New-York tribune., 1898-10-30
GOLF.
VALE WINS THE INTERCOLLEGIATE
CHAMPIONSHIP
rouS REID JR DEFEATS SMITH IN FHS
FINAL, ROUND BY SIX Up AND FIVE TO
Go-AN EXCITING MATCH on
THE ARDsLEY LINKS


TIL. intercollegiate golf championship for "nicn
so many able golfers have been piaYihs Ui,s :,
was won AZ Ardsley yesterday by John Reid. )r, Oh
vale who defeated his classmate. Walter b. smith,
sun ana TO 90 Yale thus had sure thing OF the
cun hut this fact did not lessen tho interest In the
match Reid is the Of John Keid' 'hc loi''''
president OF the 81 Andrews Golf CIuo' an" o''
OF the original members OF the 'Old Appie i'eo
Gang" which was the first TO Introduce soh in'o
this country He is A member OF the senior class
AT New-Haven, and the captain OF the OnN'f''''
golf team. - ..o
Smith heat Reid in the Yale tournament '"'
weeks ago for the college championship ana IN
general way Is considered his superior on me H'AS
In the National championship at Motifs 'o"'S
last month both mon were among the tnirty W
who qualified but Smith. 10 the surprise OF ms
college mates as well TO most OF those VINO t"i
lowed tho pav shoudered his way into the hnaIs
where he was defeated by Findlay Douglas. up
and to go. -
II Is the first time that the championship has
gone 10 Yale and tn New-Haven boys reSa'" u"
as q compensation for the loss Of the team cup
which they had held for the last two seasons !"
the championship last spring Reid was beaten III
the finals by James F. Curtis OF Harvard. nut ne
showed at that time that he would prove A torihu
able candidate for the honor In suhsequeh" 'oNi- :
neys In 1897 another Yale man, Koderlch le''y'
ir reached the finals only TO be defeated oy Eou'
P Bayard. jr.. Of Princeton
Reid undoubtedly possesses better style thHii
Smith and though tho former is usually the
stronger in the long game Reid outranks nifn ~ Il.
mashe approaches and putting. Yesterday heN
not only surpassed h'm in this latter respect '''
also proved the better man in driving ana pIdS'oS
shots Naturally the combination proved success
full Another point in Roi1s favor was the rolling
nature Of the Ardsley links. which gave MIN con-
siderable advantage in his short Approaches
oh holes dcCOrNlnS
the agreement cred into by the four colleges az
the Opening OF the tournament. but the result no
not altogether prove that the change from lhe ~"
eighteen hole round advantageous one
Among most Of the collegians the consensus oi
on,nion seems to he that the added distance merely
allows The winner 70 rub II in" Eighteen holes
wore played in the morning and eighteen in the
afternoon At the eni Of the morning round Reid
was up The game opened in a drizzling ram
and the usually pretty course vas bleak ana unlh-
vitinc but Notwithstanding this large crowd was
presen. when the men drove off. ana the inter-
est was well sustained throughout. A college
match no matter what its nature. seems to have
peculiar attraction for pretty girls and scores OF
them followed the play yesterday though 1t Is
safe 70 venture that not half of them understood
what going on.
Smith won the toss and chose the honor both
were on the green In ?. but as smith lay dedd
on his approach he won the hole AZ 70
Smith not only drove the green. bur lay WITHIN
three fecr Of the hole and his next stroke TOOK
him down. giving him the hoe in a phenomeAa'
Reid won the third hole ir 3. ana th-
fourth carry of 10 yards across ravine wa
halved in 8 In going for The dfth Reid missed
his second shot. and Smith won a. TO Two
grand holes for Smith followed. each in T.
which made the score even Facing the lonG
eighth hole up the hill. both got away good dries
and both the green in 8. hut as Smfn
failed 70 hole short put Reid won. at 10 b
In going for the ninth Reid sliced his iron into te
bushes and Smith took the hole leaving the score
up in Reids favor.
The tenth went to Reid in !. the par figure.
and the eleventh haVed in ). Coming 70
the twelfth over a wide pord. Smith drove short
OF the green while Reid sii ed into the foods.
where he almost stymied by a tree WIN a
bare possibility of getting clear Reid made one or
the cleverest mashie shots Of the day. choppnS
the ball out and laying it within TWO feet OF the
hole Smith missed a short put % halve. and Reid
got the hole in The next two holes were
halved and then. IN PLAYING tho fifteenth. Reid
again sliced his drive and landed in the orchard.
II was a difficult place from which 10 pitch an ap-
proach bur Reid was exceptionally good in this
respect and his mashie carried him TO the green
in : Smith the green with his second
shot and IL looked sure hole for him. but Reid
went down on his approach put a distance OF nifty
feet and II In l. making him 3 up TWO more
halved holes followed. and then Smith took the
eighteenth in and the morning half ended with