The sun., 1919-10-15
|QUAKERS PROPOSE
NEW LINKS CONTEST
Philadelphia Golfers Want to
Meet New York in Mixed
Team Matches.
by INNS BROWN.

Matching up new schemes for golf COM
to run the local season has already been
a highly active one, and few indeed have
been the weeks wherein local players did
not have some kind of tournament tar
gets at which to shoot. However. from
Philadelphia comes an idea that may
add yet another interesting event to the
local season before the old kits are
packed UP for shipment to Southern
chimes, or possibly for the coming of the
1920 season.
Philadelphia link luminants would join
battle with New York in a new line of
competition. Having entered it's stars
to compete with local players In the ma
tional amateur, the Lesley cup matches,
the Womens Eastern and the Women's
national championship. the Quaker City
now expresses desire to arrange mixed
team matches. The proposition is to Sc
lect teams of ten players. five women
and five men. Singles with women pitted
against women and men matched against
women are to be supplemented by mixed
foursomes
matches have been made. However,
several Philadelphia players, both men
and women, have talked the proposition
over and are enthusiastically In favor
of such a competition. The plan has
even been considered to the extent Of
naming tentative days for play. It Is
| suggested that the singles be played on
some New York course on October rs
and that the doubles be played In Phila-
delphia one week later.
Quakers Loom Strong.
In considering the field from which
their team would be drawn the Phila-
delphians toll of a considerable list of
high class players. They can select
their masculine forces from such an ar
ray as Wood Plat, George Hoffner, Max
Marston, Pat Grant. Norman Maxwell,
Paul Tewkesbury. Sidney Sherwood.
Jimmy Gay and Francis Kemble. Their
list of women stars includes Mrs r. II.
Barlow, Mrs. c. II. Vanderbeck. Miss
Mildred Caverley. Miss Eleanor Chand-
lcr. Mrs. @. H. Stetson, Mrs. Caleb Fox
and Mrs. H C. Smith,
This Is quite a. formidable array.
However, New York has n capable list
from which to select Marshalling the
male forces of the home district there
4
f. Sawyer, Gardiner White, John G.
Anderson. Jess w. Sweetser, G. L. Con-
| ley. Eddie NJ. Wild. A L. Walker, Jr.,
Sam J. Graham and others The female
array would include such players as Mrs
w. A. Gavin, Miss Marion Hollins, Mrs
F. E Du Bots. Mrs. Quentin Fe!tner
Mrs G. NJ Hechscher. Miss Beatrice
Lounsbery. Miss Rosamond Sherwood
and others.
| T,,o m, ,loaa,,A,.s. -. - -
| for the combat. The dates selected ma,
be changed for others more suitable II
such a move seems advisable. All that
is needed to put the contest through now
is for local authorities to take the matter
in hand and answer the challenge from
the Quakers
| Thursday. October 20, has been named
as the date for the fall tournament OF
the University Club Golf Association
On that date the golfing element Of the
club Is expected to turn out In force for
this thirty-six hole struggle on the links
of P ping Rock and the Nassau Country
Club. The plan is to send away one-half
| of the field on each course in the fore
noon for eighteen holes of play. In the
afternoon the two halves will change
courses, giving all players eighteen holes
on each course.
| A liberal list Of prizes is offered for
the contest. The best gross thirty-siS
holes will draw a prize. as will the pest
gross eighteen. In addition to these the
best three net scores for the full route
W Il draw prizes. o. E Caesar. rs Mas
sau street. is handling entries for the
tournament and requests that all entries
be forwarded as promptly us possible
Players may select their own playing
partners or will be furnished with them
IL they desire.
Greenwich Tourney Starts
The invitation tournament of thu
Greenwich Country Club starts to-mor
row with the playing of an eighteeI
hole qualifying round. 1t Is expected
that a number OF the topnotch player
of the district will participate in Till
tournament The home club will nav
full representation. including Sam J
Graham. C. f. Van Week. Jr.. II. ID
Topping, A E. Ranney and others Wit
nave been prominent in tournament pia!
throughout the season.
Considering the very fine work he ha
done In recent tournaments Sam Graham
should prove a very hard man to bea
In this event He was a finalist in Doti
the Nassau and Piping Rock tourna
ments and Is playing fine golf at pres
ent In addition to being a master a
the short game. he is a fine match play
err Unless he runs afoul of some en-
trant who gathers big HANDICAP
through exceedingly long driving. tn
home club star ir very likely to battl
his way triumph through this jous
on his own playg ,und.
Eddie Styles OF Old York Road Coun
try Club. Philadelphia finished runner
up to Marshall Whitlatch Of Washing
ton In the two days seventy-two hol
medal play at Chevy Chase Countr
Club for the District OF Columbia cham
pionship, which was concluded Satur
day. whitlach, who once wrote an ar
ticle on his belief OF the superiority o
muscle TO mind in golf. gave practica
demonstration of his theory by turnin
, in a score OF sos. Styles's score wa
sl2. The De Seba-Raybun Cup. embler
Of this championship, will be retaine
by the Columbia Country Club unit
won by a member OF another organiza
ton.