New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-03
GOLF.
MEDAL HANDICAP PLAY FOR THE BEL
MONT CUP AT NEWPORT.

MEDAL HANDICAP PLAY FOR THE BEL
MONT CUP AT NEWPORT.
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Newport Sept Every man for himself and the
devil take the hindmost that's what medal-play in
golf amounts TO- and Il was medal play that kept
half a hundred golfers busy in the Newport tourna-
ment to-day.
The Belmont Handicap Cup was tho prize offered
and the contest resulted in a tie between A. s. Car
penter OF Newport. and r. p. Huntington. of
Staatsburg Each made 100 net. The tie Is to be
played off tomorrow at eighteen holes. The days
conditions we're thirty-six holes. with handicaps
ranging from scratch TO thirty-sx strokes.
The weather was not quite so oppressive as yes
terday and the fresh breeze from the ocean man
aged TO hold most of its invigorating qualities I'M
I'll 1t got to the links In the afternoon there was
the usual gay crowd at the clubhouse. ana inc
home green was crced by hosts Of pretty girls
who II the truth be told paid great deal more
attention to each others gowns than they did TO
the wted and superheated players toilins up the
hill. But that surely goes to show that the gowns
were what some people call "copfectons. ana no.
anss '9s the sS may class as
best of the season Noting as basis the top scoI
~ Paget Thompson Cup with total Of l2, to-
days showing was not quite so high Inc pes,
HerSer t ~ Hartman. OF course some allowance
must be made for the fact that many ol tne men
The constant rampns hey have had /, is snd
every gos5 WhG VIM can record go toward the end Of the
week. Keene. who has done an 81 In practice. mn
Keene has the frame Of boy and the strength OF
several men.
ENDURANCE OF THE YOUNGER PLAYERS
1t was the older crowd that has passed tho flush
of youth and reached the flush OF apoplexy. that
could not hold out With the heat and the hills,
there were sorry sights before the play
ended Still. the youngsters themselves did not 90
anything particularly noteworthy, Neither WANDER
pool nor Hubbard played. as both were anxious to
save themselves for to-morrow's finals LOT tne
a denIoralizns effect the of the college con-
Sinsent Cutting and Curtis ths HarvaI are piSSst
they stood no chance OF winning Curtis did the
FIRST nine holes In the morning ~ 80 ana Cuto luis
in A. which was not suncien'iy so0a 70 "eeo ''''
The Englishman Golahnch had Roger WIN ZIP.
thop as partner and made total OF ia. IS IN the
morning and % in the afternoon His handiSSap
fourteenth hole in the second round he made in g
perfect 8. laying his brasse dead for the cup and
oes he took each the par score in each instance
being Winthrop made u for his afternoon round
week and will not go TO the championship
CARPENTER MAKES A WING SHOT.
sco.chmen are not the only golfers who are TO
have the credit Of wing shots. 1t seems a ;.
Carpenter, In making the pond hole TINS morning,
drove through flock OF swallows which rose just
as ne s Wnsed TWO Of them His morning card
was o. In the afternoon he improved consde1s9y'
This With his handicap Of is. made his net tally
proyem e ' over his previous play. His agsfyns
s IS Even iea 's Sargent Himself the msdsst in ns
PRESIDENTS Cup division did no better tnah az snh
fatins Of Is is one OF those nscruta6e things
which handicappers sometimes indulge in BonIen
aority. and Il his handicap had been allowed to
stand the cup would have been his with ease But
snanship by requesting the committee 70 reduce ms
snSs nSs,ea ana of hs he was given
and with this chsnss his net score was liz ne oiu
"q He TS Hartman made So in the morpng and
this tied him with Sargent for me goa ,Ir neds a
sonrnsm en- ssrsents IS was done TUESDAY:
The tie was played of al i've holes and fdrnishsd
man won by one stroke on the last green doing
vs holes in e. TO ssrss na n The 0l latter
n Missed Els "a drive on both the third and
and failed " on oay eaSr %as
foozled IRON shot the tth but, as the result
were We're:
y...iman ........~..,..........:.......ss 81
KEENE DOUBTFUL FOR MORRIS COUNTY.
Keene's afternoon round practically puts him out
OF the championship at Morris County. unless he
makes rapid strides between and then. TO be
II must be remembered that even the best was I'VE
strokes worse nsn If going 1 into she
Tournament. he laughed and said II have decided
not to- but others have decided that must, and
there YOU are. You will probably md me there,
suppose," His afternoon round was 50. which
shows consistency. II nothing more His morn
ing figures were;
S q ................:...s. s:ss4ss s-. III
J. T. Mauran, who viii meet Grenville Kane in
the finals Of the consoa ton tomorrow, made a
creditabe showing and finished In fourth place.
nent there. A. NJ Coates who was beaten by
Sargent IN the second round and who qualified on
Tuesday at liz followed keene and Hartman In
his gross score. but as he was placed at scratch
he did not mako much OF showing In the handi-
cap. The other scores in be found in the sum-
mary.
The tournament closes tomorrow. and from here
most OF the players will go TO Morristown 10 prac-
tice for the championship The summary follows: