The Saint Paul globe., 1898-09-13
AFFAIR PERFECTLY ARRANGED
Morris County Golf Club FuIfiIIs It's
Promise to Prepare Course
Which Would Outclass Any Links
I'm America-Champi II. j..
Whigham, Who Recently Re-
turned From Cuba, n Contestant.

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| as one Of the most perfectly arranged
| affairs of its kind that has ever taken
! place in the history of the game in this
country. The weather was delightful,
! and conditions Of the links drew forth
a generous amount of praise from the
| players.
When the club made its bid at the
| last annual meeting of the United
| States Golf association to have this
| years great events take place on it's
! grounds, the representatives promised,
! In case the contest should be held here,
| to prepare course which would out
| class any link in America. The players
! who have started in the tournament
| all acknowledge that the Morris clubs
| greens committee has, with a generous
| expenditure Of money and time, sue
ceeded in furnishing the most perfect
| golf course in the country. The dis
| tance from the first tee to the last of
the eighteen holes is exactly $3.50
yards, so that each player in the pre-
| linlinaries shall cover nearly seven
miles in going twice over the course of
the medal play at thirty-siX holes. One
hundred and twenty of the best anna
teur players, representing fOrty-eight
of the leading golf clubs in this coun-
try, have entered the contest for the
blue ribbon, Of American golf, and it
is expected that there will not be a half
dozen absentees.
The players most prominent in the
list are ex-Chairman G. B. Macdonald,
Of the Chicago Golf club who won the
hCnors in 1896, and H. ]. Whigham, of
the Onwentsia Golf club. Lake Forest,
Ill, who captured the title at Shinne-
cock Hills, in 1896, and was again sue
cessful in Chicago last year. Mr.. Whig-
ham was among the doubtful starters
up to this morning, as his health had
been Impaired from a prolonged stay
in Cuba during the war, but It was
officially announced today by one Of
the greens committee, that he would
surely compete.
PLAY BEGINS.
A few days ago the players were
raired for the preliminaries and the
first two, Maturin BaIlow, Of the Apa-
wants club, Rye, N. Y. and Frank L.
Woodford. of the Overland association.
Denver, Col, were called to the first
tee at 1880 o'clock Notwithstanding
the early hour set for the opening Of
the game, there was quite a large rep
resentative gathering in front of the
club house when the men drove off for
the first hole.
AT intervals of four minutes the other
pairs were dispatched on their journeys.
SO that by noon all the players had
begun their work for the much-cOveted
prize. Most Of the day will be con-
fined to medal play at thirty-six holes
the thirty-lOWest scores to qualify for
the match play rounds which are to be-
gin tomorrow. Among those who wait
ed to answer to their names when call
ed at the appointed time were: David
r. Forgan and Mark Cummings, Chi
cago.
Among the first fifty men who finish
ed the first half of the days play, only
two had got into the eighties. w.
Bayard Cutting Jr., West Brook Golf
club, Islip, made the best record for the
eighteen holes with eighty-six strokes,
and Albert H. Smith. of the Onwentsia
club, Chicago. came next with eighty
nine.
BRILLIANT PLAY.
H. J. Whigham, of the Onwentsia club.
arrived this morning. He stated that
he did not expect a better score than
100. He reached 95 for the first eigh-
teen holes, but fell on the second round.
Walter b. Smith, the young Onwent-
sia club player, started out in fine
shape, making a score of SO, being the
best score for the first eighteen holes.
On the second round he fell badly on
the twelfth hole, pulling his score
dowp. Smiths driving was excellent.
He Is conceded to be the best driver
in the West. His complete score was
as follows:
Inf First s. J. Is + hGiss Gut; T. g. + 1s
1r3 Second Is iS holes e out; a. 7.
Joseph H. Choate Jr., the Stockbridge.
! thirty-six holes and wins the gold
medal. He played a good game
! throughout.
Besides these Robert Crowell, Cleve-
land Golf club; Mr.. Wright, Philadel-
phia Cricket club, and w. J. Travis,
Oakland Golf club, Bayside, L, L,
brought their scores below $780,
w. B. Cutting, Of the Westbrook Golf
club, Islip, L. l., made the eighteen
holes in the fine score of Sc, and his
friends anticipated great results from
/ his second round. but he fell on the
ninth and tenth holes, raising his score
to So. His total of 1872 qualities him for
tomorrow's play. A surprise to many
was the fall of Foxhall P Keene, the
| Newporter, who went the first round
in SO and failed to qualify for the finals.
Sixteen were absent Or withdrew, they
being as follows
w. Belts, Shinnecock Hills L. l.; W. Cum
ther, Westbrook Golf club J. H. Palmer Riv-
erside Golf club, Chicago; John Morehead Jr.,
Allegheny, Pa; j. Burden Jr., Newport r. L.
w. Rutherford MeadowbrOok club, Westbury
L. l.; Kenyon V. Painter, Cleveland o. Golf
CIuD, u. Bliss, riverside Coll club, Chicago.
A. NJ Robbins and w. Grey st. Andrews s:
David Forgan, Onwentsia club, Lake Forest
ILL.,: NJ S. Barger, Newport; F. c.. Matthews
Lakewood. n. j.; T. P. Farr, Essex County
Country club, Orange, N. j.; A. l.. Norris
Dyker Meadow Golf club Brooklyn.
SUMMARY
Score, first round: Walter B. Smith On
wentsia, SO; Findlay S. Douglass, Greenwich.
Conn.,, 80; F. H. Boiler Philadelphia 80:
w. ]. Travis, Baysde, L. l., 80; C. B. Mac
donald, Chicago. 90; w. D. Vanderhol, Morris
county, 81; j. N. Manning, Auburndale, Mass,
| 81; J. Insley, Belair, Morris county, 92 Al
fred NJ. Coates, New port, r. l.. 80; George D.
Fowler. Philadelphia, 81; I. G.. Thorpe Cam
bridge, Mass, "a; G. H. Hubbard, Cam
bridge. Mass, "a; H. c. Leeds. Myopia, 95;
Clarke Re, Jr, shinnecock, H., 95; G.
/: Whigham, Onwentsia. Chicago, 95;
GIreenvilIe Kane, Tuxedo, 96; A.
st. Andrews, SO; S. F. Watson West
beck. Islip. 81; Percy Pyne, Morris county, 9S;
Alexander Morton, Westchester, 9S; l. R.
Chadwick, Richmond county 1OO W. B.
| Dinsmore Jr., Tuxedo, 89 Foxhall p Keene,
| Newport, R. l., SO; A. R. Lineawaver Phil
adephia, 95; R. E. Griscom Mercer Pa,
| 81; Patrick Grant, Palmetto "a; Daniel
| Chauncey, Dyker Meadow, "a: ]. C. Rennard
| Tuxedo. SO; Otto Hermyer Staten Island 90:
| c. l.. Tappin, West Brook, Isip 100; F. o.
| Beach, Meadowbrook 100.