The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-04
GOLF GAMES STARTED
FIFTH ANNUAL TOURNAMENT OF
THE UNITED STATES GOLF AS
ISOLATION BEGINS
PROMINENT GOLFERS PRESENT

Ntnety-Eight of the One Hundred
and Twelve Entries Start-Some
beautiful Golf Played Despite
UnfavOrable Weather-Day's Re-
suits Rather Favored Eastern
Players.
ONWENTSIA CLUB HOUSE, Lake
Forest, Ill, July 3.-The fifth annual
tournament of the United States Golf as
ISOLATION was begun today over the
efghteen-hole course of the Onwentsia
Golf club, thirty miles north of Chicago.
Nearly every golfer of prominence In the
country was present when Secretary Will
liam Bage Jerr, of the association called
the first pair for the qualifying round, at
I:SO a. M this morning. The pretty club
house, the little stand at the first teeing
ground and the ropes stretched across
the green in front of the home hole were
tnronged with admirers of the game,
VINO literally applauded the players as
they started in their long weeks struggle
for the much-coveted amateur golf cham
plonship and as they came up the hill at
the finish
The course was ideal for high-class
golf during the morning, but about /
O'Clock hard rain commenced to fall
and kept up without intermission until
the last player had finished the course.
This made 1t decidedly uncomfortable for
the golfers, but it did not apparently in
terfere with their playing, for many con-
testants who made high scroes during
the morning reduced them sufficiently in
their afternoon play to bring them with
in the qualifying limit
The number of starters was large.
ninety-eight of the liz entries going over
the course, and this fact made some de-
lay unavoidable. Some time before the
last players had finished their mornings
play the players had been started out
again for the final round, and from 7:3O
in the morning until late in the afternoon
there was an uninterrupted procession Of
golfers trudging over the three-mile
course.
In spite of the unfavorable conditions
under which the golfers labored during
the afternoon, some beautiful golf was
played, and, judging from the form dis
played by many of the contestants who
qualified today, the struggle for the
championship will be close one. This
is shown by the fact that scores over 1877
failed to qualify, while as low as 1853 was
made.
c. B. Donald, the Chicago golf expert,
won the gold medal with honor of the
lowest score in the qualifying round. His
score of 1853 was made by almost perfect
golf, his putting being accurate to an I'M
usual degree, while his long drives were
In nearly every case placed perfectly.
John Reid Jr., of st. Andrews the in
tercollegiate champion, won the silver
medal, with score of no. There was
three-cornered tie for third honors, w. ].
Travis, of the Oakland Golf club; D. N.
Forgan, of Onwentsai, and F. Douglass.
of the Fairfield Golf club, the present
amateur Champion all making the thirty
six holes in 173.
The result of the whole days PLAYING
rather favored the Eastern golfers, as
out OF the thirtytwo who qualified TWEEN
ty-two were from the Atlantic coast and
Pennsylvania and Ohio clubs.
The real struggle will commence to-
morrow, when the thirty-two who quail
hed Will start off in the match play, and
from then until Saturday the struggle
is expected to result in a class of golf
that will be worth going a long distance
to see.
The score of Mcdonald and Reid made
them many friends, and from their play
today they will undoubtedly cut a large
figure in the championship.
THOSE WHO QUALIFIED.
The following qualified in today's medal
play:
Sterling. Beckwith Cleveland. morning.
out q o. 8 3 5, 5, 5, 5; in, 6, 5, g. 5, 6, 6,
t. 3, 4; in, g. 6, 6, 5, 5, 5, 4, 5, SIS. Total,
William McCawley Merton Cricket
4mGrning5 out o. a. 5; g. s 5, A. $; in, s.
8, 5, $50. Total, Us ''' y . D y u .
Herbert Mcbride, Cleveland, morning,
g. Su{ & ~ 8 g. A ( 6 4 q in out :
5, 5, 5, Z, 4. 5; in, 5, 8, 6, 7, 6, 6, 5, A. 81
Il. A. Colby, Essex County Country
club morning. out g. 8; 5, 5, s.. 6, T. 5, 5,
5, 3, 5, As. Total ISL. '-' . . y y u
r. Sykes, Overland Park, morning, out,
s. g.. Afternoon, out, 6, 5, 6; 6; 5, 5,
4. g. 6; in, 6, 6, 6, 5, 5, 5, 4, 8, 4-94, Total,
John Reid Jr. st. Andrews. morning,
8, 6, 4S6. Afternoon, out, 4, 3, 6, 8, 4, 5,
5. e. 6; in, 5, 6, 8, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4S4. Total,
Slason Thompson, Onwentsia, morning,
1, s. as. Afternoon, out, 6, 8. I, 5, s, I, 6,
8, 6; in, 5, 6, 8, 6, s, Z, a, T. 4-9S. Total 1856
A H. Smith, Huntington Valley, morn
ing out s. $1,000 I 6. 6, q 6n in > : 6
4, 6, I, 5, 5; in, 6, 5, 7, g. s. g. a. 5, As. To-
II. NJ. Billings, Ardsley club, morning,
out, g. 8, s, s. 5, 5, 5, s. I; in, 6, 5. 7, A. 4, 5,