The Washington herald., 1914-08-30

falls when he tries TO recall the time
when any month since golf was hrst
introduced In America has been 50 busy
as the one coming will be II all Of the
scheduled events are carried out The
most important news In the immediate
future viii have to do with the closing
Of the entries for the national amateur
championship with John Reid. jr., the
secretary Of the United States Golf Asso-
citation, at his ONCE. 70 East Forty-hfth
street, New York. This list probably will
be announced on Tuesday. and the en-
tries close at o'clock on Monday.
Later on IN the week beginning We'd
nesday. the annual tournament Of the
New York Golf Club viii be staged on
the public links at Van Cortlandt Park.
Usually this event Is the starting gun
for the fall season. but there has been
so much going on this summer In a golf
ing way that the usual midsummer has
been quite alive with competitions.
There will be no change from last year
at Van Cortlandt Park so far as condi-
tions go, except that there will be no
third division The qualifying round Of
eighteen holes will be run OF Wednes-
day. the best thirty-two becoming ellgi-
bic to compete at match play for the
chief cup. The second division. corre-
spending to the third sixteen. also will
have a cup to play for. as viii be the
beaten eight in the second round Of the
first set. The present title holder Is
William d. Patterson, Of the Scottish
American Golf Club. who beat Theodore
Warner in the twenty-hole final last year.
War Hurts Clubs
The war fever has struck golf clubs In
the immediate vicinity OF New York,
which employ many walters and the like
OF foreign birth, IL the report from Bay
side Long Island. Is to be taken as
criterion. II seems that the Oakland
Golf Club has most all of its star from
the element which is not exactly Ameri-
can. In fact, most Of II is French.
This is the reason why Henry Peters.
the steward. has been going around with
a peculiar expression on his face Of late.
All Of his help has left in an attempt to
get passage for France. in order to par
ticipate in the general European mix-up.
The men are Emil Courtal. Pierre La
bold. and Guignard Zalarrtirre. all OF
them. as may be imagined, being natives
Of Paris.
There Is one other fellow, seventy years
old. who Is said TO have almost grieved
himself to death because he was rejected
at the once Of the French consul Au-
gust I.oucelet. another Of Latin extrac-
ton and a son-in-law of the steward, eN-
called as a reservist almost any day. At
any rate. the European conflict and the
FOREGOING incident will give a great many
Of the golf and country clubs in the
metropolitan vicinity something TO think
about.
Work Near Complete.
Work has been nearly completed on
the extension Of the golf links at Essex
Falls, " j. from nine to eighteen holes
II is expected that before the season
closes the entire course will be in COM
mission.
The Maidstone Golf Club was recently
bequeathed 1850 through the death Of
the late DIR. Herrick- It seems that the
doctor held that amount in a mortgage
and in his will provided for the canceIla-
tion Of the loan on the condition that
no intoxicating liquors should ever be
sold at the club. A violation OF the con-
ditions OF the will Is provided for. and
in such an event the money will go TO
library in Easthampton.
To Hold Open Tourney.
A fine young mess Of things is brought
about through the announcement Of the
Spring Lake Golf and Country Club that
II will hold an open tournament on
Thursday and Friday, September 10 and
II. Although these dates do not conflict
with any other professional reserva-
tions, they do oppose several other
meetings OF Importance.
The intercollegiate championship Is
scheduled to be played at Garden City
from September TO u. inclusive. 1t is
an important tournament Then the an
nual meeting over the links Of the Ma
tional Golf Links of America at Shinne-
cock Hills is carded for September 10. Il.
and u. and It probably will attract many
OF the competitors in the national cham
pionship at EkwaROk- On these same
three DAYS the Women's Metropolitan
Golf Association will hold a foursomes
tournament at Baltusrol as a vehicle for
keying up the fair players for their na-
tional championship the week following
at Nassau On top OF 1t all comes the
Spring Lake open. and under the cir
cumstances II is perfectly natural that
the professionals. so deserving Of atten-
tion, will be sidetracked In favor Of the
colleGians, the amateurs at the national
links and the women.
Booked for October.
II might have been better If the good
people OF Spring Lake had deferred
their meeting until later in the fall The
Somerville Country Club will hold a sim
liar tournament in October. and II would
seem that the Somerville powers that be
took into consideration this very prop
osition Of a conflict. Thus the condition
exists that Spring Lake is likely TO get
very little notice, while Somerville under
more auspicious circumstances probably
will get all the attention il is worth.
News from the West with rerard to
the open tournament over the links of
the Glen Oak Country Club, one Of the
Chicago clubs. as a preliminary COM
petition for the national open champion
ship. has been scarce indeed. However.
II remained for the Eastern professionals
to make themselves in evidence, as shown
by the fact tina; Michael ]. Brady. OF
wollaston, the Massachusetts, open title
holder, captured first money with rounds
OF % and 20 for a total OF 14S This
was a stroke better than the effort OF
George Sargent, OF Chevy Chase. once
the United States champion. Sargent
had "a and -
Make Good Scores.
Macdonald Smith, Of OakmoRt, the
METROPOLITAN open titleholder, made 70
and 70 for 15l. tying with Tom Nc
Namara, of Boston, for third and fourth
money. Mcnamara had 70 and rs. There
were no amateurs among the leaders.
Other prize winners were Tom Anderson.
Montclair. 153: J. ]. Burke, Port Arthur.
Canada. 15S, and Tom Kerrigan, Dsd-
ham, Mass, l55. Thus II may be seen
that the Eastern players carried off all