The sun., 1895-05-26
GOSSIP OF GOLF PLAYERS.
II. o. ytEEMADGE NO LONGER SEC
RE1ARY or THE ST ASDREW'S CLUB

Dntc, Announced for the Newport cham.
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II o. Tallmnl,e is no longer Honorary Secre.
tervo vof III, 81 Anlrcw's Golf Club. He resigned
the of,lc, Mt ths rcpular meeting on Wednesday
evening w +. Hodrmnn. hitherto CAPTAIN of
the club will take the Sccretaryship and Arthur
l.. Iiycrmorc will lie captain hereafter. Mr..
TnlIn,odcc will continue 10 serve the club on
the ponrd of directors He IL still Honorary
Srrrc,nry nf the United Stntes Golf Association;
indeed the desire to devote his energies more
fully 10 th. rational organization was the cause
of the resignation. To serve the two properly
h, would Inv, had to neglect his business Mr.
Tu,ln,ndve has been mn officer Of the st. An
drcw's club since its organizations in 1883, and
the, Secretary for three terms. He was one OF
tho LITTLE band who, under tho lead OF Robert
Jocxhnrdt and John Reid, first took up golfing
as nm American pastime.
Th, next event at the St Andrews Climb will
he n handicap match for a silver pitcher. pre-
sented by Mr Tallmadge on Decoration Day
pl,y commencing at o.3O o'clock Entries
winch are free, close May 2s, with ]. Is. tpham.
Chairman of the Handicap Committee. at
Yonkcrs
II has been decided to begin the amateur and
omen cbampionships OF the United states Golf
Association mt Newport on Tuesday, Oct l. play
TO continue throughout tho week. Commodore
Archibald Rogers OF the Americas Cup Commit
tee. who is also interested in goltng, was con-
suited before tho dates were fixed, aud lie said
TINT thev would not conflict with the valkyrie.
Defender races unless the unexpected happens
In accordance with the statement announced
exclusively in The Sun, work on the public golf
links in Vnn Cor,lnndt Park was begun on Mon
dny Throughout the week work. men have been
sodding the putting greens and moving down
the high grass. If no check occurs the 0-hole
course will he ready for the PLAYERS in about a
month. As soon as the links are ready the
Mosholu Golf Club will begin active play on
certain afternoons. Permits to use the course
will be GRANTED to other clubs in the order in
which their applications are received by the
Park Commissioners
Quite a number of golfers were in the New
York delegation which attended the race meet
ing Mt the PHILADELPHIA Country Club last week.
In the intervals OF the more exciting sport, they
made the rounds of the links and found them
ycrv snortv n.hole cours, The names and dis.
tances of the holes are the Stone Wall, 250
yards; Forest, $50 yards; Liverpool Jump, 26T
80 tI.,.s 10, ,..ras. pan. rn.aa aso 80.
yafds; iiaaes "'' yafaS' rear lrees, "oo yaras'
34:, yards: Club House, 81 yards. The 'Hades"
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brow of hill; the driv, from the tee being over
toau anu uouo'. le WIN .,, ,oA' su''N 'A
'ne ear lar sue n, anu , 'nS".e ',s "p .,.' mn, t.,
Nnsselbnrph mon. and both nm e.pert nlaver
w., 49,, ,.'.,s,o. ,,,I,,,a. 49,. -. rann,
anu sooa instructor. quail',es no. A'"s's iounu
united. He has made tho links in IL strokes,
Mdh Is ."e f.to'o ba ronn,r, ~ cns
are DR.. Claxton. g. d. Fowle. and Mr.. Wilt
bank. On the greens daily are Charles s. Far.
mum. J. 7. Starr, II. B. Robb, W. NJ. Hunt DR..
Biddle. F. c. Durant. J. Frank MacFadden, l..
narr!, anu IT, " h"kn.' ~ III. "onu. ,l, y. ,uo
ciun take much interest IN the game. especial
ly ardent players arc Mrs. J. Frank MacFadden,
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vids' Mrs. rage, ana MISS Wiling VINO Is Mrs.
on.n hond;c,n urnomsnt in tho autum,
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Sof ana te,,
will soon be a close second in point of produc
@ ton 'oT Two mon,h,v @ ] hau. m.s ,b.i-
first appearances. the Golfer in Boston and
Golfng in this city. Among the new books is q
written by James =. Lee in his Harvard Gays a
famous sprinter and football player, and now a
1i Coli or has "a '| quite suppanted tox @ hunting and
riding in popularity at the Richmond County
Country Club on staten tate Island TN The links are
vino at first held themselves aloof. are now
be. but In England the hunting sets are more
conservative and c!nnnsl. They are not to be
won easily to endorse either golf or bicycling.
a visiting Englis hman, n veteran hunting man
and an open sCOffer At both the new recreatons.
said yesterday: II regard golf n game for
old men. who go in for twhcn age incapacitates
them from more active sports. But must ad-
init that. it is the craze IN England. and think
Balfour is responsible. Yet he is n notoriously
poor PLAYER. Once. on the Musselburgh links.
he attempted n mighty drive: Where's the
ball 2 asked Balfour. reeling from the stroke.
'Ye hit Scotland then. ma the BALL said his
caddie. anxious to be polite to the great man.
sim, Balfour's example, has brought all England
out OH the links"
Alexander Finley who has been laying ont
new course on the Rockaway Hunt Club
grounds at Cedarhurst, says they will be ready
to use soon rs the grass thickens somew hat.
The new links are parallel with the present
course. hole for hole, and they can be played on
BY merely widening the green's. The drive to
the first hole Is from the side Of the club house
east Of the polo ground. The second hole is
near the meadows bordering on Rockaway
Inlet, pretty prospect when tho tide is in,
but not plensnn; At low water mark