The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-23
FROM THE GOLF LINKS.
EARLY ENTRIES FOR THE TAN
CORTLANDT PARK CONF ETITION.
60 ne the Referee-hlss Hoyt ana
Mrs. Butier Duncan. Jr., fiay EouP
n>u,e, - THANH prtvInr Dav Flxturea.

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Mrs. Butier Duncsn. Jr., Play FouP
Games Thanksgiving Day Fixtures.
John Reid, President of the st. Andrews
Golf Club, has consented TO act as referee In
the amateur competition on tho public links NJ
Van Cortlandt Park next Saturday. Although
tho entries do not close until g O'Clock on Fri
day evening. n dozen have already sent In
their names to the sporting editor of THE sun,
coupled, in most cases. with hearty wishes for
the success Of the tournament. The entries to
date are:
warwick p. Miller, Jr., r. c. Delmar, stuyve.
Iant F. Morris. Jr., Reginald II. Smith, Charles Jen.
sen, w. J. Wiley. Horace HAtsh, a. w. Dorland, Jr.,
A.. 2. Huntington, William Cunningham, Andrew
Bell, II. Bashford. and Leo f. Foise.
A number of inquiries have been received
from persons VINO say they will enter later. A
summary of the conditions Is a full answer to
most of the queries. II is to be an eighteen
hole scratch competition, medal play, for
either three or four appropriate prizes. accord
ing to the number Of starters. Tho draw for
partners will be made in the Office Of THE SUN
on next Friday evening, and tho exact time for
play to begin will be announced on Saturday
morning through the newspapers. The cards
will be kept by a spe sial marker, or by the
competitors noting each others scores, M stip-
ulated in rule i for medal play in the United
States Golf Association book.
The event is open to all amateurs who are
not members OF a club In the u. =. G. A.. There
is nothing in the conditions to debar women,
except the above clause. At amateur tourna-
ments on other links women often play on
even terms with the men. On last Friday all
the cups at Van Cortlandt Park wcre changed
and the putting greens freshly rolled. which,
with some little work through the greens, was
all that was n eedcd to make the course in good
An interesting golfing performance was made
by Willie Dunn on Saturday at Ardsley Ca
COMMITTEES. He scored thirty-hve. a stroke
lower than the former record, held by himself.
tho first and fourth holes. the ball HANGING on
the rim each time for a two. The card was 5.
The golfing set at the Country Club Of West
chester has, been much interested in q series
Of informal matches between Miss Beatrix
ted states. and Mrs. w. Butler Duncan. Jr..
played on different days within the past fort
play. and four contests in all were held. In
the hrst Miss Hoyt won by two up. but the sec
ond fell to Mrs. Duncan by the same score.
Mrs. Duncan also won the third match by ono
M, but she lost the fourth to Miss Hoyt by
two hole. in seventy-two played. with the hon
ors easy in victories won.
3. S. de Garmendia and G. f. Armstrong
at Ardsley Casino Tomorrow afternoon in the
lcng'deferred final match left over from the
foursome competition at the October tourna-
ment. 1t promises to be an interesting con-
test. for the four amateurs are all playing at
the TOP, OF their game after the preliminary
work during the long season.
Golf fixtures are multiplying. and the ball
will be nearly as conspicuous on ThanksRiv-
ing Day as the time.honored turkey. The
most important function will be the opening
play in the th'ee-day open, tournament at the
to be fought for. in accordance with tftee eo S%ns
tons printed in THE sun last Monday. Tho
play, Mt the K~nollwood Country Club will be
for fNyn Gums mason ai hv Mra Jr1aa pAvrnl
and at the Fairfield County Golf Club there
will be a members handicap tour nament. Then
Baseball Club will hold a handicap tourna-
ment over the new links at Livingston. The
and the handicap will be limited to t%~enty,
seven strokes. There will be cups for the
first and second man. and also one for the
bers Of the Englewood Field Club also will
hold a tournament on the morning of Thanks
may be made with H.. A. Schenok. T. L.
Wednesday. Nov. IS. There vii Be Sssu = h na1SHe
cap tournament for men and women. members
Go Goif c sTib'nf Entities nsE m eiose 3. a. the t Cub ss house
on the morning OF play.
Owing TO the tournament at Lakewood on
Saturday, the return match between the
Golf Club has been postponed until the FOL
The mixed handicap foursome. fer q pair OF
cups presented by a member. at the Country
1 VI NcEtClitsptE ukt LIS DS6n DOStDOQS0
to Dec. s.. The entries may be made until
the moment of starring. The events are open
TO b 'n f ms% the pa asa WEEK Week 3 Tsonas Bendolow
completed the ork on q nine-hole courss.
a bounty S:yo sl5 ysFf Is {: ioP ps f e. Hsdt0n M Pa S,s wh s'.s
finished work on the nine-hole course Of the
Nutley: n. J.. Golf Club. The first nve hoies
are each over 300 yards. and tho ink Ia all
philip Honsyman. professional of the Leno1.
Mass. Gol- Club. has returned to his homo at
Salff is erSxiPs near Baltimore and Wash,
inEt2n. ~ a nine,hole course has been laid out
VIII and Sam Tucker. the st. Andrews pro-
ritz. In the south Of France. Their uncle, Vii
lie Dunn. who has heretofore been the profess
toe, busy with the addition to the links at
Ar Ts Casino to 20 abroad this year.
Holiday Cup. on the afternoon OF Thsnkseivins
pay; at the ssdaen1is Golf Club II viii be .
h sanddiicap' ssghssen holes medal play; limit of
The f%9llowipg is from the London Sporting
LIE Of Nov. IL regarding Sunday golf playing:
'Ss 1c ~ N! "nu SSS9''y Of 1u the n game. E sss s 'n ssG.'ssa:
e eomS S"F '1%i. T1 sa as saas' R Plsyl %on on the MA day M Tniss
ElerFuson; M; Phi had = very bad quarter q an hour
M%ssslonrEh. owing to This falling. HI pleaded
sinlss. to 'm, tns l es'nS sn.a sn s "a; r. sr Il. ps as,s.ssals s a.;
S Sg"n b seG sIaS re n to a ,o s:srde EN- n life they would
have. quoted jeremy Taylor TO these uitra.pious
people. had he thought OF 1t. thus: las for some
persons To give themselves great liberties of spors
on lhat dHv is neither pious nor pru lent. 40 %
Ieiy some 10 Others Is neither Just nor charitable"
ferhaps the ngBricved ones OF MussslburRh will
put thit IN their pipes ana smoke 1t. Birmingham
seems gone maj over the same question. Judging
from rccent discussions by the Handswosth and
EdEnnstou clubs. The SUNDAY players carried their
point ny 70 votes 10 III In the first. named club, bus
as a two,thirds majority WAS necessary the rasolu.
,Ioh iell 10 me ground. Finally IL was resolved TO
leave the question of Sunday play to the good tastS
HhI u, aSr c OF the members. Exactly; II all
t",s IL plaSers would only do that. what q lot
OF bother ana nonsense wouI1 be avoided.
ORANGE, Nov. 22.-T. II. Powers Farr IA
now tied with Charles +. Watson for the
championShip of the Essex County Country
club golf links, A few days ago Watson
scored lightweight, and 1t was then Thought
mat he woul l surely get the cup. Yesterday
morning, with Greenskeeper E1nlay as a part
ner, Farr tied Watson's score. Farr went our
n forty-two. strokes, and came in in forty-sIx'
The men Will play the tic OF this week.
The Last Day;or the Fox Hunters, Meet