Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-03-19
GOLF GOSSIP

nave 1etu the IltlS VI Upcu CtidhtptuAii
of Great Britain. II. Fl. Hilton is bet
ter qualified than most to express an
opinion on the new regulations gov
erning the open championships. His
editorial In Golf Illustrated is as fol-
lows:
The first step has been taken TO
wards a solution of the difficulties
which have during recent years be-
set the authorities who manage the
open championship event.
: Whether the new scheme will prove
to be an efficient msthod OF bringing
the championship field down to pro
portions which can be readily hand
lee is point which future experience
alone can determine. But those re.
sponsible for the scheme are to bel
heartily congratulated in taking
prompt action and in deciding that
the new regulations are to come intoI
force at this years meeting at Priest.
wick in June next For although
there was not any cause for complaint
with regard to the carrying through
or the championship at Hoylake last
year (Which was managed in the
thorough and efficient manner which
one always associates with the man
aeement of events organized BY the
Royal Liverpool Club. still after the
event had been brought to success
full conclusion the executive Of the
club readily admitted that the strain
consequent on the holding Of meet
ing in which so many players were
competing was too great even for the
very fines organization backed npl
by the help of the most willing work
ers
At Hoylake last June 269 players
sent in their names, and very few OF
this number failed to answer TO the
starter Play was spread over no less
than five days. and markers had to
be provided ON all these five days.
Those who have not been associated
with the management Of an open
championship meeting have no con-
ception OF the difficulty Of arrang-
ing for markers for all the couples
1t is task which is a constant source
Of concern to the secretary of the
promoting club.
But the difficulty of obtaining the
necessary number of individuals
willing to mark is not perhaps the
most serious drawback to champion
ship meeting at which an enormous
number Of players are competing the
/ chief drawback is the crowded state
of the course previous to the actual
play in the event On each of the
three days before the qualifying stage
commenced at Hoylake there must
have been something like ESQ players
on the links, the majority of whom
wished to play two rounds of the
Icourse--an absolute impossibility; for
the man who succeeded in getting
more than one round during any Of
these three preliminary days might
be considered extremely fortunate /.
Speaking personally, we arrived on
the teeing ground on one of these
days at 9:45 a. M, and the first time
then vacant on the starting. sheet was
4:42 p. M: and there were names on
the sheet until SIP p m. Under
these conditions 1t was quite impos-
|sible to obtain the amount Of practise
ON the course which may considered
was necessary
Under the new regulations the play
ers who wish to play in the event will
all have to travel to Ayrshire; but as
the qualifying stage is to be played
on two courses. which are quite sep
arate and apart from the champions
ship links, the huge field Of contests
ants will of necessity be divided
into two camps-both in the actual
play and in the practise preliminary
to the event; and there will in coIise-
quence be infinitely better opportuni-
ties for practising than was the case
last year at Hoylake.
On this account alone the. change in
the regulations is to be commended.
If there is cause Of complaint in
connection with the new scheme It
would appear to lie at the doors Of
Htimes and expense, in that it may
be wise for the players to be on the
scene for longer period of time than
has been necessary in the past. But
to our way Of thinking this is not q
very serious consideration, as the ma
jority Of the professionals have al
ways made q practise Of being on the
scene of action long before the event
Is to take place. And one may safely
assume that in open mpionships Of
the past few years the professional
player reckons on being away from
home for at least twelve days, # not:
considerably more
At the coming championship az
| Trestwfck there would not seem to
lie any great necessity for even the
most ardent in the field to be on the
military duty upon the ground that
! he is a cripple.
/ Two knuckles Of one Of the French
mans hands were once broken The
| fact that the fractures have long since
knit and that his hand IS Just as serT-
| iceable as il ever was does not mat
ter Nor are the governments Off
Gals expected to take cogniz6nce Of
1.-The fact that the knuckles were IN
Ejured IN the prize ring
/ Carpenters hand was broken. de-
ciares Adenot : He IS not physically
perfect Then Why should he be ex-
pected TO pack q gum