The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-03
Oswald Kirby and Others Will Take Part In Metropolitan
 Tourney at Bro0klaIvn.
By THE LINK SHAN.

IS III readiness Tor the opening or tHe ] biggest golfing tournament to be held l in this section this season-the me l tropolitan amateur championships.
 The tournament is scheduled to | start over the course of the Brook 1 lawn Country Club at Brooklawn to- | morrow morning. With a majority of the players already in town and others coming in today indications pointed to the presence of all par ticipants here by nightfall. The | wiser competitors, having been in formed of the numerous changes made at the course, planned on pr&c
 tcing over it this afternoon.
 Oswald Kirby, the metropolitan amateur champion, who will bs called upon to defend his champion ship, is expected here some time this afternoon. MT. Kirby will play a couple of rounds to get himself into proper condition for the qualifying
 round that will bring 'out the flower
 of golf talent in this section.
 Today the committee In charge of
 the tournament was busily engaged making preparations for members ot the press, who will cover the affair. It is estimated that more than 20 golf experts from New York city and
 adjacent cities will be on hand to
 daily report the doings of the players.
 The fact that the Brooklawn Club
 is but a short distance from New
 York and within comfortable reach it being only 63 miles from the me tropolis or only one and half hour ride from Broadway-is expected to bring out a record breaking attend ance. Surely, all the local golf en- thusiasts have announced their in tentions of being on hand.
 The club can best be reached by any Stratfield avenue car-it is only a 10-minute ride from Fairfield ave nue and Main street. The course can also be conveniently reached by use of the jitneys. Automobiles, belong ing to memb bers of the popular club, | will meet all contestants upon their arrival at the railroad station here today.
 About two years ago a new club house was built at Brooklawn, with a commodious locker room and sleep | ing quarters. The course itself meas ] ures close to 6,300 yards, and is laid out on rolling ground, with plenty of hills and dales by way of variety. The putting greens are the equal of any hereabout and the distance of liiS ilOlGS dIe SOOd. ilSl til . pAtIIty of natural hazards, and the layout is
 bisected by a brook, so that at sev- eral holes water is encountered. For instance at the seventh hole it is necessary to pitch over a stream, not of great width, but enough to make it a mental hazard. The drive , at the eighth is over the river as well as the ninth and tenth.
 After that water is not encountered again until the fifteenth, where it is necessary to pitch 110 yards over a pond. The fourth and seventh on the outward journey are the long holes, the fourth being 500 yards and the seventh $50 yards. The 580 yard eleventh is the lFagest on the course. George F. Sparling is the profes sional.
 Golfers hereabout who have no club affiliations might do worse than take advantage of the opportunities presented by the Milburn Country Club at Baldwin, L. I. At that or ganization no initiation fee is charged
 to applicants, while the yearly dues for full membership are $100. Mem bership blanks are obtainable at the club, and applications may be filed W1lIl lIie StcItldIy- Jootpil IleiI Freeport, l.. I. Ted Galligan, form erly with the Marine and Field Club,
 Is the professional there.
 Miss GIenna CoIlett, the fifteen year-o1d Providence girl who is ex-
 pected to create havoc in golf circles this season, is playing a strong game at the present time. She and her
 partner recently won the open mixed foursome tpurnament at the Wan
 namoisett Country Club, Providence, R. I.
 H. Y. Barrow of Union County and William Cochran of KniclSerbocker
 have been appointed on the executive
 com n1ittee of the New Jersey State
 Golf Association. The committee now
 consists of nine names, including Ma
 than s. Schroeder, the president; E.
 P. Holden, Jr., the secretary-treas-
 urer; F. c. Reynolds, John T. Kelley,
 F. H. Thomas Charles P. Eddy and
 William Watson.
 Mrs Gourley Dunn-webb, the wo- man professional who had charge of
 the Hotel Huntington golf course
 during the past season, has been re- engaged for another year. It is ex- pected that by next winter the hotel will have an eighteen hole course in stead of a nine hole layout.
 Bringing up the discussion again about the proper odds that a first
 class woman player should receive from a f1rst-class man player the re-
 cent test made in England in a match play bo,ween two teams will prove interesting.
 
 There were ten men and like number of women players, the best that could be secured in England, and they were pitted against each other in singles and four-ball match es. The only handicap was that the women players were permitted to
 drive off the short tees, while the men used the back tees. The women golfers won by 1 up.
 Arthur Peterson, who recently re- turned from England, saw the match