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THE CLUB HOUSE. THE WOODLAND GOLF CLUB. By Arthur G. Locfcwood.
HE Woodland Golf Club at Auburn- club, and within two years a complete T dale, Massachusetts, was founded nine hole course was laid out. in 1896, by the guests of the Wood- At this time the membership numbered land Park Hotel, many of whom resided a little less than one hundred, and the there permanently; a course of six holes club from this year began to take on the was laid out in the neighborhood of the importance of a State organization. In hotel, and Mr. Frank Train elected treas- 1899 some of the more prominent players urer of the club. seemed to be overcome with the ambition Very soon the nearby residents of the to push the club more to the fore, and village were seeking admission to the with this object in view made a very 358 THE WOODLAND GOLF CLUB.
careful examination of the adjoining deep, in addition to two ponds, several properties, and much to their surprise gravel pits, which have been filled up uncovered some most delightful golf with sand, and innumerable small ditches, country, teeming with natural hazards. which protect a number of the greens. A general meeting was called, new The greens themselves are most beauti- directors were elected, and the chairman fully situated, some on plateaus, others in of the committee, Mr. Alfred Howard, natural basins, and nearly all of them are- was authorized to proceed with the de- of an undulating nature. velopment of an 18 hole course. The turf through the fair green is for In the fall of the year 1901 enough the most part good, being of that short work had been done to give the general close growing nature, so dear to the heart membership a chance to see the possi- of all golfers. All the greens on the new bilities of the new layout. Another meet- part of the course were specially con- ing was called at which one thousand structed to provide, if possible, against dollars was immediately subscribed, and that great nuisance the earth worm, and more money promised. it is believed that the greens of these From that time until the present the links will be proof against this pest. work of constructing the 18-hole course The method used, though not entirely has been in progress. Mr. Howard, the a new one, is one which has been but moving spirit in the club, prosecuted the little tried on account of the great ex- work to a point of completion, with an pense in constructing the greens. energetic board of directors to back him It is a well known fact that the earth up in the arduous labors involved. worm cannot live in peat, so a layer of Twelve thousand dollars has been ex- peat has been put about a foot under- pended on the course during the past neath all the greens. This innovation is. season (1903), and the full 18 hole course being watched with great interest by all with a playing distance of 6,147 yards is the surrounding clubs, and has proved now in good condition, and the first open very successful up to the present date.. tournament will be held on June 9th. If the worms eventually get into the top The first impression gathered by the layer of earth, time alone can prove. visitor is, that it seems different to any . Looking over the distances, it will be course that he has ever played on before. at once noticed that the holes have been The ground is of a rolling nature, though laid out rather according to the natural not objectionally hilly, while every hole hazards, than to the recognized distances; has natural features, and is so laid out although the distances happen to be dis- that very few artificial hazards are neces- tinctly good and call for a variety of shots sary. which the average golfer has never before It is essentially a straight and a long had an opportunity of trying; it is these drivers course, some of the fair greens shots which make the course especially appear to be very narrow on account of interesting, and the open tournament will the trees on each side, but the narrowest prove how many of the local players are has a breadth of fifty-five yards, and the equal to the occasion. rest average seventy-five yards, so there A brief description of the holes with is really no excuse for being off the the principal hazards is given. course. No. 1. Sumter, 412 yards. The drive The hazards are as numerous as they is to carry a gravel bank, 15 feet high are varied, and include a natural bunker and 130 yards away. A long drive will : forty feet high, and a ravine thirty feet get a r^*»g~l»lir-ari i4-g»e-t-l*&^layer a. THE WOODLAND GOLF CLUB 359
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mkes tie ^;? d narrow pi ttcsarr to sm THE RAVINE GOING TO THE TWELFTH HOLE. chance to get home in two, though a near the hole, the green being guarded on sharp bank at the left will be likely to all sides. A good four. carry a ball with a little slice over the No. 5. "Cold Harbor." 170 yards. green to a sand pit on the right. An A very pretty mid-iron shot over rough interesting hole and a par four. ground, and a pond which stretches with- No. 2. "Fair Oaks." 326 yards. The in fifteen yards of the green. The green drive is from an eminence, over a valley, has quite a decided slope, and will require with a large sand pit for a sliced drive. accurate playing to secure a three. A high midiron or mashie shot will reach No. 6. "Cumberland." 381 yards. A the green, which is guarded on every long drive will reach the mouth of a long side. A four hole. avenue of trees, on both sides of the fair No. 3. " Shenandoah." 420 yards. A green. The green is prettily situated in 220 yard drive can be made here, as the a natural basin, well guarded on each carry will reach sloping ground and give side by large sand pits. Par four. the ball a long run to the mouth of a No. 7. "Shiloh." 333 yards. A drive picturesque valley, sixty yards wide; the over undulating ground, with a road- green, thirty-three yards square, is in plain way on the right and trees on the view, and may be reached with a long left; the green is one of the best on the brassie. A very fine four. course, and is blind for the second shot. No. 4. "Wilderness." 366 yards. An A good four. ideal two shot hole, a good drive will No. 8. "Antietam." 37.2 yards. A reach the brow of the hill overlooking the roadway runs parallel to the hole on the green, a high shot being necessary to stay left, but there is plenty _of_Jroorn to the THE WOODLAND GOLF CLUB. 361 rightr The green the hole in five, A should be reached very fine hole. ; with a long cleek No. 10. Look- shot, and the hole is out Mountain." 190 a par four. yards. One hun- dred yards in front No.9. "BullRun." of the tee is a nat- 490 yards. The tee ural bunker forty feet is on an elevation, high. This bunker a wide sand bunker and a similar one should be carried on the 16th hole are with the tee shot, two of the conspic- and a long brassie uous features of the will bring the player course. A very fine within easy reach of three, more often the green, which is made in four. well protected with bunkers on all sides No. 11. "Seven Out of bounds all Pines." 369 yards. the way on the left, A very pretty hole, makes the straight with the green on a and narrow path A. J. WELLINGTON, plateau, situated on necessary to secure PRESIDENT. the edge of a ravine.
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be lengthened to 367 yards in the fall. No, 15. "Chickahominy." 377 yards. A carry of 155 yards is re- quired to get to the far side of a swamp, and a good cleek or brassey shot should reach the green, a very good hole in four. No. 16. "Malvern Hill." 155 yards. This hole has a bunker similar to No. ro, but it is ten feet higher. It is intended for a high mashie shot on to a green guarded on all sides. A very pretty hole and a hard three. No. 17. " Richmond." 518 yards. shot to cany» The hardest hole on the course, Bfi Neanj e« straightaway plugging, with a rail- on all sides, and;; road track running parallel all the itptd to S2j - way to the hole on the left, with"' sand pits to carry with the tee shot, a brook with the second, and a led or puLec T_
ALFRED HOWARD. KI gronnd te £ lion, tit dub f- A most interesting hole, and a very diffi- cult four. No. 12. " Cedar Mountain."505 yards The tee shot is over the corner of a ravine made some years ago by railroad excavation, this pit runs along the entire length of the hole. The green is prettily situated in a natural basin, and the fan- green is one of the finest on the course. A very good hole in five. No. 13. "Little Round Top." 200 yards. A broad based hill with a tee at one base and a green at the other in a natural punch bowl. The hill is nearly sixty feet high, but a carry of 160 yards will catch the downward slope and trickle down to the green. A unique hole and a par three. No. 14. "Gettysburg." The tee shot is from an eminence over a pond and swamp, the green is well guarded, but ALEC ROSS, should be an easy four. This hole will Cl.UH PliOFKSSIONAl,. WOODLAND GOLF CLUB. 363
high bunker guarding the green with the the amateur championship. A ten years third; a very difficult hole. lease has been taken on the property, and d No. 18. " Appomattox." 210 yards. A the old mansion house has been remod- full tee shot from an elevation to the elled, and is now being used as a club green in front of the club house. An house. The living rooms are large, and easy four. there are six chambers, which are already Figuring up the par of the course, the engaged by members who will make it round should be made in the neighbor- their summer home. Spacious locker hood of seventy-four, but it is very un- rooms have been fitted in the basement. c!e ltt a buaket likely that this figure will be reached for The officials of the club feel very grate- a,but it is tenfeft many a long day, as one small mistake is ful to the well known professionals Alex ^tended lor a rug), liable to be very expensive. The ground Findlay and Donald Ross, of the Oakley to a ?«i guarded in front of all the tees for a distance of Country Club, for the many helpful sug- A TOyprett y hole 140 yards has been left in its rough con- gestions given during the construction dition, and the ground for the second and laying out of the course. hraonu." 51S yard;. shot to carry has also been left rather The club has engaged as professional, 'K on the COB, rough. Nearly every green is guarded that promising young player Alex Ross> ^cmg. with 3 rai- on all sides, and accurate iron shots are who has figured so prominently in the ing |>araHel aUthe required to stay on the green. last two open championships. " 8B tile left, with' Every hole has to be made a separate The present membership of the club is Y with die tee sho^ study, and every crooked tee shot, either one hundred and sixty, and the limit has- the second, and a sliced or pulled, will meet with its just just been raised to two hundred. The reward. In a couple of years, when the initiation fee is $20, with a similar sum new ground has got into perfect con- for the annual subscription. dition, the club will probably apply for
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il. I' OWRIE was walking back to the " If it were six months later I'd go in club-house when, on the second with you myself. If I continue to im- M green, he met his cousin. prove as fast as I have since Georgie Bessie "What's the trouble, Luther?" she took me in hand, by fall I'll be the 'lady asked. " Broken your pet driver ? " champeen' of the club," remarked the " Oh nothing," replied the young man, young matron, modestly. "You'll vouch evasively. for that, won't you, Georgie ? " " Yes, there is. You wouldn't look so A lanky youth of fifteen or sixteen, doleful on a glorious afternoon for noth- with a beautifully clear complexion and ing. Where's Aurora ? I saw you start a mop of straight, yellow hair, shifted his soStui fe out together " bag of clubs and grinned proudly. In y tat SK '•She's gone on playing alone." a couple of years he hoped to be a pro- Mrs. Davant's ball lay within two feet fessional with caddies of his own, giving Mowrie mn,f lessons at five dollars an hour. I of the hole, and she deftly tapped it in, "Wait i « and handed the putter to the caddy be- " Thanks," responded Luther; "but I fore she continued. " Now look here," fear you couldn't help me out of this fix she said, determinedly; "if that girl's even if you could play like Georgie. You been abusing you again I want to know see, it's not the thought of losing the cup Msitspf it. It won't do to have your feelings har- that disturbs me. This means a great ie their ea! rowed on the very day before the tourna- deal more than a few dollars' worth of ment. You and she will have hard silver. Vanderwoert and I have been enough work to win as it is. I should making a close race of it. This was an occasion when she was obliged to show illy MS. h i think she'd realize that, especially since tea, to Ws she's so crazy to get that cup." preference, and, seeing that he asked her hnYankimu " Oh, she will win all right," said first, I naturally felt pretty good when Mowrie, gloomily. "I'm not going in." she accepted my invitation. Now that KEfedlO&K " But you were to play together." she's thrown me down I feel correspond- ••That siipfe " That's what I thought. But we had ingly broken up." to up. Lite- a childish quarrel back here a bit, and " Naturally," assented his cousin, with fep in good.--; now she intends to enter with Vander- a smile. II how hoi, a woert. He asked her, you know, in the " But I didn't mean to go moaning B to-monof it first place." about it before young wives and caddies." Mistook fe a 4 " That's downright dishonorable. She " Oh, Georgie is discretion itself. Any- "Ida, yotrre as knows it's too late for you to get some- body who shares the awful secret of my »e you coiLi:' body else." score-cards has to be. He's devoted to "No; there's time for that yet, but me." what good would it do ? Aurora is half " I'll warn Davant," said Luther. a stroke a hole ahead of any other girl "Hang Davant, anyway! If he hadn't in these parts. She had an excellent gone and married you, you might have chance to win with me, but with him she taken up golf earlier, and then you would 1 "WaitanJs can't lose. The committee might as well be in a position to help me out of this hand out the prizes, and call the mixed hole. Aurora used to be fearfully jealous foursome off." of you MOWRIE'S PARTNER. 365
" Did she ? " laughed the lady. " That I doubt if you ever were formally pre- must have been before she developed into sented." a cU'>hunter. Now she wouldn't envy " But who is she ? End my suspense." Helen of Troy is Helen's handicap were "Her name," replied Mrs. Davant, the smaller." slowly, "is—oh, that must be my secret mbs later I'd «0 „ " That's just it. I could easily get an- until to-morrow. You'll think it's Braid 1 continue to in. other partner. Florence Armsbee and or Vardon when you see her play." toe *e Georgie Bessie Reed aren't spoken for yet But "You are terribly tantalizing, Ida. fall 111 be the' lady the only way to stir Aurora Nellis is to Really, now, won't you tell me, so that I K" remarked the find a girl who can play all around her, can be prepared for the gang when they % "Voi and then everlastingly put it over her and run me about being cut out by Vander- Van when we meet in the finals." woert " or sixteen. "She has treated you shabbily," cried "You need not let the boys trouble '^ complexion and Mrs. Davant, with a vicious kick at the you," said Mrs. Davant. "Take all they How hair, shifted his soft turf. When she perceived what she give with an air of smiling tolerance, and "lined proudly. ID had done, she smoothed out the dent drop a hint that the whole affair is of hopw to be a pro- slowly and thoughtfully. your own planning, for the purpose of v ol his on, giving Mowrie turned to go. being free to play with an unknown lady of phenomenal skill." an hour. "Wait a moment," said his cousin; " But suppose Aurora hears that ?" led Lather; "biiil " I've just thought of something. Is this " Stupid ! Suppose she does ? Don't p me oat of this Si match limited to club members ? " v lite Georgia, You you understand that nothing could help " Only so far as the men are concerned. :h! of losing the cup you more. And then when she beholds That's its peculiarity. The men have to This means a great you devoting yourself to a girl who plays file their entries in good season, but no- ;w dollars' worth of better golf than she ever dreamed of— body is supposed to know what girls they well, that will be your opportunity, and : aad I hare been will play with until the tournament act- of it- This was a if you fail to improve it, never look to ually starts. It was rumored about, me for help again Come on, Georgie," ei< obliged to show though, that Miss Nellis had thrown ig (fat he asked her and, selecting a driver, Mrs. Davant start- down Vanderwoert and favored me. Such ed for the third tee, leaving her cousin i pretty good when news is hard to keep " ntiiioa. Now that to continue his walk back to the house "That simplifies things wonderfully. ^ ] feel correspond- in a perplexed, but, withal, hopeful frame Cheer up, Luther; we'll revenge you yet. of mind. Keep in good spirits, and play the best When Mrs. Davant next morning drove tied hi; cousin, with you know how, and I'll bring you a part- up to the club with a stranger, more ner to-morrow who will make Aurora than one person waited on the veranda I i .,- ;,i gg DKBIUiiJ Nellis look like a duffer " in expectation. Somehow the report was " Ida, you're an angel! But are you abroad that she had come to her cousin's ;;jetionit.«lf- Any- sure you could ? " asked the young man, rescue with a partner of miraculous skill. wfcl secret of my incredulously. Francis Vanderwoert heard the news as He's devoted to " Not the least doubt. I've seen her go he entered Miss Nellis's name beside his around this course in eighty-eight." on the committee's list, and it contracted „„; said " Oh, impossible ! No woman I have to some extent the triumphant smile his „,] if he heard of came within ten of those figures." face had worn since the preceeding after- " Wait and see." noon. Aurora heard it, too, and sniffed " She can't live near here. Have I seen with disdain as she recognized a time- her?" honored feminine scheme Confident in "Yes, I'm sure you have seen her; but her own ability, she experienced no anxi-
