The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-13

the new building. There are many CUBS
and prizes in this neighborly league. The
most valued being the champions plate,
This title was won first In 1902 by l.oIis
p. Myers. Saegkill, q former Yale cnain.
pion; in 1908 by !RogerT. Pelton, Dutchess
Gilman p. Tiffany. Powelton. Until thi.
season the league maintained a clrcp,t
OF team matches the initial reason Tor
Its existepce-but now as a change zach
club ID to hold a one day tournament
Home and home matches are all very w"l
for games played on dry sunny DAYS.
such as baseball, cricket and lawn tennis,
but they are not 80 reasonable in gulf
which Is played in rain or in any u.t
weather. To journey to another cl.u
on a wet day for a goltfng round l., lpt
q great pleasure. yet to avoid the trp
gives to the other team "A victory ~
default. Under the new plan a plaY..
may attend or stay away from one Of tn.
parties or there may be a postponern"u'
without any defaults or bad mars, :,
any one.
The affairs or at homes" are held
short intervals apart. Some Of the clp'
In membership have anne TO sugge,
The tal' s, ~ Wellington lTSlns Of -
skill Club. Kingston; Powelton Club, New
CLUB, Poughkeepsie; Rockland Country
Club. Palisades; Briarclif Club, Ossinine;
Columbia Country Club. Hudson, and The
Orange County Golf Club, Middletown,
the youngest member. The aggregate OF
goling members l-5oo. The e1-
Coykendall. president; John p. Hobbie,
vice-presidenti Charles F. Cossum, secre-
tary; Paul B.. Rossire, treasurer; james 8.
Taylor. Harold B. Wood and DR.. H. NJ.
Smith.
The PhnedA,phia tournament will bs
at the Huntingdon Valley Country Club
for the Lynnwood Hall cups. This is the
hood to attract players OF the highest
class from other parts. Not to go back
too far. II. B. Mcfarland won in 1905,
Jerome d. Travers in 1905. Fred HERE
shon in 1907 and last year Travers.
There Ia to be q team match open to the
1876 clubs Of the Western Golf Association
on Wednesday that has many unique
over three-Quarters Of the United States
and the calls for play on that day by
cams of eight men on each course against
q fixed par score. The par adopted is
that originated in the Metropolitan Golf
Association four or five years ago to aid
in a general handicap. The basis by the
length Of the hole:
w w ~ oio 20 - =. iiOui W W ~
yards par ia 81, from $50 to 37s yards par
IL 4, from 375 to AIS yards par is ~. from
425 to $40 yards par is S. from $40 TO sOO
yards par Is So. from 600 to $50 yards par
is 6. 4.
Conceding the acceptance of a given
par, ratio 1t is possible for a team match
to be played by telegraph between a
San Francisco and a New York golf club
or by cable between teams OF Scotch
and American golfers, just as interns-
tional chess matches are often played.
The difference between par and DOGGY
is that the former is infexible for a hole
Of a given length. On the contrary. a
hole OF fss yards may be DOGGY 4 at one
and DOGGY S at another club, but the par
under the table il Z at both clubs. We'd
nesday's match is to be an annual affair
in honor of Old Tom Morris and always
contested on his birthday. 1t is for a
perpetual trophy costing about $1,000
and presented to the Western Golf Asso-
citation by Peter Dawson OF Glasgow.
Scotland. as a memorial OF the noted
golfer and greenkeeper. He left the
conditions to the executive COMMITTEES,
who have adopted an entirely novel form
Of competition.