The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-27

ARDSLEY- ON-THE- HUDSON, N. Y.
Oct. 26.-The third championship tour,
nament of the Intercollegiate Golf as.
sociation began today on the Ardsley
Golf clubs links. There were fom
teams of six men each from Harvard
Yale, Princeton and Columbia univer-
stiles, in competition for the team
championship cup, which was won by
the Yale players in the two preceding
contests. If the New Haven cOllegianS
are again successful the trophy, which
was presented by the Ardsley club in
the spring of 1897, will become tbs
permanent property Of Yale. Yale's
team, however, is not as strong as here.
tOfore. Three of her leading players
Terry, Belts and CrOWell, having grad,
uated, are Ineligible. Walter H. Smith.
the Chicago player, is the star Of the
team. Harvard has a very rosy chance
> of winning the team championship this
time, with such players as Choate, Cut
ting and Curtis among her half dozen
representatives
During the early morning the rain
fell steadily and the links were thor.
Oughly soaked. There was no sign Of
the weather clearing up at II o'clock,
and the golfers decided to begin play
at that hour. The teams We're made
up as follows:
YaIc-John Reid Jr.. W. B. Smith, t. NJ
Robertson, c. D. Barnes, F. c. Hayemeyer
and z. p Hinkley.
Harvard-J. H. Choate Jr., w. Bayard Cut
ting Jr.. J. T. Curtis, G. S. Clark Jr., G. G.
Hubbard and J. E. Averill.
Prineeton-J- Stuart, G. A. Griswold Jr.,
and A, D. ChiIds.
Columbia-F. Stuyveyant Morris, Cornelius
Fellows Jr., W. H. Dixon, L. Rhoades Jr.,
B. W. Smith and B. Darrach Jr.
Yale versus Columbia and Harvard
versus Princeton was the result of the
> drawing on the days play, which is to
be match play at eighteen holes. The
two winning teams in today's contest
will meet in the finals at match play
tomorrow and the individual cham.
piOnships will be played out on Friday
and Saturday.
PLAYED IN RAIN
When the players gathered near the
first tee, brisk southeast wind blew
sheets Of rain in their faces, and tina
storm continued all through the day,
without a break. The downpour failed
to dampen the ardOr Of the collegians
and they foundered over the whole
course with undampened spirits.
The conditions were: Six men to each
team; eighteen holes at match play, and
the two winning teams to play in the
final round. Yale men were pitted
against COlumbia's experts, and Harz
wards golfers faced Princeton's. as thu
result of the draw for the matching
OF teams. Not one of the Princeton or
Columbia men were returned as a VIM
ner, and Yale and Harvard had a. clean
sweep. This was not an unlocked for
race, as the victorious teams had been
picked out as sure winners. w. B.
Smith, of Chicago, who gave such a
splendid exhibition of his skill with
golf clubs at the recent amateur cham,
pionship tournament, was the strongest
man on the Yale side. John Reid Jr.,
and T. NJ. Robinson are also very clever
players and, in fact, the whole team.
including Barnes, Havemeyer and
HinCkley, acquitted themselves credita,
bly,. For Harvard J. S. Choate, w. B.
Cutting Jr., and w. H Curtis, the pres
ent holder Of the individual champion
ship title, were the pick Of a half dozen,
but Averhill, Hubbard and Clark dis
posed Of their opponents from Prince