Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-08
Bic GOLF PLUMS
ARE DEALT OUT
To MANY CLUBS
International Contests Likely To
Be Feature of Play Here
and Also broad
VI 1ITHIN the last few weeks the


ships Of 1914 will be decided have
been selectedr by the governing bod
les controlling them, and in all but a
few cases the dates for the champion
ship tournaments have also been
chosen. The 1914 list of champion
ships will be long one, and in the
principal events on both sides of the
Atlantic the promise of international
competition adds to the interest.
Before the season in the United
States is fairly under way the big
events Of the year in Great Britain
will be over, for the British amateur
championship is to be held at Sand
wtch in the middle OF May, the la
dies championship at Hunstanton
will be decided during the previous
week. AMI the British open at Prest-
wick will be played about one month
after the amateur.
AS the United States is to be rep
resented at Sandwich by Jerome d.
Trayers. four times amateur cham
MON. Francis Ouimet, national open
champion Fred Herreshoff, Heinrich
schmidt and possibly one or two 9TH
ers the first big championship of the
year gives promise of being the most
Interesting of all Our champions will
be pitted against such great golfers
as Harold H. Hilton, the defending
champion; John Ball, Robert Max
vel and a host of others, who will
make the task of the Americans a
most difficult one and one that will be
all but impossible of success.
Play for British Title in May.
The tournament proper will begin
on Monday, May IS, and will run
through the week ending on Satur-
dav. May rs, when the 36-hole final
round Will be played. If the field is
too big a one il may be necessary to
play off a preliminary round on the
last day Of the preceding week, as
the conditions of the British cham
pionship provide for nothing but
match play from start to finish, and
there is no qualifying round TO re-
duce the size of the field to the prop
er numerical proportions at the out
ret Of the tournament. All but the
final round will be at eighteen holes.
Whether America will be strongly
represented in the British open
championship in June is still a mat
Ter Of doubt, but even if none of the
leading American professionals en-
ter, the results of the event Will be
awaited eagerly in the United States,
for it is lrobable that the leaders in
shs British open will come to this
country on a quest similar to that
which brought Harry Vardon and Ed
ward Ray to these shores last year
Owing 70 the changes in the condl-
tons made recently the tournament
will be stretched out over a period of
nearly TWO weeks. The qualifying
rounds ut Prestwick, St. Nicholas and
Yvrsl1 = ,pf I
and Y, any ties for last place will be
decided on June 10, then will follow
several days allotted to practice for
the 100 golfers who qualify, and the
- hours of play for the champion
snip Itself will come on June Is anc
~ 1t z long program that seems
likely u test the patience of both
players and officials.
The list which follows shows the
courses selected for the champion
ships, the dates set except in the
easese where no dates have as yet
teen chosen. and the holders of the
titles involved.
Here Are the Dates Selected.
Nav 1-16-British ladies' cham
Ionship, Hunstanton, England; Miss
Murlel Dodd Moreton.
May lS-23-British amateur cham
Ionship. Sandwich, England; Harold
ID. Hilton, Royal Liverpool
May 2023-Metropolitan amateur
championship, EngleWood; Jerome D.
IFayers, Upper Montclair
May 25-29-Women's metropolitan
Championship, Essex County; Miss
Marion Hollins, Westbrook.
MAY 5-30-French amateur cham
LIlonship, La Boulie; Lord Charles
Hope England.
June l-3-Women's Eastern cham
PlonShip, Greenwich; Mrs. Ronald H
Barlow, Merton.
June 4-6-New Jersey champion
snip, Morris County: Jerome d. Ira
FenS, Upper Montclair
June Southern championship,
memphis; Nelson Al. Whitney, Audi
June S-13-Trans- mississippi cham
Eohship. Kansas City; Stewart G.
hlchney st. Louis.
June l1-12-British open qualifying
POUNDS, Prestwick, st. Nicholas and
June 1S-19-British open cham
I,.orship, Prestwick. Scotland; j. Fl.
July 6-7-F'rench open champion
England.
July 27-Ausust Western anna
eur Championship Kent Country
II.iol Grand Rapids. Mich; Warren
n Wood, Homewood
august 12-13-Metropolitan open
tensmpionship, Scarsdale; Aleck
Apgust31 September 5-National
Iind'e eur championship. Bkwanok
~a oLn'ry Club, Manchester, Vt. Je-
rome D, Travers.
september 14-19-Women's national
ccr,ampionship Nassau Country Club,
p.-n Cove, L. l.; Miss Gladys Ra-
'7ASa roft England.
Dates Undecided.
,,Nstional open championship. Mid
r~r'A-3n Country Club, Blue Island,
-'., Francis Ouimet, Woodland
T. eStern open championship Inter
,I.en Country Club, Minneapolis,
'''AA,, John ] McDermott.