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THE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP NASSAU COUNTRY CLUB, GLEN COVE, NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 1-5, J903

By "Oldcastle"

HE Amateur championship, which is plaint was heard. A few competitors who T always the more attractive event of played off about the noon-hour grumbled the season in golf, was rendered ad- because they had to miss their usual ditionally interesting this year. For the lunch, and there were a small number first time the contest took place without who had to finish in the evening when it a qualifying round, the English system might have been lighter. But these were of all-match play having been adopted by trifles, after all, and will happen whether the IT. S. G. A. after much discussion. or not the qualifying round exists, and Dire predictions were made that when are not to be taken into account when the ordeal of a medal round no longer considering whether all-match play was a had to be feared, the starters for the success. event would attain to unwieldy num- Opinions differed widely before the bers. As' a matter of fact there were tournament was held upon this question, only 145 entries as against 160 at Glen and there will probably be no greater View last year, and 143 at Atlantic City unanimity now. Golfers are prone to in 1901. It would therefore appear that grumble, and they will without doubt the system under which the champion- assert their rights in this respect. One of ship is run has very little effect upon the objections raised against the all- the numbers who engage in the event. match play was very early brought, to the Upon the first day in the preliminary front. Three crack players, Findlay S. round there were seventeen matches, so Douglas, Arthur G. Lockwood, and Louis that 111 players drew byes, and this in- N-. -Tames, the Amateur champion, were volved sixty-four matches in the first disposed of in the first round, and their round. If there had been less it would being put out of the tournament was one have been better, but upon the whole no more burden laid on the back of the long- very serious inconvenience resulted. The suffering match-play system. But why committee handled the starters with should they not be put out if they fail to method and despatch, and little com- play as well as the men with whom they Copyright, 1903, by HARPER & BROTHERS. All rights reserved. 224 THE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP are paired? It is of course unfortunate was a semifinalist then, occupied a simi- that an ex-Amateur champion, an Ama- lar position now. It would thus seem teur champion, and a former semifinalist that if the object of a system is that should disappear at such an early stage good players should remain in to the of the game, but incidents like this will end, one method is as good as another, always happen under any system, and judged by results. Whether the quali- are not detrimental to golf. A serious ob- fying round adds to the interest of the jection raised by the opponents of the all- championship is another matter, and it match-play system was that the element is needless to dwell upon it now. of luck in the draw, which was always The course for the championship had great, would be increased. When thirty- been lengthened somewhat, making the two qualified it could be fairly said, total 6017 yards. The distances were: speaking generally, that the players at Out...310 500 310 325 405 391 1C1 370 375—3127 the subsequent match play were the best In 390 190 395 300 392 443 300 140 2S0—2890 golfers entered in the tournament, and Considering the amount of rain we that they were about equal in merit. have had, the fair green was in good con- Consequently, excluding possibly Messrs. dition. It was soft in the preliminary Travis and Douglas, it made little dif- round, as was to be expected, but it im- ference against whom a man was paired. proved materially during the week. Under all-match play it was claimed that Some good players disappeared in the a man if he had luck might not meet a preliminarj' round, chief of whom were strong player until the closing rounds of F. O. Horstmann, J. Whitney Baker, and the championship were reached. It is Dr. L. L. ITarban. Horstmann was put only fair to say that the plasr at Nassau out by Ormiston, and Baker was drawn to some extent supports this view. In against last year's runner-up in the In- the last eight were three players who tercollegiate championship, IT. B. Mc- had not run up against a golfer generally Farland, of Pennsylvania. Both men accepted as a crack until this stage was were in their best form, McFarland fin- reached. When they did each man passed ishing in 75, figures which were only out, but it is only justice to them to say beaten once during the championship. that in the round in which they were He came home in 35, with a card which Jl beaten they all showed golf of such a had in it three 3's, four 4's, and two 5's. quality that their presence in the last Under the circumstances Baker's 79 was eight might be explainable by reasons a highly creditable performance. It was other than the luck of the draw. Look- generally expected, especially by the ing at everything that happened at Nas- Western contingent, that IT. Chandler sau, it seems as if the best golfer will win Egan, the Intercollegiate champion, would the championship no matter what system beat Dr. ITarban easily. As it happened, may be adopted. Unquestionably the best he had all his work to do to win. Egan man. won this .year. In the early stages went out in 43, and was 1 up at the the luck of the draw somewhat favored turn, but they were all square at the six- Mr. Travis, but when he came against teenth. ITarban took three putts on the really strong opponents he disposed of seventeenth green, and this practically them almost as readily. The runner-up settled the match. The first round played under last year's qualifying-round sys- havoc with the cracks, those going down tem, E. M. Byers, was again runner-up including such men as Devereux Emmet, 1ST. Stewart Campbell, L. H. Conklin, this year, and Frank 0. Reinhart, who THE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

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LOOKWOOD VS. KELLOGG ON FIFTH GREEN.

THE SMITH-BYERS MATCH ON THIRTEENTH HOLE. SCENES AT THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

VOL. XIII.—NO. 4,-26 THE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP Louis N. James, John M. Ward, A. G. length, and Douglas was easily superior Lockwood, Findlay S. Douglas, W. I*. to Smith on his approach shots. He Smith, John Reid, Jr., and A. M. Reid. manifested, however, a weakness on the Louis James was drawn against Archi- greens which it was hoped he had over- bald Graham, a very strong player and come, and his failure in his approach former Hew Jersey champion. It was putts and in his holing-out putts led seen from the first that the Amateur mainly to the decisive beating he received. champion would have to play his best The medal scores going out were not re- game to win. He managed to halve the markable, Smith taking 43 to Douglas's first six holes, and then he failed at the 44, but the winner came home very Circus hole, and was 1 down, and losing strongly, having even 4's to the four- the next two holes was 3 down at the turn. teenth green. Lockwood went out in He won the eleventh hole, and this was 39, and was playing good golf, but his the only hole he took in the match, and opponent, L. L. Kellogg, played better, he was eventually beaten by 4 up and 2 which tells the whole story. The two to play. James did not show to advan- Reids, both of whom failed to qualify at tage in this match, his putting being- Glen View, did not gain much from the poor, and his short game decidedly weak. abolition of the medal round. The Those who have persistently decried his West had centred its faith mainly on abilities since he won the championship Chandler Egan, and Walter Egan, the at Glen View naturally took occasion to Western champion. The third round reiterate their views, and they claimed was disastrous to both, and with them that this defeat decisively established his went Ormiston. Chandler Egan did not position as a golfer. The reasoning is seem at any time during the tournament entirely unsound, for the same argument to play quite up to his reputation. He would apply with equal force to Douglas, had all he could do to beat Dr. Harban, who was badly beaten by Bruce Smith. and in his match with W. P. Smith he Douglas is still the second-best amateur would have been in trouble at the six- in the country, and James, notwithstand- teenth green, after a bad approach putt, ing his defeat, must be considered as a but for a lucky holing-out putt. He had golfer of much more than ordinary as opponent in the third round A. C. merit. Williams, a young golfer of the Univer- The defeat of Eindlay Douglas was a sity of Pennsylvania, previously un- great surprise. His opponent was Bruce known to the majority of players. Wil- Smith, of Onwentsia, brother of Walter liams was 1 up at the turn, and the pair B. Smith, the runner-up to Douglas in were all even at the fifteenth. Then, the 1898 championship. He came to on the sixteenth green Egan required Nassau with a great reputation, especi- three putts, and lost the hole. They had ally for the length of his tee shots, and 3's at the seventeenth, and then Egan this he well maintained. Douglas ex- drove out of bounds at the home hole, perienced the unusual sensation of find- and taking 5, lost the match. Walter ing himself invariably outdriven, and it Egan had in George T. Brokaw probably seemed as if this caused the ex-Amateur the most formidable opponent of the champion to press. There was no reason week, Travis excepted, and he found him why he should have done so, for at Nas- quite at the top of his game. Brokaw sau almost every green can be reached went out in 39, and was 3 up at the turn. by an iron after a drive of average Walter Egan is one of the best fighters THE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP 227

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TRAVIS VS.BHOKAW ON HOME GREEN. SCENES AT THE CHAMPIONSHIP. 228 THE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP we have, but his opponent went too on the home green, he did not appear at strong for him, having the last five holes a disadvantage. His driving was fine, in 20. Seeley, the Connecticut cham- both as to distance and direction, and pion, was one of those to whom the third his short game shows a wonderful im- round proved fatal. He had been play- provement. No one has come on in the ing at a disadvantage, as he has recently past twelve months like Brokaw, and it altered his style, and not having become will be no surprise if the championship accustomed to the new swing and stance, in the near future should go to the old he was not able to show his best game. Princetonian. Through fine golf Bruce Pie seems to have gained in steadiness Smith and Reinhart both reached the and direction, without losing length, and semifinals, the former being paired with next year he ought to prove very for- Eyers, and the latter had Travis as an midable. The fourth round caused the opponent. Byers started off in such a retirement of Williams, Archibald way as to cause dismay to his opponent, Graham, and Max Behr, who had played by winning the first and third holes in fine golf. Williams carried his match 3 each. Smith's only stroke of luck was against Bruce Smith to the nineteenth in making the Circus hole in 2 through hole. Here the Yale golfer made one of a twent,y-five-foot putt. Byers was 4 up his terrific drives, which enabled him to at the turn, and he only allowed Smith lay his second near the hole, and run to win the twelfth hole before the match down the ball for a 3, which won the was over. Eeinhart started well with match. Graham was put out by Travis, Travis, but after winning the fourth who was in his best form in this match. hole he became very unsteady. The fifth The North Jersey golfer lost nothing in and sixth he lost, and then went all to reputation as a player by what he did pieces at the eighth, from which point at Nassau. His easy style with his light- the match was virtually over. A foreign ninglike swing was as attractive as ever. critic, speaking of Keinhart's golf, said it Max Behr, by his victories over Emmet, was not convincing, and that he only played the game sometimes. He has, Davidson, and Beach, increased the however, shown, by reaching the semi- reputation he gained last year at Glen finals two years in succession, that he is View. Of the eight left in the fifth equal to all but the very best, and there round Tuekerman was almost unknown. is no reason why these should outclass It was expected that Byers would beat him if he will bestow a little more care him easily, but as a matter of fact- he and thought upon his game. only won by 1 up. Tuekerman has a good style, but he exhibits impatience in his Byers was worn clown in the final, as game, which is bound seriously to in- it was expected he would be, by the ex- terfere with his success. If you make a treme steadiness of his opponent. Byers bad hole or a bad stroke the best thing played the best of which he was capable. to do is to forget it before the next is His driving was fine, and his brassey- played, and the golfer who looks ahead shots on the few occasions he had to only always has an advantage over one make them were excellent. Against any who reflects on what is past. one else than Travis his short game and The fifth round also put an end to his work on. the green would have earned Brokaw's career. Throughout the tour- high praise. But the Garden City ama- nament he played very strong golf, and teur was playing the best golf of the even when he met Travis and was beaten week, as his medal score in the morning,

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73^ shows, and he was simply invincible. FIRST ROUND. Travis has grasped, as an English golfer E. W. Judd, Oil City, beat 0. T. Thompson, said, the fact that a putter is not meant Allegheny, by default; Charles B. Cory, Wol- laston, beat A. B. Lamberth, Glen Echo, by merely for use on the green, but is in- default; Paul Murphy, Garden City, beat valuable for running up approaches off W. B. Wheeler, Brooklawn Country, by de- fault: George J. Cooke, Philadelphia Coun- the green. American players make the try, beat E. A. Downey, Apawamis, by 5 up mistake of pitching up a shot with a and 4 to play; C. B. Fownes, Highland, beat R. H. Kennordell, Oil City, by default; Har- I mashie, and so making the stroke a hard old Weber, Inverness, beat Harold S. Naylor, one when it can be negotiated with the Philadelphia Cricket, by 5 up and 3 to play; Max H. Behr, Morris County, beat Devereux greatest ease with a putter. The card Emmet, Garden City, by 2 up and 1 to play; was: Daniel Ohauncey, Dyker Meadow, beat E. E. Giles, Pittsburg, by default; Harold Wilcox. Travis, out ..45 ^ 5 5 5 ?, 4 4—38 Byevs. out. ..45445424 5—37 Moniclair, beat James H. Snowden, Oil City, Travis* iu. .4 3 4346-43 4—85—73 by default; Frank C. Talmadge, Hillside Byevs. in. 4 5 3 ' -i 6—42—79 Tennis and Golf, beat Raymond Russell, De- Travis, out .45345536 5—40 Byei-s. out .45444536 5—40 troit Country, by default; Howard Giffin, Travis, in. .44445 —21—61—134 East Orange, beat William Findlay Brown, Hyers. in. .5 3 5 4 5 —22—62—141 Philadelphia Cricket, by default; Percy H. Jennings, St. Andrews, beat Paul D. O'Con- There can be no discussion this year nor, Fox Hills, by 1 up in twenty holes; J. D. 'Travers, Nassau, beat Dr. Simon Carr, as to whether the championship was won Huntingdon Valley, by 2 up and 1 to play; by a fluke. Travis had already been con- Nicholas Williamson, New Brunswick, beat N. Stewart Campbell, Agawam Hunt, by 2 sidered the first amateur in the country, up and 1 to play; Ch.adwi.ck Sawyer, Mid- land, beat Grenville Kane, Tuxedo, by 4 up and his third victory, something unex- and 2 to play; T. D. Hooper, Nassau Coun- ampled in American golf, and only sur- try, beat C. "IT. Nattern, Oil City, by 4 up and 2 to play; F. 0. Reinhart, Baltusrol, passed by Mr. John Ball, Jr., abroad, beat Thomas M. Marshall, Jr., Pittsburg, by places Iris standing entirely beyond doubt. 5 up and 3 to play; John C. Davidson, Co- lumbia, beat L. H. Conklin, Princeton, by 1 THE SUMMARY. up in nineteen holes: Chisholm Beach, Point Judith Country, beat R. E. Sprott, Brook- PRELIMINARY BOUND. lawn Country, by 5 up and 3 to play; A. W. George F. Willett, Oakley Country, beat Tillinghast, Philadelphia Cricket, beat Wirt H. McSweeney, Oil City, 7 up and 5 to play; L. Thompson, Huntingdon Valley, by 4 up F. L. Hamilton, Storm King, beat R. H. and 2 to play; Walter J. Travis, Garden Connelly, Austin, by default; F. C. Jen- City, beat William S. Eyster, Allegheny nings, Garden City, beat C. Truesdale, Fair- Country, by 8 up and 7 to play; William L. field, by default; F. S. Douglas, Nassau, Hicks, Nassau Country, beat A. L. Norris, beat E. W. Alexander, Detroit, 9 up and S Dyker Meadow, by 3 up and 2 to play: to p'a?': B. D. Smith, Onwentsia, beat G. Josiah Maey, Morris County, beat Price Col- A. Thome, Glen View, 8 up and 7 to play; lier, Tuxedo, by 1 up: G. W. Bergner, St. R. S. White, New Haven, beat Newton Ames, Davids, beat William B. Rhett. Crescent Detroit. 4 up and 3 to play; G. A. Ormiston, Athletic, by 2 up and 1 to play; W. H. Highland, beat F. 0. Horstmann, Chevy Haines, Highland, beat Allen T. Haight. Chase. 4 up and 3 to play; H. B. McFarland, Glen View, by 6 up and 4 to play; Archibald Huntingdon Valley, beat J. W. Baker, Graham. North Jersey Country, beat Louis i i Princeton, 3 up and 1 to play; W. C. N. James, Glen View, by 4 up and 2 to play: Fownes. Jr.. Highland, beat N. Mallouf, Fox George T. Brokaw, Deal, beat John M. Sel- Hills. G up and 4 to play; W. P. Smith. lers, Glen View, by G up and 4 to play: Jas- Huntingdon Valley, beat A. R. Fish, Hill- per Lynch, Lakewood, beat Matthew T. Mur- side, by default: IT. C. Fgan, Exmoor, beat ray, Englewood, by 4 up and 3 to play; Wal- L. L. Harban, Columbia, 1 up; M. McBurney. ter E. Egan, Exmoor, beat James M. Rhett, Stockbridge, beat 0. E. Stevens, Nassau, f) Crescent Athletic, by 2 up: R. D. Bokum, up and 7 to play; II. M. Brittin, Englewood, Jr.. Glen View, beat John F. Byers, Alle- beat Wylie Carhart, Detroit, 3 up and 2 to gheny Country, by 8 up and 0 to play; H. play: A. C. Williams, Philadelphia, beat A. C. Fownes. Highland, beat M. Frederic J. Wellington, Woodlawn, 6 up and 5 to O'Connell, Alpine, by 4 up and 2 to play; J. play; William Waller, Onwentsia, beat II. W. Watson, St. Davids, beat S. Y. Ramage, J. Tweedie, Belmont, by default: W. P. Oil City, by 0 up and 4 to play; Howard R. Pickett, Orescent, beat T.' K. Loughlin, Alle- Townsend, Nassau, beat IT. Mason Day, Fair- gheny, fl up and 4 to play; R. Havemeyer, Held County, by 7 up and G to play; Ar- Seabright, heal ('. B. Calvert. Philadelphia, thur Havemeyer. Seabright, beat ' S. J. 2 up and 1 to play. Graham. Fairfield. by 2 up and 1 to play; 5i 3

