New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-10
GOLF.
LAURELs TO BE WOi
NEXT WEEK.
p1.AYErs rIocKrxC TO TIE MORRIS COUNTY
LrSKs-EiGHTY sTRoKEs NOW THE MI
opp-rYNG sMAsHEs ALL PRETIors
SCORES IL a PRACTICE ROUND.

! y,
! terday IN putting the finishing touches 20 'he
course. and scores Of players spent the afternoon
| IN going over It in practice. About me greens
| there can be only one opinion They are as hss
| ard smooth glass, ana golfers WHO nave 'N7
! art CT putting down 10 a fine point should FetutH
| low cards next week All that Is needed IS htlle
| rain 10 freshen the turf. and this pay possibly
con1es before the tournament opens. Two Dig tents
50 by 81 feet In size. have been erected near the
| clubhouse. where luncheon Will be served through
| out the week, and the arrangements Tor tue care
| OF quests havo been made with the same scrupu-
Nous regard for detail that has always character
| lied Morris County tournaments Much of the So
oial interest OF Morrstown will he centred IN the
| NAV Mr. and Mrs. H. Mckay Twombly VIII en-"
| tertain a number OF guests including Lawrence
! Curtis Of Boston. president Of the United 9fates
! Golf Association, while many OF the other les
! dents viii keep open house.
Aside from loaninS its links and entertaining the
visitors the Morris County Club has no power over
! the details OF the championship The real manage
| ment rests with the United States Golf Assoca-
ton and the regulations Of the contest VIII be at
! tended to by Mr. Curtis AMI Robert b. Kerr, the
/ secretary. Each has had ample experience III
handling Important tournaments, and in their hands
| affairs arc certain 10 run smoothly Mr. herr mas
| established d temporary Office in the CLUBHOUSE
| where he will give his personal attention 10 inc
work.
During the last day or two aspirants for the
championship cup have been focking to the course
! Charles B. Macdonald, Of Chicago who held the
championship in 1895, arrived on Thursday accom-
panied 10y David FOULS. the Chicago professional
who viii act as his caddie ana coach during the
week. Macdonald made a round OF me course anu,
although did give OUT his score ne expressed
himself well pleas 1T the result Tyng is playing
In grand form aaI seems 10 nave every prospect OF
success. Yesterday ne BROKE the Norris county
record By four strokes. doing the two rounds in
A. each. His card was:
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Judging BY this. the medal scores OIL Monday VIII
average better than IL any previous championship
Travis also took morning round Il the Inks. IN
company with ". D. Smith OF hicaeo, wnom he
| beat b. ~. Travis made an b. winch equals the
! boyle record Ills card Was:
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w D. vanderpool. who established new record
! OF 81 for the arst nine holes on Thursday. was
| somewhat OF his game ara look 81 tor me round
| J. T. Curtis. the intercollegiate champion, made
| his first trial yesterday afternoon. ana came In
! with d card Of %. OtHcrs WAC spent the day in
| practice were John Reid, ir. Of s.. Anl ews g r.
WATSON. oi Ess county; n. v. SiccHnl, OF the
staten Island Crcket quo; b {. Amen, u fniA-
~ f foa ,y dg5.d IT, OF Of + atstoi
| X. II. CrOweN or Cleveland, ana l. Grant OK
prtpara,lors for Mondays preliminary round are
| about competed. In order tnat All contestants
t inc tee at 7sj IN the morning From that tine
| until N:3) the players viii be dispatched at four
has been nnisned they viii 10 started on the sec
| ond round IN the same order In This way the
| committee expects to complete the entire thirty
, ready appeared IN The Tribune, that only the
given here. RECKONING by the four-minute limit
tho Tine assigned for each couple VIII be seen from
From 10 70 s.39 a. Ballop and W9o pod. RI
Slut aud Cornesie, Sands and Bets r9st ana ana
! Moorehead Day and Cheney Baker ana DriySr
nor and Graham. Ripley and Cutting. Reid and
! Palmer. Menzes and Kushmore. Nico!I and o.
From 81 to go a. m%Brooks and Huntington
Rutherford and 7 smith Reid IT,. and Winaor
MGhqel and Waller; Bliss and siPPCIa P Perkins
ana ana ray 1 a Had esy chdI E nd
! Rarnes. Robbins and Wright Walthew and H. "
from s.3i 10 1879 A. m.~stIlmen and Allen. Cur
| IL and Pyuo. Robertson and II. !. To.er. Travis
| + watson Bln.7 and rubbarI. Coats and chad
Wick Morjen and Kane shaw ana H2rno, w. p
! Forrest and Thompson. Farr and Thorpe, Van
| HTnni ana SyN's; o. ,,..., an, ,ta~sh ro,.
nines and Ramsey. j. - Manning and Mccannon,
Douglas and Frost. Grant and Forgan keene ana
and Din,nore Barsgr ana Chalncey Grscoi T, ana
! Beach and Rennard. Marsh Cummings and Cum
to &C, as cadIles. and many OF the nearby links
| have promised help out the supply. Twenty ave
ao ORa aTd 9 9SW h e4 or Sa and S see hat each
| player Is properly cared for the club has engaged
several professionals 70 remain on the links during
| tho week. W. Aston Flag. captain OF the Morris
! County team has made arrangements for scorers
| play. and these Will be drawn largely from the
| clue membershlp. II IS evident that every con-
! cautions taken against confusion. The club eX-
poets 20 have at least ono hundred and Ten start
| player Is unable 10 appear he is urged TO COM
inunlcate that fact Immediately TO Secretary Kerr.
- nvitators have been issued Tor big sof dance
| and reception. To be held II the clubhouse on Fri.
| brilliant one among the players who had regis
jsrc c te IKE r9 10 a, GyennE NfT1 rs -
staten Island Crirke. club: Louis =; Bayard. lr..
Raltusrol J. Z. Baker, s. Andrews; +. II. Bohien,
C4%mnss WnsSnG ger Park cor c Gq9 Essex
Id Dn.m Tuxe toward w. Eng st
| com Phlaie.phia; X. n Graham. IIarbor Hi:
Patrick CRAM, Aiken; otto Hockmeyssr staten
COZ cIu6 Jasper lynch Lakewood; Z. F Ina
Manning Auburndsle. Mass: J. J. Manning, Sea-
Sh Re Rn hd9fy SS aous sen CG ssS o
Palmer, Chicago z. j. Perkins. Cedarhnrst: Percy
Rn Ha &Gr &ndyGus h'q Rsnly TS9Y
Tuxedo: Il ". socum Baitusroi Ricnard sykes
Smith, Rydali Penn; "; p Smith, Lake Forest.
~ % " sT sin Gyd & FSGp s4 rav
oakland T. Ta69L' IHIeddo; J. e r1h3rpe Cam
Crescent; NJ. K. Wright. Philadelphia; F l.. wood
W William p9 WgG ,I;c Mss9r r Philadelphia
IIOUGHTON WINS THE LENOX CUP.
THE HARVARD MAN DEFEATS PARKER ny TWO
Up. ONE TO PLAY