New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-13
TWO IMPORTANT
GOLFTOURNEYS
ON WEEKS CARD
Peacock, of Princeton,
Favored to Win the In
dividual College Title.

Two important Journeys will occupy
the attention Of golfers this week.
The first will be the completion of the
intercollegiate individual champion
ship Of the Greenwich Country Club
to-day and tomorrow, and the other
will be the annual invitation tourna-
ment of the Piping Rock Club begin
ming on Thursday.
As the situation in intercollegiate
circles stands at the present time,
there is no particular outstanding
favorite unless IL happens to be Grant
Peacock, of Princeton. On the upper
half of the bracket are F. r. Blossom
and Louis L. Bredin. of Yale, while in
the lower half Peacock must first deal
with John Marshall, jr., who won the
Kentucky title a year ago and has
twice been the runner-up, and also was
the intercollegiate runner-up in 1913.
Both Peacock and Marshall are in
their senior year, so that if they do
not win the title this time they will
never have chance 10 do so. The
struggle, therefore, which will COM
mand chief interest to-day is that per-
tanning to Marshall and Peacock.
Another year college boys probably
will adopt the suggestion to hold their
team tournament beginning on the
Thursday after Labor Day. and the in
dividual championship for three or
four days beginning the following
Monday On Saturday the college
boys were plainly tired from five days
of golf, and hard golf at that. Under
the suggested system there would be
ipf 70 M hat no
team matches and the individual cham
pionship. Golfers would compete in
either one or both, and have a rest
in the meanwhile, and incidentally the
problem of avoiding Labor Day would
be. readily solved.
Apropos of Greenwich, it looks as il
this enterprising club just over the
Connecticut border would hold another
highly successful invitation tourna-
ment. The dates chosen are September
q to %, and come in the early part of
the week of the Lesley Cup matches,
which are TO be held this year at the
Merton Cricket Club, just outside Of
Philadelphia.
II is not the idea Of the club gov
ernors 10 run off a competition with a
tremendous entry. In fact, only three
siXteens are provided for. However,
sufficient class has been invited to as
sure a notable gathering Francis Out
met, who met with disaster at Green
witch last year and at the hands Of
Grant Peacock. has accepted an invita-
ton. Maxwell r. Marston and his
friend, Hamilton X. Kerr, will be in the
tournament. II would not be surprising
if the national runner-up, John G. An
derson. would try his fortune, while
the college stars now competing there
are almost certain to be in line.
Such men as Peacock, F. S. Gaines,
newly elected Yale captain; Julian T.
Bishop and F. r. Blossom are making
plans to play. W Parker Seeley, Con-
necticut title holder, of course, will be
among the number.
Il will not be long before the Wom-
ems Metropolitan Golf Association will
issue its fall schedule. Last year there
were a great many of these e-day
tournaments because Of the prolonged
favorable weather More than a dozen
of these popular gatherings were held
last fall. and il would not be surprising
if the programme were repeated this