The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-10
Big DISASTER SHEDS
ITS GLOOM ON GOLF
British Players Abandon Trip
Here for National Open
at BaltusrOl.
LINKS NEWS AND GOSSIP

ternational struggle in the open golf
championship At Baltusrol next month.
Vardon, Ray. Duncan and Mayo all IN
tended to sail on the big Cunarder
which was sent to the bottom on FRI
day. and word came from London on
Saturday that Vardon and Ray had
decided to give M the trip. Whether
the others will do so too r,maine to
he seen, and II Is not altogether impos-
slble that Nardon and Ray may be in
duced to reconsider their hastily made
decision.
American golfers have been look
ing forward TO the visit of the great
British players with the keenest inter-
est, and around New York the interest
has been especially great. because the
open is to be played this year on
metropolitan course. II will he keen
disappointment to thousands OF golfers
II the great disaster keeps the British
stars at home. az II now seems likely
70 do.
The Oakland Golf Club will act as
host on the last three days Of this week
when II will hold an invitation tournn-
ment. The Bayside club used to be
prominent in the tournament field In the
days when Walter !. Travis was coming
to the front but then came a long lap5e.
In 1913 tourney was held which proved
A great success. among the participants
being Jerome n. Travers. Walter j.
Travis, Fred Herreshoff and Gardiner
White. I; was won by Herreshon. who
reached the f'nal by beating Travers. and
then won from White In an extra hole
match
As Francis Ouimet will play in the
Baltimore Country Clubs tournament
on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. he
may find IL possible To drop of at Oak
land on hi way back to Boston He
visited the course last week. and as he
made a good score he may he tempted
10 try his luck in the tourney hut
even II Oumet does not play the field
IL sure to be good one and will includ :
many Of the prominent metropolitan
golfers.
Four .iNteens have been provided for
with prizes for the winners and runners
M. There alsl will be beaten eight
CLASSES in each division and the usual
eighteen hole handicap will be part OF
the Saturday programme. Competitors
may select their own partners for the
qualifying round on Thursday.
Ouimet and B Warren Corkran are
likely 10 he the stars OF the field which
begins play at Baltimore this morning
II u. Clark Corkran decides to take "A
three day vacation from his studies at
Princeton he may help TO make things
interesting for the national champion
and his older brother.
A. Mon;clair tomorrow the Women :
Metropolitan Golf Association will hold
it's first one day tournament Of the
season. II the success of the assocl.
atoms handicap team matches Is any
criterion there should be big field
on hand for to-morrOw's tourney. The
team matches will he resumed on Thurs
day. when the sem-inal rounds will be
played In both the regular and conso-
lation competitions, although In the
latter there will he but one match.
Probably the greatest interest on
Thursday will he in the Glen Ridge
Tuxedo match on the Glen Ridge links
The Tuxedo women have played some
excellent golf on strange courses 81
far. and the Glen Ridge women In their
last two matches AT home have won by
big scores. The Nassau-Englewood
match at Nassau also should he a good
one.
The Metropolitan Advertising Golf As.
ISOLATION viii hold tournament on Thurs
day at the DunWoodie Country Club
There will be competitions both morning
and afternoon and prizes enough to make
every member hopeful for the first
hole or two at least.
Vale and Princeton will meet each
other half way on saturday, when ths
collegians will get together on the
course of the Greenwich Country Club
There are several excellent golfers OF
each team this year and the mater
should he "A good one. w. Hamilton
Gardner, I'd, captain OF the Yale team
probably will spend part of his time II
trying 10 persuade the entire Princeton
team TO join his collegiate golfng ex
petition to the Pacific coast.
Up at Harvard the interest In gol
il Increasing each year. When r. p
Allis. I'd, Intercollegiate champion. wen
to Harvard four years ago. he foun'
that he was one OF a dozen candidates
for positions on the golf team. In IN,
qualifying round OF the annual univer
si,y tournament last week nearly fort,
golfers played.
Several changes have been made IL
the dates allotted some time ago b,
the Western Pennsylvania Golf Asso
citation The most important one Is tn,
date switch for the invitation tourna
ment of the Allegheny Country Club
which was to be held during the frs
week OF June. II will be he'll
on June 2, 10, II and 12 instead
The reason assigned for the change il
that the dates first selected conhic
with the Metropolitan championship a
Apawamis and that Allegheny expecte'
a number of prominent Metropolita,
golfers 10 play in it's tourney this year
II any Of the local stars do 20 I,
Pittsburg next month II will be inter
esting TO see how they fare agains
+. NJ. Byers and W. C.. Fownes III
The two former national champion
ought 10 be hard to beat on their nativ
heath.
The 1915 handbook OF the Metro
politan Golf Association has lust bee
issued by the new secretary, T.. MORT
mer Barnes of Englewood The onl
change from former years seems to h
in the color of the cover. The book
being distributed among tho club
which belong TO the association.
Western Lessua
Topeka, 10. Denver, g.
Lincoln. 9. wichita, L.
81. Joseph, 5; Sioux city. I.
Des Moines, 7 Omaha, e.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
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