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The sun., 1916-01-28
HAUGHTON CUNNING
ALSO AT RACQUETS
Harvard Coach Wins With Cut
Ter in National Champion
ship Match.
EVEN on LUCKY BREAKS

sosroN, Mass. Jan. 27.-With the ma
,o,a, racoue,s double title at stake
NAV began to-day in the championship
,,u,narcrt a, the Tennis and Racquet
,-Iue Only one match was decided. the
.,,u,nss rutting T.. II. Haughton and
u cutler against y. W. Cabot and
, wendell. Jr, in the first round. 1t
,osulted in a 4 to . victory for the
,o.mer pair. -Four matches Will be
,,ayed In the second round tomorrow.
~se contestants to-day were all former
,,otball or baseball men and they found
,bs game Of racuueis was about the
Ms,es, snort they ever indulged in.
-hey are all experienced racquet play
80 and Haughton has been joint
holder Of the title before.
Hsughton and Cutler were plainly
,hs superiors Of Cabot and Wendell.
Luoky breaks were about evenly divided.
M former pair taking the match
,a-oush superior service and greater
accuracy In placing their shots. The
Harvard football coach and baseball
mssnate scored quite a few points for
M eide on shots just above the board
.,s. we're incapable of returns and to
!
gem that they were due to luck rather
han skill
Each side made the same number of
w.ssed shots The combined services of
he winning team gave them 20 aces
snd they scored l3 aces on placed shots
Their opponents scored on l9 service
sces and II placement drives.
cabot and Wendell were at their best
n the nth fame, when the score was 2
games 70 against them. The partners
appeared fun of vim and they got their
ervice going in fine style. The pace
vas too fast for them. however. and
although they took the game they did
not have enough left to put up a good
h'tle in the sixth. when they made
e'eh: misses The summary:
National Racquets Doubles champion
s.'p First Round-Fercy II Haughton ant
J cutler, Boston, defeated y ". Cabo
and II Wendell. Jr, Boston, l5--1. lis
Is. ii--I. til. Is
The sun., 1916-01-28
COLUMBIA CLUB AT
BOTTOM OF LEAGUE
Beaten by PrincctOn-Squasll
Combination, + to 3-Only
One Close Match.
MAHAN NOSES OFT STERN

The Columbia University club squash
tennis team settled in last place In the
Metropolitan Glass A League yesterday
when II was beaten ny the Princeton
Squash combination on the COLUMBIA
courts In postponed series. matches
to g. The winners clinched third pace
IN the four team league with matches
won and as many lost Columbia was
victorious only once during the season.
Harvard and Heights Casino are tied Tor
the championship honors. but 1t is likely
that the teams will play off for the
title when a date can he arranged.
Only six matches were actually played
az O. he Gray Vanderbilt defaulted to
Frederick = Keeler OF the to,umbia
club and OF the half dozen only one
went to three games. Lyle f.. Mahan,
Columbia player. was victor In the only
extra game match. He vanuuished h.
G. stern Of the visiting team at l5-G
l2--l5, is. A. w. Riley, the star
Il the visiting squad showed the pretu-
est squash of tho day in beating II. n.
Bulkley At 15-o. ls--l7. He was in
vincible IN the frst game hut let up for
n while In the second and barely nosed
out the Columbia PLAYER. w. II. wander
poel the only Squash Club man on the
visiting combination. lost to NJ. l.. Cor
nell at l5--l2. I'LL. The summaries :
\ W. Riley. Princeton Club. defeated II
n Buckley. Columbia club, l5--O. lN-lI;
John Taylor. Princeton club. defeated Il.
r Wtghsm. Columbia Gun, l5-s, Is
NJ l.. Cornell. Columbia club, defeated W.
II Wander Poei, squash club, l5-l?,
l5--li, Frederick = keeier Columbia club.
Won from o. DE Gray Vanderbilt. Prince
ton Club. by default II Tobey, prin' NJ on
Club. defeated u. Kei!ock. Columbia club,
l5--ll. N-li; Lyle T. Mahan. COLUMBIA
club. defeated * q Stern. Princeton club,
l5-1. i.--I5. l5--S, pr n MiNsri,
princeton club defeated A. " Wo.n CO.
lumhia cub. Isl, ID Score-i'rince
ton squash. 4 Columbia, 3 Referee and
marker-Frank Disnlvo, Columbia club
professional.
The sun., 1916-01-28
MASKED MARVEL NO
MATCH FOR STECHER
Ncbraskan Quickly Gets Two
Falls in Bout at the
Garden.
ROIGII IN PRELIMINARIES

