alleviate until such
time as The school ,hai% b pSiteS are may ,S,g fhH t6 ,, b;
"a soon a. they are big enough and stronl
enough. They know what a place in theil
have a fair .start. that in after life they may
not reproach their daddies. In this country
/, the schools have been earnest in uphOldinl
golf and in encouraging the boys to play
Cutler School original ed and carried on thu
New York tour nam ent, which since 1904 ha'
been carried on by st. Paul's School OF GardeI
City, which has he advantage of a links Dor
dering the grounds,
THE victory of Willie Smith in Mexico
was a source of qualification to his old club.
{ mates on Tayside, states the GdsOOr Hordld
Ills non-success In the recent American
championships was in "A manner compen'
stated for by the splendid attack of his brother
! Alec, who is one Of the most graceful player
In the country OF his adoption. Migratin ms
to The Unit ed States at an early age, the hert
! of the Mexican festival was unknown beyond
the confines Of his native green, Locally hi
reputation was great. in competition anC
interclub matChes-a favoritc school for tn,
budding Carnoustic artisan professional bu'
Willie was never called upon to fight in public
events in the old country, and it was ,oHl!
; were properly developed. On the links a
3 an early age he, like Edward Blackwell
3 copied no ones methods, but quite NATURAL,
acquired a style In driving and approaching
which is the envy Of his employers"
This Ia an after match story from c.. D Fry,
{ Md0dzinc: A well known Nonconformis
minister, who Is an enthusiastic golfer. hat
met at q golf dinner a music hall comedian
u -..I j.. MI ,,y- 10, HE nxr "a .phara n