New-York tribune., 1898-10-24
GOLF.
CHAMPIONSHIP TO
BE DECIDED THIS WEEK.
To RrG1N AT ARDsL1Y on wEDNEsDAY-HAR-
YARD MEN CoNFIrENT OF sUCCEss-YALE
MAY TAKE THE INDIVIDUAL
CHAMPIONSHIP.

The ewes OF the golfng world will again be direct
81 this week toward the picturesque links at Ards
lev where the college golfers will meet 70 decide
their third championship. intercollegiate golf is
attracting far moe attention this season than
ever before as the college boys have shown them
oives 10 be among the most able and finished
,levers in the country. The success of Walter h.
smith OF Yale, in getting second place In the
recent National championship is indicative of the
rapid advance in the undergraduate ranks and the
coming tournament should be well worth the jour
20 see.
The contest will begin on Wednesday. and will
continue during the remainder OF the week. The
first two days VIII be devoted the team cham
rionship and the last two TO the individual cham
riorship. The magnificent silver trophy offered for
the former Is the gift Of the Ardsley Club. which
presented It with the understanding that the tour
nament should be held at the Ardsley links for
three successive years, after which the association
. should be free TO choose what II pleased.
But there IS resented coercion in this arrange
mert. The college boys regard It with unconcealed
satisfaction for there is more nearly ideal spot
in the country than this famous links on the Hud-
SON The course compares favorably with any ana
the Ardslev Club house is second TO none.
Yale IS the present holder OF the cup. and should
her team win again this week IT Will be added TO
that famous collection OF trophies in the Yale gym
nasum which symbozes the prowess OF Old EMS
sons N the athletic world. The first championship
was held In the spring OF 1897. when the competitors
were Yale Harvard. Princeton and Columbia. Last
May the second was held, and Yale was again the
winner There were rumors that both the Univer-
sity Of Pennsylvania and Cornell would enter
,ean1s but none appeared, and the present cham
pionshlp will also be confined TO the original quar-
te; although by the constitution OF the association
any college In the United States or Canada Is
eligible 10 compete The fact that another cham
pionsh!p is 10 be held now is due the desire 10
change the date from spring to fan. in order to
avoid time OF year when many men are in
training for other sports Hereafter the tournament
is 20 take place annually in the fall
For the team championship each college will enter
six players but for the individual championship
any member of a college. whether represented by
team not. is al liberty TO enter. The present
holder of the individual cup is James T. Curtis OF
Harvard who succeeded Louis P Bayard, jr. Of
Princeton 10 the honor. and who Is capable OF
strong game at times But the prominence Of
Walter B. Saith who. in addition to his success
AZ Morris County, IS the champion OF Yale,
seems 10 point to the latter the new title
holder
Harvard considers herself certain OF victory In the
team contest, and there is much 10 back up the
claim Her team has suffered less than any OF the
others through graduation. and the who now
compose IL have attracted favorable attention
throughout the season. Milton 5. Barger Is the
only member who has not returned this fall ana for
his place there IS a wealth of admirable material.
nament in August. in which Foxhall p keene' A.
NJ Goats and a host OF able players were entered
arI who was Of the ten men invited to repre-
sent THIS country against Canada IN the interna-
toral team match is certain 10 secure the vacant
u,.iiion The other five VINO appeared last spring
are W Rayard Cutting. jr.. Joseph H. Choate, jr.,
! Townsend Burden. jr. George McC. Sargent and
lanes = Curtis In fact. Harvard has many
good golfers this fall that it is whispered some
az the present team will be replaced by better men
Burden nav be asked 10 retire in favor Of some
one e.se and George c. Clark. jr who was the
runner-up in the Shinnecock tournament, may take
tho piace Clark won the golf championship OF the
University last spring, bat was unaOIe 20 play on
the team because ne was on the baseball nine =
TIFFANY Richardson, the yOunSSter VINO gave w hI6-
ham such a c.ose match in the open tournament al
lakewood, IS now IN Harvard. and he may also
supersede of the older players.
affairs in the Berkshires this season. and In the
National championship he distinguished himself ny
leading the field in the qualifying round ana WIN
ning the medal offered FOR the best score I16 -
rertain 10 appear at Ard-ley Young Bayard CUT
ting who won the WestbrOOk open tournament by
deieating Harry HOllins, jr In the hnaI TOuhd, Is
more difficult thsn other branches OF sport but
the present outlook seems 10 favor harvard as
Vale has l0 heavily through graduation. and
though Walter Smith John Reid, jr.. and T. NJ:
Robertson all capital players her chahCeS VIII
depend wholly Cp)M the strength OF ne ne" ma
ferial Roderick Terry. jr, the ArdsieY chsn-
uiop. " Rossiier Belts the rdnner-up IN the Na-
i0n4l cha uious hiD in 1897. and K. H. CroWell are
he three mer whose places are 10 be lIGi. ~ me
candidates for these places "tti4'Ht 3rhs -
hes, Ra-nes was CAPTAIN Of the Cutter School team
last year and is one OF the promising goidr's ~ III ~
Younger For the othCr TWO pos i - "a "a
Tiffany Z. +. Hinke. 7. O. Knox. l" r. Meyer ana