The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-05
GOLF IN IRELAND THIS WEEK.
MISSES CURTIS TO TRY FOR
BRITISH WOMEN'S TITLE.

over with, those AT taTuen Olty' bhhe-
uood and Atlantic City, the season may
he pronounced TO have opened nicely, and
rom now on the golfers should be on the
,on Of their game. That match between
Travis and Travers at Garden City. where
the former won on the thirty-eighth hole,
uas for the sustained brilliancy Of the
NAV by both the greatest witnessed in
.sIs country, and It has only been equalled
hv certain matches between John Ball.
Jr Fl. II. Hilton and the late Fred TAFT.
Fred Herreshoff played 80 we'll in the open
inc NJ the Lakewood tournament that he
has formed a resolution TO try golhng abroad,
and II there Ia time he may start In the
anna eur championship. AS always. the
Atlantic City tournament mArked the
meeting OF the Philadelphia, Washington.
BOSTON and New York players. with
the result Of good golf and a good time.
The Eastern Women's Golf Association
championship, now held by Miss osgood
of Boston and the team match between
the women Of Philadelphia, Boston and
New York will occur at the Atlantic City
Country Club in June. 49,.
This week Miss Harriet Stevenson Curtis,
the American woman champion. will COM
nete for the British women's championship
ar the Newcastle links in Ireland. 1t is
the fourth time that tine championship,
which was instituted in 1898, has been played
in Ireland. In 1895 Lady Margaret Scott
won her third gold medal at Portrush; in
1924 Miss May Hezlet won at Newcastle;
Miss Rhona Adair won in 1908 at Portrush,
and now the venue is again at Newcastle.
Harry Vardon and other great professionals
sav the two courses are fine tests and I'M
rivalled in playing charms.
Miss Harriet Curtis played a twenty hole
match with Miss Adair in the final OF the
Merton tournament in tie fall Of 1908,
and she also demonstrated a degree Of
skill equal to Miss Lucy bod, who came
here in 1904 when British champion. Miss
Curtis won her title last fall at Brae Burn
from a very strong field. Her sister. Miss
. Margaret Curtis, who has twice been
runner I'D in the American competition. did
not start at Brae Burn. She is on her game
again and now. as the Misses Curtis played
in the British women's championship at
Cromer in 1905 and will not be strangers
to the customs this year. they should both
play very well this week at Newcastle,
Boston, do not wish their trip to be re-
garded as an international sporting event,
They are very fond Of golf and 60 abroad
10 have the pleasure Of playing the classic
links, so the championship is only an in
cident Of the trip. They are the nieces
OF Laurence Curtis, the second president
of the United States Golf Association, and
their brothers are noted golfers. One,
JamesF ,, wa captain Of the Harvard golf
team in 1893 and won the intercollegiate
Misses Curtis always enter from the Essex
County Country Club, at Manchester, Mass,
which is near their summer home. They
learned toNolf there, in sight OF the Essex
oaks. and they have been going. to the
tournaments since they were little girls.
Both are very long drivers. and IN fact
fairly devour distance on their full shots
with any club. Within a year they have
advanced in their short game and Miss
Harriet is an especially good putter.
our fp national Champion; r. oden Horsfman
Of Philadelphia, and T. g. Stevenson Of
Boston, are now ensoonced in q cottage at
st. Andrews, the famous Scottish university
town, in anticipation Of the British amateur
championship, May 81 70 rs. Byers Is a
but 90 many good men. will start that It Ia
named. 81, Andrews is the testing course
Of Great Britain and the championships
there are always the largest in entries.
But every golfer here wishes. good luck TO.
Byers and his two companions. Stones
in his path will be the two Hunters, Robert
Maxwell and John L. low, who all play
best at st. Andrews. Then, too, James
Robb, the title holder, is q native there
while E. Blackwell, runner up TO 'Trayis
in 1901, also claims st. Andrews for his
home. But there is no use TO borrow trouble,
for whether he lasts n round or to
the final Byers will get some fine matches
over the old course.
An innovation In American golf will be
the invitation tournament OF the Princeton
Golf Club, on May o, 10 and IL, on the Uni
vesity golf course. The round is OF $3.50
yards for nine holes, the eighteen hole
Is a Moe clubhouse, and, as Princeton is
the greatest town in the world for club
houses, the visitors should have a good
time. One hundred and fifty golfers have
been invited. The qualifying round is OF
s~iSteens to qualify for the Presidents,
Princeton and Nassau cups and runnerup
prizes. There will also be an eighteen
hole handicap to close with. Archibald
D. Russell is president, Allan Marguand,
vice-president, and p. A. v. Van Doren,
secretary Of the Princeton Golf Club.
The open tournament Of the Chevy Chase
Club, a time honored fixture, Will conflict
with the Princeton tournament. The next
golfng dates claimed are OF May 10 to 1s,
when the Philadelphia ome meet In their
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Farnum memorial cup at the Huntington
Valley Country Club, and there will be an
open tournament at the Country Club,
Brookline. Boston, The week lie a blank
about New York, which 10 a pity as three
tournaments clash in the neIt week. May
20 10 IS. They are the annual champion
ships Of the New York ~mterscholastic
Association, on the first three days OF the
week at Garden City; the Women's Metro
politant Association, from Tuesday TO
Friday. at Knollvood, and the Metropolitan
Coli Association championship, Wednee-
day to Saturday, at Nassau. h one week
will be crowded with happenings, and, as the
British amateur championship covers the
same dates, IL seems queer that the earlier
open dates should have been sighted.
Yet the tournaments mentioned do not
~mcnopolize all the golhnG interest Of that
week. 1t reveals the vitality Of the game
that on May "a 10 rs the Pacific Northwest
Championship will be played at Spokane
and on May 20 and ~ the Massachusetts,
open championship at Brae Burn.
II 10 interesting TO consider whether the
game would have retained It's popularity
In all parts OF the country II the golf bah
had not been improved. There In more than
one individual In each golf aixteen who has
been tempted TO play by the delight OF driv-
ing the flying rubber .oored balls. The
majority Of points would seem TO favor the
contention that the rubber oored ball has
narrowed the game. They have led TO