The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-19
LAKEWOOD TO ACT
AS STARTER AGAIN
Metropolitan Tournament Golf
Ushered In With IL Hole
Round on Thursday.
SEAVIEW Is NEXT IN LINE

O0npetitlNe ROlr VIII Oeb1n III tHc
Metropolitan district this week with tho
Country Club Of Lakewood playing It's
usual role az the host Of the first In
vitation tourney Of the season. Lake
wood has opened the Metropolitan sea-
son for many years and tho spring tour
ney on the course among tho Jersey
pine. always attracts a good field, Wal
ter j. Travis almost always being on the
Nat Of entrants.
Tho tourney begins on Thursday with
an eighteen hole qualifying round. and
provtsion has been made for four six
teens. Two match rounds will be played
on Friday. leaving both semi-nnals and
finals for Saturday. There will be no
beaten eisht classes.
An eighteen hole handicap With cups
for the best gross and net scores also
will he played on Saturday. Entries
for the tournament should be sent early
enough 20 reach the Country club OF
Lakewood before o'clock on Wednes-
day evening, but entries for the handi-
cap will he received until o'clock on
Saturday afternoon.
Veteran golfers will play at Lakewood
IN tn. annual competition for the Shan
ley Memorial cup on Wednesday. All
amateur golfers OF 55 and upward are
eligible to play for the big cup which
is TO he won outright. Eighteen holes
Of medal play 10 the prescribed test
for the seniors.
Although not in the Metropolitan dis
trict tn. new Seaview Golf Club is near
enough to New York to attract Metro
politan golfers to its Journeys. ana
those lovers OF tournaments VINO DO
not 20 10 Lakewood this week probaoly
will he seen at Seavew. for that organi-
zation also will hold an invitation tour
nament on Thursday, Friday ana SAY
urday.
some Of the leading golfers may be
seen at Seaview for when he visited the
new course on his way nome from
Ifnehurst, Francis oumet. national am
ateur champion. promised TO do his pest
10 return to Seaview this week for the
tourney. and oswald Kirkby. Metropou-
tan and New Jersey champion, also Is
thinking of playing II Kirkby goes he
may be able 10 persuade Jerome ~
Travers TO accompany him.
on, in California the hrst 81 the
big tournaments in connection win the
Panama Pacific Exposition will begin
to-day n Is called the amateur cham
pionship and will he played on the
lngleside links. near San Francisco. one
of the best courses on the Pacific coast.
In preparation for the exposition tour
news the course has been improved
and heightened Its present length Is
6,lI5 yards.
H. Chandler Egar. twice a holder or
the national title. who now lives In
Greg II, is expected TO play in the
tourney which begins to-day, and Chick
Evans also may be starter. These
two are the favorites for the title,
although they will find many strong
rivals among the california contingent.
which includes Jack Neville, Norman
Macbeth, j. \. Jcvne. +. 5. Armstrong
and Harry Davis. Then, too. there are
those two transplanted golfers Robert
T.. Hunter ana Heinrich schmidt, both
Of whom are living in California at
present.
The Hawo-th Country club evidently
Intends that no one shall lie able to
charge that the club is run by "A sma.
group Of men and that the members
have little to do with its management
except Ia paw their dues. a charge which
issues from the mouths ~ the chronic
Erumblers in nearly every golf club
A little bulletin Just issued by the club
for the information OF its members con
tains This invitation:
Members must not forget that they
are expected on every possible oppoy
tunity to attend all meetings of IN,
directors and of the several commit
tees All members are welcome and tho
officers solicit their suggestions and co
operation
In these DAYS when the war In caus
ing numerous British professionals &
try their luck in America and the sup
ply OF pros is beginning TO exceed tn
demand, despite the number OF new
clubs being formed all over the coun
try, the following words of wisdom from
professional who came over from
Scotland in the early days OF American
Five or six years ago a professions
could clean IN So 900 or "a, 900 in n FEY
months work and sperd the winter a
Monte Carlo or Monteith, the River
or Cannes Now II ia hustle like any
thing for n Few dollars
''rhe first professlonals that came Z
America from scotland made money /
mspner TIA, uoa vonderfu, 70 tbsr
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inc sor ~ hon re-, "a, wooL THO
,,nda so,,oraI thousa,d do,,ars T., %,
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