The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-30
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The pigeon shoot scheduled for Saturday TO
formally open the new pigeon traps and shoot
ing house OF the Ocean County Hunt and Coun.
try Club, for the cup presented by Dwight W..
Harris, has been postponed to Jan. 8, In order to
avoid q conflict with tho professional golf tour
namcnt. The traps are close to tho FIRST tee, and
It was thought that tho noise Of the guns might
annoy the golf players. Should the present
weather last tho professionals should make
good scores on Saturday, for. although frozen
hard, there Is no snow nor ice on the course,
but the putting greens are somewhat rough, as
It has been impossible TO roll them for the past
two weeks. The following Is the official list Of
entries 10 date:
Willie Norton, Horace and Harry Rawiins, Willie
Collins, Tom Harley, Willie Anderson, Tom Gouriey,
James Lister. Harry Gullsne, Robert Thomson. three
Fitsjohn brothers, Charles Thomson. W. !. Davis.
n. J, Reddie, and George Pearson.
The lists do not close until 1918 A. NJ. on
Saturday. when the first half Of the thirty-six-
hole medal play match will be started, so that
there will probably be more entries at the last
moment. 1t will DO tho first professional tour
nnmont held near New York since tho fall OF
1895. On Oct. 3 Of that year there was an
open medal play professional tournament at
tho Knollwood Country Club, won by George
Douglas, with w. Campbell second, and
Horace Rawlins third. Davis, Gourley, and
Norton of the present field also competed.
Later. on Nov. z and 8. eight professionals
met in an invitation match play tourna-
ment at the st. Andrews Golf Club; II was won
by W. Tucker. and of Saturdays field only
Horace Rawlins and Davis were starters. With
any Of the seventeen entered for Saturday were
In this country when the last Eastern profess
s5OnSl w s9Ippssition Sl, wsre a pl%ysdit tho Ph lster are ar.
rivals, however, notably Willie. Anderson, who
was only beaten q stroke by Lloyd in the open
Fitzjohn, who has shown his skill in q number
Of matches at Ardsley, where he is the profess
sional.
Lieut.. Davis will not be the only Representa-
tive Of the army at the open tournaments this
coming season, for the game is rapidly gaining
popularity wherever there is n military post,
Club has for two seasons extended tho privi-
leRes Of membership to the officers stationed at
/ taken up the game with much enrnestness. The
best player, according to the exacting Sompari-
such weil.known players as W. A. Putnam, A.
e. Jennings and WyliyJs Terry: Two Other go9d
RRS FL 81; i S@Ssl !, oo'S rs H. e had 81 ssV e
and with the likelihood Of, Joining Daniel
SnauDCoy at inc scratch marx IN INC spring.
McGlachlan brought, to tho game the well.
trained and hardened muscles OF n West Point
graduate, which have been a great aid IN ncquir.
has enabled him to obtain daily practice. It
With 0s sam ~ fu sGsso% the 10 P pske = 1 Mesdo% p %essn
sl0naal' o each ,ho DALI Miyb and a s1,. then M to RlsS + pr srixes
latter club he is almost as infallible as n profess
slSnSi In t of iiesss While e lNnSS i s' sh nsGm game lne m is ro hn:
Bile and accurate. But the best point of his game,
as rs i rs Is q a every CyrE mans n ,h Game who gal gain s. a. p ,lits
which he plays the second shot with brassey or
iron.
Winter golf is lourishing at Garden City on
the semi.public links Of the Island Golf Club.
Tho nine hole course is we'll laid out and pos
sesses a great novelty in the way of bunkers in
for building purposes. 1t Is the intention to en-
large the links to eighteen holes In the spring.
yards. The adjacent land is we'll grassed and
but little trouble. 50 that III were deemed ad;
out. The Island links 10 we'll patronized by
players who run down to Garden City, for an
,tan circuit to be extended to eighteen
Gus has acquired sstihe. a farm aA adjoininr the
links. across the railway. on which an ad;
for the purpose OF doubling the distance OF their
links has also been obtained by the Westchester
and Harbor Hill Golf clubs. Any number Of
clubs are making changes in tho arrangement
Of their 9-hole links. amounting In some, cases.
as at the Wee Burn course. to practically the
erasing Of the old and the construction OF a new
links. Unless a club is compelled by a rapid
increase in active members to change from nine
to eighteen holes. the best advice to give am
bilious greens committees is Don't" ms Punch
said to those about to marry, The expense Of
maintaining an 1S-hole course In good order Is
heavy and constant, and, unless there exists an
actual need for Il longer course. a well-kept.up
0.hole coursp Is in every way as desirable, be-
sides being less costly. Many Of the bestknown
links in Great Britain, as at Musselburgh and
Barham. have but nine holes.
LAKEWOOD, Doc. 29.-The day has been n par
ticularly fine one at tho Ocean County Hunt
and Country Club. The regular Wednesday
event WAS tho wonIen's handicap in tho George
J. Gould Cup series, besides which there was a
special tourney with handsome prizes. a pigeon
shooting contest and II dinner party mt the club
house. In the women's handicap event the field
was the largest since the commencement OF the
series, and the scores made were as follows:
Groas. Heap. Net.
Mis-, J. II. Stewart ........ ...126 81 OS
Mrs. =. Robbins Walker. .......l1o 100