The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-20
GOLF ON AT LONG BRANCH.
STEWART, THE ENGLISH AMATEUR,
WINS III FOLD MEDAL.
Good Scores Made by Travis and STorteu a
New Amateur Record FOR the B~inks-Ouiy n
Small Field ~Out-ChanEe Made Necessary
In the Consolation Event Conditions.

nv NouSVtAtVh HNthh Nouo''hohh.
After the whirl OF GUNNER life. the dances,
dinners, and fetes OF the season. the Long Branch
residents turned to golf yesterday. The event
was an open tournament held on the links Of tho
Norwood Park Field Club. the first ever held at
Long Branch. The honors OF the day wero car.
ried of by w. Goodwood Stewart, tho English
amateur. who now plays from the seabright
Club.
Tho course is unique In Its characteristics, for
the entire round Is made over tho lawns OF tho
park, with the dividing hedges and roads as the
only hazards. The playing distance Is Just
short OF $500 yards, the names Of the holes and
their distances being as follows:
Orchard, esS; hedges, sI5; nirt. 100; stretch. ass,
meadow. 1875; alley. ao5; tree. sooi home, $50.
The turf. of course, was excellent. adording
the best possible lies for the iron shots and
brassey plays. The putting greens, however.
were decidedly slow. Stewart said that the
grass was more like English turf than any he
has seen In this country. The residents OF the
park were out in force to watch the play. 1t
was somewhat OF a disappointment to find
that only nineteen OF tho forty.fve entries
turned out for tho competition. Under the
conditions the first sixteen were to qualify
for the match play rounds for the Norwood
Cup, which would leave but three in for the
equally handsome Consolation Cup. This would
have been too easy a task for the du Ter division.
SO the Greens ordered a change in
the arrangements. Tho eight defeated in the
first Norwood Cup round, with the unlucky trio,
were compelled TO play q nine-hole medal play
round, and those making the eight best scores
were eligible for the Consolation trophy.
In spite of the small field the preliminary
round brought out one OF the best races Of the
season. At the end there was but a single stroke
difference hatyeen Stewart Travis and Nn-,ap
at 90. 81. and 80. None OF tho others camo
within ten strokes OF this trio. The best pre-
vious record by a Norwood member was e5.
Morten's prominence was rather a surprise,
although he has been steadily improving in his
an open, tournament. On Tuesday Morten es-
tshlished the record of 50 for the new eighteen
where q five should have suf'ced, Morten's card
would have been the best Of the day.
rather easy holes. but the remainder of their
cards was very good. Travis owes his prom
cidedly regular. He had two holes in threes.
very brilliant work. but he at times showed only
SiH,% ariyG sS SarFisd ARpi bali Wsil 'e oys H9'n the hG road &
and hedge. and a nicely laid brasscy shot fell Just
short OF the green. This left three shots to win
Travis. Stewart's approach just made the
green, a long play up for the hole leaving n
thrce-foot put TO win the medal. This was nice
ly negotiated. and 1t made him the hero OF the
morning.
In the array OF onlookers were:
Miss Harp.r. Mrs. A. watson. Mis- Clara Harper,
Ms. c. A. Potter. Mrs. +. (. Henderson. Mrs. A. o.
NNssai F;,s Mis- Hs, Rseg s'W MN Is Ms; H ho1 !; stlli NJ:
May Mccall. and Mrs. h. K. Brow ning.
The cards for the preliminary round follow:
" G. Stewart, seabrtSht-
nn't:::"..:""::ss S5sss9 81: IS 90
". J. Travis, oakland
i2 s'.::::.*:::::s S3ts::ts: -. Q,
Alexander Morten. Ardsley-
Gas '.:; 5tStSs "a 90 os
Il. P. Phipps. Morris county
fS'":::":"::.5 dStsS5Sii - "a
s. II Allen. North Jersey county
Ef n'"::.:":"::"t St15 8 s--3?s-,os
". L. Ewing. Morristown-
Gi s.'::.s SSiss:s s-Ss
E. de F. Simmons. Norwood
GHs ...s 5ss?s:5 T- 10
c. II. Murphy. Baltimore
2f s:"...::::::s ss!7:s2 s 80
A. NcClave. Norwood
G s.:.:.:: sst7stsss-- =:
r. II. Duyckinck. Morr,stown-
GSs '.. 8 SSl3si2 6 ss--sslI-,o.
The Rev. D. L Schwartz, Lakewood
H n."::::::::::5 ! 5 s--53d5-,,,
G S. '...":."::::::ss 3s'sS5s IS
D. W. Taylor
f 2 S':::::5 sS'?i:7 So -:5-,,s
c. w. o'Conuer-
f2 n.:S s??s!3 80!
| Cornelius Fellowe s. Jr.. Morrtstown-
In Ga. .:":::S 8 s15 : s-S3s-,,s
2S' ':s:.:::::s 9Sssssss'Ss-- &C.: ::-s,7
John ". Aihaugh. Jr, Norwood
f E S.:::::S ) 5 ; s-Si-l,s
Ms. Dixie, Dyker Meadow
i Gsat"":s ss'ssss : S SO
! =. E. Henderson. Norwood
In Ga' :::::::s S7s5ss 8 IS? :
By the luck of the draw" the best men were.
for the opening OF the match play. This de
tracted from the interest, yet some good golf
Allen was still more fortunate. for he was 8 up.
The cards for the first nine holes made by the
winners and their partners follow:
Ef;ssmisss[.::.::::::.::::ss 9ssssss S1-:ss
ads@s;t. 8 $685. -
would easily have made his round in 40. Eel.
loves and burr had an interesting bout. Burr
won BY 8 up. The cards were, for II holes:
Esil2We. SSS7:ss Is Is
entertainments sl2 sSsSssS" IS is
Travis won by i've up from Phipps. They
holed out on every green and made the follow.
ing cards:
Travis
out..-...-....x 8 Q ! 0 5 e-43
In ........n.....5 o 5 I 7 o I o b-+e- so
Phipps-
f Gr. .::.":":: 9ssgstss $50,
Norten furnished his second sensation of tho
day. but this time by q poor showing. for he was
beaten, after nineteen holes, by Curtis Of the
home club. Curtis took the decisive hole in
hve and Won q well-earned victory. The other
results appear In the summary:
Norwood Cup-Pirst round.-stewa art beat Ewing. 8
up and Z to plays Allen beat schwartz. o up and 5 TO
play; Burr beat Fellowes 4 up and | TO play Travis
beat Phipps, 5 up aud 8 TO play; Curtis beat Morton.
! up (l9 holes); Taylor Leaf simmons. I up and 8 to
play; Murphy beat Duyckinck. ! up and 3 10 play
oConner beat AcClaye. 3 up.
simmons made his rounds in 90 and Taylor in
90. To-day the best OF the morning matches
will ba between Stewart and Allen.
Only four finished in the preliminary med al