The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-11
AUTUMN DAYS IN GOLF.
AETICTPITTONs REGARDING TIE
CHAMPIONSHIP Ar BALTIMORE

CHAMPIONSHIP Ar BALTIMORE
Open Tournaments Mt Lenox and Mount
Anthony to Usher In Annual Event at
Observation-Disclosures of New Links
Mt Tuxedo and RS e-Forgan Wins in West.
with the belated entry OF Willie Anderson,
the muster for tho open cham pionship is
completed, and on Thursday and Friday
tho highest class field OF players ever
brought together will tee of at the Baltimore
Country Club. UnquesttoDably the chances
favor the retention OF tho title In the West. for
aside from the present champ Fred Herd.
and Alex. Smith, last years runner-up. the
force from the other sido Of the Alleahenies
includes tho new recruits. VIII Smith and
Lawrence Auohterionie. not to speak OF James
FOULS. Henry Turpie or Peter Walker. In the
Eastern division tho players who are deemed
TO have the best chance on public form arc
Joseph Lloyd and Willie Anderson. The fore
to be manifested by Jack Pork. George Low
and David Hunter. 10 problematical. but each
OF the trio 10 capable OF great performance
The nve named in q team match at the hole
game would be quite able to hold their own
with any nve OF the Western players. Other
Eastern pros" who II on their game ara quito
capable Of breaking records are Willie Dunn
W. F. Davis. Will Norton. Will Tucker and John
Form. Val and Ned Fitzjohn. too. must not be
ignored. At the Otsego links In the summer
and in Georgia throughout the winter these
players are out OF the public view to an extent.
but they are right on their game. When at
Ardsley. 1t will be remembers the Fitziohns
could take the measure OF any OF the metro
politan players. In the professional com petit
tion at tho Ocean County Hunt and Country
Club. on Jan. /. 1897. the two finished FIRST and
second In q field OF thirty. They will bear
watching at Baltimore. Horace and Harry
Rawins too. are liable to set a winning pace
Il Ws Ts0 in the e on
he beat bernard Nichols two weeks ago. That
S tho s' thes are The PICK Term q
Douglas did not enter as he is still stiff in the
tSs result on faFaEe m that
amateurs engaged are home-bred golfers.
Menzies. although he learned to play in Scot.
he arrived in this country some four yearsaTo
The coming event will be Menzies fret appear
IN is hsn he 'S Was at st.
Douglas for the st. Andrews cup Menzes
has 69 ~ IN r.,
there are pretty positive that he will do better
than either Hartman. Shaw or Travis at Bal
timore.
Play will begin this morning in the annual
tournament OF the Lenox Coll Club and will
sSps sn i1c JoSs
outright. The holder is Perry HoueRton HT OF
for ' the rst time last year Hs beat h0 A HHp
sSs SS 81: th F6o@
ing LenoI: the last Of the 9uS .oi.town open
Be HHnt csntrs, Vt. The dates es' are re
1 as I'll ssssa ssd
medal for the best score: The frat sixteen
up. George worthlnston is the secretary: to
ens % We bro Sns at 6ai
he q Win 81 at th4e
and The second s1tssn 0S Tor rOa
GnR Tbs on S vii ,: sS s, be
1 The sPsn e tae the Tp1 Ss% d
20 opened up. Nassau Country and Ensiswood
psy: as the iOo1ins is. Of the distances Ss I re-,
out-e1o. ssS. $50. s76. ESQ. $50. $50. 2rS. 1876
, isS l'o. lao. as $50. no. sss. s40 $50
This gives a grand total Of 1880 yards. The
next course to be opened will be the much
every sense Of the. word. not only in distances.
FL. ground Was for the f ar@ fon
Of the leading gentlemen farmers in the coun-
soil. 30 that the grass-crop is something un-
usual The opening was TO have been on Sat
The exact location Of the tees was marked out cut
on Friday, and the following accurate meas
9 4s So s1l 200 a4o
iasSo4. se5. 2S6. so7. Gao. a4o ai7. tos. s25-
The total length is e.0s4 yards. With four
holes over 800 yards, the Apawamis course
On Wednesday day , the seventh to match for the
c PaEsh sSE''
will be little doing otheryise on the NJ, g.. A..
aa1 @ se .ns. ya hsA T ss hs Hqsss
terest will be the return match at Montclair
1ns as field
scoring but the Now Jersey players having
that day wiIl pc The Individual cham ionsh Up
BSs ceb ons per Il r eae
cub, win be allowed to start. The prize is a
Of golfer in the act Of driving. a .one-carat
DIAMOND REPRESENTING tie goIi ball Jasper
CAPE MAY. Sept. 1O.-The regular eighteen
hole handicap tournament on the links OF the
Cape May Club Yesterday afternoon was inter-
improvements in the play was shown. The
scores were:
GroA. FeaD. Net.
+ j. Graves ~ 10
j. Ernest smith. II o ~
] NJ. f. Hildreth ................ o. 10 81