1oc S,et1,er o' Nebraska easily dis
posed of Mort Henderson. the Masked
Marvel, IN straight falls In n catch as
catch can bout at Madison square Gar
den last night Both falls were regis
tered by body scissors and arm holds.
the first IN . minutes 80 seconds, tho
other in . minutes 81 seconds. The
Nebraskan kept the Masked Marvel on
the defensive from the first second
Henderson was lucky to keep his
shoulders off tho canvas So long az he
did. Stccher. only % years Of age. was
much the smoothest workman seen here
on the mat since Frank Gotch was in
his prime. Twist AZ he would the Mar
vel always found himself tightly en'oldsd
In a bunch OF arms and legs. Stecher
was quite as busy with all four limbs
a. an octopus possibly could be
The second fail proved easier than tho
first. only once for a moment before
the second fan did the Marvel look dan
gerous hut like "A flash Stechcr rolled
him of and I'm 4 fash had his deadly
scissors In play once more
A fair crowd Of wrestling enthusiasts
crowded the main floor aud sides of the
arena AZ the Garden last night Stccher
has heen claiming the American heavy
weight championship IN view Of the
long retirement Of Champion Gotch.
Am the visitors was stranger
Lewis The Stranger showed up with
tho intention Of taking a nler at the
$500 S'cchcr's manager Is alleged 10
have offered any man who would stay
fifteen minutes with him.
Evidently the house did not justify
such reckless gamble, for the manage
mcnt fo'cStallcd Lewis by IA public an
nouncement that Dr r. f.. Roller and
LOWS we're barred from accepting the
challenge.
The prehminarIcs were fun Of excite
mont Bull Montana was disqualified
after wrestling Young Hickenschmdt
for nftc"u minutes. Montana insisted
upon sluCglng everything M sight in
Guiding Referee Johnny Dunn Will
helm Bcrncr quit to Nous,m Husssne
after both had scored falls over the
referee. John Iar'"ll threw Serg'
Frank l."vett. L. :. A, with - scissors
and arm hold IN fifteen minutes.
In the S"mi-iinal Harold christia nsen
proteg" Of Battling Ed Tcrp. pinned
down olaf Nelson with double arm
lock IN sovcu and q half minutes
The sun., 1916-01-28
NEW ORLEANS RACING RESULTS

First Race-For two-yenr.o.ds selling
purse $500. three fgr,ones- Norumh'en,
Us ,T MGTasfarm, IT, prt. ~, to y. to- ana
|, 3 to / ana = to !, second. Gr"l,hrn h,
lis 'Keierisl, TO 20 and 20 3,
third Time. o:3S Eden PARK Fair Mary,
Iobelia. cousin Bob, P"rchanc" and Lady
second Racr-For rhrc"- -yrar-olIs; SELL
INK, purse $500, six furlong> MARY II, Ilo
,RutwelD, . to >, to : and : to 10
hrst, blue cap ~ Mott,, : to . = To =
and to 3, srconti Al Pierce, l13 'korr-
ncr,, to l. to and oven, third. Tm",
Rose Marian. shrapnel, Edna k"nna Tito,
I,oh Redncld aud Pan Handle also ran
Third itar"-- For four-y"nr-oIds ana up
ward; selling, purse 5000 six furlongs
stout Heart. ~ ,Ambrosel, { to b. to .
and TO 9, first Iim Basey, III lMet =
calfe,. 70 !. to and even, second
9 10 /, third Time, l;lG Lady London,
Dew Drop. Juliet and Throdorita also ran
Fourth Race-For four-year-olds and up.
ward; selling, purs" $500; one mile and
& TO i. to : and out, first; Dude, IA
Garner, 3 to !, 10 and to . second
Duke OF Dunbar, - KnoGh . 10 :, : 10
II, business Agent and Norus also ran
Fifth Race--For our.ycar-olds ana up
ward selling purse 500; six turlongs
and 10 ., nrst; Carl ll3 Ambrose, -
10 t. TO- and ! +" - second Miss
Fannie n, ,G' TT,"mIry,:, to L. to ana
l.ohengrin, Mars Cassidy and Ina Kay also
ran,
sixth Race -'For four,ycar-olds ANA up,
sixteenth --'Rrlan Roru no 'Eu"rsp, 20 t.
I, tn and to I, first la Mod". llo
Miargcr,, ~ t" !" J to nHl ! to :. see,
NJ. Lady Powers, Chiffon Klns and Pr,s.
| tor Lynn also ran.
The sun., 1916-01-28
GOLDBERG BEATS CARTER.