D 232 THE AMATEUR CHAMPIONS HIP H. F: Whitney, Nassau, beat John M. Ward, linghast beat Wilcox, 2 up and 1 to play; Fox Hills, by' 2 up; John Moller, Jr., Lake- Travis beat Macy, G up and 4 to play; Hicks wood, beat John E, Porter, Allegheny Coun- beat Bergner, 4 up and 3 to play; Graham try, by 1 up; Walter R. Tuekerman, Stock- beat Haines, 7 up and G to play; Brokaw bridge, beat William C. Carnegie, St. An- beat Lynch, 4 up and 3 to play; Egan beat drews, by 3 up and 2 to play; Park Wright, Hokum, 1 up; IT. C. Fownes, beat Watson, •Ill Buffalo Country, beat Joseph F. Stier. Fox 2 up and 1 to play; Talmage beat Townsend, Hills, by default; E. M. Byers, Allegheny 2 up and 1 to play; A. Havemeyer beat Country, beat C. G. Cassells, Crescent Ath- Whitney, 1 up (twenty holes) ; Giffin beat letic, by default; J. B. C. Tappin, Nassau, Moller, 2 up and 1 to play; Frelinghuysen i beat Harold I. Downey, Apawamis, by de- beat Lapham, 4 up and 3 to play; Tucker- fault; Roswell F. Mundy, Riverside Club, man beat Wright, 1 up; Byers beat Tappin, beat Frederick H. Thomas, Morris County, (i up and 5 to play; Kellogg beat Mundy, 3 by 5 tip and 3 to play; L. L. Kellogg, Jr., up and 1 to play; Seeley beat Schwartz, 4 Deal, beat A. G. Lockwood, Allston, by 3 up up and 3 to play; Perrin beat Fredericks. and 1 to play; Arthur F. Schwartz, Audu- 1 up; Stillman beat Evans, 2 up and 1 to bon, beat Ralph Carroll, Fairfiekl, by 1 up; play; Cady, default; Riker beat Alsop, 2 Roger D. Lapham, Apawamis, beat Andrew up and 1 to play; Willett beat Harban, 7 T. Sherman, Eastern Parkway, by 1 up in up and 0 to play; Smith beat F. C. Jen- twenty holes; Charles H. Seeley, Wee Burn, nings. 4 up and 2 to play; Ormiston beat beat E. S. Knapp. Westbrook, by 2 up; McFarland. 2 up and 1 to play; H. C. Egan Dr. D. F. Fredericks, Oil City, beat E. S. beat McBurney, 5 up and 4 to play; Wil- Armstrong, Deal, by 5 up and 4 to play; liams beat Pickett, 4 up and 3 to play. Howard W. Perrin. Philadelphia Cricket, beat Maturin Ballon, Apawamis, by 1 up in nineteen holes; James A. Stillman, Gar- THIRD BOUND. den City, beat Thomas D. Thacher, Engle- Weber beat Cooke, by 5 up and 4 to play; wood, by 2 up and 1 to play; F. J. 0. Alsop. Murphy beat Jennings, by 4 tip and 2 to Xew Haven Country, beat Malcolm Graham. play: Reinhart beat Sawyer, by 5 up and 4 Jr., Apawamis. by default; J. T. Cady, Rock to play; Behr beat Beach, by 2 up; Travis Island Arsenal, beat J. Frank Turner, Wyo- beat Tillinghast, by 3 up and 2 to play; ming Valley Country, by 2 up and 1 to Graham beat Hicks, by 5 up and 4 to play; play; Charles W. O'Connor. Essex County Brokaw beat W. E. Egan, by 5 up and 4 Country, and Tracy L. Smith. New Bruns- to play; Fownes beat Talmadge, by 3 up wick, defaulted ; Herbert L. Riker, Oakland, and 2 to play: Giffin beat A. Havemeyer, by beat E. A. McFall, Austin, by 5 up and 4 to 1 up (twenty-one holes) ; Tuekerman beat play: Malcolm McBurney, Stockbridge, beat Frelinghuysen. by 2 up and 1 to play; Byers Howard M. Brittin, Engiewood, by 3 up and beat Kellogg, by 2 up and 1 to play; Perrin 2 to play; Dr. Walter S. Harban, Columbia, beat Seeley, by 3 up and 2 to play: Cady beat Knowlton L. Ames, Glen View, by 5 up beat Stillman, by 1 up; Willett beat Riker. and 3 to play; George F. Willett, Oakley by 1 up: B. D. Smith beat Ormiston, by 1 Country, beat A. M. Reid, St. Andrews, by up: Williams beat H. Egan. by 2 up. 0 up and 5 to play; W. J. Evans, Ekwanok Country, beat E. H. Brown, Euclid, by 1 up in twenty holes; F. C. Jennings, Gar- FOURTH BOUND. den City, beat F. L. Hawthorn, Storm King, Murphy beat Weber, by 1 up (nineteen by S up and 7 to play; Bruce D. Smith, holes) : Reinhart beat Behr, by 6 up and 5 Onwentsia, beat Findlay S. Douglas, Nassau to play; Travis beat Graham, by 5 up and Country, by 5 up and 4 to play: G. A. Ormis- 4 to play: Brokaw beat Fownes, by 3 up ton, Highland, beat Roger S. White, 2d, New and 2 to play; Byers beat Perrin, by 5 up Haven Country, by 3 up and 2 to play: H. and 3 to play: Tuekerman beat Giffin, by B. McFarland, Huntingdon Valley Country, fi up and 5 to play; Cady beat Willett, by beat W. C. Fownes, Jr., Highland, by 3 tip 5 lip and 4 to play; Smith beat Williams, and 1 to play: H. Chandler Egan, Exmoor by 1 up (nineteen holes). Country, beat W. P. Smith, Huntingdon Val- ley Country, by 2 up: Alexander C. Wil- liams. Philadelphia Country, beat William FIFTH ROUND. Waller, Onwentsia, by 3 up and 2 to play; Reinhart beat Murphy, by 5 up and 4 to W. P. Piekett, Crescent Athletic, beat Ray- play: Travis beat Brokaw", by 1 up; Smith mond Havemeyer, Seabright, by 4 up and 3 beat Cady, by 4 up and 2 to play; Byers beat to play. Tuekerman, by 1 up. SECOND KOITTsTD. SEMIFINAL BOUND. Cooke beat Judd, 2 up and 1 to play; Weber beat Cory, 2 up and 1 to play; P. IT. Travis bent Reinhart, by 5 up and 4 to Jennings beat Travels, 4 up and 2 to play; play; Byers beat Smith, by f> up and 4 to Murphy beat Williamson, 4 up and 3 to play. play; Sawyer beat C. B. Fownes, 5 up and FTNAL HOUND. 4 to play; Reinhart bent Hooper, 4 up and 2 to play; Belli* beat Davidson, 4 up and 3 Travis beat Byers by 5 up and 4 to play to play; Beach beat Chauncey, 1 up: Til- (thirty-six holes) . aid I f" i

VOL. XII [.—No. 4.-27 ,00 THE BRITISH PREMIER ON GOLF By Dr. J, G. McPherson, St. Andrews, Scotland few

UR Prime Minister, the Right Hon. write a hearty recommendation in the O A. J. Balfour, is a very busy man; preface. Of course the book sold. yet he enjoys golf as much as any " As a Scotsman," Mr. Balfour says, one. A few months ago he held his anx- " my heart swells with pride when I re- ious place as leader of the House of Com- flect that it is from Scotland that the mons, when his colleague was submitting infection has spread not only throughout his judicious budget, which pleased the the United Kingdom, but to every part .' rich by the reduction of the income tax, of the world where the English language •tiiff i and the poor by the abolition of the is spoken, and you will find it in the most registration tax on imported corn and unexpected places,—ijlaces where sand is flour. This last part will also be very to be found in every spot but the bunkers, satisfactory to you in the States who send and where the greens are innocent of over so much. grass—you will find enthusiastic golfers But Mr. Balfour found time to run of Scottish and English descent. You out to open a new golf-course near Lon- will find them playing under the most don. His motor engineer was fined £5 unfavorable circumstances, and looking for driving him at too fast a rate. That back with a longing memory to the mag- does not trouble the Premier. " It is all nificent greens of their native country." one to Hippocleides." He was also to This reminds me of a letter which I play with Braid against one of his whips received lately from Mr. William Mills, in the Plouse and Herd. of Sunderland, the patentee of the fa- At the opening of the course he con- mous aluminum clubs. He has had a trasted the rival and antagonistic sub- holiday in the States, but he could spare jects of politics and golf. He considered only two days for golf. One day he play- that it was impossible for any man to ed at Garden City with Mr. Travis. He play golf to his own satisfaction or to the found the American champion to be " an satisfaction of any one who had the mis- exceedingly nice fellow, who plays a very fortune to witness his performance if he fine game." He finds that Mr. Travis is occupied his whole week in politics. But really an Australian; and he adds, " So with Braid for a partner he became a I should not be surprised if we could changed man. So far in favor of four- trace him back to Scotland." All to Scot- some play! land for golf! This is justifiable pride, Fie is an exceedingly keen supporter which your keen sportsmen will graciously of the game. It banishes all care. And forgive. Mr. Mills considers that " Gar- it makes him an ordinary mortal. Such den City is an exceedingly good links, a grand equalizer is golf with true en- and has some natural sand bunkers as thusiasts. So pleased was he with my well as artificial. Nearly all the sub- stirring reminiscences of golf at its best soil is gravel and sand, and the greens as expressed—some fifteen years ago—in are exceptionally fine, many of them the Scots Observer that he asked me to quite as good as any I have ever seen." publish them in book form, agreeing to I may remind you that Mr. Mills's mid- THE- BRITISH. PREMIER ON GOLF 235 spoon and putter are used by Braid, the his new stomach. " I feel better," ho most brilliant professional, and Mr. Hil- says, " than I have felt for years, and I ton, the most celebrated amateur (both think the improvement is due to golf." Open champions). Their great advan- Golf, certainly, is a wonderful medicine. tage lies in their lasting properties and Mr. Balfour is quite an enthusiast, defiance of rain. playing golf bareheaded in all weathers. Mr. Balfour stated that the growth of I remember seeing him at the game, some the golf-courses in the neighborhood of two or three, years ago, over St. Andrews London—and their name is legion—has links. He was playing in a foursome, done more than anything else in the last quite interested, but thoroughly philo- ten or fifteen years to make life healthy sophical. At the short hole coming in, and pleasant to the busy workers of the on the putting-green, his x^artner's ball metropolis. He rejoices when he hears of cannoned their opponent's, and one of the any new golf - course which is opened opposing player's ball cannoned off the within twenty or thirty miles of London, other ball into the hole. Mr. Balfour because he knows that it is impossible smiled and said, " This is curious bil- for the supply to exceed the demand, and liards." Lie topped two tee shots and that every new golf-course with the said nothing, but when he foozled the amenity of scenery and the advantage of third, he simply remarked, without the judicious laying out will not only find usual flourish of the driver by ordinary persons ready to take advantage of it, but missers, " Isn't it funny ?" That is a will soon create its own market and be philosopher. crowded on every clay on which the work- In his speech at the opening of the new ers of the country can find leisure. London course, Mr. Balfour concluded " Those," he said, " whose energy and en- with a blending of golf and politics. " I terprise are bringing these courses into do really feel," he said, " that there is existence not only provide for themselves this connection between golf and schemes a great fund of pleasure, but, in my of social amelioration. I wish I could opinion, provide a great social advan- feel that every scheme in which the House tage." " Golf-courses," he added, " really of Commons interests itself, every plan do constitute a source of healthy recrea- of social or political amelioration to tion, to which there is no dark side at all which it devotes its time, could have the of which I know, which leads to no abuse. same unstinted praise given to it by men is capable of no excess, and can do noth- of all shades of political opinion." ing but good." One likes to hear the Prime Minister I have just noticed—what will be of Great Britain speaking in this piper's news to you—that Dr. Carnegie's straightforward manner. , There is no colleague in million-making—Mr. J. D. doubt golf is by far the best of games for Rockefeller—has, in regaining much-de- all classes, all ages, and both sexes. And aired health, clearly put himself under a it has in it the powerful principles of debt to the game of golf. Lie is reported brotherhood and sympathy which are no- to have offered a million dollars for a where else so widely and more continu- new stomach. Thanks to golf, he has got ously seen.

•' Jf • ''•' A GOLFERS IN ACTION By Mr. Recorder Weir, D.C.L.

