The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-09-23
.ECHO OF THE COLI GAMES
Examinations Along the Late
Championship Links.

How the Great Contest Was EnJnus1as-
ticaily orcluded-MedaIs for the Lead
Expressions by the Winners-And
Everybody Happy Golf Now National
Game
The big golf championship tournament
has ended, the country residents, their
guests and the host of golfers from
Greater New York have returned to
their homes and week of genuine sport
and social gayety, such as the Morris
County Club has never before known,
was declared great success. The scores
OF the contestants up to Thursday night
were published in last weeks CHRONICLE.
On Friday Findlay S. Douglas beat w.
j. Travis up and to play, and w. B.
Smith won from G. B. Macdonald up
and to play On the same afternoon
the tie for the silver medals in the quail
flying round on Monday between c. B.
Macdonald, R. H. Crowell and W. B.
Smith was played off, Smith winning the
first and Macdonald the second medal
There was great concourse of on
lockers at the club house Saturday to
witness the start in the final match of
the United States Golf Association
amateur mpionship Of 1898 between f. .
s. Douglas of the Fairfield County Golf
Club and formerly player on the team
of the ST. Andrews School at st. An
drews, Scotland, and W. B. Smith,
holder of the golf championship of Yale
University and entered from the On
wentsia Club near Chicago. Douglas
won by up and 8 to play. That Smith,
youth who has known the use of golf
clubs for only three years, should have
been able to play such close match with
I man like Donglas who has known the
game since his days of childhood almost,
may be regarded as remarkable
achievement.
| Before the players started in the
morning rope was stretched across the
course in order to keep the gallery
from interfering with the play of the
golfers. The rope was borne by some
caddie boys, under the guidance of of the
members. Owing to the crookedness of
the course after the first few holes the
rope and the onlookers were often in a
hopeless tan9le. The members of the
club who directed the actual play were
Ransom "a. Thomas, J. B. Dickson, G. G..
Kip, r. 81. Williams, w. Y. Marsh,
w. D. Vanderpool and A. III. Tiers. The
members were the generals in an army
of enthusiasts numbering nearly thou
sand, which was probably the largest
crowd that has ever followed a golf match
in this country.
During the week it seemed to be the
policy Of Douglas to save himself in the
morning and to do his hardest work in
the afternoon. For this reason a dash
was expected Of the Fairfield player in
starting out for the second round Satur-
day, but the reverse happened, for partly
by good play and partly by good luck,
Smith won the first two holes. Although
Smith had the gallery" with him, it was
evident from the beginning that he must
succumb to Douglas steady style Of
play.
The victorious golfer received gold
medal and the custody for year of the
championship cup, the gift of Theodore
A. Havemeyer. Smith received a silver
medal, and the defeated men in the semi
finals, W. j. Travis and @. B. Mac
donald were awarded bronze medals. In
their different matches during the week
Douglas played out 191 and Smith 1893
holes, while each walked about sixty
miles in the course of the play. The
tournament was the greatest test of
endurance that golfers have ever under
gone in America.
At the conclusion of the final days
play cheers were given for both the victor
and the vanquished and for the Morris
County Golf Club. Lawrence Curtis,
pf6SlQ6ut VI tuo ~ Os VI. a., III q Uf16l
speech congratulated the club on the
capable management of the event and
then presented medals to Douglas and
Smith. Neither made a speech in re-
sponse but later Douglas gave out the
following official statement:
.sThe tournament throughout has been
most perfectly managed. The contes-
tants have been men whom it has been a
great pleasure for me to meet. Every
match was fought out in the pluckiest
and most manly way, and confess to an
honest pride in my success in such
company"
Smith expressed himself in a similar
vein, and said that if the title was not to
stay in the West he was glad that it had
been won for the East by such worthy
exponent of the game. John Reid, the
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