Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-09
VARDON MAY PLAY
OVER BALTUSROL
Short Hills Club Invites Him
and Ray to Compete
There.
TRAyERs TO BE OPPONENT

Baltusrol members are taking up a
subscription for the purpose of get
ting Harry Vardon and Edward Ray,
the famous British golfers. to appear
at that course on September 10. In
stead of the usual method of getting
two American pros" to compete
against the visitors, it is probable
that the home representation VIII
consist of George Low, the Baltusrol
professional, with Jerome d. Travers
the national amateur champion, as
a partner There is a possible hitch,
however, in that the tournament over
the National Golf Links of America
will be held at that time, and Travers
has been invited to compete in it.
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The principal golf competition on
the cards for this week is the first
invitation tournament over the new
links of the Sleepy Hollow Country
Club at Scarsborough-on -the-Hudson.
One of the entrants will be Fred
Herreshoff and it is likely to be his
last appearance until fall, which
means that the far driver from West
nor Fox Hills. Walter J. Travis is
also expected to take part.
Rather an unusual competition is
being run off each month at the
Wykagyl Country Club. w. L..
O'Brien has offered a prize each
month for the member making the
best average score in the allotted
period. For the month of May Harry
v. Gaines was the winner, with an
average of sou.
The Women's Metropolitan Golf
Association probably will hold sew
eral more one-day tournaments be-
fore disseminating for the summer.
After the Eastern championship at
Brae Burn this week Hackensack
will be visited on June IS and For
est Hill on June %. 1t is probable
that meetings will be arranged at
Fox Hills, Haworth. Greenwich and
North Jersey.
The annual championship tourna-
ment of the Connecticut Golf Asso-
citation will be held over the links of
the New Haven Country Club June
25. Is. 81 and g. The title-holder,
Charles Gilbert Waldo, jr., will not
compete this year, for the reason
that he is now a resident of Detroit
and hopes to go in for the Michigan
championship.
Jerome D. Travers, of Upper
1aiw
the metropolitan titles, added one
more championship to his list of
achievements Saturday by defeating
Oswald Kirkby, of Englewood, the
title holder. in the final round of the
tournament for the State champion
snip of New Jersey. over the links
of the Baltusrol Golf Club. The mar
gin was up and l to play.
Gardiner w. White established a
new thirty hole record on the
links of the Flushing Country Club
yesterday, when he went around the
course twice in total of 152 strokes.
He was opposed to Bret Battell, the
clubs professional, and after he had
finished the first eighteen holes in n
SlTOhtS llt ConllHueu anu PCllpSeQ I1aI
score by two strokes in the second
half of the match.
Two-score of the leading woman
golfers in New England and the Mid
die Atlantic States started in the
eighth championship of the Womens
Eastern Golf Association at the Brae
Burn Country Club, West Newton,
Mass, today. Medal competition will
continue three days. with eighteen
holes to be played each day, followed
on Thursday, Friday and Saturday
by matches between Philadelphia,
New York and Boston teams for the
Griscom cup.
Williams College will be represent
ed by a ive-man team next sum-
mer at Carlsbad in the annual tour
ney for the golf championship of
Austria. Captain j. D. Standish, of
Detroit. will dead his quintet to this
new field of intercollegiate strife.
Standish has twice won the individ-
ual golf championship of Austria
The other members of the team will
be ]. M. C. Dewey, jr, of Worcester.
captain of the 10 williams track
team; r. w. Chamberlain, of New
Britain. Conn; P. F. O'Connors, of
Rock Island. ILL.,, and Henry Dear
born, of Rye, N. Y.