New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-02
RIJSY YEAR ON THE
LINKS FOR 0UIMET
National Amateur Cham
pion Plans TO Take 1t
Easy for Awhile.
ANNUAL TOURNEY
AT LAKEWOOD
Five Competitions Mapped Out
for Members of Fox Hills
Golf Club.

After plavinc more golf than he has
o,v wear since ne first swung a club
o., Rrooklinc. Francis Ouimet. the ma
.ional amateur champion, is about
~oosv 10 ease up for while. Just
.ow Ouimet thinks his competitive
.,lf for 1914 is at an end, but there
Is no telling what a popular champion
nov do from one week 20 another, and
"a che Woodland golfer is almost GER
tain 70 receive many invitations TO
,omnete in the South he may respond
- the call Of the links sooner than is
expected,
When Ouimet won the United States
Golf Association title at Ekwanok two
months ago by defeating jerome d.
Travers IN the decisive round the first
named declared that one more tourna-
mert he was really anxious TO win was
the omen meeting az the Country Club
~ Brookline. Possibly il was because
:, WAS there that he brought about the
ovor+brow Of Nardon and Ray in the
plav-otF Of the national open champion
sbiD the wear before that prompted
Ouir,e- 70 express himself as he did.
/. NAV be added that the champion got
lis wish. for in the final round of the
prooLlire tournament recently the
Woodland amateur defeated Rodney
" Brown by 4 up and . TO play.
Fox Hills golfers facetiously declare
that in the event of the committee de-
Gliding temporarily TO place the home
hole on the practice putting green
alongside of the clubhouse II viii be
necessary TO erect some sort Of barri-
ea6e. With the green there, an over
approach would be apt to 80 rafting
against the clubhouse porch, or
tbrourh one OF the cafe windows,
though that might be prevented by put
ting up wire screens.
What is more likely is that a tenn
porarv green will be placed either
short of the present one or to one side,
' close 10 the first tee. No change Will
he made until the spring, when the
sod from the present home green will
be lifted and carried back against the
hiu upon the site picked out for the
new green il has been the experience
al Fox Hills that better results are
obtained By soddng than by seeding.
If the committeeman have any luck,
they believe that the new green will be
in condition for play early IN the sum-
mer.
The attraction for this week will Be
the annual fall open tournament at the
Country Club Of Lakewood on Thurs
dav. Friday and Saturday. Both Wal
Ter J. Travis and Max K. Marston, who
missed Atlantic City last week, expect
10 be on hand for the Cast gasp TINS
is the earliest date that Lakewood has
taken for its fall tournament in sew
eral wears. and one reason for its pres
emit selection is a desire TO escape the
unpleasant weather so frequently ell
oountered about Thanksgiving time.
Nothing more than an 1S-hole quail
fyinC round viii be attempted or
Thursday. and those competing Will clas-
sify themselves into four siXteens, ac-
cording 20 the merit of their scores.
The main trophies 20 be competed Tor
are known as the Country Club OF
Lakewood Cup, the Metedeconk Cup,
Carasaljo Cup and Manetta Cup.
There also is a prize for the player re
turning the lowest score in the quail
flying round, while the runner-up IN
each sixteen also will be remembered.
Entries close with tournament proper
on Wednesday night, but post entries
will be accepted for the Saturday han
dieap.
No less than five competitions have
been mapped out for the members OF
the Fox Hills Golf Club tomorrow.
Nothing IS said In the announcement
about voting. and the chances are that
more than one wielder of driver and
iron Will fail 10 do his duty at the
polls lie viii have chance, however,
TO make partial amends by taking part
in the opening competition, an 18-hole
handicap for the Belgian Relief Fund.
Following this event will be a g.
hole medal play scratch for the Cap
tsin's Trophy. There also will be n
qualifying round, handicap conditions,
for the Brooklyn Cup, the best sixteen
scores TO qualify Julius Siegbert pre-
sents a prize for Class B golfers,
eighteen holes, handicap conditions.
The last event on the card is four
ball handicap.