New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-23
Annual Spring Tournament
of the Association To
Be Held at Essex.

This is the day when real estate
men close up their Offices, or leave
them in charge Of the paid help, and
HE themselves TO the links OF the
Essex County Country Club, at West
Orange. y. j.. where the annual spring
tournament Of the Real Estate Boarp
~ New York takes place. IL VIII
mark the sixth time that the men VINO
deal in houses and lots have got TO-
cether 10 settle their differences on
the links, and keen competition IS eA-
pected
All contests will be at medal play,
with prizes for the best gross, pest
net. best gross selected and best net
selected in A and B classes. Play
will be both morning and afternoon
Delaware. Iackawauna & western
Railroad trains, from Hoboken, VIII
convey the clans TO the Orange sta
ton. where buses meet the visitors.
II was reported last night that the
handicap list Of the Philadelphia COLI
Association, just out, shows a starting
situation. from the Philadelphia view
point. Not until well down in the list
does the name Of player from the
Quaker City appear, golfers from our
own metropolitan district leading the
crowd. Maxwell r. Marston, OF Bal
tusrol. stands at two strokes, with W.
c. Fownes and +. NJ. Byers, OF PITTS
burgh, placed at three. Only Tor the
fact that players like Jerry Iravers
and Kirkby are not affiliated with any
Philadelphia clubs, prevents anyDody
being on the scratch mark. Inc hrsI
player from Philly TO show on the ils'
is bracketed in the four-stroke dIVl-
sion.
We have made an important discov-
cry! Pembroke A. Vale, who gave ne
Soul Of Golf" 20 the world, is father Oh
the trick" putter used by Gardner W.
White at Garden City last week. Inc
New Zealander confessed as much TO US
last week after White had finished his
final round match with Henry j. Top
ping, of Greenwich.
at is not entirely my invention, you
know" said p. A., although it is the
first time the idea has ever been EN-
bodied in golf club. The club Is a
Ted Ray head married TO Vale neck,
and ! believe it will prove TO be the
greatest thing for putting that was
ever QleCONtIeQ. TOT scNeIdl years L
have admired the Ray head, but it was
only recently that | thought OF com
bining 1t with my neck, as you might
say"
The putter slightly resembles hook
in appearance, and in addition has
tendency TO impart very slight hook
to the ball. White is certain that once
he has mastered the putter's peculiari-
ties 1t Will produce great things on the
putting green. As il was, he had 10
show the club a dozen times at Garden
City to inquiring golfers who had heard
OF Wales latest creation.
Walter J. Travis was illustrating, by
personal example, 10 a group of re-
spectful Onlookers the best way TO &c,
cut of deep sand trap at the home
hole at Garden City, just after he had
turned IN the low score on qualifying
day. After he had lifted the ball out
4 the sand once or twice, an excited
photographer rushed up and asked the
dean OF American amateur golfers If
e would pose for an action picture in
the trap.
Having his picture taken was shorn
OF its novelty years ago for the "old
master" and he smiled grimly and re-
marked: "You had better get the pict-