New-York tribune., 1908-07-13
WESTERN GOLF NEXT.
The'Tenth Championship Fairfield
Golfers Plan off Their Ties.

Beginning to-day the tenth annual championship
tournament of the Western Golf Association VIII
claim attention on the links of the Rock Island
Arsenal Golf Club. According to the conditions. the
qualifying round will consist Of thirty-six holes
eighteen to-day and like number Tomorrow the
best thirtytwo players to continue on at eighteen
hole match play rounds to the final, which VIII
consist of thirty-six holes.
The present Western title holder, II. Chandler
Egan, is now resident of Louisville but he is
expected to compete at Rock Island this week
Egan the championship at Wheaton last year,
defeating Herbert F. Jones. of that club. In the
final round. The former also gained the title In
1905, 1904 and 1902.
There is also quite an attractive programme of
special arranged. On Thursday there will
be a qualifying round for three cups contestants
to qualify in flights of eights. Players with asso-
citation handicaps up to six eligible only for the
first flight, while those rated from to II will have
the right TO compete in the second division Those
with allowances of 13 or more will be in the third
flight.
Close finishes marked the play-of of the ties
for the various cups presented by President z. c.
Converse over the linke of the Fairfield County
Golf Club on Saturday. Conditions called for
handicaps bogie in Glasses A. and {, ana
in the first ]. NJ. Mason defeated F. S. Arm
strong in the play-off the former finishing down.
as against down for Armstrong The triple tie
in Glass resulted in a win for Benjamin Strong
jr. at down. His opponents, ]. W. Curtis and
l. f. Stone, ended and down, respectively I'm
the division R. Craft finished up, and easily
defeated his opponent, E. L. Stevens, who ended
down.
Three couples settled their deadlock for four
prizes in the nne-hole foursome contest also
against bogie. First prizes were won by e. Van
Duhn and W. T. Graham, who ended up. but j.
A Topping and Edward Shearson and E. c. Con-
verse and George P Sheldon tied again at up.
In an extra nine holes Converse and Sheldon,
after the hardest kind of a contest finished up
on the Colonel" and barely beat their rivals. who
were up.
Unusual energy is being displayed at the Sound
Beach Golf and Country Club this season A long
lease of the old Ferris Farm has been secured
and at present the members are playing over
nine-hole course but the coming year will see
nine holes added Clock golf, shooting. tennis
and archery numbered among the other at
fractions Bob PEBBLES IS the professional in
charge.
Willie Tucker the Ardsey professional has
once again succeeded in lowering the record for
the course, his latest effort in that direction re-
suItng in IA. The 5s at the eleventh and
eighteenth holes due to hard luck, otherwise
he would have been at least two strokes lower
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II is possible that the days professional and
amateur tournament announced for Van Cort-
landt Park July %. 80, 81 and August l. will be
played another course. There is a feeling
among some of the committeeman that a change
of green would result 10 the benefit of the tourna-
ment.
r A Lassen recent winner of the amateur
championship title of Great Britain, has gathered
in additional honors by winning the Yorkshire
County championship title at Sandygate, near
Sheffield With the exception of the second round,
where Iassen beat his by the narrow margin
of up, all his matches were fairly easy.
Friends of Harry Vardon the other side have
been sympathizng with him over his recent loss.
Not long ago his house at Totteridge was broken
into and many valuables removed. including his
four open championship medals as we'll as the one
he in this country.
Before the start of another golf season the Rich
mond County Country Club will be in possession of
one of the longest eighteen-hole courses in the
East. The ending advance of real estate
makes another change imperative at the country
club but the shift will prove beneficial rather than
otherwise.
AS the matter how stands. the first holes
including the famous Wee Drop" will be aban-
doned at the end of the fan. Work. however is al
ready under way on land which Will offer ad-
vantages that have always been missed on the
present outward holes. The land makes 1t
possible for several long holes. but Jack Pearson
said yesterday that several would have to be cut
down from the distances originally planned, other
wise the playing length would be more than $500
yards for the full round-a triie too long.
Under the present arrangement there a num-
ber of long walks between green's and tees which
will be done away with when the holes have
been added. The greens have already been laid out
and seeded down. and the new course will be put
into commission next spring.
Richmond County golfers have nourned the
fact that they have been unable to win the Staten
Island championship, but with such an attractive
course as they will be able to boast of in future the
chances are that good players will join the club
and incidentally increase the chances of the DON
gan Hills organization.