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•ety, either as to the result of the match as he went to place his partner's name or the lesson she intended to teach young among the entries. " But then one Mowrie. shouldn't expect everything from a girl Luther, consumed with curiosity, lost who can play in eighty-eight. She isn't no time in assisting Mrs. Davant and her so distressingly plain, either—if she were companion to descend. Over each other's only a little less awkward." shoulders the group of maids aud bache- He soon found, however, that in this J fee*" lors saw a tall young creature leave the respect the girl improved upon acquaint- •cart with the graceful flop of a three- ance. In fact, her embarassment began months-old St. Bernard. to depart as soon as the first ordeal of " Oh, Lord ! What feet!" murmured meeting was over, and by the time it came their turn to drive they were on Billy Elmer. • Sells'" terms of intimacy genuinely amusing to " All the better for a firm stance, my L illtt lECt dear," responded Warren Dupoint. young Vanderwoert, but producing a " And hands !" whispered Billy. "Also helpless indignation in Aurora. please observe the length of her arms." Of course no sign of this emotion was " All the better to swing a club with, discernible in Miss Nellis's manner or my dear," said Warren. conversation. Honey is bitter in com- " Poor thing, she's dreadfully em- parison with her demeanor toward the barrassed," remarked one of the older stranger. Nevertheless, she felt that "women. " See how she blushes." Luther need not have selected a substi- " She has a nice complexion, anyway," tute in appearance so exactly her oppo- said another. " Looks as though she had site. The implication was not flatter- always lived outdoors." ing to a trim neat figure, and dark hair "You bet she has; and she'll play and eyes. " I never wanted to win a through this course like a whirlwind," as- match so much in my life before," Aurora serted one of the men. " Those gawky confided to her partner. schoolgirls surprise you sometimes. This From the size of the gallery gathered is going to be intersting." to watch them drive off it was plain that Meanwhile the new arrival was endur- their match was the main centre of in- ing the painful process of introduction. terest. Miss Gregory's reputation had •" Miss Gregory," said Mrs. Davant, " this preceded her, and a murmur of expecta- is Mr. Mowrie, whom I asked you to play tion ran through the crowd as she stepped with in the mixed foursomes. He can forward to drive. But for her and Mow- tell you how much he appreciates your rie the " honor " proved an unlucky ac- goodness better than I." quisition. In the presence of so many Miss Gregory smiled expansively, but spectators the " school-girl " had clearly blushed harder than ever. " Glad to know lost her nerve. To make matters worse, you," she said, in a brusque, boyish voice. in stooping to mould her tee she trod " When do we begin." upon the hem of her short skirt and when " Eager for the fray," laughed Mrs. she strove to rise sprawled forward in the Davant. " You won't have to wait long; sand. Before Mowrie could assist her but first I want you to meet Miss Nellis she was up, but her confusion was and Mr. Vanderwoert. I understand you complete. Suppressed tittering came two have drawn them for the opening from the crowd, and Miss Nellis was round." obliged to discover an untied shoe-string " I wish Ida had found somebody a to hide her uncharitable delight. trifle stronger on looks," reflected Luther Under such circumstances it is not MOWRIE'S PARTNER. 367
strange that Miss Gregory topped her going to approach from here ?" he ex- drive into a nasty patch of swamp grass claimed. " Why, it's 175 yards!" **% She,,, some twenty yards in front of the tee. A " Don't worry yourself," she replied. eitll " I'm a bird at approaching." And with- • «-ifsheft( very human, though scarcely refined, ward.1' ejaculation shocked the young morning out hesitation she swung at the gutty. «"«,flat im air but was attributed by the majority of Mowrie was forced to confess that he those who heard it to Mowrie. had seldom seen better form. His part- It was a sad beginning; for Aurora ner's long arms and body moved as smoothly as clock-work. She caught the B drove straight and far, leaving her part- *« fct ordeal ol ball squarely, and it soared to the very ner a perfect brassie lie of which he and by the time it edge of the green, and rolled over near took advantage in masterly style. Miss drive they were» the hole. :enuinely amusing tt Nelllis's approach-shot put the ball within " You're all right!" cried the young '• tat producing i three feet of the hole, and Vanderwoert man, as he seized and shook a hand as in Aurora, putted in for a four, which was bogey for this hole. hard and muscular as his own. °i this emotion m Meanwhile Miss Gregory and Mowrie "I guess that will stagger 'em a bit," i ndlis's manner 01 had used three good strokes in getting she remarked. K| is bitter in com. out of the long grass, and three more in This stroke was the fore-runner of Meaner toward tk reaching the green. His partner's ex- others which left no room for further ides, she felt that traordinary putt was all that saved doubt that Miss Gregory was all that her iVt selected a s4ii- Luther from premature despair. sponsor had claimed. Mowrie was in so exactly her oppo- ecstasy. Miss Nellis and Vanderwoert " That's pretty rotten golf," observed irion ra not Battet- playing even better than their former the young lady as they walked to the best, found themselves gradually drop- iigure, and dart hair second tee, "but we'll do better this time." ping behind. vei wanted to HID I " That girl has a showy style, but I don't iiy life before," Anrora believe she can keep up this gait." " It isn't fair," grumbled Van. " Call tner, " You seem to have plenty of confi- this a mixed foursome ? It's a man and tie gsllery gatberd dence," said Luther. a girl against a man and a ' pro.' O Lord, see that!"—as the "pro." drove e ijff il was plain that " You bet I have. Why shouldn't I ? straight and low for 200 yards. it main centre of in- "Why this is a cinch, a regular lead-pipe. The gallery had increased rapidly, as m\ reputation had Have you got anything up on the result?" the fame of the match spread over the I murmur of expects- " No; I never bet myself in a prize links, until the other fours had scarcely match," he answered with some stiffness. a follower. Who in the world was this Bui for her and Mot- " Well, you oughter have done it this }S: tall, awkward maid who nobody knew ? •oved a ^ time," asserted the girl. " 'Twould have Mrs. Davant's answer to incessant queries presence of so n»»f been like finding money." Her timidity was that the girl was a guest at her home. ool-cirl" bad deajlf was departing rapidly. Who had taught her that extraordinary i mate matters w^ The second hole lay 325 yards over the game, her hostess had never asked. -aid Jier tee she trod •end of the pond. Miss Nellis's and Upon the young lady herself this r ^hort s Mowrie's drives easily cleared the danger, adulation was exerting a visibly in- but Aurora was driving so unusually creasing effect. The last traces of diffi- well that the balls rested on the fair green dence vanished and she talked continu- scarcely a dozen feet apart. Vanderwoert y ally, commenting upon her opponent's played safely with his brassie, leaving his play with a bluntness that filled Mowrie partner an easy approach shot. When with silent amusement and the others Miss Gregory's turn came she called with helpless wrath. Nevertheless, they forth a remonstrance from Luther by had to admit that her criticisms demon- il is choosing a heavy mashie. " You aren't strated rare knowledge of the game. 368 Moll 1UE'S PAR1JMER.
Aurora Nellis's temper was smoulder- But not as trying as another which pres- drew P ing dangerously. " The unmannered ently confronted him. cat!" she exclaimed, when there was no He and their two caddies were search- SJiDOl danger of being overheard, and she felt ing for a lost ball when the boy Skinny jslipFf'* unable to contain herself longer. " She sidled up, and with a face shining with Id from to needs to be taken home and spanked! the importance of a great discovery Just notice," she added to Vanderwoert, craved an immediate audience. " Come jrade an effort so' " how she orders her poor little caddie over so's the rest can't hear," he whis- silh a stifled groan- about." pered, " and I'll tell you somethin' that Althoagh sbe had S '11 make you turn all colors." Mowrie also was annoyed by his part- Sis Nells «-; "" ner's ungirlish harshness in this particu- The rainbow prospect failed to impress •0 Luther, as y - lar. Not content with keeping her own Luther, but his curiosity was stirred by isaoffily. on the jump she assumed proprietorship the lad's manifest excitement which he •I guess vtC over the other three. " Come there, now recalled having remarked before. Skinny, step lively," he heard her call as " Well, quick, what is it ?" he asked, when "CoiildGt y . she waited for a putter on the tenth they had withdrawn to a safe distance. green. " First time I ever knew that boy's " Let's have your ear," demanded name was Skinny," he remarked to him- Skinny; and the young man inclined his ue more ki head and listened attentively. . . . self. "Wonder how she discovered it." 'Hear not To one of his companions, as they " Great Cassar ! Are you sure?" he ex- >H1 lave walked foward for the next drive, claimed, staring over at his partner. " Skinny" expressed a similar curiosity. " Boy, I believe you're right." " Hully Gee!" he observed, " who told her " Dead right," asserted the caddie. me name was Skinny?" " His callin' me ' Skinny' was what put " Dunno," said the other boy. "No- me onter his game in the first place. body but us kids calls you that. She's That's me name among the fellers. Then a queer dame, anyway. Kinder reminds I kept me eyes peeled and saw lots of me of some one; I can't think just other things that made me leary. D'you who." notice how he gets tangled in them toil rf '•'• Me, too," said Skinny, earnestly. skirts? And that hair! — O, Gee! Say, From that moment his pale blue eyes fol- Mister Mowrie, just say the word and I'll lowed every movement Miss Gregory sneak up behind and yank the hair-pins, •fen made. out, and you see what happens." After the fourth hole the result of the " No; don't do anything of the kind, match was a foregone conclusion. At the you young Macchiavelli," Mowrie com- twelfth Mowrie and his partner were six manded. " I'll attend to this; no matter i naa nB up and no one doubted that the next hole what happens hold your tongue. Here's would see the contest close with a shame- a dollar. If this leaks out I'll know who's fully easy victory. Miss Gregory was to blame. If it doesn't, see me at the end tauntingly triumphant; but Luther was of the week, and I'll give you five more." not finding revenge as sweet as he had " Here's your ball," shouted the other anticipated. Had he dreamed that caddie at this moment. Aurora would take defeat so hard he Hastily binding his bargain with might have hesitated before accepting Skinny, Luther turned and started toward his cousin's aid. During the last ten the spot indicated. As he walked,, minutes he had not dared to meet pondering upon the strange discovery, he Aurora's reproachful eyes. For a golfer all but set foot in a little stream that observed. and a lover it was a trying situation flowed across the course. Forasecond he
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paused and drew back, then gathered " Now, Luther, don't try to walk a himself and sprang across. The brook single step," she directed. " The road is boy Skb was not wide, but the opposite bank must only over the hill, and I had the boy fol- have been slippery, for when he landed low us with the pony cart, so we can put iscovery his feet slid from beneath him and he you in and send you home quite com- came down on the grass in a heap. He fortably. But somebody will have to C in1! hear," he made an effort to rise, then sank back drive; I wouldn't trust the boy. I'd do it with a stifled groan. myself, only, of course, I can't desert Miss colors," Although she had the furthest to go, Gregory among all these strangers." to impress Miss Nellis was the first to reach him. Aurora was the only one of the group °aty was stirred by " O Luther, are you hurt ?" she asked, near enough to hear this last, and upon v iteieiii which to anxiously. her the artful matron bent her gaze. § remarked before, " I guess not," he replied, grimly; Luther took in the situation and sent an • 'lr' he asked, when " it's only my ankle." imploring glance in the same direction. to I safe distance. " Couldn't you bear your weight on it " I hate to trouble anybody," he said, hesi- long enough for a couple more strokes?" «'•'' demanded tatingly. " I guess the boy can take care f; man inclined his inquired Vanderwoert. " You only need of me." tntiveK.... one more hole to win." " O, let me," said Miss Nellis, address- " I fear not," said Luther, mournfully. ing herself entirely to Mrs. Davant. "I K you sure?" he ej- " We'll have to forfeit the match, I ect at his partner. love to drive that cute little pony. Please guess. " do." IK Eight, " Does it pain you much ?" said Miss " If you will be very careful not to let SSHted the caddie. Nellis. " Shan't we cut your shoe off?" him run away with Luther, you may," re- taj' sas what pit " 0, no ; it isn't as bad as that; just a plied the pony's owner. in ihe first place, little strain, but I'll have to give up So two men, picked from a host of can- ngtkife. fa playing for a time." didates, formed a hand-chair upon which •:ed and aw lots of " But it's half a mile to the house," Mowrie was carried easily over the green- ,'.c roe fcaay. D'yon said Vanderwoert. " Do you believe you sward and through a gap in the stone wall B Tjrided in them could walk there leaning on our shoul- to the cart, which the intelligent driver had teir!-O, Gee! Say, ders ? If you can't I will lug you on my back." brought to the nearest point on the road. 9| tk word ffld I'll Aurora stepped in beside him, shook the | pt die hair-pins " Don't bother about me, Van," re- sponded the invalid. " I'll sit here and reins over the plump old pony and enjoy the view until somebody comes started him for home at a sedate walk. -v;hing of the kind, along the road with a rig. Miss Gregory, As they drove off a parting look revealed ivdli." Morae com- I tender most heartfelt apologies. You their former gallery crowding about the ^i TO this: no matter are quite capable of going on and winning heroine of the day with many gestures of ,-,jr tongue, Hat* this match without me, but unfortun- condolence and congratulations. A little ately the rules don't permit." distance away the caddy named Skinny •r.see me at t " Rotten luck !" remarked his partner, lay face-down, kicking his toes into the ri'veyouiivemo speaking for the first time. " Sure I ground in an abandon of stifled emotion. '-.toured the could beat them alone, and without half For the first five minutes they journey- it trying." ed in silence. Then Luther noted that is l^al" But now the spectators began to crowd the pony's check rein was dangling and l^aried about. Foremost among them came Mrs. leaped out to adjust it. Not until he had Davant, perplexed and fearful; but when climbed back to his seat did he realize .^e discover]' she observed Aurora Nellis's expression what he had done. (iitle s^ t she took heart and immediately assumed " Luther Mowrie!" cried his nurse, 0"" full charg£,___ when her amazement abated enough for 370 MOWRIE'S PARTNER. speech. " Luther Mowrie, you're a fraud, " You see," he explained, at the close a deceitful wretch ! Why did you do it ?" of a long story. " Ida meant well enough, "Do what? Jump out? Why, his and I couldn't expose her and the poor check rein was unfastened. Didn't you devoted caddie before such a multitude. see ?" But of course as soon as I found how E- „ Yes, I saw, and I also observed that things lay I couldn't go on and win the your ankle is as well as anybody's. I match. On the spur of the moment I hate to think of all the good sympathy took the only way I could think of. You that has been wasted on you. You de- played magnificently, Aurora, and there serve to be exposed, and I've half a mind isn't another girl in the club who can touch you. Now that we are out you to turn right around and do it." USB**"'1 and Van can go and win the cup." " O, no, don't," he begged. "I intend- of Golf »^ ed to tell you about it, anyway. I couldn't The pony was able to pass four poles seteriH^ have stood it much longer—seeing you before Aurora said anything. " I could grieve over me when there was nothing forgive you everything, except making ,1" it has v> the matter." me so ashamed of myself," she replied, " I didn't grieve." finally. Perhaps it was gloating; but I'd pre- " You ? Ashamed of yourself? What jig lies on it'--" fer to believe it was some more womanly for ?" «motion. "But listen; let me explain." " For being jealous of a fifteen-year-old iliois to its'-- ~ Here the young man prevented any ful- boy." m MiEBr HXK i filment of the threat to return by assum- " But you couldn't expect to play as stf as the praps ing command of the reins. well as Georgie. Only one or two men in The pony ambled along at apace that the club can beat him." made the telegraph poles seem like mile- " I don't mean that I was jealous of stones, and had Aurora been so minded his playing ," said the girl, busying her- itVi'lhz •'•"" "'•''• she might have gotten out and gone self with the whip-stock. back on foot. But if she ever had any Mrs. Davant's pony is one of those such desire Luther's first words dispelled rarely intelligent animals that travel just •ik:ai:.:::-- it. as surely when nobody holds the reins. laik instant «hai
