New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-25
petition Metropolitan Assn
for Change, Suggesting
Week of August D.
WOODLAND PASSES UP
STATE TOURNAMENT
harmonic Club Makes Offer OF
s3eO 900 for GlenWoOd COun-
try Club Property.

,sftion has been started among pro
,.,sional golfers iu this vicinity for the
.,-nose OF requesting the Metropolitan
co,f Association 10 change the date for
49, annual championship 10 week
.,,risr than scheduled At present the
80. &c down on the card for August u
"a q over the links of the Scarsdale
coY and Country club at Hartsdale.
There are only four days between the
.s,ronolitan open and the national meet
to a. Midlothian. and the pros claim
.,a+ &, does not allow enough time be-
,r1en the competitions for them to get
,,or, scarsdale 10 Chicago and have
oor,,s Of days Of practice. especially
49,. should happen to rain or there should
:. ia 10 be played off at Scarsdale on
,rs third day II IS claimed. moreover
49,, many Of the pros" do not like TO
IA away from their courses too long al
a stretch
V-bsn Frederick II Thomas, secretary
~ the Metropolitan Golf Association was
asked last night about the matter oil
changing the time for the open, ne said
that so far as he was concerned 1t could
be done.
q am sure the executive committee
would not refuse a request coming from
the majority OF the professionals. he
said So far as could be learned. the
sarsdale Golf and Country Club would
be willing 10 accept an earlier date
though no official statement could be OBJ
L. nj
rate the petition is being made up TO
present. TO the NJ. G. A.
There Is some doubt about links for
the Massachusetts, amateur and open
CHAMPIONSHIPS According TO one re-
port the Woodland Golf club. where the
amateur was expected TO be staged, has
decided not 10 hold IT, Brae Burn has
been mentioned in this connection. but
IL happens that this club has competitions
scheduled until July. If the Massachu-
setts Golf Association is willing TO put
over the amateur until July 20 TO p. Brae
Burn might agree TO handle the attrac-
ton. II is argued i'm favor Of this plan
that It would also give Francis Ouimet
an opportunity 10 return from England
IN time TO defend his state title. In the
event Of Heinrich Schmidt also going
abroad he would likewise have a chance
to Try TO repeat his achievement of 1872
The Belmont Spring Country Club has
applied for the open championship. won
last year by Tom Mcnamara after play
off with Michael J. Brady. but inasmuch
as a section of the Belmont members are
Planning to establish a new links OF their
own il remains 10 be seen what DISPOSE
ton Will be made Of the competition
An offer Of $4,000 has been made by
the Harmonic Club. OF this city. for the
property occupied by the Glenwood Coun-
try Club. at Glen Head. l.. l. 1t is un-
derstood that the holding company CON
sders the price too low. though definite
action has not been taken as Yet.
Il was the GlenWOOd-Cre affilia-
ton scheme which brought about the re-
cent lively election at the Crescent A. {.
in Brooklyn. for when the Glenwood
course was built. a year OF more ago 1t
was planned TO have it a country place
for the Crescent members The plan
never went through and the club has
been going alone. Many Crescent men,
hers are also members Of Glenwood.