New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-12
NOTES or THE GOLF Inns

| ,.nownrn WITH PLAYERS FOR THE
so,.ruyRN GOLF CHAMPIoNsHIP-cHAN"H'
At rt,r NORTH JERSEY COUNTRY CLUB
,,-,., ,,o re,urn Of mder weather there IS nReS
. W. an exodus Of golf-players from most oi III.
| sor,horn resort links and specify 'e' o..r
| .ctlv,tv among METROPOLITAN CLUBS i",' Nv Cross
| ,,u M, take place until after the Sou'"e'" 800,
,orp,orsb,n IS decided at Aiken next "eeA. , ,o
ro.ar, Indications there is good reason 10 oen.s
r.. H.. ,ourromon, will he the most SUCCESSFUL
- 80 4, tho South All the availaple accoiH'
| nodatons have apparently been secu'e'
| advance for several players reporter
! +bst thew Ind written to Aiken. bur hau oee' 10
hIe 10 obtain quarters for the week. Inc ,as
| ~ tho Highland Park Hotel there has occasio'e'
% ', 'sn, ohorga IN the plans OF number OF
Nor.harr nlavers and not few OF them nave peei'
forced 10 abandon the trip altogether Inc a.
matt, Golf Club where the tournament Is u 'ano
Mace has made several changes IN the course t'''
winter and the playing length Is now over
| thousand wards Nino holes have been adoeu'
- fuu eighteen hole circuit. and afordng
core,derohle diversity Of play. James Mackere the
c,,b's professional has made every effort 10 nave
the turf in from 2r there report it to
championship is Arthur H. Fem
Arother NJ the Southern courses where New
yorkers have been prominent Of late Is that OF the
pine Forest Golf Club. Of SUMMERTIME D <
"WIllle" Wier the Morris County Cluos proies-
sonaI has been In charge OF the links there, having
ob aimed leave OF absence for the winter from MS
bome club The soil upon which the course IS
situated is exceedingly porous. which MAKES u n''"
and fit for play even after hard ram. wn,r
nino san, diversity is afforded BY two water hazaras
which are used to advantage N ce Of exceen.
golfng opportunities.
r,srs ,s a rumor that the Aiken tournament VIII
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w..b,rrton Baltimore Philadelphia and severa'
=, tho other Southern cities, In order 10 attract
visit from Of the retprnlngr d se out ans
none oil q is hardly likely that the talk Will
result in any definite contests
-. 49,. ,hara are now twenty-seven candi'
,,ns o., nlsces on the Harvard golf team Is an IN
d,.o,,on that the intercollegiate championship.
which will take place Mt Ardsey In May VIII prins
out excellent play. Some OF the more PROMISING
mon nj Cambridge are w. p. Cutting Jr' captain
~ las, ve,rs team: G. G. Clark IT.. who was rated
at scratch In the Shinnecock games last season
Iosenh " Choate. tr.. I. Townsend Burden, ,r.' M
y Iartirs ,r r. r. Stone & B. Buck, r. f.
rv.ksr u T. w Richardson. NJ Sergeant, O. NJ
Hastings and q NJ. WheelocN fale' farVar"'
pr,nceton Columbia and the University OF PENN
svIvan,a will certainly enter teams for the cham
n,o,ob,, and II is not unlikely that one or two
49, NAV he represented also az the association
orhroccs all colleges in the United States and Cam
ada The individual college championship - "o"
Seid nv ! outs p Bayard. tr, OF Princeton
The North Jersey Country Club of Paterson ~
engaged IN n comprehensive scheme OF improve
ment in It's links, and II Is expected 'n'' "''
aIoh,een-hole course viii he ready ny midsummer.
IT, c,uh which now has over three hundred
members was Incorporated year ago, ana since
that time it's growth has been so large NJ 20
render the old course inadedunc for rs needs
The new links will be, for the most pnrt shhIeI
man new ground bur FIVE ~ the old holes across
the passac River are 10 he retained me p'es,-
a., ~ the club Ia Carrot \. Hobart Whle Az
tornev-General John W. Griggs Is the hrst vice.
president.
Tho Du,chess County Golf Club ~ Poughkeeps'"
b.s elected its officers for the ensuing year ~ fo-
lows John F. Adriance president R0ner sec1 M
@ "; ID ,reasurer Tho club win extend its course
hsfore the opening Of tho season In May