Evening star., 1898-09-17
THE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
Douglas and Smith the Final Contest
ants for HOnors.


| MORRISTOWN, N. J., September 17.-The
right to the title of the American amateur
gclf champion of 1898 will be decided this
| afternoon on the Morris County Golf Clubs
links, and the two players, Findlay S.
Douglas and Walter B. Smith, who have
survived the weeks play to take part in
the final struggle today, are representatives
of eastern and western clubs.
| Smith is just out of the collegiate ranks
and represents the Onwentsia Golf Club Of
Lake Forest, Ill., The three amateur cham
pionships which have been decided in this
country since 1896 have been won by play
ers entered from Chicago clubs, and if
Smith should be so fortunate as to win
this year it will be the third time in sue
c9ssion that the cup shall have been won
by a representative of the Onwentsa Golf
Club. Douglas golf is almost perfect. and
he is not one to be easily ratified put off
his game. Young Smiths driving capabili-
ties make him a formidable opponent.
Douglas and Smith drove off at II o'clock.
The first hole went to Smith, to 5. The
second hole was halved in 3.
Douglas Wild Playing.
In driving for the third hole Smith sent
his ball into the artificial bunker and 1t
fell back into the land pit. Douglas pulled
his drive. landing the ball in the parallel
bunkers. Douglas played rather wildly,
his left being futile. Smith was on the
green in 2, but Douglas took A, placing
Smith up. Smith, in driving for the
fourth hole, hit the telegraph wire near
the railroad and the ball fell out of bounds.
The Chicago player took this ball and
made a very fine drive. Douglas did
equally as well on his drive. Smiths Sec
ond lodged in a sand pit. but Douglas Sc
cured good tie. On his third Douglas
landed on the green. Smith reached the
green in 4. Douglas won the hole, to 6,
m
Douglas made fine drive for the fifth,
but Smith topped his ball and fell short.
Issuing his brassey he discovered a sand
PIT, While Duoglas, with a good approach,
shot close to the green. On his next his
ball lay dead and he holed out in to s.
making the score all square
Going TO the sixth hole both drove we'll
placing their balls within short distance
OF each other, and each was on the green
in , Smith on his third made a very poor
put but Douglas went within a few inches
OF the cup. Smith made a Door nut and
douglas won the hole in 4 to 5. This made
Douglas l up.
Smith Topped Badly.
For the seventh hole Douglas was down
IN 3 to ), and the score stood I'D for Doug
las Approaching the eighth, Douglas with
hign drive struck the lower limbs of an
other tree. Smith drove out of bounds
and he took another ball, which he topped
badly. He failed to clear the first mound.
douglas was on the green in 2, and Smith
gave up the hole, which was approximate1
to b. Douglas then led by 8 up.
douglas had the honor and drove nicely
but Smith drove much better Douglas got
INTO sand pit on his second and got ont
very poorly on his third shot He reached
the green in 4, and took 6 to make the hole.
Smiths third struck the top of the bunker
and bounded over. His fourth landed the
ball within five feet of the hole, but he
missed an easy put, and the hole was
falved In e. The cards for the first nine
holes read:
Douglas, out.......5 3 ) 3 G-4l
Smith, out. 8 & ) 5 6-ij
AT the close of the first round of IS holes
Douglas led Smith with up. Scores of
second 0 holes:
Douglas, in ........4 6 7 3 IA
Smith, in ..........4 6 . 6 5 I 4 3-47
Both made good drives for the tenth and
We're on the green with Mashie shots in 2
The hole was halved in 4. Douglas practi-
cally presented Smith with the twelfth hole
but the latter did not avail himself of the
opportunity. The hole WAS halVeu in D.
Smith won the next, to I, pulling down
his opponents lead to up. The fourteenth
and nIteenth holes were halved IN IS and
As. Going to the sixteenth, Smith drove
across the punch bowl and into the fence
tall struck wire and fell into the long
glass He took to get out and gave up
the hole, which was approximated :; to I.
Douglas was again 3 up.
Smith Won the eighteenth in TO j. and
the nineteenth went to Douglas in 20 &.
This ended the first round with Douglas
3 up.