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VOL. XVIII. FEBRUARY, 1906 NO. 2
THE BRITISH GOLFERS IN MEXICO
There can be no question as to the drews golfer of great reputation. In golfing enthusiasm of the followers of addition to these professionals a large the game in the City of Mexico. No number of our amateurs travelled to other club on the American continent Mexico. These included Messrs. A. has ever exhibited such a spirit. The J. Lockwood, Walter Fairbanks, T. San Pedro Club at their annual tour- G. Stevenson and (iarrison Adams. nament this year were determined The course is of eighteen holes. It that nothing but the best was good was fully described in GOLF for April, enough for them. They were not 1905. It has a distance of 5,894 yards satisfied with our finest professionals. with a bogey of 82. They had, as participants in their tour- The principal competition was for nament, such men as Willie Anderson, the open championship of Mexico and Alex. Smith, Bernard Nicholls, Alex. all the professionals and most of the Campbell, Gilbert Nicholls, George amateurs took part. Never has more Low and Percy Barrett, to mention a brilliant golf been seen. Willie Smith few of the players, but they sent across was the hero of the occasion. He was the ocean and induced four of the the club professional and so was ac- leading players of Great Britain to custi tnied to playing over the course make the trip. and knew how to surmount its diffi- The visitors were Alex. Herd, Jack culties. But there were others there White, Rowland Jones and Andrew win 1 had played many rounds. The Kirkaldy. Herd was British open contest was at yz holes, medal champion in 1902; Jack White, won play. On the first day Willie Smith the open championship at Sandwich, had 144 for the 36 holes, and led the in 1904 with 296, the lowest score field at the finish by three strokes, on record in an open championship. Willie Anderson, open champion of Rowland Jones, was runner-up witli America, came next with 147. In J. IT. Taylor last year to James Braid last year's tournament the best score and Andrew Kirkaldy is a St. An- for the two rounds was the 149 of Copyright, 1906, by ARTHUR POTTOW, A II rights reserve,/. 70 THE BRITISH GOLFERS IN MEXICO.
ALEX. HEED AT FIRST TJEE. JACK WHITE AT FIRST TJEE.
Anderson. Continuing his good work never been equalled for a course of on the second day Smith had 145 for this length. the two rounds giving him a grand Commenting on Willie Smith's vic- total of 2S9. The scores were: tory, Andrew Kirkaldy, the Scotch Willie Smith. 289\ Willie Anderson, veteran, said: " I have been in cham- 301 ; Alec Herd, 312 : Bernard Xicolls, pionship matches thirty-four years, 313; Robert Everet, 318; Alec Camp- beginning before Willie was born. I bell. 318; Robert Simpson, 318; An- have seen all kinds of players, have drew Kirkaldy, 319; Jack 'White, 319; known man}' to have a long streak of Alec Smith. 3JI ; Percy Barrett, 321; luck, but I have traveled 6,000 miles ( albert Nicholls, 321 ; Rowland Jones, to the City of Mexico to see the finest 323 : Fred McLeod, 332; George Low, golf man ever looked at either in 7,7,3: Mr. A. G. Lock wood, 339; Scotland, England, Ireland or else- Donald Mclntosh, 347, and Mr. T. G. where." Steven si HI, 34X. Jack White said: " Willie's work Such scoring speaks for itself. It is a record over a standard eighteen- is seven strikes less than Jack White's hole course. He has beaten my score winning score at Sandwich, and has at Sandwich, in 1904, by seven strokes,
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but his game was far ahead of mine, Campbell, and J. W. Lewis, San An- as i played over an easier course. tonio, were second with 149. San Pedro is a hard course and I do For the amateur championship of not know any man who could equal Mexico there was a large entry. The such a record." first round resulted as follows: A. G. Alec Findlay, of Boston, said: "I Lockwood, Massachusetts, beat L. F. have never seen any work to equal Parry, Mexico ; Garrison Adams, New that of Smith in this match." York, beat Paul Hudson, Mexico; S. Willie Anderson said: " I do not E. Cummins, Mexico, beat Goldbert think any man living could have Mclntosh, Hot Springs, Ark.; Rob- beaten Smith in the match just played. ert Everts, Mexico, beat A. C. Scales, •i It was really perfect golf." Mexico; H. P. Gallagher, Mexico, Then there was an amateur team beat M. McLane, Mexico; A. R. Dob- match against bogey. This was won son, Mexico, beat M. F. Lewis. San by Massachusetts, who were 41 down. Antonio; J. H. Wilkinson beat A. W. The Bay State was represented by Donley, Mexico; Walter Fairbanks, A. G. Lockwood, F. George, T. G. Denver, beat T. G. Stevenson, Boston. Stevenson and George Wright. Willie The final was between A. G. Lock- Smith and A. G. Lockwood won the wood and H. P. Gallagher, of the professional and amateur foursome, San Pedro Club, and Lockwood won medal play with a score of 145. Alex. by 4 up and 2 to play. In the amateur
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the second round of foursomes, and one pair, Willie Anderson and Willie Smith, beat Alec Herd and Rowland Jones 4 up; Alec Campbell and Bernard Nicholls beat Andrew r Kirkaldy 2 up, Alec Campbell beat < iilbert Nicholls 1 up, and Percy Bar- rett beat Robert Simpson 3 up. It was ordinarily intended to have only four on a side, but later on an additional pair was added. In the extra professional match Willie Smith won at 74 with Row- land Jones. Willie Anderson and Alec Herd tied at 75 for second place. Speaking of the tournament, Mr. Lockwood said: "Willie Smith is driving the longest ball of any pro- fessional in the world to-day. His winning score of 289 in the open WILLIE SMITH. championship was a marvellous per- consolation, 18 holes medal play, formance, but he had the advantage Walter Fairbanks. Denver, won with of knowing the sand putting surfaces 84. L. II. Parry, Mexico was second which were the Waterloo of the play- with 86. The mixed foursome went ers from the other side. One curious to Mrs. Cooper, Canada, and Willie effect of the atmosphere at Mexico Smith with 85. City is the way it helps the long game. The American golfers won the in- At one hole, 210 yards. I prepared on ternational match by a total score of the first round to take a driver. My 6 up. In the first round Willie Smith partner, who was acquainted with the beat Alec Herd 3 up. Willie Ander- conditions said I could reach it with son and Rowland Jones tied, Bernard a midiron, and this I was easily able Nichols beat Andrew Kirkaldy 2 up, to do. Willie Smith, playing the 508 Alec Campbell beat Gilbert Nicholls yard hole, had only a mashie wrist 1 up, ami Percy Barrett beat Robert pitch to play after making his drive. Simpson 3 up. Holes of more than 300 yards were Gilbert Nicholls played for Jack reached from the teeing grounds." White, who was unable to appear in Willie Smith won every contest in
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ANDREW KIRKALDY. ROWLAND JONES AT FIRST TEE. which he played during the tourna- his ball so as to leave it dead. His ment. His success was due to his victory was enthusiastically received. fine approaching. The sand greens He was carried around on the shoul- were as fast as lightning, but he ders of his admirers while a band seemed to know just where to pitch played tunes in his honor. SOME LITTLE GOLFING SERMONS
By Clericus Major.
(Some of the Articles included in this series were published in Golfing, but the majority arc original. Ed. GOLF.)
VII. of the foregoing, and of which Harry Yardon is the astonishing exponent. OX THE VARDONIAN SWING. The acquaintance of the writer with It may have been noticed that, the style of Harry Yardon is not so whereas in the foregoing articles fre- intimate as he could desire. He had, quent reference has been made to the however, the opportunity of careful swings of Braid and Taylor, no refer- study during a match between Taylor ence whatever has been made to that and Yardon at Trentham in the April of the perhaps still greater golfer, the of 1902, and endeavored to make the fourfold champion, Harry Yardon. best use of it. He had also the benefit of The same omission has been made by a morning's coaching by Tom Vardon previous writers, and probably for the on the links of Sandwich during the same reason—that it does not conform course of a halved match, the writer to any of the usual canons, and is a being the happy recipient of a much- swing by itself in method as it is cer- needed half; and the style of the two tainly by itself in success. brothers is approximately the same. It is a brilliant exception, but should To the superficial observer there is not for that reason be ignored, since much in common between the styles of the study of it may tend to enlighten Vardon and Taylor. and enlarge our conception of what is There is the same turn upon the left possible in golf. There can be no foot, and the same taking in of the doubt that golf has suffered from the right elbow at the top of the swing. tacit assumption that there is only one There is, however, a radical difference way in which a golf club can be swung between the two players, easily recog- successfully. We hope that previous nizable by those who have been at the articles have sufficiently shown that pains to study my previous articles, the methods of the two great players, for while Taylor evidently swings in Braid and Taylor, are so diverse and a horizontal plane, it is equally evident even contradictory that we must as- that Yardon, like Braid, swings in a sume that there are, at any rate, two plane little removed from the perpen- ways of possible success, and that dicular. How then can he so flagrantly the rules of the one are radically dif- violate the principle of the firm left ferent from those of the other. foot, which has been shown to be an The question to be answered in this, essential of the perpendicular swing, the concluding article of the series, and yet escape the usual penalty of is whether there be not also a third over-swing and slice? type, essentially different from either This was the problem to be faced,
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and as it appeared to the writer that club-head is not for a single instant in there was no way of solution better the place which we have all been than experiment, he sallied forth with laboriously taught it ought to occupy. a handful of balls, and the very small- The difference may be made clear by est hope of success, to grapple with the simplest of diagrams. 11,., the Vardonian swing at the imminent The first of these represents the risk of losing his own in the process, ordinary swing—a being the ball, b and reiving, so far as possible, on the intended flight, and c the line on memory. The results of the experi- which the club is drawn back. The ment were successful beyond anticipa- letters being unchanged, the second tion, and shall be given here for what diagram represents, as I believe, the they may be worth. They may at any swing of Vardon. rate invite discussion. It will be asked at once whether a It had appeared to the writer, both club so swung will hit the ball. My as pupil of Tom and as spectator of answer must be this, that after per- Harry Vardon, that a prominent art- sonal trial, and to my no small sur- icle in the creed of both of them was prise, I found that it did, and hit it the rankest golfing heresy, and vio- both hard and straight, and with no lated one of the most established fun- loss but rather gain in distance. damentals laid down in the orthodox The advantages of such a swing are pages of Badminton, viz.: that in the obvious. In the first place the draw- backward swing the club should, for ing in of the arms, which is, of course, as long a distance as possible, go back the cause of slicing, is almost rendered in a line which would be a prolonga- impossible. The tendency of the club tion of the line of the intended flight is outward rather than inward, and of the ball. We have all endeavored is, therefore, directly opposed to a to secure this correct backward sweep slice, especially as an almost involun- of the club whatever our other differ- tary but very beneficial turn of the ences of method. wrists appears to take place at the mo- The two Yardons do not secure this, ment of impact, by which additional nor do they try. No sooner has the force and accuracy of direction seems club (in the case of both the brothers) to be imparted. A second, and no less important ad- vantage, is that overswing, the beset- ting sin of the upright golfer, and which he endeavors to avoid by a steady body and fixed left foot, is no longer to be dreaded. The right elbow remains so close to the side through- out the backward movement that ex- uberance of swing is effectually check- left the ball than it is drawn away to ed, and this, whatever the pace of the the right at a not very acute angle, back swing. Further, movement on and in the direction of the right foot. the left foot, the dreaded cause of In fact, until it has well nigh reached slicing, since by the simple expedient the ball in the downward swing, the of swinging back in the direction of 7G SOME LITTLE GOLFLNG SERMONS. the right foot they may hope to cure a long approach, is neck or nothing. this most tenacious fault at the ex- He feels that he must do it, and he pense of the slightest possible change. does it. At any rate it will do them no harm The nerves more tightly braced to make the experiment of a change in exercise stricter control over the sym- this direction. pathetic muscles and the second suc- VIII. cess more than compensates for the ON THE SHORT GAME. initial failure. The nearer the hole To be regarded and to regard one- the more important becomes the self as a long driver, is a more than stroke, and the short driver fully possible disadvantage in the game of realizes this undoubted fact to his no .golf. The long driver, glorying in his small advantage. To have been a strength, is sorely tempted to fancy short driver is to have passed through