The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-03
SANDS GETS THE MEDAL.
HE AGAIS WINS THE COR CHAM
PIONSHIP OF 81. ANDREW'S.

Twenty.ciEht starter. for the Ancient John
Reid Trophy Armstrong Finishes Second
ana Robertson Third-The Lowest Score rs
1sO in spite or the Heavy Rain and Fog.
No stress Of weather could keep the golfers
fr m tho now links OF tho ST. Andrews Golf
Club at Mount Hope yesterday. They met for
the senior OF oil American golf competitions,
the tonth annual match for tho John Hotd gold
medal. Twonty-eIRht players started. Tho
winner was w. II. Sands. 1t Is his third sue
cessivc victory. and, besides gaining the title of
club champion. no becomes the sole owner OF
tho trophy. 1t was first contested for in 1887
by tho old Apple Trco Gang at the first st.
Andrews links, when 1t was won byP. {. Myers.
J. u. Upham hos since won 1t twice, and In the
other years the winners wero George Hunter,
J. G. Ten Eyck. ID. G. Henderson. and DIR. Moi
fatt.
Rain fell steadily throughout the day, and, to
add to tho discomforts, In tho morning q dense
fog, that was particularly thick in the valley,
hung over the course. Tho start was made
from tee tho on tho summito OF the steep hill, the
fifth too In the recent open tournament. The
players faced n solid wall Of fog that com.
pletely hid the line to the hole, and their best
guide In driving was the voices Of tho fore
caddics that resounded from the gloom.
Later on the fog lifted and the players did not
mind tho rain. Casual water was an annoy.
ance, yet tho scores were very good for such dis
NAL circumstances With the exception OF the
ninth, tenth, eleventh., and twelfth, tho putting
greens were in better shape than in any previous
competition on the new course. They had been
treated to a top dressing Of clay. which was
packed down by the rain, and made them true
and fast. This accounts for several OF tho holes
in twos a. d threes.
Before the start 1t was supposed that tho issue
Low hot,ya,p Sopdu Arp,etronu aud Roycra hut
at the end of the first round Brown was tho most
prominent figure in the competition. Bowers
got into the Sprain Brook on tho way to the
first hole. Since the construction of tho Yonkers
water aqueduct system this brook, that has fig
urcd on the county maps for a century. has been
q dry bed. but tho rain had filled the channel
again. So, properly enough, Bowers, played IT
dropped witTout %penaity, but IS he was forced
to place the ball In the hazard 1t would roll back
einss ti b.io in'G Il the io %S.sr on he 1 d dr0P ppIsip It % e tba t se
| could play 1t. Tho hole finally cost him eight
strokes. In tho afternoon Bowers was decidedly
Brown did not live up to his score of tho morn.
ing, and cut no figure in the afternoon. Until
thought that Robertson. who made his second
round IN So; was tho winner: but he then
e ently IN tho m 81 i.i his game me Seeming to lack
snap. His afternoon play. however, Yves marked
by some brilliant strokes. At the ninth tee,
after no~ SF'Eba aiff H %itho OF o penaIty, ne snd STopP PSe
ground rule. and laid it within six feet
IN 4. He Is' had eleven m IS in tho last eighteen
holes. The fourteenth hole was n particularly
g gitsb 4 sa tine ar tSs f edsa of tho the F Fqeei A a mas the
conventional two strokes in putting made the
hole. Armstrong was within two feet OF the
the hole cost him z. To this point he had led
Sands a stroke, but the three strokes lost at
chances. Tho cards follow: