The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-30
ODD SITUATION FOR
PROMINENT GOLFERS
Well Known Players Barred
From Championship Should
Handicaps Conform.
MANY RAISED TO 6 MARK
New Ruling Of U. s. G. A. Makes
Only Those at 5 or Less
Eligible for Play.

Unless the United States Golf Associa-
ton ofYiciais have different handicapping
IDEAS from those of the Metropolitan Golf
Association a good many golfers OF con-
siderable prominence will not be allowed
to enter In the national amateur cham
pionship at Ekwanok In September.
During the winter It was decided TO
limit the list of ei'gibles to the national
championship to players with handicaps
Of 6 or less on the national handicap list
instead OF making s tho limit mark. as
has been tho case during the two years
that the national list has been In exist
ence.
An inspection of the Metropolitan ham
dicap list for 1914. issued on Saturday,
reveals a number Of men Ia the class
who have figured prominently in tourns-
ments during the last two or three sea-
sons IL the l.. :. q. a. list conforms 20
the Metropolitan list, and presumably II
will In all essential features, there Will be
a number OF outsiders who are not likely
to relish their position.
G. Gilbert Waldo. Jr, the conqueror OF
Hilton at Wheaton In 1912 II. V. Gaines,
who tied at 70 for low score with Travers
in the first eighteen holes OF the qualify
Ing round of the Metropolitan at Fox
Hills last May. stuart Connolly. Junior
Metropolitan champion In 1912. and Philip
Carter the present holder OF the title
Charles IL Brown. former Hudson River
champion James II. Foot. the Apawamis
veteran; Percy X. Pyne "a. treasurer OF
the u. s. @. A. J. NJ and W. Il. Rhett.
who usually qualify for the national title,
and w. r. Simons. the new Florida cham
pion, are tho most prominent In the S
group on the VI. q. A. list
There Is some hope for them, however.
as the two lists were not alike In many
ways last year and the y. $. G. A. list
was the more liberal. In fact most of the
golfers mentioned were at on the ma
tionll list a year ago and unless the in
formation which has caused the ". q. A.
committee to put them at admits OF no
doubt as to their retrogression they are
likely 10 squeeze into the ranks Of the
championsh elgibles after all.
Two important golfing events will take
place this week In England. where the
season is well advanced. on Thursday
/ the match to test the qusnties OF the old
guttapercha and modern rubber cored
balls. In when Harry Vardon. J. n. "ay-
Tor, James Braid and George Duncan are
to be the participants, will ee played over
| the SANDY Lodge course near london. on
/ Friday the annual varsity match between
[ the oxford and Cambridge teams will be
played at Rye.
Cambridge Is favorite for the varsity
match on Friday. and although oxford
/ has a strong team the Light Blues are eX-
/ pected TO add a victory on the links to
those gained last week on track field and
water. In their preliminary matches the
Cambridge golfers have been playing ex-
ceptionally " II and have beaten a num-
Der of the strongest club teams in Eng
land on their home courses. oxford y
record is not quite so good.
Although the match Is close at hand,
the discussion will not down of whether
A. Gordon Barry. the British amateur
champion OF 1905. who played for Cam
bridge year or two later, and Is now
in residence at oxford. will be committing
a breach OF propriety II he plays for OK
ford this year. Old oxford and Cambridge
either university have taken sides on the
. question.
One college head master has unesrthed
a precedent for Mr. Barry from the
athletic archives by proving that in 1853
one r. A. Clement played cricket for OK
ford against Cambridge and in 1854
played for Cambridge against Oxford. II
is pointed out that this was 4 much more
horrible crime than the one which Mr..
Barry Is contemplating. as the cricket
players changed allegiance within a year,
while the golfer has taken SIX or seven
years TO jump.
II the match on Friday should be close
and Mr.. Barry should win the decidini
point for oxford he Is likely to become
ono OF he worlds most famous traitors
/ When II was first announced that the
qualifying rounds for the British open
championship would be played on two
courses ther than the Prestwick course,
where the championship proper will be
played, It was generally thought that
Troon and Prestwick st. Nicholas would
be the two courses selected. Later =
further announcement was made that the
courses for the qualifying rounds mus,
ne of a certain specified length. As the
! Prestwick st. Nicholas course Is not quite
long enough to fulfil the requirement II
was eliminated from consideration.
Troon and Troon Municipal have been
selected for the testing rounds on June
II and IL. aat in settling upon Troon
Municipal the authorities have picked u
course that Is likely % give the profess
sionals plenty OF anxious moments. II IL
one Of the few courses on which no golfer
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