that the hole can be won from the tee. a very salutary though painful edu- Being accustomed to a gain of twenty cation in the supreme value of the or thirty yards of his less fortunate shorter game. We will sum up these brethren, he would fain be yet further lessons learned in sorrow. in advance, and instead of being satis- In the first place, to have been a fied with outdriving his opponent, is short driver is to have become accus- all the while endeavoring to compass tomed to being constantly outdriven, the quite necessary task of outdriving and to have learned to accept the fact himself. philosophically, and to make the best Such efforts lead inevitably to press- of a bad job, which is the sum and ing and general unsteadiness, and substance of all philosophy, golfing or very probably to the loss of the otherwise. The true philosopher is match. It seems rarely to occur to one to whom it happens always to play the long driver either that he has less the odd ; and to do this so frequently need to press than the others, and can as to forget that he is doing it, is the afford to swing well within himself, perfection of sober wisdom on the or that should he slice or pull, his error links and off. will be the more disastrous, because What the long driver must be taught his ball from its very length will de- to his sorrow, viz., that a long drive part still further from the paths of rec- is but a small part of the game, the titude, and may even leave the course short driver accepts as his one con- altogether. But this is not the sum- solation. He learns to wait for his total of his dangers, for there is one opponent's mistakes and to defer his less obvious and less suspected. Good own. and to do by greater skill what golf depends more than is commonly is denied him to do by greater force. thought upon entire concentration. Thus in the second place he bestows The long driver who has just driven greater pains upon the successful use a fine ball from the tee is prone to a of the less popular and showy mem- subtle pride which may make him bers of the caddie-bag. He will, no spend less careful thought upon the doubt, have discovered the transcend- ensuing stroke. His outdriven ad- ent virtues of a well-laid-back brassie versary is under no such illusions, for or middle spoon, its great efficiency to him the second shot, very probably in overcoming bad lies, and its possible
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• and he use in shallow bunkers, heavy grass, putter are more frequent than those and even among the tangled stalks of who rely upon inspiration alone. whin and heather. Having frequently And the long approach putt is not to make up distance while his op- the outcome of the inspiration, but of ponent has but to approach with iron knowledge and skill, and both of these or mashie, he will endeavor to culti- may be acquired in the back garden, vate such accuracy with this invalu- in contests with your wife, who will able club as to compensate for the ab- usually beat you, and with your chil- sence of a long carry. dren to whom you can give strokes What is almost equally important, which, by keeping them well employed, he will have become a past-master in will prevent the necessity of other the use of the niblick, and view it as strokes. the small boy regarded the worst sort To putt well should be the aim of all of bad lies, as " a very present help golfers, but more especially the aim of in time of trouble." There is a strong those to whom great or even average moral or immoral effect from a suc- length is denied. It is very much a cessful approach from the gulfs of a matter of confidence, and confidence sandy bunker, and to lie dead after very much a matter of practice. such an experience is to encounter a disconcerted opponent, who in place of So much has been said to comfort a certain win may have to struggle for and console the short driver, but the an uncertain half. final piece of advice must be this, that to be penalized in the matter of length The niblick needs practice, and the is, when all is said and done, a serious hands of a short driver are usually though not fatal disadvantage. skilled, nor merely in its straight- forward use, but in that most telling Not to be able to clear the average cross-cut stroke, often possible even bunker is a serious handicap, and to be with a full swing, which rends oppos- able to do this with a little to spare in ing bents asunder, and lofts the bun- case of an adverse wind, and the wind kered gutty it may be, yes it may be, is usually adverse, is the golfing equi- beside the very hole. valent of a credit balance at the bank Iron and mashie, too, these are the and by no means to be despised. Be- trusty friends of the short driver, prac- sides, to drive short is more rarely due ticed with frequency and used with to lack of muscle than to some defect confidence. There is much virtue in in style which prevents that free follow the judicious use of the study chair through of the club on which far more for these purposes of study ; much also depends than upon the amount of may be gained by him who is accus- force actually exerted. We are strong tomed to loft the garden walk. Still enough to drive a decent ball if we are more may be learned by him who will clever enough. make for himself a tricky course of And it is worth our while to lengthen putting holes on the grass-plat, where our drives if we can, for so golf is he may acquire the mysteries of the played with less strain and tension on putter. Putting may indeed be denned the nerves, and with much more en- as an inspiration, but it will be found joyment. Let it only be our aim, that the inspirations of the practised should increased length be ours, not 78 SOME LITTLE GOLFLNG SERMONS. to forget the lessons we have learned In thinking out each for himself his in the school of adversity. own individual methods, the first step Drive as far as you can, but remem- must be to decide whether the swing that the judicious approach, and the already adopted is horizontal or more wily putt, are after all the greatest nearly inclining to the perpendicular. factors of success; and if these are So much depends upon this that our ours, coupled with reasonable distance after progress will largely depend and direction, we may thank our stars upon this preliminary diagnosis. The not merely that we can at last attain two swings, at any rate in their ex- these benefits, but that our success has treme varieties, are so radically differ- been delayed until we have discovered ent that to attempt to pass from the the less obvious blessings of the short one to the other, or to listen to the game. advice of a player, however skilled, of the opposite school, is to court dis- IX. aster. ON THINKING OUT ONE'S GAME. It seems to the writer that the hori- zontal method has received far more It was anciently said, and the re- attention in the handbooks than has mark was made to a learned Scotch been accorded to the other variety, professor, that " it tak's a heid to play and that it will be sufficient to confine gowff," it being evidently implied that our attention in the present paper to the professor's defects were due to his the perpendicular style and its meth- mental incapacity. Externally indeed ods. First and foremost, the prin- the less we use our heads the better, ciple to be grasped is that the club for no golfer can be steadier than his must eschew the methods of the scythe head is steady as the fixed centre of with its circular sweep, and remember the golfing circle. that it is a pendulum. In order to be Internal!}', however, the more use this all circular movement must be we make of our heads the quicker our avoided, the body must be kept steady, progress, and the smaller the number and there muts be no turning move- of our off-days. Especially will this ment upon tl.- left foot. be the case with the late learner, whose To introduce a turn into a perpen- golf is the painful product of thought dicular swing will inevitably produce and care rather than the unconscious slicing in its most aggravating form. outcome of a youth well spent on the Should slicing be the fault to which links. A well-thought-out game, we are inclined, our attention must in though advisable for all, is essential the first place be directed to these for those who have reached years of necessary points. discretion before they began to play, and for this they must rely chiefly It must further be remembered that upon themselves, for the professional the inclination of the body must in who began to play before he began all cases be sufficient to allow the to think is probably ill-qualified to arms to pass freely backwards and for- instruct or understand the perplexities wards. of those who must begin to think be- The man who stands bolt upright fore they can hope to begin to play. can hardly do anything else but slice,
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and it is a well-known feature of the having the ball so far in front that the 'step reformed slicer that he is disposed to club head has begun to rise before the to exaggerate his new attitude, and to ball is reached, in which case it will go to the extreme of bending his body only be necessary to stand more for- into a shape of a croquet hoop. ward. There is, however, another This is, of course, unnecessary, it possible cause not so easily discovered. being sufficient to make only such We swing correctly and appear to be alteration as will allow the arms free about to hit the ball fair and full, but play. The knees also must be kept a top or egregious pull is time after loose, for otherwise there will be a time the only result. We are in despair, turn upon the left foot. and nothing that we can do is of the least avail. When a golfer takes to Here again, there need be no exag- smashing his clubs over his knee it gerated crookedness of knee which will usually be found that his anger would cramp the swing and result in and despair are caused by this most loss of power, but only so much loose- distressing experience. ness as will allow the left knee to knuckle in, if the phrase may be al- What is the cause of it, and how allowed of knees, towards the right leg may it be remedied ? It will be noticed during the backward swing. that in this case topping goes with pulling, and that even when the ball It is by attention to these greater is topped it rolls to the left. This may matters rather than by much con- show us what is wrong is not con- sideration of details that we may hope nected with the swing, but with the to effect reform. Radical misconcep- head of the club. Pulling is always tions of what we are attempting to due to screwing in the nose of the do are the most frequent causes of club, and when this is done to any error, and when we have attended to great extent the face of the club ac- the big things our lesser faults will tually turns over and the ball is driven often be remedied without further hard into the ground. What we have i trouble. The golf swing is a com- to remedy is the screwing in of the plicated study, and we are only too nose of the club. It may be that all likely to confuse cause and effect, and that is needed is less of the right hand, thereby to make many changes when but it is quite possible that even this few, or perhaps only a single error, alteration will not effect a cure. needs rectification. The grip again may conceivably be Let the owner of a perpendicular the cause, though this is not so likely swing keep clearly in his mind that his to be the case, since a wrong grip is club must become a pendulum, swing- a permanency, and a fit of topping is ing easily backwards and forwards an occasional visitation. It will be from a steady body, and he may hope found in nine cases out of ten that to attain the best game that lies within the fault lies with the left elbow, the compass of his muscular powers. which is too much pinched in to the Special attention should be given side. to the vice of topping. This may, of Let the golfer who is thus afflicted course, be due to not getting down to make sure in addressing the ball that the ball. It mav also be due to our he can see light between the left elbow 80 SOME LITTLE GOLFING SEHMONS. and the body, and topping will be a there is a time for all things, and that thing of the past, for the club head the occasion for thinking out one's will then lie naturally during the ad- game is most certainly not during the dress and at the moment of impact. stress of a match of competition, or The improvement made by this ap- even on the links at all. At such times parently insignificant change both in our play should be mechanical, but it direction and distance of drive must can only be this when its mechanism be experienced to be believed. has been already perfected by thought It must be obvious even to the un- and made habitual by intelligent and initiated that to think out one's errors regular practice. and their possible causes must be of Even should we be off our game, the greatest advantage when things go past experience of error will in all wrong, but it is no less certain that probability suggest what it is which we shall do well to be equally ob- we are doing wrong, and recall the servant on those happy days when tried remedy without difficult)'. Should everything seems easy, and when we we have had occasion to make changes have only to notice the phenomena of in method, however small, it will be success. found best to refrain from match play This pleasant study will often be until the new has become so entirely of the greatest advantage, and will our own as to be done unconsciously. enable us to produce our best game All this means quiet home practice, with much greater certainty and regu- which is for most of us the sine qua larity on other occasions. non of steady play and of that suc- A concluding remark must be added cessful ease which is the mark of the to prevent misconception—viz., that true player.
(To be continued.)
I GOLF AT PINEHURST THE AMERICAN GOLF ASSOCIATION OF ADVERTISING INTERESTS. JANUARY 15-17, 1906.
