New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-31
GOLF
THE NFwpoRr CLUBS ANIMAL TOUR
NANENT BEGINS
Will pE NOTABLE FOR TIE SOCIAL rFowINrN0H
OF PARTICIPATING TI.AYERs
rBr TELEGRAPH TO rHE TpIsrs


.antor 70 golf Tho picturesque links over ny tA'
ocean where the annual tournament Of tho New
mort Golf Club began this morning. was the seen"
Of q brilliant gathering and the succession OF IN"
contest is assured Seventy-two entries made nv
tho qualifying round and Of this number more
than fifty finished The DAYS play. II the promise
~ the matches already PLAYED r. fultned the
tournament will rank one 81 the most importan'
~ the entire season To golfers the interest h"'
mainly IN its proximity to the amateur champion
ship to be held AZ the Morris County COLI Cluo INKS
next month. but - Newport ts attraction "a con-
srIouously that or tho social prominence of som"
Of tho participants The matches arc 10 coh'ihn"
through Saturday and thcir outcome viii furnsh
q CAPITAL criterion Of championship possibilities
Most Of the leading competitors here will measure
their skill by Morris County standards and. though
This ia not always a safe method of comparison. II
will doubtlesI Re applied. Sixteen payers uhu''
80 and a tor ~ 172 is the story OF ihe DAYS
doings G.; NJ Sargen: OF Harvard. who was TWO
strokes worse than the leaders Of the morning
made the top score hy posting card OF % Tor
the afteynon round Ia fact. Harvard men made
a splendid showing throughout. James +. Curtis
q c. Clark. ir. w Bayard Cutting tr.. and Joseph
IL Choate ir.. all secured places among the first
sixteen ard Milton Berger and !. Townsend Bur
den jr. the only two who failed 10 classify.
When their rank left out the pace indicates
fast golf But they found plenty OF company. for
neither OF the Havemeyer boys Grant Of Aitken
Grenvslle Kane Of Tuxedo. or Bohlen. OF Phiadel
COLLEGE PLAYERS PROMINENT.
College rivaies had their share IN the days play
but like most such contests. the strife OF the
good natured kind that means the best OF fellow
ship after the struggle IS done. That interchangeable
golfer. Curtis. who holds the intercollegiate cham
pionship made a score of rs and played a clever
game to H. He represented the Harvard team.
which expects to win back the cup from her old
rival Yale. at Ardsley this fall. Joe Choate
Dr. tall broad shouldered and athletic. was another
OF the Harvard team men entered To lock at him
giant, but oddly enough he does get over much
length 10 the ball His score for the double roun1
ne had shown better skill in approaching but his
short shots were weak Twice In coming i9r t ,no
home hole he struck the bank leading Up TO NO
green and lost stroke In each instance Sarseant
capital form HIS total score was ~ % ana = m
the afternoon. The thirteenth hole OF the ate
better than three. Sergeant made in perfect two;
a drivngron shot laid the bai on me shvc.o ~ a.,
s.yIe The resui. amply made up for them. W. i.
vsnerpoo fresh from his lSu5eI IN 5nT tas
;ative entered am he did not DO az Vel rs % anG
short game were excellent: Yesterday he seemed
hove lost the stTeneh OF his 6oyeT a d"n b IN merit
q ~ f0T ms 'T Yae was repre-
sen,sd Roger winthrop though not one Of les
chosen six who played for old Ell At ArdsiGE lan'
ana Re took part in The gratifying round tn"
Yale contingent
T1Iy LINKS IN SPLENDID SHAPE
~, y.rr,or, course NAV lack the situation ~
ehinnecook and the variety Of KnollVood out y -
,,a ,,s- If both in its velvet green's. WINE DAVIS
.he clubs professional has made 'rrf thai 1or
truene.s and speed cannot he surpassed "hs'.
ever the outcome o, the week may be, the NeNpor'
Club has been emnently suo'eSsfnl N p'oF''"s
IN opportunity for good Sol'
Tho r,nrn,ng matches were begun IN 2 stiff sou'n
west breeze which frsshened as the day ADVANCED
bu. this was The only drawback that can o" me'
ton The work OF starting the pairs oft was va"
managed and in spite ~ unavo'da be conges
ton ~ the Ars' tee The play p[9!ressed Wl,h3pp
annoying friction To pu. the oogd.,o orlery NJ
,EirtvsiX holes in all The best sixteen ave ehe'
he for the Inatch-play contests. which 1Ssin 70
morrow and continue through re week The "ia
will receive handsome slLsI cur, - Tbocs
Speh1 m, " nsify w meet in another ,hi'y
sxho round toorrow aq4 The best rs tiss. vii
Convincing test 0. merit, sarceant could be pui
Snssa, piayer IS not always safe 70 rely on IN
match play j. is curious fact that le" rne I
winners this sesson have survived tire ma'on piaF
The sIeElt Of The rd hIs a. f9 ,Ss NO.
prominent candidates for the cup keene ho,1s tns
sxhoie record Of 10 is no; key 70 be beaten fer
some time 70 come. Bu, Keenes chances tepenI
, r1S cslk uDG At as N Henry
i.ns. r.. defeated both Keene End Clark N snc
ovt ne resit on that basis As far as scores 60
Clark should be ne yinnsr nt . Nee Gfteran, NAV,
ers THAI inGefa.ieable sportsman has impTroIisso
wop 10. torsar, ' Stroke n dryn bu there
fore 10 It an power behind Il that are eXSeedipt
~ sOGd ri hi sn0 ssd the e Re second
place in tolsys round Whie Tias Keene MADE
score one strSkSS wo Ts. t69H Ss's''n MS
-b h9 low ga n 1s After mem eutenant
eiasach' ron thn tournament a. Narrsganset Pi-r
On sail.day AID IS regarded as one o me psst nv,
n'eIe6 ne svle Saat STAMPS him At once
OF the game rs SHOT ITO" ,s toa he scts
snsmbersnp in the United states Golf Associate
81 would doubtless ef eoRscr T. ne 6 aa'ei IN
son,h Hams Shire, where he receives a handicap q
yId out ,c nT IN the game His score TO-DAY
i3a which indicates somewnat tna SITenStn. q, Ms s
form, The Others who qualified VIII y" no''o N me
summary.
PROGRAMME FOR TO-DAY
For to.morrow's round at match play. the dTar
,rrs are Coates and Curtis Sergeant and Ruthe'
ford. Pheifer and Talbot Nandcrpoo and Gold
finch Cutting ana Choate, Hubbard and hartman.
scrchan and Birkcr and keene and Clark VIII
.he yest OF the field eliminated and THO contest
narrowed down 10 these men. m" play during
the remaining days OF tho week sroald be Of hinh
order G. ii. p Belmont has presented costly piece
a =. TO custom ne Is sol for Fds instead Of The
VIII Wit also aware cnp 10 sarsesn, for his winning
score 'o-day Th,s prize was not mentioned in tho
programme but WAS announced during the after
noon
For the consolation contest tomorrow some Of
the prominent cempetitors Il. ". Goelet. ~
Newport. john Eendr.ck Bangs. @ ~. Andrews.
". y. sush ard c Y Tain,oT. o. Eichmon!!
London r.. P Hunti1gton OF StaatsburS; y Rob
insor. tr OF LenoX: r II. Bohlen OF philadelphia.
4 F. Paterson. of Richmond County and H. Good.
win OF Queens County. The summaries OF The
best sixteen scores today follow:
r s..'' r roa9d Total
fo1ss. s' r Nser s4 T.@5eli: : $ s.