New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-04
Annual Spring Tournament
of Country Club Attracts
Big Entry-Marston and
Lewis Missing.
By FRED HAWTHORNE

tournament Of the Country Club be-
gins. with the qualifying round at
eighteen holes, medal play. Provision
has been made for five sixteens, and
the first and second rounds of match
play will take place tomorrow, with
tho third and final rounds on Satur-
day, all matches TO consist OF eighteen
holes. In addition, there will be the
regular eighteen holes medal play
handicap affair on Saturday, with all
except semi-fnalists and fnalists ell
gible TO compete.
Il was reported yesterday that Max
Marston and Reginald NJ. Lewis, two
of the strongest of the metropolitan
district PLAYERS. would not compete,
but it is believed that at the last min
ute the names of several well known
New Workers will be found on the en-
/ try list. Philadelphia is certain 70
send strong delegation 10 the links
| by the sea. including Sidney h. Shar-
wood, winner Of the Lakewood tour
nament last week. and Waldo VI. Paul,
OF Mecklenburg. runner-up. Percy W.
Kendall. the long driver from Deal,
also will measure strength with the
rest Of the field.
A week from to-day the golfers Of
this district will begin TO bestir them
selves in earnest, when the tourna
ment Of the Ardsley Club, at Ardsley-
on-Hudson, has its start, in what will
really be the curtain raiser for tour
nament play in the metropolitan dis
trict.
Arson F. Robinson, chairman OF the
/ tournament committee, was busy
man yesterday, receiving entries for
| the tourney all day Mt his office. Al
though a full week still intervenes be-
fore the tournament begins, Mr.. Rob-
inson yesterday received the entries
of John G.. Anderson, runner-up for
the national amateur title last year;
Archie NJ Reid, Of St. Andrews; Henry
J. Topping, of Greenwich; Hamilton
X. Kerr. Of Equinox; Chisolm Beach,
of Fox Hills; c. V. Benton, OF st. An
drews; Limo W. Pomares, Of Hacken-
sack. holder Of the record Of GO for
his home course, and ARENAS Holmes,
Of Wee Burn.
The above are some OF the outsiders
who have accepted the invitation Of
the Ardsley Club, but the home con
tingent bristles with class, and it
would not be surprising TO see the
Ardsley colors come home ahead OF
the rest Of the field before the week
Is out
George T. Brokaw. Roswell F. Mundy,
Merrill X. Waters, Sherburne Prescott,
T. II. McAdoo, s. Clifton Mabon, Cor
nelius Smith, jr., and John T. Adams,
representing the Hudson River Club,
will be among the contenders.
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summer greens would be put in play
on Saturday, the winter greens having
been used until now. The courtesy OF
the clubhouse and course will be eN-
tended for one week % all the en-
trants.
In addition to its many other points
Of excellence the Ardsley course also
will conform 20 the modern standard
as regards length. The long tees will
be used during the tournament, max
ing the total playing distance a matter
of $500 yards. The turf according TO
Mr.. Robinson. is in perfect condition,
which presages some fine performance
during the three days Of play.
Arrangements have been made for
qualifying five sixteens, and the play
ers may start as early as S o'clock on
/ Thursday morning. The first round Of
match play will be held on Friday
morning and the second in the after
noon. The third and final rounds will
take place on Saturday. On the latter
day, too, there will be an i8-hole
/ handicap, medal play event. open 70 all
! but the fnalists. There will be gold
medals for low qualifying score on
/ Thursday and on Saturday.
The trip 20 Ardsley is easily made
by trains leaving the Grand Central
/ Terminal at frequent intervals, the
/ visitors being deposited right at the
| door OF the locker room in 80 minutes
/ from the time they leave the city. Fine
macadam roads for Automobiles also
/ lead 10 the course, fifty minutes being
ample time in which to make the trip
I in comfort.
/ As a means Of insuring the high
/ quality Of the entry, the Ardsley Club
/ has confined itself to individual invita-
tions, whereby only the best of the
| players from each club are secured.
/ The links of the Hackensack Golf
/ Club are going to be trampled by many
/ feet this season, the latest organiza-
| ton 70 announce q tournament there
| being the New York Paper Trade Golf
Association, which will hold its annual
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on Tuesday and Wednesday, May %
and "a A varied programme has been
arranged by the committee in charge
and a large entry is expected. William
I c. Ridgway, secretary of the commit
tee, will accept entries at Al Park Row,
up to May IS.
The Monmouth County Country Club,
situated at Atlantic Highlands, n. j.,
Is one of the latest Ravens for the
golfer who finds il difficult TO connect
with a stamping ground in the neigh
| borhood Of New York and the suburbs.
1t will be possible for the members
Of the new club to make the trip down
the Bay. by fast steamers, TO the pier
at Atlantic Highlands, from where
/ bus line runs direct to the links, a
mile from the town. The course has
been laid out under the supervision OF
experts and full advantage has been
taken of the natural contour or the
land, hazards and so forth. The soil
is Of excellent quality and eighteen
full sized greens have been laid, al
Of which should be in commission by
the first of June.
A modern two story Locker house,
with shower baths, rooms and two
hundred lockers, has been built, and
the clubhouse has been placed in frst
class condition. A former steward Of
the Country Club of Lakewood has
been engaged TO look after the COM
fort Of the members. L. Is. Hump
stone, II Broadway, Is the secretary.
Club secretaries of all orgsnizations
belonging 10 the New Jersey State
Golf Association received the an
nouncement Of the conditions under
which the seventeenth annual tourna-
ment for the state golf championship
III l. rinrnL N thn links Of the