The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-25
GEN, GOLF Wakes UP
IN WARL|KE MOOD
Got to Be Most Alluring Old
Codger During Winters
Sleep.
ALL UNWARY TROUBLING
WATCH OUT FOR BIG SHOW
Dates for Various Tournaments
Given Out by National Golf
Association.
rIhnne Snccinl Sporting Service.

Tribune Special Sporting Service,
NEW YORK, March 24,-Golf, that
most alluring OF ''codgers." Is bestirring
himself and threatens an activity
when the spring is fairly with us. which
from April to November Will permit his
victims little time to pause and attend
to other duties. Dates for most Of the
more important meetings have been
snatched up with all the eagerness of
voracious pike swapping his jaws on an
unwary troubling, and all that remains
to complete the merry go-round OF the
links is the declaration OF intentions
from clubs and minor leagues,
Big Meeting at Lakewood.
In tho eastern sections of the Colum-
bia Golf club OF Washington, D. c.,
starts the fun with a two-days ar
fair. Liberal money will be given to
professionals, while amateurs. OF
course, will get plate for their prizes.
The season in the metropolitan DIS
trict WILL however, begin with Lake
wood, q meeting which always attracts
O crowd Of migratory golfers, as we'll
as a representative sprinkling Of home
birds. A month later comes the Metro
politan amateur championship and the
women's metropolitoa meeting the
same week, followed by the New Jer-
sey State championship. June and July
will for the first time, be busy months,
and important ones. too, as the ma
tional open championhips will be decid-
ed during the earlier month, while the
amateur title will be played for the End
of the latter,
Tophet Is n Warm Place, Darn It.
For the first time In It's history the
United States Golf association has ig-
nored the plea for the college golfer,
and has chosen q time when putting
greens here are at their best and the
2 long days afford the officials ample op-
rportunity to handle a big field 1t may
be as hot as Tophet, especially as En-
glewood is an inland course, but 1t Is
j unuuestionably a step which should
have been taken before this.
= Dates of Meetings.
30 The dates Of the meetings. etc. are:
,al1April 10-11-Open, at Washington.
ID. C.
April 19-21-Amateur, at Lakewood.
May l7-le-Interscholastic at Garden
City.
May 21-26-Women's Metropolitan at
Englewood.
May -26-Metropolitan amateur, at
ST. Andrews.
May 31-June 2-New Jersey cham
pionshlp, Norris county.
June 3-16-Massachusetts amateur,
at Brae Burn.
June 14-16-Amateur, at Knollwood.
June 14-15-Western open, at Home
wood
81 June 1s-23-Western amateur and
Olympic Cup, at st. Louis, Mo
June 2S-29-Open championship, at
Onwentsia.
.ayNfo elxtr Of
July s-21-Connecticut amateur, at
Wee Burn.
July 2s-2S-Metropolitan open, at Hol-
lywood.
August 1-4AAmateur, at Shinnecock.
d. Announcement Is made that the
Western amateur will be open to all
tournament. The reason given for the
step was in order that competing teams
for the Olympic cup should not have
long journey for a one-day competi-
ton. At last years amateur champion
ship at Wheaton, when the western
Pennsylvania quartette-E. NJ. Byers,
w. c. Fownes, Jr., George Ormiston
and D. P. Fredericks-led all corners
for the trophy. it was the sentiment
/ that the cup would follow the national
affair and competition for II be en-
bodied in the qualifying round.
Western Golfers Stingy.
Other counsels. however, have evil
IDENTIFY prevailed. and by adopting the
policy 1t has the Western Golf associa-
tion has completely buried the distinc-
tive feature OF its amateur tournament.
The Western associations representa-
tiyes won the trophy outright at the
Worlds fair at ST. Louis two years
since and 1t is its property to do as 1t
likes with. Yet, when the Western or
ganizatlon turned 1t into q challenge
trophy, open to all, surely the national
championship was the logical meeting
for the competition. Played for In con-
junction with the qualifying round OF
the national championship. the victori-
GUS team would gain a distinction
worth striving for, and instead OF sink
ing their identity the Western people
would gain a prestige It can never hope
for by retaining the cup for Its OWE
meeting.
9 Four Club Swingers Pick on Cup.
Last year the Olympic cup was wor
by four golfers who rank among tht
best In the country. and not only this
but the competitions aroused the clean
est Of rivalry among minor organiZa-
r tions who had no chance OF winning
but were as keen as mustard to defea
aS@ Those suffering from weax