New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-13
IN GOLF TEST
Wins and Loses in Two Matches
with Massey in England.
HAS HIGH HOPE FOR TITLE
Women See Need for Improving
Match Play Side of Their
Game and Act.

The longer JACK McDermott plays on
foreign links the more confident he BE-.
comes. Although the national open cham.
pion Is not making any rash predictions
he really feels that he should finish we'll
UP among the leaders. Round after round
finds him going as steadily as clock,
according TO a letter received here yester.
day. He tells Of several hard matches al
Muirield with Arnaud Massey, the French
champion. The first time they met Massey
beat McDermott up and 2 to play. the
foreigner making rounds OF Il and 75 while
McDermott did "A and 7s.
The following day the American took
Massey into camp by a and margin,
Mac" getting around in II and a. This
was followed by a four-ball match, In
which the veteran Ben Sayres and Massey
were pitted against Jack White and Nc
Dermott This ended all even. each side
having a best ball of IS. The brilliant
nature of the golf may be appreciated when
It is stated that the best ball of the quar-
tet was 81.
You have TO set better than over
here to win a hole" was McDermotts OBJ.
servation. He adds that his putting 10
going great" This was the only depart
ment OF his game which had been causing
the champion any concern. The British
open championship will begin at Muirfeld
on June q.
Realizing the necessity Of being familiar
| with all forms OF golf the Women's Metro
| potan Golf Association, at an executive
session In this city Yesterday afternoon,
voted to go In for match play, instead OF
medal play. Several times so far this sea
son the association has held one-day tour
| narents over various courses, the condi-
| tons in each instance calling for medal
| play.
| In the recent tri-city matches for the
| Griscom Cup at the Philadelphia Cricket
| Club the Metropolitan women were beaten
by both the philadelphia and Boston teams,
which called TO mind the necessity OF get
| ting more practice at this style Of the
game With this I'm view II is now planned
| to arrange a team competition In which
! there will be four teams as nearly equal In
strength as possible. Each team is to play
1 the others, after the style of the Griscom
, Cup matches. and it is probable that sew
eral courses will be used in the contest.
In the case Of players not caring to take
part in these matches or being unplaced
| on the teams, medal play handicaps will be
arranged az provided at present, so that
| all will have chance to take part In some
competition
In the tournament against bogie at the
Englewood Country club yesterday after
noon for a prize presented by Mrs. S A.
Cunningham. Mrs F'lorian Krug was the
oil urifh
colonel" having a handicap OF three
strokes. The womans boyle is 90 and Mrs
Krug made the round In 81.
The Great Neck Golf Club has extended
an invitation TO tho members OF the New
York Newspaper Golf Club to use the links
on June a. Tho latter organization has
arranged best ball foursomes on medal
play handicap conditions. Prizes will be
awarded the winning pair. Entries for the
competition will be received by any member
of the tournament committee, consisting OF
the following: II. Grantland Rice, j. W.
Phoebus. II. b. Martin, A. z. Owens and
Harry A. Haines AT o'clock dinner will
be served TO the newspaper men.
A special fs-hole medal play handicap
try Club for Friday and Saturday OF this
week. Two prizes are offered. The first
IS holes played will count in the compe-
tition.
The attention Of golfers in the metro
| poltan district will be turned. to-day. 10
| the Montclair Golf Club, where the annual
invitation tournament begins. The pro-
| for fS-boia nflalifNinZ
round. match play being laid aside until
tomorrow morning and afternoon There
are sixty entries from outside clubs. which,
with about twenty or so from the home or
ganzation. will bring the total up TO
eighty. go
Jerome D. Travers, the metropolitan
| champion: F. VI. Wild, OF Crawford, VINO
holds the record for that course: Gilman =
TIFFANY, of Powelton. several times HUDSON
River champion, and a number OF players
from Yale.