New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-26
THE GAME.

brilliant array of golfers the links or the Lake.
wood Golf Club here to-day. when the annual
tournament that is to decide tie possession OF
the Lakewood Golf Cup was begun. 1t Is not Often
that such a gathering is seen on any ole courje,
and II the pr Omse OF the opening play Is tuhileo
the affair will deserve cank as the most I'M
portant golnng contest that has been held IN the
East this season There were tournament WIN
ners a-plenty among the contestants VINO ngureu
in the preliminary round. men who won fneoaiS
and cups without number. men who nave coinc
by right to he regarded as the most hnished anu
skfu exponcnts OF the game In this country
Then too there the usual rank end Tile that
follow every meeting where golf il played, ana
whose only distinction Is to appear among tho
"also rams" The number who finished the eighteen
hole preliminary course was the largest that mas
appeared in any tournament this season Ihere
were eighty-four entries. and OF this number over
seventy returned complete cards.
Whigham. the amateur champion arrived early
in the morning and made his first appearance be-
fore Eastern critics since winning the National
championship at Shinneco,k Hills two years ago.
Fnlay Douglas. the champion or tho FairheId 'oun-
~ Country Club. was also of the competitors
Then there Tying. who has won, perhaps
more metropolitan tournaments than any other
player on the links: Fem, who holds over sixty
prizes 80 evidence Of his golhng prowess; Blddle'
the Philadelphia Country club player; SANDS te
Westchester champion; Gillespie. eX-champioh Vi
Canada and a host OF others. There were pay
ers present from Rochester. Milwaukee Plttspurs,
Chicago and Toronto Indeed II the Natlohai
champlorshlp had not already been decided the
winner OF tho week would fairly deserve to rank
the best OF American golfers
The preliminary round at medal play was 'ne
only thing attempted by the Greens Committee
II was ut first intended that the first hoIe-piav
round should occupy the afternoon programme,
but owing to the size OF the Held TINS pan Nd"
TO be abandoned The conditions OF the pre-
md an eighteen hole circuit,
the first sixteen scores to qualify FOR the Lake.
wood Cup and the second sixteen for the Con-
j " Miiey vice-presldent OF the club started
the men of and considerable credit Is que MN
done "a" Whitman was paired with s. d. Bowers OF
O,sego and throngs OF spectators trooped IN ee,s ~
these spectators included Mr. ArIHu' Miss Anna
Mrs Chauncey f. Kerr Miss Ferrisi n.rfs | NJ
Whiting. Mrs John II. Chadwick Mrs. . sm{ytin-
ers Mrs John {. Westerve!t Mrs. T. J. V Uakdgy
Rhinelander Mrs George Trot;er, MIS-. "llaiil
skldmore. Mrs. James Converse. Mrs. Jasper
i'Ynch' Mrs H. Dudley Beam. Miss Mary b. Nash
tTne Walthcw' Mrs Robert Bage Kerr: Mrs; VIII.
lam II. sands. Miss HaseIhurst. Miss Mabel Park
The record OF the course Is IS. Whsham smashed
Il by two strokes. coming home with scV'e ., o.
ava leading his nearest competitor. Douglas, o! d
s sU srroke IL is significant that OF all the
men VINO took part the first two spo lIefsd went -
players who learned the game III oco''"'"'
Here is Whlgham's winning card;
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These figures are all the more SURPRISING IN view
~ tho fact that the NTH hole, in when ne Mas
bunkcrei on his brassey shot cost MN nine 81 ~ !:
Whighnm's style Is apparently as ~ Sree
'ossItic 20 acquire He has a beautuly loHs. ~
swing that is made with scarcely an enort yet oat
riea Tho hall with wonderful accuracy "!iI ri
III Iii, motion In his iron shots Is sometnlhB ser
dom seen among the hest Oh t,e oIScted
uiaxcrs and the skill with which they are % Sa
abnws Ma perfect mastery Of the game II VIII L.
strange IL the cup does not return 70 20 INV ~
him Tor ne ls unquestonably, superior " any Va
ihn other p,ayers who appeared to-day' ,tisa ,ha
Tyng the Morris County champion, Az lin a
hnrS ~ third place with Fem ana BiGdle, VIZ.
ecore Of S. while Jasper Lynch OF Lakewood lo''
iowed this trio with total OF W ,,u. ,,rao-
Cw , .,, s,it Of the DAYS play left things unde-
termned as just where the diysl26h IT, U Srawn
orge ARMSTRONG and j. /. Blair. IT.. tied Tor iast
Mace in the first division and the match play urW
ronsoaton section four men tied AT lp ior VIZ ~
80 nIocns and here, also. addtlonal holeS mus 10
lWo pa o,ora n decision can be reached. The
coyes Of these two divisions are summarizes IN ine
following tables those who ala not qu''''' O'"'o
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