New-York tribune., 1895-10-02
ON THE LINKS AT NEWPORT.
FIRST DAY OF THE NATIONAL GOLF
TOURNAMENT.

SOCIETY TURNS OUT AND WATCHES THE PLAY
ERs. AND THE AFFAIR Is ALREADY A BRIL-
LIANT st-cc1ss-A STRONG WIND TO CON
TEND wrTH-MAcpoNAI.D LIKELY TO
TIE CTIAMProN-THE SCORES
Newport Oct. 1.-The first day OF the National
Golnng Associations annual tournament was voted
grand success the close OF play late this after
noon and IT already assured that this tournament
will be one Of the regular affairs in future seasons
The officers OF the association OF which T. A Have
meyer is president. are jubilan,.
Play began on the links OF the Newport Golf Club
al 10 O'Clock this morning. The weather was cool
and bracng. but stif wind from the northwest.
blowing across the links, affected the accuracy of
the drives and considerably Handicapped many of
the players. Even DR.. Macdonald the crack OF the
Chicago club lost much in his driving from this
cause. Then the sandy condition OF portions OF the
course hsd appreciable effect on some OF the
players who have been accustomed 70 turf The
morning play on the whole. good. and consid-
ering the conditions. fully up 10 expectations
1t fast and the matches were disposed OF
promptly.
The attendance az the start rather slim. the
early hour and the weather affecting 1t. but as the
play advanced the attendance picked up graduailv
and by noon a large number OF cottagers ana
go,f lovers following their favorte payers
over the links. or the thirty-hve entries. D. O.
Henderson. +. c. Kemp and j. F. Day withdrew.
leaving thlrty-two in and making unnecessary any
preliminary round.
This afternoons pay was marked by large at
tendance OF society people. VINO tramped over the
links The wind was still heavy from the north
west and az during the forenoon It bothered many
OF the players
Stoddart. who beat Shaw in the forenoon. went
down before W. Rutherford In the most exciting
game OF the afternoon 1t was close from begin
ming end. On the first round RutheriOrd stoou
up. and az the end OF the second Il was
tie but Rutherford a sing.e stroke on tne
nineteenth hole Stoddart was high player last year
and 20 see him go down thus early was a surprise
Rutherford Notwithstanding his winning, had nara
luck and drove into walls and woods. Stoddart
thought he suffered from not knowing the INKS.
They are well tagged out. however. and profes-
slonals who have arrived here are complimentary
as 10 the aids Tor visitors and the general condi-
ton OF the course They say the links are by far
the finest in the country.
Macdonald the probable champion this year. had
a much easier time this afternoon than IN the
morning In fact. Bennett only went on TO give
practice TO MacDcnaid who. while making by iar
the best drives OF the day. says that he Is OF on
them Stoddart was entered tor the open tonrna-
ment. but tonight he returned home The iea,ure
Of The morning play was III KicfaTI FgyfrS "'s
The morning scores follow: ,.,...,.. y y Mac.
Donald beat Le~rence UuT,s uI M 10 fault Quncy
kuissisrd hr1, hea, e ,"a@rr 'arn' np % 10 play j. L.
Ieese b-at Dr Charles Caxton. up Alfred seaon ~
beat J. Morehead jr.. up. 70 play. NJ j. lirnrN u.al
Victor Sorchan up 10 holes the competitors uSlns
tied al the ~ the regular cours"-lo holes - +.
Sands beat T. Rice by default Archibald rogers pedt
DR. T. g. Rushmore. up 20 play.
The afternoon scores were:
" Il Sands St Andrews beat II. :. Trevor. SHINE
cock Hills up. 3 play .. :. Hanks Essex county
beat : H. Bennett Boston. 3 70 PLAY James Park
~ Andrews. beat ". Kent. Tuxedo. up the Rev Dr.
" RainSfort. Andrews beat Richard Peters Ne"-
port up = 20 play. o. W. Bird Meadowbrook. beat
Boston beat r. B Kerr Lakewood. up. 10 play: A. l.
Ilvernore Andrews. beat J.. A. Bdde Philadelphia
second round-w Rutherford beat l.. II stoddart. -
Andrew- ! up. ~ holes to play; Dr. Charles tlaxton
Philadelphia beat ". II. sands. ST. Andrews. up 4"
10 play \. +. Livermore 81 Andrews beat a. ltogers
ST Andrews. up. 10 play, II. H. MacDonad ohicsso,
beat Bennett Essex County. W, ! 70 play AHrel
seaton. r.. Tuxedo beat g. = Hanks Essex County q
UP ; 10 play 6. +. Sands Il. Andrews. beat NJ J.
Henry Essex County. mp, 20 play. the Rev. Di. W
Rainsford 81, Andrews. beat James Park St Andrews.
= up; I. !. Amory Boston. beat o. W Bird. Meadow
Brook.
The third round VIII be played off tomorrow as
follows
g B Macdonald vs. Winthrop Rutherford. Or. Chsrss
Dr w : Ransford T. J. Amory vs. \. Rogers
Drawings FOR the open tournament. to be played
on Friday as follows;
willie Dunn vs. W T. Davis Willie Campbell vs. James
Foyrie- John Reid 9. r. Macdonald l. y Stoddart
vs John Barrick 4 w. smith : Tucker. II Rankin
VS. ". Rutherford, Willie Norton ~. John Garland