New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-12
VIEWS or THE LINKS.
INTEREsY OF WOMEN IN GCLF-coMlNd
CONTESTS


CONTESTS.
The tournament o. the Central New-forK 'o
League which ended on Saturday at the links Oh
the Sadaouada Golf Club Of Utica PROVED an uh-
qualified success II was the first annual meeting
OF the league which at present comprises o.'
seven clubs, but. number OF other CLUBS VI III.
State have applied for membership. the touina"e"
next year promises to rink among 'he '"vo' on
eolfing contests Of the season. Saturday was tne
dav fixed kpr the eighteen hole handicap In winch
thir,y-one cards were returned. S. ID. Bowers the
second man In the recent SeaoriGht tourney was
one OF the contestants. he established Nc" ann"
t.ur record Of 81 for the course, which neat tne oe
he made on the first day Of the meeuns py one
stroke. Ills card was:
o 1s ...............:...yss III 81
Bower. and Jasper Lynch. OF the Lakewood oiup'
were the only scratch men entered IN the
which ultir.ateS resulted In a tie between - d.
tiudsor and 7 {, Powers both OF Rochester The
tie was not nsved off The DIFFERS Cup was won
By g. r. Marvin r. Of Albany with totai OF iV'
strokes
Considering the comparatively short time tnat
golf has received the favor of women, IL Is inter
estlng to note with what enthusiasm they are lah-
ing UP the game The success OF the recent three
days tournament of the Ardsley women mas
aroused spirit OF emulation in other CLUBS ana al
ready several OF the more important ones nave ar
ranged special contests for their FEMININE coN'ii'
gents Down on the Shinnecock INKS d, South-
ampton. Long Island, on Saturday, the women
members OF the club held a tourney for n hanuicap
challenge CUP which was won by Miss A. r. L'V-
ingston with a net score OF S. her handicap oeihs
Is Both Miss Beatrx Hoyt. the champion OF 1882
and her sister Miss Jane;te Hoyt, were en'e'e"'
but did not play. This is to be regretted as tue
matches would have afforded a good opportunity
of gaugins Miss Beatrix Hoyt's chances for TINS
years championship.
hau Ia
for next Saturday, and some of the entries are
Mrs William A. Taylor. Miss Curtis, MISS Niureo
Devereux Mrs Carlos De Hereda ana MISS
Barnes The tie between James Barnes ana Earn
est A. Thompson, which occurred as result ol '"e
mems handicap was played of on Wednesday and
resulted in a victory for Thompson with total OF
III.
At the RagefeId Golf Club of Ridgeheld, Conn
two cups have been offered to be played Tor IN the
season. one for the men and TIE other lot inc
women The conditions under which the FORMER Is
offered provide for eghteen-hole handicap neda
plav contests on each Saturday during July ana Au-
gust The winner of the greatest number OF con-
tests will receive the cup. The womens cup VIII Dc
plaved for on successive Wednesdays during the
same time At the tournament last Wednesday
Miss r. King made the best score with ior 'i'
The next important open 70 wh ara
all golfers wI Of he ,hf the souhampton nesting
shinnecock Hills Club OF Long Island: u - , *
pected that a large numoer o. ,ocai ,y.r ~ ~.
take part Sanys L. Parrish treas sSdr o u, the
Shinnecock club. and ne has taken a cottage a,
Southampton for the sammer some Oh tne "a Trr ht
players who spending the season there' ana VII
viii UNDOUBTEDLY be entered are Dr. Ir noIoroo.
Iudgn uorace Russell W. A. Putnam. W: Rossitei
Belts C w Barnss Henry F. Goe ana ma Arda
Coli Club also numbers several local PLAYERS WI, whe
are there for the season. Some OF these are foo-
srt r. Kerr. secretary OF the. United state. As,
sociation: A. II. Larkin J. A. Merritt, " Lyons o;
tho Dyker Meadow club: Charles W. EdIit1 ana
Edward Johnson.