Hampeed by typical "old mans
stroke" or inability TO impart sufficient
speed. f.. & carter the veteran nona-
gerarian. fell before Ruhe Goldberg yes
,erday IN tho newspaper mems golf pool
tournament at po.les Carriers work
also was imredcd by his grizzly
nustachios and he took an Sc 10 IS for
the winner. Harry H. eastman beat
Weed Dickinson. - 20 -. and w. j
M,Betn. IN h.s cffo-ts - thr.'l the crowd
with fancy shots, slrcumoed 10 Gene
Eyrurs = % &c
Bud Fisher pi,ted rs MASKED Marvel
against Bozr'uau iiu ger. who hAd a
SCORE Of y after l. holes. vhercunon
Fisher threw "a huge sponge on the table
Ia end II all,
The sun., 1916-01-28
AMATEUR BIKERS IN LINE.
Decide to Pledge Allegiance to
>cw ErderRti0n.

Ar.r"Ir bicycle riders to the number
-. forN nv" met IN Mackays Han,
N""aIr 'ast night and agreed to give
'f.H allegiance to the Federation of
American Cyclists. which is the rev
h70F '0rm'd with the idea of taking
oa'rol ~ the sport away from the Ma
'o0al cyclists Union.
T0' meeting was called hv Alfred T
IoI'l''. president "i the cycle Racing
Mems Union, the professional orgauiza-
or that had come out previously in
.to- oi the federation, Among the
na'eIgs present were the leading riders
~ He country. aud after short talks
'"io 'ioull"r and Harold Dihblee, presi-
.'' ~ th" federation, the simon pures
fo'ei 70 stick to the new body.
IT," amateurs also decided to form
' n'ormM hody to look after their in
."r4s''. and appointed Eddie Kane oi
70" N'" York \. {. chairman of "A COM
iH'tee "f i've 70 draft a constitution,
The sun., 1916-01-28
MACK RELEASES KING KOPF.
Manager Also sends KDOwIsOn and
sherman to Baltimore.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Jan 2,,---ConnIe
Mack waved his axe to-day again and
further depleted his baseball team by re-
leasing three players 10 the Baltimore
International League cub. They are
William tKing) kOpf, his shortstop,
and Knowlson and sherman, young
pitchers, who were tried out last season,
It was generally believed that Mack
intended to use Kopf at shortstop next
season and his release comes as a greater
surprise than that Of the pitchers. al
though both had shown some promise,
The sun., 1916-01-28
FIRMIN CASSIGNOL
CHALLENGES HOPPE


what could he do against Hoppe? That
oft repeated question anent the prowess
Of Firmin Cassignol now seems in "A fair
way to be answered The Frenchman n
has challenged the champion Here :
the way he does II
New iokK. January 26. 1916.
CbdrIcS +. Miller. me BrunSTick-
BdKs .C0Nclder tOmpGEy. NctC
York CuU
DEAR SIR: herewith wish to chal-
lenge Willie Hoppe for the champion
ship of the world at the ISL or 1872
balkline style Of billiards The time
and place of holding said match. as
well as all other details. to be mu-
tua'ly agreed upon.
Enclosed please Mud check for 500
which | post as forfeit Awaiting an
early replS wish To remain, yours
very truly. FiRNIS rAssIGNOr.
Per Maurice DAILY.
Hoppe. who now ~ touring the Wes
IN company with koJI Samada. the Jap
also has been challenged hv George Sut'
ton of Chicago, whose def can he ig
uored. however. because he dictates chr
cago as the place for the match. Nam
ing the place and time is always th'
preroGative of the champion under off
,ta rules.
Hoppe j. known To have presen
preference Tor 81 Louis. where his ole
friend. Charles Peterson. has opened s
new billiard establishment containing .
large amphtheatre for match games
II l. not likely that title contest vii
be arranged with either Cassignol o.
sutton before April.
H. his practice match at Days las
might Cassignol won from We!ker Coch
ran hy score of 500 to 232 He mad
runs ~ % and s.. and averaged 33 40
co, htan ran $50 and averaged % 80.
The sun., 1916-01-28
srcrnbrrg Heads Athletic Body.