The first tournament of this very golfers headed the list, Robert P. nourishing organization was held at Nevin winning the trophy offered for Pinehurst, N. C, in January, 1905, low score. His card reads: and attracted a large number of en- Out, 54 3 43053 5—38 tries. So successful was it that the In, 5 5 4 5 0 4 7 4 5—15—83 membership of the Association soon The scores in the qualifying round underwent a remarkable increase in were: all parts of the country, golfers who FIRST DIVISION. Out In Gr. are connected with advertising in- Robert P. Nevin, Pittsburg, 38 45 83 terests hastening to send in their II. C. Fownes, Pittsburg, 43 44 S7 names. At the Euclid Club, Cleve- T. O. H. Denny, Pittsburg, 44 43 S7 land, Ohio, in July the Association 0. W. Inslee, New York, 45 44 S9 held its summer tournament and this, F. M. Harrison, Montclair, 40 43 89 ^. D. Moffat, Hackensack, 47 42 S9 too, was an unqualified success. It Win. C. Freeman, Montclair, 42 48 90 was, therefore, not difficult to induce D. H. Hostetter, Pittsburg, 40 45 91 members to go to Pinehurst in Janu- SECOND DIVISION. ary for the second winter tournament E. W. Alexander, Detroit, 45 40 91 of the Association and they attended James R. Turner, New York, 48 45 93 in large numbers. Following the cus- C. E. Willard, Chicago, 47 47 94 tom of the Association, which was W. R. Roberts, Philadelphia, 49 45 94 imported from St. Andrews, the home Kurtz Wilson. New York, 45 49 94 II. W. Priest, Boston, 40 49 95 of the game, Frank Presbrey, presi- W. M. Sanford, Englewood dent of the Association drove off the N. J., 45 50 95 first ball, and one hundred and fifty H. E. Crall, New York, 48 48 90- caddies who were in waiting" raced THIRD DIVISION. eagerly to secure possession of it, for J. J. Hazen, New York, 49 48 97 its capture meant five dollars to the W. R. Hotchkin, -uontclair, 49 48 97 boy who was fortunate enough to se- Edgerton Chiehester, Boston, 50 48 98 cure it. The course was in fine condi- G. W. Royce, Arlington, N. J., 47 52 99 r B. F. Stetson, Elizabethtown tion and low scoring was expected. N. J., 48 51 99 There were eight divisions of eight Clarence Vernam, New York. 48 51 99 each to qualify, and there were ten D. W. Cooke, New York, 47 53 100 players who failed to get in any of P. B. O'Brien, Detroit, 48 52 100 these divisions. For the first division FOURTH DIVISION. the medal play resolved itself into a J. C. Platt, New York, 50 50 100 duel between Pittsburg and New R. E. Carlisle, Buffalo, N. Y., 49 51 100 York, four men from each city quali- S. G. Rigdon, Akron, Ohio, 53 48 101 J. D. Pluininer, Springfield fying. Pittsburg, however, had the Mass., 4S 53 101 advantage inasmuch as three of its r. Pliny Moran, Washington. 50 52 102 GOLF Al PINEHURST.
James A. Tedford, New York, 49 53 102 AI. ]'.. Byrnes, Xew York, 49 66 105 Brockholst Matthewson, New R. 1>. Whiting, Xew York, 55 01 106 York, 56 46 102 SEVENTH DIVISION. Charles E. Fritz, Philadelphia, 54 49 103 C. II. Rosenfeld, Xew York, 58 50 108 FIFTH DIVISION. R. R. Mamlock, Xew York, 50 58 108 11. W. Ormsbee, Brooklyn, 49 54 103 W. II. Maule, Philadelphia, 55 54 109 W.
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CONSOLATION. First Round—Hostetter beat Inslee, 2 to i, Nevin beat Freeman i up. Finals—Nevin beat Hostetter, 3 and 2. SECOND DIVISION. First Round—C. E. Willard, Chi- cago, beat H. E. Crall, New York, 4 and 3 ; W. R. Roberts, Philadelphia, beat J. R. Turner, New York, 2 up; E. H. Alexander, Detroit, beat H. W. Priest. Boston, 1 up (19 holes) ; W. M. Sanford, Englewood, beat Kurtz Wilson. New York, 3 and 3. Semi-Finals—Willard beat Roberts, 1 up up (19 holes) ; Alexander beat Sanford, 5 and 4. Finals—Willard beat Alexander, 2 and 1. CONSOLATION. First Round—Crall beat Tnrner 6 and 4; Priest beat Wilson, 3 and 2. Finals—Crall beat Priest, 3 and 1. THIRD DIVISION. First Round—C. W. Rovce, Arling- ton, beat E. Chichester, Boston, 4 and York, beat B. A. Matthewson, New 3; Clarence C. Vernam, New York, York, 1 up; S. G. Rigdon, Akron, beat F. B. O'Brien, Detroit, 3 and 1 ; beat T. Pliny Moran, Washington. 2 W. R. Hotchkin, Montclair, beat B. up; R. E. Carlisle, Buffalo, beat J. F. Stetson, Elizabethtown, N. J., 1 A. Tedford, New York. 2 up; J. D. up ( 19 holes) ; J. J. Hazen, New Plummer, Springfield, beat C. B. York, beat B. W. Cooke, New York, Fritz, Philadelphia. 1 up (20 holes). 2 and 1. Semi-Finals—Platt beat Rigdon, 3 Semi-Finals—Rovce beat Yernam, and 2; Carlisle beat Plummer, 1 up, 3 and 2 ; Hazen beat Hotchkin, 4 and (20 holes). 3- Finals—Carlisle heat Platt, 3 and 2. Finals—Rovce beat Hazen, 9 and 8. CONSOLATION. CONSOLATION. First Round—Moran beat Mat- First Round—O'Brien beat Chi- thewson, 3 and 2; Fritz beat Ted- chester, 1 up; Cooke beat Stetson, ford by default. 1 up. Finals—Moran beat Fritz, 8 and 7. Finals—O'Brien beat Cooke, 5 FIFTH DIVISION. and 4. First Round—F. A. Hays, Phila- FOURTH DIVISION. delphia, beat G. L. White, Waterbury, First Round—J. C. Platt, New 1 up; Frank Presbrey, New York,
/ GOLl AT PINEHURST. beat H. W. Ormsbee, Brooklyn, 3 and Finals—Hawley beat Maule, 3 and 2; E. M. Hoopes, Wilmington, beat R. B. Smith, Philadelphia, 3 and I ; CONSOLATION. First Round—MacGregor beat W. G. Allen, Akron, beat Winslow Mallory, 3 and 2; Allen beat Rosen- Mallery, New York, 5 and 3. feld, 1 up. Semi-Finals—Hays beat Presbrey, Finals—Allen beat MacGregor, 6 4 and 3; Allen beat Hoopes, 3 and 2. and 5. Finals—Allen beat Hays, 4 and 3. EIGHTH DIVISION. CONSOLATION. First Round—F. H. Tobey, Chica- First Round—White beat Ormsbee, go, beat A. L. Aldred, Providence, 3 1 up; Mallery beat Smith, 2 up. and 2; C. F. Tibbals, New York, beat Finals—White beat Mallery, by de- E. J. Ridgway, New York, 3 and 2; fault. Ralph Tilton, New York, beat Louis SIXTH DIVISION. De Yeau, New York, 3 and 2; A. S. First Round—W. J. Ryan, New 1 liggins. New York, beat W. A. York, beat M. B. Byrnes, New York. Paine, Boston, 1 up (20 holes). 1 up (19 holes); N. Annis, Detroit, Semi-Finals—Tobey beat Tibbals, beat A. L. Brownell, New York, 2 4 and 2 ; Pliggins beat Tilton, 4 and 2. up; S. B. Leonard. Elyria, beat R. D. Finals—Higgins beat Tobey, 9 and Whiting, New York, 1 up; James Mc- S. Cutcheon, New York, beat S. H. Mar- CONSOLATION. First Round—Ridgway beat Al- tel. Montreal, 1 up. dred, 3 and 2; Paine beat De Yeau, Semi-Finals—Ryan beat Annis, 7 3 and 2. and 5 ; McCutcheon beat Leonard, 2 Finals—Ridgway beat Paine, 3 and and 1. 1. Finals—Ryan beat McCutcheon, 2 The ten who failed to qualify were and 1. not left entirely out of the fun for CONSOLATION. there was a special handicap for them. First Round— Brownell beat This handicap was played on Tues- Byrnes. 5 and 3 ; Martel beat Whit- day morning and was twice round the ing, 4 and 2. small course. Some of the allowances Finals—Brownell beat Martel, 3 were rather unusual, and the net and 2. scores not on the high side. SEVENTH DIVISION. The scores: First Round—J. H. Hawley, New Gr. Hdp. Net York, beat Alec MacGregor, Boston, W. II. Black, J«I 04 43 2 and 1 ; A. L. Robinson, Boston, beat Ralph Holdeu 177 130 47 M. H. Mallory, New York, 1 up; W. Robert Frothingham, IGS 120 4S H. Maule, Philadelphia, beat C. H. S. K. Evans, 127 6S 59 Rosenfeld, New York, 2 and 1 ; R. R. R. S. Wood, 144 SO 64 Mamlock, New York, beat S. L. Al- E. E. Calkins, 138 72 66 len, Philadelphia, 1 up. Alexander Henderson, 140 70 70 Semi-Finals—Hawley beat Robin- F. L. Colver, 1G7 95 72 son, 5 and 4; Maule beat Mamlock, C. D. Spaldin?, 135 55 SO 3 and 2. II. M. Porter, 162 63 99 GOLF AT PINEHURST. 85
At Cleveland in the match East ver- sus West, tlu former had a somewhat easy victory by 23 to 14. The return match at Pinehurst reversed this re- sult. The scores, under the Nassau system, were: EAST WEST w. 0. Freeman, - It. P. Nevin, 0 w. D. Moffat, tv 11. c. Fownes, 3 c. W. 1 Qslee,, 1) J. 0. 11. Denny, 1'. M. Harrison, 0 E. 11. Alexander, 0 J. R. Turner, 1) X. Annis, 1 w. M. Sanford. 1) ('. K. Willard. 1
In the putting contests open to both men and women, the prize winners were E. Chichester, W. A. Paine, F. H. Tobey; Mrs. R. P. Nevin, Jr., Mrs. M. B. Byrnes, and Mrs. W. D. Moffat. There were forty entries in an eigh-
W. D. MOFFAT. teen hole medal play handicap, played Wednesday, and open to participants in the advertising tournament not in the finals, three prizes being offered in two divisions, for the three best net scores in each, one division being made up of those with handicaps of twenty and under, and the other for those with handicaps over twenty. Frank Presbrey, whose handicap was nineteen, won the first division prize with a net score of 71, with H. W. ( Irmsbee, of Brooklyn, whose handicap was 18, second with y2; C. W, Inslee, New York, (8), and J. D Plummer, Springfield, Mass, (17), tying iiir third at JJ. In the second division Robert Frothingham, of New York, who played with a somewhat liberal allow- II. ('. FOWN1C8. ance of 90, and C. F. Tibbals, also of 86 GOLF AT PINEHURST.
