New-York tribune., 1921-06-13
Girl Golfers
Will Compete
At Engglewood
Novel Tourney Tomorrow
Under Auspices of Wom-
ems Metropolitan Assn
By Ray Mccarthy

The men golfers of the metropolitan
! district will have to remain in the
wings now for the next couple of weeks
! and give the women a chance. The
ladies will have the spotlight next
week when the metropolitan champion
ship will be played at Nassau. Mean
| time, two minor events will occupy
their attention.
Tomorrow at the Englewood Coun-
try Club a girls tournament will be
! held under the auspices of the
Women's Metropolitan Association.
1 This IS the first tourney Of this kind
| ever held in this section, and it is said
| TO be the first of its kind ever held in
| this country.
The field will be limited to girls
eighteen years and under whose par
club of the Metropolitan Association.
Many entries already have been se-
ceived and a good field is expected to
compete for the title. The annual
summer tournament for women at
wnee-on-Deiaware will also start
tomorrow. This is four days event.
Golf professionals in the metropoli-
tan district surely have shown some
wonderful performances in various ex-
| hibition matches this spring. Peter
turned in two spitfy rounds in winning
| the New Jersey state title last month.
and last Sunday his brother Pat, play
ing against Pear at Richmond County
Club, went round in 70.
Just before ne sailed with the Amer
lean team Tom Kerrigan, of the 81
wanoy Club, had three rounds of 50,
IS and 6S, and only last Saturday Tom
Boyd, of Fox Hills, broke his own rec
I Ap1 EaN q
But DR.. Frank N. Irwin, of the Scars
dale Golf and Country Club, reports
the best scores yet made by any pro-
fessional hereabouts this season. They
are the records of Jack Bowling, the
proficient pro of the Scarsdale Club,
who on May 90 had wonderful round
of 65 and again on June 5 went around
in the startling figures OF "a. Par for
the course is 69, but it is an exceed
ingly difficult par tally.
Dowllngs record breaking scores
were made as follows:
Out:
9us. Mns = ] ...:..s ..sss sss s--s5 s-3s
Has 5oss = ..:s sss s-st-ss s-3t-ss
Another fellow who is rapidly COM
ing to the front as one of the best in
I
ing this year is Frank Mcnamara, of
the Cherry Valley club We ran across
the Cherry Valley pro at Garden City
Saturday and greeted him with the
| usual golf query, "How's your game y'
Coming along tine," he replied
Walter travis is teaching me how to
putt and am scoring better than eyef
i play with much more confidence now
that | know can sink one once in a
while
Mcnamara plays iron shots with the
, best of them. An amateur teaching
professional how to play the game fs a
new one, but If anybody knows any
thing about the art OF putting it's old
Walter. He collected many victories by
his work on the greens.
Charlie Mothersele, of the Wee Burn
Country Club, made an attempt to
CYL club last week, but failed by three
strokes He had a score of 37-3s-75.
| The Wykagyl club, as stated some time
ago, has offered prize of $500 for the
player who makes the best score under
par this season.
One of the best women's tourna-
| ments of the season will be the annual
invitation meeting for the Griswold
trophy at the Shennecossett Country
Club, at New London, August to S.
This tournament always attracts a
splendid field, which generally includes
most of the star women players in the
East.
The newspaper men golf club mem
bers will journey to Boston to-day to
play their Boston rivals in a regular
scheduled intercity match. Provided
nobody gets hurt, the affair should be
successful. at least socially.