The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-14
GOLF MANNERS And CUSTOMS
HERE AND ~ GREAT BRIrATN
!MCCH DEPENDS ON VIEWPOINT.
Travis and Hiitea DaRer IN IatevuatisaaI
Debats-Americans at @andWteh Net
ire Sort 10 vbolate PsASIng Esiauette
-9rnIOrS Alter mates % Tournament.

-srnIors Alter mates % Tournament.
what Travis has printed about the
treatment ~ himasN and hia friends ~
Sandwich whsn he won the British cham
pionship and the comment by n. n Hilton
cabled 20 this country have been interest
/ ing In the dull days whils spring turf 10
getting strong enough to be gOlfsd yer
Travts's statement regarding the made
auacy 10 the locker accommodations in the
Sc Georges elu bhouss 10 Endorsed ny
Hilton. Ne hsa played In six champion
ships q, Sandwich and has never he 4
locker while ell Eolfers over there aolemnly
complain Of the Sand Wich accommodations
Furthermore. the cablegram make hilton
remark that TravtA's tacuurn manner and
abrupt style ~ meeting any advances
made people charv NJ . pproaching him.
He would not allow men to uhderst and him
Tell Il not IN Gath and cable n not 20
England. but Hilton should know that
there arc golfers and golf clubs in tho
United States that have made complaint
regarding Travis's taciturn and abrupt
manner. Other individuals and clu be say
that when tho chestnut burr % Travis's
reserve 10 opened he 10 the mos, companion
able and cIubahls of men. To . great
golfer many idiosyne rsstes ma be for
given there have been persons to Oh jeot
to HilGon's incessant cigarettes the
variance a. TO department he tween the
two 10 . mere tempest IN . teacup But
where The American golfers will rise IN
their wrath u over Hilton's remark that
Travis might we'll have been spar ed from
his friends 81 that meeting.
They would persist in beating . big
drum for . little man with q big cigar
Morning. noon and night u was the same
old cong sung in no measured tones ny an
| orchestra small but noisy u was rough
uaage. certainly. to give TO . big cigar
even n created . p8an Of 10y Winners
viii ever he cheerful and the Americans
az Sandwich, nearly all reveren' pilgrims
TO an English golfnR shrine. may hardly
be blamed At the eIuberance of their delight
In the continued and unexpected successes
/ Of their own champion.
To take direct issue with Hilton. Travis
could no, we'll have spared from the meeting
Mr.. Phillips Of the Apa wants Club. 10 whose
\ presence was due the gift Of the schenectady
putter that did 80 much 10 help him. Among
others who are known 10 have been pre@~n,
when Travis won were James l.. Taylor
OF Ekvanok DykeU Meadow and Garden
City simeon Ford OF APPS wal mis-. John Miley
John Mailer. Jr.. and " W Burton Of Lake
wood Judge Russell. their president ~ the
Metropolitan Golf Association. DevereauE
Ennne. Of Garden city. D. NJ Byer- Of Pitts
burg and American champion the next
esT. and y. Oden Horstman Of chevy
chase Three to he named last have done
nearly &c much golhng IN Great Britain
as In this country. and under no conceivable
circumstances wONid any individual Of the
ten 10 he mentioned ever forget the eti-
quette Of golf during q match or after H.
It 10 q Joke TO think Of them "a beating
. big drum. no matter how HguratiVely.
during q golf tournament Ford. unless
on his feet in an after dinner talk. IN silent
and even sombre IN demeanOT Miley.
the honoraTy starter ~ tho lakewood
tournaments since isSs, except the spring
he vas 81 SandW tch. make fetish Of silence
When on links. Burton. Who made - many
records Of wagers on Travis against Black
before the ansl that he told his valet 70 lock "
upAs record Insissd ~ sending the garment
20 the laundTyi could % M other manner
There l. n" doubt that Travis believes
all ,hsi he printed He hsd no mere sTSI,h
the every man on his own ba' primo ,le
81 The English IN competition mAy have
Innnenc.d b.. jgds9snts Also the other
shared hts ohaGFtn over their 'rea'r,en'
In an intsrvieN on his return Judge Russell
after the rrs, Two rounds Of the han
pfonsh ~ anu did rot know until ~ the do,k
usTv 'I pi.a.a5t p.ws 70 h.aT %o on. Sso
ls not golfer and one Nho ~ familiar With
n: game abroad may appreciate the sen
ali ranks IN Great RTaain a. The victory
-SsndWirh Il barren waste suitable
" Sa Tor pi Sy and onlosksrs
wers typical. fishing village. q fee villas
and Ipsll ho,sl nth ne lins. t.S miles
ss ours at The Garden i!i,y COLI ,hiS. @hich
has b~es called 700 -na for comfort irhts
WAs before the enlargement 81 the latter
ClIbhousel.
WIS, ~ pressed N. MOS, vas III; s.,s.r-
sional and social life. " no were all expert
golfers and keen enough On the game -
week In order 70 play in or 10 follow the
amateur chs npionship Here am afraid
scrSoo %o oo 90 isn Inc, he nss wcsd
soYnIoss ITS character a. rugged Test 81
1whIe GOLF Is the game ~ The masses
on The public links q England and SCOT
land. the clubs aud the amateur champion
In general vsv tho championship Va.
for the customs and etiquet's o. the game
the desire to win there much any Of
our players do here The Americans
uere tr~at~d Just rho same every one
else aud it'll equal "oTdislitv
In q previous wear The senior. changed
the dates of their tournament A. the Apa-
Namis club TO aVoid ,Ouni"t 18th The
womsn's championship. Nov after "on-
vsnderpool Of the Metropolitan Golf Asso-
ci9t!on the COMMITTEES "a charge OF tho
slNfn Huunnl Neulsfs tournament nave
chsngrd the dates from septembr % and ~
to September - and - 10 avoid . COufict
With the Ieeley cup interclty matThe~ ~
MyOpis The Seniors can AFFORD IN be con
stderate and rhtNslrous toward all the
golnng World. TO quote HOrace I Hotch-
kis:. and while the lesley cup comnli'~e
bad not Inc right Of presumption Of the dates
they chose. vet the seniors committee
Yield September ~ most KracsOusly aud
TssrTange their sch edule.
Tho recent deaths a, ihs age ~ - nf "
recall that they we're idsntIded With the
start Of college golf and great fsVoylte-
with their Contemporaries Vale heat UaT-
ward N the anal ~ the first tWo interc ollie
Giats team Championships a. the Ardalev
club IN he spring 81 40? and 1898. Cutting
being on both losing teams. and IN the fan
81 500 ks had his revenge by heing captain
of tho Harvard team that heat Nale He
qualified. but did not vim out ~ the two
Intercollegiate championships % that yesT
and also in the national champion ship 81
Morris county where AleK Morten put
him nut cutting was one ~ the West
brook group 80 prominent In the fourna-
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