IX.—MR. EBEN M. BYERS

Photographs by T. C. Turner R. EBEN M. BYERS has justified getting distance—one b5r a full utiliza- M his existence as a golfer by the tion of the body, causing a marked " fol- fact that in every tournament he low-on," and the other by wrist action, ' enters he is properly regarded as a dan- which seems to beget a holding back of gerous opponent. His natural qualifica- the body. Mr. Byers inclines to the tions for the game must be great, for latter mode rather than to the former— he only began to play about five years at all events, there is no loss of balance ago. Moreover, he has eschewed all pro- at the finish, but an admirable restraint fessional tuition, learning his game from and self-poise, securing a centre practi- books—so much despised by the ordinary cally stationary for the big swing'. athlete—but doubtless, also, from a prop- Mr. Byers, as every golfer knows, ac- er use of his eyes when other golfers quired a great reputation at Glen View, were about. 1902, when he put out Mr. Travis in the Mr. Byers stands five feet six inches, second round for the Amateur champion- and weighs about 145 pounds. He plays ship in a game which deserves a special off the right leg. His swing is quite full chronicle. As Mr. Travis remarked of off the tee, the club head dipping de- his opponent after the round, " His game cidedly below the horizontal and the was simply unbeatable." Mr. Travis hands being brought above the level of went to Glen View as a double winner of the right shoulder. Mr. Byers is very ef- the blue ribbon of American golf, and fective in the long game, being usually was picked by every one as sure winner quite able to hold his own with any one for J902. He won low score in the qual- when the game is with driver or brassey; ifying round, played his usual deadly the chief fault he finds with himself be- game up to the last hole, and yet was ing in the short game. It will be seen beaten by the simply marvellous play from our pictures that Mr. Byers's style that Mr. Byers put up before an aston- is both orthodox and excellent. The ished gallery. arms in the drawback are above rather In the first nine holes of this notable than out from the shoulder, the transfer match Mr. Byers lost two holes by poor of weight from left to right and then approach putting, and a third owing to a from right to left is duly made, and the par 4 achieved by Mr. Travis. Of the follow-through is complete. There is no last nine Mr. Byers won the tenth by pronounced follow-on of the body as the the exercise of those qualities of tempera- stroke is being made, and in view of ment that marks the really good golfer, as Mr. Byers's ability as a good driver, we thus: Mr. Travis playing the odd after conclude that the forearms or wrists get the drive, played safe, not attempting to in very effective work at the proper mo- carry the brook that guarded the green. ment. There seems to be two ways of Mr. Byers did his utmost to carry to the I" 'i t ~ 238 AN ARGUMENT green (as he recently remarked to the Byers took full advantage of the oppor- writer, " Of course I had to, being three tunity to make the match square. . down "), but topped his brassey so badly With all even and five to go, Mr. that it fell short, but, fortunately, did Byers took no more rash chances, but yet not reach the brook. His approach left had to negotiate another ticklish ten-foot him a putt of twelve feet, with several putt on the fourteenth and a shorter one small curves en route. Mr. Travis, with over bad turf on the fifteenth to maintain a putt of eighteen feet, placed his ball an equal footing with his skilful adver- dead, which is always good play when sary. The sixteenth fell to Mr. Byers eighteen feet away, but Mr. Byers had in four, as Mr. Travis did not reach the another chance for the hole. Once more green with his brassey. One up and two he '' had to, being three down," the in- to go was now his comfortable position, tervening slopes were faultlessly tra- and the two were halved. Thus ended versed, and the hole was lost and won. one of the most memorable matches of The next hole was halved, leaving Mi1. which our so far brief annals can boast, Travis still two up. A ten-foot putt by and after it there was no question of the Byers for a three reduced this lead to one skill and tenacity of Mr. Byers, as be- at the twelfth. At the thirteenth Mr. fore the match (and since) there had been Travis, lying a few feet outside the green, no question of the skill and tenacity of failed to place his ball dead, and Mr. his indomitable opponent.

AN ARGUMENT By Leighton Calkins

O the Driver says the Brassey: T " I'm the peer of every club. If you're played in lies not grassy Chances are you'll make a flub. You are good for one shot only, You can tee up every whack; Surely you must feel quite lonely After your initial crack."

Says the Driver then, replying" " You rely on metal gear. When I send the ball a-skying, Smiting hard without a fear. As a brassey, cleek, or driver Played,—by all who know the art, I'm much more than you a factor In the game in which we start." AN ARGUMENT 239

Says the Cleek, then, to the others: "I'm more useful than you both. When the lies are bad, my brothers, I am played without an oath. Then, too, gutty's a back number. And I find I'm much the style; With your presence you encumber Bag and caddie, all the while."

"As for this which we're discussin'," Drawls the Mashie, in a pet, " All this effervescent fussin' Only leads to needless fret. While you're good when all's plain sailing,— Bunkers, sand-pits, hazards—all Demonstrate your well-known failing When you try to loft the ball."

ITp on tip-toe comes the Putter, Shows his head outside the bag:— " Comes all this kinetic sputter From a high potential jag? Long enough I've heard you chatter, Played at times of course you are, But, by all the gods! I flatter Me, that I'm more useful far.

" For, in golf, you know, addition Gomes in play ;• and counting strokes, Neither Driver, Cleek, nor Mashie Scores like me so many pokes; I'm more damned, caressed,—more fingered Both before and after lunch; Near the cup I oft have lingered Just to get another punch.

"I admit that I'm not any Good, two hundred yards away, But what club is used so many Times at match or medal play?" 240 THE YOU NT AK All COUNTRY CLUB

Photograph by T. C. Turner.

TUB TKN'TII TICK. THE YOUNTAKAH COUNTRY CLUB

By the Editor

HE Yountakah Country Club is close and firm, affording excellent lies T situated in the beautiful valley of for the ball. the Passaic River, in New Jersey, The contours of the tract are gentle, and is properly accredited to the village but there is sufficient rise and fall to of Nutley, a favorite suburban residence give the needed variety in play at the for New-Yorkers. It may be reached by various holes. No Alpine heights nor the Erie Railway to Nutley, but the near- Tartarean depths, but pleasant rolling est station is Delawanna, on the Lacka- country, over which we may walk in com- wanna Railway, an easy ten minutes' fortable ease, reserving all our strength walk. By either route it is within the for the strenuous task of smiting the ball. hour from New York city, and so un- The hazards include roads, sand-pits, cop- usually accessible for the busy man. bunkers, long grass, and a brook. There Organized in February, 1899, the club are no trees in the line of play, and no was incorporated in March of the same unfair penalties to be paid. A course, year, and this is consequently its fifth in other words, that has championship season. With a membership (men and possibilities in it, and that at all times women) of 340, an eighteen-hole golf- affords a test of sound golf. course, excellent clay tennis - courts, ex- The first three holes lie across the main tensive stabling, and the various other ac- road in front of the club-house; let us cessories of country club life, the Youn- proceed thither and examine the play in takah takes rank with the best, and detail: should have a long and prosperous ten- 1. 273 yards. Immediately below the ure of its fine property. tee yawns a huge borrow-pit waiting for The club-house consists of the origi- a topped ball, but the well-hit one carries nal dwelling-house on the estate, there easily enough to the fair green beyond. being a large addition at the back with On the left are woods, and a crescent- wide verandas overlooking the course. shaped sand - trap catches a long slice. Nothing pretentious in its exterior, brit Otherwise the road is easy to the first thoroughly comfortable and altogether green. Bogey is 4. clubbable, to coin an adjective. Being 2. 280 yards. A cop-bunker stops a top used as an all-the-year-round club, the from the tee; otherwise the road is clear solidity of the house's construction is an and slightly up-hill to the green. The lat- obvious advantage after the snow begins ter is situated on the same elevation with to fly. the first tee, and the borrow-pit already The soil and general lie of the land are mentioned catches a sliced approach. admirably adapted for the exercise of the There is a similar pit on the left, and an Royal and Ancient sport. A red, sandy overapproach may find the road or be loam •underlies the turf, and bunker-pits trapped in the small pit in front of the are constructed by the easy method of third tee. A triple-guarded green, and a removing the sod. There, are hut few we shall do well to halve with the Colo- stones, and the turf on the fairway is nel " in 4. VOL. Xm.-No. 4.—28

\'iddt' .A.' '• A. 244 THE YOU NT AX AH COUNTRY CLUB 3. 285 yards. The pit in front of the adze out of the trunk of a fallen tree. tee need not alarm any but the most The tee is on the brink of the stream, and incorrigible of bunglers, but the fairway is terrifying only to the duffer. Once is rather narrow, with the highway on across, an iron-shot will carry the cop the left and woods on the right, It calls that guards the green, and we are down for a good drive to top the second rise; with the " Colonel " in 4. thence the way slopes gently downwards 11. 309 yards. A cop-bunker 145 yards to the green. Bogey is again 4. away calls for the longest carry on the 4. 160 yards. We are now back on the course. Once over, there are no further main tract and fairly started on the long difficulties. Bogey is 4. round. The road is out-of-bounds on the 12. 275 yards. An almost identical hole, right, and a cop-bunker 140 yards away for we are now retracing our steps. It guards the green. It is down-hill, and is now the green, however, that is with the bunker nicely carried it is no guarded by the cop, and there is no great matter to tie the bogey of 3. An reason why we should not tie the bogey overapproach is out-of-bounds. of 4. 5. 3S5 yards. There is a shallow sand- 13. 418 yards. The road lies towards pit in front of the tee, and the ground the club-house, and the long driver now rises gently for 200 yards or more. On has his chance. There are some sand- the right is out-of-bounds. There are no pits on the right for a long slice, and other hazards, and the bogey of 5 is some sugar-loaf mounds, with bunker- fairly liberal. pits at their bases, await the second shot. 6. 200 yards. The course doubles back Bogey is 5. on itself, with out-of-bounds on the left. 14. 340 yards. Straightaway up-hill, The way is slightly down-hill. Bogey with a high cop-bunker for the second, is 3. shot. Bogey is 5. 7. 445 yards. Out-of-bounds is again 15. 345 jrards. Back again towards the on the right, and for part of the way the club-house. The cop-bunker that guards course is bounded by the brook, which the green is of exceptional height, and generally means a lost ball. The cop- the pawky player will probably prefer to bunker, some fifty yards short of the keep short of it. The bold smiter has green, may be carried on the second, but a chance here, for bogey is 5. most players are content to negotiate it 16. 436 3>-ards. The tee is directly oppo- on their third, and so halve with bogey site the back piazza of the club-house. A in 5. high cop-bunker at one hundred yards 8. 362 yards. The woods on the right awaits a top, but otherwise distance is is out-of-bounds. A good drive and mid- the only hazard. Bogey is 5. iron should bring one over the cop guard- 17. 130 yards. A good short hole, with ing the green, but the " Colonel " is lib- a high cop-bunker to protect the green. eral here, possibly from the fact that the Bogey is 3. road is somewhat up-hill, and so allows 18. 525 yards. A cop-bunker at 110 us 5. yards must be carried from the tee, and 9. 268 yards. Down-hill to a green thirty yards beyond it is a little sand- guarded by a cop, with the brook behind. trap for a pulled ball. Out-of-bounds is Bogey, 4. on the right, and a strip of long grass 10. 277 yards. We cross the brook by on the left. Bogey is 6. means of a foot-bridge squared, by the The total length of the course is 5713 THE YOUNTAKALI COUNTRY CLUB 245

THE CLUB-HOUSE.

THE EIGHTEENTH GREEN.

THIS YOUNTAKAH COUNTRY CLUB.

fv L Vi :i •ij.' 246 CUPID THE CADDIE yards, and the bogey foots up 37 out and tem. The cop is a necessary evil on an 41 in, or 78 in all. inland course, but it need not be the' in- A commendable feature of the course tolerable nuisance that it often is. is the cop-bunker with skinned face to be The record of the course is, profes- met with at several of the holes. On sional, 73, held by John ITobens, the resi- the far side the grass is allowed to grow, dent, professional, ,ancl amateur, 76, made but the inner slope is denuded of its by the New Jersey champion, Mr. Marc sod. Consequently, it is impossible for M. Michael, who is a member of the club a ball to lodge on the bunker wall, and and its best-known player. - Other well- it gives the unfortunate foozler a better known members are Adrian IT. Larkin, chance to extricate himself. It would be Percy Jackson, G. B. Martin, General well if all the cops, both here and on oth- Bird W. Spencer, Frank Marsellus, and er courses, were rebuilt on the same sys- Colonel IT. G. Prout. Air

IfKUffllflg •••' • CUPID THE CADDIE rjme. !* ! • te ,*, • fU! By E. Maud Griffiths |jifaii(ra»: J; ITYTTIS went a-golfmg, 0, ire; k mi •• Cupid came to caddie; kmrage Npe P Welladay, what pretty play, Round about the links all day k their pma ss With the winged laddie!

Strephon played a round with her; But his heart within him Trembled like a hunted hare i! V: Suddenly, as he was 'ware Cupid tried to pin him.

" Phyllis, there's a hazard near; I have cause to fear it! Prithee, send that boy away,— Much he puts me off my play,— I shall never clear it."

Phyllis turned. But who can foil Cupid's machinations ? Swiftly flew the tiny shaft, Tow he bowed, and softly laughed,— totems " Best congratulations!"

