New-York tribune., 1912-01-07

ally, inasmuch as most of the work Will
fall upon me, for the Clearness, care and
method which mark the committee i VOTE
ever since you took hold of 1t. thlnR
there has been nothing done for the game
i'm this country which in the long run VIII VIII
count for as much as your splendId WoTh
as chairman Of the committee, Tc,+ II ofs sSd and
carry il on as well, | shall feel that nave
accomplished good de9l." o,,,,n u,,n,isbod
an article entitled metropolitan Associa-
tion Birthday Book" In that article ap-
pears the following sentence:
"In 1909 Lionel II. Graham took the
chairmanshu, of the committee on the un-
derstandng that he might introduce the
par basis His aids were +. w. Menzles
and L. =. Bayard, ir Graham devised the
! par handicap score based on distances; win
| n fractional allowance for levelling holes,
! and the NJ g. A. courses were officially
measured and the ratings made on the par
| of each course. The same committee
| brought the work 10 an advanced stage IN
| 1904 Leighton Calkins, Menzies and +. j.
! Phillips served In 1905 and 1895, while for
the present year Findlay 5; Douglas has
| taken Menziess place. Calkins improved
| Graham's par table by a system of allow
! ance for possible Improvements
! Now. while ! do not claim to have orig
| mated the idea that, handicaps should be
| based on par, | 90 claim that ] originated
| the par system in the metropolitan dis
! trict and indeed in this country. Not only
| did ] originate this system for the N. G. A."
/
| ISOLATION. Of which was president. During
nv tenure Of office as chairman OF the
! handicap committee had correspondence
! with various and SundrY executive officers
! Of state golf associations, and my reCOec-
! tion is that the Massachusetts Coli Asso-
/ ,iation passed vote of thanks 20 me al
| IFS annual meeting for deVSlng the system
! Of baudicapping par and for the assistance
! that ! had given 10 their handicap commit
TO paraphrase Calkins the history might
4#Il
/ Ia Your suggestion that players be
! handicapped on the basis OF par
! "CbD Grahams devising for the trst time
the handicap system based on par.
! (cj Calkinss Improvements on that sNs-
! tenn"
! I have always thought that great credit
was due 10 Cslkins for the improvements
he initiated. but entire nous. don't mind
cOnfessing 10 you that ! have been disap-
, pointed a times in his attitude Of claim
/ irg all the credit for the system. He ex-
plotted his work In the newspapers and
had his improved system issued in pam
phlct form. which was for sale at fixed
price by one If not more Of the golf
| magazines. This sort Of thing has always
amateur golf However, each one 10 his
taste. and after all we have been working
/ toward one legitimate cnd-that is, the
| 2 return YOU herewith Calkins's letter as
! requested and hope YOU will pardon the
length Of my reply TO your brief Commu-
/ ncdklon
About that time Travis had migrated TO
plnehurst but he found opportunity be.
tween record rounds 10 reply 10 Graham.
This Pinehurst letter. dated January !,
shows conclusiVcly where the former
champion stands on the matter, for at one
place appears this sentence: II have-re-
grctfuIIy-o observed a rather pronounced
tendency on 'alMns's part 10 hog the
/ whole credit Travis's recent letter from
| Pinehurst to Graham is az follows:
What YOU say surely confirms my rccol-
/ lection of the point connection Of Yourself
! Calllnq and the present writer with the so
called Calkins system
| For some time past / have regrctfully
observed "A rather pronounced tendency on
/ rsIlIfug,g part tC hog" the whole credit
{ pGrgGnaIly. ! played a minor part But II
seems 10 me that you were the. one TO
tbat either YOU or ! give a damn about the
tbing-but rs inI5l st a. e..%sd wen tRat the at
! Iiay The game fairly and squarely. that's
all