The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-31
THf GAY GOLFERS
THEY had A DELIGHTFUL
TOURNAMENT
TWO CHAMPIONSHIPS PLAYED
Mrs. Hugh Vail Won the Ladies'
Championship and E. Condo Jones
the Gentlemen's Event

One Of the most successful golf tourna-
ments ever held by the Los Angeles GOLF
club was given yesterday at the GROUNDS
ON Alvarado street. There were large
numbers of participants and in addition
the play was viewed by perhaps 100 guests
There were handicap tournaments Tor
both ladies and gentlemen, the former
playing nine holes while the latter played
eighteen. The playing showed marked
Improvement, especially among the ladies',
and new converts are being made to the
game all the time.
The first events were the two handicaps,
the six highest scores in the gentlemen
game and the four highest scores in the
ladies' being taken as qualification for the
participation in the championships. The
gentlemens handicap was won by Walter
Cosby, who, with handicap Of six holes.
scored 90 strokes, giving him net score
of IS. T. L. Craig, with the same handicap,
rounded the links with 80 strokes, which
gave him a net score of 81. ]. F. Sartori
and E. B. Tufts, from scratch, scored IS
and SO respectively, while NJ. S. Severance,
with a handicap of three holes, made SO
strokes, which left him net score of &c.
E. Condo Jones, from scratch. made 81.
These six participated in the champion
ship. Following were the scores made by
others in the handicap: Chas. Monroe,
handicap thirteen holes, scored liz, net
score of 81; H. P. Anderson, handicap six
holes, scored 104, net 50; W. A. Tufts, hand
leap six holes, scored 9S, net 80; Phil Lyon,
handicap six holes, scored 1O6, net 100;
Hugh Vail, handicap three holes, scored
1O4, net 1O1; Joe Cook, handicap three holes,
scored 81, net "a; Ed Silent, handicap six
holes, scored 1O6, net 100; w. H. Holiday,
handicap ten holes, scored 112 net 1O2
In the championship all played from
scratch and E. Condo Jones won, the score
being 81. The others scored as follow: ].
F. Sartori, So; E. B. Tufts, SO; M. s. Sew
erance, "a; Walter Cosby. Sc land T. L.
Craig, 49,
In the ladies' handicap Mrs. J. T. Grit
9TH won, scoring 81. less the handicap of g.
making 50 net; Mrs. Hugh Vail made 81
from scratch, Miss Helen Fairchild GO, less
q handicap of 7, leaving Sc net; Miss Bessie
Bonsall g., less handicap of Z, leaving So
net, and Miss Pattee g. less a handicap of
Z. leaving so net.
The SCORES made by the less expert play
ers, who did not qualify for the champion
ship event. were Mrs. Holiday Y, less II,
making so net; Mrs. DR.. MACEDONIAN 81,
less 20, making GA net; Mrs. Chas Monroe
rs, less 10, making 6S net and Mrs F. w.
Blanchard 76, less 10, making &C net.
Mrs. Vail captured the ladies' champion
ship with Sc net the others being Miss
Fairchild 81, Miss Pattee IS and Mrs.
Griffith 81.
Mrs. Monroe won the ladies punting con-
test and M S. Severance the similar COM
petition for gentlemen. Mrs. ]. F. Sar-
tori captured the driving for ladies and
e. Condo for the gentlemen. Silver cups
were awarded as prizes for the two cham
pionship events. and caddy bags went to
the winners in the handicaps. A dozen
golf balls were given to each of the win
ners in the punting and driving contests.
From noon until 1870 lunch was served in
the clubhouse.