Love's a hazard few can pass, Kings be they, or piemen. Welladay, the pretty play! Cupid holes them every day On the links of Hymen. THE ART OF GOLF By Harold H. Hilton

III.—APPROACHING IN GENERAL

N the preceding chapter I attempted parts of the game are literally thrown I to impress upon my readers the ad- to the winds, the stroke up to the hole visability, or I might even go further being the key to the situation. It nat- and say the absolute necessity, of de- urally follows that this stroke is also the veloping " long " play with wooden clubs. most difficult of all the problems a golfer In saying this, I was in particular re- has to solve. Not only does it require ferring to those who cherish in their accuracy in striking, but correct judg- souls the laudable ambition of eventual- ment of distance is also absolutely neces- ly becoming first-class exponents of the sary. To be a really good approacher game. ISFow to become a really first- a player must be a thorough master of class golfer, a player must have many his clubs. In saying this I mean that qualifications: he must drive far and he should be able at will to take the club sure; he must approach with more than as far back on the upward swing as he the average degree of accuracy; and un- thinks desirable for the task in hand. less he be like Braid and Vardon, who To the uninitiated this may seem a com- by their power and marvellous consist- paratively easy thing to master by prac- ency make the game so easy that they tice, but I know many distinguished can afford some rather serious mistakes members in the ranks of amateur golf on the putting-green, it is also neces- who have never succeeded in quite mas- sary that a fair percentage of long putts tering the art. should be placed very near the hole, or That they have succeeded in sur- if not, there must be a regularity in mounting the difficulty in a certain de- holing-out from what is termed " miss- gree by developing various peculiarities able " distances which is not given to of style or by the use of extraordinary the majority. But while a player, if he instruments is proved by their successful wishes to raise his game above medi- records, but on many occasions this lit- ocrity, must drive comparatively far and tle failing has been the cause of their sure, and accomplish his work on the undoing. It may be true that on only putting-greens with at least an average two or three occasions during the course degree of success, on the other hand of a round are they confronted with a there can be little doubt that what may shot which, owing to their lack of mas- be termed the haclebone of the game lies tery of the " three-quarter " stroke, pre- in the art of approaching. It is of no sents especial difficulties to them. Or use to drive far, or even to putt well it may be that not once during the (and good putting certainly tends to course of the eighteen holes are they make up for many backslidings), if you placed in such a dilemma. But a golf- cannot learn to approach the hole with a er's life is a long one, and in the long certain degree of confidence and skill. run this inability to command the club Otherwise your good work in the other on the backward swing must tell. The 248 THE AJRT OF GOLF

MR. ROBERT MAXWELL. MR. R. T. BOOTI-IBY. BERNARD SATERS. A SET OF LONG APPROACHES. By permission of Golf Illustrated.

weakness must surely preclude them up to the hole with a wooden club is from becoming a Vardon, a Taylor, a just as much an " approach" as is the • 'it ?•-!'• Braid, or a Johnnie Ball, as it is this shortest of pitches or the most delicate little touch of genius in the command of of running-rip shots. Approaching is a the club which causes players like the term which embraces much in golf. above quartette to stand out from their fellow golfers. To commence with the longer shots The acceptation of the term " approach- with wooden clubs, I have always found ing " is usually considered to be confined that it is advisable to keep the body and to the work in close proximity to the lower limbs as rigid as the length of putting - green — say, anything from a the stroke will allow. I say " as the half iron-shot downwards; but personally length of the stroke will allow," so as not I should accord it a much wider scope to mislead my readers, as in any stroke than this. In fact, I should even go so of fair length there must of necessity far as to say that an " approach " is any be a certain degree of body action. But stroke played from such distance from keeping the body comparatively rigid the flag as may be considered within the makes the " timing" easier of accom- compass of the player. Of course these plishment, and the chief cause of erratic distances vary according to degrees of driving is mismanagement of the body golfing power, and a stroke which might action. When approaching the hole it be termed an " approach" to a player is accuracy and not length which is re- like Braid cannot be placed in the same quired, and by dispensing so far as pos- category in connection with a player of sible with body action and by trusting less power. Moreover, a stroke played to the swing of (lie arms and wrists the THE ART OF GOLF 249 task is made much simpler. Moreover, suggest this, after advocating a com- it is wonderful the length which can be paratively rigid stance, but it is quite obtained by a hard, sharp rap with the possible to follow-through well with a wrists and arms, particularly when using rigid stance. It is the arms, however, a rubber-cored ball. But, as I have just which go through and not the body, and said,'it is not length which is required; there are two distinct forms of following- it is accuracy, and in arriving at this through. One is the follow-through with desired end I have found by experience the body, of which Vardon's style is a that it is a good plan to make the stance remarkable example, and the other is with the legs just a little bit wider apart the follow-through with the arms, in con- than comes natural to the player when nection with which I cannot think of a he is playing full strokes. An inch or better example than Mr. Leslie Balfour- two will suffice, and it is this slightly Melville, who, being of sturdy build, is added width in the stance which adds not blessed with that suppleness of frame stability to the swing, since it restricts which is a feature of so many golfers of the action of the body, and in conse- lighter physique. But while his stance quence there is less of this movement is comparatively rigid, which precludes to control. In arriving at accuracy the him from following-through with the fewer things there are to think about the body like Vardon, he makes up for this better, and in the full golfing swing there lack of lissomeness by following-through are very many essentials, as we all know with the arms. With him the club at by experience. the finish of the swing hardly passes In playing this stroke, however, it is the vertical, while that of Vardon and imperative that the player should follow- other players is beyond the horizontal through well. It may seem peculiar to and well round the back. But in the

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Nine out of ten first-class players first-class golf he proved last autumn in use very much the same stroke in play- the medal competition of the Royal and ing every approach; it is only a question Ancient Club that he could more than of degree with regard to the length of hold his own with the younger genera- the swing and the pace at which the club tion. But I am simply quoting his style is swung. And although clubs vary as an example to follow for straight, greatly and require handling according accurate wooden - club play, which is to their peculiarities, I think it is good requisite when playing up to the hole. wholesome advice. It is safer to play Possibly this advice is of little avail all iron approaches in as similar a manner to American golfers, as they have not as possible. It sometimes happens that seen him play, but the photographs a certain club may not lend itself to your which accompany this article should help natural style of play. It may still be to interpret what I wish to convey. To made quite a successful instrument by put the case as concisely as I can, I sim- slightly altering your natural methods, ply say: when playing up to the hole bui experience has taught me that it is with a wooden club, stand firm on the infinitely better to discard that club at feet and widen the stance slightly, and once. trust to the swing of the wrists and arms, For although you may eventually not forgetting to follow-through with the conquer its peculiarities and accomplish club as far as possible in the line of the excellent work with it, the reward is not flight of the ball. worth the trouble. The results may be A great player who is as remarkable eminently satisfactory as regards that in- for modesty of demeanor as for his dividual club, but it is more than prob- ability in the game was once button- able that, owing to the necessity of hav- holed by an enthusiast, blessed with an ing to alter your stance and swing to abnormal thirst for knowledge, and cat- play strokes with this club, you get off echised as to the methods by which he your game with the other clubs in your achieved such remarkable results. The bag. Play your natural swing with ev- great man not being of a demonstrative ery club; do not attempt to make a club disposition quickly gave a practical il- by altering- the methods prompted by na- lustration of his methods of playing ture. Watch Yardon and watch Taylor, short approaches, and apparently con- two golfers whom American players have sidered the matter at an end. But our seen, and it will be noticed that they at act friend was not going to allow such an play literally all their approaches in the excellent opportunity to pass, and re- same manner, particularly the latter, turning to the charge, remarked: "Well, who possibly presents the most complete P players, saj how do you play your long approaches?" model of the golfing automaton. He ap- The reply was concise and to the point: pears to play every stroke alike, both "Oh, just the same, only I hit the ball with clubs of wood and cluhs of iron, a little harder." "And your deck- and the wonderful success he attains is THE WORSE-BALL MATCH 253 a marked proof of the efficacy of playing power of quick concentration is a gift all strokes naturally. It is a concise and of nature which is not allotted to all, clean form of golf, which if not quite so but it is a power to which a golfer can interesting to watch as that of many in a certain degree school himself. It other players (say, Braid or, in a more simply requires determination, and deter- marked degree, the late Lieutenant Tait), mination eventually begets confidence. It is nevertheless an excellent model to copy. would be but idle to attempt to explain Taylor swings naturally at every ball, what confidence means in golf; it is ev- and once he has made up his mind, does erything at least when it is combined with not hesitate, and in consequence is sel- a certain amount of discretion, for over- dom caught on what may be termed confidence is almost as disastrous a com- " two minds." When Mr. Walter Travis plaint as underconfidence. But it is the visited our British links I noticed that, latter that is mainly responsible for our like Taylor, he never hesitated once he grievous failures. had made up his mind. Possibly this TO BE CONTINUED.

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E all know the match in which the The game is a most annoying one for W best player of three plays against the two players, for they can form no the better ball of his two oppo- manner of partnership, and are perpetu- nents; the match in which the worst ally blaming each other for the mistakes player plays the worse ball of the two which render futile their own good play. better golfers is less familiar. It would A very fine performance by one of the seem at first sight that A, who is a four plajrers is of no avail, so the satisfaction or six handicap man, would have no of doing an extra-good hole is lost. The chance against the less good ball of 15 better-ball business brings out a big • and 0, two. scratch players, but it is not game, but this worse-of-balls match glori- so. As a matter of fact a six-handicap fies mediocrity. Some reader who tries man will more than hold his own with the match will doubtless curse me for two scratch men if he has only to com- putting such a nightmare idea into his pete against the golfer who takes the more head, but there are times when a game ^hots at each hole. The scratch man is of this sort gives fun and food for sub- supposed to play with a fair chance sequent banter even to the defeated against the better ball of two six-handi- golfers. But the laugh will, as a rule, cap players, and in this other match it be with the man who has no companion will be found that the six-handicap man to give him away in the contest.—J. L, can play the two good golfers. Low, in the Athletic News.

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TANDING at the head of a little an overrun, and presents a pretty scene S valley, the broad verandas of the for the approach, lying as it does some beautiful new home of the Inver- twenty feet below the upper level. You ness Club command a widely extended retrace your steps and again have a view of gently undulating country side. ravine to carry. The way for the second The valuable tract of land purchased by shot is clear, but the third requires a the club lies in the very heart of the pitched shot, the green being guarded by richest garden-farming district near To- a natural dip. The hole leads to the ledo. Located upon what is called the south, and is named Dixie, 526 yards. Dorr Street stone road, it is reached by The green on Brookside, 445 yards, is the Toledo and Indiana Railway in guarded by the brook from which it takes thirty-five minutes from the Central its name. The second shot carries over a Station of the Interurban Electric Lines splendid formation of tumbling ravines, in the business centre of the city. and should land safely on the wide bot- Nature has done a remarkable work in tom just in front of the brook. golf-course-making at Inverness. The Hole 4, 141 yards, is typically named formations, which show two deposits of Hound Top. The green is a large one the original glacial drift, are so varied in situated on the edge of the first ravine, contour that they form a series of natural and an overrun or pull will go bounding bunkers only popularly supposed to be. into trouble. possible where sand dunes exist in the Hole 5, the Grove, 333 yards, calls for home of Scotch and English golf. The the longest carry on the course, 133 top soil has received, through the ages, yards. The approach also requires good a gradual enriching, so that it has be- play, as the green is well -bunkered. come a highly fertile sandy loam so fa- A path through the woods leads to the vorable to the growth of those silky sixth tee, where one is inspired to make - grasses indispensable in an ideal golf- a grand drive from beneath a gateway of course. two sturdy oaks. Distance means much, The views of the course shown in this as the second shot must carry the brook, article are simply of characteristic holes. some fifty yards short of the green, to Only a visit to the course can give an negotiate the hole in a par four. The adequate idea of its exceptional features distance is 359 yards, and the excellent as a golf-course, as constantly requiring golfing features of this hole and the next and just as constantly producing the brought forth enthusiastic praises from highest standards of play. It is clearly Bernard Nicholls, while laying out the destined to be the Mecca of many golfers course. who desire to test their games upon a The seventh, Shenancloah, 317 yards, genuine links. The holes are as follows: leads down from a tee on the upper Heatherly, 316 yards. The drive re- level, through a winding valley of vary- quires a carry of 125 yards to clear the ing width. A spur of hillside crosses the farther bank of the first ravine. The valley just in front of the green, and, to- green is well guarded by the brook for gether with the surrounding hills, pre- 25G THE INVERNESS CLUB OF TOLEDO, OHIO

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THE INVERNESS GOLF CLUB. THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE GOLFERS 257 sents a rare scene from the club-house The Green Committee is composed of verandas. Harold Fraser, James Cummins, R. J. The eighth, Fairview, 340 yards, crosses Burkhalter, W. S. Taylor, Fred Jackson. the upland with a cop-bunker guarding W. I. Rockefeller, and Frank E. Weber, the putting-green. chairman. The ninth, Sunset, 266 yards, lies in The officers are: S. P. Jermain, presi- full view of the club-house, and with the dent; J. D. Robinson, vice-president; IT. exception of a pit just short of the green W. Oummings, secretary-treasurer; and is without trouble. Beii Love, Jr., R. B. Crane, Harold The total length of the course is 3043 Fraser, and 0. W. Jones, directors. yards, and covers most of the club's es- The club was organized in February tate. Crowding is, therefore, reduced to of this year, and the course and the club- a minimum, and withal makes a most house were opened to its members on comfortable playing-green. August 15.

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HE Oxford and Cambridge team be said.that the Oxford and Cambridge T made their first appearance on a men fell down badly in the afternoon Metropolitan Course, Monday, play, even though Mr. Low's illness prob- August 24, at Garden City, where they ably cost them one match. For proof of met a picked team representing the M. this assertion look at these cards of the G. A. Some surprise had been expressed three leading matches: at the committee's action in leaving out Douglas 0 3 5 4 3 5 5 4 4—39 certain well-known players in the asso- N. Hunter 4 3 4 4 4 5 6 5 4-39 Douglas 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 5 3—36—7. ciation, but the reasons in the individual N. Hunter 3 4 4 6 4 4 5 4 3—3T—70 cases were doubtless sound. So far as the Travis 5 3 5 5 4 6 4 5 4—41 New Jersey players were concerned, it Brnmstoii 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 4 3—41 Travis 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 3—37—7S was thought best to reserve them for the Bramstou 4 5 4 5 C 5 5 4 5—43—S4 future contest at Baltusrol, and the col- Brokaw 6-2454664 4—41 lege men would have another chance Mv Printer 4 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5—41 Brokaw 4 3 4 5 4 4 "5 5 3—37— 7S later on. The team, while not represent- M. Hunter 4 4 4 6 4 5 *6 5 4—42—82 ing the full playing strength of the local * Bye boles. association (as was the case at Myopia Anything under 80 is certainly very and Chicago), and making a bad start, good going on a course over 6400 yards yet showed up strongly at the finish, the in length. Nothing could be finer than score by points standing 8 to 7 in favor the struggle between Douglas and Nor- of the Britons. man Hunter, and it was carried to the The contest was marked by an extraor- very last green. It was a treat to see dinary brace on the part of the home the long-driving duel between these two players. After losing every one of the mighty swipers. four-ball matches in the morning, the The success of the home team in the M. G. A. team took seven out of the ten afternoon play was the more gratifying, singles. And the single match is the for after the morning exhibition it had real test of golfing ability. It could not looked like a walkover for the visitors.