were reinforced by numbers of play- ers who could not take part in the ad- vertising tournament the result was a very large and important entry. W. C. Carnegie led the field with a score of 79, his card reading: ( »ut, 53354564 4—39 In, 43646363 5—40—79 The scores in the qualifying rounds '-ere: FIRST DIVISION. Out In Gr. W. C .Carnegie, St. Andrews, 39 40 70 c. L. Becker,, Woodland,, 41 40 SI Win. 0. Freeman, Monfclair, 42 41 S3 W. P. Moffat, Haekensack, 42 42 S4 F. .T. Bailey, Chicago, 43 43 S6 Chas. Cattell, Atlantic City, 43 44 S7 <;. W. Keates, Brae Burn, 4G 41 S7 G. W. YVura'll. Oakmont, Pa., 43 44 S7 T. Pliny Moran, Columbia, Wash., 44 44 88 .T. R. Turner, Wykagyl, 42 4S 00 A. C. Aborn, Montclair, 44 46 00 D. HERBERT II08TETTER. R. I'. Nevin, Jr., Allegheny, Pa., 45 45 00 Xew York, who was allotted 35 A. I. Creamer, Boston. 47 44 01 strokes, tied for first at 73, with W. C. W. Royce, Glen Ridge, 45 46 01 H. Black (48) and Ralph Tilton (33). J. E. Porter, Allegheny, 45 47 02 tied for third at 75. Allan Lard, Columbia, 44 48 02 Delightful weather favored the SECOXD DIVISION. tournament and from the golfing point J. O. H. Denny, Oakinont. 47 45 02 of view and socially, it was very en- C. L. Tappin, >, estbrook, L. I., 4G 4G 02 joyable. There were dances at The R. B. Carlislo, Buffalo. 45 47 02 Carolina and Holly Inn each evening, B. F. Stetson. Cobble Hill, X. and the prizes were presented at a V., 4(5 47 03 banquet at The Carolina. <;. Lee Knight, Philadelphia, 48 45 03 ('. E. Willard, .Midlothian, 4« 47 03 ('. W. Inslee, Apawamis, 44 4!) 03 Clarence Angier, Atlanta, 43 51 04 THIRD ANNUAL MID-WINTER Thomas T. Rushmore, Garden T( IURNAMENT. City, 40 45 04 January 18, 1906. c. .\. Munger, Cainden, 45 40 04 Manv of those who (ook part in the W. M. Sanford, New York, 47 47 04 first tournament of (he week stayed W. R. Roberts, Philadelphia, 47 47 04 on for the second event, and as thev II. C. Fownes, Oakmont, 44 51 05 GOLF AT PINEHURST. 87
E. \Y. Alexander, Detroit, 44 51 05 FIFTH DIVISION. P. B. O'Brien, Detroit, 45 50 05 J. A. Johnston, bt. Joseph, 50 52 102 C. II. Rosenfeld, New York, 40 50 00 James McCutcheon, Green wich, < 'oiin., 48 54 102 THIRD DIVISION. A. II. Rutherford, Baltimore, 50 53 103 .T. J. Hazen, Fox Hills, 47 40 00 S. P. Morton. Jr.. Baltimore, 40 54 io:; B. Matthewson, Essex Cty., T. B. Cotter, Winchester, 51 52 103 Mass., 40 50 00 W. R. GoodnOW, Boston, 52 51 103 B. M. Hoopes, Wilmington, 53 4:'. 96 B. It. Mamlok, New York, 50 54 104 George W. Watts, Blltmore, (i. B. Williams, Boston, 53 51 104 N. C, 40 48 07 <;. II. Perley, Ottawa, 40 55 104 W. A. Johnston, Latrobe, 50 47 07 T. B. Stetson, New York, 48 57 105 W. R. Ilotehkin, Montclair, 44 53 07 B. i.. Smith, Hackensack, 57 48 105 F. A. Hays, Overbrook, Phil., 48 40 07 T. F. Steele, Woodland, 53 53 100 W. P. Robinson, Baltimore, 48 40 07 J. J. Smith. New York, 54 52 100 H. L. Holmes, Essex Co., N. J., 40 48 07 A. L. Aldrcd, Providence, 50 51 107 C. B. Fownes. Oalcmout, 40 40 OS B. S. Ashliy. Yountakah, 55 53 108 D. II. Hostetter, Oakmont, 47 51 08 A. S. Brownell, St. Andrews, 51 57 108 Newton Annis, Detroit, 40 40 OS FAILED TO QUALIFY. Samuel Y. Itamage, Oil City, E. W. Bigelow, Dyker Mea- Pa., 47 51 08 dow. 53 00 108 G. H. Nye, Owaseo, N. Y., 47 51 08 C. A. Speckman, New York, 54 54 108 J. E. Lasher, Westehester, N. I. C. B. Dana, Tetlesco, Mass., 50 53 100 Y., 4S 50 08 Rev. S. <>. Curtice, Wykagyl, 53 56 109 George P. Sheldon, Greenwich, 4S 50 OS M. II. Mallory. Brooklawn, 58 110 FOURTH DIVISION. Ct. 52 50 110 W. C. West, Baltimore, 47 51 OS S. II. Martel, Jr., Montreal, 54 53 110 S. L. Allen, Philadelphia, 48 50 OS C. E. Patterson. Wykagyl. 57 A. E. Wright. Coopertown, A. P. Thompson, Honesdale N. Y.. 55 50 111 Pa., 40 40 08 F. B. Hasselman, South Or- E. E. Chichester, Brae Burn ange, 50 55 111 Newton, 52 47 00 M. B. ..ynu.'s, Montclair. 55 50 111 E. E. Rinehart, Jr., Ilillan John Hawley, New Yoi'K, 50 55 111 dale, 48 99 frank M. Zittel, Fairneld, W. C. Johnson^ Canoe Brook Conn.. 5.". 58 111 N. Y., 48 51 99 Charles Stanslield. Montreal. 55 57 112 W. J. Ryan, New York. 47 52 00 J. G. T. Moore, Arsdalc N. 45 55 100 C. W. Ilarman, Wykagye, J., 57 112 48 52 10(1 George L. White. Watertmry. James Swift, Wilmington. 54 00 114 40 51 UK) Ralph Tilton, Giwanoy, James W. Mills. Philadelphia, 57 57 114 48 53 101 II. W. Ormsbee, Brooklyn, II. A. Waldron, Agawam Hunt, M. 10. Danl'orth, Columbia, 40 52 101 B. 1., 50 50 115 F. M. Harrison, Montclair, 54 47 101 S. It. Smith. Wilmington. 60 50 no IS F. E. Belden, Hartford, 53 1111 s. V. Blake, 'Toronto, 51; 02 118 H. M. Redpath, Gamden, S. C, 40 52 101 S. 11. Steele, Dyker .Meadow. C. II. Norton, Garden City, 50 52 102 N. Y., 52 07 110 88 GOLF AT P1NEHURST.
umbia, beat G. W. Wurzell, Oak- mont, (> and 5; R. P. Nevin, Jr., beat \Y. D, Moffat, Hackensack, 1 up; C. L. Becker, Woodland, beat J. R. Tur- ner, Wykagyl, 6 and 5. Second Round—Carnegie beat A born, 2 and 1 ; Keates beat Creamer, by default; Lard beat Royce, 4 and 3; Becker beat Nevin 2 and 1. Semi-Finals—Keates beat Carne- gie, 3 and 2; Lard beat Becker, 1 up. Finals—Lard beat Keates, 5 and 4. CONSOLATION. First Round—Freeman beat Moran, 8 and 6; Bailey beat Porter, 5 and 3; Wurzell beat Cattell. 6 and 5; Moffat beat Turner, 4 and 3. Semi-Finals—Freeman beat Bailey, 6 and 4 ; Wurzell beat Moffat, 4 and 2. Finals—Freeman beat Wurzell, 1 up ( 19 holes). SECOXD DIVISION. ALLAN LARD. First Round—J. O. H. Denny, Oak- T. \,. Weeks, Storm King. mont, beat C. A. Hunger, Camden, 1 Cornwall, 56 04 120 up (22 holes) : W\ R. Roberts, Phil- J. P. Walworth, Merrimac Val- adelphia, beat R. E. Carlisle, Buffalo, ley. 54 78 1.32 4 and 3; C. W. Inslee, Apawamis, H. II. Ware. Wykagyl, 62 To 132 beat H. C. Fownes, Oakmont, 1 up; J. F. Keane. Bridgeport, 66 <',i; 132 B. F. Stetson, Cobble Hill, beat P. B. B. F. ('diver. Englewood, 61 71 132 O'Brien, Detroit, 2 and 1 ; G. Lee F. J. Fahy. Hackensack, 07 06 133 Knight, Philadelphia, beat E. W. Al- A full summary of the match play exander, Detroit, 6 and 5 ; T. T. Rush- round follows: more, Garden City, beat C. H. Rosen- FIRST DIVISION. feld. New York, 3 and 1 ; C. E. Wil- First Round—W. C. Carnegie, St. lanl, Midlothian, beat Clarence An- Andrews, beat T. Pliney Moran, Col- gier, Atlanta, 1 up: C. L. Tappin, umbia, 6 and 5 ; A. C. Aborn, Mont- Westbrook, beat W. M. Sanford, New clair, beat W. C. Freeman, Montclair, York, 2 and 1. 3 and 2; A. I. Creamer, Boston, beat Second Round—Denny beat Rob- F. J. Bailey, Chicago, 2 and 1 ; G. W. erts, 1 up (19 holes) ; Inslee beat Stet- Keates, Brae Burn, beat J. E. Por- son, 8 and 6; Knight beat Rushmore, ter, Allegheny, 1 up; C. W. Royce, 5 and 4; Willard beat Tappin, 5 and Glen Ridge, beat Charles Cattell, At- 4- Jantic City, 3 and 1 ; Allan Lard, Col- Semi-Finals—Inslee beat Denny, 5
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and 4; Knight beat Willard, 1 up (19 son, 3 and 2 ; Hays beat Johnson, 2 up ; holes). Robinson beat Hotchkin, 1 up (20 Finals—Knight beat Inslee, 3 and 2. holes) ; Hostetter beat Hoopes, 2 and
CONSOLATION. 1. First Round—Munger beat Car- Semi-Finals—Hayes beat Annis, lisle, 2 and 1 ; Fownes beat O'Brien, 4 and 2; Hostetter beat Robinson by 6 and 4; Alexander beat Rosenfeld, default. Finals—Hostetter beat Hays, 7 and 4 and 3; Angier beat Sanford, 1 up. 5- Semi-Finals—Munger beat Fownes, FOURTH DIVISION. 3 and 1 ; Angier beat Alexander, 4 First Round—D. L. White. Water- and 3. bury, beat W. C. West, Baltimore, I Finals—Munger beat Angier, 3 and and 1 ; H. W. Ormsbee, Crescent Ath- 2. letic, beat A. P. Thompson, Hones- THIRD DIVISION. dale, 5 and 4; F. M. Harrison, Mont- First Round—H. L. Holmes, Fssex clair, beat E. E. Rinehart, Hillandale, Co., beat B. Matthewson, Essex City, 3 and 2; W. J. Ryan, New York, beat 5 and 3 ; J. J. Hazen, Fox Hill, beat H. M. Redpath, Camden, S. C, 5 and Newton Annis, Detroit, 7 and 6; G. 4; W. C. Johnson, Canoe Brook, beat H. Nye, Owasco, beat W. A. John- F. E. Belden, Hartford, 2 and 1 ; C. ston, Latrobe, 4 and 3; C. B. Fownes, W. Harman, Wykagyl, beat C. F. Oakmont, beat F. A. Hays, Over- Norton, Garden City, 2 and 1 ; E. E. brook, 4 and 3; S. Y. Ramage, Oil Chichester, Brae Burn, beat M. E. City, beat W. R. Hotchkin, Montclair, Danforth, Columbia, 4 and 3; S. L. 3 and 2; J. E. Lasher, Westchester, Allen, Philadelphia, beat Ralph Tilton, beat W. P. Robinson, Baltimore, 6 and Siwanoy, 6 and 5. \ 5 ; G. W. Watts, Biltmore, beat D. H. Hostetter, Oakmont, 2 and 1 ; George Second Round—Ormsbee beat P. Sheldon, Greenwich, beat E. M. White, 6 and 5 ; Harrison beat Ryan, Hoopes, Wilmington, 6 and 5. 6 and 5 ; Johnson beat Harman, 3 and Second Round— Hazen beat 2; Allen beat Chichester 1 up (19 Holmes, 1 up (19 holes); C. B. holes). Fownes beat Nye, 3 and 1 ; Lasher Semi-Finals—Harrison beat Orms- beat Ramage, 2 and 1 ; Sheldon beat bee, 3 and 2; Allen beat Johnston, 3 Watts, 4 and 2. and 2. Semi-Finals—Hazen beat Fownes, Finals—Harrison beat Allen, 4 and 1 up (20 holes) ; Sheldon beat Lasher, 3- 1 up (19 holes). CONSOLATION. Finals—Hazen beat Sheldon, 2 and First Round—West beat Thomp- I. son, 4 and 3 ; Rinehart beat Redpath, CONSOLATION. 1 up; Norton beat Belden, 4 and 2; First Round—Annis beat Matthew- Danforth beat Tilton, 4 and 3. 00 GOLF AT PINEHURST.
