The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-08

next Friday, and the winner will play A. L.
Morton In the finals for the trophy.
In Philadelphia there seems to BIO no lack Of
golhng fixtures for tho fall season. A tourna-
mcnt Is now going on at Rydnl. and tomorrow
and Friday there will be a home-and-home four
some at Bala and Rydal. between the following
PROFESSIONAL: Gulihne and w: W. Campbell OF
Reid Of Rydal. the Country Cube, old profes-
sionnl. Gullane and John Campbell are North
cracks on this side Of the Water. On
their native, links Gullane was rated az
has been in rare phTs form since inc coming to this coun.
t Try l aha in w !he ssssnt IN mee WiEi Set Csmnb sh1 P pnd
are steady golfers. and the match should prove
a most interesting one. The first half OF thirty
while Rydal will on Friday be the scene of the
remaining thirty.six. Both meetings will doubt
less attract alarge gathering of spectators.
There has been great rivalry between tho
experts Of the Onwentsia and Chicago Golf
clubs for the past two years. Five matches
were played between tho two clubs, and tho
honors were triumphnntly borne Off by the On
This year the series was cut down to three
games. the interest being all the greater from
America rEs III HI. @hPis sfhsCn. Would tSaSi" be '" opposed by
the cx-champion. G. Is. Macdonald. The first
OF oirb the IN ihFe .So games was w won by by me aS}o Chicago
turned. and the Onwentsias came out with
flying colors. The third meeting Was quite OK
tated another meeting between these rival or
CARNATIONS.
on tho Wheaton links. The ChicaGos won a
brilliant victory by. thirteen up: Champion
and enthusiastic, crowd assembled at tho first
tee to witness the start. ,Whisham and Mac
donald were the third couple OH, and they car
r ,ieSa Tie CALLER: Mcdonald played an exGep,
,,Ssy reached tie S'"'i TENTH hole he had
then settled down TO his old form, and the re-
maindcr OF the match was as perfect an exhibi-
tion OF golf as has ever been seen in the vicinity
OF Chicago. The eleventh., twelfth. thirteenth,
fourteenth, and fifteenth holes we're halrcd, and
the next two were Won in brilliant style, by
two. There was no pnssible hope, however. for
Whigham to win. The eighteenth hole was
The crowd then assembled at the home green
and anxiousiy watched tor the other, competi:
tors to come in. AT one time. when about half
the players had finished. the score was even and
the excitement at fever heat.
1t was ike a wet blanket thrown over the
OnwcntsiIs when f. | Frost of tho Chicagos
game in with seven up. The Lake Forest men
gave up all hope when f. Cramer. another lucky
out it was all smooth sailing for the Chicago
men, who won by a score OF 20 to 10.
PITrsFIELp. Mass. Sept. Tho first round
Of match play for the Ambassadors Cup on the
Lcnox links was played this morning. There Is
undated interest in the match. and a large
crowd watched the players and many went
round. the course. The game was hardly up
10 that Of yesterday. but was good
enough to keep the clubhouse crowded
until the last score was handed in. The
greatest interest centred in the Thompson.
Hoyt match. Thompson played his slow.
sure yet brilliant game. which makes him a
conspicuous. player. In starting out the men
halved the first TWO holes. Thompson won the
third ami llOyt tho NTH and sixth. Thompson
captured tho seventh. The eighth and ninth
Wprn hulNp1 From this tnip I IN the aiNtsanth
hole on the second round the match was marked
by steady play. Thompson outdrovc and output
ted his opponent. but the handicap of fourteen
strokes given 10 liOyt made up the difference in
play. Thompson won the seventeenth and the
eighteenth was halvcd. making Thompson the
against the match being awarded TO Thompson,
claiming that the latiCr'S caddic crossed his put
ting line. The Greens mi decided that
the match shonld be called n draw and be played
off tomorrow morning, the conditions to be nine
holes. match play. Young Robinson showed up
well today and is looked upon as one OF the men
who will play in the finals. summaries follow:
Ambassadors Cup-Firs Round. match plny-W. A.
Taylor beat d. Percy Morgan, . UP and | 10 play; +.
! James beat pavid Lydlg. ! up ami > to play; c. De
eraux beat Beekman Winthrop. 3 up and 9 to play.
y. n Robinson, Jr. beat Ia I'd 7. Dana. , UP aud 4 10
play; ]. c. Greenlcaf beat Myles Standish. y up and .
to play d. w. Bishop. Jr, beat Joseph W. Burden. o
drew.
The rawing for tomorrow are: Taylor
against James. De Hendin against DeverauX.
Grcenleaf against Bishop. Robinson, Jr., against
Hoyt or Thompson.
The consolation match for a prize offered by
Joseph W. Burden was easily won to-day by
Nelson Robinson with q net score OF 81. Tho
RcDrpS were.