New-York tribune., 1907-10-14
ON THE GOLF LINKS.
Tournaments Galore Scheduled
Throughout the East This Week.

There will be a surfeit OF golf in the rnetropoli-
a.. district this week College players are Of
ASSOCIATION championship tournament, which is to
s.art at the Nassau Country Club tomorrow and
Iso prcvided for in the fcur-day open tournament
ecbaduled begin tomorrow at the Essex County
country Club near West Orange, while on Friday
ond Saturday q two-daY open competition for men
iii claim attention at Baltusro
IN selecting Nassau this year the collegians have
deDarted from their usual custom of going to
ca~dsn CITY but the chances are that they will
have no cause TO regret the change, as the Nassau
club has arranged Ger the comfort of the visitors
II will give q smoker Wednesday night
Syracuse University has made application for
-,eTnFershiD in the aSsocia tion and will probably
lie admitted at meeting this week, but not in
;ne compete this year. Entries for the coming
tournament have already been received from Yale,
Harvard. Princeton and the University of Penn
sylvsn5a while Cornell, Columbia and Williams are
-et 10 q heard from.
Both team and individual honors by
vale last fail. and the Blue has practically
che same players TO draw upon again its chances
IN paper lock unusually bright. The only prom
snent player lost by Yale through graduation is
n z Glow. jT. who the individual title. On
The other hand. there are Robert Abbott, a former
Intercollegiate champion; Ellis Knowles, Dwight
Partridge runnel-up 70 Glow last year; ". l.
TIowlan6 and B. Merriman. In addition TO these,
X II Lyon. {. E Van Week jr and a. II
Swords form a trio Of excellent substitutes.
Harvard has several good men in H. II. Wilder
T Briggs ". HickoX and H. Mccall, while Prince
con can call upon W. T. West Ralph Peters, jr.
= H NcAdoo. H J. Van Dyke. D. Roberts and
& BALM. Some OF the colleEians are ALREADY
practising over the Nassau course. and as the
istter in its usua! excellent condition low scor-
ing will undoubtedly prevail. Tomorrow ana
wednesday will be devoted to team matches, and
then the Individual part OF the programme Will
claim attention for the remainder Of the week.
II is expected that some forty-odd women will
compete at Essex County this week. Prominent
elnon. those who have entered are Miss Fanny
Osgood. Of Boston. former Eastern champion; MISS
Kate Harley. OF Fall River, and Mss Julla X MIN
Of Engiewood. There will be an eighteen mole
medal rlay qualifying round tomorrow contestants
qualify in two eisnts. side attractions IN IN @ ute
way Of driving, appTc aching and putting and Scotch
foursomes will ill out the programme
There is possibility Of the favontes being
brushed aside by some Of the entrants from distant
parts. For instance Miss Meeker. of St Angus
fine who has entered is said TO be strong player
and two Others who have greatly improved their
game are Miss Ruth Milne, of Albany and Miss
Van Nostrand. of Watertown. Since the women
PLAYED last at Essex County the course has been
changed and heightened considerably
BY way Of a prelude the women of the district
last Of the team matches. Mrs. s F Leferts will
head one team and Mrs. E r. Sanford, Of the
home club. the other. Mrs Sanford will act in
place Of Miss Elsa Hurihut. OF Morris County. who
is abroad. The two previous matches were decided
in the spring at hnowood and Garden City
Jerome D. Travers Of Montclair, the national
champion. said last night that he intended TO play
IN the Beltusrol tournament on Friday and Satur-
day. As only golfers with a handicap rating
Of nine less viii be eligible. high class field is
assured. Conditions also call for eighteen hole
eights. The Baltusrol course is in good turf at
present the recent rains having proved beneficial
rather than otherwise
over Boston way the annual fall open tournament
at the Country Club of Brookline will attract the
usual large entry. This affair is scheduled for
Thursday. Friday and Saturday. and, incidentally,
II VIII afford the committee of selection for the
Lesley Cup match against Philadelphia, on October
-, last line of inference to the Boston golfers
now n form and most competent to play for the
trophy. The programme on Thursday is handicap
medal play, limit Of handicap eighteen strokes.
priz|S for best gross and net scores and the first
sixteen best actual scores 10 be drawn for match
play