New-York tribune., 1920-04-27
Whitney Says America
Will Have Ten Players
Abroad at Time of Meet
By Ray Mccarthy

1t begins to appear, after all, as if
the United States would be represented
by team in the Olympic golf cham
pionship tournament. When it was
first announced that the tourney would
be held in August, Americans dismissed
it from their minds for the reason it
would be practically impossible for any
Of our golfers to go abroad at that
time. However, since the announce
ment Of the change of date from Aug
ust to the early part of July, a number
of golfers here have become Interested
Howard F. Whitney, secretary of
the United States Golf Association, re-
Gently wrote a letter to Secretary F..
". Ruben of the American Olympic
Committee, in which he stated the as
ISOLATION will have from eight to ten
golfers in Europe early in the summer.
Whitney has asked for further informa-
tion regarding the golf contests sched-
uled as part of the Olympic games pro-
gram.
These are the facts regarding the
tournament the American Olympic
Committee has cleaned from the Bel
gian committee:. The competition will
course, at Cappelinbosch; each nation
will be allowed to enter one team of
six players; play will be conducted ac-
cording to match play order; there will
be no individual events for men nor
competitions for women. This is all the
definite information the American COM
mittee has obtained.
Facts About Course
The course at Cappelinbosch is ap
proximately 5000 yards in length and
ticularly difficult holes for a steady,
player, but numerous local
peculiarities require extreme caution on
every stroke. The meet, it is reported,
will attract the entry of the leading
golfers of Europe.
The surprising part Of yesterdays
announcement is that America will
have some eight or ten golfers in
Europe at the time Of the Olympic
tourney. Outside Of the "pros" and the
women it was understood that only Bob
Gardner, Nelson M. Whitney and Pea
cock, with one or two others. were 60
ing to compete in the British amateur
tournament. Francis Ouimet declares
he is not going over. "Chick" Evans
denies he will make the trip; Bobby
June, and Dave Heron, the present
amateur title holder, will be unable to
get away
Then who are the other five or six
golfers? They may be men who play
tho game, but certainly they will not
be representative of Americas best.
The United States Olympic team ap-
parently is to be nominal only unless
tho above named players have changed
their minds within the last few days.
international Matches
The United States Golf Association
sent out notice yesterday 1t con-
tanned the information that the Amer RI
can rules committee will be enter
tanned by Lord Riddell, and pleasant
time is expected to be had by every
body. 1t is also announced there will
be day of golf between members of
the American committee and of the
Oxford and Cambridge Golfing So
ciety. This will not count as an inter-
national match. 1t will be simply a
sporting event"
Which leads US to wonder whether
we are to have international visits in
golf this year or international golf
with the good old punch
thrown in.
The golf links at Van Cortlandt
Park, at Pelham Bay, and at Mosholu
Park will be opened for the season to-
morrow, it was announced yesterday
by Commissioner J. p. Hennessey. Of
the Department of Parks.
Patrick O'Hara, brother of Peter,
the pro, at the Shackamaxon Club, and
profe sional champion of Ireland, ar
rived here yesterday. Last year in a
Scotland, Pat carried Jim Braid, the
English star, to the twenty-fourth hole
before he was beaten. 1t is Pats in
tention to hook up with some club here
after he gets the lay of the land.
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