New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-27
GREENWICH AND
MERTON LINKS
TEMPT GOLFERS
Metropolitan Team Fa-
Vored in Matches for
Lesley Cup.

Champions and former champions at
golf will vie with each other on the
links this week. for the calendar is
fled to the brim with things delectable
90 the devotee Of the royal and ancient
game.
Two invitation tournaments will be
run off o-day, tomorrow and Wednes-
day, in which metropolitan golfers will
have moro or less interest. Because OF
rs proximity the Greenwich Country
Club will have the call. Such men as
Francis Cuimet. Maxwell r. Marston
Gardiner ". White, Philip Carter, Reg
maid " Lewis. Henry J. Topping, Ham
ilton X Kerr and Vincent Hamilton are
expected to tee UP.
Although the majority Of the Penn
svlvania team selected for the Lesley
Cup matches on Friday and Saturday at
Merton will play in the Merton tourna-
mcnt. tho metropolitan entry will be
comparatively small. jerome D. Tray
ers. the national open champion, how
ever, will be among the number
All is in readiness for the Lesley Cup
matches, and those who follow the des-
TIMES OF golf seem to think that the
METROPOLITAN association has an excel
lent chance Of retaining the coveted
trophy. Massachusetts will find the
absence Of John G. Anderson q material
loss. while the metropolitan forces have
a corresponding gain in the presence OF
the national amateur runner-up.
In the Merton Cricket Club the golf
ers have an unusual equipment, for II
is the only organization In this section
Of the country maintaining two l6-hole
courses. The Lesley Cup contests will
be played over what is known as the
east course, which begins and ends
close by the clubhouse.
A change in the regular order Of
things has been made by the commit
tee in charge of the Staten Island
championship. For the last two years
this competition has been run of on
Friday and Saturday. with the final
match. at thirty-six holes, presumably
on Monday, but Sunday has been the
time for the decisive test.
This year, however. the committee
has decided to begin the tournament at
the Richmond County Country Club on
Saturday, October 9, with the subse-
ouent rounds on Monday and Tuesday
following. Whether or not the inter
ven,ng Sunday will be used depends en-
tirely on the players.
Rumor has It that George Sargent.
professional at the Chevy Chase Club,
Washington, and formerly the national
open champion, will not be associated
with that club next year 1t IS SAID
that he has already signed & contract
10 be the professional OF the Inter
lachen Country Club, Of Minneapolis
MINI.
Sargent has been the professional at
Chevy Chase for the last six years. He
took up his work there within few
months efter he had won the national
open title in 1909. Sargent also Won
the Canadian championship In 1912. and
has been q factor in many Of the cham
pionships in which he has competed.
Word comes from the other side OF
the Atlantic of the death Of Captain
Gerald Lees, who was runner-up for
the Canadian amateur title two years
ago and one of the most popular golf
ers ever produced in Canada. Captain
Lees was killed in the fighting before
Ypres. Another recent death was that
Of Sergeant Prentice, former amateur
champion Of South Africa.