New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-20
co1 .rERs GREATLY PLEASED.
,,p,rrE SUCCESS OF THE ToURNA-
MENr AT sHINNECOCK HILLS

r ATTRACTED TO THE SCENE FROM
ALI. PARTS OF THE COUNTRY INpi-
CATE TIE GAME is NOT
MERE PASSING FAD.
o~,.a, golfers generally are congra'niains
.Aarselves this week on the compete suoVe
III a.,oil q, the championship tournament which
- ,ust ended at Shinnecock HIS, bohs is'.'
-" go who .till regard golf passing fad 'he
,tva,ior and system with which the games
- managed the remarkably large NUMBER Oh
.r,riss-eichty- fve-for the amateur comes az
-. hundreds OF people from all parts OF 'ne oou
80. who were attracted to the scene OF the ,ourha-
=, arc facts to the contrary when are h"'u ~
combat -, ,,,,,s =, Shin
cock Hills was perhaps the best 'ha' 'ou'u No.
hcsr chosen on which 10 hold the o"ai'p,o"1iS
Tho size and other merits for an aiinos' i"ea' ee
Ground tested now for three or Tour years, WI
,,o reasons for It's suitability. Nearly all VINO
niaved in the tournament expressed 'heir appro'".
- ,,o course and while the sandy places puzzled
,ore golfers who no; accustomed 10 'nat KIM
- emil Il was nevertheless admitted even oH 'hei"
~, a sea links furnishes the most sportsmaniixe
va generally satisfactory Of grounds. The weather
,nroughou. the FIVE days OF the tournament was
al that could have been wished snort or'sh
-, ~ Monday night softened the putting
~resns which he'd become rather nara ana snip
49, making them Just right for use on TUESDAY
,her the preliminary round was played Anothet
= carly Thursday morning kept them In gooo
o-drio- for the remainder Of the week. nut at no
NO aid the showers interfere with the pay
- ue~e numerous surprises in the results OF
- ,,rions rounds among the amateurs. but as a
n.Aole he standard Of golf showed so great an
,,,rovement over that OF last year as 10 as'ohish
.-,s~v one The gain In skill was particularly APP
pareat among the new players many WHO SUI
ed IN the list OF the first sixteen having played
NO ( A. w
49, caraaian amateur who a specta or OF all
80 Games OF the tournament said thet ne coi-
.i,ered the American golhng progress OF ''e 'a''
,- reallv wonderful. II was his opinion that
mos, Of the players were stroke hoe oe'e'
,han they were las: October
Those who expected to see striking play on 'he
o.-, NJ last years champion. Charles b. Mac
Donald were disappointed. He was not az ali "e"'
and could not do justice TO his rea' aoii'S, CO.
ne first round on Tuesday he was oohgeu 10 so
Immediately 10 the house and lie down. ON. "aN'e
.s second circuit late in the afternoon. when most
- The other players had finished. Under the cir
..,,,stances he barely succeeded in quahlyhs
among the first sixteen in the medal-priy rou"u
and in the first OF the match-piay CONFESS ga
Wednesday he fell before the new Oainpiiuee
player J. G.. Thorp. MacDonaIo uii'.s U1
seem, 70 suffer so much his putting which c'ery
,oced t,s od-tinne steadiness. Counting by suohes
81 Two men were close together at the nnish their
cards showing 81 and 80, respectively. Inc ue.sA"
though not bad one. OF course al once pu' IN
nonaid ont OF the race and his retirement mus
carly in the contest made considerable sensa
ton among the crowds OF interested ana CRITICAL
spectators. , g.,
This paved the way for other unexpected "aI
penings one OF which was the defeat OF a. "a
Fenn the expert from the Palmetto Goi O!up' %
,,ken : c His successful opponent was W. H.
rrds ~ Westchester and st. Andrews rem
.o,r,l.ined that he could not accustom himsel 10
-. ,eculiar,tiss of the Shnencock unduiatlhg
greers being afraid 10 pitch his ball upon 'he'n'
:. he did with confidence at his home INKS IL"
doubtedly many competitors IN the tournament
re placed At the same disadvantage. for at most
-. ,ha n,ttins-greens are nat. But the allow
a,ca which must be made for differences IN the
grounds Is a necessary part OF the game o. eoiI'
Unlike tennis courts or baseball oiamohos' no wv
,,nks are at all alike. and the unfamiliar features
be mastered must aii NC |o" " ~
fortunes Of the game
The new champion II. j. Whgham OF the oh-
v4ntsia Golf Club. OF Chicago. looked ike win
ner from the first round Tuesday. On that day
he made the thirty-six holes In l6S. fve strokes
he,,aT man his nearest rival. and he maintained
he same high standard throughout the remaining
Bayard IT, Of Baliusroi. j., gave him harder
than did any other IN the ne, later r.
sSS0nf q sns es S ST. Xndw nv.
nd in the semi-ina round had still easier victory
his score Of seveny-four strokes far excelled any
ming ever before done by an amateur on the nIks
sional in the open tournament on Saturdays WIN
single s5'sp on his Is second Circuit whsha
who Viii thus hold the Havemeyer champion ship
trophy for hs co He s s ssS years Cd
snd played home on the od 81 AnrsT h non
nected with the Chicago University Extension It
IS ssid that in the fall he may return to the Uni
eTSy T r ase Of the Cambridge Mass Golf Club
S seard s Of in going circles where he has risen
rapidly The front ranks Re Is Bo Hsrbo AWE e
IIs sbot forty-hve years old, and his success
seems reue the idea thai gG can ca o non ee
ser His match in the semi-finals with Il: p
q S ws bo, fp Uer snd Thorp oT
si,hough defeated Toler played an excellent game
ssd Ogra P o oder II 'n and
oiayers A. NJ Coats. Of Providence and Newport I
WAS a hs 5hir sbOTs s in hSt the f is
sco,chman and steady ai,arSahG Contest Of
nS ebeh hqes was played saturday and closed
WON 1sfss d5GTs GsVs
y smith Of Canada were srlsed IN
sweq HSmSer Of strokes than most OF the pro
es.ionals. notably excelling Willie Dunn ana r. D.
iG 6 %s nsrs Of these weknown INSTRUCTOR
lii himself especial credit Horace Rawlihs, tnc
hereby proving that MS previous victory was not,
IS many supposed piece ar OF ol ar and was one of
ne youngest players who took part The winner
ras James Fouls who Is the proiessOnsI % ,no
n scotland he learned his game at 81. /
,ndrews and is repu,ed to be one Of the 0nges'
Tbe governors OF the United States Golf Asso-
.ation held special meeting on Saturday after
loon after the close OF The tournament hand.
some silver Gun TO cost 500. was voted TO the I
shnnecock HIS Gof Club as estmoh p o, 'S
yhich the weeks competitions had been managed
rhis was accepted by General Barber. president
ne cluh and there is doubt that II is well
deserved The organlza ton receiving the h0nor OF
he
80 - work hard 10 surpass the liberality and
boughGfuIness OF the Long Island players VINO
ctsd as hosts last week
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