The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-31
KIRKBY TO DEFEND
LOCAL GOLF TITLE
Travcrs, Travis and 116 Other
Metropolitan Players on
List at Apawamis.
FIRST PAIR OFF AT 8 A. NJ,

zion will he played o n the last four lays
OF this week at the Apawamis Club and
the list OF entries. which II printed here
with. includes il9 m
The Apawamis inks are In splendid
condition for the tourney. which seems
likely to prove one OF the most interest
ing In the associations history.
Although the Metropolitan title has
been contested for sixteen times, the
list OF champions contains only eight
names and the fou names that appear
most frequently also are prominent in
the list of national champions. for the
two titles have been held by the same
golfer at the same time on a number of
occasions. The list OF Metropolitan
champions since the organization OF the
association follows 1899. Herbert NJ.
Hartman 1900. Walter ,. Travis 1901.
Findlay s. Douglas 1902. Walter J.
Travis; 1903. Findlay s. Douglas: 1904,
Harold Wilcox 1905. Charles II. Seely
1905, jerome D.. Travers 1907, Jerome
u. Travers. 1908. Charles II, Seely
1909, Walter J. Travis; 1910. Fred Her
reshoff 1911. Jerome D.. Travers: 1912,
Jerome ID. Travers: 1913. Jerome d..
Travers 1914. Oswald kirkby.
When play begins Mt Apawaniis on
Wednesday the field will include many
OF the golfers whose names appear on
the above list. Jerome d. Travers will
try to win the title for the sixth time,
Oswald Kirkby will play In defence OF
the honors which he won a year ago.
Walter J. travis and Fred Herreshor
will be on hand. and as Apawamis is
one OF his home courses Flndlay 5.
Douglas will try to see II he can come
back and gain a third victory. There
are many other good golfers In the field.
but IL Will take a series OF upsets to
pre rent the title from falling into the
familiar hands OF one OF the golfers
just mentioned.
All OF Wednesday viii. be devoted to
the thirty-six hole qualifying round and
the first thirty-two will constitute the
championship division. Two eighteen
hole rounds Of match play are on the
programme for Thursday and two more
on Friday will leave the field clear for
the thirty-siN hole fnal on Saturday.
visitors v Apawamis on any one OF the
four days will see golf we'll worth a
longer journey to watch.
The first pair viii I've sent away nj
: o'clock IN Wednesday morning. as
only the earliest kind of start will en-
able the big field to get around twice
before a Evidently the committee
thinks that the early morning air will
be conducive 10 celebrity OF movement,
FOR the pairs between \ and Q will start
at four minute intervals and after Q five
minutes Will be allowed between pairs.
The entries and pairings for the quail
flying round follow:
sA NJ. and 4 minute intervals. in order
Harmon = Graves and c. II. Conner.
J. ID. Foot and G q. Waldo. O. r. Brokaw
AND 7 F" e : wh pSTneyi F!ndiSy s. pSgsTs'
: Wa'kin, W V Booth and f. n Hart.
SRe,db y , rsrhar' and r.. {. Carroll u
ana ? : sheldon. II y sioddard and r,
Aronson, II J. Topping and J. u
Gr'ys''' nSSa.hti c saa = an" sSbc i A Tyns
Hunter ahi j. +. Shanley, W E Shoup
A"s g. + + t Aar%' m,nu,. ,r,.-v,,. a...
- NJ Mende' and r. :, rLaushlin.
Pip carter aud r. rwynort. {. Y B-n.
ana { ii. Brown. c Z Wooster S sss R T
Palmer = ". kepdal! ana 9. Il Wilcox.
AND + g FV Il wh ans + + r,s M,iiss II < Kerr
Steiner J Bredemus and Ellis Adams. j
q; ATNaeI:oS ana J n Ward, j. r. Hyde
10 4 NJ ana . minute Intervals in order
ri; F whi,ner ana J \ s,llman Roy
and, Grantisnd Rice, NJ, Il Marston ana
J. 9. Parrish, Jr. l.. p GWyer and Percy
n, Barnes and r. Herreshon. VI. ~ Hon.
man ana ; McHie. " J. Travis ana II
II V. Gaines aud { +, Van Vterk hGpser'
\ NJ. and 8 minute !uieyvsls in order
pogs,as I ana @li Hsf Ter r FR Il =. W %GreST
e chap n n J. f'Gi9ebb : r. S9a''cr ana J, y
Paul Moor ana DFMM h KS-r a. " + RR%"HW2s Ne
+ HHd r J. R,o"sr, j. Hayward 'rdi's and
Chisholm beach, Dr. a r. Haishi and j
y" ,,hnr,l ; Clark ana ;, c. Mahon
NJ ana . minute Intervals In ordei
- II. BNNefE ana G NJ IA A,hersnp u
Me,calf andy f F Johnson. IL 'Gi!i!isnir
t an - N,lIeri a. u GilkSs and Dr NJ
fHTraarHSdnr,sf,fh. Il. HWer~ Mnxu RifdsI s1f i
Shcrm1n y McConneh and II d Martin
W. !" feat'Y ana Man Behr' + A. Moore
Women golfers from New York
Philadelphia and Boston will begin pla,
for the championship Of the Women
Eastern Golf Association on the links a
IA" Merton cricket Club tomorrow
Eighteen holes of medal play Tomorrow
n eighteen more on Wednesday Wi
constitute the championship test.
The present holder of the title I
Mrs. II. Arnold Jackson OF Boston. VIII.
also Is the national champion. She di
not play in the Boston women's cham
plonship last week and may not defen,
/, her title at Merton, Mrs. Ronald II
: Barlow, who II "A former Eastern cham
: pion and who will have the advantae
! OF paying on hcr home course, wi
= be the logical favorite.
New lork's hopes will be centred I
Miss Lillian r, Hyde and Miss Mario
D Hollins and in "A medal play test tn
? latter is likely TO be the most formid
able. At Sleepy Hollow last week Mis-
; Hollins lost all confidence in her puttint
but she seemed TO have regained som
4 OF II before the tourney ended, and
she does not lose II again should d
= well at Merton. Miss Hyde, althoug
= more brilliant than Miss Hollins, is GOO
one moment and poor the next. some
thing that is anything but helpful /
: medal play.
! The Griscom cup matches will hegl
on Thursday AT Merton when the Ne
York and Boston women will NEE
. The losers will play Philadelphia o
! Friday. and the winners will rest unit
!. Saturday, when they will tackle Philf
delphia. The Philadelphia women al
the present holders of the trophy.
Miss Vera Ramsey, the young Scotci
woman who Won the women's champion
Z ship of Boston last week. will not pla
at Merton, In fact she felt that 81
was not eligible to play for the Bosto
o title and the women whom she later d
e Gated had hard work to persuade her
% enter, The quality Of her golf is attests
to by the ease with which she wei
through the strong field at Boston.
Miss Ramsey hopes to play in u
: women's national championship at o.
: wentsia In September If she is in tn
country at that time.