New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-12
RECORD FIELD FOR
METROPOLITAN TOURNEY
BeIated Entries Swell List of
Aspirants to Golf Title
to Fifty-tWo.
M'NAMARA AMONG NUMBER
His Blank, with Those of Ben
Nichols, E. w. Loving and
w. H. Vanderpool, Ar
riVes Just in Time.

Jul DtAdAtu Gnu les lOI tic lilCAlOpNAA-
tan open golf championship. which begins
over the Salisbury links. near Garden
City. tomorrow. add considerable class
to the tournament and swell the list Of
starters TO fifty-two.
Frederick II. Thomas, secretary OF the
Metropolitan Golf Association, announced
yesterday that Thomas l.. Mcnamara, OF
Boston. the title holder: Gilbert Nichols,
who won the championship at Englewood
in 1911: Ben Nichols. of Whitemarsh Val
ley. who recently came here from Eng
land. and Elmer w. Loving. the youthful
professional of the Arcola Country Club,
had sent in their entries 70 W. II. Van
derpool by mistake and that, as they had
them In the hands of the former secre-
tary in ample time before the closing.
their names were placed among the
starters.
A four-bsll competition Is on the cards
at Salisbury to-day. George l.. Hubbell,
representing the home club. has offered
prizes for the affair, and In it most OF
the entrants are expected 10 compete.
Entries will be received at the first tee.
Many OF the professionals were out fer
practice yesterday. Jack Hobens, OF En-
glewood. came in with a u, while George
Sargent, OF Chevy Chase. had a similar
score. Others who went around, but kept
no cards, were Tom Mcnamara, John J.
McDermott. the national open champion,
Gil Nichols. Herbert Strong. OF lnwood,
and Jack Hagan. of the home club. There
was a stif breeze blowing.
Several well known amateur golfers OF
the metropolitan district will tee up In
the annual invitation OF the Mohawk Golf
Club, Schenectady. on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday Jerome D. Trayers will be
among the starters. which accounts for
his not being in the metropolitan open at
Salisbury. Others will be Max Z. Mars
ton, interscholastic champion; Gilman T.
Tiffany. former Hudson River title holder;
VI. p. Lewis. OF Flushing: Borden Z.
Merriman and possibly Fred Herreshor,
OF Garden City. and Il. Warren Corkran.
OF baltimore, vino won the recent tourna-
ment al Ekwanok. Provision Is made for
six siXteens Last year c. w lnslee OF
Oneida. won the tournament, with Thorn
as NJ Sherman, a son Of the former wee
President, runner-up. Tiffany was the
1911 winner and Marshall Whitlatch the
1910 man. The course is 6,242 yards long
and is said to be one of the finest in the
East.
The New York Newspaper Golf Club
has announced conditions governing its
tournament for the press championship
OF greater New York. beginning Monday
September s. The tournament IS open 10
all golfers affiliated in any capacity with
newspapers. magazines. trade papers or
other publications published in greater
New York and 10 correspondents OF other
periodicals located in the city.
Conditions call for a qualifying round or
eighteen holes on Monday, September S.
OF the entrants in the championship, the
sixteen having the lowest scores Will con-
tinue for the title. All other players VIII
DE classified into flights OF sixteen each
until five divisions are formed. Prizes
are offered for each set. The. first match
round is scheduled FOR Tuesday, Septem-
Der 9. with a round each afternoon until
the final circuit on Friday. Each round
will be at eighteen holes. special com
mittee has been placed in charge as fol-
lows: Albert Hedley. Herald chair
man. James r. Crowell. Evening Tele-
gram: William +. Hicks, Brooklyn
Eagle: Harry d. eastman. sun; Kerr
y. Petrie. Herald. p. L. Campbell.
American. Frederick L. Hawthorne.
Tribune. H. Grantland Rice, Evening
Mail: q. Shepard Barclay. Sun and
George T. Ralston. World" Entries
close with Mr.. hedley on September 8.