New-York tribune., 1897-07-30
TYING AND KEENE WIN.
FINALS FOR THE PRESIDENTS cur
on THE SHINNECOCK LINKS.

on THE SHINNECOCK LINKS.
Yesterday was an ideal day on the Shinnecock
golf links and there wasn't one In the ShihnecocA
tournament yesterday who was not gratefui ior '"e
sunshine after the two days drenchinS the so'ie's
have had since the meeting began. For The hrst
time since Tuesday the matches were foHowed d!
a crowd OF spectators Foxhal p. Kcene seemed 10
be the favorite with the maidens and matrons
present. and they applauded his successful pays
with an enthusiasm that left no doubt as 10 the
direction in which their sympathies ran heehc
met S D. Bowers of the Otsego Golf Club In the
lower half OF the semi-final round, and the ma'ch
created more interest than any that mas occufieu
thus far. -
Mr. Keene's brilliant play OF the previous after
noon had brought him prominently to the troh'
as a candidate for the cup match and wnen ne
ard Bowers set out yesterday morning a throns OF
we'll known people followed in their wake. Bow
erss strong forte Is his driving, which he usually
relies upon give him winning lead Oh the
Longer holes. Luz yesterday this stroke was COM
pletey rolapsed by the clever work or MS op-
poncnt. on only three holes did he outdrive heene'
while in his approach plays the Rockaway golfer
was easily his superior. Keene's iron shots
throughout were excellent. 1t was seldom that ne
overplayed the distance. and his cleverness III ths
regard more than anything else was respohsIO'e
for his final victory.
He won the first hole IL handsome style follow
ing up MS successful debut by clean and steady
iron game that left him up at the sixth tee III
playing for the seventh. both were on the green
In l. Bowers made capital put for the cup. whlch
elected warm applause from the spectators Neene
overplayed the hole which ief, him up. On inc
following hole both cleared the railroad uach'
which runs through the course at this point
Roth uero on the green in g. and the hole was
ultimately saved Bowers finally covered the treach-
erous ninth Keene also played Ii up. and the mole
was haved The work a. the twelfth was pretuly
executed Bowers had the honors. He drove snort
Of the cres: Of the hill which guards the approach
a. that point and his ball rolled well up toward
tho Green Keene was equally good. and this hole
was also halved. on the thirteenth keene again
outdrove his opponent. who pulled his orassey INTO
the long grass and heavily penalized oeiore "e
could free himself from difficulty. Inc foCha""!
man was quick to take advantage OF the opPo'
tunitv. and was soon on the green. Bowers gave
rim rho hole The following was halved. as
was the sixteenth.
The seventeenth went to Keene on some beauu-
ful putting and the match ended at that point VIII"
Kecne the victor at up to to GO The CARDS our
ing the first part of the struggle stood as ioIo"s'
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The other match in the sem-hnals was between
Tvng the winner OF half Il dozen open chaniP'on-
ships this season. and James Park. OF the Rich-
rnond County Golf Club The latter Is player or
considerable reputation and one who usually dis
,lavs clever and consistent form. Whether it was
mis- nervousness at finding himself matched asdlhs-
the ai-powcrful Tying his overanX9u,sness TO
nIav "a ch stroke TOO anely ne succeeded IN losing
pnoS, ~ the force which promised TO make the CON
test an Interesting one. ana the more "ictG" "ic!tG a. liz liz
showing The more frraoc .e In Iii he victory was
It was only r,.ne a GleSfCn fsMor oi '''''' ''''
TN niayed Brilliantly. In making the first nine
holes he scored thrty-nine strokes. reGord Wh!Sn
equals the best that has been done py SV. & ' ~
professional though 1t d:d not conc sy The long
better than Bogic. This is his card:
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Tbjs morning Tying Is to meet Keenee in the hnai
for the Presidents Cup, and an exciting contest
In he afternoon the tie for the best gross score
day between Tying and Bowers was PayeI ;H ,,cb on
before a large crowd. Though the round III Wil'cu
were Contested yesterday Bowers winning by =, "a
score OF g3 to q. Tyngs defeat puts a dllerent
ft}or ~ f. occurred Tvng was hot favorite FOR the
cup but since then the Rockaway man has become
The drawings FOR the consolation tournament FOR
the eight who qualified on Wednesday were mad made
in tho earIv forenoon. Travis. OF Oakland CluO.
fornd himself against Taller, the Ardsley cham;
pon who was badly beaten s IN acness cne hv taEing
a clever victory from Fowler. OF Dyker Meadow.
who hai disposed OF Alexander Morton very hand
y iGgb IN 'og ot mSN S@gore the Dyker Meadow man
rbn f,ct tbat Morton was ) up the end OF the
egh.h hole shows the strength OF Fowlcr's sub;
sequent play Laroque. o. Shinn-cock also had
an b nnomsir local PLAYERS and the match brought
ont good zolf on both sides Laroque won by /
up after 70 holes. -, j.,
Taroque had previously disposed o. Fellows. OF
the MorristOvn Field Club while Barnes had de-
fea;ed r B. Kerr. OF Lakewood This brought the
tourney down 70 the final round. In which Travis
and Taroque will meet to-day. Following are the
summaries:
Presidents cup (seni- hnal round)Iames A Tyng beat
faros Park up sni : - play; Foxhal Keeue beat s.
II. forverS. 3 up and G. pay.
Corso.ation cup Chrst rounll-W j. Travis beat j. B.
T,Nrr IN and 9 70 pla~ X. Fowler beat A. Morton
I M aftc- 90 holes. C. 'l.-ss heat r. r. Kerr. up
arI . - plav: I. T. o. .-e boat c. Fellows jr. up
AMI : - play. - - r., :,
scrni aaal round. j. T,av's beat W. X. Fowler 3
up aai | TO play: l. =. r4r.lI, beat c. d. Barnes
up after 10 holes.