Semi-Finals—Rinehart beat West, 3 and 2; G. F. Steele, Woodland, beat 4 and 2; Danforth beat Norton, 2 and S. P. Morton, Jr., Baltimore, 2 and 1; I. F. R. Stetson, New York, beat James Finals—Danforfh beat Rinehart, 6 McCutcheon, Greenwich, 2 and 1. and 4. Second Round—Perley beat Smith, FIFTH DIVISION. 4 and 2 ; Brownell beat Cotter, 5 and First Round—G. H. Perky, Otta- 4 ; Goodnow beat Williams, 1 up (19 wa, beat J. A. Johnston, St. Joseph, 3 holes) ; Steele beat Stetson, 3 and 2. and 2; R. B. Smith. Hackensack, beat Semi-Finals—Perley beat Brown- A. H. Rutherford, Baltimore, 5 and ell, 5 and 3; Steele beat Goodnow, 3 3; T. B. Cotter Winchester, beat J. J. and 2. Smith, Xew York, 2 up; A. S. Brown- ell, St. Andrews, beat R. R. Mamlok, Finals—Perley beat Steele, 1 up. Xew York, 3 and 2; \\~. R. Goodnow, COXSOLATIOX. Boston, beat A. L. Aldred, Provi- First Round—Johnston beat Ruth- L dence, 2 and 1 ; (\. I!. Williams, New erford, 5 and 4; Mamlok beat Smith, York, beat B. S. Ashby, Yountakah, 3 and 1 ; Ashby beat Aldred, 6 and 4; Morton beat McCutcheon, 4 and 3. Semi-Finals—Johnston beat Mam- lok. 6 and 5 ; Morton beat Ashby, 2 and 1. Finals—Johnston beat Morton, 2 and 1. In the 'Aery Special" contest for those who failed to qualify in the mid- winter tournament three divisions of eig'ht each qualified and there were cups galore: the winners and runners-up in each division, and the winners of the conso- lations which were made up of the losers of the first round in match play, each being remembered. In the first division J. C. Platt, and John H. Hawlev, both of New York, took the honors, II. A. Waldron, of Provi- dence, winning the consolation. The second division trophy went to M. B. Byrnes, of Montclair, and S. H. Steele, of Dyker Meadow, and the
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GOLF AT PINEIfURST. the Wykagyl Club, New Rochelle, N. Y. In the third division T. W. Weeks, of the Storm King Club, Corn- wall, N. Y., won out from R. B. Turn- stall, of New York, Maj. S. R. Smith, of Wilmington, winning the conso- lation. There were nearly one hundred en- tries in the iS-hole handicap. C. A. Munger was the winner of the gross score prize with a card of 83, and Charles Cattell, whose handi- cap was ten. took the net score prize with 75. The second net score prize went to C. H. Rosenfeld, whose al- lowance was 20, and who made 76; S. P. Morton (16), E. E. Chichester (14), and James McCutcheon (20),
tying for third and fourth at yj each. G. W. KEATES. GOLF IN TEXAS By Alexis J. Colman.
On their way home from Mexico, four-ball match by 5 up, 4 to play. "Sandy" Herd, Andrew Kirkaldy In a supplementary nine-hole match and Rowland Jones of Great Britain after an hour's rest Herd and Jones and Percy Barrett of Canada, with won again, 1 up. Barrett won a nine- George Low, of Baltusrol, and Alex hole match from Findlay by 2 up. Findlay of Boston, Manager, stopped The next day was the real tourna- off for three days at Houston, Texas. ment day, and the occasion was easily The three day's stay of the visitors the biggest in the history of Houston was an excellent tonic for the golfers golf. Such golfing high-jinks had of that section, who were intensely never been held on the course, and interested in the work of their guests. all Houston, with a goodly propor- tion of the other Texas cities was on Not only was the play of the masters hand. Prizes of $75 for first, $50 for followed keenly and with evident de- second and $25 for third were pro- sire to learn the ways of the finished vided. The scores were: exponents, but the gathering at Hous- Alexander Herd, ton resulted also in the formation of Andrew Kirkaldy, 38 38 36 36—148 38 37 37 39—151 a state league of eight clubs. Rowland Jones, 42 30 37 38—156 Percy Barrett, On the first day, Friday, Feb- 37 40 37 42—156 Alex Findlay, ruary 2. play was informal, the 43 42 41 37—163 A'isitors taking the usual trv-outs George Low, 43 43 41 40—167 in leisurely fashion over the links Herd's two rounds of 36 were best to gain knowledge of the Houst- of the day. His complete card: ton Golf Club's course. The "pros" First round. 3 4 3 4 5 5 4 4 4—38 played in foursomes with amateurs Second round, 5 3 3 4 5 4 4 4 0—38—70 of the club or from elsewhere, and Third round. 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 5—36 acquitted themselves well. Herd Fourth round. 5 3 4 4 4 4 5 3 4—36—72—148 made a 38 for the nine holes, with As will be seen, Kirkaldy's 75 in a second round of 36. Low made the morning was good enough to give 40—40—80, Kirkaldy 40—38—78 and him the lead at the half-way mark, Jones made a 34 his first time round. but he could not equal it in the after- Barrett, paired with Mr. Fort of Wa- noon, and Herd's "]2 won him the " co, defeated Findlay and Mr. Gross tournament and title of " Open Cham- of Houston, 2 up, Barrett making an pion of Texas." 80. In the afternoon Jones and Herd The third day was spent informally won from Kirkaldy and Low in a at the club, the visitors playing around '-'GOLF IN TEXAS,. 93
in impromptu foursomes and matches with the amateur members. On this day R. H. Connerly, of Austin, Texas, —the best amateur in the lone star state—who started in the amateur championship at Glen View in 1902, was on the Houston course and made a 39- The visitors expressed themselves pleased with their reception by the Texas hosts. Findlay made a speech in which, according to the Houston Post, he promised to bring the Britons back again next year, and with them Harry Varden—there is the Post's spelling: " Probably the Texans be- lieve Harry is Dolly's brother. The Houston people presented each of the
A. K1RKALDY AT SEVENTH TEE.
visitors with " Xo-Tsu-Oh " pins, emblems of the last carnival and ball. This name, of course, is Houston spelled backward. As to the state league formed by the visitors who attended this first " Open Championship of Texas," the cities included are Dallas, Fort Worth, Waco, Austin. San Antonio, Beau- mont, Galveston and Houston. The association is to be called the Texas Golf Association, and its first tourna- ment is to be held at the Dallas Golf and Country Club April 19, 20, and 21. Temporary officers were chosen, ROWLAND JONEH DKIVING AT THIRTEENTH TEE. pending final election at Dallas, as 94 GOLb IN TEXAS. Among the men present at the or- ganizing meeting were H. L. Ed- wards, Tom Monagan and C. C. Kin- ney, of Dallas; D. E. Green, H. I. Greer, C. F. Moore and U. Nazro, of Beaumont; Captain J. A. Baker, W. L. Coleman, C. D. Golding and A. W. Pollard, of Houston, and W. V. Fort, of Waco. The interest among Houston people who were not members of the club when the tournament took place was so great that many were converted by the play of the Britons and the mem- bership of the club already has in- creased. The list includes 175 people. A. W. Pollard, president of the club, Charles A. Golding, chairman of the house committee and Milby Porter, chairman of the green committee, had A. HERI> DRIVING AT NINTH TEE. most to do with the arrangements and • follows: H. L. Edwards, Dallas, pres- management of the tournament. GOLF ident: James A. Baker, Houston, vice- is indebted to Mr. Pollard for the president ; C. C. Kinney, Dallas, sec- pictures herewith presented. retary. THE GOLFING PILGRIM IN EAST ANGLIA
I have just been reading again that found lying on the grass, above it, delightful book of travel, Horace whereas on the pastoral grounds of Hutchinson's "Golfing Pilgrims," and our inland courses we find our ball I cannot resist the temptation to spread lying in the grass, among the blades, yet wider his praise of links by the with many of them interposed be- sea side, of which there is such an tween the ball and the club's face. It abundance in East Anglia, extending is quite obvious how much more diffi- all around its coast, from the estuary cult is the latter lie," and he follows of the Thames to the Wash, from By- this up with an enthusiastic descrip- fleet to Hunstanton, all within short tion of his play on just such a links on distances from each other, and all in the extreme corner of the elbow of otherwise extremely interesting coun- Norfolk, the delightful capital of try. "Who that has tried it." he says, bloater land, the home of Airs. Gum- "does not know the delight of leaving midge and her woes, and of the im- an inland course, which bakes to a mortal Peggotys, and Little Em'ly, brick in summer and becomes a morass whose boat house home was on the in winter, for a seaside links, where borders of the sand Denes: where the the turf is always springy under the turf was real good golfing, lots of foot in the driest weather, and no mat- sand, and eighteen hides, where if ter how it rains, you can go out in you do not "carry" on your ball you patent leather boots and return dry- do not go far. No American golfer foot as soon as it stops. Your ball in London need wonder long whither never gets clogged and coated with he shall hie himself for a refreshing black mud, the green is never moun- day in the bracing winds that come tainous with worm casts, all is so clean with the tang of the ocean, and heal- that you might eat your dinner off it. ing on their wings; for Yarmouth is Then the charm of visiting one of only one of many such, and all on the these seaside golf grounds where the same system of railroad, "The Great soil is of the real sandy quality is Eastern," whose care of its patron, greatly increased by finding the game punctuality, and the frequency of its so very much more easy. The grass trains are proverbial. There are the of the links curls round itself again in famous links of the Royal West Nor- such a way that the ball is generally folk Club links at Brancaster. and 96 THE GOLFING PILGRIM IN EAST ANGLIA. "The Dormy House" opening its hos- tically within sound of Bow bells, in pitable arms. There are the links at most delightful scenery. The links of Cromer over which the American Cambridge, where the golfing traveler ladies last year competed in the Wo- can kill two birds with one stone, en- men's Championship with great pleas- jov his game and pass through the far ure. There is the course at Hunstan- famed "backs" of that beautiful and ton, next by the King's farm home renowned University, and everywhere Sandringham ; and half a score more the stranger within the gates is wel- strung on a chain of the coasts of come. East Anglia is hospitable at Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk. There all times, and golfers are no excep- are inland links galore, some like the tion to the rule. Royal Epping Forest Golf Club, prac-
ON EAST ANGLIAN DUNKS.
\ THE TECHNIQUE OF GOLF By the Editor.