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SKETCHES BHOWING THE DIVERGING CLUB-FACE AND AFTER THE IMPACT.. THE TIMING OF THE STROKE, 373 ly then, there is only one moment in the " the snap of the wrists." What he ought course of the actual swing (and let us to learn is that the club-head should, by remember that a golf swing for the full means of a rightward turn of the wrists shot is a very long swing) when club and move away from the rectangular position ball meet in full flat and square collision of the address; should return to that .and concussion; and if this unique moment position, with absolute precision, for •coincides with the application of the smiting purposes in the incalculably small maximum of power, not an instant too instant allowed for the purpose by the soon, not an instant too late, the stroke laws of dynamics, and should then, is well-timed. {See illustration of swing.) immediately after the impact but to all If the maximum of power be applied actual sense of the operation simultane- before the club has arrived at right angles ously with the impact, turn the wrists and to the ball, or if the collision occurs before club sharply leftwards and of course up- that moment, the club-face forms an obtuse wards and forwards. angle with the line of flight and the ball The difficulty of the golf-swing and in is heeled with resultant slice. If the particular of the full swing, is now appar- maximum of power be delayed until after ent. But to understand the game is the face has reached the rectangular, or more than half the battle, and it is inter- if the collision then occurs, the face forms esting to note, if what we have said is an acute angle and the ball is pulled. sound, that whatever distinction may exist Again, unless the wrists are turned and between such expressions as re-turned properly, and if this turning the club's face is the best ocular test, it is A good follow-through, impossible to get any appreciable max- A proper timing of the stroke, That peculiar snap of the wrists, imum of power for use at the moment of The true golf-swing ; rectangular impact. The swing is prac- tically as swift, in such case, four feet they all relate, in point of fact, to the away from the ball, as at the impact. simple dominant truth that the wrists •Synchronously, too, with the impact must must guide the club in a divergent, con- the transfer of weight to the right leg take vergent and then reversely divergent place, as indicated by Mr. Macdonald. manner, reserving one single instant in But our theory of the timing of the stroke the whole swing for a concentrated rect- will perhaps bear a little more elucidation. angular concussion between club and ball. The natural unregenerate man and golfer, Having regard to this supreme instant born without that golfing sense which the we talk of elect possess of grace, thinks that he ought THE TIMING OF THE STROKE. to draw back his club straight and send it forward straight. He will not turn his Noting the turn, re-turn and then the wrists and the club face to the right in leftward turn of the wrists, all executed the upswing, nor will he turn them sharply with the utmost decision and precision, leftwards after the impact, for the reason and the agreeable sensation which accom- that his lack of golfing sense deludes him panies these movements when employed into the wrong conviction that he is sure upon resilient materials, we talk of that to miss his aim if he does the one, and to hook or pull his ball if he does the other. DELIGHTFUL SNAP OF THE WRISTS, Besides these delusions, he is further and delightful it undoubtedly is. misled by a good deal of'nonsertse talked Observing again, the fine way in which in the name of " follow-through" and a club so wielded comes through, cutting 374 GOLF MAGIC. the air leftward, upward and yet forward NOTE: It will not be supposed, in our with the toe rather than with the face, we insistence upon the right and left turn of the- wrists, that we have lost sight of the importance talk of of arms well extended until they bend at the- THE FOLLOW-THROUGH. proper time. The exposition of our theory re- Viewing them altogether with proper quires that emphasis be put upon the function? contributory action of the entire anatomy of the wrists, but the intelligent golfer will understand that this function must harmonize we behold with others that are also essential. THE TRUE GOLF-SWING.
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,,.,...,.,. QUESTIONS UNDER' THE RULES. mHm golfer 4 HE following queries and answers fore playing his round—the ladies' course have been sent out by the rules of being interspersed with the gentlemen's Ksential, T Golf Committee, St. Andrews, Scot- course, and in one or two cases prac- land :— tically continuations of the gentlemen's greens ? 11. Chicago Golf Club.—(i) In match play, a player plays a ball by mistake Answer. Rule No. 3 is quite clear on other than his own or his opponent's, the subject. what penalty, if any ? 13. Ladybank Golf Club.—In a stroke Answer.—Vide second paragraph of competition a competitor whose card Rule 29. showed the lowest score was declared the (2) A player in match play plays a winner. After the players had left the practice stroke with a ball not in play, club-house and course, the runner-up, what penalty, if any? whose score was six strokes more, verbally Answer.—If the practice stroke has objected to the winner's score on the special reference to the stroke which is ground that it was below that actually about to be played, it is so obviously played, and on inquiry it was admitted by against the spirit of the game that the the winner that a penalty stroke for a lost committee did not consider it necessary ball had unwittingly and in ignorance of to legis.late on the subject. the rule not been entered on the card. Is the objection in time, and, if so, how (3) What penalty, if any, in a four-ball WOtt It long after a match will Rule 4 Stroke match, A and B playing their best ball Competitions, disqualifying a competitor against C and D; A plays B's ball, the hold good ? error being discovered before another Answer.—The competitor was disquali- stroke is made ? fied under No. 4 Special Rules for Stroke Answer.—A can take no further part Competitions. in the hole. B places a ball on the spot from which A had played the ball and 14. Faversham Golf Club.—Playing in remains in play. a foursome. A is left by his partner's approach shot a six-inch putt for the hole, 12. Chester Golf Club.—(1) If a ball but A's ball pitched in a small piece of is lying immediately under a wire or other wet mud left on the edge of the green fence bounding the links, the ball being (presumably from the boot of a player in partly within bounds and partly out of front). A small piece of this mud clung bounds, is it correct to treat such ball as to the ball, and was on the side of the "in" or "out of bounds?" ball A had to strike. A played the Answer.—The committee have already stroke, and the ball and the mud stuck to ruled that if the greater part of the ball is his putter, and the head of the putter and within bounds, the ball has to be played the ball on it were exactly above the hole. where it lies. His partner then with his putter tapped (2) Does No. 3 Special Rules for stroke the ball off A's putter, and it fell into the competitions prohibit a competitor from hole. Did A or his partner lose or halve playing on a relief or ladies' course be- the hole ? and would A have been within 376 QUESTIONS UNDER THE RULES, his rights in shaking the ball off into the If not, why should there be a penalty hole ? or what should they have done. in one case and not in the other. H. W. Answer.—The committee have no ex- Answer.—In match play, the opponent perience of such tenacious mud, and such has the right to have the flag-stick re- a contingency should be provided for by moved at any time, and is thus supposed the local rules. to guard his own interests. In medal play, there are a field of competitors and 15. Paisley Golf Club.—This club's local some general rule must be adopted to K mar act. rule for ball on putting-green other than protect the rights of all. Hence, the dis- the one played for provides that the ball tinction. ofyear. espf""- shall be lifted and dropped, but exception doieefe™11 has been taken to this as being contrary To the Editor of GOLF : to the almost invariable practice on other SIR,—If you hit one of the direction depaning eroMe courses, and as being unfair in giving a flags, have you the privilege of playing I «t»the * worse lie to the ball. The opinion of the the ball over again, if so desired ? Or [Oiteiicifl! * committee is craved. are you obliged to play the ball as it lies? A bright, ^ Answer.—The committee suggest that I have seen two cases where the flags ! April or May the ball should be placed, and not have been hit. In one instance the ball abont (be peri dropped. glanced off and fell among trees, thereby faisata] causing loss of hole; in the other the flag to itaiy j« To the Editor of GOLF : was struck in approaching the hole, and life is a SIR,—Under "Special Rules for Stroke the ball fell dead beside flag. Had the Competitions," Rule 11, I find: "When flag not been there the approach would a competitor's ball is within twenty yards have been perfect. E. M. of the hole, the competitor shall not play Answer.—The player has the right to until the flag has been removed, under remove any direction or green-flag if he flit penalty of one stroke." My question is: thinks it likely to interfere with his stroke. Is there any penalty in match play for If he fails to exercise his option, and the approaching the hole when the flag is in ball hits the obstruction, it must be re- the hole and the ball is within twenty garded as a "rub of the green," and the ma of 1 yards of the hole ? consequences must be submitted to. trial HHI
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\ A FLORIDA ENCHANTMENT.
By the Colonel.
ROBABLY the very name of Florida June, and you will, I warrant, depart then may act as a sort of sunstroke on reluctantly to a colder clime, having play- P many of your readers at this time ed all day, and every day, against foemen of year, especially on those gay golfers worthy of your steel, and with your game who flee from its links as soon as the big improved (and everybody's game, except hotels close, about Easter time. These Vardon's, can be improved) immensely. departing golfers little know that they fly Well, that is a part of the enchantment just as the season for "golf proper" is I refer to, but now I lead you on to the commencing with us. burden of my remarks. A bright, sunshiny day in the end of On my return from a too brief visit to April or May, in Jacksonville, is just the Land o' Cakes, I arrived in Jackson- about the perfection of golfing weather. ville, Florida, the end of the first week in There is always a breeze strong enough July. Did 1 find the golf course a wilder- to steady your drives, the sky can give ness ? Did I feel like one who stands Italian skies a big handicap for blueness alone on teeing-ground, deserted ? Not and clearness, the green is far better than much. I played two full rounds each any Northern green can be at that time day with tried and true golfers, and did of year, and affords a reward to all those not find it any hotter I trow, than you, who choose the straight and narrow path my gentle reader, did on some classic up the centre of the course, while the green in the North. Not content with greens are as keen as any putting fiend our day's work, I, in a lucky moment, can desire. And all the good golf does looked over my right shoulder and beheld not go with the fashion at Easter, by any the moon just rising and in the fullness manner of means. I have seen many a of its silvery majesty. I had, of course, fourball match played at Jacksonville as to breathe a wish, and I " wush" that we late as June, where the play would have should, that very night, play a round of been honored by a gallery even at old golf under its beams. My comrades, St. x\ndrews, and with which even my ever ready for anything good, speedily good, old, but stern friend, Dr. McPher- arranged the event, and 9 p. M. the son, could have found no quarrel. This moon saw us, like substantial fairies, trip- past spring and present summer have ping lightly with our iron clubs over the been no exception to the rule, and I have dew-spangled lawn. (I fear that the participated in some excellent golf, and moon has had a baleful influence over my as no one is too old to learn, I have English.) derived much benefit and received in- We arranged to limit our venture, for structions from golfing babes and suck- that night only, to approaching and put- lings (I use the term in a comparative ting, as we found it somewhat trying to sense). see the head of our club when we were I strongly advise golfers not to leave addressing a ball, not too clearly seen, Florida simply because the swallows fly either. northwards. Stay next year till about I, of course, being the guilty instigator,
"•* '-•mi 1« N**h 378 TO THE GREEN COMMITTEE. led off, and holed the first hole in two, in on the first tee, as the clock strikes nine," better style than ever I did in daylight. promises to be the new order of tryst for The others were not so accustomed to young man and maiden fair, and I prom- play with their eyes shut, and so were not ise not to be there to see them, but will quite so successful; but there was great lead the doddering and decrepit partners speculation after one had hit a shot, wait- of my bygone golfing joys by other paths ing to hear the ball drop and the voice of to play our moonlight sonata for the edi- the forecaddie heralding a success or be- fication of the bats and owls, leaving wailing a failure. Oberon and Titania to witness the play The refreshing coolness after the heat of the youthful pair. I wonder which of the day was very welcome, while the party will enjoy itself the most ? I am absolute stillness in the air lent a charm inclined to back the owls; but surely of its own to our contest. I was no neo- there will be enchantment for all, and for phyte at the game, having played round the older party sundry bracers in the Kissimmee some years ago, under similar hospitable club-house when the roosters conditions; but I was delighted to see are calling the midnight hour. my grave and reverend partners in many Fain would I embrace in this paper a tough match entering into the fun of my adventures on my golf courses in the thing so thoroughly. Scotland on my recent visit, but a little "Meet me, then, by moonlight, alone of me goes a very long way.
