New-York tribune., 1898-12-05
GOLF.
RESULTS OF TIE SEASON ON METRO
POLITAN LINKS.

rvr...-y- TWO TOURNAMENTS IN WHICH IoOAh
,t.,yrBs HAVE TAKEN PART-wALTER
J. TRAVIS HEADS THE LIST OF
PRIZE -wINNERs-How THE
OTHER MEN STAND
mo nostponement OF the final round matches Oh
,bo Lakewood golf tournament until spring VT.u-
"I. nu;s an eo5 TO the metropolitan golf calendar
Gov ,ho wear and leaves tho way clear Tor Drisi
summary of the standing Of the various pfize-""-
ners Whilo the results cited are contneu 10 d"
ar.a Of TOO small compass 10 he iariE repie
sentative o. what mas been done In gof 'hrous"o"'
the country. tAe number and prominence Oh .'e
nlayer- VINO have competed here make the showing
OF nor, than local value. numoe: VI so''
from distant points have taken part In THESE 'oui
rameuts and this fact, combined VILE 'he o''e
mat the Meiropuaan Association represents Oy lar
1le largest and most important section OF TIE GUM
~, shoild add not a lit,le weight to the results
To be sure Philadelphia. Boston. Chicago ana
other ci.ics have their various go4' leagues. pu'
none OF them compare in size with that OF New
York II f. estimated that twenty thousand play!
ers are represented by the clubs in and ABOUT ''s
ci,v but owing 10 the fact that many men belong
70 q number Of examinations an eAact compu'a'io"
IS difficult IT nay confidently be asserted now
ever. that what has been accomplished in these
metropoian contests is indicative OF the present
status OF so!fng skill in the United States
The season opened in April. with the annual tour
nament Of the Lakewood Golf Cluo' then occupy
ing i,s old nine-holo course. and closed win the
fail Tournament OF the club, which had IN 'he
mean time moved to its present quarters, on 'he
Nathan Straus farm. In that period eighteen
tournaments were held under the auspices OF the
METROPOLITAN Golf Association. And just worn
In explanation Of the system under which 'hese
contests are given. The association assumes 10
control other than receiving applications for dates
and making up the seasons calendar Each cluo
is free 70 conduct its tournament II sees 1t but
the general scheme Of all is the same including
qualifying round AT medal play in which the oest
sixteen scores qualify for the subsequent rounds
at match play. and open handicap also al meoal
play on the closing day Of the tournament
The prizes usually include medals for the best
gross scores in the qualifying and handicap rounds
cups for the winner and runner-up IN the match
play, suitable consolation prizes and trophy TOT
the best ne; score IN the handicap. In several
Instances the handicap feature was omitted ior
team match contest between representatives from
competing clubs This the case at the Bal
tusrol Dyker Meadow. St. Andrews and Richmond
County clubs, while at the Westchester Country
Club and tire Lakewood Gof Club foursome
tournament took the place Of the usual handicap.
To these eighteen tournaments should he added
+he annual Stock Exchange Handicap at Knoll
wood and the summer tournaments at Newport.
Ienox and Saratoga. The latter three while not
coming strictly within the metropolitan district,
attracted many players from about NewYork
that IL seems only fair to include them In the list
OF local results The amateur championship OF
Morris County and tac two intercollegiate cham
pionships. spring and fail. At Ardsley are not IN
cluded for obvious reasons.
Bunching these twenty-five tournaments. Walter
j. Travis, OF the Oakland Golf Club. heads the
list with thirteen prizes. Six of these first
cups won at match play. and the others are medals
offered for the best scores in either the qualifying
or handicap rounds Travis has been the
constant well the most successful follower
of the metropolitan season and thoroughly de-
serves the place he has His record Is well
worth noting. BY defeating Patrick Grant by
up and to play he took the Knollwood Cup; at
Dyker Meadow he won from Daniel Chauncey in
The final round and received the first prize there
he took the Oakland Cup from A. d. Cochrane. Of
y of the e"1 eTay cy @ cu nG the Sn Essex coDn
y Cup from T. II P0wens Farr Of the Essex
from g. Fox Tiffany. Of that organization. In ad
4on to d1 h he Is nS% & ed With M a,f FnSay IS, s.
hSnfiGaP cup at G sea5IiSht ,d ,s eS scoring in the
"4 MGrdock TY I"f sq %n and Harry Mon
Jr.. for the best gross score in the Shnnecock tour
Last year Trsvl. also headed the list of metro
PGlitsTn PLAYERS with fonTsen first prizss A. that
s ssp jGGeG hi his anks sa@ and n
{r,, Of the Westbrook Golf Club. Of Isp, Long
prizss each. Then com. H. T. TOier Q: BausToI BAIT sT
,5r.. and p saS TandeTpool Of Morris County, with
aae a5S Fi3d"y s. POugglas jasper Lynch D. Goch
rak M br hsm1tGn BnrdeIe dconnor r Ba1 e. & e.
4 Barker Marion Wright. G. E. Armstrong a. r.
dairrso1 ana "a A. L. Norris Douglass showing OF
only two tournaments this year. and in one Of
these he was unable TO finish. Also this reckoning
is made solely on first, runner-up and consolation
cups in match play and gross score medals in quail
flying and handicap rounds. The handicap cups
ere not included owing 70 the fact that credit
for actual merit hardly be given for prizes
won on handicap allowances. So also the prizes
offered In the team matches and the various minor
prizes are omitted. the purpose being merely to
effort. "
The following table puts in brief form the prize
winners and their standing. In the first column
are gwen the number OF cups I'm first division
match play, or, In other words. tho chief prizes
OF the tournaments. The second column includes
INC runners-up for first cups. In the third are
punched the prizes won either in qualifying rounds
or Tor gross scores In handcaps and in the fourth
are Inc consolation cups. The table is complied
from the result. In the Lakewood Batusrol Knoll
%ood. DNker Meadow. Oakland, Stock Exchange
Powellton seabright. Norwood, Shinnecock Engie-
WOOD. saratoga. Newport. Ienox. Westbreok
t'N 'ns county, ST Andrews Westchester Country
Essex County, Richmond County Westchestcr
COLI and Lakewood tournarn arncnts