New-York tribune., 1907-10-07
on THE GOLF LINKS.
WOmen's Championship to Begin
To-day at Midlothian

Golfers viii watch with interest the progress ~
the womens national championship Tournament
which Is TO begin this morning on the links of tl
Midlothian Country Club Blue Island IN wiz
Few exceptions most of the foremost pIayers in
the country nave entered and, judging by the show
ing OF the asclrants in last weeks team matches
there Is no one player who appears to have a de-
cided advantage over all the others
AdaluonaI zest Is lent 10 this championship
through the presence of several Canadian vror,e1
and while the delegation from across the bor5or i
not particularly strong as team. there are two or
three members of the party putting up quality NJ
golf likely to bother the champions Ths CsaS, y.
women claiming chief attention are Miss Phepoe
and Miss Thompson -eP0'
Here IN the East followers of the game ara co,
fdent that when the weeks plav is over tbo 80,
champion viii be a representative of eitbar ~
Boston Philadelphia section Wbe, ~, ~, me le
Miss Harriet Curtis. the tileholder is o,5ita cahI
Of coping successfully with any of her ri,-aIe bt
like her sister Margaret, the former is somewhat
erratic
Without doubt Miss Mary B. Adams the voIIas+o,
girl who Won the championship of the Women :
Eastern Golf Association at Atlantic Citv eet
spring has improved her game considerable Tn +be
Eastern tournament Miss Adams only won from
Miss Fanny c. Osgood after a sensational nlav-ofr
Of a tie. F40' -0iA
Then 1,, there are Miss Pauline Mackay and Miss
Anita Phipps generally regarded as among the hest
in the Bay State In fact. Miss AIackav in addion
to winning the national title in 1905 has been Mas
sachusetts champion several occasions Miss
PhippS has only been prominent for the last two
years "
On paper the most likely Of the Ph,ladeIpb,ans
r
Tie former was runner-up to Miss Osoood IN ,ba
first Eastern championship tournau u1or+ al the %as-
fau country Club in the spring of 1906 Out Chi
caeo way lne most fanced are Miss Lillian French
winner Of the recent championship of the Women .
Western Golf Association, and Miss SaYia Ainslis
1he istter a snort time ago broke the women $
record TOT the Midlothian links. There viii be an
elshteea-hoIe medal play qualifying round to-day
the best thiriy-two 70 continue on for the title.
The officials Of the BaltusroI Golf Club have ar
Iahse 'or me busiest fall season in the history II
the Short Hills organization There is something.
IN the schedule for every week up to the end of
November. and, in addition to these hail sveen-
stakes open 10 members and guests are announced
for every Saturday The schedule follows:
.o655 9SfE ma555 Ts5 1a @a5sh Po6t play for
WHO waos handicsP IS twenty or more ana never
0e,26sr ls9l1yitaon handicap tournament.
Second round Basasf6l ca 9G[na:shS Tsird mseaS h@ai
evt 2so6sT 2l-Wonens sei-annual championship quail
.i october - 10 q Tn-FiTst match play round
October October %-Tna! bla, round Eou2ens ar'q1shp
51nai match play round for buffers cup. match
October So-Men's semi-annual club championship.
NoseT Too esh5e3 55a, hoieS s eight '9 70 & aty
Baltusro Cr First ror5 ,Iat 1S iDIa % @ mrs
ea2 aI,te, hest eight net 3st, scores scores . qualify
medal play handicap, Afternoon Eishteen holes four
srb @ 81 b Sss oose & each Piayer to take three
holes as shown on back Of score card Best bali so
November Second round match play championship.
First round match rIsy treasurers cu7
ship Gold medal for winner: winners name 10 be en-
grared presidents cup; to become property
Of three
November 23Final round match play treasurer's cup
November 2s THANKSGIVING Day5-NIorning: Eighteen
holes handicap Afternoon: onecub contest, eighteen
holes, handicap.
The golf clan at Staten Island is preparing for
the annual championship tournament be held
Thursday, Friday and Saturday Of this week ovo"
the links of the Richmond County Country Club,
a. Dongan Hills There Will be an eighteen-hole
medal play qualifying round and the top sixteen
will earn the right to continue on at match play
for the title
cup has been offered for a record sixteen,
well trophies for the beaten eights IN both divi
sons An eighteen-hole medal play handicap is
announced for Saturday. The finals for the varl-
cups will be at thirty-six holes p. w. Kendall
IS the present Staten Island champion.
the invitation tournament 10 be held Friday and
Saturday OF this week the links of the Mont
clair Golf Club. This is the home course OF Jerome
.. Travers. the national champion, who intends TO
take part. Contestants will qualify in eights.
On Thursday the Eastern Trade Golf Association
will hold its annual fall tournament at the Ardsley
Club. Medal play handicaps have been scheduled
for both morning and afternoon and there will also
be a team match.
A. O. Beebe led the golfers at Ardsley on Satur-
day in the play for the Eidlitz cup with both the
best gross and the best score. His gross score
81. and with his handicap of twenty landed him
first in the lists by ten strokes B. g. Gardner
second, with a net II, while the second best gross
was returned by Daniel Bacon SO. The summary
follows: