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OFEX TOURNAMENT GOIF. Ileason Wbj Entbaslaitlc But Wot Particularly Good JPlayen So Not Enter. One of the reasons why enthusiastic but not particularly good golfers do not enter open tournaments, according to the Goljers1 Magazine, is because oftentimes in these cup events a scratch player will have an ofl day in the qualifying round and drop down into the second or even third flight, and then the players who rightfully, on their known form, playing in the second and third flights, really have no chance to win. A case in point was the open tournament at the Deal Golf Club. For instance, there was Pierre Troal in the fourth set, when a few weeks before he was fighting it out in the liual with Jerome D. Travers for the chief cup in the Apawamis event. With Proal it was simply u case of his having an ofl day in the medal play round. A little later he got the feel of his clubs, and his opponents were easily brushed aside. The uncertainty of medal play is ever liable to result in a slip up such as has just been cited, but, of course, it rarely happens in such a pronounced manner as in the Proal case. Repetitions of the Deal sit uation are of frequent occurrence, and it is not likely they will cease so long as the present conditions of open tournaments prevail. A case with an entirely different aspect, however, was brought to notice recently. A player, somewhat well known, before setting out for his round on the opening day of a big tournament, closely scrutin ized the prizes displayed on the clubhouse table, and was heard to remark that as the cup offered in the third division was to his mind the most attractive in the lot, that was the one he was going for. lie won it through failing to qualify in the first division where he belonged. Not exactly a sportsman, was lie? And yet the instance is not an isolated one. There is a very simple plan whereby these troubles can be obviated, and all players in open tournaments be brought together in the match play rounds on fairly even terms. Let it be announced that only players with handicaps of six or under are eligi ble to compete for the first cup. Those with ratings from six to twelve strokes for the second cup and twelve or more for the third flight. All players who fail to qualify inthe class in which they start, not to drop to a lower class, but to be simply "out of it." This plan will bring players together in the match rounds with only six strokes difference between the high and low men, which is not so great as to enable one player to entirely outclass all others in his division. Some such plan would unquestionably arouse a much greater interest in tournament play among the medium class players, and would entirely do away with the dis couragement to others occasioned by a scratch player, who, through one or two bad holes, drops down into the second or third flight, and then walks oil' with the cup in a class where he does not properly belong. Disqualified. Knicker Has Jones investigated anything? Bocker No, indeed; he la a detective. CHAMPIONSHIP TENNIS. Annual Tournaments Afford Interesting- Series of Contents. The annual championship tennis tour naments ended during the week, afford ing aninteresting series of contests which were followed with interest from the Country Club House balcony. A. E. Wright, Cooperstown,N. Y.,aiid Miss Ethel S. Check, East Orange, N. J., won the mixed doubles, defeating Owen Roberts and Miss Dexter, Boston, in the finals, 61, G 4. I. Ford Johnson, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., won the men's singles, defeating M. L. Smiters, St. Louis, C 1, 00, 01, 75, in hotly contested finals. Miss P. Roberts, New Haven, was the winner of the women's singles, defeating Miss E. A. Whiting, Moorestown, X. J., 0 1, 0 1, in the final round. The prizes in all events were, gold medals. MIS IIIXCKLEV MAIIRIED. Ilecomes Wife of Mr. Alaiisoii Wood of Wisconnin. The marriage of Mr. Alanson Wood of Marianette, Wisconsin, and Miss Bessie Otis Hinckley, well known to visitors at Pinehurst, took place Tuesday, April third, at the beautiful winter home, TTolly Hedge, Camden, of Mr. and Mrs. Frank II. Bull, Wisconsin friends of the groom. Mr. and Mrs. Wood are now spending their honeymoon at Mr. Wood's winter residence, Villa Flora, St. Augustine. WILLIAM BRAID. Professional Braid's phenomenal sixty-eight was the sensation of the recent British-American professional contest. 5 4 (?) ml The Golf Scorer Latest Model 1906 is a perfect Recording Instrument. The most appropriate prize for Tournaments, mounted in Nickel, Sterling Silver, Filled Gold, and solid 14-karat Gold. IND1SPENSIBLE FOR HANDICAPPING. Elegant and Useful as a Gift On sale at The Carolina and the Country Club House, Pinehurst. The Scorer Company, Richmond, Vo., U. S. A. BAILEY, BANKS & BIDDLE CO. Diamond Merchants Jewelers Silversmiths vStationers Heraldists A Sportsman's Watch, $15 Running eight days with one winding and made especial ly strong, this watch is the ideal timepiece for out-of-door sports. Plain silver open-face case. 15-Jeweled movement. Thoroughly reliable. Photograph upon request. Watch sent on approval. Gold and silver watches of all grades Plain Timers, Chronographs marking fifths of seconds, Alarm Watches, etc., 10 to $875, fully described in the YEAR BOOK, free on request. 1218-20-22 Chestnut Street - Philadelphia, Pa. 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