New-York tribune., 1909-01-04

tional. two open ana two wonens cha.nponshiips i
the slognn Equal representation for all' must win
the long
I can't entirely agree with The Referee TO
where victory will rest II is declared II he
means the proposed new association by his refer
the slogan Equal representation fo- all
The West may be strong IN numbers. but the
East stronger IN golfers Of championship
calibre and II two national tournaments for the
same title held It is not assuming too rnucn
to say that the under the auspices Of the United
States Golf Association will attract the leading
players In the country.
Another Western golfer who would If he could,
make all kinds Of reforms in the royal and ancient
game says that match play versus bogie or par
is the best means for wedding out the players In
the qualifying round for the national championship
In his opinion the usual medal play round. as USED
this country, IS entirely wrong in principle, with
the punishment too great for one or two bad holes
This IS a much mooted question. and one that
authorities goifng have worked hard to solVe
both IN this country and abroad Three or rour
plans have been tried here with medal play as the
basis for the preliminary round, and while tho
latest form entirely acceptable II seems 10
he the best considering the number of players
who have championship aspirations. Even Eng
land. which has advocated straight tnatch play
rounds for so long time, Is considering the ad-
visibility of running off the preliminary round at
medal play. It is trus that strong player Is oc-
casionaIly eliminated by little hard luck at one
or two holes in medal play, but in the long run
the test Is q reasonably good one and for my part
1t is hard 10 how round against par or ho-
gle would serve e better end
Thoroughbred running records continue 70 tal
at the Santa Anita track in California The latest
horses to break into the charmed circle are Cha
pultepec, that evil tempered but speedy son OF
Gerolstein-Sraciosity, which ran in the name enn
coIors Of FurleW & O'Neil last season. and Lady
Irrna, a two-year-old flly with little or no pre-
tension to class. Chapultepec made new marx
Of l IL for six furlongs circular track whlie
Lady Irma raced five and half furioIlgs in los 90
There IS one record however, that Is not hHeIy 10
hs broken even over the Santa Anita track, ana
that record is the mighty Roseben's LIZ for seven
furlongs made at Belmont Park IN 1905
II was nv pleasure TO attend the annual meeting
of the intercollegiate Athletic Association Of the
United States the Murray Hill Hotel IN THIS CITY
on SATURDAY when further steps were taken look
ing TO the sane control and regulation OF coLeee
sports The association. under the able leadership
of Cantain Palmer E Pierce, Z. s A. is doing p
eood vvork-a work that commands the respect and
deserves the help Of all those interested In clean
e-,ort snace is lacking at this time to treat the
subject as II deserves but expect to take II up
in this column next week. as home rule for sec
tionaI institutions and the summer baseball prooien
are fruitful questions for comment.
DOrdndo has an uIlioIIt1ii%Nte AeN@' 81
+he critical point IN his races Three times cut or
four is record that It is hoped Will not bs broken
Walker IS the best sprinter Of all time II MS
records In South Africa can be established he
gave an indication of his speed and class at the
OLYMPIC games in England
The Montreal hockey team came down here WIN
2 reputation and went home again more than half
convinced that we have learned something about
the game here. The st. Nicholas seven is likely TO
o,s . brave rght for the Amateur Hockey League
title AhA~''oiNi'''