New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-27
COLTS SELFISH SIDE
Prompt action Necessary to SAFE
the Metropolitan Open.

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Golf Association. has again taken occasion to call
| attention the that club has yet offered
its for the metropolitan open championship
tournament for which September "a. 3 and p have
| been aside the dates The expenses Of such
a tournament, previously been pointed out.
| approximate $500 An entrance fee of s. will be
| charged. which, with sixty entries would ralse
| 800 The association contribute $3.50. vhicn
leaves only $3.50 be paid by the club holding the
| event. In speaking Of the matter yesterday Mr.
| Calkins said
While comparatively little in the way Of hnan-
cial support is expected from the club which hoids
of expense entered into the matter to any extent
I he rea {roqs mas nGen onInamens that is they
really do not care 70 offer their links for suCh
enf the Contestants 5adsm sn5. tbs IBIS
| the professional player the other side. and 1t
unquestionaby helps the game s.,.. ..,,.-
becEsd IN troTins cbhoTsss vide ,o 0Pe 20 e
he arranged without falling d into the I fTTHrs T
constitutions Of our various associations explicitly
ts ha the n e9sft o aoE f. Gi DO this PP6Per
o have got to keep up the nfeFes !. o. one Of IN.
unhealthy signs IN this country How are we ever
/ less we pit our best professionals against each
| other more often?
The competitive game Will be started IN full swing
| at the Fox Hills Golf Club next Saturday, May =
| when the will be formally opened Inc nrst
| regular scheduled competition Will consist u al
| eighteen hole medal play qualifying round mem
| bers 10 qualify In four Fights An added attraction
! on Saturday. May Is. will be match between FOX
| Hills and team representing the American cor
Association Advertising interests II Is expected
| that there will be more than seventy-hve teams on
! z side
Other team matches are 70 be arranged rom
time TO time and the contests Glasses and B
| will again prove a feature The last scheduled
! IS carded for November % No reVer tnan
| eight allied golf organizations have made appAca-
tons for the use OF the course during the season
! Prominent among these are the Cotton Exchange
| Golf Club. the Metropolitan Golf Association OF
Advertising interests. the Transportation Club, the
| Drug Trade Golf Association and the Freight
| Traffic Association
| The Suburban Club, Of Elizabeth has also set
| Nav aside as the date for the formal opening OF
| its golf links. Members have been requested by
the committee TO invite their friends. who will be
the guests Of the club for the day In the a1ter-
| noon there will be an eighteen-hole medal play
| handicap open 70 members and guests Two prizes
| have been offered The club championship VIII
| start on June with sishteen-hole medal play
| qualifying round.
| An innovation in the way Of conditions 5 that
| winners will have the privilege Of purchasing any
| prize they please the value Of the stakes ms
in the opinion OF the committee, will not only re-
| teve the rnonotony Of cup awards ont I'll a-so
transfer The worry Of selection from the COMMITTEES
| TO the individual
| Since valt4r J Bells the hor1abred professional,
| has beer connected with the Country Ciuo OF
Ithaca there has been steady improvement N me
| orgartzation-s nine-hoIe The latter covers
a playing length Of ZAP yards, as follows -Four
hundred and twenty 273. 143. 2s0 80 $50 10 - and
| 1873 Total. 2EZ2 In 1915 the club became a mem
| hey NJ -ha Southern Tier Golf League. now com
nosa1 NJ the country clubs Of Binghanton. El1i-a,
| Owego and ithaca The league will hold four
tournaments during the season to decide the title
| TO the championship cup offered by the combined
| clubs The schedule includes contests from May
| u to October. L. NJ Dennis, 2 professor az the
| university. is the present club champion
| Advfces from abroad state that Harry Nardon
continues 70 play golf Of the kind that placed him
| in class by himself a few years ago Al the
| PannaI clubs course April II Eardon defeated
| James Braid by Up and 70 play In an eighteen
hole match. The former went round in "a 70 n for
Braid. vardon's IA established a record for the
| links He went in 3 and home IN 35-
| From May 10 December is the cry OF the South
| Orange Field Club golfers. IN other words, be
ginning with next Saturday up 70 and including
| November q there will Re something going on in
q competitive way nearly every week.
The Country Club of Lakewood has arranged
varied programme Of outdoor sports 10 be decided
| on the clubs grounds Saturday. May 2 A horse
| show. gymkhana and pony races and golf contests
are some Of the events There Will also be drag
| hound contest, IN which ten couples Of hounds
| from the Monmouth County Hunt are entered The
scent will be laid through the wooded roads In a
circuitous about six miles, and the finish
will be az the club. Each hound Will wear q rib
bon. and each rider in the will be permitted 20
draw a card with the corresponding color Of that
worn by hounds. The holder OF the
color Of the hound which first arrives at the finish
will be awarded the cup. providing the hound has
| followed the full course The rider need not be
! the first in 70 win
The executive committee is Shepherd K De
Forest. Henry LLOYD Herbert. Henry 8 kearny.
| Charles l. Lindley. Jasper Lynch, John Miley.
Frederick A. Potts. David Patton, William Ross
Proctor, P. s P. Randolph and William ". WILCOX