TO THE GREEN COMMITTEE.
By W. Shaw.
There was an old Golfer from Yarrow, Who wheeled his clubs round in a barrow, When he sliced out of bounds He lamented, "Oh Zounds! They make em 'ere courses too narrow."
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HAVE been favored with one of the there is a very great deal in securing These fo«rP r( I first copies of a very handsomely got a good grip to commence with. staring that & up work, to show by the perfection I have gone over Mr. Beldam's volume |» are &m of photographic art the methods of play with considerable care, and 1 shall men- of the principal golfers in Great Britain. tion the most important conclusions at bend slighily so 2i. It is entitled : " Great golfers, their meth- which he has arrived after a minute ods at a glance." By George W. Beldam. examination of the details before him. The work contains 266 photographs One thing observable in the grip of Olfc! taken by the author himself in uniform most of the players is this that there is style, with letterpress descriptions of the more finger than palm grip. Hence ;: Ktkevfe ^ several styles. As a work of art it is to those who require to use gloves for the fajy allied be highly recommended; but for instruc- protection of their hands—especially tike is to S& tion of a sound and lasting nature for the ladies—should cut the fingers off the The actK-D; b-KC general player many of the old school gloves. The decidedly strongest profes- {tie swing iiA will be rather dubious. sionals in the world in our day—Vardon, low the te: : If a hundred successive photographs Taylor and Braid—grip principally with per second were taken during the swing their two first fingers; in other words, of the golfer, and arranged in the or- the club lies in the crook of the fore- s si* i:c ha dinary way for the cinematograph, there fingers. With all three, the little finger bilk morass!) would be a living means of instruction of the right hand overlaps the forefinger Yardoa. With •"•• in style. That would be an excellent of the left hand. Can there be any suing, as in ite c adjunct and means of guiding the begin- magical power in it ? It seems that the champion. !>':. • i ner. Th'e stance and address, however, hands, being thus brought closer to- kmosttariSc U can be easily examined by the illustra- gether, are found more likely to work in B^mies Ms iw tions of the ingenious author. unison. I do not think, however, that I: sanent using h Mr. Beldam has uniformly used a beginners should imitate this. Mr. Hil- done. Herd &:v capital practical device to compare the ton, who is the first amateur living, has stance positions of the golfers. This is the old orthodox style, which pleased me Tuts ;:-•-,-:• a square of four feet, subdivided into when taught by Allan Robertson. The smaller squares of six inches. The cam- right thumb should slightly cross over era is in line with the centre line of the the handle of the club, and not be placed square, and the ball is placed in the in a line with the shaft. tetotkft middle of the nearest cross line. The All the greatest golfers represented in ikBtabW player is supposed to be driving in the these photographs seem to have adopted tea direction of this last line. The position the open stance, viz., the right foot is in «nr must is: of the feet to the ball is at once seen for advance of the left. The principal excep- fetopofiesti every shot. Each photograph is taken tion is Mr. Hilton. I used to stand 4 stajy ^, in about the thousandth of a second. square and, as he does, the weight equally These are admirably executed in full on the two feet. page drawings. At the top of the swing the three pro- The grip also can be very easily ob- fessionals named and the Champion Herd served, in the addressing of the ball, and show their wrists directly underneath the INSTRUCTION BY ILLUSTRATION. 381 shaft. The object of this is to bring the by the length of the downward swing and club-head into the proper position, so the consequent speed of the club-head. that when it is brought down to the ball As the iron clubs are shorter than the it will meet the ball in the position it wooden ones, the arc described by the was in when addressing the ball. wrists is smaller, consequently wrist work These four professionals all agree in is more apparent. In the case of the stating, that at the motaent of impact push shot, however, the arc described is they are standing firmly on both feet, a flatter one, the object being to keep but immediately, they let the right knee the ball low. This is now a favorite bend slightly to allow the right shoulder approach stroke with a rubber-cored ball to come round. in place of the higher pitch with the gutta. The head must be in the same position It is plain from these illustrations that at the top of the swing as when the ball all the players work on the general prin- was being addressed. And in the head ciple, that the shorter the shot the nearer are the eyes, and they should be looking the player comes to the ball. There is fixedly at the part of the ball where the less movement of the knees, and the feet club face is to strike it. are nearer to each other. In putting, The action-photographs of the finishes the tendency of the best players seems of the swing with the several players to be to get more behind the ball with, show the degree of effort considered the right foot the shorter the putt. necessary for a successful shot. Some Mr. Beldam thus gives good advice: use wrists and forearms with very little "Let nothing distract the thoughts bodily movement, as in the case of from the line to the hole, starting the Vardon. With others, arms and body ball on that line; the fact that nothing swing, as in the case of the amateur will stop the ball from going into the champion, Mr. Robert Maxwell. . Braid, hole if it is truly struck along the right the most terrific driver of all against the line." One important point should be wind, makes his body action entirely sub- noted, to take the putter (wooden or servient, using his wrists and forearms aluminium, if possible) back by the wrists alone. Herd shows his body evidently only, the body being kept perfectly still. coming into the stroke. One noticeable point the photographs These action-photographs show the show is that even those who do not use the position of the right elbow at the top of overlapping grip for their other strokes, the swing to be below the right shoulder, use it in putting. I cannot understand whilst in the majority it is comparatively this. I have the same grip all through. close to the side. This is because the Harry Vardon is taken in thirty-three club is taken back by the wrists. When different positions, and he gives his own the arms take the club back; the right account of these photographs. He grips elbow must assume a higher position at firmly with the first finger and thumb,. the top of the swing. and there is a decided pressure with the A study of these photographs con- little finger on the knuckle of the first vinces one that a chief characteristic of finger of the left hand. He stands firmly the professionals is that they rarely take with the weight rather on the right leg. a full shot with iron clubs. They take There is no perceptible pause at the top back the club proportionately to the dis- of his swing. He uses rather a short tance the ball has to travel. Accord- cleek, as he finds that thus he gets more ingly the distance is regulated, not by the command over it. With him the push- but stroke is a delightful shot; the ball starts- 382 INSTRUCTION BY ILLUSTRATION. low and gradually rises swallow-like. He he is unrivalled, he stands a little more is also very fond of the mashie. The in front of the ball, allowing more weight "pitch" is used generally when the to rest on the left foot. The position of ground is on the soft side, the " push " the club at the top is horizontal. His when the ground is firm. Eight photo- body does not commence to turn in the graphs are given to show the actual downward swing till the clubhead is positions of his feet, arms, hands, knees about two feet from the ball, viz., at the and club, etc., at different parts of the point when the wrists "come in" to the .swing. A study of these will he very stroke. The only iron club he prefers .serviceable to the beginner. taking a full shot with is the cleek. With Taylor has thirty-five photographs to the mashie stroke he always likes to take illustrate his style with different clubs. a little turf. He putts most deadly with He considers the turn of the wrists the aluminium putter, a fac-simile of underneath the shaft at the top of the Johnnie Low's wooden putter, so well swing to be the "keystone of the struc- used by the late Hugh Kirkcaldy. open ture on which the whole fabric of a true champion. •swing is built." In the downward stroke I have not much faith in Herd's style, •great care should be taken not to allow though he was open champion in 1902. the body to lunge forward at the ball, He is too flexible and swift in his move- because these strokes are played prin- ments for powerful play when "held" in cipally with the wrists and forearms only. a match by holes. Seventeen illustrations The mashie is his masterpiece. He lets are given to show his style. He is very the arms go well away after the ball, but successful with the "jerking shot" of the he will not press with it. In all mashie driving iron. The ball is hit first, taking approach shots he is of opinion that the a little turf and allowing the arms and player should not look up too soon to club-head to follow through in the direc- see the effect of the shot. This he strictly tion of the flight of the ball, but stopping watches when putting; he concentrates the club very quickly. all his powers on striking the ball as he Eighteen photographs are given to plans. To show the speed of the driver Mr. Hilton to describe his own play. In at impact, the twelve-hundredth part of a the address for the drive the ball is second in the "snap-shot " was too slow placed almost exactly mid-way between to catch the view of the ball and bring the feet. This is the old orthodox style. it and the club out sharply: the shaft The middle spoon (aluminium) has been is quite blurred. resuscitated by him. It was one of my To Braid nineteen photographs have favorites. He firmly believes it has come been assigned to portray his powerful to stay, and he has a great liking for it, style. He grips tight with all fingers. for he uses it in a great variety of strokes. His weight when addressing the ball is Putting, the most trying part of the game, •firmly on the heels, slightly more on the is to him the least interesting, but he right. In addressing for a low ball, where uses a putter of Braid's stamp. A CAPITULATION. By E. G. M.
0 Fortune, fickle queen! What troubles have I seen, In what despairs have been, Since thou didst leave me. What lies my ball hath found— Gorse, bents and stony ground— What bunkers hemmed me round, To plague and grieve me.
When first I knew thee fled, Fondly I smiled, and said, " Skill shall me more bestead "Than that Derider! "Let Fortune favour fools. "Wise men, by following rules, "Ancient or modern schools, "Have still defied Her."
Straightway I conned my book; Knowledge therefrom I took How topping, slice and hook May be prevented. Studied both grip and stance; Learnt, briefly, in advance, I; : A shift for every chance Fate e'er invented.
In vain!—Against such odds, Such spiteful pricks and prods, Let champions—or the gods— Their brassies measure. Thus my ambition ends— Kiss, Fortune, and be friends! My happiness depends Upon thy pleasure. SOME FAMOUS SHOTS.
