Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-18
SEASONS SCHEDULE
OF GOLF JOURNEYS
Three National Championships
to Be Decided Over Eastern
C0urSeS-W0men's Event
at Chevy Chase.

been kind TO eastern golfers this year
Only a cursory glance at the seasons
schedule is needed to show that i'm
portant tournaments will follow each
other in rapid succession during the
next six months. To begin with. there
are the three national championships.
all To he decided over eastern courses.
The amateur fixture. regarded in this
country as the blue ribbon event of the
year in American golf Will claim atten-
ton at Garden City the entire week
beginning Monday. September H. Gar
den City is no stranger TO golfers. In
fact. it was there during the summer OF
l!M0 that the amateurs competed for the
national title and the final was made
memorial bic in more ways than one. Since
then many improvements have been made
on the course.
Open Championship.
On August - and IS the well known
links of the Myopia Hunt Club. near Bos-
ton. will once again become the scene OF
national competition. The attraction
will be the open championship. which has
already been held three times over the
Hamilton links. Until the tournament
awards were made at the last annual
meeting of the United States Golf .Asso-
citation. II had been expected that the
west would put In a bid for the open.
rather than let the 1905 season pass with
out one of the three national attractions
But the professionals are not sought after
nearly so much In this country as abroad
One direct offer for the open VAS received
from the Englevo God Golf Club. while Her.
bert {. Leeds. in behalf of Myopia. stated
that his club would be willing to take the
open. provided II was held the latter part
OF August. When put to vote nearly
all the delegates declared in favor OF
Myopia.
Since then some of the professionals have
gene on record with statements to the
effect that they would not play at Myopia
because Of alleged shabby treatment In
former years. The fact remains that the
delegates at their annual session voted
for Myopia. and II Is certain that the
United States Golf Association will hold 1t
there On the dates assigned no matter
what action may be taken by the pros
As for the links, Myopia has always
ranked the best golf course in the
United States.
Event at Chevy Chase.
The other national tournament is the
wcmens. to he he'd on the Chevy Chase
links at Washington October 1924. This
will be the first time in the history OF
American go,f that club SO far south
has been selected for national cham
pionship. 1t was claimed at the meet
ing by W. Fellowes Morgan. secretary OF
the United States Golf Association. that
serious mistake would be made in send
Ing the women to Washington. where
there are practically no woman golfers
The delegates then lost no time in voting
almost unanimously In favor of Chevy
Chase. despite the fact that the women
had in written communications expressed
a preference for the Philadelphia Coun-
try Club.
But. after all. II must be a matter of
opinion whether or not the delegates act
ed wisely In their distribution OF the
three national plums. At any rate. New
England and more particularly Massa-
chusetts. with their beloved Myopia. are
again satisfied. while New Workers. are
naturally charmed over the prospect Of
having the amateur at Garden City. AS
for the womens event. those who sue
csssfully pulled the wires in favor OF
Chevy Chase can at least claim a certain
amount of credit for missionary work and
possibly If the departure results in an
awakening Of Interest on the part Of the
southern women the sacrifice will not
have been made I'm vain.
In addition to the three national tour
naments the east has its own circuit OF
important gatherings. Every year the
tri-city competition for the Lesley cup
ueepiy 1HteTbStS the TnlIdQeipl1d, MaSSd.
chusetts and Metropolitan associations.
and by order of rotation the attraction
will next take pace over a course In this
vicinity. No selection has as yet been
made. :
A little later the METROPOLITAN Golf As
sociation will send out notices to half a
dozen of the leading clubs in the district
asking If they would care to handle the
Lesley cup competition. which is to be
decided October and g. When the
vNvf. boz a.
will then select the course. The New
York team. headed by Travis, won the
cup for the second consecutive time at
the Country Club of Brooklins last fail.
Tourney at Baltusrol
An annual event herea bouts that in the
opinion Of many comes second only to the
national! is the championship OF the Met.
ropolitan Golf Association. the scene OF
action this time TO be the well-known
course of the Baltusrol Golf Club: May
~ to - are the dates. Ba,tusrol. like
Garden City. has undergone many i'm
provements Of late. so much 50 that the
course is now generally regarded as one
of the most scientific tests of golf In the
country
The following week. May a6 to 20. the
women's metropolitan championship is
on for the Essex County Country Club,
while a week later, June I. ). and g. the
men will strive for the New Jersey title
at Englewood. Jerome d. Trarers. who
at present wears the triple crown-na-
tional. metropolitan and New Jersey
championships he will defend his titles.
The women's tri-city contest and east
ern championship have been set for June
y. 10, IL and l. at the Oakley Country
Club. near Boston. Another attraction in
which New Workers will In all probability
be especially favored is the annual cham
pionship of the Eastern Professional Golf
ers' Association. The plan is to run this
off next month. and the Englewood links
have been mentioned as a likely place.
Dates have been set aside in September
for an open championship of the Metro
po itan Golf Association. and all that il
needed TO make this tournament GER
tainty Is for some club to offer its course
and incidentally consent TO assume half
the expenses. The intercollegiate cham
pionship will be decided in the fall at
Brae Burn.
Maurice Daily Praises Demarest.