Tho executive hoard or the city col
lcSe Athletic Association met yesterday
and elected MaNimNiaU T.. Grccnhcr-,
June, Is. president. GrconherS was
y.cc-preS,dcrt Of the association last
term. and succeeds otto Tabor, who viii
hr graduated in February. NC'nr
smith. February, II, was elected vice.
president Solou Bernstein of tho same
class was elected treasurer. schwartz,
June. II, and Reich. February, Is, re-
main respectively secretary Of the hoard
and assistant treasurer
The sun., 1916-01-28
cARNOCHAN MAY NOT PLAY.
hot -, \icks Expect Victory over
Harvard Tomorrow Anyway.

TIE s.. Nicks had their final practice
as' night for tn-morrow's game with the
harvard club Of Boston in the st. Nicho-
~ k,a". tdrnochan, the star goal
N''P'f " IN" champions, may not be
Do - play against the Crimson gradu-
-'t, bat despite that the St Nlcks are
''"n1cui Of winning and keeping the
'aI IN N" Amateur Hockey League race.
II the Harvard Club wins-and Coach
"nsor looks FOR victory--the cham
LIONS =" "'l drop from the lead. The Har-
,atl 'Iuh VIII arrive in New York early
''-m"fr'" and have practice on the local
Ne surface before the game.
The sun., 1916-01-28
JERSEY CLUB TO EXTEND LINKS
ROckawny River buys Land for
Eiuhtrcm Hole Courae.

The Rockaway River Country cub,
which began work last year on a nine
hole course AT DcuyilIe, Morris count \ .
y. j., mas purcha sed the farm formerly
occupied by the Childrens Aid Society
Of New York and will have an eighteen
hole course in the future, The buildings
nn tn" newly acquired property will he
used for "A clubhouse.
The new course viii he of champions
ship lcugth, the nine holes already laid
out measuring 3,2i0 yards. The Eocka-
way River and two lakes Will he excel
lent water hazards when the new
course Is completed The officers OF
the club are; President, j. u, Bachcl-
Ter. Nicc-presdcnt. NJ, l.. lioagland
secretary, Claude u Miller treasurer
August Merg.
The sun., 1916-01-28
JOCKEY BURGER SUSPENDED.
set Down Permanent, when his
Former Mount Wins ERstl,.

NEW ORLEANS. Jan. - .-.,in key Eur.
ger ~aS suspended permanently and MS
n,sus" to ride revoked nv the stewards
90 the Fair Grounds track tbs after
noon after Stout Heart had won the
third race. Stout Heart was hott"n
twelve lengths on January II, when
Burger was suspended pending an in
voStjgat.on. With Jockey Ambrose up
to-day Stout Heart beat good sprihtrrS
by four lengths.
The action Of the stewards prevents
Burger from riding ON any racctrd.k tu
the United States. +, station. the owner
of Sttslt Heart, was notified that no
further entries would be accepted from
him
The sun., 1916-01-28
KEEPING ABREAST OF y
y THE SPORTING TREND

crew captains. to offset that means of
bringing the Columbia eight across the
line first, are perfectly free to make the
same appeal.
Messrs Meyer and Beale rush to grips
with no time wasted on preliminaries,
while days and weeks are spent trying to
arrange a Willard-M Moran bout. Youth
was ever impetuous.
If Evers is traded for Ziinme rman. the
career OF second base on Braves Field
will be just one temperament after an
other.
They call welker Cochran. billiardist.
the boy wonder, and with reason. The
playing W. Hoppe and +. Cassignol have
done against him must have made the
boy wonder.
Offers of tennis matches have been
received by the University OF Pittsburg
from Harvard, Michigan and others
Pop Warner doesn't coach the Pitt ten
mis- teams.
Michigan is the first state to pro-
hibit the hunting of game In automo-
biles" writes Peter L. Carney in the
Chicago Tribune. Hunting in auto
mobiles has been a popular form Of
amusement in several States the past
year"
Hunting in automobiles for those who
hunt in them wouldn't he so popular
Yale has won hockey victories from
the Crescents. the Massachusetts Ag-
gies Massachusetts Tech and Prince
ton in Pttsburg, but those victories
don't increase Yale's PERCENTAGE for the
hockey championships as much as .0ol.
Manager Rowland of the White SoX
IS taking a course OF exercises for re-
duclng weight at Prairie du Chen,
Wis. resort. which includes lessons In
sparring and fencing"
Just what is the weight limit In Prairie
du Chen? and IL Rowland can't n\,ke
| IL. why not move?
4 Joe Wear. now partner with George
Brooke In racquets competition. played
quarterback on Gordon Browns power
/ ful football team Of 1900. He played in
the Princeton game. in which Yale routed
the Tigers. 80 to .. or thereabout but
wasn't any too sure in mis- handling OF
| punts. and Billy Fincke was quarter in
| the Harvard game week later. Yale
! winning, IS to 0, or something near
! those figures The night before the Har-
/ ward game afforded a chance to Mike
Murphy to make one Of the best pre-
dictions known. Mike was training Yale
! then. \ group OF newspaper men asked
I him what the score would be. We'll
beat EN-. 80 to g." was the answer. and
, all of his listeners thought he was
raving.
: Garry Herrmann's letter to Fred
Toney Offering the latter $4,000 con-
tract contains .Al words and only six
sentences one sentence has ninety
three words Punctuation periods are
as scarce in Cincy as pennant periods.
The sun., 1916-01-28
Easy Nps ky
oney Guarantees
TO Win IS Games