By F. K. i In his match i T. ANDREWS links could tell of straight-faced iron, played the ball hard many a shot which deserved fame. against the bank of the green, where it to the last hole agaiots S The renown of one or two played bends almost like a figure of eight from _he laid the ba. in the dark ages have, indeed, been the bunker. The ball got the exact kick biisd theD}3lc:" handed down. Thus, oft repeated though and lay nearly dead, the putt was holed it has been, one must again record Old and Andrew won the match by one hole. final of & Tom's wonderful niblick shot out of the Of a different kind, and possibly more Eden at the short hole in, whereby he brilliant, was Mr. Hilton's shot up to that won a TOO to i chance, and, true gentle- same hole in the final for the Amateur I Ball staTta man as ever, refused to take payment on Championship in rgoi. It is true that the ground that the hit was not seriously the player declaims any great merit in a by the LITSpK meant. A wonderful long putt of one of the shot, but all who saw it combine in id mow i: jl A"» the Parks, I think it was Mungo's, at the agreeing that it was one of the finest and 4 iW,i4 it i um.iJ - last hole, has great claims for notoriety. pluckiest shots they had witnessed. It • fat ' It was in one of the great professional was played, moreover, to a more or less Li" to (jon ' I matches, which in those days created a hostile gallery (and, to their shame, be it Til Eh ii'1'1-. lot of interest. They were played, so to said, the galleries at St Andrews are not skdonlk kt;k speak, with the gloves off, a genuine so well behaved as they should be, at liewkt ::: :.•' money match, usually the result of a times, indeed, very much the reverse). tknged towar& it v challenge, not like the wretched exhibi- This shot of Mr. Hilton's was played with aiiiacle DO :•• tion matches of the present day, when as a spoon or a brassie right up to the hole. al; perplo;eo Mi ) often as not the money is pooled and True, it was against the wind, but it sWMit:;:.! there is no real incentive to win. This pitched on the narrow plateau between (aienble particular putt was one of forty yards, the the bunker and the road and stayed on ball lying in the hollow short of the green, the green. Whether skilful or not, it and the match all square. Every foot was as plucky an effort as has ever been was walked and every blade of grass made at a critical time. Remember the examined, and then with the old wooden player had been three up, and by a slow ton^t,tens raj putter the ball was sent straight to the hole. and painful process had been so "out Sir pkyed ici ' In the last big professional match for a putted" by Mr. Low that he found him- ptys, of a rsr k money stake, viz., Andrew Kirkaldy v. J. self with all his advantage gone. A heel Bf mistakes zr H. Taylor, Andrew played a characteristic or pull might have been fatal, but he had St. Andrews shot at the Road hole at the the nerve to hit the ball true, and he had Me ma critical point of the match. He was lying his reward. on the top of the hill above the Scholar's I have no doubt that Mr. Balfour Mel- bunker in two. The match was square ville has vivid memories of the matches and two to play and Taylor had the easi- he played the year he won the Amateur est approach. It seemed impossible to Championship. Three times running did get near the hole. The bunker was he tie, and each time on playing off did exactly between the ball and the hole, his opponent find the burn at the first and to pitch and stop on the green was hole. In the final it was Mr. John Ball, well-nigh impossible. Andrew took a of all m-efh I beheveTTe~tooE~T>-lub km SOME FAMOUS SHOTS. 385 which he had not used all the week, and suddenly a yell went up from the crowd just took too much of the hard St. which reached us. " I know what that Andrews turf. The other opponents who means," said one, " Johnnie Ball's in the obliged him were both native St. Andrews burn !" and so it was. golfers, who should have known better — While still on classic ground it is right Mr. Greig and Mr. Laurence Auchter- to recall a wonderful long putt of Freddy lonie. In his match with the latter Mr. Tait's, whereby he snatched the second Balfour Melville made a magnificent shot medal at some spring meeting from Mr. to the last hole against a stiff east wind "Andy" Smart. It was nearly the full —he laid the ball stone dead and thus length of the green, a nasty curly putt, halved the match, for he was " dormie as all putts are on that green, and down " at the time he knew he had to hole it to win. The final of that championship was The putt was played with the utmost certainly one of the most exciting matches confidence, and the striker was the least that have ever been seen at St. Andrews. surprised of the whole crowd. " I meant Mr. Ball started a red-hot favourite, as to hole it'" he said. much as four to one being freely laid on Perhaps, to digress again, those long him by the Liverpool contingent to as putts were the most deadly part of that much money as St. Andrews would take, great golfer's game. It was almost a and though it was considered a forlorn certainty that in the course of the round hope there were many who backed he would hole two if not three real long " Leslie" to crown his many successes ones. He used to play with rather a laid over his favourite links. One advantage back putter, and almost loft his long he had on the day; the wind which had putts. It is possible this method would all the week been blowing from the east not be so successful with a Haskell. changed towards the west. To the local Alas! we shall never know how good he man this made no difference, but it cer- would have been with the American in- tainly perplexed Mr. John Ball, and at vention • it strikes me that it might have one hole, the tenth, it probably made a improved his game, or rather just filled up considerable difference. All the week it a crevice. If there was a weakness in had been an easy matter to get up in two Freddy Tait's game it was his cleek shot; with an iron club, but the change of wind not that he could not play that club, but made such a difference that, if I remem- he rather distrusted it and preferred to ber right, he was very short with a per- play a spared shot with a driver, an infin- fectly played shot. The play was not, itely more difficult stroke, at least so one perhaps, of a very high order, but the would imagine. very mistakes made the match all In contradistinction, perhaps, the best the more thrilling. From that match a stroke of the present Amateur Champion certain little grassy hollow was chris- is his long approach with an iron club, tened "Johnny Ball's Bunker," a great especially against a wind. It is extra- honour to a stranger; perhaps one he ordinary how low Mr. Maxwell can keep would prefer to dispense with. I think the ball, and yet how far it will carry. As it was in that bunker that the ball jumped an example in the medal at Muirfield this back and struck him, and he had to give spring, against a heavy west wind, he up the hole. The finish has already been almost carried on to the green at the first touched on; it is not one to elaborate. hole, and yet his ball was never more Some of us were sitting in the club, not than three feet off the ground. It is having the heart to see the end, when questionable if Mr. Maxwell ever played 386 SOME FAMOUS SHOTS. better golf in his life than he did in the known that he was leading his field, but last seven holes in that medal. To tie there was a possibility of Vardon catch- with Mr. Laidlay he had to do those ing him up, and the big man seemed to holes in 28, an average of four, and the be tiring a little—small blame to him. wind was blowing stiff from the south- He had hit a good tee shot right up to west, which meant that the last hole the ditch; then the spectators round the would take two extra ones to get home. putting green saw a curious thing. A He dropped a stroke at the short hole, white thing seemed to flash in the sun- but recovered it at the next by the aid of light, and a smothered groan was heard; ore of fa &1 a brilliant approach, so he was left with a he had missed the crucial shot and was tbe golfing abiuty ^ - four to tie. He had a raking long tee bound to be in the bunker! The next shot, and a magnificent second straight second the ball bounded on to the green, to the relief of the crowd. The explana- on the pin; it carried just short and ran Women's W" " about eight yards past. That shot won tion was that in playing the stroke Braid ;; jd His. HI* had broken the head off his driving him the medal, and it deserves to rank tit comes Ms ) as one of the best shots Mr. Maxwell mashie, but not before he had hit the ball has ever played. It was at the very same and won the championship. Sofa; Ms Fc hole that he played very nearly as good a The writer has attempted to confine mm, and MB. H- ( one against Mr. John Ball in the Amateur himself to shots played with a genuine (Iwentsia.latl B Championship of 1897. He had a nasty intent, which have succeeded as the play- hanging lie, but it was absolutely neces- ers intended, and has avoided what may champion anu :ijff sary to go for it as his antagonist was be called semi-flukes, such as the holing loi tie othe sk dormie, or, at any rate, one up; he liter- of a mashie shot. One medal he can re- I la nearest (JBiKti ally tore the ball away right on to the member being won by such a shot. It green and won the hole. Then followed was the Hope County Medal, open to all one of the most exciting ties that have members of East Lothian clubs, and been played. The first four holes were played at Old Luffness, now, alas! no halved in perfect golf. At the fifth the more. Mr. C. L. Dalziel had holed out debutant (for it was his first champion- in 77, and Colonel Kinloch (then Major ship) holed a good putt, and Mr. Ball D. A. Kinloch) was just behind him. Sm missed a shorter one. Mr. Maxwell then With his second he was short of the road proceeded to literally slaughter Mr. Hil- at the last hole and had both it and the ton to the tune of seven and six, but he bunker to cross. Before playing he asked tlBMM had wonderful luck, laying him three what the best score was, and on being stymies in the first eight holes. told said, "Then I've got this to win." One other stroke played to the last From where he was he could not see the hole at Muirfield deserves a passing word. hole, but he walked up, measured the dis- tie Is Braid was playing his last hole in the tance, took his mashie and holed! — Golf Open Championship of 1902. It was Illustrated.
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; ME. WESTEKN DEPARTMENT >d tee: spectators rouud'ti a curious thing, j Conducted by Alexis J. Colinan. t lered gxoan washeard. Evidence of the estimation in which But Mrs. Home does not intend to e crucial shot and ^ the golfing ability of Mrs. Bernard S. play in the western championship. As lie bunker! The r.a Home is held by her former associates is she has won the title four times she feels unded on Us the gretr. •given in the list of handicaps of the that she has done enough, and will let Women's Western Golf Association, in her title go to some one else this year. •bying thestrokeEnii which Mrs. Home is placed at plus 6. On a recent visit to the Glen View links d«d off i drmj: Next comes Miss J. Anna Carpenter, Mrs. Home, playing with Lawrence •lore he had liit theb£ Westward-Ho; Miss Mabel Higgins, Auchterlonie, made the first nine holes ipioBship, Midlothian; Miss Frances Everett, Ex- in 48. Mrs. Home intends entering the jiiempted to cafe moor, and Mrs. H. C. Chatfield-Taylor, "national championship at Merion from played with a pit •Onwentsia, all at plus 3, so a clear three one of the Pittsburg clubs. >ucceeded as the pliv- strokes divides the present national has avoid champion and holder of the western title That golf is becoming a democratic from the others who have been regarded game is made evident more and more by One medal lie CM her nearest competitors. - bj such a shot. 1: the disregard for the conventionalities uisty Medal, open to at one observes on public links. Old coun- t Lothian dak d try canons of dress are unknown and It was a considerable task to rate the alas!—rule books are altogether too dffiiBS, DOW, alas! i players in the twenty-one clubs of the Dalael had holed I scarce a quantity. Divots are cut with association, and in order to do justice to abandon and the cry of " Fore!" too K-'fcii (then Major : the work the officers, Mrs. W. A. Alex- frequently dispensed with. But every- ;> jiBl behind In 5 ander, president, and Mrs. A. T. H. Brower, body enjoys the game, and the public te was short of the «ri secretary, conned all the scores made in courses in Jackson Park, Chicago, are si had both it andfe tournament and team play last year. A crowded every afternoon, and especially Reiore pbying he astni range of eighteen strokes is provided for, so on Saturdays, when players have to ,-r ns, and on toj from the plus six mark to handicap 12, wait very patiently until the number cor- ]Vt rot this to»' and over 160 women are included in responding with the ticket they hold is ^ he could notseetie the list called by the park policeman in charge.
The scratch players: Mrs. William A. Fred Herd, open champion in 1898, Alexander, Exmoor; Mrs. Herbert A. has been very sick with heart trouble at Beidler, Lake Geneva; Mrs. A. T. H. his home in Chicago, and has now left Brower, Evanston; Miss Elizabeth Cong- for his home in St. Andrews. For seven don, Glen View; Mrs. Charles L. Bering, years he has been one of the firm of Midlothian; Mrs. Albert de W. Erskine, Herd & Yeoman, clubmakers and teach- Onwentsia; Miss Margaret Morris, Evan- ers at the Washington Park Club, a firm ;ston; Mrs. Harry New, Indianapolis; by the way, which has probably equalled Miss Julia Trumbull, Edgewater, and in income any other similar concern in Miss M,arlha_Wilson,_Owejitsia. the country. 388 WESTERN DEPARTMENT.
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Convinced that the professionals gen- W. G. A., together with the sum total of erally did not favor the innovation of a fees paid for playing in the team match medal play round with match play fol- by the members of both teams. The lowing for the western open champion- point system of scoring will be used, one ship at Grand Rapids, Mich,, June 30-- for each 18 holes and o-ne for the match. July 2, the Western Golf Association directors decided to revert to the former method of playing the event. So the The Midlothian Country Club has fol- first day will be 36 holes medal play, and lowed Onwentsia's lead in establishing a the other 36 on the second day, the hunt, and has gone a step farther in championship proper thus being deter- importing foxes from Missouri to lay the mined by 72 holes of straight medal play, scent. James L. Stack, who is captain as for the past two years. On the third of the golf team at Midlothian, occupies, day a team match is to be played, the also the position of M. F. H., so his. champion and second man acting as duties promise to be rather arduous this captains, and after tossing for first choice year. Mr. Stack lives in cottage No. 13 they will choose sides alternately, the at Midlothian, but whether this has any- teams to be of not less than five nor thing to do with the facts that his high- more than ten men each. These teams spirited hunter (huntress?), the filly Ex- will play thirty-six holes at match play, celsior, stepped upon his foot, or that and the side winning will divide among Pilot, leader of the pack, jumped a nine- its members a purse put up by the Kent foot fence and hied himself away to Country Club, host of the tournament, Missouri, deponent saith not. The mis- which sum will be duplicated by the hap put Mr. Stack hors du golf and on WESTERN DEPARTMENT. 389
crutches for a considerable time, but has care is taken of the greens, the commit- not abated his enthusiasm for the hunt. tees forbidding play on the regular greens at unfavorable times. The ar- rangement of traps, too, on some of the Little by little the Americans who old-country courses, is such that the man have taken such great interest in golf, who drives 200 yards right along is pen- and have put so much money in the club alized ; this is in a great measure due, of plants are receiving some measure of their course, to the fact that the courses were reward. Bob Simpson, the Riverside laid out for the hard ball. I feel per- professional, who spent the winter at his fectly satisfied with many of our United home in Carnoustie and elsewhere in States courses." •Scotland, is frank in saying that he can- not see why there should be so much talk about the old country courses being The handicap committee of the Western better than those of the U. S. A. " The lies Golf Association is pursuing a simpler you get on some of the foreign courses, course this year. Instead of recording right on the fair green, are very bad the name and allowance of every in- .sometimes," says Simpson. "Some of dividual player in each of the sixty clubs, the courses over there have been played only the leading five or ten in each club upon so much that they are almost played will be taken. Then when a man not out. The longer day allows more con- listed in the W. G. A. wishes to play in an stant play, and they play more during open event under W. G. A. auspices, a the winter, whereas over here greater mm. comparison of his rating at his club with T Kith the scm total of
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pending its admission into the allied' ranks.
An odd competition has been instituted1 by some of the Board of Trade men who- play golf on Chicago links. Horace Wing, a Belmont member, is leader in the movement and he has joined with five others in putting up a perpetual challenge trophy. The holder is subject to chal- lenge at any time upon any links where he may at the time be playing, by any- other member of the bunch.
May 7th was the first Saturday upon which Chicago Golfers turned out in con- siderable numbers to play on their links. •I' It was opening day for Glen View, Edge- water, Ellerslie, Skokie, Hinsdale and Lagrange, and there were also events at Homewood, Auburn Park, Calumet, and elsewhere.
A. L. THOMAS, President Calumet Country Club.
that of a club mate who is in the list will ID order tbsi M: be made, and the same number of strokes i|k pky 1 fk 1 added in the W. G. A. rating as separate it Iran, she:'::. the two club members at their home H name forty a organization.
to iaMe Willie Hoare, who in 1898 won the 10 X long driving championship of the United States—the last time such an event was •..asp to play. feCfe held—has been engaged as professional at the Ridge Country Club, the new mem- ber of Chicago's galaxy out near Morgan •wi, lor 3 aw > Park.
