The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-07
MOVEMENTS OF GOLFERS.
r. A. HAYEMEYER'S SUCCESSOR TO
RE ELECTED ON THURSDAY.

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executive Committee or the u. Q. 9. A.
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Tournay ut N1yopia-Piay nc shinnecock Hills
Tho Executive Committee OF the United States
no,f Association will meet in this city on next
rsrrsdny afternoon. A new President will be
.,oo,sd to All the oflce left vacant by the death
.,TheodoreA A. Havemeyer. A number OF clubs on
Az. waiting list will be elected to membership.
sho final arrangements for the championships
Iii ,lso be announced. As THE Sol has stated,
Me- presidency will probably DO offered TO Lau-
,0ncc Curtis Of Boston, the First Vice.President.
Tho vacancy on the Executive must
,i,o be filled. Ransom II. Thomas Of the Morris
county Golf Club, J. Wynford Biddle Of the
philadelphia Country Club, J. Borden Harri-
,nan Of the Knollwood Country Club. and John
p.d Of the st. Andrews Golf Club have all
Nm mentioned as desirable men for the
n,sce. There is quito a general opinion
Among the local players that the increase Of
,olanr at Philadelphia, Washington. Baltimore.
md throughout the South, should be recognized
w. the appointment Of q committeeman who
would be representative Of that section of the
country. Those who talk this way say that J.
az Biddle, who is a member of tho Philadelphia
Country Club, a jealous player, and from his
n.st Identification with cricket, familiar with
The detail work necessary in the wise regulation
of q popular ToSfOotioh, "ouiu pO vi
the place..
This Is the second season Of the Saratoga Golf
Club. and the Arrangements made for the game
at the springs will now compare favorably with
those at Newport. Lenox or Aiken. At u meet
ing held on last Wednesday the following Board
az directors was elected: DIR. Cochran, William
rllis. v. b. French, W. B.. Gage, E. NJ. Green,
". B. Huestis, II. NJ. Levengston, Jr., J. M.
Marvin. J. A. Manning. w. IL. Manning. DIR.
Miner, and w. E. Woolley. Robert B. C. Ander-
non. who was in charge at Westbrook last sum
mer, has been engaged as greenskeeper. The
grounds arc on Church street and comprise q
tract OF over fifty acres Of grass land asthick
and smooth rs a tennis lawn. A mile Of pipe
has been laid to water the putting greens. which
are Of unusual size. and a series OF turf bunkers
have been built. so that now each hole must DO
npproached over q sporty hazard. Tho links Will
be opened for the season on next Saturday.
Although only recently introduced at Nutley.
rolf is fourishing apace. Tho course of the
Eutley Golf Club is gradually getting into ex-
cenent shape. although the putting greens may
still be improved upon. A. II. Larkin holds the
record for the eighteen holes at ninety-hve
. soSs iim sn as tthhS the N NSt I course u is easily S a STOKE
A hole more difficult than the well-known links
stopt NeS York; The Sutley team is made up of
{ Morgan, Jr. On next Saturday the team will
Il viii play a home match with the Montclair
Golf Clu6. Satterthwaite is showing an improv-
ing game. making single rounds now in forty
seven. three or four strokes better than his
former average. and the team is able to put up a
'' I'm n exam match fH Of the Philadelphia Country
Club team will be with the Baltimore Golf Club.
at Baltimore, on next Saturday, The Philadel-
ing ardor. and, in spite of the bad defeat on last
Saturday, the team is DESTROYS to again meet
the men of the Staten Island Cricket and Base
bali Club. The stipulation is made, however.
that the next contest shall be on neutral links.
Country Club OF WestcheSter.
An Informal match was held at the SHINE
eock Hills Golf Club on last Saturday to start
cup matches will be all under way. The new
2O.O00-pound steam roller has done wonders in
spots Tsesl thEro r1i they're green's having avn bee been ali pressed
down, so that the luck OF the lie will here
s si1sT e Golyt o an , fmP aE1 Ph Bosio On sro 9S9s o n 1es
BY r. II. Robertson. will begin. The following
boyle score has been arranged for the extended
course, now $3.50 yards long:
Gn'. t ttsssss ~ i
The competition rs open to members and sea-
he pICser'S defeating il :"c l'p Boyle" BY the T srea ~
est number Of holes: II the Colonels' score is
shall eoles nearest saHa to defeating him shall be the tho;
winner. A new rule that the Greens Commit
tee has s,I passed x Tdt oa have Sa a SF "a in g5 effect sSsO on ,t the
are the winners. 1t is that a player in any stroke
match failing to return a complete and properly
attested score card shall be penaliZed 1--WE
strokes in the next handicap in which he enters.
Aside from the st. Andrews classes B and @
handicap on Wednesday and a long list of club
competitions and team matches on Saturday, tho
special events OF the week include the first
women club championship at Ardsley to.mor.
row. a tournament TO be held every six months.
on. the plan OF the Ardsley mems champion
ship, and the nrst handicap, on Saturday, OF the
b members Of the New York Stock Exchange. a
4 tournament that is to be held annually. This
year the brokers have selected the knOllwood
Country Club links for their match. There are
some golfers OF high repute at the Stock Elk.
change, as we'll as many who know more OF
puts and calls than OF puts and drives, 30 that
ahyely match is assured.
The Roekaway Coll Club team won the match
with the Queens County Golf Club team. played
q Cedarhurst on Saturday. The summary FOL.
lows: