The sun., 1919-06-16
FOX HILLS TOURNEY
NEXT ON PROGRAM
Activities in GOlfing Circles
Quiet Down After Cham
pionship Jousts.
BY INNS BROWN.

Eoi lhe fdSt teH udyS OF TWO Weohs
golfers hereabout have revelled in sport
Of championship speed so constantly that
the programme for the immediate future
Is going to appear at first glimpse a
rather colorless affair. What with the
Metropolitan Amateur women's Cast
ern. Women's Metropolitan. all played on
courses near at hand, and the National
Open, in which many local entries par
ticipated at Brae Burn. anything short
of championship class must appeal as an
anti-climax
However, on closer inspection. the
prospects are not exactly commonplace
by quite a few parasangs. For instance
there is the Fox Hills open invitation af-
fair to start on Thursday, June 10, which
should provide a rather lively brand of
competition. To-day at Englewood news
paper golfers get off for the first half
of their seventy-two holes medal play
contest. the second half to follow one
week later.
Among women golfers two one day
tournaments are on the card for the
week. On Wednesday the fair sex will
gather at Baltusrol for a days frolic
Glen Ridge for another day of sport.
Juniors to Compete.
Following shortly on the close Of the
Fox Hills tournament comes the sixth
annual Junior Championships at ST.
wanoy. This event Is open to all young
sters below the age of 20 years who are
members or who have playing privileges
! at clubs belonging to the Metropolitan
Golf Association. During the five sea-
sons In which 1t has been played this
tournament has brought out some high
class golf. Phil Carter, with three sue
| cessive victories in 1913, 1914 and 1915.
has been the most prominent figure to
participate. This season the tournament
| Is expected to bring to the front quite a
| few talented youngsters. due to figure in
more extensive and pretentious circles
within the next few years
The qualifying round will be at eigh-
! teen holes and will be played Tuesday,
June "a, in the morning. In the after
! noon comes the first round of match
play for the championship. as we'll as
the second round for the second, third,
fourth and fifth Fights. The second and
| Anal rounds for all flights will be played
| on Wednesday. Entries must be made
| by club secretaries or parents and must
reach Secretary A. Fl. Pogson of the
NJ. G. A, As Nassau street, not later
| than Friday, June 20. Entries should
| be accompanied by the entrants five best
| scores and par for his home course.
1t is quite possible that Capt. w. c.
Fownes, Jr., OF the United States golf
team which will meet the Canadian team
at Hamilton. Ontario, on July rs will
\ have to revise his selection of golfers
| to compose the team. Included In the
selection announced is Francis Ouimet.
But at the recent open tourna-
ment at Brae Burn the Brookline star
said 1t was extremely doubtful whether
or not he would be able to go. In fact
his friends doubt very much whether he
| will make the trip.
| Incidentally there are more explana-
tons Of Ouimet's failure to make a more
impressive showing in the Brae Burn
contest. Ned Daley, a close friend OF
Ouimet and a frequent companion In
| friendly matches, attributes his downfall
to the aftermath of a very serious attack
OF influenza, to which Ouimet fell a VIC
! tim while in the army.
Daley says that for several days
Francis was a very sick man, danger
ously sick. and he does not believe that
| OF this attack by any means. Then. too
he adds Ouimet has business response
bilities and other cares that tend to dis
turb the absolute composure which has
characterized his play in the past The
theory is thoroughly plausible. at any
rate.