At the last meeting of the Western Golf Association two new clubs were admitted Efe 1 — the Lakeside Country Club of Canton, Won to Ohio, and the Jacksonville Country Club of Jacksonville, 111.—both of which had become allied members of the U. S. G. A. The Maywoocl Golf Club was admitted GEORGE TURPIE. WESTERN DEPARTMENT. 391 into the
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7 .. /• r/ he has joined with fire Wm^ 1 1 -jl\ \ 4 li !r 1S subject to chi ;,-• .. if , inll. H• u Pm any link tig; _— - e be plaung. by aii^ J f bunch. '- 'i f IP « fet Saturday p SRI syEliin' Iff? turned out in» B to play on their ]fe • for Gles View, Efc kotie, Hinsdalt ii re were also events i! rr, Park, Calumet, aj
CALUMET COUNTRY CLUB. i In order that Miss Mabel Higgins ($1.85) green fee, the visitor may play might play in the British championship away all he pleases for 1 rupee a day, or at Troon, she found it necessary to have 5 rupees a week. The bright eyed, cheer- her name formally entered as coming from ful little Cingalese caddies get 30 rupee the Midlothian Club. Secretary Barnhart, cents (11 cents) a round, and while they receiving the letter too late to mail the keep the clubs polished and shining, and entry, had to cable Miss Issette Pearson, will ferret a ball out from the most hid- 10 Northumberland Street, Putney, Lon- den pockets, they are not so free with don, S. W., thus permitting Miss Higgins advice and criticism as the overknowing to play. Her Chicago friends were glad little umpires and cynics who caddy on that she showed so well against Miss American links." Adair, for 3 and 2 is not a bad defeat at the hands of a champion on her own side of the water. " Gowfin Geordie " Turpie, who is the professional at Calumet, has set his fellow Miss Eliza R. Scidmore, writing from Scotsmen a good example by becoming Ceylon to the Chicago Tribune, has this an American citizen. Turpie is a younger to say of the links at the hill station brother of Harry, the Auburn Park and Nuwara Eliya : Audubon (New Orleans) "pro", and has " The Golf Club is most hospitable and been in the United States since he was liberal to strangers, and after the 5 rupee seventeen years old. ..-; J. 392 EDITORIALS.
moment you throw down the bars and GOLF permit non-residents to compete, the gen- EVERY MONTH uine amateur is forced into the back- By Special Appointment Ottlcial Bulletin of the ground and the pot-hunter makes his United States Golf Association, Intercollegiate Golf Association, Central New York Golf League, appearance. The inevitable result is that Metropolitan Golf Association, Western Golf As- veiled professionalism is encouraged, and sociation, and Southern Golf Association. a healthy local interest in the sport is
Entered at Post-office at New York as Second Class Matter. impossible. Tennis in this country has ONE YEAR, $2.00; SINGLE COPIES, 25 CENTS been run on the "open door" principle Postage free United States, Canada, and Mexico. with the result that the tournaments, con- To other foreign countries, 3(i cents per year. Re- mit by Express Money Order, Post-office Order, ducted by the various minor associations, Registered Letter, or Check payable to ARTHUR POTTOW. have degenerated into a "prize circuit," Edited by van Tassel Sutphen maintained for the benefit of the dozen players who industriously make the Publisher: ARTHUR POTTOW, rounds every season and carry off the East 24th St., New York plunder. This sort of thing is neither good ethics, nor good sport. Certainly, The Editor will be glad to receive it does not add anything to the interest of for consideration Photographs and Con- the present tennis season that the national tributions on the general subject of the championships are held by foreigners, game. Stamps should be enclosed for who, in all probability, will not appear to return postage if found itnavailable. defend their titles. Contributors are requested to write their Names and Addresses on the back By all means let us have international of all MSS. and Photographs. Pho- competitions and world championships to "•HE Fi tographs should be carefully packed which every man is eligible, for the simple and accompanied by descriptions of reason that he is a golfer. But the sec- their subjects. Club Secretaries will tional associations and the national or- .confer a favor by notifying the Editor ganizations are properly the training of the dates and particulars of coming schools of the home players, and should club events, especially open and invita- be maintained for that purpose alone. tion tournaments. The U. S. G. A. has acted wisely in letting the question remain on the table. THE "CLOSE" CHAMPIONSHIP. The fact that our American Amateur "THE ART OF GOLF." Championship is open only to regular members of clubs in the U. S. G. A. When Sir Walter Simpson wrote this be in Aria appears to give increasing offense to cer- famous book he produced an essentially tain critics. They point out that any sound treatise upon the game, which can amateur, whatever his residence or na- never fail to be of vast interest and assist- tionality, is eligible to play in the British ance to all golfers. There have been event and our attitude is consequently changes of late, however, which have condemned as illiberal and unsportsman- undoubtedly affected some of his con- like. clusions. That acute critic, the Hon. There is, however, another point of Mr. Recorder Weir, of Montreal, has view, and a perfectly reasonable one. kindly consented to annotate the text of The fundamental idea of all sectional "The Art of Golf" and the first instal- associations, with their separate competi- ment will be published in the July num- tions, is to develop the local player. The ber of G51LII . m -^-^ 7^ - to compete, tbe-
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ms minor associations. "'o a •• prize circuit/ : benefit of the dozes variously mate ife M and carry off fc It of tiling is neither "':i' sport Certainly, ining 10 the inlets oi
i held by foreigneij. ! i i lily, will not appear to Through ftie Green i SB have ioterralioiii HE Fifth Inter-Scholastic Cham- In the first match play round, Travers • L 3k ior the amf!( pionship tournament was held at made the remarkable score of 74. He is ;> ;:'jct, But Ik st- T the Nassau Country Club, Glen a member of Nassau, and his 74 is a i anil the aatiooal «• Cove, New York, May 16-18. The entry record so far as regards members of that j,ruperly the rail was smaller than usual owing to the fact club. Walter J. Travis, the amateur me players, and sioi that the event was held during what is champion, has a 71 to his credit, and he • to purpose ilott examination time at many of the schools also made a 73 in the first half of the > afifd wsd instead of the Easter holidays. Batchel- final, with E. M. Byers in the amateur aooiie&l der, the holder of the title, could not com- championship. As the championship tees pete, owing to his being abroad; Paul were used by the school boys, the value Murphy, the runner-up last year, has left of Travers's performance is apparent. T OF GOLF," St. Paul's, Garden City, and is now at his The Nassau boy lasted until the final, ! Simpson wrote in home in Arizona; and H. de P. Wright, when he had to meet Harold J. Hartwell, who won the gold medal last year, was St. Paul's, Garden City, in a thirty-six an esstn also an absentee. In the qualifying hole match. Both players were some- ,to g round twenty-one cards were returned, what unsteady, and the high wind did not ,-,vt in:erttt and as* six schools being represented. O. Kirk- assist them in making low scores. Travers , There have b«o by, Trinity and G. Crossman, St. Paul's, had 85 for the first round against Hart- tied for last place, the former winning the well's 91, and finally the former won by fd some of to* £ H play-off of five holes. Dwight Partridge, 4 up and 3 to play. The team champion- A A * * St. Paul's, who has done so well in the ship went to St. Paul's with a score of 350 Montreal, to t fj) South this season, notably at Pinehurst, for the four players who represented that took the medal with a score of 80, J. D. school. Lawrenceville was next with 357, Travers, Dr. Collison's, being second with and Polytechnic, the only other school 82. which competed, was third with 424. 394 THROUGH THE GREEN.
The sixth semi-annual thirty-six hole to play. Rhett put out Gray by 1 up, medal play handicap of the University and did so well that he lasted until the Club members was held May 18, the con- final wherein he had to meet Dr. Harban, test as usual taking place at the St. who had carried all before him, and the Andrews (N. Y.) Golf Club. Sixteen dif- Doctor was victorious by 2 up and 1 to erent universities were represented. A. play. A Chevy Chase man, W. G. Peter, E. Ely, Williams, won the net score prize took the consolation, beating J. D. Foot, with a card reading 189, 32-157, and W. Apawamis, by 1 up. W. Tuckerman, R. Thurston, from the same university, Chevy Chase, won the special cup. The took the gross score prize with 130. handicap went to D. C. Phillips, Chevy Thurston had two rounds of 85 each. Chase, with a card reading 87, 18-69. The second and third net prizes were won respectively by W. M. Kingsley, New York University, and W. A. Adriance, The Central Jersey Golf League was Stevens. Some well known men who organized at Westfield early in May by played were C. S. Fairchild, Yale; F. M. the following clubs: Park Golf Club, of Scott, C. C. N. Y.j Austen G. Fox, Har- North Plainfield; Westfield Golf Club, vard; and J. A. Stillman, Harvard. Colonia Country Club, of Rahway, and Cranford Golf Club. A series of team J- matches has been arranged, the winning The Central New York Golf League, team to receive a trophy to be purchased consisting of teams from Syracuse, Au- by subscriptions. The league is to be burn, Utica, Albany, Oswego, Elmira, governed by an executive committee Schenectady and Watertown, has decided composed of these captains from the four to hold the annual tournament at Auburn, clubs: Charles A. Reed, Park; George on September 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th next. M. Beck, Color.ia; J. C. Edgecombe, John D. Teller of Auburn has been re- Cranford; and R. 1. Townley, Westfield. elected president of the league, and James This schedule has been adopted: May 28, E. Elder secretary. Colonia, at Cranford; June 4, Westfield, at Colonia; 11, Cranford, at Westfield; 18, In ideal weather the Chevy Chase Colonia, at Park; 25, Park, at Cranford; Club, of Washington, D. C, held its July 2, Westfield, at Park; September 10, annual Spring tournament, May 5-7. Cranford at Colonia; 17, Park, at West- There was a large field in the qualifying field; 24. Cranford, at Park, and Colonia. round, more than fifty players starting. at Westfield; October 1, Westfield, at Dr. Lee Harban, Columbia, again showed Cranford; 8, Park, at Colonia. his pre-eminence by coming in first with a score of 161. He went the first round in 76. Dr. W. M. Gray, Chevy Chase, The North Jersey Country Club of and Ormsby McCammon, Chevy Chase, Paterson, N. J., has made a specialty of tied for second place with 163. The best team matches this season. On June 11 of the visiting golfers were W. B. Rhett there will be a match with the Powelton and C. C. Mason, both of the Crescent golfers of Newbtu-g, N. Y., on the North Athletic, each having 170. jersey links. A novel contest for June 7 will be a team match between the doctors of the club and the lawyers. Ex-Attorney Mason, who did extremely well in General John W. Griggs is Captain of the Florida last winter, was put out in the club's golf team this year, and he expects- first round by McCammon, by 4 up and 3 to play in most of the matches. X
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The newly organized Sound Beach the title, but she was not beaten badly. Golf and Country Club, which is com- Miss Adair herself soon met her conquerer oved *** in Miss May Hezlet, who has twice won posed of most of the members formerly in 3 the Innis Arden Golf Club, now a thing the championship, and the latter met Miss ihe narrow map of the past, has rented about seventy-five Lottie Dod, an Englishwoman, in the 5beif victory a ^ acres of land not far from J. Kennedy final. Miss Dod won by one hole. golf shown br J- Tod's private course, which was used by beat G. Ho»; the Innis Arden golfers, and a nine-hole Alison, *ffl ^ Says GOLF'S London correspondent: course has been laid out. It was opened Sandwich will be the hub of the golf for play last month, and a number of Society^ ing world at the end of this month (May), handicap and team matches are being ed a ^ and both the amateur and open cham- arranged. The officers elected for the the r-:: pionships will be very open affairs. Rob- g first year are: President, Edwin J. Lu- ert Maxwell and John Ball, Jr., appear playing his balJ fro- cas; Vice-President, Frederick K. Rup- to be favorites for the amateur event just n precht; Treasurer, J. H. Cooke; Secretary, green, acd ti '" as they were last year at Muirfield. Percy D. Adams; Captain, Howard S. ham is one n ft H. H. Hilton has not been in his usual Hadden; Governors, William J. Merritt, form at either Hoylake or St. Anne's, but Oijiri Walter F. Blake, Clayton Rockhill, and he has always done well at Sandwich and ].Lfc;to F. K. Turtle. may do so again. J. Graham, Jr., has as If)!. GratiT AJ.Giita good a chance as any one, and Lanca- Cl.fc Golf is gradually making its way on the shire and Cheshire golfers look to Ball 1.0. P* European continent, though of course, at and Graham and Hilton to bring the cup present, most of the players are Americans to Hoylake again. and English. Some encouragement to the Royal and ancient game is given by The open championship will be a still James Gordon Bennett, who has offered a more open event. Harry Vardon has trophy to the Societe de Golf de Paris for played his first exhibition match in Jersey, the amateur championship of France. and is reported to have played better )tbEi9,][,i This is an entirely new competition, and than he ever did before. Whether he itfcffflgBK! shows the gradual growth of the game in will play at Sandwich I do not know at S. ASH': C: France. The championship tournament the moment, but believe there is every gimtifei «x; will be played this year on the links at possibility of his doing so. Taylor and k oaten mm Versailles on June 16, 17 and 18. Another Braid have played one or two matches, tab yea C Continental event that has aroused some but these exhibition games are nothing interest among the foreign players is the to go by. Vardon will start favorite Italian golf championship, which will be should he be fit to play, but Braid, Tay- played in May at Florence. lor, Herd, Tom Vardon, Ray and Jack AVhite have to be reckoned with, and there should be a most interesting strug- The Ladies' Championship of Great gle. There are also the amateurs, and Britain was played this year at Groon, Maxwell and Ball would appear to have Scotland, but full details are not yet to the best chance, but the professionals are hand. The presence of Miss Mabel Big- a little too much ahead nowadays for an gins, Midlothian Country, lent a slight amateur to be successful. international air to the play and it is some- II [ what a pity that she did not last longer. She had the misfortune to be drawn The annual match between Oxford and against Miss Rhona Adair, the holder of Cambridge^was—pl-ay-ed—at—Wok-in-gj-atid On k THROUGH THE GREEN. 397 the change from Sandwich, where the playing in the morning, went round in affair has been played for some years, 76 and seemed a certain winner. Gra- proved successful in every way. The ham, again starting late, had not on this Oxford team won an excellent match by occasion the best weather, and the first the narrow margin of two holes, and 10 holes cost him 41 strokes. This their victory is mainly due to the fine meant holing the last eight in two strokes golf shown by J. L. Humphreys, who under par, seven fours and a three, and beat G. Hoffman by 9 holes. C. H. he proved equal to the task. In the Alison, whom you will remember as a play off Graham won with 78 to Ball's 86. member of the Oxford and Cambridge Golfing Society team during the recent tour, created a mild sensation by climb- Scottish golf has lost one of its most ing on to the roof of the clubhouse and brilliant exponents now that Fred Mac- playing his ball from there on to the last kenzie has joined the professional ranks. green, and halving the hole. A. J. Gra- He has gained many successes at St. ham is one of the famous Hoylake family. Andrews, and has also won the Dundee SCORES: Telegraph cup three times, and is also the only player who has holed St. An- Oxford Cambridge J. L. Humphreys 9 G. Hoffman 0 drews in 74 in a competition. As a player 11 W . M. Grundy 0 H. C. McDowell 0 he is most delightful to watch There is A. J. Graham 2 H. D. Gillies 0 G. R. Girdlestone 0 C. E. Stuart 7 a neatness and finish about his play which C. H. Alison 0 C. C. Wedderburn 1 stamps him at once as one of the first J- 0. Fairlie 0 W.. N. Potter 4 G. B. Sanderson 2 R. C Simpson 0 flight. His wooden club play is par- G. E. Grundy 1 N. T. Allen 0 ticularly good, better in reality than it III 14 12 seems from the tee, for the ball has a Oxford won by 2 holes great run. What is Scotland's loss—and he will be missed at the Sandwich events- at the end of May—is America's gain, John Ball, Jr., was in magnificent form and the Onwentsia Club, Chicago, has at the spring meeting of the Lytham and made an excellent arrangement in every St. Anne's Club, and won the Clifton way. His career in transatlantic events gold medal with a score of 72, equalling will be closely followed by his friends, the amateur record made by H. H. Hil- on this side. ton last year. C. K. Potter was second with 79, C. E. Dick 80, and Hilton 83. ft: On the second day C. E. Dick won the The Country Club of San Diego held Ladies' gold medal with 80, G. F. Smith a very successful tournament April 25—28. 82, and Ball 83, being close behind him. Many members of the Coronado and La A strong wind interfered with play. Jolla Golf Clubs of California, and of the Ensenada Golf Club of Mexico took part. Work, of La Jolla, had 174 in the 36-hole At the Royal Liverpool Spring Meeting medal play round which won him the J. Graham, Jr, and C E. Dick tied for medal. O. Sawday, of Ensenada, was the club medal at 79 on the first day. second with 175. The final was between Graham had the best of the weather, as A. B. Daniels, of Coronado, and Burr, of he did not start till late in the afternoon. La Jolla, the former winning by 2 up and He won on playing off with 86 to Dick's 1 to play. Mr. Work defaulted in the 88. On the second day J. Ball, Jr., match play. 398 THROUGH THE GREEN.
