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the five against the field E. A. LaAsen
the title holder. is not mentioned, mol
any OF the young men. This fidelity To
the old guard by the British critics would
indicate there are no phenomenal young
sters in sight and that they must rely on
Travers has beeh through in this country
he should bold his own with any OF the
mainstays Of British golf.
I, The weeks tournament at the Fox
Hills Golf Club will be on Thursday
Friday and Saturday and should draw a
great crowd Of players. An eighteen
hole qualifying round will open the sport,
gold medal for low seore. while the 1,, first
Clifton, Southfield and Aquehonga cups.
A CUP will be presented to the runnerup
in the first sixteen. but the match play
will not he limited to four sets, for ther g
will be a cup for each additional sixteen
to finish. There will be a consolation
cup for the beaten eight OF each OF the
handicap for the usual prizes on Sat
urday, Entries should be sent by to-
morrow TO the tournament committee,
Fox Hills Golf Club, Stapleton. Staten
Island.
The playin length at Fox Hills is S, 7ss
yards. and IL IL the finest natural golfing
ground adjacent to Manhattan. Isaac
MdCklt, tUo CluO pIOlCrStOndts hotNio wv
record at es. Leighton Calkins in q recent
article in the AmsricoR Golfer made
many suggestions to improve the course,
yet prefaced the recommendations with
these compliments:
THE course ought to be, with the excep-
tion Of an improved Shinnecook, the
second best in the Metropolitan district,
no sense due to lack OF energy or interest
on the part Of the management or Of the
members at large. There is no more
hospitable club to be found near New
York and there is no club In the country
where more money has been spent in
overcoming unusual obsta cles In links
in other respects splendidly adapted for
the game.
The land and buildings are all leased,
with about twelve years more TO run,
at an annual rental OF nearly 1900. and
with only remote chance that the prop
erty can be held at the end OF the term
on a renewal. Yet in ten years the mem.
bers of this club have actually expended
nearly Sl15.Ooo on the course alone. on
permanent improvements and upkeep,
aud OF this amount approximately $65 ,0co
has gone for permanent improvements,
OF this last named amount not less than
$40. 600 Is buried underground. like a
miser's hoard, and yet unlike IL. because
II is in every sense an investment earning
a richly earned reward In the enjoyment
obtained by all golfers who play over
this fine course.
The Fox Hills Golf Club has an able,
efficient and indefatisable chairman OF
the tournament committee in A.. H.
Pogson He is one OF the hardest workers
In the club and despite the fact that he
has the disagreeable task OF placing the
handicaps he is one OF the most popular
portant factor in managing the different
tournaments held at Fox Hills during
recent years. 1t was he who nearly
single handed managed the Eastern Pro-
fessional Woman's and Staten Island
championship tournaments last year.
Another member who has given much OF
a former well known Yale football player
who has been chairman Of the green's
committee for the last two years. He
has done wonders with the turf and to
him is due the credit for the splendid
condition in which the course is to be
found thus early in the season.
The officers Of the Fox Hills Golf Club
for the year are:
Psssiasnt, JSsePh 4 o'ponoh.e; , AZ ,,t.s vice.
ss "ssi' ss'sasn! sSss ess'Is. STsssss FRANK D. A'
\; p,s. g. y. f.Sss!.. , HOl,.Rsna, w. g,
uOOple, ", w. 1tmucCh. ~, MCrlSCudu,
ward Morrison. Hugh oDonoghue, Il. @. Potter.
John n. Savage and A. J. Stone.
Besides the officials. golfers identified
with the Fox Hills tournaments and
weekly competitions include George e.
Armstrong, J. j. Janin. II. z. Armstrong,
Aieenan, j. W. McMenamy, c. West
Tainter Frank Sears. r. r. Mamiok. j.
F. Stier, John De Witt Howard Gee,
NJ. L, Fearey, j. J. Hazen. John b. Glea-
son. r. F. Foster, T. j. Shelley, B. 8.
Bottome. Bert r. Allen, James ". Dean.
H. H. Lloyd, E. c. johnson. W. j. Ryan,
j. J. Worrell and W. j. Elias.
The tournament Of the Eastern Pro-
feasional Golfers Association follows the
Fox Hills competition. It will be at the
Soarsdsle Golf Club on May IS and 10.
To follow will be the Invitation tourna-
ment Of the Nassau Country Club. May
%. 81 and =, while the week after viii be
given up tn the annual championships
6 the mems and women's Metropolitan
Golf Association. This is the schedule
Of the big events for the remainder OF