New-York tribune., 1910-07-25
PLACE TRAPS IN COURSE
Trouble for Professional Golfers
on Salisbury Links.
TOURNEY BEGINS TUESDAY
Dlsa agreement on Conditions
Keeps Boston and PhiIa-
delphia Players Away.

delphla Players Away.
When the saIerted brigade gathers OF. r.,
Salisbury links. 81 Garden City. to---sr-ov
70 start the af,h annual charncions.to
tournament cf the Eastern P-oszss.o-9I
Golfers association raaay new traps ana
pitfalls will re encountered Eafd out er5g4-
naliy along scientific Iines. the course -
net been permitted 70 get behind the tiass
and deseiss the fact that y covers = p!ay.r
length a trias less than 8G56 yards tiara
are those willing % predict thar scare {.
4 will about show tae way II The a,1a!s--
ing round
Side trans have been placed Between taa
fairwavs of the first and home holes, whtc1
run parallel Going 70 No. 9 there Is a rev
hazard 70 hs carried f-ora ths tee. whMa
others appear II the vicinity q tss greer
More trouble has 90 bs negotiated 0. tAe
second sAot going 20 the seventeenth. Ths
distances Of ths holes y yards are as tol-
lows
out-aze 81o. ~. 81, a5a ass a5 se5. 81
3,,14
fn-.zc. 80 80. IS. 20. 80 l2t. go -
800. Tota-5914
Because its r.enbe-s cannot agree a. 10
conditions OF play this Eastern professional
tournament nay suffer r consequence
Word has been received 70 the e43ecJ ELa-
the Boston -'pros viii stay away. ard Z 3
also understood that the Philadelphia Dis
trict will be sIin,Iy represented ALEC Smith
os WykasyI the national open ch.s-2:c-s
has already declared he would ror play
As has been pointed oUt or several p-svt-
Gus occasions. this years tournament VIII
start with an eigazeea-ao!e medal play t5s--
ing round for tue pureoSe OF enabling rEa
professionals 70 classify themselves into
three eights according t5 the -2eylr % tae--
scores These making tae first e.gat VII
then fight II our for -hs title az match Play
while thz others Will continue II 2 si-aile-
nanaa- for minor prizes
The argument for match play IS ta1c =
divides The competition Up 50 that large
number OF players have a chance to- va
money. II o-aar words, t:1s plu-,s will 2ot
be so certain 20 &c DIuclced b. the eavo-cL
few. On the other hand, L15se who a-sls
against match play say that Championship
Is q championship. and that experience aas
proved that r-sdL play Is The beS- -5st c.
the game
The foremost amateurs beyoct rte AHe-
ghenies will begin play to-day in the a.
nuaI championship tournament ce the WeS--
ern GoIs Association They are sathsrs1
on the links or The Ninilahda Ge!f Club,
OF Minneapolis The favo-ttes are =
Chandler Egan. Robert = Gardner, TIE "a
ttonaI title ho!der, c " Evans. =, --S
Western champion, and Albert Sec,-eL who
holds . similar honor IN the Intercol-eg-~
ate Golf Association The fact thar nun
Der Of the prominent Western players ara
either ar Yale or Princeton has : Cerdeccy
70 Increase tbs interest ac,ocg golfers
he-eab bouts
The programme for tbs Western event .
exactly the same as the one used BY t25
United States Golf Association 1o- -
championship tournament This means a..
eighteen-hols qualifying round On the nrzr
day. sizty-four 10 qualify; another eigh-es2
holes OF medal play on the morning OF tn'
second day, thtr-y-rTo 70 qualify, and o-aE
round OF matches ct eighteen holes on 70
afternoon OF che second day. Or subSs-
ouent days all tbs matches viii consist C
thirty-six hoes The winners and runHeFs-
up N previous Championship meetings a-S
as follows:
1889 Glen View club. Chicago. ss7ceaaaer 5 -
9-Davtd = EorgaS. S-7er-S5-- ~ . -
list D. r Forgan. S4-
1900 onwentsia CLUB. Lake Forest - II. SC
up. runner-up. " \ Holatir6- y. Glen N-s"7
r5cEaIIis- Walker 3 Smith. Olwscts[a. -61-
2.gPbei1s -99l How Glen V.ea- by 5 ana 81
-c--E.ar-up. Bruce D Smith, O1yvs1-S-1 rs11---5S
Fred r Ha-alin. Chicago amer re VIE "
1872. Chicago G c September > % 1s-Aa
ES1n TaEe C;s1s,ca: rceiaIlist H {. Egan. 1s2-
1905 EucIIt club Cleveland. august 70 =
w. r. g Eea5. EEraoor. an -natch play -,
1904 ExmOor c Z. Chicago. august % %
sawyer. Wheato1 alesallis-- 4. c. Es9a IL
1905 Glen View ciuo. Chicago, jay = . -
45ssSi!J5. q Esa9i 5.y 2H' Nile 'z5 b55so.s 81
1906 Glen Echo . G s. Leuls- SSoCS--.s- SSo = :.
V I * Wooa Forn5uood. -1sdal-.sr. W 9
Eow-es il. OaE-Co1-. l5s- o.. -
Esan ) and 1 runasr-40 4 5e2ess
Vhsato1. nnedaIl-St. W ! 5-o,t-e-o =, ~--IS@
after tie a. 80 with D z Sawyer a2d = =
1SoS. Rock Island Arsenal G G July - % -
Mason Phelps. Midlothian. ard >. EGr2eT-%55e
H w Allen. 81 Louis -2eda--SI- l. : -
wards Midlothian ~ -,.-- ~, - o., -.
1859 EtouewooG c c: Chicaso. JC-y 70 DO - .
Charles Evans. II. Edgewa-e-- ! y.g, =Ga=,ss a-
4 woo3. Eo-aa~ood. I46.
It has been claimed that there are moro
buffers playing golf than any other game
This may or may rot be 50. though II VIII
hardly be disputed that each and every Sc-
duffsr plays with enthusiasm Despair >
merely 4 transient emotion. diSgCSt IS the
incentive 10 further S-o-rS- COnSeluSat-Y'.
70 play golf BADLY is much better tuc than
TO play any oth5r game badly They say
that the consistent nisSer o. easy carror3s
is sooner or later 70 take 70 stamp collect
ing but the ipveIsrate HalSSer OF short puts
CIines 10 the hope that some day ne VIII
Ger them down Instead OF gathering
STAMPS he collects patent putre-S-
Twelve cards were returned OF Saturday
for the vice-president's cup, the g3-r O
V Davies. which IS 70 bs ~ play eaea
week hereafter on the point system L@S
points. respectively 3. ard !, wSrS Sa-.sSG
or Saturday BY Haven. CAapin and Davies
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