Practical Instruction in Golf, writ- beginner of mature years must have ten and published by Launcelot Cressy a definite theory if he is to accomplish Servos, is the latest addition to the anything worth while. The best plan long list of Golfing manuals and it is to enlist the services of a com- possesses the distinguishing merits of petent teacher ; failing that the duffer's clearness and simplicity. The author only hope is to develope his art with is a well known professional and the the assistance of the printed page and theories that he set forth have been it is to this latter class that this little thoroughly tested, both in his own manual is particularly addressed. The play and in his experience as a teacher. author adds the sensible suggestion Mr. Servos says that he has given over that his instructions can be best as- ten thousand lessons during his pro- similated by two players working fessional career, a record which should together. One should keep the manual certainly entitle him to speak with in hand and read the directions while authority. the other endeavors to put them in Book theory is a dangerous thing practice. By this method many mis- in golf, as the author frankly acknow- conceptions may be avoided and de- ledges, the reason being that the finite results attained. In considering the theories set forth » golfer, who is his own professional, generally makes the mistake of fixing by Mr. Servos it will be noticed that his attention upon one point which he in general he holds by the principles imagines to be the all important thing. Exaggeration is the likely consequence and the player, finding that his golf is worse than ever, is apt to discard all theory in disgust and go back to hitting at the ball in his own or any old way. Yet, as Mr. Servos might have added, the theorist who possesses the necessary discrimination and judgment to properly analyze book knowledge may study the manuals to his profit; it is even possible for an intelligent man to create and perfect his game from books alone. Look at Mr. Travis. The conclusion seems to be that the player who takes up golf in the initiative age of boyhood will learn his game naturally and play it without conscious thought. But the TOP ov SWINU. THE TECHNIQUE OF GOLF.
with a sweeping motion. Then when you get to this point you will start taking the club to the top of the swing. " Now in making this movement you have made two circles, one run- ning into the other, so that, when you start the club in a downward swing you will have to make another and third arc, as it is impossible to bring the club down the same way it was taken back. These three circles in one swing are not practical. . . . Do not let me be misunderstood in this matter of the flat swing, because there are a number of good golfers who use it. They do not make three circles PLAYING OUT OF BUNKER. or even two, the average man, how- ever, could not make this swing with- laid down in Badminton Golf. In out three movements. It is a swing other words the author advocates the that can only be acquired in youth stance with the right foot drawn back and I do not consider it practical for and the ball teed well to the front. players to attempt it at the age the He also insists that the club should be majority of Americans are when they •drawn back as nearly as possible in take up the game of golf." the line of fire, namely, the prolonga- tion backward of the intended flight This is a point which has never of the ball. This is the theory origin- been brought out before and it is cer- ally promulgated by Mr. Hutchinson tainly important, if true, for it throws and is directly opposed to the view the theory of Taylor out of court en- held by J. H. Taylor and others of tirely. Mr. Servos contends that it the so-called " open " school of play. is the conclusion forced upon him by It follows, as a corollary, that the his experiences as a teacher and it is swing under the Servos method will for every theorist to determine for approximate the upright variety, while himself if it applies to his particular with Taylor the club is drawn back case. around the right leg and the resulting However the author gives a supple- arc is much flatter. Mr. Servos does mentary system of stance and swing not deny that the flat style is sound for the edification of the elderly and and effective but he insists that the stout player—the " fat man's swing " adult beginner cannot acquire it. He as he calls it. In this alternative says. method the stance is open, i. e. the "If you attempt to draw the club right foot is advanced but the back back around your right foot you will swing is shortened and the club does invariably bring the head to a cer- not come to the horizontal behind the tain point opposite your right leg players back. It is virtually the short-
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ened swing as given in the Badminton books ignore these special classes al- Manual. together. In the chapter on approaching the Finally it may be noted that the author devotes considerable attention author gives a description of the " in- to the important point of wrist action terlocking " grip which he uses him- and the proper movement is illustrated self, but does not recommend to his in detail. He lays great emphasis on pupils unless they find it really adapted the half shot, contending that it should to their special needs. This " inter- be learned first, the longer and shorter locking grip must not be confounded " quarter " shots following naturally with the" overlapping " grip used by upon its acquirement. Contrary to Taylor, Vardon and Braid and it has generally accepted canons Mr. Servos never before been fully explained and uses virtually the same stance for ap- illustrated. proaching that he does for driving; Really, a well and interestingly the ball is still well in front of the written contribution to the technique player and the feet are nearly square of Golf and a book that every student with reference to the line of flight. of the game should have on his library This is very close to the celebrated shelf. We may not agree with all method of that brilliant player, Mr. of the author's conclusions but food J. E. Laidlay. The left-handed and for thought is always welcome to the cross-handed players receive a few unprejudiced mind. We live and learn words of counsel for which they and perhaps some day we may be able should be grateful; generally the to play golf.
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L. C. SERVOS. The Author of PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION IN GOLF ™*
WSTEKN DEPARTMENT
Conducted by Alexis J. Colman.
At the annual meeting of the West- casion would be entirely lacking, and ern Golf Association, to be held March the greatest opportunity for a meeting 6 at the Grand Pacific Hotel, Chicago, of the kind would be lost entirely. two amendments and two additions to The Western Golf Association cer- the constitution are to be voted upon. tainly deserves to have its annual The first is to Section 2 of Article III, meeting dignified by a special occa- providing specifically that the two sion, just as does the U. S. G. A. delegates attending the annual or any Mixing play and politics does not meeting of the association, represent- seem the best plan. Besides, if the ing a club, must be certified to by annual meeting were to be held during their club secretary, thus insuring championship week, it is probably the against irregular voting by unauthor- visiting golfers, who come primarily ized delegates. This is undoubtedly for the play in the championship, and wise. wiiose thoughts are intent upon the play of the morrow, would not give The second proposition is that, in- such undivided, sober attention to stead of holding the annual meeting legislation as they would at a March on the first Tuesday evening in March, meeting. with an annual delegates' dinner, it shall be held during the week of the Also it is undoubtedly true that amateur championship, at or near the many clubs would select as delegates club holding the tournament. The to the meeting, if held in summer, men wisdom of such a provision is ques- who go primarily as players and who tionable. The summer is for playing; might not be best fitted to deliberate the colder season for legislation. Play- in the councils of the association upon ers do not want to be bothered with questions of policy ; whereas, with the business when on their vacations, and March meeting, the men best adapted many of them take their vacations for legislating wisely would be select- coincident with championship week in ed to represent the club. All these order to put in a pleasurable week of arguments will be discussed pro and golfing. con at the meeting, and if the neces- sary two-thirds vote is assured it will The annual meeting as now held be sufficient evidence that such is the in March, provides for a social fore- desire of the golfers. So there's no gathering of golfers in a season when use of worrying. playing is impossible and when noth- .< ing save gossip and legislation is pos- An addition also is provided for, sible. Without holding the meeting at to Section 5 of Article VIII, providing this time of year, such pleasurable oc- that twenty days' notice of annual or
\ 102 WESTERN DEPARTMENT. special meetings shall be mailed to tion. There are many reasons why each member of the association. This this is the better way. The club in is practically supplementary to By-law any community is a social organiza- 3, which provides that a copy of the tion primarily, and golf tournaments officers nominated shall be sent out are but part of its activities. twenty days, at least, prior to the an- nual meeting. It is a delicate matter for a club to legislate against any man. who might, It is also proposed to add the fol- perchance, be prominent in the com- lowing to Article IV, as Section 4: munity in a business or professional " Should a member of a club, a way, and should such disciplining ac- member of this association, be guilty tion be taken it might be construed of conduct prejudicial to the best in- as taken for some reason other than terests of this Association he may be that of the interest of pure sport; but debarred, by a two-thirds vote of the if the \Y. G. A. takes such action it Board of Directors, from participat- cannot be construed upon any ground ing in any competition sanctioned by save that of the best interest of ama- this Association, provided, however, teur golf, and all possibility of mis- that such club-member shall be given construction or hint that the action reasonable previous notice of the is taken on petty, social or personal charges preferred against him and an grounds would be eliminated. At the opportunity for a hearing; and, fur- same time, the proposed action on the ther provided, that a copy of such part of the W. G. A. does not mean charges shall be furnished each Direc- that a club may not deal with its own tor with the call for the meeting to act members as it sees fit, and, doubtless, thereon." the association would welcome con- sonant action by the the member's Suspension or expulsion of a club, club. Cheating in tournaments is rare, a member of the W. G. A., for " re- for which there is no cause for satis- fusing or neglecting a strict and faction, but there is no reason why it honorable compliance with the con- cannot be guarded against entirely, by stitution, by-laws or rules of the asso- punishment of offenders. ciation, or with the decisions of the board of directors " is provided for It is said that a club in Richmond, by Section 2 of this Article IY, but Ya., is seeking admission to the West- there is now no provision for dis- ers Golf Association. While the asso- ciplining an individual player or mem- ciation has taken all but a small part ber. It is for this purpose that the of the territory of the United States amendment proposed is to come up. under its wing, Richmond clearly is It may be argued that the club should not eligible. Section 1 of Article III, be responsible for its members and of the constitution says: "All clubs stand sponsor for any representative located in Buffalo, N. Y., or Pitts- of that club in open events; on the burg, Pa., and all clubs located in the other hand, it is much better that such United States, west of a north-and- disciplining in the game of golf, be south line made to pass through Buf- passed up to the general organiza- falo and Pittsburg, are eligible to WESTERN DEPARTMENT. 103 membership in this Association." This of the year as would one held in " north-and-south line," then, is clearly August or September; a June cham- not one due north and south, but runs pion rather would be a champion re- very appreciably to the left and west- presenting the form of the previous ward of such line, not following the year than that of the current season. meridian passing through either of Just as the championship is a series the cities mentioned. Richmond is of eliminations, from its qualifying well to the east of this line, which round clown through successive match about hits Florida amidships. rounds to the finals, so the annual championship should be the last and Yes, June is too early for the final process, the meeting of the national amateur championship. This tried golfers of the season, and at a is the belief of the western players. time when all are, or should be, at What is an annual championship for ? their best. Is not this the more logical Assuredly to determine the best player system ? and the fairest ? In the case of that particular year. Can this re- of the Chicago courses, it often hap- sult be accomplished as early as June, pens that wet weather prevents prac- when players have not fairly got into tice until the middle of May, or later, their stride? Possibly if all players so players have little chance to get in could play all winter, as do Mr. Travis trim for a June championship. and those of the others who make their winter circuit, and thus keep in In the case of the open champion- trim the year around, they would be ship, Mr. Travis' argument that an fit to engage in the supreme conflict early victory is dollars in the pocket in June. But it is a condition and of the champion is undoubtedly true, not a theory which confronts Chicago and the Scots, many of whom have and other western golfers, and very winter courses and all of whom get few have begun to get into their best out early to play and teach, and whor form before mid-July. moreover, need far less preliminary S practice than the amateurs, need no- A championship held in June will such argument advanced in their favor not return as winner the best amateur as do the amateurs. golfer of 1906, unless by coincidence. It is far more satisfactory to have the Two young golfers well known to tournament later, after club tourna- Chicagoans had an exciting adventure ments have been held and competi- near Santa Barbara, Cal., Feb. 10. tions have sharpened the wits and Alden B. Swift of the Onwentsia Club abilities of the players who have been and Nathaniel Moore, of Exmoor and hibernating during the colder months. Lake Geneva, were riding in an auto- The college golfers would prefer to mobile with a friend, Lawrence Red- play during vacation time ; June is a dington, when Reddington's motor busy month at any college, with com- coat caught afire from his cigar. mencement high-jinks and examina- Swift, thinking of the gasoline, grab- tions. Few business men, also, care bed the blazing young man and hurled to take their vacations that early in him from the auto, quickly following the year. A championship held in and extinguishing the blaze. Swift June would not nearly be so con- was burned about the hands and Red- clusive in returning the best amateur dington's body was scorched. 