The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-11

shots Within the tfSS Clubs grounds. and Is IN IN other arsq
often lose the advantage Of a long shot simply
because the ball lies an inch or SO beyond the
wire. where a slight pull or slice has taken 1t,
and. harder yet. A. who slices a long ball into
the edges OF the shrubbery., must play out with
TIE 4 w loss b POSSIBLE s 8 q =, two rTSS or , three th strokes; while ie
under the wire. may play from, the tee. again
under the mild penalty 81 a stroke: The one
such a large field. but otherwise It seems too
4 hard task has been set for the players. for :
He me qSnaIiiying t s. round tomorrow At #
keep on at NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. match rounds until
the finals on Saturday. Should the winner go
through the match rounds with an average ola
week and walk about eight miles each day.
When +; G. TAFT won the amateur Champion
tiated ninety;five holes. and the century may
be placed as the limit OF championship rounds
here go seventy-two holes. medal play. in two
days at the annual open championships. Still.
t taes point mt q }9e enSd sYs mean. must to cut tb little imPGr,
round to~-morrow-the largest entry In any golf
championship in the world. The clubs. forty
arstt rank In The United States. Il Si IS = neeid
thoroughly representatives OF American golf and
s solferss. On sH oi y %So@ m eiS@ eSrry oh % f tRe ePizsl
n the first O.. s. g. A. amateur cRampionnshi
thS - TIunnPeFs;up to Charles b Macdonald was
Ished to the surprise Of all. ahead Of the best
homebred scratch golfers Of the day. In 1896.
golldinT talent OF that. year. a scratch teh man nSms at his
life and had acquired a fair mastery by assidu-
Gus practice; LAST year by beating MacDqn-
s eam th ru fn9 se%5j to Il. ). WWihEiS;bsse@s t s6 % b SS5s s est
into prominence for the first time the younger
set who predominate In this years entry and
Reviewing this wears ChnnraS- n 7 Whi0-
ham, although an invalid from Cuban fever.
must Still be c9pnted on. Scotchmen who
how to play. until they lose the taste for oat-
meal. Besides, the champion has been playing
practice. Aside from the Cuban voyage. Wig.
ham has not seemed to vary much from the
book: Three times a week is often enough to
scores. Put your, thought into each stroke as
About ten weeks before q great event avoid
golf practice and the Golf atmosphere. Re
the event. This win prevent staieness where
one had PREVIOUSLY been playing steadily. Fol;
i be- y SaaS % po ! { S When sh thps A tTla Ii0e eo@sss YET LET
do not fear to take a chance"
learned their game ebroad-C. B, Macdonald.
aeSSR az least IS P sSs sssa a aRS EFsP as S Ssd ala Sh0 iast
year; Forgan qualified last year. and was nut
out. by Douglas IN the, first match play round
dangerous this year, than he was at Wheaton.
for th M Championship to the veteran Scotsman
beat J. F. Curtis In the first round for the Pres
s sas0sd q TSRn "a b. SsG q, Mo RP Sargent Tss PUT x SO' Il n tse
1 Last U yesr coats ta so g%sl IA ! up apnd d. a ateet bsati hS!g 4,
on the home green, in the second round. Goats
may and his opPo%5tuTRttty this iime. lfhs bides
WOOD Iis;f z All iShsD dsis% !. &hiishsa sdBinIs;
as a prominent factor. He began well this year
by winning in the Lakewood spring ~tourna-
@ RSms. bq M he ela ha On S tRs F TdtthnsFTd neglected ss% SSri his
the two visits It has made to Dyker Meadow
was not that OF e pre9rdaiped champion. Still
until he gains. the coveted blue ribbon Of the
links. but he will have to earn every step on tho
luck of the draw, The explanation is that
the canny chiefs, o the West want his scalp. for
G GaSr falRe ov as the fheY Tir relaS y at E %hsato i20o OR S onl
q Douglas casts no otto spell on tho home;
WhIgham the homebreds are promptly seized
with the trembles. but they look upon Douglas
homebreds remember that Douglas has been
beaten at open t~opTnaments here by s. D.
i GST%SThsI G aaS a at ff1aE Esso; dn he 'G bsT;s fy's escaped SSssdi
ddslsst 6yM r. nWrlEht r. ths aasIs: I'M
DouGias's class every time.
The others TO start tomorrow who quail
fed at Wheaton are; w. r., Belts. J. A.
d dEnSE; }:kA' fTt1Il@T Was ' q dis ssiS; nth snf ! t N;
year until he made the so on Friday. but Reid
eh~anplonshIP class. Players entered who
y; B. spith, FFoShal5 Keene. W Waller +.
GrowJs jarvis L HUME nntor6b; 3. GHiosckmnssSSsssii.' d! 4sp i aosaS..
slas9n ThomRson and w z, csTneEie, Keele.
Th9EP who recently beat both A R9bblns