The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-11

Scottish brigade. Capt. Graham las,
lenge cup al Sandwich, played for just
prior to the British amateur cham
pionship.
Something ingenious and novel has
at last been hit upon for the ram
pant trophy chasing golfers. 1t is
guaranteed to treat one and all alike
and split the seasons array of cups
more ways than ever before in the
annals of the game
Melvin Jones, chairman of the sports
and pastimes committee at the May
wood Golf Club of Chicago, and Err
nest A. Baughman, chief of the green
committee, are credited with the in
vention. In few words. their plan
calls for an entirely new order of
things in the staging of tournaments.
The most striking feature of the in
novation is the fact that there will
be just as many men competing in the
finals as in the first round of match
play.
However strange this may sound TO
the golfer, it can be done. The where
fore follows. Say there are 100 in
the qualifying round. Sixteen of them
land in the first flight The two low
men are paired for match play in the
first round. The two next in line are
in turn paired off until all sixteen
have been matched. and likewise for
the other flights. This is designed to
pit players of fairly equal skill against
each other.
AS usual. there will be eight win
ners and eight losers when the scene
of battle clears. But-and here's the
vital change-all eighteen holes of
each match must be played out. no
matter II one player has the game
clinched' early in the game. We now
turn to the eight victors. Consider
that two of them won by scores of
3 up. four by scores of s up and two
by up. Those who showed the great
est margin of victory are paired for
the second round. The next two are
grouped together. and SO on.
Similar tactics are applied to the
eight players vanquished in the open
ng skirmish. There will be four vic
ors in these two groups in the sec
ond round In the third round the
light winners-half of whom had
been beaten in their initial match
ire again thrown together, while the |
Eight losers are paired off. The same
system holds sway in the fourth or |
inal round. !
How do they know who captures
golfer who won the largest number
# holes out of the seventytwo play
ID in all four of his matches is HAND
d the silver Suppose the club cham
lion defeated his first opponent up.
nd to do 1t he took eleven out of
he eighteen holes played. The next
ime around he won twelve of the |
Eighteen holes. the third time, ten,
nd on the final tour seven. He has
grand total of forty holes to his
redit. His nearest contender may !,
how a count of thirty-nine. That
nan is the runner-up.
Our system is aimed to strike the
luch sought medium between fluke
ictories and well earned triumphs."
aid Chief Pastimer Jones. 1T gives
he good golfer another chance. The
ian who has an off day is not elm
lated, but can continue to play with
ONE prospect of annexing the
rophy."
Morven Thompson. who recently re-
gned as chairman OF the golf COM
littee of the Chevy Chase Club. is
O longer captain of the club golf
cam, his resignation including this
flee.
Mr. Thompson is one of the best {
nown golfers in this section. having
cid numerous offices in the past ten
ears and done much for the ad- {
lncement of the sport. Besides lead
IL the Chevy Chase club team for
lie past four or five years. he held
lie Office of chairman of the golf
,mmittee and had charge of the tour