Recent events seem to show that Phila- and finished 1 down. McCammon was delphia is much stronger this year than beaten through bad putting. Going out it 'has been in the past. A first proof is Compton had Smith down, but the Phila- afforded by the play in the annual match delphia crack won in the end. Rodman between the Quaker City and Washing- Griscom and McFarland won very easily. ton, which took place at the Merion (Pa.) Cricket Club, May 14. The teams played ten men a-side, the 36-hole contest being In the doubles the Washington team divided into best ball foursomes and were even worse off for they did not win singles. Washington brought on practi- a single match. The only really close cally its best men, Dr. Lee Harban matches were those of Perrin and Tilling- naturally heading the combination. Then hast against McCammon and Compton there were Ormsby McCammon, J. C. and Carr and McFarland against Harban Davidson, A. E. Lard, W. P. Compton and Weaver. Perrin's strong game secured and Dr. W. M. Gray. Philadelphia was a good lead for his side and they were two strongly represented, W. P. Smith, the up at the turn, an advantage which they local champion, H. B. McFarland and A. maintained to the end. Their best ball W. Tillinghast being on its team. The was 76. The closest match was that be- singles resulted as follows: tween Carr and McFarland and Harban and Weaver. The local men made a poor PHILADELPHIA. start but they were able to square the H. W. Perrin 2 A. W. Tillinghast o match at the eighth hole, and finally to G. J". Cooke 6 win on the home green. This is the sum- W.'P. Smith 3 R. E. Griscom 7 mary of the foursomes: H. B. McFarland 7 S. Carr..- 3 PHILADELPHIA. C.S.Starr 4 Perrin and Tillinghast 2 C. B. Calvert 5 Carr and McFariand 1 G. A. Crump 10 Cooke and Smith 4 Griscom and Starr . 4 Total 47 Calvert and Crump. 9
WASHINGTON. Total 20 O. McCammon o WASHINGTON. Iv L. L. Harban 1 L. C. Davidson _ o McCammon and Compton o W. P. Compton o Harban and Weaver o M. Thompson o Davidson and Gray o Allan Lard .. o Thompson and Lard 0 L. W. Weaver o McKinley and Phillips 0 W. M. Gray o J. W. McKinley o Total o J. L. Phillips o
Total 1 On May 21 the first half of the annual inter city match, New York and Philadel- Crump, of St. David's, broke the record phia, was played at the Philadelphia of the course. He went out in 40, which Country Club. With the exception of C. is bogey, and finished with 77. Harban S. Starr, who was succeeded by Mackie, was the only man to score for Washing- the Philadelphians played the same team ton and had a hard job to do so. He was as against Washington, Travis, of course, 1 down with 3 to go but managed to win could not play, and Findlay S. Douglas the last two holes in bogey figures, and found himself unable to do so, otherwise Tillinghast missed short putts for halves no fault I FKED MACKENZIE, Professional to the Onwentsia, Club,
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York team, which fairly represented the Reid, Jr., and McFarland each had a 78. rote of 4s best golf of that city. The four ball The summary: isuday* matches were played first, so that the SINGLE MATCHES. pa visitors might see the course. This is PHILADELPHIA. now 5,815 yards long, the out journey be- H. W. Perrin. I ing 2,975 yards and the in 2,840 yards. A. W. Tillinghast o which be f W. P. Smith, capt. o Par is 72, bogey 78 and the amateur Rev. S. Carr 3 record is 74 held by W. P. Smith. The G. J. Cooke . o C. B. Calvert 2 four ball matches resulted as follows: H. B. McFarland 6 ff(f a sari-dip* G. A. Crump . .. o FOUR BALL MATCHES. R. E. Griscom...... 6 F. M. Mackie o PHILADELPHIA. Perrin and Tillinghast o Total 18 Cooke and Smith, capt.. 2 McFarland and Carr 3 METROPOLITAN. Griscom and Mackie o R. C. Watson, Jr o Calvert and Crump 4 G. T. Brokaw -- 2 L. L. Kellogg, Jr 2 Total 9 P. R. Pyne, 2d o k jmtffl to piiT i John Reid, Jr 3 METROPOLITAN. M. M. Michael .. o fclastnel iB A Watson, Jr. and Brokavv. I A. Kennaday o Pyne, 2d. and Ward o J. M. Ward 4 pa! Knapp and Kellogg, Jr o E S. Knapp .. . o Reid, Jr. and Michael 3 C. F. Watson, capt 2 Kennaday and Watson, capt o jawed. US t ed Total 13 M & i( Total 4 Grand totals — Philadelphia, 27; Metropolitan, 17. Asoaated F • Globe 33 Perrin and Tillinghast were beaten on The discussion of Sunday golf never i teTia: the home green by R. C. Watson and seems to cease. One of its latest victims George Brokaw, Watson getting down a is poor Mr. Balfour, who, apparently is putt for a 4. McFarland and Carr won not sufficiently provided with troubles in i ttj. through superior putting. Smith and the shape of the tariff agitation, Thibet, Cooke well deserved their victory over the Far Eastern war, and other annoy- The fafe:-; Pyne and Ward for they were 4 down at ances calculated to worry a philosophic the twelfth hole. Calvert and Crump statesman. So shocked was one English- played a very strong game against Allen man at the Premier playing golf on Sun- Kennaday and C. F. Watson. In this day that he appealed to the Archbishop match Kennaday did some sensational of Canterbury. That wily prelate was driving. He drove the sixteenth green, not to be caught however, and deftly 320 yards, and holed out in 3. Calvert escaped trouble by saying the observance had a 79, which tied Kellogg for the best of Sunday was a matter for the individual Ai belongs to O score of the morning. conscience. In the Massachusetts State i fee Ban; \ Senate the Sunday golf bill received a I Harvard oaJ knock-out blow, being put out of existence The New York team did no better in by a vote of 27 to 4. One gentleman, the singles and were beaten by 18 to 13. who supported the bill, thought that State Most of the matches were close and there was retrograding to the dark days of was some very good play. Ward did a narrowness and bigotry, whilst another fine performance in his game with Crump, senator was equally sure that the senti- going round in 75, which is within one ment of New England was against it. stroke of the record of the course. John May 16 the subject was before the Forest THROUGH THE GREEN. 401
Hill Field Club of New jersey, and by a their work well and little but approving vote of 48 to 23 it was decided to have criticism has been heard. Sunday war. One clause of the amendment provided that no Sunday caddie shall be under 18, and another paragraph specific- Thirty-four players started in the quali- ally states that golf is the only amusement fying round of the tournament played for ... o the golf championship of Harvard. It ..,0 which shall be permitted by the Club. This latter stipulation almost seems to put began at the Country Club, May 10. Fay the Royal and Ancient game in the cate- Ingalls and Pierre Proal tied for first gory of a semi-religious occupation. place with 80. Those who qualified for match play were: Fay Ingalls, Pierre Proal, H. Chandler Egan, Henry Daven- The annual meeting of the Press Golf port, A. L. White, H. B. Hollins, Jr., F. Club of New England was held April 28th, H. Ellis and W. C. Chick. Those who in Boston. It was voted to hold the indi- have been accounted cracks were all put vidual championship on July 5, 6 and 7. out and the final was left to Fay In- The New York Newspaper Golf Club will galls and A. E. White. Ingalls was in be invited to play a return match during good form and gave a fine exhibition of the last week in August, and a national golf. He went round in 74 which was tournament, open to all newspaper men four strokes under bogey, and within two in this country, will be played during the strokes of the best score ever made in same week. The election of officers re- competition. White took 83 and was. sulted as follows: William U. Swan, beaten by 5 up and 4 to play. Ingalls Associated Press, president; Ralph Crack- gets a long ball combined with good direc- nell, Boston Globe and George Sargent, tion, and he is quite at home in the short game, especially when it comes to putting. Kfay gull nera Boston Transcript, Vice-presidents; John i" ;L- latest vicik E. Pember, Boston Advertiser, Treasurer; James E. O'Connoll, Boston Globe, sec- retary. Harvard took a strong team to Provi- dence, May 14, and played the Agawatn Hunt, winning by one point. Egan made The handicapping committee of the the course in 79 and Congdon in 80. Massachusetts Golf Association Messrs. Egan's best work was on the last hole, Ralph Cracknell and John I. Taylor have 525 yards. A drive and a cleek shot put issued a list of golfers they have rated at him on the green and he got the hole ten strokes and under. They placed two in 4. The score : men at scratch, A. G. Lockwood, Allston, and Walter E. Egan, the Harvard boy, HARVARD Pt. AGAWAM Pt. H. C. Egan 3 Mauran 2 who belongs to Oakley. Percival Gilbert, W. C. Chick o Congdon o Brae Burn; W. C. Chick, Oakley, the McBurney o Comstock 2 Murdock o Smith 2 Harvard crack and G. M. Wheelock, the White 2 G. H. H Mercer... 1 Country Club, have one stroke. In Gourlay 3 C. A. Kilvert o handicap 2 figure some of the older play- Total. 8 Total 7 ers—such as Quincy Shaw, Myopia, and J. F. Curtis, J. G. Thorp and A. L. Ripley, of Oakley. Hugo Johnstone, Myopia, the The Kenilworth Golf Club of Allston,, big hitter, and C. B. Cory, Wollaston, get Mass., had a tournament on May 13-14,. three strokes. Fay Ingalls, of Oakley, which was won by Gordon A. Noyes, gets four. The handicappers have done Allston. He used no other clubs than 402 THROUGH THE GREEN.
