New-York tribune., 1913-11-04
SCHMIDT AGAIN TO
TRY ENGLISH LINKS
Plans to Compete in British
Amateur Championship Tour
ney at Sandwich.
LITTLE GOLF AT 0LYMPICS
Many Clubs to Begin Work on
Enlarging and Changing
Courses Before the
Colder Weather.

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,choolboy, who carried Harold II. Hilton |
% the nineteenth green during the last
Eritish amateur championship tourna-
,,ent at St Andrews, has announced his |
Intention of crossing the Atlantic next
Nav TO take part in the same competi-
t,on over the Sandwich links, where Wal |
Tor ! Travis won the title in 1901.
1Io will leave this week for Santa Bar |
bara. Cal, where he will be a tutor in |
priyate family this winter He plans to |
do q lot of practising while on the Coast |
and be on the top of his game when it |
comes time for him to go abroad
Schmidt made host of friends by his /
showing at St. Andrews. and his entry is |
likely to be well received.
Gilman p. Tiffany. of Powelton, who |
won the first invitation tournament over |
the links Of the Sleepy Hollow Country |
club last June, will be an entrant in the |
fixture, which will be held over this |
course the last three days of this week. |
IL is a little early as yet to indicate the |
probable competitors. but provision has
been made for three siXteens, with beaten
eights for each. Those who have played |
over Sleepy Hollow recently say that
the course is much improved since last
spring.
That golf is unlikely TO attain much !
prominence at the Olympic games TO be
held in Berlin in 1916 was made apparent |
recently when the Royal and Ancient Coll |
Club of st. Andrews, passed resolution
disapproving Of the inclusion of golf IN |
those games. St. Andrews also decided |
that in case golf was included in the |
OLYMPIC contests the Royal and Ancient |
club would not share in the arrange
ments. 1t is therefore practically certain
that no representative golfers of Great |
/ Britain will compete at Berlin, Should
golf be on the programme.
Before the weather becomes too rough |
70 hermit of outdoor work, many i'm
movements will have been started on |
courses in this vicinity. At the Century |
County Club, not far from White Plains
plans have been decided upon for a |
Iersthening of the eighteen-hole circuit.
Al present the course is about 300 yards |
long. but on the clubs property there Is
ample room for stretching out at least
two of the holes.
The fifth and sixth, for instance are
now merely a drive and pitch, but they
could both be made 5o0-yard holes. Those
two improvements alone would bring the
clcuit up TO at least 5000 yards. During
the last season golf has taken great
hold among the Century members, WheIe
prior 10 last year there was more lawn
tennis than anything else. The oiilclaiS
gf the organization are also contemplating |
making enlargements to the clubhouse
Indoor golf seems destined TO increase |
in popular favor with New York players
during the coming winter. Tom Wells
who has had a school on upper Broadway |
for two seasons, is again at work ana MS
time is occupied from morning until night
Before long there may be other academies
OF A similar nature in the field.
Dan Mackie. the Century professional
has at the request of many well known 1
rlayers almost decided TO open school
There are also a number of Deal golfers
who would like 10 practice indoors dur
ing the winter. Dan Mackie is now con-
sidering the matter with his brother Jack
the Dunwoode pro
with The golf trade for the last twenty |
years, came 10 town recently from I'm
cago II has been claimed that Bendelow |
has laid out more golf courses In America
than any other person. lie doesn hho"
exactly Just how many, but ADMITS tha'
the total runs into the hundreds. Ihe
chief reason for his recent Eastern trip
was 10 lay out a new course at Baiti-
more He hastened away yesterday en-
route for Grand Rapids Mich, where MS
services are in demand with regard 10 d |
long eighteen-hole circuit. Last winter |
Bendelow laid out more than twenty
courses in California alone, and ms tpta'
10 date this year is thrty-one. lie was
located IN this city originally, but ior the
last to,, ,,ears has made Chicago his head |
quarters.
Alec Smith, the professional at the
Wykagyl Country Club, will 90 to Florlua
on December !. He has been engaged loi
another winter at Belleair and while III |
the South will be assisted by his brother
Macdonald. The last named, however
will not leave here much before the hol-
days.
Al Williams. who has the reputation OF /
being an expert greenkeeper, has been en-
gagged by the Century Country Clup'
Williams will look after the course ana
in no way conflict with Dan MacKie' INC
clubs professional.
In the final round for the green coil-
mittee cup at the Haworth Country CluD
H. NJ. Applegate C2j) defeated lrVihs
Brown OD up. The cup has 10 be won
twice by the same player TO be periha
nently decided.
There probably will be a rush to the
polls carly to-day on the part OF the
golfers I'm this vicinity so that they may
have opportunity OF taking part IN III.
various competitions scheduled at nearly
every club i'm the district.
PRAISE E0R mr. WILLIAMS |