New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-27
TYING BEATEN AT LAKEWOOD
s1rcc1JMBs TO LARoCQUE IN THE FIRST
ROUND OF THE GOLF TOURNAMENT
MANY SURPRISES MARK THE DAYS PLAf-"i'i'
q. HAM MAINTAINS HIS SuPRENA0i
go, rorR PLAYERS LEFT TO COMPETE
FOR THE LAKEWOOD CUP

FOR THE LAKEWOOD CUP.
rskewood n. J.. Nov. o6 (SpecaD.-There were
some unexpected reversais Of form ~ "e Ia ~
wood golf tournament here To-Day i''s -,
feated by Larooque, Of the knoH"oo1 Nou'
CIub and Is out of the contest altogether wing
- ,o, TWO Youngsters not yet out their teens,
ara IN each instance had 10 play his best game W
win Even then the result appeared IN oouo' " we
very last holes. Fem the Palmetto chaiipo'i W.
bowled over by Finay Douglas OF the faiiHelu
Country Club, and Gillespie the Canaoiah T,, Lien
Mon Of 1896 succumbed to Marion Wright OF fhi'a-
delphia- ..,o,, Az
,orant aapect on the finals. Four men are now Iei'
IN compete for the Lakewood Cup. ana no MAJ
how the matches end tomorrow noi'e'iNN
nlaver will compete in the final round ne "
,,,,ora to-day were Larocque. Wright. Dough as ana
r,N,s These men are paired In the order
r,roed az that the two Scotchmen. Whisham ana
Douglos will have TO meet before either OF 'he'n
can challenge the American representatives
A. whole to-day's matches were not charac-
terized by low scoring, but IL must oe sou 80
Ncaaon that the ground was in poor condiuoh ana
,hs wea,her wretched There were intermittent
showers and clustering winds. out IN spite Vi ui'
plenty OF spectators tramped over 'he COURSE uu e
both morning and afternoon
Tb erst thing decided in the forenoon was the tie
hn,waen George Armstrong. the veteran Staten ISL
md nlaver. and j. l. Blair, Of the Morris County
colt Club who tied for last place in the LAKEWOOD
Cup division yesterday. This was done by p.aylns
an extra hole which Blair won by score OF 10 =
Armstrong was thus reegated to the consoa,lon
division. where he was deieatsd by SIoSum' 'he
Former tennis champion in the ilrst round, or was
The first sixteen being fixed the match pay was as
begun and the very men who were eHpecteo s 20
furnish the spectacular features OF this T9und ora
tte o, TOrthy o 0 he'e allowed seeondrae man to
beat him.. and sank into OBLIVION The Gards tell
the story better than words Here they are:
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Out :::::::::::::::s ::sss 50
sBye hole played
BSae the SH agSs 1 gs5 iss G faH
wood champion. who In turn was deieateo IN me
second Ts9nG By the SsTk dOySe nj
of surprising possibilities. created quite sen ,sao
champion in the morning but When he net Wig
ham in the afternoon. he fairly outdd himself 1S
WheS 81 the s9' Lakewood youth finished only three holes
perhaps the Interesting Of the day from re- the
spectacular point Of view a, Least b 5nn pe
pie watched the progress Of the 6a5 r6:on II To
Clever and neryy little player. He had the cham
Dion one down at the eight hole and secured the
Richardson held things safe until the fourteenth
hole at which point the score re Mas Mas AN naftcav
Fad just the edge Of bunker IKE nsd Harold az 6
Ton but vfG GI ub0ny %
failed 10 clear the bunker in consequence. TINS
Mon the ss hole at to s. and after that had things
his own way until the end. The nnal score was
up and TO go in favor o. the champion mo
cards were
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sRva hole not nlayed
In the consolation affair there was also tie TO
be played off before the drawings could be made
Phiier ana Arthur cIaan tied a log for s
contains representative golfers than have t aP
s Of Se ~ Tes spsnsh In Of the players IN
tournament could be given than Is shown by tne
SS a no Better sn
places in this class As in the Lakewood cup AFFAIR
S Sn h eee Fs' before 1d four who
vived were waihen. Chadwick. Bowers and Hen
The summary o: play Is shown by the appended
Lakewood G. matsh-Rlay rog21M c6I LSr0squs
ale pSsdD1s and to 70 Play F Wgssi
ap saS to G psy csps ac:
MORT: County Up end TO Di RGo a. Mn ai
" and Play tiffany RlcSsIdscs Lakewood t 6sa
BGyd ssat up s and to Rey al
anS ss' to pay; a. f. Fem, Palmetto bes, C. L. Tap
'N seocnd Tound-LSfocgue beat Lynch. up and 3 t.
ss s.' ssi 81 s
z I'D and TO play.
Consolation cup (nrst match play round>-Dr Paul T
Kimbal. Lakewood beat r A. Walthen. Lakewood.
~ md James Converse Lakewood beat A. NJ
Heed Wannibek. up and I 70 play; J. r. Chadwlck
Ss'f Il e. sioes% sas s9 Island Lt':'f
Armstrong. ST. Andrews. up 40 holes: s. D. Bowers
81 Apdrews beat J. H. Taller. Ardsley, 3 up and 2 t
play: A. NJ. Robbins: ST. Andrews. beat w Fairbanks
as;.5s 4s;:a 1 say His
Allegheny. beat P. stockly, Lakewood by default
Second round--Walthen beat Converse. 4 UP and z
play; Chadwick beat socum. up; Bowers beat Robbins
up and 2 TO play; Henderson beat Moorhead up All