Irons and went round in 82. The score and Ripley was a great struggle, again is rather high, but Kenilworth has a nar- going to the nineteenth hole, when Self- row course which requires perfect direc- ridge won. Ripley was 1 up going to the tion. Arthur Lockwood got into trouble home green but drove out of bounds, at the second hole and did not return a and he missed an easy putt at the nine- card. He did better at the open event of teenth after playing well out of a bunker. the Myopia Hunt Club, May 14, when he took the gross score prize with 88. The course is more difficult than ever Charles H. Seeley, who has three times with new traps and bunkers. The turf won the championship of Connecticut, was heavy owing to the recent wet recently gave a remarkable exhibition of weather, and there was little run to the golf on the links of the Weeburn Golf ball. G. F. Willett, Oakley, had a 94; A. Club, making the eighteen holes in 68 L. Ripley, Oakley, a 95.' These open strokes. This beats all records ever made handicaps are quite a feature of the golf on the links, either by professionals or season in Boston, and it is surprising that amateurs. Seeley played absolutely per- other centres, notably New York, do not fect golf, going eight strokes less than the imitate the excellent example set by the professional record for the course, held by hii Massachusetts men. Walter Stoddard, and seven less than the previous amateur record, which Seeley himself held. Seeley made his record in In spite of adverse conditions from a three ball match with Stoddard and Dr. wind and rain, about 108 players started Gerrett Smith. The card: May 19 in the annual tournament at the Seeley: Country Club, Brookline. It was a han- Out •43334335 5—33 dicap qualifying round. F. C. Henderson, In 43444434 5—35 •of Lexington, playing with a handicap of 68 16, won the net score prize with 75. H. Chandler Egan, Exmoor, and A. L. Ripley, Among the courses recently laid out is Oakley, tied for best gross with 81. A. one within sight of Lake Champlain. It G. Lockwood had 85. Lockwood put is in Essex County, New York, and will be out L. Gourlay, Country, by 1 up, and known as the Essex County Club. Some was then beaten by Egan by 2 up and 1 other name would seem to have been to play. Neither man played his best, more convenient, as we already have an Lockwood played out of bounds several Essex County Club, at Manchester, Mass, times and was uncertain in his putting, and an Essex County Country Club at and Egan was very uncertain. Harold Orange, New Jersey, and the nomen- .Selfridge, Oakley, played a fine game clature of the new club will add to the against Geoffrey Wheelock, Country, in confusion of names. The course which the second round. The Country Club is of nine holes, is 3,125 yards long and man's golf was little inferior, and he was was laid out by W. C. Thacher, formerly only beaten on the home green, going of New York, but now of Washington. round in 79 to his opponent's 77. J. G. The distances are: 425, 275, 560, 175, 250, Thorp, Country, and Ripley won their 365, 175, 360 and 460 yards. matches and so got in the semi-finals. Then Selfridge put Thorp out by 3 up and 2 to play, and Ripley beat Egan in a 19- A new club has been formed at Paines- hole match. The final between Selfridge ville, Ohio, which is of particular interest THROUGH THE GREEN. 403
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ss recentiy laid outb f Lake Champlain. li t Kcr Yook, and mB b x County Clnb. J«s i 3j! Master, fc GT-IT Countn- Cluh ai •>fv, and the no» i nil add to (s s He cons* 'm of vm t FIRST TEE. T.RAVER3 TEEING UP. THE INTER-SCHOLASTIC CHAMPIONSHIP. 404 THROUGH THE GREEN. to readers of GOLF, because the main in- Except in the case of winners, no- spirer of the new organization is Gray public announcement will be made by the Casement, an old contributor to this Committee of scores not posted by play- magazine. He was for a considerable ers themselves on the score sheet. time in Costa Rica, and whilst residing there he laid out a golf course, organized a club and subsequently contributed to On June 16, 17 and 18 the Nashville GOLF an illustrated article showing under (Tenn.) Golf and Country Club will hold what conditions the game is played in an invitation tournament. There will be- Central America. It is gratifying to know an iS-hole qualifying round on the first: .*• that the new club at Painesville promises day with sixteen players to qualify for the to be a success. Harding Road cup, and the next sixteen to qualify for the Southern cup. The- rmal, at 18 holes, will be on June 18, and The Marianna (Ark.) Golf and Country on the same day there will be an 18-hole Club is another new organization which handicap. Entries must be made to the- has come into existence within the last secretary, H. H. Lurton, Jr., not later few weeks. An excellent nine-hole course than noon of June 12. A large number has been laid out in the suburbs of the of players are expected from Cincinnati,. city. The officers are: R. D. Garratt, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Louisville, Atlanta- President: H. S. Brickey, and New Orleans. Among the Chicago golfers who will play are Messrs. Louis N. James, ex-amateur champion, Chand- ler Egan, Walter E. Egan, western cham- In order to put handicapping on a pion, Phelps B. Hoyt, R. H. McElwee, more scientific basis, the Hillside Tennis Geo. F. Clingman, Jr., and W. A. Alex- and Golf Club of Plainfield, New Jersey, ander. The re-union of the Confederate- have determined this season to enforce veterans takes place in Nashville June- certain rules which appear to be absolute- 14-16, so the railroads offer very cheap- commiaet ly new. rates. The course is in splendid condi- sorair r 1. In all Stroke Competitions players tion, the greens being unusually good. Mierck wo must return attested score cards. Any- leading 81 • one who enters and plays, but does not second prize'; deposit his card in the score-card box H. M. Govan, whose portrait appears, when he finishes, shall be ineligible to in this issue of GOLF, has come into play in the next succeeding medal-play prominence recently through the putter- event of the Club; or in any of them, if he invented and which bears his name. mad i there are several scheduled for the same In the summer he is professional to the day. Marine and Field Club of Brooklyn, and. This rule applies whether a player's in the winter he acts in the same capacity- card is complete or not; also whether he to the Galveston (Texas) Country Club. h fc past re finishes the round or not (unless unex- Mr. Govan has a well earned reputa- j ljsbe«peat pectedly called away). tion as a capable instructor and his pupils- ycmis 2. When players finish a round they at both clubs keep him busy. tk clubs to ^ may, if they wish, post their scores on the ber of B large score sheet. The Committee, how- ever, will take scores only from the at- The Produce Exchange Golf Club held tested score cards deposited in the box. its semi-annual hanhicap at the Knoll- THROUGH THE GREEN. 405 •^Nebyi not posted by plaj. •score sheet,' lS 'he Hrlit 'g round on the first vers t -nd the next sutea Southern nip, Tit 11 be on June tS. and '«• mil be an i S-hole must be made to At _tirton, Jr.. not laiei 12. A large mk •fted from Cincinnati, ai\ LouisrifeAtlaiii Among the Cfafi ay are Messrs, Louis H. M. GOVAN, Bt champion. Chaud- Professional to the Marino and Field Club, Bath Beach, N. Y. Egan, western da- The Women's Metropolitan Golf Asso- pionship at the Wannamoisett Golf Club ciation has issued the following pro- about the middle of September, and the Irish com gramme for the fifth annual championship, Women's championship at the Agawam to be held at Apawamis, June 14 to 18 : Hunt, during October. A discussion as. Tuesday, June 14—10 a. m., medal to handicapping took place, with the re- play round, 18 holes, first sixteen to quali- sult that each member of an Association fy for match play for championship; sec- Club will be officially handicapped. At ond sixteen for consolation prize. 3 p.m., the conclusion of the other business, driving competition, approaching and the election of officers was held and G. putting competition. M. Smith of the Agawam Hunt was. Wednesday, June 15—10 a. m., first unanimously chosen as president of the round, 18 holes, match play for champion- Association. Howard D. Day was elected ship ; first round, 18 holes match play for Secretary and Treasurer, and the Vice consolation. 3 p. m , handicap foursomes. Presidents chosen were Z. W. Bliss of the Thursday,. June 16—10 a. m., second Choppequonsett Club, John W. Cass off round match play for championship. the Winnesucket Club, and C. P. Sands of 10.30 a. m , second round match play for Newport. A vote of thanks was extended consolation. 2 p. m., best ball foursomes. to the retiring President, Mr. Gammellr j coated on a Q Friday, June 17—10 a. m., semi-final for his services to the association while- spring evat fe • round match play for championship. serving as its chief executive, and this, flirl RS f citing, W. F. Macartney-Filgate, of the all details and all that is necessary is Irish commission to St. Louis, was for that the field of entrants represent the some time in the lead, but in the excite- highest class of amateur golfers in the b ment of a drive at the sixth green he world. With such men in, it will be a Place, with the re. sr lofted over a lifeboat onto the hurricane truly great event. One feature which of an Association has been proposed is that a special rules Iv handi deck. This put him hopelessly out of the committee be chosen to pass upon any the a\\ running, and Mrs. Harriet Foster won, - ™«cs with a score of 34. On the play off Miss problems which may come up in the ^ was held and G, Agnes Nichols, the opera singer, got tournament. Such a committee might be Vawm Hunt was second place, and Dudley West came in composed of one man to represent the as president o[ tie third. The game is styled golf by the foreign players, one to represent the a D. Day waselected papers, though considering the substitute eastern and one the western in the United «r, and the \\« • for the ball putting the shot would seem States. The burden of this part of the ereZ.W, Blissoftke. to be a more appropriate title. work thus would be lifted from the shoul- : i\ 1 ohn W. Cas of ders of the general committee, who would bi and C. P. Sands of have their hands full in other ways. thanks was extended First club tournament of the year to be Meat Mr, Gu completed on a Chicago links was the the associate spring event for members at Calumet, "Snake" Ames, of Princeton football executive, and tfe which was won by Paul A Smith, who fame, did best work in the opening event KS o! lie defeated H. S. Rockwell up in the finals. of the Glen View Club on May 7th. The club was able to steal a march on Temporary greens were in commission, the other clubs, so far as opening early is and a high wind was blowing, so his 87 agh accidents on pi concerned, by playing over a nine-hole was creditable. Probably the fact that a :ht home to us thai links on the ridge which bisects the Calu- son had arrived at his house that morning •'.v as careful as tk met tract. added to his prowess. A large number of Ia>i month, Rota members came out to celebrate opening day. Whatever the golfers at St Louis can do to make the Olympic Golf champion- en be was struck os ship a success will be and is being done. The "Champion" golf-ball, manufact- iV driven golf Ml The Olympic golf committee, of which ured by the Worthington Company, is not e of his eyeSjSO its Frank W. Gerould of Chicago is chair- a new ball but a modification of and he escaped ray v man, is pushing the affair in a way to improvement upon the ballbrought outlast jt Biore serious ci* command the attention of golfers here year under the name of the "Standard." Wet ,U*« and abroad, and every effort will be made The "Champion" holds its own with any .,; received injnnes to have the event a really representative rubber-cored ball in length of carry, and, . prove uul- world's championship. Albert B.Lambert, if anything, has the best of it in the matter i who won the French championship at of distance getting. It holds its shape Cannes three years ago, has been doing well, is satisfactorily painted and runs aariop 10101- missionary work abroad, and Walter J. true upon the green. It goes sweetly off Travis, it is believed, will do much to the club-head and in a word is a first- urge the Britons whom he meets at the class ball. It is worth while giving it a championship at Sandwich to come over. trial. It is the first chance there ever has been J- to hold a real international championship The Eureka Manufacturing Company, which has been announced as such a of Cleveland, Ohio, have made a great sufficiently long time beforehand. The success with their lawn boots. Golf clubs in throughout the country have bought them 408 THROUGH THE GREEN. Way, who is connected with the company, is one of the most popular professionals in the country and golfers generally will be pleased to hear of his success. Walter J. Travis won the amateur championship of Great Britain at Sand- wich, England, June 3rd, beating Edward Blackwell in the final by 4 up and 3 to play. Practically this victory constitutes him amateur champion of the world, for the man who is champion of the United States and also champion of Great Britain is justly entitled to this proud title. The m victory was won by sterling golf from start to finish. It can not be ascribed to the luck of the draw, for no man can be considered to have been unduly GOLFING favored by fortune who has during four For Mffi i days of play to meet such golfers as James Robb, Harold Hilton, Horace Hutchinson and Edward Blackwell. Of this quartette, Robb alone put up a game that at any time troubled the American amateur, and he was beaten on the home green. The down-fall of Mr. Hilton seems to VIYI have furnished the most surprise to the outside public, but to the initiated the victory of Mr. Travis was a foregone conclusion. It would have been very interesting if he had met John Ball, Jr., and Robert Maxwell, though with Travis olfi T&nnis, 1 playing with the machine like accuracy which marked his game throughout it is doubtful if the result would have been changed. Clearly American golf has. arrived and Mr. Travis has driven this conclusion into the head of Mr. Hutchin- WALTER J. TRAVIS, son to the tune of 4 up and 2 to play. AMATEUR CHAMPION OJ? THE WOULD. The victory of the Garden City amateur ret extensively and in every case satisfaction leads GOLF to revise the opinions ex- has been expressed with the purchase. pressed in this month's Editorial. The Among their many merits is the fact that Englishmen are entitled to their revenge they are very light and that they can be and the U. S. G. A. should let down the attached without any loss of time to the bars. Hearty congratulations to the hoof of any boot on the market. W. H. 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ALSO THE MATTAQUASON, CHATHAM, MASS. GOLF for July contain >O, post free, A full, descriptive and illustrated account of the Amateur Championship of Great Britain, won by Mr. Walter J. Travis. - GOLF GUIDE, A special and critical article dealing with Mr Travis's 24th STREET, golfing career. YORK, " The Art of Golf," by Sir Walter Simpson, annotated by the Hon. Mr Recorder Weir. First article. MAPLEWOOD HOTEL AND COTTAGES —AND— MAPLEWOOD COTTAGE, maplewood, n. fi. HITILL L fit any make The Social and Scenic Center of the While 11 ,il Mountains. Table un- joy s it rp a ssed. Superior H uman effects. Golf Links. Dry and Moderate pries invigorating a tmos- phere. Tree from Hay Easjr payments. Fever. Open in June. CaH or write i For information apply to LEON H.CILLEY, Manager, THE MAPLEWOOD HOTEL, S Tremont Street, Room 55, WHITE MOUNTAINS, N. H. BOSTON, MASS. Booking, 3 Park Place, IN. Y. City 415 Latest and Best IMPORTANT! Golfers visiting the other side should call and see J. D. Dunn, Managing Direc- tor of the British Golf Co., Ltd., 153 Far- ringdon Road, London, Telephone No. 1743 Hoi. He will be glad to give visit- ravis ing Americans all particulars about Where to Play, How to Get There, and will also arrange introductions. After long and exhaustive experiments we have finally produced a golf ball which is as near perfection as a ball can be. pETER BURNS, late Professional to Scientific and practical tests demonstrate its undoubted superiority. It carries farther than the Morristown (N. J.) Field Club, any other ball made—and its flight is perfectly true, whether off wood or iron. desires an engagement as Professional As a putting ball it has no equal. We call this ball the " Champion," and a trial to a Golf Club. Is a good player and will convince you that it is most appropriately teacher, and can give excellent refer- named. "The proof of the pudding is the eating thereof." And "Appetite comes with eating." encces. THE WORTHINGTON BALL CO., Address, Care of GOLF. ELYRIA, OHIO. ELECTRIC LAUNCHES SAFE RELIABLE NOISELESS Simply constructed, easily operated, elegantly appointed and economically maintained It is the one form of power boat that leaves nothing to ask for, nothing to be desired We Build Also AUTO-BOATS, GASOLINE LAUNCHES and AUXILIARY SAIL YACHTS J5he ELECTRIC LAUNCH CO., 416 TRAVIS PATENT DRIVERS ' "tlto side AND BRASSIES ». Tfk Mr. W. J. Travis, Amateur Champion of the United States, I, has sold.us the sole right to manufacture e ?laJ i'1 give i|; rticuiars about %( "The Travis Patent Driver and t There, Brassie \ Mr. Travis, who has probably studied the art of playing golf, based upon " Cause and Effect," more thoroughly and with better results than any other man since golf was first played, has »tt Professional b found by constant practice that the art of straight tN. J.) Field Out, driving can be acquired by ncnt as weighting the head in such a way that the clubs slice Is or pull. He has patented give excellent tds- this mechanical idea, and we are now selling clubs which are stamped "P." res, Care of GOLF, "S"and"R"—Pull, Slice, Regular. If you are in the habit of pulling your ball, buy a club stamped "S," ICHES' and the mechanical con- struction of the club, by VOISELESS causing the ball to slice, will neutralize your pull; vice versa, if you slice, buy a Pulling club; if you nat- urally drive fairly straight, buy a Regular. The bal- ance of the clubs is perfect; the shafts are'selected to suit the heads, of which there are numerous models, „ ii.n and that Mr. Travis uses these clubs himself is the best proof that the clubs are O. K. in every respect. PRICE $3.00 A. Q. SPALDINQ & BROS. 126-128 Nassau St. 29-33 West 42d St NEW YORK Minneapolis New York Philadelphia Baltimore San 'Francisco Chicago Buffalo St. Louis Montreal Denver Boston Kansas City ' London, England COLVWELL Laketn Moiaers HORSE HAND and MOTOR. POWER. Coldwell's make of Lawn Mowers received the highest awards at both the Paris and Pan- American Expositions. They are used on the Public Parks of New York, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Chicago, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Detroit, and by more than 400 Golf Clubs in the United States and Canada. SEND FOR OUR 1904 CATALOGUE , Goldwell La^wn Mower Company NewbvirgK, N. Y. - - ,'..,. ^. :Y|MMJC!