New-York tribune., 1910-07-11
ON THE GOLF LINKS
Greater Activity in Metropolitan
District This Week.
FREIGHT TRAFFIC TOURNEY
Large Entry Expected for An
nual Match at Essex
County Club.

After temporary lull- the metropolitan
district will again become active in COM
petitfve golf way this week First on ths
list Is the championship tournament OF ths
National Freight Traffic Golf Association.
20 be held tomorrow, Wednesday and
! Thursday over the links Of the Essex
County Country Club Partly conflicting
with this will be the first Long Island cham
pienship meeting. carded for the Brook
lyn-Forest Park public links. from July ls
to Is On Thursday many veteran golfers
will qualify in an eighteen-hole round for
the right to compete in match play for
the Eagle trophy and the championship
of Long Island The first sixteen viii quail
ify Besides the veterans there are en-
tered a numbe:- OF youngsters who aspire
TO the first title. and naturally the Brook
Iyn-Forest Park golfers feel quite strong
on their native heath.
Prizes will be awarded for the three other
sfxteens, runners-up and the beaten eight
divisions in each flight The final in the
cham pionship division viii be at thirty-ssx
holes
Besides the competition for Champion
ship honors, there Will be a Saturday
handicap. which is rapidly filing. Among
the entries already received are those OF
Fred HeTreshoff. of Garden City, metropoI-
itan champion. and Gilman P Tiffany,
of PoweIton, former Hudson River cham
pion, who will test the mettle Of some OF
the local contingent. among whom are
George G.. Baxter. Charles T Sweeney. H
j. Donnelly and Deveraux Lord
Freight Traffic golfers have been running
off spring and fall tournaments since ts5,
and this coming attraction viii probably
draw a large entry. There viii De an
eighteen-hole medal play round for a
starter tomorrow, and those finishing in
the first sixteen will earn the right TO con-
tinue at match play for the Championship.
On Wednesday there will b a separate
eighteen-hoIe medal play handicap. open
10 those who failed 70 qualify. First and
second match rounds for the qualiders VIII
also be in order, while on Thursday the-ss
viii be another handicap coincident win
these seni-5nal and final rounds IL tho
championship.
With regard to the annual meeting be-
tween Eastern and Western teams %
women golfers. the following appears u
the current number OF The Golfers Mag
azine'':
Although the Women's Western Golf As
sociation intends TO place in composition Tor
the Thomas cup at HonewoOd next Oc(o-
Der the strongest team it can against the
WOmen's Eastern Golf Association, 90
not think the loss Of the cup will cause thes
Western officials any hearrournlngs- tHe
competition has really never been a Ialr
division Of geographical strength, as II mas
practicanS been Chicago against the thres
big goling centres Of Boston. Ph1ladelpAla
and New York If a team OF ten 10 n1teea
Chicago women had to measure Jnelr SSH
against like number from any one OF ne
three Eastern cities the Western women
could probably hold their own against Bes-
avd
But when il comes 10 playing the PICK CT
the entire East the task is not so easy
Chicago so far purchases all, al western s
would be difficult to get up series or lnJer-
city team matches in the West for women
similar TO the Griscom cup IN the East
The Chicago women would gladly play six
OF more golfers from any one OF the last
ern cities in a team match at Horneveod,
even with no trophy to be Won as token
OF victory
Golf associations of the world have
again been invited to send teams OF four
players to compete for the Olympic team
trophy, the competition for which viii b
held over the Nfinikahda links on Saturday
July 23 This affair Will consist Of thir-
ty-six holes. medal play. the total medal
scores Of each team to count The asso-
citation whose team returns the lowest
total will have the custody Of the trophy
until the next competition and have its
name inscribed thereon Each member o.
the winning team will be awarded a medal
There is no entrance for the Olympus
team trophy competition, as this is an
association rather than club event Al
the members OF team may. however, be
from one club. but the entry represents
ne association Of which the club is
member; therefore all entries must be
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