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The 0. and 0. men were straighter team played a picked team of members through the fair green, and surer.on the and invited guests of the Shinnecock line of the cup, and that told the story. Hills Golf Club. The morning score was Several of the British team are remark- a round at medal play, in which Travis ably long drivers, notably Norman Hun- and Alsop tied at 74, Travis winning the ter and Barne. Hunter crouches in his play-off. Only four of the visitors man- address, and his waggle is jerky and aged to get in the first dozen, but they nervous in appearance. Wot a pretty gave an impressive proof of their powers style to watch. Barne and Ransom use in the match play of the afternoon, win- no sand on the tees, merely placing the ning eight matches and losing three. ball on a convenient tuft. The practice Johnny Low's putting was the admira- is certainly conducive to fine brassey-play tion of all beholders. The summary: through the green. Bramston impresses W. J. Travis, Garden City, beat Norman one as the coming player of them all. F. Hunter, Oxford and Cambridge, by 5 up and 4 to play; J. L. Low, Oxford and Cam- a good driver, accurate in iron-play, and bridge, beat C. B. Macdonald, Garden City, deadly on the green. He and 1ST. Hunter by 3 up and 2 to play; F. J. 0. Alsop, Yale, beat J. A. T. Bramston, Oxford and Cam- scored a best-ball card of 73 in the morn- bridge, by 5 up and 3 to play; T. M. Hunter, ing round against Travis and Macdonald, Oxford and Cambridge, beat L. H. Conklin, Princeton, by 3 up and 2 to play: H. G. B. who had a 10. The summary: Ellis, Oxford and Cambridge, beat P. H. Jen- nings, Yale, by 2 up and 1 to play; Harold Four-ball matches.—N. Hunter and Bram- W. Beveridge, Oxford and Cambridge, beat ston. Oxford and Cambridge, beat Travis and F. 0. Reinhart, Princeton, by 4 up and 3 to Macdonald, Metropolitan, by 2 up and 1 play: U. A. Murdock, Harvard, beat P. W. to play; Bavne and Ransom, Oxford and Leatliart, Oxford and Cambridge, by 2 up US? '' Cambridge, beat Cory and Michael, Metro- and 1 to play; C. F. Ransom, Oxford and politan, by 5 up and 4 to play; Ellis and Cambridge, beat H. Stewart Campbell, Yale, Leatliart, Oxford and Cambridge, beat Kel- logg and Ward, Metropolitan, hj 6 up and by 1 up; G. D. Barne, Oxford and Cam- 4 to play; Beveridge and Allison, Oxford bridge, beat G. Owen Winston, Harvard, by and Cambridge, beat Emmet and Moller, Jr., 2 up and 1 to play: C. H. Allison, Oxford Metropolitan, by 4 up and 2 to play; Low and Cambridge, beat Devereux Emmet, Gar- and T. M. Hunter, Oxford and Cambridge, den City," by 3 up and 2 to play; C. N. Day, beat Douglas and Brokaw, Metropolitan, by Oxford and Cambridge, beat J. Whitney Baker, Princeton, by 4 up and 3 to play. 1 up. Singles.—W. J. Travis, Garden City, beat •J. A. T. Bramston, Oxford and Cambridge, On Saturday, the 29th, the British by 2 up and 1 to play; F. S. Douglas, Nas- golfers played a match against an All- sau, beat N. F. Hunter, Oxford and Cam- bridge, by 1 up; G. T. Brokaw, Princeton, Eastern team captained by Walter J. beat T. M. Hunter, Oxford and Cambridge, Travis. The day was wet and windy, by 4 up and 3 to play; C. B. Macdonald. Gar- den City, beat H. G. B. Ellis. Oxford and and under the discouraging circum- Cambridge, by 3 up and 1 to play; John M. stances the visitors showed up much bet- Ward, Fox Hills, beat G. D. Barne, Oxford and Cambridge, by 2 up and 1 to play; P. ter than did the home players. The W. Leatliart. Oxford and Cambridge, beat summary: M. M. Michaels. Yountakah, by 4 up and r 2 to pla3 ; H. W. Beveridge, Oxford and Cam- Four-ball matches.—Norman Hunter and bridge, 'beat L. L. Kellogg, Jr., Fox Hills, J. A. Bramston, beat W. J. Travis and A. J. by 4 up and 2 to play; J. T. Ransom, Oxford Lockwood by 1 up; T. M. Hunter and J. L. and Cambridge, beat John Moller, Jr., Lake- Low beat F. S. Douglas and C. B. Macdon- wood, by 3 up and 2 to play; Devereux Em- ald by 2 up and 1 to play; G. D. Barne and met, Garden City, beat 0.' H. Allison. Ox- D. F. Ransom beat F. J. 0. Alsop and E. M. ford and Cambridge, by 2 up; C. B. Cory. Byers by 2 up and 1 to play; H. W. Bev- Garden City, beat C. N. Day. Oxford and eridge and C. II. Allison beat Frank 0. Rein- Cambridge, by 3 up and 1 to play. hart and H. B. McFarland by 4 Up and 3 to play; George T. Brokaw and Dr. D. P. Oxford and Cambridge won by 8 points Fredericks beat H. G. B. Ellis and P. W. Leatliart by 1 up. to 7 for the M. G. A. Singles.—J. L. Low beat W. J. Travis by On Wednesday, the 26th, the British 3 up and 2 to play: F. S. Douglas beat J. THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE GOLFERS 259

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A. T. Bramston by 4 up and 3 to play; Nor-, a thirty-eight-hole match, and J3rokaw man F. Hunter beat F. J. 0. Alsop by 4 up ,, ... ,, , .,-. and 3 to play; G. T. Brokaw beat D. F. won the S'ame> getting the deciding one Ransom by G up and 5 to play; G. D. Barne in 5 to 7 strokes, beat F. 0. Eeinhart bv 3 up and 2 to play; -rTr 1; T ,r •, , ,-, -,-, r i T. M. Hunter beat A. G. Lockwood by 1 up j Walter 'L lravis led the English cap- EC; B. McFarland beat H. W. Beveridge by tain, John L. Low, by 3 holes in the 2 up and 1 to play; H. G. B. Ellis beat Dr. . , -, . , , , • , ,, , . , .'iil1'" D. P. Fredericks by 1 up; P. W. Leathart morning, and defeated him by the high beat. B. M. Byers by 2 up and 1 to play; C. score of 7 up and G to play in the com- H. Allison beat C. B. Maedonald by 1 up. -. 1 , plete round. It was a sensational finish that won The teams, with results by the point out for the home team in the match be- system, are: tween the visitors and an All-America OXFOBD-CAMBRIDGE. team, played at Nassau Country Club J. L. Low 0 H rhe Monday after the Amateur cham- f ™sfilid ^£.[[[[ — — ^l pionship, September 7. The match was G. D. Barne 1 T B at thirty-six-holes individual play, each J R ^^\e J match to count as one point. The All- H. G. B. Ellis. 0 America team won bv 5 points to 4. £; W. Leathart 1 1 D. F. Ransom 0 The victory was all the more gratify- ing to the winners because at the con- total , -A elusion of the eighteen holes played in ALL-AMERICA. the morning the Englishmen led by 4 Walter J. Travis I .,••,. • x , F. S. Doualas 0 points, having won six matches to two g T\J gylrs 1 for the home players, while one match, F. 0. Eeinhart 0 ', •_ , Ti/^-n-i _i i/-i-r\ George T. Brokaw 1 that between F. 0. Eeinhart and G. D. H Q° Eo.an 0 Barne was a tie. Counting results by Bruce D. Smith 1 ,i . , i , j. , -, , George A. Ormiston 0 the actual number oi holes up on each j JJ c"oiil

SINGLES. At Wheaton, against Western Golf Asso- G. T. Brokaw, New Jersey, beat J. A. T. ciation, 3 points to 2; live holes to two. Bramston, Oxford and Cambridge, by 1 up ; At Garden City, against Metropolitan, 5 N. F. Hunter, Oxford and Cambridge, beat points to 0; eighteen holes to none. M. M. Michael, New Jersey, by 7 up and 5 At Garden City, against All-Kastern. 4 to play: H. G. Beveridge, Oxford and Cam- points to 1. bridge', beat F. 0. Reinhart, New Jersey, by At Baltusrol, against New Jersey Golf 5 up and 4 to play; Archibald Graham, New Association, 3 points to 2; nine holes to six. Jersey, beat G. D. Bavne, Oxford and Cam- (Bye holes not played out.) bridge, by 2 up; J. L. Low, Oxford and Cam- At Huntingdon Valley, against Philadel- bridge, beat M. Behr, New Jersey, by 1 up phia Golfing Association, 4 points to 0. (nineteen holes) ; John M. Ward, New Jer- sey, beat H. G. B. Ellis, Oxford and Cam- SUMMARY. bridge, by 2 up; T. M, Hunter, Oxford and Oxford - Cambridge, 25 points to 9 for Cambridge, beat L. H. Conklin. New Jersey, American teams, and sixty holes to eleven by 1 up (nineteen holes) : P. W. Leathart, for opponents. Oxford and Cambridge, beat Murray Oly- GRAND SUMMARY. phant, New Jersey, by 4 up and 3 to play: D. F. Ransom, Oxford and Cambridge, beat Oxford-Cambridge. 88 points to 48 for F. A. Mavselhis, New Jersey, by 7 up and American teams, and two hundred and twen- (i to play: C. F. Watson. New Jersey, beat ty-nine holes to one hundred and twenty- C. H. Allison, Oxford and Cambridge, by 4 six for opponents. up and 3 to play; C. N. Day. Oxford and Cambridge, beat A. H. Larkin, New Jersey, Individual records from the stand- by 5 up and 4 to play. ..,0 point of match play, with the details of the contests, indicate the true merit of -1 Following' is the complete record of the the golf displayed by the visitors: teams' play up to and including the J. L. Low.—Beat N. S. Campbell. Yale, 2 Philadelphia meeting-: and 1; beat J. F. Curtis, 2 and 1; beat Stewart Stickney, 4 and 2; beat J. M. Sell- ers. 5 and 4: beat C. B. Macdonald, 3 and At Myopia, against Intercollegiate, 6 2; beat W. J. Travis, 3 and. 2; beat M. M. points to 5 : fourteen holes to thirteen. Behr, 1 up (nineteen holes) ; lost to W. J. At Essex County, against All-Massachu- Travis, 7 and G: beat H. W. Perrin, 7 and 0. setts, •") points to 6; thirteen holes to fifteen. IT. W. Beveridge.—Beat Bruce D. Smith. At Wheaton, against Western Golf Asso- Yale, 5 and 3; lost to C. B. Cory, 1 up ciation, 8 points to 3; twenty-two holes to (twenty holes) ; beat J. M. Sellers, 5 and 3; eight. beat R. IT. McElwee. 1 \rp (twenty holes) ; At Glen View, against All-Chicago, 7 points beat L. L. Kellogg. Jr.. 4 and 2; beat F. 0. to 4: twenty holes to eleven. Reinhart, 4 and 3; beat H. B. McFarland. At Garden City, against Metropolitan. 3 by 2 up; beat F. O. Reinhart, 5 and 4: beat points to 7: eleven holes to sixteen. R. E. Griscom, 2 and 1. At Shinneeock Hills, against Long Isl- J. A. T. Bramston.—Lost to Frank 0. and. 8 points to 3 : twenty - two boles to Reinhart. Princeton, by 1 up; lost to A. G. twelve. Loekwood. 4 and 3 : beat George A. Ormis- At Garden City, against All - Eastern. 8 ton, 1 up (nineteen holes) : beat Louis N. points to 2: nineteen holes to ten. James, 3 and 1; lost to W. J. Travis, 2 At Nassau Country, against All-America, and 1; lost to F. J. 0. Alsop, 5 and 3 ; lost 4 points to 5; sixteen boles to twenty-two. to Findlay S. Douglas. 4 and 3; lost to G. (The matches were at thirty-six boles, and T. Brokaw. I up: lost to G. T. Brokaw, the bye holes were not played out.) 1 up (thirty-eight holes) : beat W. P. Smith, At Baltusrol. against New Jersey Golf 2 up. Association. 7 points to 4: thirty holes to N. F. Hunter.—Lost to F. J. 0. Alsop. nine. Yale, 3 and 2: beat A. L. Ripley, 3 and 2: At Huntingdon Valley, against Philadel- beat H. Chandler Egan, 4 and 3'; lost to H. phia Golfing Association. 7 points to 0. Chandler Egan. 4 and 2: lost "to Findlay S. Douglas,'by 1 up: lost to W. J. Travis. STJMMAKY. 5 and 4: beat F. J. 0. Alsop. 4 and 3; beat Oxford-Cambridge.., 03 points to 30 points M. M. Michael, 7 and 5; beat F. S. Doug- for American teams: Oxford-Cambridge, one las. 5 and 4; halved by G. J. Cooke. hundred and sixty-nine holes to one hun- T. M. Hunter.—Lost to L. H. Conklin, 4 dred and seventeen for American players. and 3: beat Q. A. Shaw. 2 and 1; lost to, Louis N. James. 1 up: lost to W. E. Egan, FOURSOMES, 1 up; lost to George T. Brokaw, 4 and 3: At Myopia, against Intercollegiate, 3 beat L. H, Conklin. 3 and 2; beat A. G. points to 2; six holes to four. Loekwood, by 1 up: boat L. H. Conklin. 1 At Essex County, against All-Massachu- up (nineteen holes) ; lost to E, M. Bvers setts, 3 points to 2; thirteen, boles to two. 2 up: halved 1>\ A. \Y. Tillinghast. '"'

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11. G. B. Ellis.—Beat U. A. Murdock, Har- G. D. Barne.—Beat Owen Winston, Har- vard, 1 up; beat T. P. Curtis, 4 and 3; lost vard, 1 up (nineteen holes) ; beat J. G. to Walter E. Egan, 3 and 2; beat R. F. Thorp, 2 up; beat R. F. Mundy, 4 and 3; Mundy, 1 up; lost to C. B. Macdonald, 3 beat C. Zueblin, 4 and 3; lost to J. M. Ward, and 1; beat P. R. Jennings, 2 and 1; beat by 1 up; beat G. 0. Winston, 2 and 1; beat Dr. D. P. Fredericks, 3 and 2; lost to J. M. F. 0. Reinhart, 3 and 2; lost to Archibald Ward, 2 up; lost to Bruce Smith, 10 and 9; Graham, 2 up; beat F. 0. Reinhart, 2 beat A. H. Smith, 5 and 4. and 1. C. H. Allison.—Beat W. C. Chick, Har- C. N. Day.—Lost to Max Behr, Yale, 4 vard, 1 up (nineteen holes) ; lost to A. L. and 3; lost to H. F. Small, 5 and 3; beat Selfridge, 2 up; lost to B. F. Cummings, W. I. Osborne, 1 up; lost to William Waller, 4 and 3; beat W. I. Osborne, 5 and 3 ; lost 1 up; lost to C. B. Cory, 3 and 1; beat J. W. to D. Emmet, 2 up; beat D. Emmet, 3 and Baker, 4 and 3; beat A. H. Larkin, 5 and 4; 2; beat C. B. Macdonald, 1 up; lost to C. beat H. S. Naylor, 2 and 1. F. Watson. 4 and 3: beat A. C. Williams, According to this record, Captain Low 2 and 1. D. F. Ransom.—Lost to P. R. Jennings, and PI. W. Beveridge tied for the best Yale, 1 up; lost to G. F. Wheelock, 1 up; showing, each winning- eight out of nine beat Bruce D. Smith, 2 tip; lost to Bruce D. Smith, 5 and 3: beat John Moller, Jr., matches played. 3 and 2; beat N. S. Campbell, 1 up; lost to George T. Brokaw, 6 and 5; beat F. A. Of the American players who took Marsellus, 7 and 6; lost to C. H. Conklin, part in two or more matches, the best 2 up; beat Dr. S. Carr, 1 up. showing was made by the old Prince- P. W. Leathart. — Beat J. W. Baker, Princeton, 4 and 2; lost to W. 0. Chick, 3 tonian George T. Brokaw, who won four and 2; beat W. T. G. Bristol, 1 up; beat matches,—two from Braniston, one from B. F. Cummings, 3 and 2; beat Marc M. Michael, 4 and 2; lost to U. A. Murdock, 2 T. M. Hunter, and one from Ransom. and 1; beat E. M. Byers, 2 and 1; beat W. J. Travis scored three wins and one Murray Olyphant. 4 and 3; beat G. A. Ormis- defeat. ton, 9'and 8. tab? is

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E thought he saw a ballet-girl 1 THE igo, L ?: •' H Dancing upon a wall; long icfe: •- _ He looked again, and found it was titty te. "'•- A man who'd topped his ball! " They lie,'' he said, " who hold that golf's No exercise at all!"

