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Show GOLFERS NOW DESIRE I MORE USEFUL PRIZES " Hi Silver Cup Trophies Are Rapidly H Going Out of Style. 'K Persistent Tournamsnt Winners Hav B Lono Since Ceased to AdmWa Me- H mentoei of That Klnd--EVana1 ' 9R Hat Big Collection. w Hj,! Silver cups as golf trophies nro fast HF going out of vogue, according to sit- , vcrsmlths, who sny that the demand WM among tho golfers for prizes has V turned to more useful articles since Sm tho day of rod Jackets and red caps j'' on tho links has passed. WM. There Is still n, goodly demand for V cups among golfers who Win events Htj only occasionally, but the persistent M tournament winners, hnvo long since K ceased, to prlzq a silver bip that caa H only be added to n largo nundicr of H previously won similar trophies; K Two years ago Stewart Stlckney V of St. Louis, who has' woty k bnrel HI full of qups during his golfing ca- , HJ rccr, arriv.iged the prize lists'' lit the H Trans-Mississippi cbnmptonshlp, held B over tho links of the St. Louis Conn- HS trj' club, s6 that ' Watohcs nsd Hb other useful Jewels took the place of at Chick Evan. M cups. Ho declared that ha would H, not help other golfers to clutter up H their attic with useless cups. Tho iW utilitarian type of prizes for golf con- H tcvts has been becoming more popular flH ever since. I H Tho largeft collection of cups won t B by any one illayer bears tho name B of Charles KVun Jr., bf Chicago, Q the only man to win both nn uina- H tour and nn open championship In H the same year. EvanS' has turned JH over all these cups to his club, and jB the Edgewntcr Golf club now bus the H work of keeping them polished and ' Hi Insured against loss. The cost of I1I Insurance on Home 200 cups Is consld- nil erable, and the burnishing of tbo ves- S sels is equally as expensive. tiH In addition to useful articles of Jew WM dry, medals are suld to be coming Into NJfl use more generally, H |
