New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-08
EASY FOR ST. ANDREWS MEN.
TUXEDO'S HALF DOZEN GOLFERS BEATEN
BY FORTY-EIGHT HOLES

THE CONTEST BETWEEN SANDS AND SETON TIE
FEATURE OF THE AFTERNOONS SPORT.
The return team match at the St. Andrews Golf
Club yesterday between teams Of six from the Tux
edo and St Andrews clubs proved one
sided affair than any had expected. While the
home club represented by six OF its best play
ers, among them w. II. Sands and l.. b. Stoddar;
the Tuxedo delegation lacked the services OF DR.. f.
c. Rushmore and L. C. Kent two OF the strongest
golfers Of their club. Alfred Seton. Jr, for Tuxedo
managed to hold down w. II. Sands to a lead of two
up. T.. n. Van Cortandt was beaten five up by L.
Is. Stoddart, and the other Tuxedo men were out
classed.
Sands and Seton played good golf For the first
hole Sands drove Oft well, but Seton hit the stone
wall. In trying to get out with mashle shot. he
struck the wall for the second time, and was
obliged TO nine strokes to make the hole
The second hole was halved, and the third
by seton. after a long drive, approach and putt
Sands lost two shots by sending his ball into the
long grass at the foot of the crag. Four strokes
gave Sands the next hole. Both drove we'll for the
fifth. Setons ball going nearly 200 yards He took
the hole and thus made the game even. The sixth
went to Seton the seventh and eighth to Sands and
the ninth was halved. leaving Sands one up on the
first round. On the second circuit the first hole
halve1 and Sands took the next by unusually clev
er putt The third was halved again and the fourth
won by Sands. Setons fine uphill work gave him
the sixth, cutting Sands lead down to two. where it
hole In the first half.
At the close OF the first round between Stoddart
and Van Cortandt, the former three ahead
The Tuxedo man started well on the second hall
by taking the first hole and halvng the second
with his opponent In three. Stoddart the
third but lost the fourth by driving short from
the tee, and not clearing the wall. He then
two up BY taking the fifth and sixth, halving the
next two and again winning the ninth. he led
Van Cortlandt at the end by i've holes.
G. h. Armstrong. who beat his eleven up
played the best round OF the day, IS strokes. This
would have been two less II he had not been
obliged at the oak hole in the second round, to lf
his ball from unplayable position and lose two
strokes and the hole James Park Goveret the
course in 20. He also lost two strokes through pen
allies. in approaching the home hole. b. S. de
Garmendia, who won up from Good Hoyt
was good on his first round, which he did in A.
His three for the fourth hole Is unusual. for 1t Is
seldom made In less than four.
President John Reid had rather easy game with
De Rham. The Tuxedo team in general
naturally at a disadvantage IN not being familiar
with the links. The summaries follow:
b. s. de Garmendia. st. Andrews beat Good Hoyt
Tuxedo. up.
John Reid, st. Andrews. beat II. c. de Rham Tuxedo
o UP.
James Park. ST. Andrews beat Philip Allen. Tuxedo
II up.
George L. Armstrong. St. Andrews beat G.. W. Bran
well. ii up.
W. H. Sands St Andrews. beat A. Seton, jr. Tuxedo
up
L. B. stoddart 81. Andrews. beat f. ~ Van Cort-
andt. Tuxedo.
Total-St Andrews won by As holes