The New York herald., 1921-12-08
WOMEN PICK LINKS
FOR TITLE TOURNEY
Morris County Selected for
Next Championship of Met
Association.
BY KERR ". PETRIE.

When tho women golfers tee UP at
Norris County Country Clsb probably
next June In the annual metropolitan
championship tournament they are to
find a courSe several strokes harder
than il was when last they were over
the circuit on title business The womea
voted yesterday at the annual meeting
OF the w. M. G. a. held at the Bilt-
more 10 stage their next classic over
the remodelled links at Convent. n. j.,
and by so doing they selected a course
that may not be any longer than the
one they had last year at Nassau, but
one nevertheless that Is likely to result
| in a higher average OF scoring.
However, the women would rather
play on a course that is difficult than
| one that is easy. This opinion often
has been voiced. and it was even made
| the keynote of a talk given at the
meeting by Mlss Marion Hollins, the
| national champion. who while telling
the assembled delegates that they still
were behind the standard of British
women's golf urged that whenever pos
Fible the fair ones practice over COURSE
where the tees are st full stretch and
where, accordingly. they are mora
| liable to develop their long game than
| IL they allow their choice to be influ-
enoed by the ease with which they can
! get Off the tee.
The impressions gathered by Miss
| Hollins the last two years during her
visits to Great Britain on championship
! business are many. Evidently she has
| seen much abroad that can with ad-
! vantage be copied by the players OF her
| sex here at hona Her suggestion that
The association select several standard
courses over which the women would be
required to make scores so as to deter
mine their llandicaps ~ based on the
| British plan. And 60 is the idea Of a
women's par q tip from the Ladies Golf
| Union OF Great Britain. All these mat
ters the w. NJ G. A Is considering.
are alive TO their duties and not too
proud TO accept a. suggestion when such
is likely to do good.
! Tho par, II Is thought, will work out
at about half stroke a hole, or nine
strokes a round, over that OF the mems
card. In all likelihood the par card WIN
be drawn UP within the coming year,
which would make It possible for several
par events TO be added to the seasons
one day tournament schedule by way Of
variety.
/ From the tone of the meeting it is
! quite apparent that it will not be long
before an eligibility list is necessary for
the women's metropolitan championship.
II was made quite apparent, too, that
! some of the women feel that even when
the competition progresses as far as the
| match play stage the field still Is q bit
unwieldy An attempt was made to
carry the war against the beaten eight
| divisions. but promptly the "beaten
eights" made it known that they were
in no mood for disarmament. Why not
consolation divisions II there are to be
| regular divisions 1t was like an at
! tempt TO save the line OF battleships at
the expense OF the smaller craft, in the
| opinion Of some. When fifth, sixth.
seventh or eighth beaten eight sinks II
wants to go down IN company with the
| major ship OF its division To be per-
| fectly fair there were but siN sixteens
in the last women's metropolitan cham.
pionship. However, IL was thought by
some that one or two Of these could be
! dispensed with.
| And whiaper II not TO the women that
| golf is becoming cheaper. During the
| year the bank balance was reduced from
! sG55 TO $500. For this there was only
| ono cure. The dues had 70 be- Increased
| from $40 70 S15 a year. But the women
| ere not alone. All tho way around golf
associations are finding Il increasingly
difficult 10 make both ends meet on the
| old rates.
II was not surprising that the ticket
presented by the nominating committee
was elected unanimously. There Is
scarcely ever any dissent when the slate
| gets as far as tho annual meeting. In
this case. however, the officers are an
! especially able group. comprising several
who have done duty before. Those
elected 70 pilot the association during
the next year are: President, Mrs NJ
D Paterson, knollwood; vice president
Mrs. III. Arnold jackson, Greenwich; !;
secretary, Mrs. Il. F. Sanford, Essex
County; treasurer. Mrs. Il. p. Donohoe,
Montclair; executive committee. Mrs.
G. NJ. Heckscher, Piping Rock: Mrs. C.
w. Fowler. Baltusrol: Miss Georgianne
NJ. Bishop. Brooklawn.