New-York tribune., 1910-09-05
''FORE!" THE WORD TODAY
Thousands of Golfers Will Re-
spond to Call of the Links.
CALM IN LOCAL DISTRICT
Interest Centres in Champion
ship Tournament at Brook
line Next Week.

AhtS4 CSb SCI1l liz SACpih t@OiA-
ship Tournament at Brook
line Next Week.
| Club competitions On hundreds of courses
will claim the golfers to-day. This holiday
7 comes al a time when all sections are active,
and it will not matter whether the scene
! happens TO be at seashore, mountains or in
! the nearby suburbs, the cry OF fore will
| be heard early and late. Aside from the
| Labor Day handicaps, the present week in
! the metropolitan district will be devoid of
anything out of the ordinary in a compeh-
tive way In other words, It will be the
! hull before the storm, for q week from to-
day the sixteenth annual championship tour
| nament of the United States will begin at
/ the Country Club of Brookline. near Boston.
The giving out of entries for a national
| affair is always interesting, afforiing it
! does the first line" on the fixture golfers
| have been talking about for months. AL
! though Robert c. Watson. secretary of the
| United States Golf Association, will not
nounce the entries before some time to-mor-
| row. it is known now beyond q shadow of
doubt that the list will be the most formid-
| able on record. both as 10 quality and
quantity.
icti tliiS Nl'iii1tg LIZ ldNti It's VIII "
Fred Tierreshoff, the metropolitan cham
pion. and w J. Travis. the veteran who
! keeps on winning in the mountains. Up
! state golfers will watch with interest the
! efforts of T. NJ Sherman. while out Pitts
! burg way w. c. Fovnes, jr.. the new Penn
! sylvans champion: E. NJ. Byers and George
| Orniston. are all regarded as possibilities.
Because of the fine work the part of
several of the Chicago golfers the doings
of the Western delegation will probably
! claim chief attention throughout the pre-
| liminary practice. {. ". Evans, jr. the
only amateur who has won the Western open
title, is expected to become a second Chand-
Ter Egan. The first named is only twenty
years old and appears to be improving all
the time. It is also conceded that Robert
Gardner. the national CHAMPION will have
TO be reckoned with again. TO say nothing
of Mason Phelps, the Western amateur
title holder; the Hunter brothers and AL
bert Seckel. the intercollegiate champ"
A local golfer who was at ST Andrews.
Scotland. recently says that players began
70 hit the hall there as early as 80 in
| the morning, also that play goes on until
! 2 o'clock at night. This, of course, would
be possible only in latitude as high as
that of central Scotland which Is 81 de-
grees, as against about 40 in New York
About O'Clock in the evening scores of
factory workers drove off from the first tee
and went over one Of the three courses
All day long each links was crowded. As
| Is known, the courses are under municipal
control and a the first tee there is warn
ing posted that any one who practises with
iron clubs alone, or does one or two other
things that might inilre the turf must pay
fine of s. or go to Jail for fourteen days
visitor may play upon paving q shilling.
The New York man says that for the prgi-
lege Of aying on the Braid Hill links. in
Edinburgh he had to pay only fourpence
and he hired set Of clubs for 4 shilling
Such prices would certainly be popular in
America.
With regard TO the foreign ernts rgo
against rlallet- headed putters a critic vent
Tres the opinion that if bears all the ear
marks Of having been railroaded through
with indecent haste Continuing. he saws:
THE whole affair was sprung as q sur
prise on both sides of the Atlantic. What
is the sense of this country having repre-
sentation on the rules of golf committee if,
as in the case under notice We are not to
be consulted at ali in respect to matters of
such farreaehing consequences? To be so
lSLtbiCl IL ttllo FASHION 10 put II nlll1lE.
not very complimentary. And il would not
be surprising if IN the circumstances the
decision arrived at which bars al putters
Of the Schenectady type SO commonly used
here. were net ratified by the United States
Golf Association.
We have always been loyal to St An
drews, even in the face Of active internal
opposition-whicf IS now happily set at rest
and We hone always to retain the same
loyal spirit but
IT'S all very well TO dissemhle your love
But why did you kick US downstairs -
George Sparling. the Brookla-vn Country
Club professional. is playing good golf at
present, q case in point being his efforts
the other day while playing in q four ball
match with the Wheeler brothers and ".
j. Nichols. Sparling had rounds of 81 land
81 for 8 al. The course IS nine-hole cir
cult. covering q length of 5000 yards
The course of the shinnecock Hills Golf
Club has been given coating of top dress
ing, and after another application the fair
way will be narrowed and seeded Recent
executive committee recommendations as TO
structural changes to the links Were voted
down The plan suggested called for a
partial arrangement, which would net
only have heightened the playing distance
but added variety as well.
In Cincinnati all age limit of twenty one !
has been set for contestants in intercIub
team matches Latterly the popular idea in
most sections of the country has been to /
encourage the younger element. Without /
this announcement the game would never |
see such prodigies as Chick Evans, Philip |
Carter. joe Sylvester and others almost /
equally prominent.
EAGiIE