New-York tribune., 1919-03-29
Team Captains for Dis
tricts Expected to Aid
Holding of Matches

The Women's Metropolitan Golf AS
sociation is making extensive prepara-
tions for most active season. Spe-
cial interest is added by the fact that
the women's Eastern championship and
the inter-city team matches for the
Griscom Cup are TO be played in the
Metropolitan district this year, June
26 at the Apawamis Club the first two
days being devoted to the Eastern
championship at medal play and the
last three days to the team matches
between New York, Boston and Phila-
delphia.
Six Team Matches
As the time in which to prepare for
these big events il limited, the Metro
poiltan women realize the necessity Of
getting busy during the month OF May,
and therefore they have arranged six
team matches and four one day tourna-
ments to be played in May. As mum
Der of the clubs in this association are
located in New Jersey. the women have
divided their organization into four
districts. North and South Jersey,
Westminster and Long Island A team
captain has been appointed for each
district, and while il Will be their
duty to pick their respective teams.
1t is equally important for them to
Know from what they are to make their
selections. 1t is. therefore, the re
quest of tho officers Of the associa-
ton mat the golting women in the vari-
GUS dlStrIcts communicate with their
respective captains. so that it can bc
decided at an carly date whether tho
teams Will consist Of ten or fifteen n
side q
The respective team captains are
Mrs. Leslie ketcham. Of the Dunwood;o
.iub, Wcstchcster, captain: Mre
Philip boyer, Of the Piping Rock Club
long Island, captain. Miss violet
Miller Of tho Baltusrol Club. South
'rrHrY captain. md Mra. T Nelson.
OF the jlackcnsack Club. North Jersey
captain. Each tenn captain ia expected
10 MAKE an intelligent report regarding
hct tenn by the middle Of April. whom
1t viii be decided how many plavcrs
VIII compoec team and cxacilv where
eoch team match viii ba played The
only two thus FAR settled are May &.
North Jersey Va. South Jersey. at
Englewood, and May -, Wcstchestcr
ys. South Jersey, at Scarsdac. The
Tour matches yet TO be settled are
Nay &. Westchoetcr ~ Long Island
May j., Long Island VS.. North Jersey,
and May 20, Wostchestcr vs. North
N'f' anu ')outn JtI5ey VS.. Long
Island.
Three of the one-day tournaments
that have already been decided upon
arc: Mny 3, ut the Essex County Coun-
try Club, May 15 At the Dunwoodie
Country Club, md May 2s, Mt tho Hack.
cnsnck Golf club The enc attn in
doubt is May %, at the Montclair Golf
Club.
June Busy Month
June is the busiest month Of the
yenr, for after the Eastern champion
ship and intercity matches ut Apa-
wants, juno 90. the Womcn's Metro
politan Golf Association championship
will be played june 0, 10, II. II and i3
at the Arcola Country Club, followed
by one-day team matches June Is at
Baltusrol, June 30 at Glen Ridge and
June "a at Scarsdale
1t is expected that this system of
district team matches will bring out
the full strength of the metropolitan
district, which will enable the associa-
ton to select its strongest representa-
tive team to compete with the Philadcl-
pha and Boston women.
At meeting of the governors of the
Rockaway Hunting Club, held Wednes-
day evening, March 81, officers to serve
for another year were elected as fol-
lows: William A. Hagard, president;
II. Hobart Porter, vice-president;
Origen S. Seymour, secretary, and
Arthur W. Pearce, treasurer