The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-12
GOLF STARTS AT OAKLAND.
SANDS BEATEN BY HAMILTON IN
TIE MATCH PLAY ROUND.

Fo1halI Keene Captures tho Cold Medal In the
Preliminary ~FinS-Trnyis, tho Club Cham
pion, Defeated By n single stroLe-seven
Play for the Consolation Cup-Tho Cards.
Some close medal play between tho leaders in
the preliminary round and the defeat of W. II.
| Sands by @. NJ. Hamilton were the striking in
| cidents at tho open tournament Of the Oakland
Golf Club yesterday. 1t was the first public
| competition held by the organization and UNI
usual care was taken to have the affair a sue
cess. The clubhouse, n pretty Queen Ammo cot
tage on q high bluff overlooking the links. was
crowded by the players and their friends.
Among the women onlookcrs, who, after tho
medal round, joined the golfers at luncheon,
were Mrs, T.. s. Turton, Mrs. J. II. Taylor, Miss
Bessie whipple. Miss Cassandra Ice, Mrs.
George Upshar, and Mrs. Foxhall =. Kccne.I
Sands made the best score for tho first nino
holes. He had two poor holes on the second
round. On the fourth hole of 143 yards no
SLICED the cleek drive into a bunker, SO chat a
2 was added to his card. and by getting bun
kered from his brassey the fifth hole cost 10.
He made this hole in 8 on the first round. Tho
short hole cost Travis a z going out, and he was
weak in putting on tho second round. Ho
holds the medal record Of AZ for the course. but
these shortcomings yesterday brought him the
totals Of A6 and 4S for the successive rounds.
| Wright was in strange territory and hc was in
all sorts OF difficulties going out, but his second
round was a .wcll.earned a. kcene lost 2
strokes In putting on the ninth green, but other
wise he had a good round going out. \ Z for tho
short holo married the second round, yet his
medal for the best score. Hamilton did not show
very prominently in the preliminary round.
The cards follow:
Foxhall Z. Keene, OAKLAND
2nas..":.."s ! ) ssStS 50 %
Walter ]. Travis. Oakland
2fn'..::":::.:ss SSSSss rs Is o.
~ ~ -.
E n u :a,SS { Isl ii 90
y. n. Wright, Philadelphia.
IN r'.:::"::":ss 5SSSts 81 ~ os
S. Il. Dorr. Nutley-.
fs s. '::::::::::::::s ::ss3ssss%- - 81 !
H. NJ. Alexander, Jr.. Oakland
Ga.:::::::::":ss sssss7ss 11--sst:-,os
c. NJ. Hamilton, Baltusrol-
f Gn':":::::Ss ) ss,SSSs SS--s5SS-,oo
F. W. Crowninshield. oakland
G fS.::::::":::::.5 : : $685. ss--Ssts-,,,
Townsend Lawrence. oakland
In G n:"s $685. SS--Ssss-lla
+. @. Leavitt. st. Andrew's-
Gns.::".":.::SS ! $685. 7T- -ss
Lawrence E. Embree. oakland
f Er !":.:":s t9Gs15 III s 81 :
John Il. Taylor, oakland
IN G H..::::":1 1888 : So s-S5-,,o
II. L. Riker. oakland
f Gn'::~"::":"::s ssS5sss,ssSS SO
Edgar s. Turton, oakland
f Ga. :::::S : s s III i11S' 2s,o5 SS--ssSS-,s7
Arthur Taylor. OAKLAND
fS n.::::::::ss sssss9i155 3 8 ss-ss
In the match.play round Sands played good
rolf. but Hamilton was fully his equal in driy-
Ing ana with the .orassey. In the approach
shots Hamilton had the better OF it, for either
his good luck or fine skill brought the ball
most MtaniH ea sssf' RR5ht e9 Ea f;stnq the q ars thf Ro hole bn iR
Hamilton won the next two; and was still one
his iron shot to the left of the green and
behind an apple tree. Hamilton missed an easy
put for =; YET ct. won the Il hole s na strokes * to S g;
twelfth green in 3. when lIamilton's approach
put trimmed the cup. and Sands was short.
consequently three holes down. They halved the
short hole in As, but the fourteenth fell 10
Sands. due to a long cleek shot that made the
Both drove, the first bunker on the 542-yard
played with the cleek, sands, despite the hard
ground, playing the brasscy. The advantage
s son. hS ws' p lSss By ps @ better na aPPaiS a%il, by H ftnaiIy
won. This made him dormie three, and. as
Sands went into the bunker from his second
shot on the next hole, the match was over.
Van cortlandt last November. He has since
tusrol. Seabright, and Norwood. but without
conspicuous success. Not one of the other
matches calls for extended ommen The sum-
maries follow:
Oakland %cup-First Round -Hamilton beat Sands
So play: i Reen ne reas crownins SeHi D by o S up an nP sp TO
play; Wright beat Alexander. by 0 up and = 10 play.
Ss.y 1ss'S = $ spS ~ sRa nc ! e ! Fls Z M E!ss; 5 ssas Tu1 s$s' By );
To-day Keene will play Wright and Travis
will meet Hamilton.
In the handicap mixed foursomes at the
Country Club OF Westchcster yesterday tho
winning pair were Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert NJ.
Hartman. with l05. 10. 80. The next best
Potter, ioe., 10. 90. and Mr.. and Mrs. j, NJ.
Waterbury. lie. IS, l0l. Teams representing
& @hUsaSG fSSr soa sa0 Mss NG%H' Ezpe siG and r'! !. B iRss as
Hartman. knollwood. beat Mrs: Potter and W.
h h4:iS "; P satls9 9 31;; qs" T.. and Gio Harry BY 3 | We:
meyer. Country Club. beat Mr.. and Mrs. II. NJ.
Hartman, after twenty holes. by l up. This
made the interclub issue a drawn match.
In the eighteen.hole putting match for a silver
cup on Saturday at tho Knollwood Country
Club the results were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul G. Thebaud. ~; c. Adams and
Mas GiiI Sn:d 90; 4 Herbert and Mss BaScoek, %;
7 IT, a'J J0,. sn Va Miss nuI Susie S!%rses. s.; Mr.: James and
Pehse. 90; A 7. Offender and Mrs. Herbert, 81.
TUXEDO. Oct 1.-THE first Of the two matches
arranged between the West Point Golf Club and
Tuxedo teams was played on the links o. the
Tuxedo Club to-day. Tho visitors met with an
overwhelming defeat. The summary:
WEST FONT. TUXEDO,
J.. Smith. ............. o Taller q
WAldron .............. 0 Rennard -. ......... 3
| Young ............... D Talbot .,,..... o
Chad wick ........... o Dinsmore 80. a
llerce .........--.....,. o Kane ....., 1
DAVIS ..,,:..-......... o Rusnmoro ........... =
Cruikshank ........,.. v Collier .....,..l8
CrabDs .,........,.,. o warrrn 4
kerr ...-..".-..... . Van Cortlandt .......... .
TotA ................. o. Total .......,4 AZ
Golf Notes.