New-York tribune., 1915-01-31
.STYMIES unfair.
in OPINION OF
JEROME TRAVERS
Famous Amateur Latest to
Join Opponents OF
Links Bogie.
JUNE CALENDAR IS
NEARLY FILLED IIp
J. d. Edgar, Open French Cham.
pion, Joins Colors, Giving
Up American Tour.

Scarcely anything in the voy,a 4.
more annoying 20 a golfer ths, -
beaten through the medium NJ
ME, and there are 80 many n~,,o..
who have had that experience tss, I.
accounts largely for the press,t a..
timent in favor Of is abolition -.
Jerome j. Travers, erstwhile na,',,.i
amateur champion, has gone on reso,5
that stymies are unfair.
II golfer is 20 ANNOYED a, A.. -,
these trouble makers, how mucb 49,.
his feelings must be hurt when +, ~.
pens that half a dozen Of tbe,, ~.
laid during q round Watt Smith 81.
the tale OF how one woman In -.
tionsl championship had the missor,pS.
20 encounter five stymies Of one kins
or another in her first round. She hsS
three or her second, and while orlr
one was encountered on her third (,
probably played an important par,' %,
il was laid on the sixteenth vrss,
where the match was all even. h ~.
Of the Lakewood tournaments ssvsy,l
years ngo Walter J. Travis and P,,S
Herreshof met with similar hsn6iean,
In the last tournament Of the Tr,s.-
Mississippi Golf Association !chn
Cady. ultimate winner OF the u,I,
found il necessary 20 play an .r,r,
hole in one Of his early rounds because
his opponent had laid him no less ,h.s
FIVE stymies. Smith tells Of an exoer.
ence of his own, as follows:
at was one match in an in,ereluh
contest. We had eight stymies In n.
course Of the eighteen holes, and he
Nassau count was determined By Do.
cision as 20 whether or not the ball,
lay within six inches Of each other or
the seventeenth green. ! happened 70
win for ny side, but where was Tie
satisfaction Of il? felt as II We migh,
have just az well Alpped coin and
not have played az all"
Apropos Of how stymie might g.
ure in the result Of q match. the iol.
lowing from the other side well Illus.
trates the point:
"A Hamilton golfer the other day.
playing in a knockout tournament had
the extraordinary experience Of being
laid six stymies in one round OF eigk.
teen holes. As he was conceding sever
strokes TO his opponent this additional
handicap was pretty stiff and probably
made all the difference in the result.
for he was beaten by % 1. lie was
laid FIVE stymies in the course Of ssy.
enteen holes, and IN playing out he
bye was laid yet another on the home
green-six in all. As far as our reeol-
lection serves this match must be q
record run OF misfortune.
"The nearest thing TO II We car re-
member occurred in an amateur int,r.
national match az Sandwich when John
Ball, at the end Of the first eighteen
holes, was up on J. +. Lardley. having
laid him four dead s,ymies up to ths.
point"
Finding sufficient desirable dates on
the June calendar is something Of q
problem which is now troubling the o.
ficials who are trying 70 arrange tour
naments in that time. As a matter OF
fact, all of June already has been tax
en-. and in the desire 20 avoid dlstaste'
ful conflicts the Women's metropolitan
Golf Association has left the matter Of
selecting the dates for its championship
at Sleepy Hollow 10 the executive com
mittee.
There is still one more metropolitan
championship 20 be arranged, the jun
Tor affair. Il would be well Il those
clubs desiring 10 entertain the boys o.
the district for their tournament would
make immediate application to Z. u
Barnes, the Metropolitan secretary.
There has been talk about some Of
the Massachusetts, women not taxing
part in the national championship al
Onwentsia next September. However
Mrs. II. Arnold Jackson, holder Of the
title: the Misses Margaret and Har'
riot Curtis and Miss Fanny c. Osgood
ex-champion of the Boston Association
and former Eastern champion, VIII
when the time comes, be on hand 70
try their skill.
According 70 reports from he
other side. the latest well known goi-
fer to join the British colors Is J. u
Edgar. the French open champion.
He has sacrificed an American touf
that would have been worth consider
able money 70 him in order TO hsh'
il is said.
The Mississippi coast championsnlp
will be played March 3 to ., a. tns
Mississippi Coast Country Club, Gun
port, Miss.