The sun., 1897-04-12
ACTIVITY ON MANY LINKS.
LOCAL CLUES PREPARING THEIR
SCHEDLLES ZOE TIE SEASON.

Removal or tho RIchmond County Country
club To New Qunrtcrs-The BoEie for the
Queens County Course-Conchers for Col
IeEe Teams-w. II. sands second at Cannes.
Golfers wore out In forco on every green in the
metropolitan district on Saturday, and their
eyes were gladdenod by the bright blades Of the
now verduro on the seeded fields and the thick
feel Of tho old turf two assurances OF good lies
throughout tho coming season. On next Satur.
day tho Cricket Club and Shnnccock Hin
teams will meet at Livingston, and the Cricket
Club second team will meet tho homo team Mt
the Nutley Golf Club.
Lakowood's 8 open tournament will be the fea-
ture fortnight hence, and with this decided
The local clubs will all send out their schedules.
Many are only waiting for the Metropolitan
Golf Association to ratify tho open tournament
dates so rs to announce their fixtures. The
regular season at the ST. Andrews Golf Club
will probably begin on April 81, with the first
monthly handicaps for A. B, and class players.
The st. Andrews Greens Committee has thirty
men at work on tho new Mount Hopo links and
tho construction Of the new clubhouse will be-
gin next week.
Tho farewell contests on the present links Of
tho Richmond Country Club will be played on
April 81 and May l. Tho first will be men,
bers' modal handicap, thirty-six holes. for first
anu bOConu prlLch, anu inc lhbU u m1I6u IOuT-
some eighteen holes. for two prizes presented
by James Park. Tho Alexandra house and
grounds, with the adjoining estate. formerly tho
Wann property, has boen rented by the club
for term Of years. Tho mansion. q
square and roomy three-story building. has
been fittod up as the clubhouse and IL will be ono
of the best in the circle OF country clubs around
this city A feature is separate rooms for wo-
men, who will hereafter bo admitted to full
membership. The house is on high bluff com.
,h mhhhuihg a sweeping vie" OF the lower Day ana
The Golf Committee ti of the club. consisting of
sSGn fhomas %na James Pai
ed bss. ,hsr in out the
eSSmpes con good Folf through every green without
level stretches. There is not u putting green
smooth as ysshts deck. The A" total f1 length i
course From the first tee the play is straight
,, toward os the he & ocean, the green being on
is very sporty, for the green is on the slope OF
Travine and Is almost a sheer drop from the tee.
The, approximate distances OF the holes are in
g. aI7 49, & ios; s o J. 81 The ine new house. a
and links will be opened early in May by an in.
will oe held in the fall. There are now 200 mem
bers IN the club. A the annual meeting last
week the following officers were elected
President. L. F. Within; Vice. President George j.
aS%snn SF op
r Montgomery, John II. chadwick. James Park
George b: Cromwell, W. Il. Thomas. and Eugene H.
outertridgc.
Committee OF the Queens County Golt Club has
modified the bogie score first suggested by ts
Captain, J. b. Coles Tappan. His figures were
H. The rearrangemcnt follows:
Yards-+l5. $50. 5oo 1oO s9O $40. 100. $40. 200. |
strokes-e, 8, =, g. sax 5. Total. as.
The Yale. Princeton, and Harvard golfers are |
championship In May, the first team in inter
club matches and the others on the home links.
Princeton team @ and Wi Willie Dunn has as been % asked I
TO instruct tho New Haven players. The Uni |
ycrsity Of Pennsylvania and Columbia players |
hard at work preparing for the game.
A. II. Fenn winner OF the southern Cross
championship was in this city last week. He ,
win not play again until the Lakewood oompe- |
tition.
II: Tho spring meeting me at Cannes. France, was
in the medal handicaps for the prizes offered BY |
the Grand Duke OF Mecklenburg Schwcrin and
Lady Brougham, nineteen cards were returned .
mems contest. The five last cards In the mems
handicap were: 7. J. Fuller 50, d. SO: W. II.
ss: A. H. Crosiicid. IS. . So: 4. {. Edwards, 80.
With 90 $, Of: The Women match was won BY
Miss sands. a. a. a. while Mrs. sands was in
sixth place. with 55, q, 40.
On the closing day of the BiarritZ tournament,
March 70 ae pT9hssiS9nsls ,h David Grant and
Brookllnc greenskeeper last season and winner
OF many open events in this country. played a
up. and in the afternoon ho again won by ono
hole, making wonderful put of about eleven
yards when douglas. also on tho green. had two
strokes to halve the second eighteen holes. This
gave the victory TO Grant by two holes on The
BY strokes Douglas was ~. 20; 1872.
Grant, Ts, ~; l55.