New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-10
LOCAL GOLFERS ACTIVE
Several Competitions Arranued
for the Week.
MISS HYDE SOLE ENTRANT
East Has Small Representation
in Women's Championship,
Which Starts To-day.


women's national golf championship tourna-
ment ut the HOmewood Country Club. near
Chicago. this week. local golfers viii not Be-
entirely idle themselves. Columbus Day.
which falls on Wednesday. will be csls-
brated by the amateurs in their most ap-
proved fashion. and word has been received
that several Of the nearby organizations
have arranged for competitions
The wonnen's championship win be set 4,
motion with an eighteen-hOle medal play
qualifying round this morning. and Z the
New York district is to get any consolation
il must be through the efforts Of Miss liz
ian B. HYDE. the sole entrant from this
section. The champion OF the Wonsn's
Metropolitan Golf Association viii find her,
self opposed TO the cream OF the West as
well as the philadelphia district, 70 say
nothing Of the delegation from Canada in
GLIDING Miss Dorothy Campbell. the ua-
tlona1 title holder.
According TO Walter J. Travis. who cap
tanned the metropolitan team which JAILED
to retain its hold on the Lesley cup IN the
recent intercity competition az Myopia.
the New York contingent should have Won.
He then went on TO explain that several %
the visiting team were up with only three
or four holes 70 play, yet they all lost
This, Of course. is unusual. and probably
would not happen the same way again IN
a long while
On the other hand. John NJ. Ward. who
was one Of the unfortunates 70 lose when
victory seemed within his grasp. has a
different solution for the defeat OF the
METROPOLITAN team He calls attention to
the fact that when a pair would be finish
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players who had already ended their strug-
giles would go out and by word and sign
encourage their colleagues How differ
ent with the other side, Not a New York
er seemed 70 care sufficiently to emerge
from the secIusion OF the comfortable club
house and ask how his co-workers were
getting along
It has been claimed that golf is NOT Il
game which adapts itself to noise and root
ing. yet. as Ward says. a certain amount
Of announcement helps He believes II
helped several Of the Bay State golfers 20
win their matches. and he adds that the
other metropolitan golfers. and especially
their captain. might do worse than take a
leaf out Of the Boston book
The nineteenth sennf-annuaI thfrty-six-
hole medal play handicap, open only 70
members Of the University Club. Will be
held over the links Of the ST Andrew 3
Golf Club on Wednesday. October 10 The
handfeaps will be based on the u1etropoli-
tan list as far as possible Prizes will be
given for the three best net scores and
for the best gross score for eighteen and
thfrty-six holes. Each entrant has been
asked TO send 20 the committee his home
club handicap and the name OF the person
with whom he has arranged 20 play. En-
tries close on Tuesday. October IS. at 3
o. m, with Arthur H Locket+ secretary,
No. % Pine street
The last regular tournament OF the New
York Newspaper Golf Club for this season
will be held on Tuesday over the links at
Van CortIandt Park. II is planned 70 hold
a team match on the same day against
the Boston Press Golf Club, which has
I challenged the New Workers.. and beef
steak dinner will be held in the clubhouse
that night
On this occasion the New York News
paper Golf Club will play for the cup do
mated by George Cooper. The player maxi
ing the lowest net score in the qualifying
round Will win leg on the trophy. Any
player winning two legs on il before ire
Z
. permanent owner Should the trophy not
be won twice before that time the indivic-
uaI winners will meet at match play FOR
the cup. All net scores Below 20 VIII
count as 30.
The thirty-two players with the lowest
net scores for eighteen holes will qualify
for the regular monthly match tourns.
ment- There will be four Fights. divided
according 10 handicap. and prize viii he
given the winner OF each division There
also will be prize for the best ret score.
Jesse W. Enrich, 81 defeating Frederic
/ c. Quincy up, won the September tour
nament at the Woodmere Country Club,
/ Woodmere. Long Island. Harold Steiner
I recently made q record for this course
with a score CT go. The former record
/ was IS, held by Harry Hsmans.
J Golf OF the real kind viii be furnished
+ az Dyker Meadow on saturday, when four
well known professionals VIII compete L,
a thirty-six-hole exhibition match Alex
I Smith, the national and metropolitan open
/ champion. viii team up with VIII Ander-
/ son against Gil Nichols and J. J. NcDers
mott, the hornebred who pushed Smith -
CLOSELY in both the national and metro
/ politau tournaments.