The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-10


trophy, medal or
cup or what not,
with A comiremo-
rative inscription
ought to satisfy the
keenest amateur.
for the honor itsslf -
IL the priceless JOHN G.ANDERsoN.
treasure. No one remembers what prize
the leading amateur received II -
the position at the finish which re-
mains in the mind Of the true golfer.
II might be we'll for a moment to TAX"
note of the costliness OF some OF the
prizes which are offered to catch the At
tention OF the golfers. particularly those
who are ine players No rebuke can
he attached to any club which puts
up trophy costing two or three nun
dred dollars or even more. for II IL the
desire OF the me mbers most likely. to
have a field play which will be of the
highest calihre and which will show
to the gallery golf as II should be played
But in this connection | think II wise
that all cups or trophies which run up
into hundreds Of dollars in value should
be perpetual trophies with handsome
duplicate, cheaper. of course, given to
the winner. or II not this. to make II
neCessa : for the cup 20 be won three
times though not necessarily in success
sion. The clubs will md that they VIII
have high class fields and an evenness
from year to year II this plan Is adopted
The clubs where this method Is IN
vogue have strong players each N"tr
and an increasing number Of them. The.e
are times Of course when an exception
TO the rule can he made, as was IN"
case OF the Panama-Pacihc Exposition
tournament Just finished. which was won
by Harr, r. X. Davis. In addition to
the title he carried away with him a
trophy valued AT $1,000.
The prize for the professional event.
which Walter Hagen gathered IN, was
81. 600 IN gold. but the people In charge
Of the exposition felt that they desired
TO attract the amateurs to the Coast
rather than the professionals. This was
shown In the fact that they refused 10
offer any of the paid players cent FOR
travelling expenses. nor would they guar
antee any Of them a number OF matches
in the vicinity II was hit or miss with
the ofcsslonals but IN the case OF 'h'
amateurs the committee felt that these
might ic attracted To the fair ny tHs
wonders OF the exposition as wei AS 'ne
golf championship. and they decided :"
nut up a trophy which never had been
equalled IN this country They SIC
ceeded. hut the same result could nave
been reached II a prize valued at a
couple Of hundred dollars had heen given
The field itself was poor Toy the du,
ference between the first and last OF
those who qualified In the champ onshin
division was no less than hfty-siN
strokes, which means that Evans could
have given some NJ the auallhers u
stroke hole and then won rather
easily.
I remember a few years ago tho Lon
don Daily Mail rame ont with an on''
Of house and lot 10 the winner OF
contest which was TO take plac" IN al
parts of the United Kingdom on the
handicap match play basis. There was
a hue and cry over the adNlsaplhtN ol
this prize. which was valued AZ some
thing like thousand pounds. for
amateurs, and such a stir was made
l that the offer was Withdrawn and "A cur
costing about hundred pounds sub
stituted u seems that there IL ln'
which can be drawn and AT TINS time
when efforts are being made 10 heel
the amateur pure in heart, IT might p'
well for the clubs which are wont 10 &c
things on a very lavish scale TO conhn'
their invitation tournament prizes tC
tasteful and yet less expensive trophies
The L. s. q. A. also added to M
etiquette of the game a rather slgnih
! cant section when II voted that I'M
players who do not continue IN IN
match play rounds OF tournament
should he considered 10 have forfeited
any prize won in the qualifying rounds
The question is easily debatable and II Z
vote were taken AT present 1t would o'
surprising IL the new suggestion me
with the majority favor. Golf is 50
different In the various parts of tn
country. remember that fve or sl'
years ago Walter j Travis visited a
Essex County Country Club. Maasa
chu.etts, and he was much SURPRISED
when he discovered that there were 81
many golfers in Massachusetts VIII
entered for the tournament and did no
play through. The reason was on
which is patent and almost universal
II is simply that many sections Of ~
country have golfers who cannot Civ
three or four days to the play and ye
they take delight In matching the
game against that OF big Held busi
ness cares cannot he summed ny al
golfers. but in the Boston district, 70
example. many OF the links are with
sixty minutes ride or less from the hear
OF the city and it often Is possible 70
golfers to play an eighteen hole roun'
and not neglect worldly affairs,
The close contact with the other golf
ers is a nne thing for those who canno
play through II would mean mar
rowing OF the golf friendships II such
rule were made a part Of the regula
list,
There Ia, however. one rule whic
might we'll he made a part OF Unite
States Golf Association recommendation
one affecting the treatment 10 he give
to defaulters in the match play rounds
II should he asked Of every competito
when he hands in his card whether h
can play through or not, and those VIII
say that they can and then do no
should be made to feel that the tru
etiquette Of the game has been violated
Especially il II hard for those VIII
fail TO qualify by "A stroke and the
find that one or two players have no
turned up for the first round 4 penalt
of some sort should Ia devised ny IN
tournament committee unless some goo
and sufficient reasons were forthcomin
from the offender Such a ruling woul
h' difficult to devise, AS the circun
stances are ~ different IN the vsriou
parts OF the land, but II the l.. $. q. \
made known its displeasurc in no nm
certain terms II might b. = p6W-rfl
: aid in the right direction. But I fes