New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-12
FINALS IN GOLF TO-DAY.
". Fl. SANDS AND L. B sToDDART TO COM
PETE FOR THE ST. ANDREWS CUP.
THEY DEFEATED JOHN REID AND c. W. BARNES.
RESPECTIVELY. IN YESTERDAYS GAMhS- RE
SUITS OF OTHER MATCHES AND THE

RESPECTIVELY. IN Yesterdays GAMEs-RE-
SUITS OF OTHER MATCHES AND THE
PROGRAMME FOR TO-DAY.
The third round for the 81. Andrews cup was
continued yesterday morning at fonkers' ihlee
matches were to be played but J. G. MCGEE de-
faulted to r. y. Kerr. and that left only the con-
tests between ". n. Sands and John RED H.
b. stoddart and G. W. Barnes Both OF these
were close. and each man was playing in his best
FORM with the possible exception OF Stoddart who
Is not putting up the game he did a year ago.
when h won the championship Of the country
In the sands-Reid match. President Reid gave
his opponent hard a contest as that suddenly
risen player has encountered in this tournament.
Reid played far beyond his usual form. and proved
his right to the title OF steady golfer. At the
twelfth hole the score even. Then Sands took
the thirteenth In with long putt. and managed
to get the next two also. making him up at the
fifteenth with to pay
Reid made a fifteen-foot putt into the sixteenth
but could no; do better than have the hole, thus
losing the match to Sands. up. ? to play. Nearly
every hole was taken by the difference of but one
stroke and Reds wonderful putting was a feature
which troubled Sands not little.
sToDDART AND BARNES.
stoddart and Barnes were playing their match at
the same time. and luck wavcrcd between the two
until wei on In the second half Barnes led up.
at the end OF nine holes at the twelfth stoddart
ahead. and the next two holes were halved
Then the fifteenth Stodlart, because
Barnes came to grief on the hillside and although
both cleared the bunker well for the sixteenth and
made good approaches stoddart captured that also.
and with II the ma ;ch, 3 up TO play.
Tho mi-hnals In the afternoon were played be-
tween Sands and Ten Eyck. who won his third
round yesterday. and Stodlart and Kerr. This was
the first match OF the tournament IN which Kerr
has been able 70 do any work. all the other payers
against whom he drawn having let the games
go to him by default Up to the seventh hole Of his
match with Stodiart tho score was even. The lat
then took the eighth and ninth. Kerr got the
tenth and Stoddart again thu eleventh. owing TO
Kerr's misfortune in the bunker. BY having two
holes then and winning another Kerr tied the score
the fifteenth. For the sixteenth or long" hole,
Stodiart PLAYED brilliantly anl holed in five strokes
The next also fou to him. and ended the contest
by up 70 play. IN his favor.
It was expected tha; Ten Eyck would give Sands
a close fight in the other serni-fnal match. AMI ne
did ~ the eleventh hole the cards were even ana
Ten Eyck led at the twelfth by The next was
a tie again FOR Sands holed In three. \ remarkao.e
drive Was made here by Ten Eyck easily the longest
OF the match Although Ten Eyck got one more
hole Sands finished ahead at the end up and
to pay. The long driving OF both men was the most
notable feature OF their work, although each a
well also on the approaches 70 the greens. The
with calculations as to direction. The scores fol-
low -
THE SUMMARIZES
Third round-J e. Ten Eyck St. Andrews. beat A. L.
riverrrcre st Andrew uD play W VI Sands, St
Andrew s. beat John Reid Andrew =. up. o. play,
l. Is StoIdart -. Andrew beat g. W Barnes. SnlnTc-
cock 2 NJ play. r. B. Kerr Lakewood. beat j. 9.
Niece. -. Andrew = by default
Fourth round Csemi-anap L. b. siodaar s. Andrews
bea; r. g. Kerr. Lakewood. ~. 90 play. W H. sands
s. Andrew beat j. g. Ten Eyck ST Andrews w, 70
play.
Tomorrow the tournament Will continue with the
finals for the ST Andrew cup In t1e morning, Ue-
tween Stoddart and Sands and the medal pay con-
test FOR the Willard Brown cup. in which ABOUT
twenty men entered. In the afternoon me clos
Ing event is a professional match for cash prizes.
The entries are. Willie Campbell. BrookIne' Jonh
Patrick Tuxedo Willie Dunn. Shinnecock. ) Har-
land Weston, Mass): W +. DAVIS ana II. RawHns
ichampior) Newport Willie Norton. lakewood;
Samuel Tucker 81 Andrews. George Strath. scot
land, W II. Russell, England.