The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-18
OPEN GOLF Event
THE CHAMPIONSHIP AT WHEATON
WON BY LLOYD, A PRO-
FESSIONAL.
WILLIE ANDERSON SECOND.
FOULS, THE WINNER LAST YEAR,
ONLY ABLE To FINISH
THIRD.
A FINE DAY FOR THE CONTEST.
Spectators Given a Finish Such as
Is Rarely to He Seen on the
Links.

CHlCAGO, sept. If.-JOSepn Lloyd,
| the professional from the Essex Coun-
| ty Golf club, Manchester by-the-Sea,
Mass, won the open golf champion
ship for 1897 ON the links of the Chi
cago Golf club at Wheaton this after
noon. His total score was 1e2. Will
liam Anderson, the phenomenal young
player from the Misquamient Golf
club, Watchhill, r. l., was a close sec
ond, with 1913. James Fouls, now ex-
champion, finished third, with 16S,
Willie Dunn, of the Ardsley Golf club,
tying with him. Thirty-four men fin
ished the thirty-six holes under 200.
The day was fine for the game. The
crowd was large and enthusiastic. AS
the result of the morning matches,
Willie Anderson was ahead of James
Fouls by one stroke, and these two
were picked for first and second in the
afternoon FOULS encountered several
bunkers however, and was out of the
race after passing the sixth hole.
Lloyd improved his play in the after
noon. He made the home hole, ass
yards, in three, two better than
DOGGY for the hole. A 25O-yard drive,
long brassey shot which laid the ball
on the green and ten for the output
out afforded a spectacle which has
rarely been equaled in golf.
Willie Anderson was equal to Lloyd's
score at the eighteenth tee, but it was
seen that he had very slim chance
Of winning against the Essex mans
wonderful score. He went out in five.
The first round in the open cham
pionship began this morning at $3.50
a. m. Eighteen players started at in
tervals of five minutes each. One Of
the most popular matches of the morn
ing was between Lloyd and Henry Tur-
pie, Of the Washington Park club. Will
liam Tucker was paired with Cham
pion HI. j. Whigham, and their match
promised to be one of the best exhibit
lions of form yet shown on the links
Following was the order in which the
men started: D. Emmott and Robert
White, Robert McAndrew and Richard
Leslie; Walter B. Smith and John
Duncan; H. r. Sweeney and D. B. Me-
Intosh; W. G. Stewart and A. Ricketts,;
]. A. Tying and George Pearson, Joseph
Lloyd and Henry Turpie; w. Tucker
and H. j. Whigham; A. c. Tollifson
and Mr.. John Reid Jr.; James Fouls
and H. t. Rawlins; Sam Tucker and
Dave A. Fouls; Bernard Nicoll and C.
B. Macdonald; Willie Dunn and w. H.
Way; Robert FOULS and Foxhall
Keene; r. B. Wilson and John Harri-
son; w. F. Davis and w. Anderson; w.
Vincent Hoare and William Marshall;
S. D. Bowers and Findlay S.. Douglas.
The match was a medal play, 36
holes. Is to be played in the morning
and Is in the afternoon, the man max
ing the lowest score for the two rounds
to receive, if professional $3.50 in
moEey and gold medal, or if an anna
teur. gold medal and plate to the
value of $3.50; the. second prize $100;
third, $50; fourth, $25, and fifth. $40. The
last four prizes to go to professionals
only.
C. H Macdonald, of the Chicago Golf
club, with a score of 50, was the first
amateur in the first round. Champion
Whigham made the round in 81. Tur-
pie and Lloyd played extremely even.
being even. at the seventeenth hole. The
men were on the green at the eigh-
teenth in three, and Lloyd holed his
ball with 15-foot put Turpie mar
rowly missed his put for a five and
went out in six, finishing in So to SO for
Lloyd. AT 2 o'clock the second round
began and was continued through the
afternOOn Scores.