The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-28
PHIL CARTER SEEKS
THIRD JUNIOR TITLE
Tourney at Garden City This
Week His Last, as Soon He
VIII Pass Age Limit.
NO MAJOR EVENT CARDED

The younger golfers Will nave their
annual opportunity to show their skill
this week In the Junior Metropolitan
championship which will be held to-mor-
row and Wednesday at the Garden City
Golf Club The tourney Ia open to
golfers of 10 or under who are affiliated
with clubs that belong to the M~etropoli-
tan Golf Association. and thirty
and forty youths have entered his year.
A well filled programme has been ar
ranged and the boys will have some
thing to occupy them throughout the
two days of the tourney. The qualify
ing round will be played tomorrow
morning, the first eight to qualify for
the title. Provision has been made for
four other Fights. and the nrst match
round In all divisions will he played to-
morrow afternoon. Al $3.50. by which
time II II expected that all OF tho
matches will be In, a driving contest
will be held.
The semi-nnal n Anal rounds for
the championship and In the other d.
visions will be played pm Wednesday and
there also will be a handicap to which
all but the two fnalists in the cham
pionship division will be eligible.
This will be the fourth Junior cham
pionship to be held by the Metropolitan
Golf Association, all three OF the pre-
vious Journeys having been held at the
Plainfeid Country Club. The first
Junior tournament in 1912 was a medal
play test and vas won by Stuart D.
Connolly. Rockland. with Philip V. O.
Carter OF Nassau two strokes behind.
In 1919 match play conditions were
adopted and Carter won. with Connolly
as runnerup. Last year Carter won the
title for the second time, with Vincent
Hilton as runnerup.
Carter a entered again this year and
will try to win the title for the third and
last time, A. he will have passed the age
limit by next year.
A good field Is expected to play in
the Massachusetts open championship.
which IL to be held on Wednesday and
Thursday OF this week at brookline. the
pionship OF 1919.
The experiment OF removing all resi-
dence restrictions which has been put
into effect for the first time by the
Massachusetts, Golf Association will be
watched with much interest n 1t is
probable that a great many profession
ais from the metropolitan district and
from other parts OF the country will
avail themselves OF Their first opportu-
nifty to play for the Massachusetts title.
Seventy-two holes of medal play con-
stitute the championship test and the
first eight will finish In the me First
money will be $3.50, second 800. third
$40, fourth $50. NTH $40. sixth $40.
seventh $50 and eighth SO. The new
u. 8. q. A. rule which provides that
the entire amount OF prize money shall
be divided among tho professionals at
the top OF the list, ignoring scores made
by amateurs. has been adopted by tho
Massachusetts, Golf Association, n any
amateur who may finish among tho irst
eight will receive a suitable trophy. but
his score will be eliminated In the
distribution Of prize money.
Michael J. Brady OF Wollaston, who
finished we'll up IN the national open
at Baltusrol, will try TO retain his title.
but the competition this week Will be
keener than ever before.
The Metropolitan open championship
at Fol Hills Is close al hand. as II Is
to be played on July s and Q. Entries
close at noon on Friday OF his week,
July 9, and should be sen 20 T.. Mortimer
Barnes, secretary OF the Metropolitan
Golf Association. 81 Pine street, New
York. before that time. They need NJ
be sent in through club secretaries, but
each entry must be accompanied by the
IS entrance fee. As has been the case
ever since the tourney was established
the -NetTOpOllth Optl VIII De tUcu " ~
golfers amateurs or professionals. with
out regard to residence
A professional match has been ar
ranged by the Ridgewood Country Club
for next Sunday. July 4. Louis Teller.
Canoe Brook. and Jack Hobene Of Engle-
wood will play t~hirty-s!x holes against
Isaac Macide OF lakewood and Joe
| Mitchell OF Ridgewood-
There will be no invitation tourna-
ment in the Metropolitan district this
week. but at nearly every club holiday
competitions for the members will begin
on Saturday.
Jerome d. Travere showed himself to
be a real champion IN the highest sense
OF the word by his W victories a,
Philadelphia last week. There was nc
letdown when the strain of winning
the national open title was over. but in.
stead the new open champion proved
that he still was at his best by goins
through two good fields at Huntingdon
Valley and Merton within a period Of six
days.
CHAMPIONS RETAIN HON0RS.