New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
Victory of Travis, in England,
Set the Wheels Going.

! Although word comes from Chicago tha'
nearly all the Western golf clubs will cast
their votes in favor of following old st
Andrews on the mallet-headed putter ruling
| it is certain that the Eastern organizations
| VIII be divided among themselves Re1er-
ring to the question Ralph Cracknell.
| Boston critic. says:
| Whatever virtues the Schenectady and
putters OF a similar model may nave,
though there is plenty of evidence that
they have none, the golfers of this coun-
| leave off using them for ST Andrews un-
less the L. S. Golf Association bars sucn
rutters from competitions heid under lts
auspices and this matter VIII be voted upon
| at the annual meeting of the national as
sociation at Chicago on January Ia next
Delegates already are being instructed ,In2f nov
ers of the country have expressed them
selves almost unanimously against barring
the putter. Hence the smell OF powder III
. the golhng atmosphere
| Now for the schenectady which has
raised the smoke, When did 1t do the
awful thing that has made St: Andrews
consign it to the scrap heap? In 1904
| Walter j. Travis won the amateur cham
rionship of Great Britain at Sandwich,
bered here as much as it will be when the
| difficulty of repeating this victory is gem
orally realized. but feat that never Will
be forgotten across the water
Last March Mr.. Travis told us how he
won that championship and how after play
ing badly before he reached Sandwich he
putting Finally" he tells us. the day
before the championship, Mr.. Phillips, of
the A.pawamis Club of Rye, " y; mem
Der of our party, suggested 1 should try his
putter, a Schenectady. 1t seemed to suit
me in every way and L decided to stand
or fall by It"
the centre of the golfing stage in 1904 or
six years ago last May. Mr.. .Travisi's vic
most entirely to his good putting. but the
player himself says: The putting, on the
whole. was distinctly good. have, how
ever. on several occasions since. In compe-
tition. and also in friendly matches putted
vastly better"
Then follows a statement by the cham
lack of necessity of legislating against this
club for he says: THE singular thing
about that schnectady. which 1 used
never have been able to do anything with
it since. I have tried it repeatedly, but I.
seems to have lost all its virtue.
Moreover. if the Schenectady pJItter is
such an evil thing if it gives unfair ad-
vantage and is an undesirable instrument.
fore instead of allowing it to be used for
seven wears? If it is wrong now it was
wrong in 1904 and every year since
But everybody can imagine what hap
pened The st. Andrews committee. All
ultra conservative body. though aware of
the fact that the golfers Of England would
United States breaks away from its rules.
said to itself: Those Americans will be
over here again some day with some con-
founded implement and win our champion
ship. Let us at any rate bar the putter and
all its kind that won the championship in
1894 at Sandwich ~
The annual monkey golf tournament
proved a novel feature of last weeks golf
at Pinehurst. providing entertainment for
players and gallery alike. Donald Ross led
one team and Alec Ross the other Clubs
were assigned by lot. and the conditions
required that this particular club be used
throughout the afternoon. no matter where
the ball lay. AS a result, all sorts of anus
ing complications arose. Golf etiquette was
likewise forgotten IN the form of cat-caIls
covering balls with sand and causing gem
eral confusion when contestants were
about to play. Donald Ross won, with
score of 123.
The Detroit Golf Club is the favorite ap-
plicant for the next annual championship
of the Western Golf Associa-
ton. Detroit applied a year ago. but the
Minikahda Golf Club of Minneapolis made
a stronger showing in the ballot box Thus
far the Denver Country Club is the only
other organization in the field for the West !
ern fixture.