The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-22

British women 10 Hold Their Championship
At St. Andrews.

American girls who try for the women's
championship OF Great Britain next wear
will play over the old course a. famous
81. Andrews. Scotland. The English LADIES'
Golf Union announces that the competition
will be played there during the week be-
ginning May IL. In giving out the news
the womens said that a con-
tingent OF Americans had promised to enter
ana that a renewal Or the International team
match between the United Kingdom and
the United States might be expected to All a
interest to the tournament.
First news Of such trips usually come.
from abroad. and az American women have
played in the last three British champion
ships the announcement ia probably true.
especially as 81. Andrews has az last opened
It's links. The present British champion In
Miss May Hezlet. an Irish girl. who beat
her sister, Miss Florence. In the final. Mas
Ma rgaret Curtis. our present champion. and
Miss Harriet Curtis. our 1000 champion, both
played in the tournament. which look place
at Newcastle. ITeiaU,'.
Tom Morris in his eight six years AZ Sc.
Andrews has seen no Eruate- change in ScoI-
t,sh goIf than the tdInitJaDcs OF women TO
Club has been ORGANIZED : nee 1887. but an
cept at the annual ball the !tOVAl snd AnCisnt
members have not been tolerant of he feminS
inc golfers. The course allotted TO them
has been very Inadequate. The British
S"pI c6u rTst ,o ssksd Tor the PTlyI;eso Of the
subsequently, held at TrOOn. but the Roysi
and Ancient voted IN The negative.
folk, who said + was a blow 20 tSss h, SS I,
of the place and a selfish proceeding on ne
ants by courtesy OF the town. The SRitatior
o. the ,townsDeople has probably infnenCsd
TIE decIsion to make !hs women ws!coms IN
meeting Of the ROYAL and Ancient when 'be
course Is comparatively quiet until The sum.
mer visitors begin TO arrive In July.
Walter 7. Travis, saws Bernard Darwin IN
the. British journal 81. James,. has been
giving vent to some strange remarks on the
match The latter. " be says, as better golf
setting and more enjoyable. GoIf s tSss as
OF PlSyinS YOU o%1 BAL from tee 70 hole.
StRRsr Is p q SvSTid &. 'nf 'S would I5iI style; The
italics and they are inadequate that one
could express establishment az the last two
America for a definition Of the game Of golf.
s s%Is J. T 81 .se - -Ts. Of a.S golf II r@ TSi, fSE SS,
s ~ two SSD :1dss; .; each D 81 yin Lts y bali 4
a single. II two play against two IL is called
. ioursome. One player NAV play against
match s called a threesoms. Matches co one
and De entitled e pass any other Kind q
the f0urbailers to fling about IL seems 10 have
q certain appropriateness to their own pur-
suits. ]
Howard F. Whitney led the handicap field
with s2. S-I yesterday and the three nett
best cards Of the twenty-five taken out were |
NJ. b. PulsLfera 100, 20-so: W. B. Walker, !
%. lS-s4, and Z. J. Phillips. lei. SIS Whit.
PcSn so ssd e e 81 Is, isyi .:eS sSa.E w K SH i nti ! sEss
q J on the home hole, due 10 Q sliced drive
INTO trouble that spoiled his hopes for a par
4 there.
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George Low, metropolitan open champion,
nails on the Baltic on Friday 20 spend the
winter with. his folks at C~arnoustie. scotland
In lows absence from BaItusrol the work
OF y fleming up the side lines BY sand traps
Will be kept up and new hazards to punish /
pulled balls are already. shaped on the seventh. /