The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-09
HARTMAN GOLF CHAMPION
DEFEATS DOUGLAS At 0NWENTSiA
LINKS ny 8 UP AND y TO PLAY.
F,v. Times tho U. =. q. A. Title Has Boon
Played For, and Harriman's Victory
Ia the First Scored by Homebred
Piay.r-How Final Round Was Contested.

Ia the First Scored by Homebred
Player-How Final Round Was Contested.
lane FOREST, July S-A link In the chain
y, gof championships that players from
old st. Andrews have stretched about
the world was broken to-day In the final
wound Of the L. =. q. A. amateur cham
,,,pship at tho Onwentsia Club. when Her
,c,, N Hartman OF tho Mcadowbrook Hunt
clyh defeated Champion Fndlay $, Douglas OF
Tho Fairfield County Golf Club by UP and
% r,ey Scots nay win again and be welcome.
,,ut ,,r the year to come an American will hold
th.titie There ia a further pride in the VIC
,ory 10 New Workers. for Hartman Is the NJ G..
A. champion. and his success In the national
oysnt ia proof that q metropolitan standard OF
Rohng IL high one.
Hartman first took mp the game at Newport
IN 1875, and he later played good deal at the
HOLLYWOOD Country Club He failed to qualify
for the amateur championship OF 1896. but
thereafter began to improve. At the cham
rtonship In 1897 he put J. A. Tying out. only
:, auccumb to w. Rossiter Belts in the
third round Last year he did not enter
Dor tho amateur championship through a
mistake about the dates. but 1t was thought
had he started he would have received chance.
For the past year Hartman has done most OF
his playing at Garden City and Meadow
brook. entering In tho present event from
the Meadowbrook Club. He played per-
,ectly balanced game when he won the
title Of NJ. G. A. champion. but tho pace
was faster at OnwentsIa. and the game
was degree nearer to ideal golf. In 1895
the late Theodore A. Havemeyer. when Presi-
don't Of the L. S. q. A.. said a home bred ANA
teur would be developed who would be At to
hold his own with the players from abroad
Hartman to-day proved the soundness OF the
prediction
There was brilliant following with the pair
from start to finish. some 1000 persons wit
Messing every stage OF the match. 1t was an
especially enthusiastic gallery at the end OF
the morning round. when Hartman was 3
mn. but there were long faces In the crowd
later on. when Douglas had cut Hartman
down TO a eal OF Cup with only 3 to play. But
",lIs well that ends we'll" and there was the
hpartiest cheering after the match. and as
loser and winner walked off together there
were handshakes for both.
"Oh. Mr. Hartman" cried out Mrs. II. c.
Chathed- Taylor. as she met Hartman on his
,riumphal progress toward the clubhouse. do
OH realize that you are now the amateur
champion"
Really said Hartman. with laugh Tho
honor is 40 new that don't. but hone will
hold the tide long enough to get familiar
with It,"
gallery" There are nothing but narrow
planks over the water hazards and there was
a tremendous congestion at each OF these
passageways The players. who had the right
OF way walked on alone at these stoppaRes.
save for Il few nimbe wights. who flew around
corners to escape being bunkered" Then.
at the bridges a comedy in which all the act
ors were most earnest was enacted. Every per-
son in the crowd girl. miss or matron. old man,
midde-aged or youthful. was anxious to get
over the panks quickly. but they were too well
bred to push or hustle. This regard for de-
corum is all that kept off bargain
rushing at the bridges. The politeness Of the
pent-up throng. who all smiled but never for
got to keep edging forward was a study in the
realistic art the dramatic folks are striving for.
But at a mum Der the holes there was chance
for the crowd to line out. and here ropes were
stretched ami the drives We're made through
aisIcs Of many faces. 1t was like the pictures
II the guli hooks from abroad
On one occasion Hartman pulled his drive
into the crowd. Tho quickest in the throng
saw the hal! coming and yelled out Fore. and
AGht Of the ball being blocked, While
angle hole in the afternoon rounds an odd
thing happened. All except some 400 OF the
IN he ns pen a hers The
covered ian" on short cut to the green.
Bb Ss along; chatting and gay; those who
mepptaTy shock midway on the walk AZ the
sight Of heroic size statue OF Greek goddess
Hush, don't sHeak !" cren out thee onwent-
sas IN IN, The The Gdyaneing mnIitnde She Is our
'ai5y 81 me wCoIs ana mas mystic powers.
strangers would fain have fingered, like the
Wedding guest with the ancient mariner. for
there seemed to be n thrilling secret in the
mystery Of this statue in the woods but golf
Ing zsaI PEed.m mattel and onward The crowd
the green as the golfers were niaying their
second On shots ltwasa pretty picture The greco
The green FT The watnr stood ten deep
~ summer-day contrasts Of red coats and
pink parasois, duck suits and Partisan walking
the women and the eager expressions on the
faces OF the men IT was scene long TO be re-
STOOD 70 make their approaches. would have
TTorkef sad havoc in this bunker Of humanitty
hole so gingerly. for they haved in stroke
The Overwhelming lead OF Hartman in the
most cases ths longer bsIl and also the longer
second shot when using the brasscy. His weak
amateurs Of the rank ABROAD fa f' in the long
usual thing, but thu best OF them find their bad
IuIting day.; SC, there is ne disgrace con.
the game. Had he Quilted as well as he played
the other parts of the game. Douglas would
nave Haue score OF about 20, Tor no other
Conclusion can he drawn when it is considered
that re had almost Invariably the better OF the
long game and the approach shots.
Hartman, in the estimation of the Scotch
professionals, who followed the match, PLAYED
ahoN" himself in the morning and Douglas
pEtrd Ike "lassic." Their one consolation
Tor the defeat Of the Scotsman is that 1t will
stimulate the interest in the game in this
country IN the afternoon. although he began
I'M somewhat Emphatic way. Douglas played
grand game from the twenty second hole
10 the end, The Improvement was in his
putting. and with only two exceptions ne was
L. fettrr form than Hartman on tn" greens,
D" latters game at the time may DO termed
rs regular one. the sort he showed at
harNen city when he won the NJ. q. 4 cham
pipnShtp, and this bears out the estimate
On the professionals that he was above his
game IN the morning. As to the failure to
outurNe Douglas, he result was still another
;hs'I'catt"n or tn" true style against the
thf"",Vuarter swing. no matter how much
nmHsg!e is h"hind II, In, a wrestling match
hartman could smother Douglas most prob
any hut while he nit the hRll clean and
~ ne iull force OF his tense Sinews
urnind II, Douglas on many occasions
ES'n ~% ,nrp"arnnre Of Special strainng. sent
IN rrA-Scy plays. Hartman faced tho hal