New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-15
GOLF.
THIRD DAY OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP AT
MORRISTOwN.
TYING BKATEN By FoXIIAIL. r. IiEESE-RElp's
CLEVER WORK AGAINST MAcDoNALp-oNLi
EIGHT PLAYERS LEFT FOR TIE
cr-p-To- DAYS MATCHES


There was no diminution in the golfn2 eh'husi-
..r, on the Morris County links yesterday, when
tho second round in the National CHAMPIONSHIP
was decided. The sky was overcast ana ouH anu
,ba, NAV have detracted somewhat from the spec
,acuar features OF the play. but the crown was
even larger than the previous day; 'ne in'eie''
was fully as keen and the sport itself was the pest
of the week From the general melee OF the open.
ing round on Monday. the tournament has set'ed
into an exciting contest between CRACKS ""o
reputation as golfers IS known the country over
Even to those who care nothing ior inc s'ruee,.
for supremacy, r. trip TO Morristown "ouio Dc we"
worth the journey merely TO see the eh'iu9"s"
with which the competitors are followed over inc
green's Yesterday every match had its gaiIei''
and from the time the first pair ieit the zee '"e
links were crowded with people. many OF "'o''
came from a considerable distance 10 see t'e pay
while Davis the Newport professional. ai'Neu
on an early train and took charge OF the >e"poi'
plavers while Willie" Tucker. the professional al
n Andrews acted as caddie and coach for young
John Reid. Of St Andrews. and Willie Anderson
carried for Jasper Lynch OF Lakewood
Put briefly the days programme consisted vi 'i'e
second round of thirty-six holes at match pay III
which the sixteen survivors III TUESDAY 'o"'eS
were paired In the following order: waiter j.
Travis of Oakland. and j. c. Thorpe OF Ca'i-
bridge; Foxhan +. Keene. Of Newport ana 'anSs
A. Tying of Morris County; Alexander 1uoi'eh' Va
the Country Cub of Wes;chester and James A.
s,illman. OF Newport: Finay Douglas. o. Fair
neld County and A. H. Smith. OF Huntington AZ
ley: A. NJ. Goats. of Newport, and r. H. bohie'
OF Philadelphia: c. Il. Macdonald, OF Chicago. ana
John Reid jr.. of ST. Andrews; W. {. smith. OF
Onwentsia and Louis +. Bayard. jr, OF Baitusroi
George ID. Fowle, OF PhiIadelphia' anu '''p''
Lynch. of Lakewood.
Foxhall F. keene who has apparently iorsahe"
polo for the more recent charms OF golf. was
prominent figure in the days doings. IN 'do'
Keene is usually prominent figure In any spor'
TO which he gives his attention. Yesterday ne met
Tying the man who holds the Morris County rec
ord and the one whom many regarded as pos
eble winner OF the week. and defeated MIN py
score of 5 up and 10 play. The inatch was os
Ear the most important of the round Mems h"u
the honor and sent low ball. straight as us''
I'D the course Tying followed with a capital drive
mat bounded almost 70 the edge of the old green
In plavine his second Keene was a bit TOO srons'
and the hall SKINNED across the green and lay mp
against an emba akment the far side. IT was
difficult put 20 make but by crouch'ng asa'hS'
the face of the hill Keene was able TO seho inc
ball we'll toward the cup. An iron 'a'd lEhs """
for tine hole Keene missed an easy put to naive.
and Tying got the hole at 10 :. Facing the secoho
zoe n, the brow OF a hill struck tree TO tho
right and bounded into the punehbo~i iSng io-
lowed with capital drive that laid the Dali Oh
the far side Of the green. Playing the ooo Ne'i,e
was short In his approach, and TOOK three 10 'eao"
,he edge OF tho green. Tying got within three rect
80 che cun but he trimmed the hole on his next
o,a failed 10 20 down. Keene made a short ap-
proach and Tying got the hole IN y
In going for the fourth. over the railroad uack'
Tying hooked into the woods out OF bounds ana ioss
tho bali Dropping another ball. he did the same
thing. but on his third attempt ne managed 10 s"t
over Kcene cleared tho track nicely but lanoed
4, n s,rin OF rough grass and his second shot. an
iron was badly foosled. Even then he should have
won the hole but he got into the woods back OF the
green took three puts on the green ana many
halved the hole in Z. The NTH went to Tying az
70 g. and the sixth was hslved, leaving Tying Op
From this point however. the Morris County man
lost ground steadily. and at the conclusion OF 'e
o., eighteen holes Keepo had not only closed vi
The gan but led by a score of UP. The CARDS fo'
toftl ,a