The sun., 1916-01-31
By JOHN q. ANDERSON.

seems that one OF my duties at a golf
club the coming year will be to help
make out "A schedule of events. Every |
golfer has some pet kind OF a tourna-
inent and happened upon one the other
night well versed In all kinds OF play. |
The tournament which he liked the best
is not altogether new of course but may
be so to several clubs.
Suppose four ball match Is to be held
on the Saturday or holiday. In the or
dinary matches where three-eighths of
the usual handlcaps are taken or where
as Is usual the handicaps meted out
cannot be over Ave strokes more than
that Of the lowest handicapped player
there is always difficulty getting the
right partner, and in the hope of doing
well players match up after careful
Thought Pairing satisfactorily is diff
cult. II. however. an event could be ar
ranged 20 that any golfer could play
with any other and the handicap basis
could be arranged with perfect fairness
then the chances for very pleasant
afternoon would be considerably aided
the one or two handicap man playing
with the twenty-five or twenty-six man
and having the same chance of finishing
first as any other two.
The scheme would be somewhat after
this fashion. Three-quarters of the mans
handicap would be given him in tie
tournament he would go out on the links
with "A handicap at certain holes where
he might take OF "A stroke or more and
the better net score OF the pair would
go down on the card in "A separate cot
umn. II the handicaps were OF the
proper value then there would he a
chance on every hole for all four men
in the four ball match. and in fact for
every one in the tournament to start
afresh. 20 far as each hole was con-
cerned. with equal chances.
The prizes should be for two or three
low nets: there liz no need in such an
event for gross prize.
A good advantage or this scheme
would be that "a player would not nnd
II necessary 10 have partner engaged
a day OF two beforehand he could ar
rive at the clubhouse Oh the day IN
question and pick up any partner whom
he could. and both know that they had
an equal chance against the heid'
II is almost an exploded notion that
II takes much longer for a four bail
match to go around the course than FOR
A single. n six minute start IA given
at the first tee there seldom needs to
he "a wait. and II ts possible for forty
TO get away in an hour. II the ninth
tee is near the clubhouse Il would he
good idea TO start the four ball inatches
from there for the first hour and let the
eingl. matches those players Nho were
not in the tournament, start from me
first tee, sandwiching in four nan
match between. even two singles. or else
pernit,ing two singles and then one
four bail. the latter being IN" best wa!
OF handling the situation
The crowded nature of The courses on
SATURDAYS and holidays must be taken
care of somehow. and this proposition
seems ~ MI the bill as 'leverly as any
other.
The event, besides Offering tourna-
m.nt which would appeal to All, has the
additional charm OF permitting men 10
become more acquainted Win other cru"
members r. make this more or .cSs
o, an assured fact and for a change the
names OF the golfers might be p'icen W
a hat and drawn 10y the "addN master
81 ,,lorcd at the hrs. tee. and then IN"
golfers could perAaps become better
known To- each other. ] submit thls as
a method worthy Of a trial IN the Sprihs
when new members are Ia" kc"ncS ="
get out on the links and to whom su"n
a get acquainted scheme wouid u" "'
value. The club ~ whole. II "on'n
apuaar to them, was trying to pun INC
friendship idea IN golf 'o IN" fore WheT"
Of course il riGhtfully belongs.
Anent the new amateur rule, Dr L.
y pcwhurSt. an authority on tennis
srcalls with clearness and 10 the point
Via is fully aware OF the golf as well
as rho tennis situation when he writes .
'SJ,he sudylcu wave OF rcmOrse or what
over We may call u ON this amateur SUI
iect has Indications that " may 20 To"
, far and inhi't grieNouS "r"hE on
many players of national reputation VII"
hay. taken up business OF whlrh
spotinG goods are n principal Inc. ~"
question arises on the subject "t cdpl-
tal,zinr IN. athletic reputation of a
plaNer. With all due Difference TO Tie
gentlemen who are ltudanlN workIuc
fnr the rleancst in sports tuc writer
maintains that it IS practically impo"
sibl. for any great athlete to help doug
So. II is done for him in this great ma
tiou Of hero worshippcrs 10y the general
public.
AN things being equal. Il" Viii e.
! the appolntmcIt or III" "olumumtN stand
| ing not entirely on his own actual per
sonality hut many times inor" because
he was the winner ~ n big event Thls
| fact gives iim an uudouht"d mn. hul
Inc athletic associations say thnt H. shat
no, use this pull. which, by tho way. h'
did not strive for and which WAS wished
on him by his admirers IN TN" depart,
nent OF sports to which h" belongs
"profsssionals were separated IRON
the amateurs years ago, FIRST N IN" nliH'
ring for two reasons one iAat thcN
were invariably inferior socially To th'
amateur and the other that by reason
OF their making the game means o'
! livelihood they we're more likely to he
better, harder and less scrupulous fgii'
ers than their gentlemen competitors