New-York tribune., 1910-04-04
Amateur Championship Likely
to Afford Warm Contest.
TRAVERS MAY BE STARTER.
A Lively Season Promised on
Many Courses Around the
Quaker City.

links OF the country 2 llD OF DfODhiiit's VII
be the best in the history of the game on
this side OF the Atlantic. Rumor has u
that Jerome D. Travers. the Montclair
wizard Will Try 20 get back into that ire
sistibIe form which won fo- him the triple
crown two years ago. and. Tor that matter.
nearly all the metropolitan leaders viii 90
over Boston way for a try.
Added interest is also lent 20 rne coming
affair because il will mark the drst :ime in
the history Of golf i'll America that the
: amateur mas been contested IN M2ssacnu-
. sets Thus far mauy Of the 1CSt Down
East amateurs have never cOrdpetcd in the
national tournament but they viii all be
on hand this time; consequently. Il theJ
are ever 10 get a place on the tablet Of
fame. this would seem 20 be their golden
opportunity. At all events. they arc put
ting a ring around the dates September =
/ to L. when the meeting will be held
/ Ia commenting on the subject, and incl
deutaIiy tne failure Of tine Massachusetts
golfers TO cut more Of figure in the past
a Boston scribe rUefully remarks.
( Only in three cases nave Massacruset-s s
amateurs been medaliiStS in the Ihlleu
states amateur champIouship-F. 4. AmOTy
y,aS IN the Semi-fiual ia 1885 J. g. Ihorl,
vu~ rGnueT-up iu 1886. and \. -. LOCKWOOD
was SeHi-dnalist 9t Garden CITY in ISy
S4Uye tnCU. Win the exception Ol n ~.
Wider and =. ". tia-lin. no local anna
tours have shown form at the champion
snip which seemed likely 70 carry thehl
very far iH tu' tournament
made in the Lesley Gun matches by Aassa 70
chusettS players was at the country luz
when they were defeated by a weak tes ~
OF Philadelphia players, 50 tnai on thelT
previous showing the Boston players ap-
pear 20 have very little chance OF maklhE
50 striking an impression ON the amateur
GOLF ~ the country a the tnlCdSt EotAti~
did last year. when they mot an cOiileIS
on their home links ~ Wheaton
. Nevertheless. TN" amateurs ~ New Eng
land and particularly Of MaSsaChusettS
will have tnoir first chance To play IN an
amateur championship on links near home
and II vii not b" case or the beSt men IN
the state beinC chosen 10 play for The titIe-
for the United States Coll ASSOCIATION
makes no restriction ON the right 70 enter,
and the toUTnamen, is open 10 all the mem
hers of its clubs.
After watching the professionals who
competed in the recent open tournament AZ
Pinehurst an observart amateur remarked
''yYc are impressed with one thing which
is usually discouraged I'm golf They hit
the hall with All their might. putting every
ounce of strength into it. To see five men
like Hutchinson. Nichols. Strong, Mcleod
and Willie Anderson drive as many balls
all straightavay for nearly three hundred
Yards makes one wonder In playing n
coward hole. the eighth, they all used
irons. and on the fifteenth. about two hun
dred wards two Of them drove with putters
and got long, low. running balls The old
saving Don't press never bothers them.
for they press every shot. We were fortu-
nate 10 he back Of fine a foUrsoU1e as
enc will ever sew. J. Travis and ". G
Fowres. ir.. against Tuckerman. winner Of
the spring championship. and Gardner.
Travis squared the match by winning the
seventeenth. while TuckerTnan. with a
splendid on the eighteenth. a hard five
boEic hole about four hundred Yards long
tnew rourse,. won the match, Travis and
Gardner having As
II will be a difficult matter FOR the metro
politau or any other district 70 keep pace
with Philadelphia this season in the mat
ter of competitive events. The Quaker
city golfers viii usher in their season with
the first OF the series If suburban cup
matches the last Saturday in April. and
they will continue until May IS. Several
changes have been made in the conditions
governing tine interclub team contest for
the Philadelphia Cup follows.
The best seven scores of representatives
OF an. one club playing in the qualifying
round uf the individual championship Ct
Philadelphia shall be considered qualify
ing for competition for the team champion
ship, the four best club scores To qualify
with teams Of ten men.
The club qualifying No. 1 shall play
against No , ana No. ! shall play against i,t
day, then the two winners shall play on
the following day for the team. champion
ship. Two ball matches shall be played in
the forenoon and four ball matches in the
afternoon. In each match the fun eighteen
noles cor more. X necessary must be
played The winner small score one point
Tor the match. and in addition shall score
one fourth Ot point for each hole that he
IS up ON his opponent II the teams should
tie in points. that one winning the greatest
number Of individual matches shall be the
winner.
The women will open their season on
April %. The main events IN each class
follow
MEMS EVENTS
juno T.. - and 15-Tenth annual invitation
tournarneD- II the Huutingdcr VALLEY Country
Penn.
June l. AMI ts-opeu Championship OF tae
state. COR s@ciasior sI th OF PbltsdeIn5Is }s hf
Cricket CLUB, s.. Martins Penn.
June - and = Match play OF TIE Phiiaas--
phia cup League, ;oy The iutercluh team cham
uionship. at the Huntington Valley Country
Angus l2-EightA snuua. open cHampiousS,c
- Philadelphia and vicinity at the Fhusdelphrs
'ri"ke- Club. ST. Martins Penn Thirty SIX
holes. medal play. entrance zee. s. purss. Sit'.
viii entrance fee added winner. ~ per cent
s"coTd. - peg cent. ,hird. - per cent. to-rJh,
10 per cent
September Second aanua' lvan.a
state championship, qualification round. six
holes. scratch medal play. sixteen 20 1usrffv az
tHe Allegheny Country club SeWtckley penn
september - and 1.-THE amateur champion
snip q the United states ar the Country CIu1
ol Hr.nkliue. Mass
september II. 16 ard 11-Tenth annual invita-
ZION tournament for th- philadelphia cup % tre
Ggf Asst. .is,ion "t Phfats jphts al the Phua-
ooirhia Country club. B1la Penn.
september 30 ana October l-SNtd .uulsI
contest fo- o., IesIey Cup at ihe N.arsa H..a-
Club. south Hamilton. IsSs
October - AMI ~-.Uvfte;tpl. Tournament 2
the Philadelphia 'rfrk't ClIS. et -. Martins
Penn.
UoSIEN.s Events.
Aiav Zf-Woran's individual chaurionsbi, ,,
fauadeiria. qualifying round. eighteen rpl~-.
medal play. sixteen 70 qualify. at tine phi.q.t--.
phit Cricket club 81. Martins.
Aay - -. - and - -Women's iri!vi.4,l
'nsmpiynshlP OF Philadelphia tuJrca ga, -oInds
and nnai~. eighteen holes. ~ the Dru4-e.l-.,
cricket club So. Martins.
june . and -tltrrc.tv rea.n matches f,- .b.
CLUB. Souir Penn
june Nev No-. vs.. ruuaJeIoh.s
June : " Inner HOatgu
jun :. 50. tu and tI-ElstsrI COLI ,s.,.t.
i"n meeting a. fh- HultiEEiou valley country
prtgror sud 4-Eishth annual contest f,r
tn~ Mary TH1yrr Farulu5 Memorial ,.ur frf--y
siN hole. medal play. eighteen holes sarb ,,.g
"i iI' l.hl.1dcipna country club Tatl Penn
',t1Hct ] Co l"-Nomcu.s chnrIptousbfr, rf "a.
uit'd states. a. the Hprnc wood t,asntr, .,yE
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