The New York herald., 1922-04-03
THREE BIG EVENTS
MAY FALL TO LIDO
Links in Line for Long Island,
Met Open and Lesley
Cup Journeys.
ny KERR N. PETRIE.

BY KERR N. PETRIE.
Lido links. Americas one and only
seaside course and the greatest golfing
circuit in the country in the opinion
OF many. is going to be better known
to the man in the gallery II present
plans for the seasons play materialize.
as in all likelihood they will. Many who
knew the famous course built several
years ago by Charles B. Macdonald at
cost Of a million dollars more or less
have made a brave attempt for year
or two to get those behind the project
to stage a real honest to goodness tour
nament that would put to the acid test
both the links and the golfers them
selves.
When Ted Ray was here with
Harry vardon in 1920 he played
George Mclean at Lido, and despite
the fact that he was rather
heavily defeated the Briton declared
that he would return to the United
States the next year IL they would but
hold the national open championship
there.
1t was hoped last year that some
tournament would be assigned to Lido
that would bring out the wonderful
qualities Of the links, but when the met
ropolitan open and the p. G.. A. were
allowed to drift into other hands the
faithful few became discouraged and
began to lose hope OF ever seeing any
event of consequence decided there. To
these 1t perhaps will come as a surprise
to hear that not only has Lido begun
to listen to overtures that have been
made in regard to certain tournaments,
but that the probability is extremely
strong of no less than three important
tournaments being decided over its
classic dunes the coming season.
Long Island Is First.
Already the newly formed Long Is
land Golf Association has received per-
mission to hold it's tourney at Lido.
Following closely on the heels OF this
announcement came word that negotia-
tions have been opened toward having
the professionals and amateurs COM
pete there in the metropolitan open.
Lido. 1t may be said. is something more
than strongly In the running for that
svent. and now comes word that the
golfers Of Boston and Philadelphia have
Expressed desire to have the Lesley
cup matches decided over that breezy
stretch of Long Island coast.
A year ago last fall Lido completed
It's new clubhouse, thereby remedying
the one important defect which until
then had stood In the way OF the CLUB
accepting championship. Last sum-
mer the club was In the throes Of 4 re-
organization. This completed and the
clubhouse furnished and help installed,
Lido Is now ready to do things. With
the Long Beach hotels only few brassie
shots distant 1t need not matter how
Important the tournament Is or how big
the field or gallery.
For the first time the club Is in pos
session Of a golf professional. The man
engaged is Charles MAllister. an Irish
man. who for a time was pro at Ormeau,
near Belfast. McAllster began his
duties at Lido on April 1. and already
he has been down getting the hang Of
the course. BY way of demonstrating
that he is no mean exponent of the game
lie scored an so his first time around.
Hollywood Course Plcases.
Soon the golfers of the metropolitan
district will know where their amateur
championship Is going this year. Incl
dentally the minds of the officials or
the clubs In the running for the classic
will be set at rest. About "Wednesday,
it Is thought. Findlay S. Douglas. the
NJ G.. A. president. will call his fellow
executives around him and invite them
to give an account of their stewardship.
II may be remembered that when the
question: OIL SeleGlinE Ntiut lot ehiS
years tournament was broached the
members of the executive committee had
to admit that they knew SO little about
the courses of the clubs offering for the
championship that they gould not tell
where they were II they should be blind
folded and set down anywhere on these
links Ii Is quite possible that at this
juncture Mr.. Douglas felt like asking
his merry men II they thought they had
been elected because Of their knowledge
of golf or of camembert. but as II later
developed that the NJ. G. A. chief him
self has not penetrated far into the fast
nesses of New Jersey for several years
II no doubt was agreed to call II all
square and begin new match when the
SHOWS should disappear.
Reports from various parts Of the
State which this year Is to be honored
with the metropolitan championship are
10 the effect that these NJ @. A. officials
have been snooping around the last few
days singly and in groups ana that their
knowledge OF things in general has so
greatly expanded with the broadening
OF the srnbeams that the waiting 1egtons
are likely to know where their cham
pionship is to be played even before they
know their handicaps.
waiting for the Solicitors.
Knickerbocker. Lakewood and Holly
wood arc the clubs most often spoken
of in connection with this tournament.
They have been In the race from the
time OF the annual M. a. A. meeting but
as that was away back the last Of 1921
Il Is quite possible that a candidate or
two may be feeling somewhat jaded by
this time The latest from Lakewood
Is 10 the effect that Frank Barton, Emil
Hanson and Fred p. kimball have been
keeping the camp fire burning during
tho lonely watches OF tire night. while
from Tcnafly comes reliable informa
ton that Charles Lansing and others or
that clan have been taking turns In
keeping vigil at the corner OF the road.
Hollywood. too. II would seem, has
been allowing no grass to grow under
foot Il may even be said that Holly
woods stock ts on the boom. 1t may be
only a rumor. but Il Is given for what
Il is wcrth And the story IL TO the
effect that while Julius Siegbert, the
house c. mmi.tee chairman, and Milton
3. Guitermnn. the club secretary, were
down counting the pigs they observed
through the hedge figure which was
declared to bear n striking resemblance
To that OF Mr.. Douglas himself The
hrure wrs just coming Off the home
green and Il was saying to Itself One
OF the best courses I ever played"