104 EDITORIALS. tion only one. In all great cities, es- GOLF pecially in New York, there are at all EVERY MONTH times numerous visitors who are fol- Sp.vial Appointment Oflicial Bulletin of the lowers of the Royal and Ancient game. Uuitcd .States (Jolf Association, Intercollegiate This is especially so in the summer, Golf Assni'iLiiiiii. Central Dfsw York <-• >lr i.on^ni'. Metropolitan Golf Association, Western (Jolf As- for New York is a great summer sociation, and Southern (Jolf Astociatioii. resort. The office of GOLF is naturally regarded as a fount of information, Entered at Post-office at New York as Second Class Matter. and numbers of these visitors to New ONE YEAR, $2,00 1 SINGLE COPIES, 25 CENTS Postage free United States, Canada, and Mexico. York call to enquire where they can To otuer foreign countries. 3fi cents per year. Re- mit by Express Money Order, Post-office Order, go to get a game. Being strangers Registered Letter, or Check payable to ARTHUR POTTOW. they belong to no club and very often know no man who does. Sometimes Edited by van Taieel Sutphen through the courtesy of a member of Publisher: ARTHUR POTTOW, some New York club, to whom the 48 West 37th St., New York editor introduces them, they get a day's golf. But this is not satis- The Editor will be glad to receive factory. They do not care to be un- for consideration Photographs and Con- der an obligation to any one. Their tributions on the general subject of the desire is to be able to go to a golf game. Stamps sliould be enclosed for course and play for a round or two return postage if found unavailable. rounds of the course just as they Contributors are requested to zvrite would buy a ticket for a theatre. And their Names and Addresses on the back af all MSS. and Photographs. Pho- these visitors are not the only ones. tographs should be carefully packed There is a multitude of golfers in and accompanied by descriptions of New York who belong to no club and their subjects. Club Secretaries will never will, who will gladly pay their confer a favor by notifying the Editor fifty cents or a dollar for a days golf. of the dates and particulars of coming There is no philanthropy in the sug- club events, especially open and invita- gesion. It is a business proposition tion tournaments. purely. In the neighborhood of New York there is plenty of land suitable A PUBLIC DEMAND for a golf course which can be leased. It is not for long in this age of It is not necessary to have more than progress, and in a country like this, a modest club house, but it is esential typical of the age, that a public de- that the fair green and putting greens mand remains unsatisfied. When it shall be first rate. If they are not your does it is generally because those in golfer will not come again. Here is a position to give what the public a chance for some enterprising pro- needs have, for some reason or other, fessional who has saved some money not noticed the existence of a want to provide for a public want and for and consequently take no steps to fill himself at the same time. The itiner- it. The edition of a magazine like ant golfer will bless him, and both he GOLF from time to time is asked to and the unattached New Yorker will do certain things which are beyond his bestow on him his patronage and his power. It is necessary now to men- dollars. Through Ihe Green
"The unexpected always happens." their wishes are entitled to respect. says the adage, and in the allotment of The college element, too, object to a the national championships the truth June date, and their views have been is apparent. Englewood, which want- taken into consideration. The Wo- ed the open championship, gets the men's Championship is to be held at amateur, Onwentsia has the open, and the time which seems, of late years, to to Brae Burn, which asked for noth- be popular. In 1900 it was held at ing, the Women's Championship is Shinnecock Hills at the end of Au- given. gust. Since then, the fixture has al- ways been a month later. The dates fixed are: open, Onwent- sia Club, Lake Forest, 111.. June 28 and 29; amateur, Englewood Golf The different sections of the coun- Club, Englewood, X. J., July 10 to try have been well-considered in the 14; Women's, Brae Burn Country choice of courses. Neither one has Club, West Newton, Mass., October been much in the public eye, hitherto, 8 to 13. and perhaps this is not to be regretted, provided each selected course furnish- The professionals get their cham- es a fitting test of golf. Onwentsia pionship in June. Earlier in the was very prominent seven years ago. month would have been better, but Englewood has had a few tourna- they ought to be thankful for small ments of some local importance; Brae mercies. The attempt to have the am- Burn is principally remembered as ateur in June again failed, as it prob- being the scene of one of Harry Yar- ably always will. The West is abso- don's defeats at the hands of Bernard lutely opposed to this early date and Nicholls. 100 THROUGH THE GREEN. It would he interesting to know Dr. C. H. Zimmerman, of New what caused Atlantic City to be Haven, was elected president, and F. dropped. At the annual meeting it E. Sands, of Meriden, secretary. The was the only applicant for the Wo- present champion is W. Shepherd, of men's Championship and its suitabil- the Yale faculty. Previous winners ity for the purpose is beyond ques- have been Thomas L. Cheney, South tion. Was the objection that it is a Manchester; Carl Martin, Fairfield hotel course held to be fatal ? It would County ; C. II. Seely, Wee Burn, three take more time and space than GOLF successive years, and Stephen H. Pat- has now to discuss this proposition. terson, Brooklawn. Generally speaking it would seem that the first test of a course should The lowering of the dues for asso- be its quality for championship pur- ciate membership in the U. S. G. A. poses. It would seem to be a minor from $100 to $50 has had some effect matter whether the members of a already. Five new associate members club are bonifaces or brokers. But we were elected at the meeting in Febru- live in strange times now in golfing ary. The}- were the Columbia Golf matters and everything this year is Club, of Washington, D. C.; Mid- topsy-turvy. lothian Country Club, Blue Island, 111.; Wykagyl Country Club, Mount Yer- The Connecticut Golf Association non, N. Y.; Euclid Country Club, held its annual meeting on February Cleveland, Ohio; Plainfield Country 17 at New Haven, and fixed the dates Club, Plainfield, N. J. The Midloth- of its championship for July 11-14, at ian club was elected to associate mem- the Wee Burn Golf Club, Stamford, bership in 1900, but changed to the or the Brooklawn Country Club, of allied class in 1903. Those at the Bridgeport. It will be seen at once meeting were Ransom H. Thomas, that these dates conflict with those president; W. Fellowes Morgan, sec- assigned to the amateur championship. retary ; Daniel Chauncey and Hey- It is true that apart from Charles H. ward G. Leavitt. They held the prox- Seely, there are not many players tak- ies of the absentees. ing part in the Connecticut fixture who would be important factors in the Because Willie Anderson is to be national event, but the clashing of the professional at Onwentsia this year dates is to be regretted. If the U. S. it seems to be assumed already that G. A. had not taken a month after the the open championship is over. It is annual meeting before fixing the dates true he has won it four times and also for the national championships this that he is a very fine ^olfer, but it would not, in all probability, have hap- does not necessarily follow that his fa- miliarity with the course means cer- pened. It must be remembered, how- tain victory. ever, that the Connecticut authorities made their fixture after the national Running through the results of the dates were known, and hence a New open championship for the past ten York paper refers to their action as years we find that James Foulis, the a slight to the national body. Wheaton professional, won at Shin- necock in 1896, K. B. Wilson, the res- •m^mm
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\ 108 THROUGH THE GREEN. ident professional being ninth. The club expect much from him. Will his- following year at Chicago, Foulis tory repeat itself at Onwentsia, or will only got third on his home green, Joe Anderson defy tradition, as he has al- Lloyd, of Essex County, winning. At ready done, and win for the fifth Myopia, in 1898. Fred Herd, of Wash- time? ington Park. Chicago, won, J. Jones, .<* the Myopia professional, being In the December issue of GOLF was eleventh. At Baltimore, in 1899, Wil- an article by "Scotus," entitled "Golf lie Smith. Midlothian, won, the Balt- as a Profession." Golf professionals imore professional William Braid not from every section of the country being near the prize money. have written thanking the Editor for
• 4 publishing the article, and many pro- At Wheaton. in 1000, Harry Yar- fessionals have made personal calls at don. won, James Foulis, the Wheaton the office of the magazine for the same professional, being fifteenth. In 1901 purpose. One professional said en- Willie Anderson won at Myopia, Jack thusiastically: "It was just what was Jones, the resident professional, being wanted. Tell the writer to call on me twelfth. Laurence Auchterlonie, of and lie can have the best dinner in Glen View, won the open champion- Xew York at my expense." Clearly, ship at Garden City in 1902, Stewart there was need for the article written Gardner, the local professional, tying bv "Scotus," and the last word on the with Mr. Travis for second place. subject has not yet been said. The next year when the open cham- pionship was held at Baltusrol, Wil- Certain changes are to be made on lie Anderson again won, George Low, the Englewood course in view of the the Baltusrol professional, was not championship. These will be noticed well enough to play. In 1904 Willie in detail later. It is sufficient to call Anderson won at Glen \ iew, Lau- attention to the alteration intended to rence Auchterlonie, the Glen View be made in the last hole. It is now professional being fourth. Last year more than five hundred yards in at Myopia, Anderson won, Jones, the length, with a road guarding the Myopia professional, being a long green, so that the hard hitters some- wav down the list. times had to play short on their sec- ond. To obviate this it has been de- cided to move the tee up and make it It will thus be seen that a profes- an iron shot. sional has never won the champion- ..< ship when it has been played over his If this hole were any but the last own course. Naturally, there are pro- there would be no objection, but is it fessionals whose golf is not good wise to have a bogey of 3 for the eigh- enough to win anywhere, so that their teenth hole ? It would seem very de- failure cannot be entirely ascribed to sirable to have, if possible, for the last their being at home. Some eminent green, a hole with a par of 5. Many players hold that a man is not usually matches are all square at the at his best at a tournament on his home seventeenth, or a man is often one up course, being handicapped partly by at that point. The under horse has (he knowledge that members of the not much chance of equalizing mat- l^mm*
