The Washington herald., 1908-03-22
GOLFERS GO ABROAD
American Players Will In
wade England.
PROFESSIONALS MAY BOYCOTT
NuEiber of Prominent College Men
VIII Organize Team 10 Play the
ForeiEners-Last Time American
COlIegians Went Abroad They
Made Most CreditabIe Showing.

New York. March 21.-UnIess the un-
foreseen should happen, the coming sea
son viii go down as a memorable one in
golf history. Most important, or, at least
of most general interest al this time. is
the international phase OF the game. oi
which there are unmistakabie signs Of ac-
tivity along several lines.
The first installment Of American womer
golfers sailed for the other side few
days ago. They were three Boston ex-
perts-the Misses Phelps and Miss Alice
Underwood. Later Miss Margaret Curtis
the national titleholder. and her sister
Harriet. the former champion. may decide
to repeat their visits OF year ago. From
this vicinity, Miss Elsa Hurlbut, the we'll
known Morris County player. who Wa:
secretary Of the Women's metropolitan
Golf Association last year. will sal
shortly
Something decidedly novel. however. is
the proposed invasion OF the foreign links
by number of prominent college boys
Ellis Knowles, Of Yale. the present inter
collegiate champion. and ". T. West. OF
Princeton. viii head team OF American
oollegians. They may be joined by Rob
ert Abbott. Of Yale; W. II. Wilder and
w. Fellowes Morgan, jr., OF Harvard, and
Ralph Peters. jr., OF Princeton. AS the
golfers mentioned are among the best in
the college world on this side of the At
lantic. they would constitute team in
every way representative
Need PaternaI Consent.
Plans relative to this trip are now be-
ing perfected. The players are keen e
go. and the. only thing that may stand ir
the way is the obtaining OF paternal cor
sent. The only previous instance on rec
ord where rival coIlegians Of this country
and Great Britain met in international
conflict on the links was in 1903. wher
the Oxford-Cambridge team made It's
memorable visit TO America. How well
this team. so ably captained by John l.
Low, acquitted itself while here is tc
this day the subject OF frequent nine
teenth hole sessions The visitors. il viii
be remembered. won every match they
played save one. and among their victims
was a team representing the Intercolle-
giate Golf Association.
There has been a marked advancement
in the game IN this country since then
especially among the college boys. II.
Chandler Egan twice won the national
championship while a student at Harvard
and only last July ". T. West, Of Prince
ton, had every one guessing because OF
his sensational rounds In the national
tournament at Euclid. The players who
are likely to 90 abroad next summer are
unquestionably strong. both Individually
and collectively. Abbott has been famous
for several years as a titanic driver. His
reaching Of the second green at the Mas
sau Country Club during the last inter
collegiate championship with a drive and
a eleek is an instance Of his prowess
This hole is 500 yards long and uphill
Just at present an air OF mystery per
vades the professional atmosphere. Some
time ago there was a rumor floating
round TO the effect that Massy. Braid
Vardon. and Taylor, the big four or
the other side, we're likely 10 come hers
for the open championship. which is tC
be held over the links of the Myopis
Hunt Club. near Boston. the last part OF
August Since then the briefest kind OF
dispatch reached here that the quartet
mentioned would not visit America FOL
the open. Ordinarily. that would close
the incident: but there are reasons foI
the belief that not only the Myopia Club
but the United States Golf Association
may find IL advantageous 20 make over
lures of an exceptional nature TO the
foreign experts.