New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-21
NEWS FOR THE GOLFERS
Local Association Deprecates
Loose Method Of Defaults.
EFFORT TO CURE THE EVIL
Findlay s. Douglas to Act as
Captain of Team in Tri-
city Match.

More snortsmanlike methods on the part
of contestants In tournaments Is to be de-
s,rad according to the latest announce
nent from, the Office of the secretary Of
ths Ne,ronolitan Golf Association. At a
racsnt meeting of the executive committee
the matter of the defaulting OF players In
tournaments this season was taken up
Several OF the players defaulted without
notifying the committee or the player with
whom they were paired Of their intention,
while others played several rounds and
then defaulted. knowing that they could
not keep on.
II Is said. also, that others defaulted
without good cause, or without notifying
their opponents or the committee Of their
intention 10 do So These matters were all
carefully gone over and as a result the
following resolution was adopted:
Resolved. That this committee deprecates
and regards as a breach Of etiquette any
default at match play In tournaments I'M
less caused by unavoidable and Unforeseen
circumstances Should any proper default
become necessary. competitors should no.
tify the committee In charge as soon as
possible before the scheduled time for the
match.
In commenting on the subject last night.
the secretary Of the association said:
players frequently enter tournaments
! knowing perfectly we'll that they cannot
stay through. then they put out one or
two men and drop out. Others play in the
qualifying round and turn over their score
only 70 default in the first round, thereby
keeping other players out OF the first and
second divisions, as the case may be. The
committee IS trying 10 cure this evil"
Word has been received 70 the effect that
Findlay s Douglas has been elected cap
tain OF the metropolitan team which Will
compete in the Lesley cup competition at
the Nassau Country Club the latter part OF
September. This is a departure from Gus
tom, which has been 10 keep re-electing
Walter J. Travis as the leader. In the tri-
city meeting last fall Massachusetts defeat
ed the metropolitan forces in the decisive
match.
The election Of the Rockaway Hunting
Club. the Rockland Country Club and the
Suburban Club OF Elizabeth was ratified at
the last meeting OF the Metropolitan Golf
Association. There are now sixty-lve clubs
belonging TO the organization.
More than one hundred entries have been
received for the annual invitation tourna-
rnent OF the Apawams Club. which begins
/ tomorrow II has been decided TO use the
! championship tees, so that those with aspi-
/ rations for national honors will have n
chance 70 get a true line on the links.
Among the entries ere Oswald Kirkby, OF
! Englewood: W F. Morgan. jr.. who won
there in 1909; Charles II. seely, former met
ropolitan champion; S. D. Bowers, r. NJ.
Marston and s ]. Graham.
IN q recent match az Apawamis Herbert
| Strong, the clubs professional, tried TO
play the best ball Of Robert Gardner, for
rner national title holder. and seely. The
combination proved a trife too much, how
ever. even II Strong did 90 out in "a. seely
went out in 40 and came home in IS for %,
while Gardner made the round In IS.
In the final round for the Memorial Day
cup over the links OF the Crescent Athletic
/ Club Yesterday George T. Stebbins defeat
ed Edward W Koehn by up and 10 play.
Weekend competitions are attracting good
! sized fields these days over the Bay Ridge
course
Max Behr. The former New Jersey cham
pion. has gone 10 Shawnee-on-Delaware FOR
vacation. and he had his first round yes
terdav on the links Of the Shawnee Coun-
try Club This course has come on rapidly
since the recent rains. More than two
hundred automobiles are due 10 arrive at
1 Shawnee to-day.