The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-12
~ JOHN q.

worthy rival7
The suggestion has been made by sew
eral well known eoifes. among them
william c. Fownes. Jr.. that a sectional
match be held between the East and the
West, the play to be under Some such
conditions as prevail In the Lesley
matches. The course chosen might he
at Pittsburg. Cleveland or Detroit, al
most eQuidistant for both w%esterners
and Fasteners. involving only a nights
ride at the most. and the time would be
that found most convenient for the ma
jority. Each Of these cities has courses
Of championship caiibre-Oakmont at
Pittsburg. Mayfeld at Cleveland and the
Detroit Country Club course. where the
championship is to be played this year.
One day would suffice for the match and
there would be no occasion for a vaca-
ton OF more than three days for n OF
the players. This fixture would compare
with h annual between England and
Scotland preceding the championship.
The United States IL a big place even
when we consider the Chicago district as
being the far West so far as golf IL con-
cerned. The Journey necessary for the
players. many of them having TO get a
special vacation. would take up valuable
time. and the chances for getting the
best players to represent the districts
would be a matter OF chance at first.
Yet with all these seeming difficulties
and despite the talk against more tour
naments I feel convinced that this is a
move which might we'll have taken place
a number of years ago.
Time was when there was intense
rivalry between the West and the East.
but this was engendered in great part by
the strife over rules. methods OF legisla-
ton and so on more than over the riv-
airy in playing ability OF the various
golfers. Chicago had at n time many
young players OF whom We hear but
little nowadays the names OF new and
clever young eolfers coming out OF that
district are not as plentiful. ! should
Judge. as they have been when the
names OF Evans. Phelps, Gardner.
Hunter. Sawyer and others were men
toned in all the dispatches east. These
players. like those of the East In good
measure. are bound down by business
ties. which would not prevent them. how
ever. from getting away for a few days
n representing their district in a ma
Oio = ~ 'ef
pen. and probably would. that some OF
these players might stay out Of the first
match or two. but then II defeat came
their way the spur of sectional pride
would bring them into the driving and
putting line.
l suppose that there will he the regular
ten on a side with the option Of two
Others as substitutes II this fixture be-
come a fact. Whether the play would
be a foursome in the morning or at four
ball matches or ever In some new scheme
sue as Mr.. Travis started at Garden
City. where all players In the match play
out and the score Of each means some
thing to the separate side. IL a poiRt not
as yet decided. Single matches undoubt-
ed1y would rule In the afternoon. and
then we would see contests between men
like Jerome Travers pitted against
Charles Evans. and Francis Oulmet. per-
haps, playing against W. c. Fownes, Jr..
and others down the line whose ma mes
are familiar "a those who follow national
championships. II In these contests the
goifng spirit reached In proportion rs it
has done in rivalry In the tricity AFFAIRS
then the matches would be worth going
miles and miles to see. and for those
lucky enough to be chosen worth a years
sure. Never have we had team
rivalry between the East and the West ;
now seems the best time to begin.
Although II has been suggested that
tho time for the play be In the summer.
since that seems to be the only period
free from some big tourney. still II APP
pears to me that the matches might well
be the opening for the national events
each yea that on the day before the
qualifying round was held the Eastern
- yvxA--. t.a-,u o,n,,lA hold THAR
This would make the expense
less for all %ncern and would hardly
keen out OF the matches any who would
a chance to play: surely tho
chances for getting a more representa-
tive team would be greater h a at any
other time during the year. II might be
possible, feasible and equable that In the
third year when the championship stayed
IN the East. as happens two out OF three
years usually. for the teams picked 10
West far enough to make the journey
saw to Pittsburg, or Cleveland. when tho
game would have the additional factor
OF proving a worthy spectacle to the
golfers Of those regions who do not see
the toppotch amateurs-other than the
local players Of national fame-very
often. Plans are now afoot to bring the
matter to a favorable decision.
The last fortnight saw the completion
Of two Junior championships In the New
York and Boston districts. and II seems
20 me thai a lesson can ne drawn which
should aid in future developments along
this line. particularly In the matter OF
entries In the metropolitan district.
Early in the spring metropolitan
int~erscholastic a golf association held n
so-called championship event over the
course Of the Wykagyl Country Club. II
was not well advertised and there was
doubt up TO the last minute as Ia just
what players were eligible for entrance.
1t was not surprising that the field was
exceedingly small and that the matches
attracted little following. Even In the
final match. won by Fillmore Robson.
game ought to have n surely
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