New-York tribune., 1908-03-10
GOLFERS GOING ABROAD
NO LACK OF 4CTIFH'I.
Some Professionals May Boycott
the Open Tournament.

T,-1less the unforeseen should happen the coming
season will go down memorable one In goit
history Most important. at least. OF most gen.
e-a interest at this time is the international phase
uf the game. OF which there are unnlistakao4e
signs of activity along several lines
The FIRST instalrnent OF American women sol1ers
sailed for the other soe few Gays ago Ahes
sv.re three Boston exper1s-the Misses Fhelps ana
Miss Alice Underwood. Later Miss Mare~-et -
is The national titlehoder. and her sis eT Harrist
Inc former champion. may decide 20 repeat thei-
visits of A year ago From this vicinity. Miss Elsa
Hurli,u- the well known Morris County payer
vso was secretary or the Woinens +e-@ro-'si'''-"
Golf Association last year. viii san shos-it'
something decidedly novel. however is ne pro
5osed invasion Of the foreign links by NJ; Der o
prom mont college boys. Ellis Knowles. OF A'''e II
present intercollegiate champion. and W J. = g,
a. Princeton Viii head team OF America col
lec.a-ls They may be Joined by Robert Apoot'' 80
Yale w Il Wilder and W. Fellowes Morgan IT. o
Harvard. and Ralph Peters, jr-. Of Princeton. AS
the golfers mentioned are among the pest II 'iie
coiiese world on this side of the Atlantic theE
would constitute = team in every way representa-
1--WE
Plans relative 10 this trip now beng per
fe-tel The players keen TO go. and the ohis
.hin- may stand in the Way is the securing Vi
-at~rrzal consent The only previous instance u,
record where rival coegians of this country ana
Great Britain met :n international conflict on the
links Was il 1e12. when the oxford-Ce1nbrldge team
made its memorable visit to America HOW wen
,ris team So ably captainei by John l.. Low
ACQUITTED itse-f y h5e here IS this day the suo-
sect Of frequent nineteenth hole sessions Inc
visitors if p-ill te remembered. won every match
-cv played save one. among their victims was
team representing the intercollegiate Golf Asso-
ciation-
There has been I marked advancement IN the
game in this country since then especially among
the college boys. n. Chandler Egan twice won the
1lationaI championship while student at Harvard
ana only last July W. 7. West. of Princeton. had
every one guessing because of his sensational rounds
in the national tournament at Euclid. The players
who are likely TO 20 abroad next summer are IN
c-est1onabIy strong hoth individually and col
icctively- Abbott has been famous for several
wears as titanic driver. His reaching Of the sec
e-d green 81 the Nassau Country Club during the
14x- intercollegiate championship with drive and
: cleek Is an instance Of his proves This hole
Is fve hundred yards long and uphill
Jler e present an air Of mystery pervades the
professional atmosphere Sorle time ago there was
= r7srnor floating round 10 the effect that Massy,
Braid Tar6on and TAYLOR. the big four on the
other side likely 10 come here for the open
char-giorlslip which is to be held over the links
Of the Myop.a Hunt Club near Boston. the last
re-f Of August Since then the briefest kind Of
6isra-cn reached here that the quartet mentioned
would not visit America for the open Ordinarily.
that would close the incident. hut there are reasons
fc- the belief that not only the Myopia Club but
the United States Golf Association may find II
advantageous 10 make overtu1es Of an exceptional
nature The foreign experts
That there is discomfort among the resident and
native born professionals no one can deny The
trouble began n 1sS. when the open was last held
MYcpia. tie claim being made that the profcs
Eionals were not treated fairly by the club. In
fact. the pros" not accorded any Of the
clubhouse privileges not even being allowed 10 use
the telephone Several OF the leading professionals
OF the country have announced their intention
compete IN this years open. and plans
Ger way toward some sort OF concerted action. Tho
question has been presented TO William Norton,
president OF the Eastern Professional Golfers
soriation
Should the latter organization decide in favor Of
. boycott the chances that q majority of the
players would stay away OF course, there is little
doubt that the open viii be held s scheduled,
matter how sim the entry may be, but the pres
% several Of the leading players of Great
Britain would lend and class 10 the Myopia
affair. and certainly all who have watched
round OF expert golf would welcome a visit of the
four experts mentioned This tournament. which
gives all chance to Compete for the open cham
porship Of the United States. IS annually becoming
more important As for Myopia, links in
country assures d fairer result.