PTe thought he saw an ancient sage Playing the game of golf., lie looked again, and found it was A sheep with whooping cough. " They're really much the same," he said; "For neither can leave off!" —Golf Illustrated. WESTEKN DEPARTMENT

Conducted by Alexis J. Colman

THE THIRD WESTERN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP, EXMOOR COUNTRY CLUB, HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS, SEPTEMBER 8-12, 1903

A GAIN Western women must bow to her match in nineteen holes to Mrs. £ ^ Miss Bessie Anthony. To win A. T. H. Brower, of Edge water, secretary any championship for four years of the association. Erom the fact that straight is a rare achievement, and to the women of outside clubs do not enter, have accomplished the feat in Chicago, it must be presumed that they concede where the women have always shown the the palm to the Chicago players, and keenest desire to do well in their tourna- this being the case, the field was most ments, and have striven mightily, withal, representative, Mrs. Chatfield-Taylor be- in most friendly fashion, to defeat Miss ing the only notable absentee. Anthony, is most meritorious. No; Miss Anthony is the best, and well deserves her honors. The new Women's Western Golf A " dark horse "—for want of a better Association, a lusty infant, had control of expression in this connection—came to the championship, and things were con- the fore, Miss Mabel Higgins, of Mid- ducted in a most shipshape manner. The lothian. Miss Higgins not only .quali- Western Golf Association, to which had fied third with 98, to Miss Carpenter's b been intrusted the William A. Alexander sterling 93 and Miss Frances Everett's cup for the women's competition two 96, but lasted to the finals, and gave Miss years ago, gracefulry yielded supervision, Anthony such a sincere argument as to being influenced, no doubt, by the effi- be beaten by only 3 and 2. Miss Higgins ciency shown by the officers of the new has played golf less than two years, and, body in handling their team competitions although a Chicago girl, learned her golf r and in conducting business generally, and elsewhere, and had not previously played the confidence was not misplaced. in the important open tournaments. Her first achievement came last winter, when she won the Women's championship of The regrettable feature lay in the fact California, after qualifying with lowest that so few women from clubs outside of score. h Chicago entered. Only one, Miss Rob- ertson of Springfield, Illinois, went the route, and as she was entered from Glen In build shorter and stouter than Miss View the tournament was practically a Anthony, Miss Higgins showed that she repetition of the other local tournaments, possesses abundant strength, which is of which there have been many this sea- bound to tell as she becomes better able son. Miss Robertson did not figure to concentrate her energy upon her long beyond the first round, in which she lost game. As it is, she drives a. strong ball. 264 WESTERN DEPARTMENT using a very long swing. She handles her Miss Anthony's closest battle came in irons effectively and putts very well, ex- the second round, when Miss Frances celling Miss Anthony in the finals in this Everett, the strong driver of the home regard, and with more practice and tour- club, all but won, losing 1 clown. Neither nament experience is bound to do well. ever led by more than a hole. Miss The strain of this her first important Anthony repeatedly failed to improve tournament told plainly upon her work. chances, and Miss Everett was giving In practice at Midlothian Miss Higgins herself the longest putts to hole, but she used only forty-five strokes for the first negotiated these nicely in crises, notably nine, and in a friendly match with Mrs. at the seventeenth, where a seven-foot E. A. Manice had won from that good putt was needed to square the match. player by 2 and 1—evidences of her skill. A pulled tee shot and sliced brassey augured poorly for Miss Anthony, but I Miss Everett, after a good drive, half- topped her brassey and sent her iron into The course for the championship was the guarding bunker, which lost her the the full distance, 5880 yards, no tees be- match. It was on this day that Miss ing set forward. The best players quali- Carpenter lost to Miss ITiggins. The fied for the championship, with the ex- Westward-ITo expert was off in her driv- ception of Mrs; W. B. McTlvaine, of ing, in which Miss ITiggins excelled, Onwentsia, a former Western champion; and Miss Carpenter's advantage in the Mrs. IT. A. Beidler, of Take Geneva, and short game was not sufficient. She lost Mrs. W. T. DeWolf, of Onwentsia. The by 2 and 1. Semifinal matches resulted course was at its best on qualifying day. in the defeats of Miss Elizabeth Cong- Fifty-four started, and forty-nine finish- don by Miss ITiggins by one hole, al- ed the route. though Miss ITiggins was 1 down at the turn, and the defeat of Miss Morris by Miss Anthony. The qualifying scores: Miss J. Anna Carpenter (Westward - Ho), 93; Miss For the finals the course had dried Frances Everett (Exmoor), 96; Miss out considerably. A gallery of 200, most- Mabel Iliggilis (Midlothian), 98; Miss ly women, followed, and were rewarded Bessie Anthony (Glen View), 100; Mrs. with a good contest. Mr. Bernard S. W. A. Alexander (Exmoor), 102; Mrs. Tlorne, Miss Anthony's fiance, who had A. T. IT Brower (Edgewater), 102; Miss carried her clubs in the preceding rounds, Elizabeth Congdon (Glen View), 102; gave way to " Dick" Teslie, the canny ;;' , Miss Margaret Morris (Evanston), 103; Scot who makes clubs at Glen View, and Miss Marion Warren (Edgewater), 106; who has carried in many previous match- Mrs. O. L. Bering (Midlothian), 107; es for the Western champion. George Miss Teila Barker (Lake Geneva), 108; O'Neill, of Midlothian, the professional Miss Elizabeth Young (Calumet), 10S; who coached Miss PTiggins in her Cali- Miss E. Eobertson (Glen View), 108; fornia conquest, again carried for her, Miss Sal lie Ainslie (Westward-Ho), 108; as he had in the previous contests. Miss Mary Ainslie (Westward-Ho), 109; Mrs. Percival Manchester (Glen View), 109; Mrs. F. E. Bonolfoe (Edgewater), A strong southwest wind was blowing", 109, and was responsible for many lost shots CO

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772 o MISS MABEL HIGGINS, MISS BESSIE ANTHONY, Runner-up, Western Woman Champion. 260 WEST HUN DEPARTMENT

MISS BESSIE ANTHONY AND MISS EVBRJSTT ON HOME GREEN. by Miss Higgin_s> for it had an exasper- A more wholesome lesson than that af- ating faculty of blowing her light skirt forded by the visit of the team of the in front of the ball at inopportune mo- Oxford and Cambridge Golfing Societ5r to ments. Miss Anthony outdrove her op- Chicago could not well be given. In ponent almost regularly, and had the ad- acknowledging that the class of Old- vantage on the long holes. Miss Higgins, World golf is higher than that yet at- though good with her long iron-shots, tained here, the Western players do not was less deadly in short approaches, and admit that the Britons will always be was giving herself harder putting to do, the masters. They have about five years' but she frequently holed long ones to advantage, and it may be that the inter- halve. As too often the case, both play- national matches in five years, at most, H. ers proved unable to take advantage of will tell a different tale. the opponent's errors, and Miss Anthony clearly had an advantage in steadiness. After halving four, Miss Anthony took The gist of the matter is that the the lead and kept it to the end. The visitors are just between our players. medal play: Our young men are too young, and our

Miss Anthony, Out 4 fi 4 6 4 5 8 K C—48 old men learned too late. When the its Miss Xfiggins, Out 4 f> 4 (! 5 e, C 1 0_S0 Egans, Smiths, Clows, Phelpses, Swifts, Miss Anthony, Iii ...4. 4.;;fr i> 7 5 5 x x Miss Higgins, In ....6 3 7 ii 7 4 7 x x and others of our boys have passed Miss Anthony, 3 up, 2 to piny. through college and have steadied down, WESTERN DEPARTMENT ' 267

the advantages of having learned golf tative. Without Robert Maxwell, John in their youth will then be apparent, Ball, Jr., Harold Hilton, Walter Travis, [ and, provided they do not give up golf and the other good ones, the winner's for business—certainly a most reprehen- honors cannot but be limited. But if i sible proceeding!—they will demonstrate John L. Low comes, and there is a goodly the possibilities of the true American representation of American talent, there golfers. The stay of the Britons in is no reason why a good tourney cannot Chicago, though less than a week, was a develop. big treat, and they, too, with one accord, expressed a wish that it might have been longer. Some of them arc coming next Intercity team matches are all the go year to the St. Louis Exposition, and in northern Indiana. Muncie, Marion, probably will see more of Chicago then. Anderson, and Richmond have organized a league and the race is spirited. Muncie looks best, but Anderson, under the lead- In regard to the proposed international ership of its coach, Harry Collis, is mak- tournament at the Glen Echo Country ing a bid. Club during the St. Louis Exposition next j'ear, Western golfers feel, as doubt- less do those of other localities, that the A unique contest was the two - ball " championship" will be such only in foursome handicap for " Father and Son " such proportion as the field is represen- at Midlothian, August 29. Twenty-seven

R. E. Walker. .1. F. McNaughtou.

W Gregory. C. K. Mavity. F. J. Lesli (Capt.). H. R. Greger. TEAM 01'' MUNCIE (.INDIANA) GOLF CLUB.

'""•"•""•iiBnwnilMll^HBIIli 26S QUATRAIN pairs entered, the ages ranging from Linn, but he did these stunts neatly, good seventy down to ten, William M. IToyt, approaching being the feature of his play. father of ex-Champion Phelps B., who played with his son Landon, and little Paul Hunter, son of C. L. Hunter, being That doctors regard the game of golf about the extremes. Edward S. Hunter as beneficial is proved by the way the and his son Robert E. won, with scores men of medicine and splints have taken of SS and 01, reduced to a net of 169 by to the pastime. Chicago now has its an allowance of 10. Their gross, too, was annual physicians' tournament, in which seven strokes the best, B. Frank Cum- from thirty to forty play, and in every mins and his son Ned having 186, gross. club the village doctor is a player, if not a factor in low scoring. Toledo sent three doctors to the Western champion- By defeating the veteran David R. ship— Drs. J. Lee Richmond, W. W. Forgan, young Alden B. Swift won the Coldham, and Owen L. Rees—all of the championship of the Onwentsia Club. Toledo Golf Club. First a qualifying round for seniors and one for juniors was held, then match play, "with these two victorious. Swift The list of handicaps for the Western won from his older opponent by 1 up. Golf Association made its appearance af- ter long waiting. The scratch men are the Egan boys, Eben Byers, H. J. Whig- Much of the success of the Windsor ham, and Louis James. John Towne, of Country Club is due to the efforts of Glen View, is next, at 2. C. B. Mac- E. P- Cockrell, chairman of the grounds donalcl, not now of Chicago, is at 3, and committee. Mr. Cockrell has displayed Phelps IToyt and Walter B. Smith, last such fertility in arranging matches and year at scratch, are now at 5. til handling club events generally, as well as playing a good game in team matches, as to win him the esteem of his club- Miss Bessie Anthony is to be married mates. November 3 to Mr. Bernard S. Home, of Pittsburg, a member, by the way, of the Allegheny Country Club. Miss An- Nelson L. Buck, a junior, won the thony proposes to put up a cup, to be f championship of the University of Chi- known as the Home trophy, to be played cago in the tournament held on the Au- for annually by Western women. Even burn Park links, Buck's home course. if she goes to live in Pittsburg, the To win, Buck had to defeat Director Western champion will still be eligible A. A. Stage: and Instructor James Weber to play in the Western championship.

QUATRAIN AH, love, how freely you and I perspire h^k Striving to learn half strokes and swings entire, Could we not shatter all our clubs to bits; Then with a julep quench our heart's desire? —Golfaiyat of 8. W. Fordyce, Jr. \ 270 EDITORIALS discard the qualifying round, which has GOLF always been a distinctive feature of EVERY MONTH American tournaments. Would not a By Special Appointment Official Bulletin of the compromise be possible by ordaining that United States Golf Association, Intercollegiate the qualifying round should be at match Golf Association, Central New York Golf League, Metropolitan Golf Association, Western Golf As- play against bogey? sociation, and Southern Golf Association. At bogey match play it should be pos- sible to run off the largest possible field, filtered al Post-office at New York us Second Class .Matter ONE YEAR, $2 00: SINGLE COPIES, 25 CENTS since one round of eighteen holes would Postnge free United States, Canada, and Mexico. To be enough to separate the sheep from other foreign countries, 86 cents per year. Remit by the goats. The good match but indiffer- Express Money Order, Poat-offlce Order, Registered Letter, or Check payable to HARPER & BROTHERS. ent medal player would find this sort of Edited by van Tassel Sutphen qualifying try-out more to his temper than the scoring round, and at the same Address: HARPER & BROTHERS, New York time it would be a better test of steadi- ness than the ordinary match, for the The Editor will be glad to receive for " Colonel" doesn't make any mistakes. consideration Photographs and Contri- The competition would probably result butions on the general subject of the in a number of ties for the last places, game. Payment at regular rates will but these could be quickly and easily run be made upon publication, and stamps off on the present system of playing should be enclosed for return postage if extra holes, until the extra men have found unavailable. Contributors are been dropped out. requested to write their Names and Addresses on the bach of all MSS. and INTERNATIONAL GOLF sia sills Photographs. Photographs should be THE visit of the British golfers has kink*. carefully packed and accompanied by been a most instructive object lesson for descriptions of their subjects. Club American players. The Oxford and Cam- .is Secretaries mil confer a favor by noti- bridge men won all along the line, losing fying the Editor of the dates and par- only one match, and that to an All- ticulars of coining club events, espe- American team by the narrow margin cially open and invitation tournaments. of a point. Moreover, it was our scratch players who went down before a team that is certainly not the best that the THE QUALIFYING ROUND United Kingdom can turn out. Mr. JSTOIV- HE experiment of conducting the man Hunter was the only one of this T Amateur championship on the all- team to play in the International match match - play principle has been of 1903, Mr. Low standing out for private tried. Some are pleased with the inno- reasons. The pregnant point is that there vation, others find fault with it, and the are scores and scores of players in Great difference of opinion is to be expected; Britain who stand on even terms with no play can meet with universal approval. these Oxford and Cambridge men, and fe erred ij Unquestionably, the all-match system we have barely a baker's dozen. But ifirfs does away with the danger of a really time will change all that. good player failing to qualify through The visitors carry away our best bad luck at two or three holes. On the wishes; they are fine fellows as well as other hand, it seems a pity to entirely good golfers. s sort ot