CINCINNATI, Jan. 27.-Fred
~ Toney, star pitcher Of the
Cincinnati Reds, who is holding
out for $4,000 salary, or $4,000
more than offered by the club,
guaranteed to-day to win twenty
five or thirty games for the Reds
next season. He made this guar
antee providing the club guar
antees to score at least four runs
in each game he pitches. Toney's
proposition came in a letter to
Cincinnati newspapers.
The sun., 1916-01-28
shilling Way Br RrinstRted.

There iS a chance that carroll shilling,
at one time the leading jockey in the
country. viii be rolustatcd at tn" next
meeting Of the license committee Of tn"
Jockey Chh. The belief that this great
rider VIII be rcsIor.d To good standing
after many unsuccessful attempts i
made stronger by the fact that shilling
ALREADY has signed a contract to ride
for FoNhall \. kocue. The contract was
signed at n raso on January IA Mr.
keene Is a steward Of the Jockey club
The sun., 1916-01-28

Tommy Ke,riGan. who has been with
the Dedham Poo and Country club for
the las, three years, IL - b" the new
professional AZ the SiWanoN Country
club He will begin work in the spring
ker-igan Is one of the lead ug Young
homehreds in the country and has won
a good deal Of money In open compe-
titions during the last year or two.
The sun., 1916-01-28

piNFHURsT, y G.. Jan. @1-Th- third
team match of the Tin Whistles golf
competitions WAS played to-day, thirteen
men to side. The Reds beat the
Rlues. 20 holes tn H. making the Sc
res 10 in favor Of the Reds. In a
bogcy handicap. Il =. shannon Of Erock-
port won with I up. His handicap was
O. G. Il. Hudson Of North Fork, l.. |.
handicap 10, and e. l. Becker, Wood
land. handicap 10, tied for second, with
. nm
The sun., 1916-01-28
BOXING BOUTS LAST NIGHT.

Allie Mack and Carey Phelan made
such good fight OF it at the Harlem
Sporting Club last night that they have
been rematched to box again next Fri
day night Phelan was the more aggres-
slve, but Mack met him with left hand
jabs in the face and right hooks and had
the better OF four rounds, while the
others were about even.
The sun., 1916-01-28

roly rrep vWluShcd Hamilton In
st'tute IN a basketball gam" PLAYED ou
the NlciorS court IN Brouk'yu NosIcrdts
Tho score Was - 20 II The victorious
clan lei througNout hv only f,W
points Meudes starred Cor tho winners
and ttnu for the losers
The sun., 1916-01-28
LEACH May he Newark Manager

CHICAGO. Jan. 27,--Tommy Leach,
former Pittsburg. thicago and 'incln-
natl outfelder, is to manage team In
the International League this season,
according to a letter from him to Man
ager Tinker OF the Cubs, received to-
day. Leach did not say what team he
would pilot but 1t Is understood that
he 10 going to Newark.
The sun., 1916-01-28

commercial High School swimming
'eiin defeated Boys High School in a
u4a' meet held IN the Fourth avenue
"shs Brooklyn, Yesterday, 80 points TO
:" schmidt " Commercial was the star
The sun., 1916-01-28
Applcby Sets Class B Mark of
~. hut Clarke. Who
Clusters 63. Wins.
MOON FINALLY 4 VICTOR
STN\Ul>C or THE PLAYERS.
'l,p~inF aV"ra z"

