New-York tribune., 1908-01-05
BAN NER YEAR In GOLF
NO LACK OF ACTIVITY.
Resume of Season Full OF Many
Good Journeys.

The year 1907 will live long in the memory OF
golfers the world over but more especially IN 'hS
country There was exceptional activity In
competitive way and the first definite step was
taken on the part of the United States Goif Asso-
citation toward greater recognition OF that larse
Western territory. The recognition reierreu u
was the Welding of the parent body TO petitloh
from the West to have the 1907 annual meeting heio
In Chicago instead Of New York 1t was the hIs'
time in the history of American golf that the
annual session has been held outside OF this city
In future the meeting will be held every thro year
in Chicago
It was also early in the year that the crusade
against the old code of rules reached Formidable
nro,crtions-so formidable in fact, that even the
conservative st. Andrews committee was slfreu
into action. While nothing radical may appear III
the revised code which is to appear IN the sprhs'
any changes, matter how MODERATE "i o0
regarded as a step in the right direction IN an
earnest endeayor to keep pace with the times
Early in the year and at time when many Oh
the Northern courses were snowbound' the oe'o'ees
of the sport turned their attention to Florida ana
other resort centres below the Mason and DlAoii
line An unusual gathering of amateurs ana pro-
fessionals at Palm Beach the latter part OF feo-
ruary resulted in that place receiving more thah
passing notice. The competitive ATTRACTIONS were
the South Florida championships. Harris b. fehii'
of Apawamis the amateur title oeIeauhs
Walter Fairbanks the Denver veteran. in the fnal
a
Alec Smith. of Nassau won the open title with
s6-hole score of 66-S7-133.- Willie Anderson, the
second man, had score of 49,
IT is worthy Of mention that Harold Sands again
won the Southern Cross cup at the t"eifth aniluai
tournament of the Palmetto Golf Club at Aiken
He defeated Robert G. Watson, jr-, Of Westbrook'
in the final round. This made the fifth consecutive
victory for Sands In the open championship tour
nament of North Florida Anderson easily carried
off first honors at St. Augustine with a score OF
1873 for thirty-siX holes. Gilbert Nlcholis' MS heA'
nearest opponent, had 15L
Miss Mary 3. Adams, of Boston, made an early
start of what proved to be her most successIui
season by winning the United North and South
championship tournament for women at Pinehurst.
She defeated Miss Julia R. Mix of Englewood in
the final round couple of months later Miss
Adams figured as of the principals in what
was probably the. most remarkable piayoH OF
tie ever recorded in this country. Reference is
made to the deadlock for first place in the cham
pionship tournament of the Women's Eastern COLI
Association at the Country CLUB Of Atlantic City
between Miss Adams and Miss Fanny c. Osgood
The championship proper consisted OF thrty-s&
holes medal play, which resulted In these players
tieiug at 1S9 endeavor to settle this tie with
an extra eighteen hole round, Miss Adams and
Miss Osgood again broke even at a. Another
round followed the next day with the understand
ing that should they tie again they would nave 10
keep on until one or the other had earned a leao.
Oddly enough they were again all square at the
won on the twentieth green in a match that alto
gether required seventy-four holes to decide
But to return to Pinehurst. Shortly after Miss
Adams recorded her success there the North ana
South tournament for men was settled over I'e
same course Although Fred. Herreshoff, of this
city, led the field in the qualifying round ne met
defeat at match play, did Warren X Wood the
previous winner Allan Lord, of Washington, won
defeating Nathaniel Moore in the final round.
Before leaving Pinehurst however, Herreshoff
won a tournament, and followed this up by winning
in rapid succession Virginia Hot Springs, Lake
wood Atlantic City and Huntingdon valley Three
chief cups at the Ekwanok Country Club also re
war1ed his efforts during the summer Altogether
the Garden City representative put in a remark
abIv successful season and rarely duplicated
among amateurs on either side of the water.
The bright particular star of the season was
Jerome D. Travers, Iontclair. To win the ma
tional title is of course, enviable achievement
in itself, but this oasion 1t came as hitting
climax to series of successes, including the Win
ming of the metropolitan and New Jersey champion
ships Although this Travers's first national
triumph golfers the country over conceded that the
mantle had fallen in the right place
An innovation during the summer was the Cana
dian invasion by number of amateurs. led by A
W Tillinghast of Philadelphia. The visitors won
all the team matches. and of their number, A
w Cochran, of Princeton, carried off the honors in
the open tournament held at the Lambton Golf and
Country Club. While there nothing of an Off
ciaI nature these international contests they did
much toward strengthening the friendly relations
between the golfers of the two countries Across
the border they are especially keen for a resump-
ton of the International matches between the
governing body in Canada and the United States
Golf Association
The tri-city contest at Brookline will so down in
history as memorable because it marked the substj-
tuition of the foursomes for the four-ball matches
The impressive victory of the metropolitan team
furnished another striking illustration of the
ceptional strength of the golfers in this vicinity