:;;• Through the Grem ONGRATULATIONS to Mr. Wal- ' I have had no personal experience of C ter J. Travis, for the third time the difficulties.' Mr. Hutchinson's titular Amateur champion of the method appears to be the same as if I United States, and unquestionably its was, on hearsay, to write an article on leading player. A fine victory, gallantly the spirit in which golf is played in Avon! South Africa, where I have never been. A good old maxim is ' never prophesy unless you know/ and I would suggest The following excerpts from the col- to Mr. ITutchinson's consideration, umns of Golf Illustrated explain them- ' Don't criticise unless you have seen.' selves. The first item is a note contrib- We should be glad to have Mr. Hutchiii- uted to the London periodical by its son give us the name of his informant." American correspondent. It says: " American golfers are more amused than angry at Mr. Horace Hutchinson's In another English paper Mr. Hutchin- strictures on the spirit in whch they play son replies: " Another sportsman, him- the game. I had occasion to point out a self anonymous, gravely suggests that I few weeks ago that it is very exceptional should tell him the name of my inform- in this country to claim anything on ant. This is very excellent. Already he technicalities, and that most of our has the advantage of shooting at me, him- players erred in being too lax. Mr. Hutch- self invisible, from behind a hedge; but inson's authority appears to be some- he is not satisfied with that, and wishes one he calls an ' ex-champion of amateurs to have a shot from his ambush at my in America,' and it is only charitable to friend as well, when I have brought him suppose that the English golfer mis- out into the open. All these pleasant understood him. Very naively he says: critics assume that I was guilty of the 272 THROUGH THE GREEN presumption of censuring the American ly that he spoke hastily and upon in- methods in the comment I made; but, on sufficient authority. To intimate as he the contrary, my chief concern was to now does that the misunderstanding note the fact, and, on the whole, to say should be viewed in a jocular light is but that I thought the American method— to add to the offence. Among gentle inclining- to greater strictness—the better. people (of whatever race or country) It is impossible, however, to regret a mis- charges of this particular nature must al- understanding that has such happy re- ways be resented and quite properly so. sults and makes for the gayety of na- Most distinctly Mr. ITutchinson has not tions." added to the gayety of nations, and he does not improve his position by quib- bling about it and pleading that he only Golf Illustrated's comment is as fol- meant to compliment us. The indefen- lows : " It will be remembered that our sible element in Mr. Hutchinson's con- correspondent and many other American duct is that he spoke upon hearsay alone golf writers emphatically contradicted and without personal knowledge of the Mr. Hutchinson's assertions. Mr. Hutch- facts. If he is manly and generous inson stated that the Americans have less enough to acknowledge this his initial of the spirit, and so are obliged to have error, we are quite ready to forgive the more of the letter of the law. As an ex- rest of it.—Editor GOLF. ample, he said that if an American golfer luere to see his opponent inadvertently about to commit some trivial breach of Extract from daily paper: rule, it would, not occur to him to call his " I^iagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Sep- attention to the fact, as an English player tember 3.—The International Golf tour- would do. He would let his opponent nament was finished here to-day. The play and claim his full pound of flesh in scores follow: the penalty. He gave as one of his au- " Women's Driving Competition—Miss thorities an ex-amateur champion of Phelpoe, 350 yards; Mrs. Phelpoe, 345 America, and the Americans, who are yards. naturally indignant at the suggestion of " Men's Driving Competition—G. S. iinsportsmanlike behavior and repudiate Lyon, 552 yards; F. E. Martin, 525 it, wish to have the name of Mr. Hutch- yards." inson's informant. The Americans will But, gentlemen, this is something ex- doubtless be pleased to have Mr. Hutchin- traordinary. A woman drives 350 yards! son's assurance that he only meant to And Mr. Lyon, with 552 yards, puts all compliment them. As for our American past and present heroes to shame. Was correspondent's name, it is Mr. A. Pot- the tee on the brink of the cataract? Or tow, who is a well-known writer and au- on second thought it is possible that for thority on golf in America. His name yards one should read feet. has frequently appeared over American articles in Golf Illustrated, and he has no desire to conceal his identity." Says GOLF'S English correspondent: " The doings of the Oxford and Cam- bridge Golfing Society players have been It would have been in better taste for followed with much interest in this coun- Mr. Hutehinsoii to have owned up frank- try, although the cabled results are at

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WILLIE ANDERSON, ALEX. SMITH, National Open Champion. Western Open Champion.

times confusing. The change of climate done considerably better than the critics does not seem to have affected them, as anticipated. was expected, and the travelling does not appear to have upset their low-scoring abilities. The story of their wanderings " The latest news about Harry Vardou and adventures will be most interesting is far from satisfactory. Golf is al- reading, and we shall be glad to know together forbidden, and this appears to all about Mansfield Hunter's experiences be the hardest blow of all to the Tot- at Chicago. He is now no doubt an teri'dge player, who is devoted to the expert on the subject of bedsteads. game which he has played since his Bramston, Norman Hunter, and Ellis youth. He is at present staying at a appear to have played up to their reputa- sanatarium in Norfolk, and care and the tions, and indeed the whole team has treatment should do much for him. The VOL. XIII.—No. 4.— 32 274 THROUGH THE GREEN suggestion that a portrait of the eham- had no difficulty in disposing of F. Gor- pion should be obtained has been received don, Irvine, winning comfortably by 6 with approval, but his present condition and 5. The final was between Wilkie does not at present permit it to be done. and Boyd, and the former won by 1 up.

" The annual match-play tournament " The feature of the meeting was -the at St. Andrews for the Queen Victoria success of the Irish players, and now that Jubilee vase was won by Edward Black- Hilton's succession of wins has been well, who has thus obtained some con- broken, the game should receive a great solation for his failure at Muirfield. The impetus in the Emerald Isle. The con- semifinalists were Major Anderson (13). tinued success of any player or team J. 0. Fairlie (2), Edward Blaekwell and in any sport is bound to liave an effect Lieutenant-Colonel Livingston (1). Fair- on the game played, and great things will lie was beaten by 5 and 4, and Livingston be expected from the Irish exponents of by 3 and 1. In the final the St. Andrews Ihe game in the future. ^smiter had matters all his own way, and won comfortably by 5 and 3. Robert .Maxwell and Leslie Balfour - Melville " Willie Fernie has generally been con- were knocked out in the early stages. The sidered invincible at Troon, but the other latter, by the way, is keeping up his day Sandy Herd managed to defeat him. cricket, and heads the batting averages Thirty-six holes were played, and Herd of the Grange Club. Lie went six times was 1 up at the end of the first round, to the wickets, and scored in all four and won by 3 and 2. I believe Harry separate centuries, and his average is well Vardon is the only other professional over these figures. who has defeated Fernie on his home green. C. E. Dick, the Royal Liverpool player, has also the right to claim a " The Irish Open Amateur champion- similar honor. iHkm ship meeting, held early in September, was full of surprises, as championships are nowadays. S. U. Fry was beaten by " We have been so long accustomed to A. S. Richardson in the first round, and the Silvertown and bramble mouldings of Horace Castle succumbed to the same golf-balls that any change of pattern is player. H. IT. Hilton had an easy time almost startling. A rubber-cored ball at up to the fourth round, when he beat one and sixpence has been put on the IT. M. Cairnes (Portmarnock) after be- market by Martins of Birmingham. In ing 2 down at the turn. Then he met place of the little rounded mountains of LI. A. Boyd, who went out in a magnif- Ihe bramble pattern are half - moons, icent 35, made up of seven consecutive placed apparent^ in no regular manner, 4's, a 2, and a 5, and the Irish player but the result gives a more artistic fin- won handily. The semifinals found two ish to the ball." Irishmen and two Scotchmen still living. Boyd beat his fellow countryman and clubrnate, W. C. Pickerman, by one hole, The Iowa State Golf Association held failing to keep up the game he played its annual State championship at Des against Hilton. G. Wilkie, of Leven, Moines August 24-27. The championship THROUGH THE GREEN 275 was won by Warren Dickenson (Des Brokaw (Deal) being third with 85. Moiiies), L. Goodrich (Keokuk) being Brokaw did better in the first match-play the runner-up. Mrs. W. E. Statler, of Des round, going round in 79, and beating his Koines, took the Ladies' championship opponent, J. D. Travers (Nassau Coun- cup. The winners in the other events try), by 4 up and 3 to play. Kellogg were as follows: Solace, Robert Finkbine won his game against E. IT. Brown, of (Des Moines); runner-up, J. T. Elbert Cleveland, in the easiest fashion, beating (Des Moines); Consolation, IT. E. Ely him by 8 up and 6 to play. Brown, who (Des Moines) ; runner-up, Earl MeCon- belongs to the Euclid Country Club, hell (Des Moines). had gained distinction in the Western championship by beating Louis 1ST. James, the Amateur champion. R. [Tave- The State Association held its annual meyer was put out by N. W. Anthony meeting during the contest, when the fol- (Deal), and S. M. Allen, one of Deal's lowing officers were elected for the en- strongest pla5rers, beat Arthur Have- suing year: President, Warren Dicken- meyer by 2 up. Brokaw defaulted to son, Des Moines; vice-president, J. R. Allen in the second round, as he had to Maxwell, Iveokuk; secretary - treasurer, play against the English golfers at Gar- E. JST. Hopkins, Des Moines; board of den City, and Kellogg also won by de- directors, IT. E. Tredway, Dubuque, fault. Kellogg won the final, beating Charles Jackson, Muscatine, F. B. Clark, Allen. O'ttunrwa, A. Gordon, Iowa City, and W. L. Cochrane, Burlington. The next annual contest will lie held in Dubuque. The Shinnecock Hills Country Club held an invitation tournament August. 26-28, the success of which was inter- The Minnesota State golf tournament fered with by the rain. There was a was played at the Town and Country Club, good entry list, the field being especially St. Paul, August 26-28, with eighty-two strong in university golfers. Frank O. entries, which was almost twice as many Reinhai't (Princeton) did a very good 77 as last year. The final led to a good in the qualifying round, and this was match between Michael Doran (Town low score. F. J. O. Alsop (Middletown) and Country) and IT. V. S. Finch, of the and C. F. Watson (Morris County) were same club. At the thirty-sixth hole the next with 79. Others who played pair were all even. Playing the extra were lT. A. Murdoek (Shinnecock), J. hole, Finch got into trouble, and gave Whitney Baker (Maidstone), G. Owen up the hole. T. P. Thurston (Minikahda) Winston (Essex), and N. S. Campbell took the second cup, the third going to (New Haven). Alsop, Reinhart, Baker, Ff. E. Thompson (Town and Country). and McBurney of Stockbridge reached the semifinals, which were played in a storm of rain accompanied by a high wind. Alsop and Reinhart were paired Forty-eight golfers started in the In- together, and the result was a very easy vitation tournament of the Deal Golf victory for the former, who won by 5 Club, August 27-29. L. L. Kellogg (Fox up and 3 to play. McBurney and Baker Hills) and R. Havemey'er (Seabright) had a very hot match, the game going tied for low score with 82, George T. to twenty holes, when Baker won. 276 THROUGH THE GREEN Alsop and Baker met in the finals, and brook (Long Island) Golf Club, Septem- 1 he Princeton player took his revenge for ber 9-12, did not bring out an entry list the beating he received in the recent Apa- either so numerous or of such high class wamis tournament. He won the match as usual. The course was in fine condi- on the home green. E. S. Knapp (West- tion, and it was expected that some low brook) beat A. II. Larkin (Yountakah scores would be made in the thirty-six- Country) for the second cup by 4 up and hole qualifying round. E. S. Knapp 2 to play. J. F. Byers (Allegheny Coun- (Westbrook) had low score, 162, in the ty) won the third cup, and I. S. Brown qualifjdng round, which was good going. I I (Bellport) took the fourth cup. Last year Frank 0. Eeinhart had low score with 159. Louis Livingston, Jr., who has been beating records in Belgium, That we are not yet equal to English made a welcome reappearance, and show- golfers is generally admitted, and in the ed that he is playing good golf by finish- attempt to equalize matters it is not well ing second with 165. Other well-known to neglect any advice no matter from players who qualified were ]ST. Mallouf, whence it may come. A golfer who mod- F. C. Jennings, PI. B. Hollins, Jr., and estly hides his identity by posing in the E. D. Bokum, Jr. Chicago Neivs as a " well-known veteran " thinks " a new - stick' is needed." If we play the game as he thinks we do, he is Bokum, who did very well in the Ama- not very far wrong, and the sooner we teur championship, put out Mallouf in mend our ways the better. He says: the first round, and Jennings also lost " Take, for instance, the sticks we use on his match. In the second round Bokum the approach. Most of us use either a put out Chisholm Beach (Point Judith), mashie or a niblick." It would seem that and Hollins beat Livingston by 2 up. the golfer who is in the habit of using C. E. Sawyer (Midland) won his match, a niblick for his approach shots was some- and Knapp beat D. M. Kellar (Midland). what past hope. Speaking of the ideal In the semifinal Hollins put out Bokum club, " -well-known veteran " says : " If by 4 up and 2 to play, and Knapp defeat- some club-maker would shape one a little ed Sawyer. ITollins had an easy victory lighter with a shorter shaft than the nib- over Knapp in the thirty-six-hole final, lick, and have the face about the same beating him by 7 up and 6 to play. slant as with the mashie, but cut off a I section of the base, making the angle between the foot and the face somewhat larger and retain the length and width The Rhode Island Golf Association had of the mashie, I am of the opinion that its annual championship meeting at the lie would find a ready sale for the club." Agawam Hunt Club, Providence, Sep- Armed with this new club and ceasing tember 9-12. The State championship to approach with our niblicks, better clays was won by N". S. Campbell (Agawam), are evidently in store for American golf. the Yale golfer, who beat A. L. Hayes (Bristol) by 6 up and 5 to play. The Shepard cup went to J. F. Parker, of the Probably owing to its following so Silver Spring Club, who beat F. W. 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The annual championship tournament Golf Club. The showing made by Massa- of the Hudson River Golf Association chusetts players in the team match with was held (September 10 -12) at the the Oxford and Cambridge Golfing So- Dutchess Golf and Country Club. ciety, when they broke even, being the Poughkeepsie, with a very large entry only association to do so during the entire list, the most notable absentee being tour of the visitors, had led to hopes L. P. Myers, the holder of the champion- that the State would be represented ship. In the eighteen-hole medal round strongly. As a matter of fact, the Bos- L. E. Van Etten (Kingston) had low ton golfers either are so tied up with score, 88. The two men left in for the business or lack the financial require- final were Roger T. Pelton (Dutchess ments for a championship week at a dis- Golf) and Gilman P. Tiffany (Powelton), tant green, that they are obliged to fore- is the former winning' in a thirty-six-hole go their desire to take part in the nation- match by 2 up and 1 to play. The Nelson al meeting. Some of the men who should House cup was won by W. R. Gillett have entered are J. F. Curtis, T. P. Cur- (Columbia Country). The Courier cup tis, F. L. Small, H. Selfridge, A. L. Rip- was won by T. F. Chadwick (Powelton). ley, G. M. Wheelock, J. G. Thorp, W. C. IT. Kenworthy (Dutchess Golf) won the Chick, Q. A. Shaw, Jr., and Percival handicap with a card reading 90—14=76. Gilbert.

