New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-05
NO CONFLICTS In
GOLFINC DATES
Women's Metropolitan
Championship Tourney
to Begin on May "a.
REST FOR PLAYERS
BETWEEN FIXTURES
Eastern and Griscom Cup Com.
petitions Likely To Be Held
a Fortnight Later.

Work of no little importance was
carried out yesterday at meeting OF
the executive committee Of the Wom-
ems Metropolitan Golf Association.
The dates selected for the annual
championship tournament are the five
days beginning Monday, May "a, and
the venue, as already announced, will
be the links Of the Sleepy Hollow Coun-
try Club. at Scarborough.
When the annual meeting of the as
ISOLATION was held last week there was
some doubt about the usual dates be-
ing acceptable, in that it was the de-
sire of the women golfers 10 avoid
holding the championship at time
when 1t would not give several days OF
rest between il and the Eastern and
Griscom cup competitions. Last year,
it will be recalled, the metropolitan and
tri-city meetings were held in succeed-
ing weeks.
Through this situation and the fact
that the Eastern dates were unknown.
IL was necessary to turn the matter
over 10 the executive committee for
final adjustment. The women's Golf
Association of Philadelphia has formal
~ chosen the links of the Merton
Cricket Club for the tri-city matches,
and the other two associations, Boston
and Metropolitan, have concurred.
Dates, however, have not been ar
ranged, but it was considered unlikely
that the week beginning on Memorial
Day would be selected.
The Boston women have already set
the time for their championship, the
same as that chosen yesterday by the
local women, so that the Eastern and
Griscom cup competitions probably Will
be scheduled to start Monday, June !.
Conditions governing the women's
METROPOLITAN championship will remain
the same as last year at Essex County.
This means that the whole OF the first
day will be given over TO an eighteen
hole qualifying round, sixteen players
continuing at match play the day tol-
lowing. One round only Is scheduled
for each day, but there will be the
usual side attractions, such as handi-
caps, DOGGY competitions end four
somes.
Miss Marion Hollins, the new secre-
tary, and the metropolitan champion
two seasons ago; Mrs. A. b. Holden, OF
Essex County, and Mrs. Lawrence
Swift, president of the ASSOCIATION,
were appointed a committee OF three
70 center with similar committees OF
the Philadelphia and Boston assocla-
tons with a view 10 avoiding the rep
etition of a discussion at Greenwich
last June over the arrangement of the
teams after players had found 1t nee
essary to default.
At the time one Of the metropolitan
women was unable TO play, and the OPP
posing Boston combination insisted
that the whole team should be moved
up so as to bring the vacancy at the
bottom Of the lineup. 1t was argued
by the New York players that this did
not permit Of the matches being
played according 10 the calculation Of
the captain when she arranged her
team. This season, therefore, the
point will be settled previous to the
matches.
In view Of the decision of the local
association to limit the number of one
day tournaments TO two each month,
the schedule of these popular affairs
will be an easy matter to arrange this
year. As Miss Hollins plans a five
weeks trip TO California and will leave
next week, il is probable that the list
will be announced prior to her depart
ure.
Several clubs in the district have re-
quested the privilege of holding invita-
tion tournaments, either one or two
days, the associations function being
to prevent conflicts in dates. II is the
desire of the new officers 20 provide a
wide variety of competition and to par
ticularly encourage team matches with
four on a side.
Louis P. Myers, who won the Massa-
chusetts championship in 1901, two
years before the formation of the pres
ent Massachusetts Golf Association,
died recently in California. Myers was
a student at Yale when he captured
the title, and was the only player in
the tournament to use what was then
called the rubber cored ball." newly
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