New-York tribune., 1910-04-26
RESULTS OF GAMES YEsrERDA
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING.
TRYING TEST AT GOLF
Women to Strive for Title Over
Seventy-tWO Holes.

Programmes are out for the annual cham
pionship tournament Of the Women's East
ern Golf Association, TO be held this year
over the links OF the Huntingdon Valley
Country Club. at Noble, Penn. on June S,
g. 10 and II. More than ordinary interest
will be centred in this tournament. for the
reason that It will be extended over
seventy-two holes OF medal play. The win
yer Of the competition will be known as
the champion woman golfer of the East
and her name will be engraved on the as
sociation cup. which will be held for the
year by the club from which the winner
shall have entered. The winner will re-
oeive a gold medal outright. while those
finishing second and third will get silver
and bronze medals, respectively.
on the morning OF Wednesday, June s,
the first eghteen-hole round of the cham
pionship will be played. Side fixtures are
10 claim attention each afternoon. and the
one on the first day will be a driving con-
test, the longest drive to count. On Thurs
day morning the second championship
eighteen-hoe round will be run off, fol-
lowed by an eiShteen-hole medal play
handicap in the afternoon. The same pro-
gramme is scheduled for Friday and Sat
Urday.
Contestants will be paired each day by
the executive committee. and all entries
will be subject to the approval of that
body. Entries for the special events will be
open only to contestants who take part in
the championship proper. In the women's
Eastern tournament last year. held over
the links OF the Baltusrol Golf Club. the
conditions called for thirty-six holes medal
play.
The annual meeting of the association
has been set for Thursday, June 9. at 2:90
o'clock i'm the afternoon at the Huntingdon
Valley Country Club Each member of
this association is entitled to be represent
ed by one voting delegate duly authorized
by the club secretary.
When the Eastern women met at Bal
tusrol last spring they voted for this
change in playing conditions, but since
then a good many Of the timid ones have
expressed the belief that seventy-two holes
Of medal play will be entirely too trying
on the nerves. Whether this proves TO be
the case or not will probably he thrashed
out to their satisfaction in the coming tour
nament.
At the Nassau Country Club the April
handicap has narrowed down TO the semi
final round. which will be played on Sat
urdav. In the recent weekly handicap
against bogie Henry Cape won handly by
finishing up. His next nearest opponent
was Herbert L. Pratt the president Of the
club, who finished all square Winners
in the second round matches in the month
ly competition were J. B. c. Tappan. who
beat Harvey Murdocl up and l TO play:
w. r. Peters. who beat 4. Sumner l up.
and G. Dunning. who defeated w. A Enge-
man. up and to play.
II has been stated that 10 secure the
services Of Robert S. Simpson. for two
years the professional at the Blue Mound
club Of Milwaukee, the Kenosha Club made
an offer larger than anything yet given
to n professional in this country. The
amount has not been disclosed but 1t Is
understood that IL is considerably in excess
Of the salaries which either Willie Ander-
son or Tom Vardon received while CON
nected with the Onwentsia Club. Simpson
is a former Western open champion.