The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-04
all AT ONWENTSIA.
American Golfers Have
Sport On Lake Forest
Links.

OnWentsla club House, Lake Forest,
Ill, July 3.-The fifth annual tourna-
ment of the United States Golf asso-
citation was begun today over the 1S-
hole course of the Onwentsia Golf club,
80 miles north of Chicago. Nearly ev-
cry golfer of prominence in the country
was present when Secretary William
Page Kerr of the association called the
first pair for the qualifying round at
730 o'clock this morning.
The club house, the little stand at the
first teeing ground, and the ropes
stretched across the green in front of
the home hole, were thronged with ad-
mirers of the game, who literally APP
plauded the players as they started in
their week 5 struggle for the amateur
golf championship, or came up the hill
at the finish. The course and weather
were ideal for high class golf during the
morning, but about l o'clock a hard
rain commenced to fall and kept up
without intermission until the last play
er had finished the course. This made it
uncomfortable for the golfers, but ap-
parently did not interfere with the play
ing for many of the contestants who
made high scores during the morning,
reduced them sufficiently in their af-
ternon play to bring them within the
qualifying limit.
The number of starters was large, SO
of the liz entries going over the course,
and this fact made some delay unavoid-
able. Some time before the last pair had
finished their mornings play, the play
ers had been started out again for the
final round, and from early morning I'M
til late in the afternoon there was an
uninterrupted procession of golfers
trudging over the three mile course.
In spite of the unfavorable condi-
lions during the afternoon, some beauti-
full golf was played, and judging from
the form displayed by many of the con-
testants who qualified today, the strug
gle for the championship will be close.
This is shown by the fact that scores
of over 1877 failed to qualify, while as
low as 16S was made.
c. B. Mcdonald, the. Chicago golf ex-
pert, won the gold medal with honor on
the lowest score in the qualifying round.
His score of 1913 was made by almost
perfect golf, his putting being aceu-
rate to an unusual degree, while his
long drives were in nearly every case
placed perfectly John Reid of the st.
Andrews, the intercollegiate champion,
won the silver medal with score of
10.
third place, w. J. Travis of the Oak
land Golf Club, D. r. Forgan of On
wentsia, and Findlay S. Douglass of
the Fairfield Golf Club, the present am
ateur champion, making the SO holes
in 49,
The result of the whole days play
ing rather favored the eastern golfers
as out of the 80 who qualified, % were
from the Atlantic coast and Pennsyl-
va LII ct,,
gle will commence tomorrow, when the
80 who qualified will start off in the
match play.
The scores of Mcdonald and Reid
made them many friends, and both
men, if they play the golf they did
today, will undoubtedly cut large fig
ure in determining the championship.
The following qualified in today's
medal play: Sterling Beckwith, Cleve-
Cricket Club, 176; Herbert Mcbride
Cleveland, 1856; H. A. Colby, Essex
Country Club 1877; R. Sykes, Overland
Park, 1856; John Reid, Jr., ST. Andrews
ITO; Slason Thompson, Onwentsia, 1856
A. H. Smith, Huntington Valley, 1856; H
M. Billings, Ardsley Club, 1877; Steward
| Stickney, st. Louis Country Club, 1877
Sheldon Cary, Cleveland, 1872; Roder.
lex Terry, Jr., Ardsley, IT'S; R. A. Cum
Onwentsia, 173; ]. G.. Thorpe, Oakley
Country Club, 179; c. B. Mcdonald
| Chicago, 1853; A. NJ. Robins, St. An
drews, 1877; James A Ring, Morris
Country, IT'S; w. B. Travis, Oakland
173; Findlay S. Douglas Fairfield, 173;
W. N Holabird, Jr., Glenview, 179;
John Stuart, Princeton, 1877; H. M. Har-
rimaD, Meadow Brook, 176; Walter
Fairbanks, Overland Park, 1856; w. B
Smith, Onwentsia, TIA; c. A. Linewea-
yer, Philadelphia, 179; William Waller
Onwentsia, 1877; Nicholas Longworth
Cincinnati, 1871; H. P. Toler, Baltusrol
1856; Jasper Lynch, Lakewood, 1870; w
c. Carnegie, Jr., Allegheny, 1877; Harold
G. Smith, Onwentsia, 1877.