The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-02-28
GREENWICH LINKS
CHOSEN BY WOMEN
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Fair Golfers wiz Begin Metro
pOlitan Championship
There June II.
ARRANGE TEAM MATCHES
Dates Are Set and Captains
Chosen for Annual Inter
sectional Series.
ARRANGE TEAM MATCHES
no KERR N. PETRIE.

A definite selection Of both course ana
aates for their annual championship
tournament was made yesterday by the
members OF the executive committee OF
the Women's Metropolitan Golf Assocla-
tion. Unwilling to pick at random and so
run Che risk ofdinding out1ater that their
aelection had been made at the cost OF
an overlap OF tournament fixtures, Tue
women have waited with pralseworthy
fortltude for the Connecticut state Golt
Assoclatlon to show its hand. Now,
however, the linkswomon have found
their way clear 20 act, and official an-
nouncement is made that the annual
title meeting OF the w. NJ. G.. A. Will be
held over tho links OF the Greenwich
Country Club during the week OF
June ~.
That the Connecticut State Associa-
tion also will select Greenwich for It's
championship now Is unlikely: not be-
cause the women have decided on that
course or taken the week which had
been wanted for the Nutmeg State tour
uey, The reason IL more likely TO be
found in the fact that with the women's
metropolitan championship a certainty
for the Greenwich links and the metro
politan open also L-:ed 70 be bound
for the same spot, three title tourna-
ments hand running would be more than
any self-respectlng golf course could
put UP with.
While II looks very much as II the
Connecticut State event is to be staged
at Brooklawn Country Club. Bridge
port. there still was the possibility OF n
conflict OF dates. Such n contingency,
Il is thought, is now extremely remote,
and the chances are that the Connecti-
cut meeting VIII be held the week after
tho women's competition. leaving the
second week OF June free and clear for
the championship Of the mems Metropol-
ital Golf Association which It Is now
thought will announce both dates and
courses for its title events within few
days.
At their meeting yesterday the women
also arranged the details Of the annual
team competition. selected dates for the
matches and named the captains OF the
three sides which are TO participate In
the play. Mrs. Charles Russell OF Ards
ley will lead the Westcnester team Mrs.
II. c. Koempel Of Glen Ridge will have
charge OF that representing New Jer-
sey, while the Long Island players will
be in charge of Mrs. j. f. Davis Of
Piping Rock.
Select Team Captains,
According TO present plans the nrst
match will be decided on May -, the
second on May 10 and the third on May
20. Long Island and New Jersey will
open the battle on some New Jersey
course then Nill come the match be-
tween Westchester and Long Island In
Long Island and finally new jersey
against Westchester in the territory OF
the latter.
There will be fifteen players on ca ch
side In these matches and In addition
each team will have several substitutes
ready In case at the last minute some OF
the regular members find 1t impossible
to play. The idea Of the substitutes is
q brand new one and, needless to say,
the suggestion met with unanimous ap-
proval at the meeting as It has been no
uncommon thing in years gone by 10
have teams arrive for q match in their
opponents territory minus one or more
OF their players. This year the women
expect TO be able to complete their
schedule without as much as one match
showing that It has been won by default.
How many players will be named IN
addition TO the regular squad has not as
yet been settled. but in view OF the de-
termination OF the women always to
have the teams complete sufficient extra
players will be carried in every case. To
insure this. as well as to make u interest
ing for those who may often have TO ac-
company their teams without ever get
ting into the match play side events are
to be held for the benefit OF the substi-
tutes.
Besides the team matches and cham
plonships the women golfers Of the met
ropolitan district are also to have the
usual schedule of one day competitions.
Already ten Of these are In prospect and
so heavy does the schedule seem even at
this early date that the probability is
that start viii have TO be made as
early as the first week OF May. It will
depend upon the state of the Courses as
to where the bail ls set arolllng, but at
the present moment the chances seem TO
favor ArcOia for the opening tourney.