New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-24
NEWS FOR THE GOLFERS
Roy Webb's FIuCtuatIng Game
Raises Handicap Plan.
YOUTHS TO PLAY FOR TITLE
Three One Day Tournaments for
Women Are Scheduled for
This Week.

After every open or invitation golf tour.
nament there is more or less tax over the
winning Of some we'll known golfer IN 4
poorer division than he righttully belongs
! II is assumed. Of course, that the presence
Of player i'm "A set lower than he ought 10
be is unintentional, for such are the vagaries
of the game that the best or them oc'
casionallv 20 wrong. The latest instance
Of the qualifying round failing to do its
work properly was at Apawamis on sat
urdav where Roy Webb, of Englewood won
the second sixteen cup
ONLY q few weeks prior 10 that the same
pIaver had won the Garden city spring
tournament his failure 10 qualify IN th'
first sixteen at Apswamis was due - an
Indifferent morning round, when he took ~
/ There's deal Of difference between medal
and match play. and for that reason these
! testing rounds are always likely to prove
more or less unsatisfactory The Montc!ar
method of classifying the field according 70
the handicaps Of the men and then drop
ming a contestant to the down ana OUT.
! division for not making the division as
signed him is regarded as a rather severe
penalty.
II has been suggested that a field might
be classified into divisions according 70 IN
handIcaps Of the players and started Tigh'
off on the all match play system. SUCH
MAN would at least have its novel side ana
| It might prove popular doing away az II
would. with the generally disliked meddi
rounds II seems odd that this method mas
not been given a trial
Nearly every day this week there VIII oe
something I'm the line Of competitive gov
on the calendar Not only are the men
included I'm the list Of competitions, but pro-
vision is also made for women and even
Youths. In the latter instance something
quite out Of the ordinary Is presented FOR
II is the first time that a junior metropol'
tan championship has ever been held. More
than thirty lads Of nineteen years or less
have entered for this competition, which
will be held at the Plainfield Country CLUB
Tomorrow Among those who have al
ready entered are Philip Carter, who re-
Gently won the interscholastic champion
shin at Montclair. and Max II. Marston, the
Crawford youth who did so we'll in the re-
cent Montclair invitation tournament, where
he reached the final round against n. y.
Smith. other entries are follows:
stuart Connolly, of Rockland; Howard
Erickson. Of Plainfeld; Carlos Fett1rolf
or Inner Nontclair: Lewis C. Boeting, 81
Wykagyl: Richard Banks OF Bnarc.if;
John n. Besls. jr., Of Wykagyl: Hubert
r. Bassett. Of Baltusrol Leonard Church.
Of Plainfeld Edmund Grier. jr, Of sub
urban; w Harrington, Of Plainfeld II
clay Irons. OF Plainfeld, Stewart Lyon, OF
! Plainfield: W. hanging, Of HdwOrth; Aorel
r. Lewis. Of Flushing: Roger =. Mellick OF
plainneld: Edmund De &. Nash. Of Apa-
wants. Harley H. NoyeS, Of Nykasyl. 4,
D. Prontiss. Of New Brunswick, d c.
Phillips, Of Plainfeld John H. Potter, o,
New Brunswick. Richard Potter. Of New
Brunswick: Nicholas F.. Smith, Of Scars
dale. J. p stevens, Of Plainfield FREDERICK
Turreu Of Baltusrol. Buel Trovbrdg", OF
Flushing. sherman Trowbridge, Of Flush
ing: Edward Wallace Of Plainfeld; John
w. Z4rega. Of Planfield. and F. w Butler
jr, Of Plainheld.
In the feminine division Of golf there will
, be three one-day tournaments Of the Worl-
ems Metropolitan Golf Association, one be
ing scheduled for to-day at the North Jer-
soy Country Club. near Paterson. another
| tomorrow ar the Essex County Country
Club and the third at Crawford on Thurs.
day.
As for the men folks. they will begin
with a competition to-day az Great Neck
! Long Island. where the New York News
paper Golf Club members will play. on
Tuesday the Metropolitan Advertising COZ
Association will hold forth az ApaUamls.
on Thursday. Friday and Saturday the an.
nual invitation tournament will be held II
the Fox Hills Golf club. on staten Island.
II is almost certain that many well known
players will start. although Oswald hlrhbV.
the New Jersey champion, who Won the
Apawamis tournament last week. Is not eN-
pected 10 be among them.
! Members Of the Glenwood Country club
arc planning 80 formally open their new
links next Saturday. The chief Conpei-
ton that day will he for the Inauguration
cup conditions calling for eighteen holes
medal play handicap. the lowest net score
10 be the winner. The qualifying round
for the governors cup al eighteen holes
medal play will also take place that dan.
! The sixteen players haying the lowest net
scores will continue at match play. as fol-
! lows: First round on or before July 8. Sec
ond round on or before July 8. sem'-tnals
on or before July 20 and final on or befor@
July %. Provision has also been MADE
for medal play handicap at thiry-sn
holes FOR July T.
The year book Of the Western Golf A
ISOLATION for 1912 has made its appearance.
! The list OF clubs shows ~ enrolled I'm mem
| bership. \ feature OF the book Is the han
| dicap list. which includes members OF clubs
! from Ohio to the Hawaiian Islands ana
| from Canada To the Gulf Of Mexico. The
Hawaiian club, incidentally. is listed as tho
Oahu Country club Of Honolulu
CONNECTICUT LEAGUE RESULTS.
| New Haven. g. Hartford, 4
Bridgeport. 3; Springfield
Waterbury. .. HolNoNe T.
STATE LEAGUE RESULTS.
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