New-York tribune., 1907-09-16
ON THE GOLF LINKS.
Busy Week for amateurs and Pros
Here and an the Vest.

Here and an the W est.
This will be a busy weel, for the golfers not only
in the metropolitan district. but in New England
and the Middle West as we'll Hereabouts the CIils
competitive attraction is the annual invitation tou
naIent of the Morris County Golf Club to be heid
on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Prior 70 'nIo'
however the professionals will claim attention IN 'A
exhibition match at the Hackensack Golf Club
In this affair, which will take place tomorrow
George Low, of Baltusrol and Dave Hunter, OF rs
County, TO engage in four-ball nlatch
against lack Hobens of Englewood, and Alec
Smith of Nassau. The pros" will play eighteen
holes in the morning and like number in the al
ternoon Low. Hunter and Hobens displayed rare
form in an exhibition Bcrnardsville on SATURDAY
and it is expected that new record VIII De mace
Low laid out the present Hackensack links seVeTal
years ago.
As 4 result Of the peculiar form of invitations
issued by the Morris County club it is expected
that exceptional field of amateurs Will respond
to the call Especial effort has been made by the
committee secure men of reputation. AnloHS
those invited art. all who have either or been
rlulers-up in any of the national, metropolitan or
New Jersey championship tournaments IN auul-
tion these. a number of invitations have also
been issued
1t is already practically certainty that Jerome
d Travers. OF Montclair the national title holder.
Will compete. Charles Is. Macdonald, II. J. W hlh-
ham and FinGlay : Douglas, d trio OF former cIdl
rions have also accepted invitations as has Arche
Graham. whose record includes twice winning the
New Jersey title besides the honor Of being runner
up il the national and metropolitan championships
W J. Travis viii also be there.
Going further away from home, interest Will ne
Woodland Golf Club. near Boston. The conditions
are trie unusual in that there is TO be an eiGil-
teen-hoie medal play handicap contest on the first
day and those making the forty-eight best gross
scores be drawn for match play in three SIX
out West considerable Importance is attached to
the annual championship of the Western Profess
sonal Golfers Association be held the links
OF the Nor1nandie Park Country Club. of ST Louis.
VIII Sherwood the home bred pro who won the
tite last year, will be unable TO compete because
Illness Conditions call for seventy-two holes Of
medal play instead OF the all match play system
that tried last season
An active fall season has been started at the
Essex County Country Club Next Saturday the
members Will qualify for the club championship
and from there will be something 10 attract
every week until well into November. The princ-
pal competitors on the schedule are as follows;
September 21-ap Qualifying eighteen holes, FOR
% s s5esn aaaiir at scrach play for Club chaaPon
wi! he ITizes Tor roest score qI4yifs - FoG, % cup cup
claai!o.sElp aL-7 ] IaeF NJ me WI ] ; ga scene m aaI am
match with Baltusro tc Handicap medal play for cup
september 2s-lop or before al First round Of club
championship scratch match play eishta noes Io o.
handicap match play. eighteen holes 'c) Team match
October 6-(0n or beforel Ca Second round. eighteen
holes winning eight sixteen scratch match play
eighteen holes handicap match play winning etshts OF
Sfstsen holes handicap play eights OF
oc5o6er I2con or besore) "a sennihnals IN foregoing
competitor Of pair IN class and the other in
class z on club handicap.
six holes all other classes at eighteen holes Cd
October 26sescted score handicap 'hirty-'iH holes
medal play best eighteen holes TO count
November Gross country handicap first ana second
NoSerber match between oa teams IS
selected by c w oConnor and F G Reynolds losers 10
dine winners clubhouse same evening
According 10 a Boston authority, the Womens
Golf Association OF that city will begin It's faIl
programme tomorrow with team match at the |
A1lsron Golf Club. Mrs. J. Z. Mullen viii have |
charge Of the affair On Tuesdays following !
matches will be played Salem, Lexington. Airing
ton Weston Oakley and Concord, while on Satdr- |
dav September IS, the association Will have tour
ranleDt at the Essex Country Club. Manchester
Mass From the same the following infor- |
nation has been CLEANED:
The conditions Of matches are: Two teams
be arranged by the captain OF the DAY Inc pay
to play al match play each match 10 De pIaSeu
The method Of scoring: point being the
for player winning her match
in one match The record player is be kept
by the Of the association Prizes VIII be given
points in matches the end Of the fa! season
rated the players In three classes as
class A-Miss NJ P. Adams Mrs. F. " Batchelder Bat elder
T,tton Miss K. c Harley. Miss Pauline Maekay Mrs
e5 NcreE3 & Misc v5s. F. osoP P3rter S Ms George y
Roare Miss Alice Underwood; Miss I; A Wells .
Miss '55 Neie Brigham Mrs D. z. CaaaaHe Mrs 6. H
GonTerse Mrs F g. I4D1s ,G Nllss ~ HENS Mss
johnson. Miss Mary kellogg Miss Grace b keyes
Miss Alice Rogers Miss Gertrude Rogers Miss Rugges
Miss c. Shreve, Mrs William Nood ~, - , r--o
Mss adele F1tzparie Mrs l. G. tIsser r rs n ,ras kse
Hannah Osgood Mrs. Stanley Parker. Mrs. Fl Peirson
Miss c Pogaad RSi.r Mrs us C. %sse PsThr M [' SHIRLEY
Mrs Smith Mrs J D Stiles Miss NJ c. ward and MIS-
Taterhouse.