The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-16
Social and
PERSONAL

The members of the Country club are
invited by the wyoming Valley Coun-
try club to be present at the tourna-
ment this afternoon, which will be
most interesting event. The personnel
of our team will be changed by the
substitution of Captain Watkins, who
was unable to play last week. OF TINS
contest the Wilkcs-Barre Times OF last
evening says:
The contest at the Country club on Sat
urday will draw a large crowd from Scran-
ton, and of course the Wilkes -Barrcans
will turn out in force too. 1t promises TO
be a brilliant gathering. The Scranton
players will be entertained at lunch by
the Wilkes-Barre team and there is talk OF
giving them supper also atterward. inc
visitors will be received by a committee
at the club house, and the intention is to
extend as far as possible The courtesles
that made the visit of the Wilkes-Barre-
ans to Scranton last week so pleasant
Though Scranton and Wilkes-Barre may
never mix in a genuine social sympathy,
yet there is no reason why the local
Country club people should not exert
themselves to do what they can in the
way of courtesies. And that they will do
dies tournament handicap comes off early
in November, and there will be large en-
try list. The fact of the handicap gives
all a fair chance, and the friends or all
those who play will rally and make tile
tournament one of the greatest interest.
The Country club has never been so pop
ular in its history as during the past few
weeks. The weather with the exception
of few days, has been perfect for goiing,
and every member who could do so has
been availing him or herself of the oppor-
tunity to play the game, AS a result
number of splendid contests have taken
place, especially among the lady members,
many of whom are becoming expert golf
ers. Miss Eleanor Anderson, Scrantons
crack player, has been on the links sew
eral times recently and has repeatedly
played in the course in the sixties. Sew
eral tennis courts have been laid out and
this sport will receive more attention
in the future. The question of having
tohoggan slide has been agitated by a
number of the club members. The idea is
a splen lid one, for nothing could be more
pleasurable than a fine coast during the
coming winter evenings, followed up Ey a
chat about the CoZy log fireplace and per-
chance a chicken and waffle supper Tile
thing is feasible and could eas''y become
81 certainty if the proper authorities take
the matter in hand
Scranton last Saturday on the grounds of
the latter was in a number of instances
a surprise. A number of Wil!Se3-Barre
people went Va TO see the spor', but Il
they had known in advance about the
size Of the score they might have preferred
to remain al home. 1t was thought that
with fair good fortune Johnson and
Woodruff might hold down Scrantons
two cracks and that the others on the
Wilkes Barre team would do uu their
men in good shape. But while the two
mentioned fulfilled expectation, Johnson
did more than this by way for he tied the
redoubtable Huntington, the center and
left wings had an off day. The captain
was not playing in form and he mad
trouble on the putting greens that kept his
score down. 1t was more this than Simp-
sons good playing that did the trick, for
both got into about all the trouble that
the course affords, and this is a good
deal.
Loveland carried off the honors of the
day with Johnson. Loveland went at the
game in his earnest and methodical way,
and with the utmost nonchalance he pro-
ceeded to cut down the record of the new
course by making it in forty-one. At the
close of the match he had five up on his
opponent. This was a great afternoons
work. But it was the only balance on the
right side of the account that Wilkes
Barre could boast
As to the others not hereinbcfore men,
TONED, they had a rather hard time of it,
Hillman was in trouble on the putting
greens and he had the worst downfall of
the afternoon, being put under by ten
holes. But he will do better than this in
the next match, for he is a steady player
and not at all likely to go to pieces at crit
ical points. Chase was not up to the
promise he had shown in the local match
es but it appeared to be in his case simply
a case of off day
But the prospect ahead for the match
tor Saturday next is better and more
hopeful. On their own ground the Wilkes
Barre players will have a considerable adj
vantage. Their custom has been the clay
putting greens and this it is thought will
be greater disadvantage to the visitors
than We're the turf greens of the Scran-
ton course to the Wilkes-Barro PLAYERS
AT any rate the experience of the last
match OF the spring series would seem TO
confirm this view. But there is no doubt,
as one of the Scranton team remarked
after the match of Saturday last, that
Scranton has one leg of the cup pretty
well secured.
They are very confident. After the Sat
urday's match Captain Watkins stated
that he thought they could easily win
down here reXt Saturday. He was asked
what he meant by easily and he replied
that they v ould win at least ten holes up
tie Wfs among members Of his own team
ana he may have made this statement to
hiuse some confidence into them. But at
amy rate bet was asked and made on the
score of ten holes up-a dozen goH balls
And the Wilkes Barrean took another bet
at even terms on the result. That is, that
the scranton team VIII not win.