The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-01

, dendum can be read the following of a
Mr.. Falconer. one Of the best players OF
his day: Mr. Falconer delighted much
In the game of goff and was such an
adept in it that he could play from
of the tee at full stroke twelve sue
cessive balls and lay every one of them
within the space of two or three, clubs
from one another He had perhaps "A
| greater collection Of goff clubs than any
person ever possessed they amounted TO
several hundred"
We will grant that this Mr. Falconer
was champion collector, but his full
shots from the tee with such accuracy is
Just bit too much; maybe he did. but
no one has ever done so since.
The first real tournaments began with
the Edinburgh silver club, prize
donated by the city and played for
| annually more than hundred and fifty
years Other noted events in the calm
or golf are the St Andrews. King Will
lam ". medal and the oliver cross.
! The ST. Andrews gold medal played
| for from 1906 to 1886. with the featheries
! OF course. produced but one winning
score under 100. while an IS by George
/ Glen!e, playing for the King William
medal remained as low score for q full
J twenty-nine years from 1885 to 1884,
4 and in the silver cross contest over a
period lasting from 1896 TO 1899 but one
score was registered under so
! The scoring has been vastly different
: In the contests for these medals and
I trophies in this century. the rubber Cored
ball being the principal reason. Other
/ tournaments OF note abroad are the con-
tests for the St Georges vase and the
medal event at Westward Ho.
Need Standard Contests.
These season and yearly events at
tract the best players in the realm and
add attractiveness to the pleasure OF
( the players and readers OF the sport.
In our own land We have too few of
these standard cotnests. The Lesley
cup is for team matches and the play
is the most interesting OF the year; the
Lynnewood Hall trophy takes first rank,
we should judge. so far as the amateur
invitation tournaments are concerned.
and the Herbert Jacques Memorial
trophy which will be played for as a
seventytwo hole medal play event,
ought soon to rank at or near the ton
This will be played over the links of
the Country Club. Brookllne. In the
middle and far West there are few
events OF this nature which attract in
terest from year to year eve are not
speaking of championships) and the
same IS true In the East with the excep-
ton of the Philadelphia section.
Two things stand out to make such
an event matter of great Importance
The donor Is a prominent man or the
cup is costly. Naturally the first situa-
ton is the more pleasing. but both
draw the best entrants Attention Is
being paid TO this feature in the metro
politan division of golfers and this will
see one or two new trophies presented
which will far surpass in value and
combined prominence any prize attrac-
lions yet offered.
The starting OF new courses abroad
In the olden days brings little reaction
even TO the student OF golhng history,
but the records OF the clubs AFFORD some
~ satisfaction even II they do treat more
often OF what was spent for retreshment
than Of the scores made on the links.
Suffice to say they sprang into being
with rapidity. especially In Scotland,
whose golfers held tight hold on the
game till about the middle OF the last
century. There were a few courses I'm
England fairly well patronized. and one,
Blackheath, even claimed TO be founded
in 1908, a statement which seems to
have been amply disproved through the
utter lack OF proof for the assertion.