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10'.) 11(1 THROUGH THE GREEN. ters playing at a green, which both president; Arthur McAleenan, vice- men can reach in one. This is a de- president, and Robert F. Nathan, sec- fect at Garden City, and at Fox Hills retary-treasurer. Joseph McAleenan, the round finishes with three short Joseph J. O'Donohue and Hugh holes. If possible let the last hole be O'Donuhue are among the directors. a five hole, but with no preference giv- si ing to mere swipers. It should be The fine old nine-hole course of the well bunkered, with side traps to pun- club near the Hollywood Inn !s a ish bad direction, and with the green thing of the past. The club has now protected. Then if two men are in a an eighteen-hole course two miles close finish, with these conditions away from the old one, the length granted, the better player will win, as being 5,653 yards. The distances are: he should. Out—392, 215, 506, 167, 263, 207, 378, 422, 334—2.884; in—273, 381, The Brae Burn course is just short 434, 279, 250, 194, 390, 334, 234— of 5,900 yards, and is not especially 2,769. Arthur McAleenan has the difficult. West Newton can be reached amateur record, y^,, and the profes- by train from Boston in twenty min- sional record, 67, is held by Bernard utes and in forty minutes by trolley. Nicholls, who has been at the club the past two seasons. A New York paper which poses as an authority on the game stated that Jack White did not stay in this "Onwentsia was midway between country long. He came back to New Chicago and New York." This is York after the close of the Mexican not exactly correct as the club is sit- tournament and sailed for England, uated at Lake Forest, 111., rather over February 7. Willie Anderson, our 28 miles from Chicago on the Mil- open champion, went with him to pay waukee division of the Chicago and a short visit to his friends in Scotland. Milwaukee Railroad. The course is The other British golfers have been about 6,000 yards long. The amateur playing at Pinehurst and Palm Beach, record is 70, held by H. Chandler •j* Egan. At Pinehurst, N. C, there was a tournament in which the visiting Eng- The Metropolitan Golf Champion- lish and American professionals took ship tournament will be held at the St. part. Rowland Jones, who was run- Andrews Club, May 23-26. The open ner-up in last year's British open championship of the same Association championship, had low score for the will be held at the Hollywood Golf four rounds 309. His figures were: Club, Long Branch, N. J., July 26-28. 79' 83, 71, j6. The scores were high ,•* on the first day owing to a driving The Hollywood Club will give $800 rain which flooded the putting greens. in prizes, and there is no doubt of The second day William Braid had a the success of the tournament, for it great round of 68, a record for the will be in the hands of some of the men course. who ran the open championship last J* year at Fox Hills so admirably. The The scores were; Rowland Jones officers of the club are H. Content, 309, George Low 318, Alex Herd 319, "GOLF COURSE" GRASS SEED For Fair Greens and Potting Greens. Is used on the Championship Courses. and HE;: The Finest Courses in America to-day are those on which Henderson's Grass Seeds have been used. Among which we mention and to which we refer: Apawamis Club, N. Y. Shiuneeoek Golf Club, - - N . Y, Quebec Golf Club, - - - Can. Ekwanok Country Club, - - Vt. Essex County Club, - - Mass. Merlon Cricket Club, - - Pa. Cleveland Golf Club, Ohio. Garden Citv Golf Cluli, - - N. Y. WeBtOhester Country club, - N. Y. Essex County Country Club, N. J. Ardsley Golf Club, - - N. Y. Newport Golf Club, - - R.I. Cuicago Golf Club, - - 111. Tuxedo Golf Club, - - - N. Y. Lakewuod Golf Club, - - N. J. Olievy Chase Country Club, - D. C. Portland Golf Club, - - Ore Century Club, - - N. Y. St. Andrew's Golf Club, - • N. Y. Spokane Golf Club, - - Wash. Knollwood Country Club, - N. Y. Philadelphia Country Club, - Pa. Koyal Montreal Golf Club, - Cau. N. Y. City Public Golf Course, N. Y. TJT7E have given much attention to grasses for Golf Courses. The Mixtures we offer below are largely composed of "'" foreign varieties that will thrive here with the addition ot several equally tine American varieties, and are the result of experiments conducted on our grounds, as well as careful watching for several years of the practical results obtained on Golf Courses sown with our grass seeds, such as the Golf Courses named above, and nearly all well- known Courses in the United States. By the use of these Mixtures, and with proper care, the tinnst Fair Greens and Putting Greens in the world can lie successfully rivaled, and if conditions are favorable, a good playing turf may be secured in eight weeks from time of sowing, and lasting indefinitely. Several members of our establishment are golfers, and we thoroughly understand the re The Only Point of similarity between Rip Van Winkle and D.&J. McCaWum's"Perfection" Scotch Whisky is that Rip laid asleep in the woods for 20 years while iiPerfectlOfl"\^ys asleep in the wood for 20 years before being bottled. This, combined with its absolute purity, accounts for its really rare and delicious flavor and its liqueur-like mellowness. The gentleman's whisky par ex- cellence. SOLE AGENTS FOR UNITED STATES: HOLLAND HOUSE NEW YORK in 112 THROUGH THE GREEN. D. J. Ross 321, Alex Smith 321, P. the second division cup, beating J. E. Barrett 322, Alex Ross 327, David Porter, Allegheny, by 2 up and 1 to Ogilvie 329, Andrew Kirkaldy 331, play. The third division cup went to William I'.raid 337, Alex Findlay 350. F. E. Jacobs, Wollaston, who beat W. B. McShea, Atlantic City, by 2 up At Palm Beach Mr. Travis, by his and 1 to play. The fourth division fine play, once more conveyed the les- cup was won by C. H. Sawyer, Cam- son that it is not necessary to live in bridge, who beat J. H. Redfield, High- England to see great golf. The Brit- land, Brooklyn, by 6 up and 4 to play. ish and American professionals who The consolation cups in the four di- played in the open championship of visions were won respectively by: C. Florida, February 16, all had to take B. Fownes, Oakmont; E. S. Davis, second place to him. He took first Frankford, Philadelphia; C. A. Gai- prize. $150 in plate. Fenn and Kirkal- ser, Hackensack; and H. H. Harper, dy tied for second and third money, Wollaston. $125 and $75. Alex Herd and Row- land Jones tied for fourth and fifth, February 17, at Palm Beach, in the $50 and $25. In the morning Fenn's best ball matches there were three 64 broke the professional record of prizes offered, which were won as fol- the course. lows : Alec Herd and Rowland Jones, .•* of Great Britain, first prize of $50; The following are the scores: Wal- Andrew Kirkaldv, of Great Britain, ter J. Travis, 65, 69—134; A. H. and P. Barrett, the Canadian cham- Fenn, 64, J^—137; Andrew Kirkal- pion, second prize of $25, and Mr. W. dy, 68, 69—137; Alex Herd, 68, 71— J. Travis and Mr. C. B. Cory, third. 139; Rowland Jones, 68, 71—139; George Low, 70, 70—140; Percy Bar- These scores were made: A. Herd rett, 71. 70—141 ; C. B. Cory, 70, 74 and R. Jones, 60; A. Kirkaldy and P. —144; H. R. YVorthington, JT,, Jl — Barrett. 62 ; Mr. W. J. Travis and Mr. 144; D. T. Dana. 76, 69—145; W. C. B. Cory, 63 ; Dr. W. S. Harban and Fairbanks, "2, 76—148 ; A. F. Huston, Mr. W. Fairbanks, 69; Mr. J. G. Bat- 74- 74—148: Joe Mitchell, 80, 75— terson and Mr. H. R. Worthington, 155 ; A. J. McClure, 76. 79—155; W. 70; Mr. A. J. McClure and Mr. H. K. S. Harban, jy, 79—156; John Dim- Bolton, "2\ E. Kempshall and Mr. E. lap, Jr., 74, 86—160. Thirty ama- Cluett, 75 : Mr. R. F. Phifer and Mr. teurs wlio started in the tournament A. W. Black. 75 ; Mr. A. J. Mendes withdrew after the morning round. and Mr. W. L. Chase, 88. There was a big entry in the St. During the past month there has Valentine's tournament at Pinehurst, been a great deal of golf at the Coun- N. C, February 14-16. C. L. Becker, try Club of Augusta, Georgia, and Woodland, Mass., had low score 82, some very good g'olf, too. Two of with W. G. Thomas, Glen Ridge, sec- the notable visitors at the Bon Air ond with S3. In the final fur the first were Walter J. Travis and J. G. Bat- division, J. D. Foot, Apawamis, won, terson, and naturally they had a day beating W. G. Thomas by 7 up and 6 at the course on their way further to play. 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A golfer does not want to travel around with a bagful of anti- slipping things. lie has no need to do so, when he can purchase the Rub- ber Suction Grips which are now on the market. The claim is made that slipping is impossible, no matter what the ground is like—frozen, wet or baked, and as the inventor is a golfer, and furthermore one who plays a good game he knows what he is talking about. GOLF has made a trial of these Grips and finds them eminently satis- factory. We have had in New York during the past few weeks every va- riety of weather, so that it has been possible to put the Grips to a complete test. This comes from Mexico City. Af- ter Willie Smith's great performance in the open championship of Mexico, which he won with a score of 289, the members of the club crowded around IV. FAIRBANKS, WHO HAS BEEN PLAYING him as he was carried on the shoulders AT PALM BEACH. of the spectators behind a band. "You're a wizard," said one of the foursomes against Mr. T. T. Reid and members congratulating him. "No, David Ogilvie, the Country Club pro- that's the ball I played with," replied fessional. The ex-amateur champion Willie, quick as a flash. and his partner were beaten in each match. In the first they lost by 2 up If any club wants a thoroughly and 1 to play, and in the second by 4 good and reliable professional GOLF up and 3 to play. can strongly recommend Alex Fin- lay whose advertisement appears in Most golfers have experienced some another column. He is very well difficulty in retaining their footing known to American golfers and the while they are playing the game. They golf organization which secures his try nails, rubber soles and various services will make no mistake. other things with results that are not satisfactory. 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Highest refer- TO OBTAIN A COPY, WRITE TO ences. Address : O. K. NIBLICK, FINLAY, BOSTON, MASS. 524 Forest Street, Arlington, N. J. \ 116 THROUGH THE GREEN. als are not millionaires. Engagements The grounds which the club will only last usually for part of the year, lease are at Dunwoodie station, which and men, and good men too, are apt is only eight minutes by train beyond to find themselves in difficulties. A Van Cortlandt Park, New York City, start with the benevolent end of the and midway by trolley between Yon- Association should begin without loss kers and Mount Yernon, so that the of time. It would be a good plan to club is in a location to attract mem- make every prize winner at a profes- bers from Manhattan and the two sional tournament hand over a small towns. There are 125 acres in the percentage towards the benevolent plot and as much of the land has been fund of the Association, in addition to a pasture for twenty years and there the subscription of the members. The are no swamps to fill up or trees to cut prize winners are the fortunate ones down the contractors say they can in the profession and should not have an eighteen-hole course ready for grudge this assistance. Then the U. play by July 4. S. G. A. ought to make a substantial annual grant and the sectional asso- Mr. Travis says, in Golf Illustrated: ciations should do the same in pro- "I took up golf in self-defence. In portion to their incomes. 1895-6 I was in London and learned that the Niantic Club, of Flushing, L. I., a social organization of which I An ingenious individual has taken was a member, intended opening a out, so it is said, in England, a patent golf course. I had seen the game on golf clubs with hollow heads, played at Wimbledon and Mitcham, which may be used to carry articles but it did not in any way appeal to me "such as sponges to clean clubs and at the time. However, I equipped balls, cigarettes, matches, etc." Let myself with a set of clubs, and on my us hope the "etc." is on modest pro- return to New York had my first game portions or assuredly two caddies in October, 1896, on the Oakland would be needed to carry the outfit. links, a nine-hole course on Long Is- land, and one which is a very fine ed- New York is to have a new golf ucator." club, the Dunwoodie Country Club. It has already elected these officers: The Hartford (Conn.) Golf Club President, Col. H. H. Treadwell; has elected these officers: President, vice-presidents, Frank Presbrev and Meigs H. Whaples. The other officers Alfred Craven ; secretary, H. C. Al- are: Vice-president, Edwin Knox len, 949 Broadway; treasurer, D. H. Mitchell; secretary, W. H. C. Whit- Thomas, chairman green committee, ney; treasurer, Walter L. Goodwin; William R. Moon chairman of house directors, John M. Taylor, Edward committee, George H. Lowerre; A. B. Milligan, Francis R. Cooley, Edwin Lawyer, W. W. Les, Henry H. Mc- Knox Mitchell and George H. Burt. Clure, Alexander J. Watson, Freder- Mr. Whaples succeeds John O. En- ick U. Adams, Dr. George C. Darl- ders as president and has been a mem- ington, William Mitchell, C. P. Eas- ber of the club since it was organized ton. ten years ago. He is an enthusiastic golfer. GOLDEN YELLOW CALLA LILY, 6 Bulbi. Cjl KINDS c SEEDUU FLOWESR 10 Astera, ISulaam, Cnnna, CalUopalfl. Nasturtium, Morning Gloiv, l'unsy. Larkspur, Jofra Tears, Mothers! J'oppy, Uoiden Clow, Snnpdrapons, Cosmos, Vink, Zinnia, Verbenia, Monkey Plant, Sweet i:oel;et. Primrose, Ire l'lant, Petunia, Castor Mothers!! oil l'.enns, Portalaca, Candytutt, Sweet teas. CHAMPION 5 BULBS. Mothers!!! 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March 14-17.—Pinehurst Country Club. Irish Closed Championship. Spring tournament. May 30.—Myopia Hunt Club. Invi- March 19.—Country Club of Augusta, tation handicap tournament. Ga. Open Amateur tournament com- June 1-2.—Societe de Golf de Paris, mences. Versailles. Open Championship of France. June 7-9. — Societe de Golf de Paris, March 19-21.— Ormond (Fla.) Golf Versailles. Amateur Championship of Club. Annual tournament. France. March 26-28. — St. Augustine, Fla., June 13-15.—Muirfield,Scotland. Open Annual tournament. Championship of Great Britain. March 29-31.—St. Augustine, Winter June 18-20.—Cruden Bay, Scotland. Championship. Scottish Ladies' Championship. March 29-31.—Pinehurst Country Club. June 25.—Sandwich, England. 19th United North and South Championship Annual competition for St. George's for Women. Challenge Cup, 36 holes medal play. June 2S-29.— Onwentsia Club, Lake April 2-7.—Pinehurst Country Club. Forest, 111. Open Championship of Sixth Annual United Xorth and South United States. tournament. July 10-14.—Englewood (N. J.) Golf April 2-7.—Newcastle (County Down), Club. Amateur Championship of United Ireland. Irish Ladies' Championship. States. April 5-7.—Atlantic Beach, Fla. Ama- July 11-14.—Connecticut State Cham- teur tournament. pionship. April 5-7. —Columbia Golf Club, Wash- July 26-28.—Hollywood (N. J.) Golf ington, D. C. Open tournament for Club. Metropolitan Open Championship. amateurs and professionals. August 23-30. Welsh Amateur Cham- pionship. April 7. — Pinehurst Country Club. September 3-8.—Portrush. Irish Open United North and South Open Cham- Championship. pionship. October 8-12.— Brae Burn Country April 19-21.—Country Club of Lake- Club, West Newton, Mass. Women's wood, N. J. Annual Spring tournament. Championship of United States. 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