The annual tournament of the Stock- " G. F. Willett, of Oakley, made a cap- bridge (Massachusetts) Golf Club was ital showing. He gets a handicap of four held September 8-12, and was a very in the State, but he reached the fourth successful affair. Walter R. Tuckerman round, beating such fine players as A. M. (Stockbridge), who distinguished himself Reid, W. S. Harban, and H. L. Riker. in the Amateur championship by being He was beaten by J. D. Cady, who reach- in the final eight, again played good golf. ed the fourth round after two defaults. He and Malcolm McBurney (Stock- Willett appeared to underrate his op- bridge) reached the finals for the Stock- ponent, and lost a number of holes at bridge cup, and they had a good fight. first which he was unable to recover later, Tuckerman was 1 down in the morning Cady playing a really brilliant game. round, but he squared matters early in Lockwood was beaten by L. L. Kellogg in 1he afternoon, and eventually won by 2 the first round, but he played well, Kel- up and 1 to play. Rufus Rowland de- logg being very strong in his putting; feated William Clark for the Consolation the game Kellogg put up would have cup in a twenty-one-hole match. beaten almost any one of the cracks in the tournament. Not until the cham- pionship is held over a Massachusetts GOLF'S Boston correspondent says : course will the players of this State turn " To Boston followers of golf the num- out in their full strength, and there seems ber of entries of Massachusetts men in no prospect of this at present, as Myopia the Amateur championship meeting of is the only real championship course in the United States Golf Association was the State. The committee at Hamilton distinctly disappointing. Only one does not feel that the accommodations scratch man in the State handicap list of the club are adequate to the require played- A. G. Lockwood, of the Allston ments of the meeting. There is some nervous restless in their sleep ? They had Coffeef for Dinner or Supper^ COCOA FALL NOTE THE DIFFERENCE Boon for All It does not put you to sleep but prevents wakefulness This unique underwear is no fad—no experiment. THE BEST The highest medical authorities at- test its worth. 10 tor A quarter-century's success proves it. Made of the finest Australian wool, and easily outlasts the best in other brands. Is therefore the best econ- omizer, inasmuch as it saves both health and mone)'. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE FREE "IF YOU WANT D3. JAEGER S.W.S.CO.'S OWN STORES NEW YORK: 306 Fifth Are., 157 B'way. QUALITY." BROOKLYN : 504 Fulton Street. BOSTON : 230—232 Boylston Street. PHILADELPHIA: 1510 Chestnut Street. irify Your Grocer has it. CHICAGO : 82 State Street. AGENTS IN ALL PRINCIPAL CIT1ES_

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279 2S0 THROUGH THE GREEN talk of the Wollaston Golf Club increas- " One of the most interesting series of ing the length of its course by TOO or 800 summer team matches was that arranged yards, when the difficulty of having no by the York Harbor Country Club of championship links will be removed, for York Harbor, Maine, the Abenaqui Golf at Montclair, Massachusetts, the greens Club of Kye Beach, New Hampshire, the and the fair greens are real golfing coun- Exeter Golf Club, and the Portsmouth try, and the soil is so friable that it is Golf Club. The Abenaqui team lost only only necessarjr to dig some pits to uake one match and won the series. J. L. This f' the play as good a test of the game as Batchelder, the interscholastic champion, can be found anywhere. contributed not a little to the success of the Abenaqui team.

" The Tedesco Club opened its new club-house and golf-course with a great " Little has been heard of the women flourish of trumpets. A coaching and golfers of Massachusetts, who are in the floral parade started at Swampscott and first class in this country since the cham- rind, 'P wound its way to the club at Phillips pionship of the Women's Golf Association Beach. A pleasant feature of the exer- was held at the Oakley Country Club ulAmtfffl. cises in the evening was the presentation last June. They have been at resorts on of a solid silver pitcher, standing sixteen the coast of Maine and Massachusetts, inches high, to Mr. John I. Taylor, for and have not played in tournaments. his untiring efforts in behalf of the Miss L. A. Wells, last year's runner-up, Tedesco Club. The golf-course will be has been at Campobello, and Miss E. "S. the best nine-hole links in the State when Porter has been at the same place. The it has been given a little more time. course at Campobello affords good op- portunity for practice, however. Miss Margaret Curtis and Miss Harriot S. Curtis have been at Manchester-by-the- Sea, where the links of the Essex County Club have been at hand for practice rounds. Miss Mackay has been at ISTan- .tucket, where there is a fine long course. The invitation tournament of Mrs. Clement A. Griscom, of Philadelphia, to the best women players of the country to meet Miss Rhona Adair, the champion of Great Britain, according to good au- thority, will not affect in the slightest the intention of the Boston women play- ers in the matter of going to the Wo- men's championship meeting of the United States Golf Association at the Chicago Golf Club this month. Those who can go, will go, and those who stay away will do so for reasons other than that of having received an invitation to JAMES L. BATCHELDEU, compete at Philadelphia. Interscbolastic Champion. A little farm well tilled."

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"The State championship played at dicapper becomes so arduous a task that the Myopia Hunt Club last week started those with a wild dream of the impor- the ball in real earnest, and this month tance of being on a club committee thank the fixtures will be as thick as leaves in the gods that they have yet to reach the Yallambrosa. During the month The goal of their ambition. Practice has Country Club will hold its annual meet- turned novices into comparative experts ing, and the Oakley Country Club a two and duffers into reasonably good players, days' meeting, the Wollaston Golf Club and all of them are anxious to show their a two clays' meeting, and at the Oakley new ' stunts'. on their home green, not Country Club on October 31 a team always without an eye on a club trophy. match will be played between The Coun- On Labor clay the local links were try Club and the home club, in which it crowded, and every Saturday since there is expected that at least fifty will play has been a rush to the home courses. on each side. Never have there been so many players, and possibly this interest has been en- hanced by the visit of the Oxford and " Mr. Charles B. Cory's second tourna- Cambridge Golfing Society's team." ment of the year at The Great Island Club of ITyannis proved fully as great a success as the first. This time the The trophy emblematic of the team championship of Cape Cod was at stake, championship of the Western Women's and A. M. Eeid, of St. Andrews and Golf Association is a large punch-bow], Hyannisport, won the title. He met L. L. and it was presented to the association by Harban in the final, and they played a Mr. Crafts W. Higgins, Editor of The close match. One feature of the tourna- Golfer's Magazine. The trophy must be ment was the establishment of a course won three times to become the permanent record in competition, 73, by Max Behr, possession of any club. The competition the Yale player. Pie had to play the is against the women's bogey of the course second eighteen holes of the qualifying- selected, and was won this year by the round with a man who takes at least Westward-ITo quintet, consisting of Miss twenty-five addresses and other motions J. Anna Carpenter, Miss M. Moore, and before he hits the ball. 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August ,19.—Oxford and Cambridge Golf- September 30—October 3.—Hunting- ing Society vs. All-Chicago team at Glen View Club, Golf, Illinois. All singles. Ox- don Valley Country Club, Noble, Penn- ford and Cambridge won by seven matches sylvania. Match rounds. Individual to four. August 19.—Open medal-play handicap, championship of Philadelphia. Portland Golf Club, Portland, Maine. Best October 1—2.—Hot Springs (Virginia) gross, W. C. Eaton (Portland), 83; net, H. B. Turner (Portland), 92—9=83. Golf Club. Annual autumn tournament. August 19—22.—Cape Cod Champion- October 1 — 3. — Myopia Hunt Club ship, Great Island Club, Hyannis, Massa- chusetts. Low score, qualifying round, Max (Hamilton, Massachusetts). Open tour- B.ehr (Hyannisport), 155. Championship, nament. A. M. Reid (St. Andrews), by 2 and 1. Runner-up, L. L. Harban (Columbia). Vis- October 3.—Huntingdon Valley Coun- itor's Cup, G. Parsons (Hyannisport). Con- try Club (Noble, Pennsylvania). Final solation Cup, G. F. Kelley (Wollaston). i,h: Handicap medal play, thirty-six holes. Best round at thirty-six holes. Individual gross, C. B. Cory (Wollaston), 155; net, C. championship of Philadelphia. T. Crocker (Wollaston), 165—16—14b. Four-ball match, three ties for the gross at October 8—10.—Fox Hills Golf Club 77—C. B. Cory and A. G. Lockwood (AUs- (Stapleton, Staten Island). Open tour- ston) ; M. Behr and L. L. Harban; E. A. Slack (Hyannisport), and C: T. Crocker, Jr. nament. Play off, won by C. B. Cory and A. G. Lock- October 9 — 10. — Vesper Country wood, 81; net, E. A. Slack and C. T. Crock- er, Jr., 77—4=73. Club (Lowell, Massachusetts). Open August 20—22. — Open tournament, tournament. . Abenaqui Golf Club, Rye Beach, New Hamp- - shire. Low score, qualifying round, J. L. October 13—17. — Huntingdon Valley Bacheller (Abenaqui), 81. Abenaqui Cup, Country Club (Noble, Pennsylvania). George E. Carter (Island Club of Haver- hill), by S and 6. Runner-up, S. Plummer Qualifying round. 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August 26—28.—Iowa Slate Champion- Stockbridge Golf Club, Stock-bridge, Massa- ship,, Des Moines Country Club. Champion- chusetts. Low score, qualifying round, W. ship won by Warren Dickinson (Des R. Tuckerman (Stockbridge), 161. Stock- Moines). Runner-up, L. Goodrich (Keokuk). bridge Cup, W. R. Tuckerman by 2 and 1 Solace Cup won by R. H. Finkbine (Des (thirty-six holes). Runner-up, M. McBur- Moines). Women's championship won by ney (Stock-bridge). Consolation Cup, Rufus Mrs. W. E. Slater (Des Moines). Rowland. August 2(i—28.—Minnesota State Cham- September 9—12.—Annual championship, pionship, Town and Country Club of St. Trans-Mississippi Golf Association, Des Paul. Won by Michael Doran (Town and Moines Country Club, Iowa. Championship Country), who beat H. V. S. Finch, of the won by Dr. John Maxwell (Keokuk), by 6 same club, 1 up in thirty-seven holes. Sec- up and 5 to play. Runner-up, R. H. Fink- Aboot ond cup, T. P. Thurston (Minnikahda) : bine (Des Moines). Solace Cup won by D. third cup, PI. E. Thompson (Town and Adams (Des Moines). Women medal-play Country). event won by Mrs. E. H. Sprague (Omaha)*. August 20—28.—Invitation tournament. September 9—12.—Westbrook (Long Isl- Shinnecock Hills (Long Island) Golf Club. and) Golf Club. Invitation tournament. Low score in qualifying- round made by F. Low score in qualifying round made by E. maaner. 0. Reinhart (Princeton). 77. First cup won S. Knapp (Westbrook). First cup won by by J. W. Baker (Princeton), who beat F. J. H. B. Hollins. Jr. (Westbrook), who beat Alsop (Yale), 1 up. Second cup won by E. E. S. Knapp, 7 up and 6 to play. S. Knapp (Westbrook) •, third cup won by September 10—12.—Championship Hudson J. F. Byers (Allegheny) : fourth cup won River Golf Association, Dutchess Golf and by I. S.'Brown (Bellport). Country Club. Poughkeepsie. Low score in August 27—29. — Invitation tournament, qualifying round made by L. E. Van Etten Deal "(New Jersey) Golf Club. L. L. Kel- I Kingston). 88. First cup won by R. T. logg (Fox Hills), and R. Havemeyer (Sea- Pelton (Dutchess). who beat G. P.'Tiffany bright), tied for low score in qualifying (Powelton), by 2 up and 1 to play, thirty- round at 82. First cup won by L. L. Kel- six holes. Second cup won by W. R. Gillett logg (Fox Hills). Runner-up. S. M. Allen (Columbia Country), and third cup by T. (Deal). F. Chadwick (Powelton). Handicap won by August 27—29.—Open tournament, Ekwa- H. Kemvorthy (Dutehess), with 90—14=76. nok Country Club, Manchester, Vermont. September 10—12.—Open tournament, Low score, qualifying round, R. H. Thomas Ekwanok Country Club, Manchester, Ver- (Morris County), 162. President's Cup, W. mont. Low score, qualifying round, John J. Evans (Ekwanok). by 1 up. Runner-up, M. Ward (Fox Hills), 168. Equinox Cup. Frederick Herreshoff (Dyker Meadow). W. C. Carnegie (St. Andrews), by 3 and 2. Vice-President's Cup, A. L. Ripley (Oak- Runner-up. F. Oden Horstmann (Chevy ley). Treasurer's Cup. E. A. Freeman Chase). Equinox Junior Cup, John M. (Montelair). Manchester Cup. Clark Burn- Ward (Fox Hills). Orvis Cup, W. J. ham (Dyker Meadow). Vermont Cup, H. Evans (Ekwanok). Open handicap, best V. Keep. Open handicap. F. Herreshoff gross, tie between W. C. Carnegie and Paul (Dyker Meadow), 84, best gross: net, a tie Harrison (Montelair), 81; play off won by between F. Herreshoff and W. C. Carnegie: W. C. Carnegie: net. tie between F. S. play off won by W. C. Carnegie. Wheeler (Apawamis), 83—4=79, and C. H. September 4—7.—Open match-play handi- Ellingwood. 89—10=79. Play off won by cap tournament. Country Club of Spring- F. S. Wheeler. field, Springfield. Massachusetts. Won by R. September 11—14.—Championship of Wor- P. Alden (Springfield). cester County, Worcester Golf Club, Wor- September 8—12.—Rhode Island State cester, Massachusetts. Won by M. F. O'Con- Championship, Agawam Hunt Club, Rum- nell (Alpine G. C. of Fitehbiirg), by 1 up ford, Rhode Island. Low score, qualifying (thirty-six holes). Runner-up, Charles F. round, J. T. Mauran (Agawam), 81. Cham- Davis (Worcester). Directors' Cup, Ned pionship, N. S. Campbell (Agawam), by 6 Sterne (Tatnuck). and 5. Runner-up. A. L. Haves (Bristol). September 12.—Open medal - play handi- Second Sixteen Cup. J. F. Parker (Silver cap, Lenox Golf Club, Lenox, Massachu- Spring). setts. Giraud Foster Cup, thirty-six holes, Forty-tig September S—12.—Third Western Wo- won by D. T. Dana (Lenox), 164—6=158. ouslv illi men's Championship (first under control of September 12.—Invitation tournament. Women's Western Golf Association). Low Salem Golf Club, Salem, Massachusetts. score in qualifying round, Miss J. Anna Best gross, C. A. Evans (Salem), 79; net, Carpenter (Westward - Ho), 93. Champion- J. O. Safford (Salem), 87—18=69. Invi- ship won by Miss Bessie Anthony (Glen tation Cup, Percival Gilbert (Newton), by View), by 3 up and 2 to play. Runner-up, 3 and 2. Runner-up, R. B. Williams (Oak- Miss Mabel Higgins (Midlothian). Exmoor ley). 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