Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-05
WANT CHANGE IN
GOLF CUP PLAY
Four Ball Matches Favored by
Experts for Lesley Tro-
ply Contests.
GOSSIP OF THE LINKS

Overwhelming sentiment in favor of
changing from foursome to four ball
matches in the annual tri-State con-
tests for the Lesley Cup involving
New York, Massachusetts and Penn
sylvania. is shown in the issuance Of
correspondence by Leighton Calkins,
former secretaryof the Metropolitan
Golf Association. Calkins took an I'M
official poll and found that of the
thirty-four Lesley Cup players. past
and present, consulted, three did not
reply, three preferred to express no
opinion, four favored the foursome
and twenty-four urged the change.
The golfers in favor of retaining the
foursomes are Max H. Behr, former
New Jersey champion Charles B.
Macdonald, founder of the National
links; Archie M. Reid, the ST. An
drew's champion, and Jerome d.
Travers, of Upper Montclair, national
amateur champion.
Travers believes foursomes are a
better test of team play and thinks
it worth while to have as scientific a
test of team play as possible in the
Lesley matches. John M Ward, Ar
den w. Robbins and Fred Herreshoff
preferred not to go on record as ex-
pressing an opinion. Finday S.
Douglas, captain of the Metropolitan
Lesley Cup team; Cornelius ]. Sulli-
van and w. L. Hicks made no reply.
Those who favor four ball matches
are: James c. Patterson, Percy r.
Payne, 3D. John F. Stanley, jr., Gill
man P. Tiffany, G. Gilbert Waldo, jr.,
Robert Abbott, Clifford A. Dunning,
Howard j. Gee, Archibald Graham, G.
w. Inslee. Frank c. Jennings, Dwight
Partridge, John Reid, jr.,. w. R.
/ Thurston, Walter ]. Travis, C. e. Van
| Week, jr., Gardiner W. White, Mar
shall Whitlatch, Harold H. Wilcox,
| Charles H. Seely, George 7. Brokaw,
Samuel j. Graham. Edwin M. Wild
and Ralph Peters, jr.
| Former international champion Wal
ter j. Travis is rapidly getting into
| form for the tenth annual midwinter
golf tournament, which starts at Pine
| hurst, N. c., tomorrow. He will find
the field of contestants worthy of his
best game. The range of representa-
ton promises to be extensive, in
GLIDING numerous Pennsylvanians of
prominence, goodly delegation from
| New England and the West and an
exceptionally large entry from the
metropolitan district.
The annual meeting of the United
States Golf Association will be held
| in New York city on Friday. The
awarding of the dates and locations
of the national championship tourna-
ments will be an important feature
of the meeting.
One of the issues in the election
fight at the New York Athletic Club
is the game of golf. The regular
nominee, James w. Hyde, has come
out strongly in favor of the game,
while William H. Page the presi-
dent of the club, and a candidate for
reelection, has lost no time in plac-
ing himself on record as not being
opposed to golf. President Page takes
the stand that golf is the real plat
form of the nominating committee,
i and in an interview makes plain his
attitude toward the sport during the
past year, and gives his reasons for
not agreeing to obligate the club to
the Fox Hills Golf Club as. it was
proposed to do early last spring.
One of the most unique golf organi-
cations in the world has been formed
n Washington, D. c., under the title
of the Admirals' Golf Association. II
is the outcome of q suggestion made
by Colonel Robert M. Thompson, OF
New York, who in 1912 proposed g
tournament for members of the Chevy
Chase Club who had been graduated
from the Naval Academy at Annap.
oils prior to September l, 1870. Colo
mel Thompson offered a silver cup as
trophy for the winner. The f1rst
tournament was a success, and the
contestants were Rear Admirals Sell
fridge, Adams, Jewell, Hubbard
Perry, Dunlap, Mason, Hemphill an6
Colonel Thompson. The trophy was
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who in turn offered another cup, which
was played fox at Crevy Chase las
summen