New-York tribune., 1908-09-21
ON THE GOLF LINKS.
Metropolitan Championship This
Ueek-The Tri-CitY Team Match.

Following closely in the wake Of the natlonal
tournament comes the third annual open champion
ship Of the Metropolitan Golf Association 81 BAL
tusrel on Wednesday and Thursday of this week
On Friday over the same course. the amateurs and
professionals viii team up in four-ban contests,
conditions specifying that partners must be from
, the club.
high class entry for the open has been assured.
as among the experts who have signiiied their In
tention of playing are Gilbert Nichols. the Wood
land pro" who the recent Van Cortlannt
Park tournament; Alec Ross of Brae Burn the
Massachusetts open champion and former natloiial
title holder Alec Smith. of Nassau: H IL Barker
Garden City: Isaac Macke, Fox Hills Alec Camp
he'll I3rookline champion of the Eastern Profes-
sonal Golfers Association; George Low, OF Baitus-
rol. metropolitan open champion: Dohald ban
and Jack Campbell, of Philadelphia; HERBERT
Strong Apawarnis: Dave Hunter, Essex County;
Dave Osiivie, Morris County: Martin OLoushnn
| Plainfeld; Jack Hobins. Englewood; Dave Honey
man. Arsdale: George Pearson Yountakah; Jack
Hutchinson. ST. Andrews; Tom Anderson Mont
clair: Alec Cunningham. Glen Ridge; "lhie norton
Deal: George Turnbull. Washington; jack Mackle'
| Dunwoodie; John Pearson, Richmond County. and
Jack Jolly. Arlington.
Immediately after winning the amateur title Tor
the second time al Garden City on Saturday Jerome
D. Travers of Montclair. said that he would Ger
tainly play Baltusrol if he could spare the une
In the last metropolitan open played at Hollywood
in 1905. Travers finished among the leaders far
ahead OF any Of the other amateurs
Conditions for the championship proper call
for seventy-two holes of medal play, thrty-siZ
each dav and il has been figured that the winner
will have 10 return IL the neighboThood or
three hundred. The fact that this affair is open
70 the world this year is bound 10 increase the
| interest.
1t is not unlikely that the conditions governing
tbe annual fntercity competition for the Robert
Lesley cup viii be changed between now and the
1909 gathering. The plan is TO widen the scope
so as 10 take in the Middle Atlantic Golf Associa-
tion which is composed Of Washington, Ba!ti-
more and wilmington clubs. Alexander Britton.
of the Chevy Chase club. who is also member Of
the United States Golf Assocati tion executive com
mittee, has started the movement in favor 81 ad-
mitting the Middle Atlantic body.
As tho matter stands. the Lesley cup COM
petition consists of annual tr-city struggle be-
tween the Boston. Philadelphia and New York
, districts. The holder Of the trophy each year
/ stands out and meets the winner of the match be
tween the two other sections. With four teams
competing il would give all hands chance TO
play the first day. the two winners meeting on
the next.
There is also plan under foot to increase the
territory Of the Philadelphia body include
I all Pennsylvania, which could be by forming
& Pennsylvania State Golf Association. II is said
that the Pittsburg golfers would gladly enter into
a project of this kind. This years tIi-cty competi
tion will be held at Garden City, October and
s. with the conditions last season the two
ball 1ourSon1e taking the place or the four ball
The names of the metropolitan players who will
he called upon for the team have been officially
given out as follows: Walter J. Travis. captain;
Jerome d Travers, Max Behr. Fred Herreshof.
Charles II. SeeIy, John NJ. Ward, George r.
Brokaw, Arden NJ Robbins, c. Z. Sawyer. Dwight
Partridge Findlay s. Douglas and Archie Reid.
The likely players in the two other associations
follows:
Boston-H H Wilder. captain: ]. G. Anderson.
T. r. Fuller. P. " Thittemore ". c. Chick, II.
ol
T. NJ Claflin, A L. White. ]. B, Hylan, G. H.
Crccker T. G.. Stevenson and A. G. Lockwood.
Philadelphs-W- P. Smith, captain: DR.. Simon
Carr A. ". Tillinghast II. B. Mcfarland. Il W.
Perrin, r. A Grscom. W. l. Thompson, Richard
Hanson. James Alcom. Walter Pfeii, A. II. Smith
and w. T. West
The metropolitan team is the present holder of
the Lesley trophy. Last years competition
held over the Country Club OF Brookne links.
Philadelphia contending with New York in the de-
cisive match.
An interested spectator or the Travers-Travis
match at Garden CITY last week E. F. Guinand.
who recently won the Iowa state championship
/ over the links OF the Des Moines Country Club.
The course. which has been cTlt through woods is
the longest in the United States covering play
ing length OF Gs72 yards, but this did not prevent
Guinand from returning rounds Of ~ and Il in the
thlrty-six-hole final which is competitive record
for the links
The new clubhouse and grounds OF the Fairview
I Country Club formally opened at Fernwood
/ on Saturday. This club is in possession OF a
1 long eighteen-hole course while the clubhouse in
I large and furnished with all conveniences. txhn
Fernwood station is between Elmsford and East
, View. the Putnam Railroad. snd tife distance
: from Fernwood 10 the club is not than half
mile.
Baseball. Polo Grounds. To-day, s;se r. s-aisnts
! " PittsburE Admission SOC.