New-York tribune., 1908-01-27
ON THE GOLF LINKS.
Massachusetts Clubs DiUided Into
Eight SectiOns-Other Matters.

Plans are under way for the arranging Of team
| matches for the forty-odd clubs IN the Massa-
chusetts Golf Association II is claimed that tne
present location of the clubs will render 1t a COM
paratively easy matter divide them into geo
graphical sections except that those in the immedi-
ate neighborhood OF Boston may need judiciouS
placing The idea is TO first ascertain the winner
in each section and then draw these eight teams
for knockout matches
The matches will not interfere with the open
amateur tournament days of clubs which wish 10
hold them. 1t seems to be a growing sentiment
however that there have been too many medal
play tournaments, and that the state had been
producing better scorers than match players.
Both the intercIub matches in the eight sections
and the matches between the eight winning teams
will he aS-day contests. The play In tne morn
ing will singles and in the afternoon 1oursoheS
"a system similar to the that prevailed IN the
Lesley Cup matches last fall Teams are 20 De
made up of six players.
Thus foursomes will be tried under the stimulus
of important matches, many Of the. results will
hang upon the outcome of the afternoon contests
A preliminary division of the state into eight sec
tons brings the clubs together in somewhat the
following way:
Section The Country Club oasy Concord LeHins
Section 2-Aibenlarle Aison Burn. Chestnut Hill.
Gonmonwealth w, Mood,ana; 11i e,s1s-, -radasco
section z-BeIlevue Island. Meadow Brook. Merrimac'
Section 5-Broekton Cohssset Crow Point. Hoosic
Section s-SeW Bedford FAN River. Hyannispor segre-
Section Alpine. Frarnngharn. Pepperen. Runaway
Section seIos Mount Tom oxford. stockbridge.
Springfield.
A we'll known player calls attention 10 the fact
that round of links when the ground is frozen
not only develops set Of conditions, but also
a new form of golf instruction. AS general thing
the ground in mdwinter is hard to allow divots
70 be cut out with the clubs in playing the ball
The only effect of playing the shot in the all too
familiar way of striking the ground behind the ban
is to cause the head of the club 10 skid on the
frozen surface and TO propeI the sphere forward
as if IT had badly topped. repetition OF one
or two shots of this kind will speedily convince the
player that ne must adopt new and cleaner meth
cd when the ground is hard.
Another shot which it is almost imperative TO
practise with care is that of the running-up ap-
proach as substitute for the mashie pitch. With
the ground frozen there is little IN attempting
q Iofted shot In the first place the ground Is too
hard allow the club head to bite in to the
turf. and when attempt is made II generally
ends I'm e slice a foozle
Frost on the course, therefore, brings with IT
some compensations in teaching golfers here and
there how best to play few difficult but useful
shots which, under normal conditions, they would
not have the patience to attempt.
Apropos of the awarding of the next national
womens championship tournament to the Chevy
Chase club, of Washington, Ralph Cracknels the
Boston critic writes follows:
the national championship held at Philadelphia this
year. They have friends at Philadelphia the dis
tance is not great Washington, the expense
less. and they felt that they ought to have some
So TOO. and New. York golfers also ia
VOred Philadelphia
The have vote They forwarded ex-
Pressions OF their heir, views TO the secretary of the
the annual meeting Speakers for the Western
women and the Southern women declared that
they would like the tournament at Washington. The
9T egt o IN 1bs 1fs y0 x0ns 6 that m Pg
delphia Country Club and the for Washington.
1t remains to be whether the women golfers
where their championships shall be held. Some
say that they own the clubhcuses and the links.
and that settles IL. This is Chivalry.
Eastern women golfers ask. who these
Washington Also, Are you sure that the West
ern gOfing women wanted the championship held
at Washington in preference to Philadelphia
On the other hand. these were the arguments of
Chase Club has been asking for the wOmens cham
ponship for five years It has a beautiful links
better even than the Philadelphia Country Club.
To hold the event Washington is a step 10 prO-
Southern women want to the play and some OF
them wish TO enter The Western women would
rather go 10 Washington than Philadelphia
The national capital Is attractive In October. The
Chevy Chase Club has accommodations for all the
players 1t is only thirty-fve minutes from the
city of Washington.
1t was Southern gt-l at Brae Burn, in 1906. who
showed such keer interest in her play. She had
been getting along fauously. but suddenly made
horrible stroke.
Il hope III choke II make another shot Ike
that she said. rather more loudly than she had
Can there be any doubt that golf can take hold OF
the Southern women after that?