Two runs iarger than any others seen
IN the tournamen, to date were made
last night In the national amateur class
B ls.2 balkine tournament at the
Brooklyn Billiard Academy. George T.
r. Clarke clustered 63 and two innings
later Francis :. Appleby. another New
Yofkc-. collected ~. which skaters the
class " record held ny Hal Coleman.
His one great effort. however. availed
Appcby naught. for Clarke beat him Ivy
n score of 900 to 21s.
Appleby WAS leading before Clarke
made his long sequence and recovered
the front by his own record string
Clarke then plugged away persisten'ly
getting double figures In five more IN
nings. and went on, with run OF 10
The score:
J. p. II. clarke. Sew York; T. = :
o. :, o. IL 2s,'' 90 IS, az ~
+ : Appleby,. New YORK;; 80, !, 5, 5
l. ::"'c' J. Is; q !, l. % D. Il :. O. g. 3. !
! i $3.50 High runs, -, IN ana - Ref
| eree--loseph Dalton
pair OF Brooklyni,es met In the
| afternoon George r Moon. jr. de
I
/ game of the tournament up to that stage
score 200 to 2S2 The winner got away
to poor start and trailed l,owenthal
| l4l to 20, in the twenty-sixth inning
Moon got his light stroke in workinl
order at that stage and finished Ike =
race horse. He caught l.owenthal in th'
! forty-iifth inning with the tally 23S e
23l and increased his narrow marglr
! gradually to the end
Moon averaged ) $50. wth high rum
! OF 30, % and 20. Lowcnthal traNelle6
at 50-ia pace. with runs of 81, %
and 20 The score
George u Moon. Jr. Erooklyu--a. . =,
6 q, .. :, 10. 6. H.. o.. q 20. o. 3 ., Q
! O .. :. /. l. o. 35, :, o. l., II, 10. /? q
g. o. o. /, 90. II. u. =, 8. "a. 20, I, o. :. =
! /, ?, !, :. :, i:: :? 0. ~. Totsl, 800. Aver
age, J-59. High runs o.. 20 and 80
Fred Lowenthal. Brooklyn-l q. o, :.
E, 10. l., 4. . o. 20, /, 0. 5. 0, ?. J. 2 "a
:? o. q. 4 3. q. 3. =, :, :, T. o, :, 8, II
o. ?. 10, >. !. S, /, :, q o, :, 0, !, 10. :
!. :, o. o, :. II, .. ). Total, ?s2. Average
5o-ta. High runs 81, % and -. Refere
| Joseph A. Dalton
The sun., 1916-01-28
WOMEN ASK CHANGE
IN TOURNEY DATES
Metropolitan Golfers to Re-
quest L. :. G.. A. to Hold
National in October.
WILL. DO MORE NEXT YEAR

DISSATISFACTION with tne uateS SeleCteu
for the womens national golf champion
| ship manifested itself at the annual
meeting Of the Women's Metropolitan
Golf Association at the Biltmore yes
! terday, and the association. after dis
cussiug the matter at great length, de-
c!ded to petition the United States Golf
Association to- make change in the
dates for the womens tourney. The
, dates which were selected at the meeting
in Chicago earlier in the month are Sep
/ tember II. -. IL, IA. Is and l6. and
! the Metropolitan women will ask that
! the tourney be held in the early part of
] October II was pointed out yesterday
that the September dates were clNsen
merely to suit the convenience of the
! L. :. O. \. officials, who Ike to make
one two weeks vacation from business
/ embrace both the national amateur and
/ women's Journeys, and II seemed 10 be
/ the sense OF the meeting that the desire
( of the women golfers TO have the cham
i pionShip IN October should take prece-
/ dence over the ConVencu'c Of the officers
! of the t. :. a. A. The motion to ask
/ for q change IN date was passed without
! opposition. and ii was stated that many
/ of the leading women golfers in Phila-
| delphia also are anxious that a change
/ hc made
The selection ot the Belmont Spring
/ Country club. near Boston, for the ma
4 tional tourney also was criticised rather
l freely. but II was realized that nothing
could he done to remedy that. The
women discussed the way in which Bal
D tusrol $ excellent chance to obtain the
tourney was thrown away at the Chi
, caeo meeting. and resolved that next