New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-20
SPORTS AND
SPORTSMEN.
GOLF
cANor-sr1E PROFESSIONALS TO VISIT
AMERICAN LINKS.

THREE SCOTCH PLAYERS on THEIR WAY HERE
THE ALIEN CONTRACT LABOR 1-Nw-NEW-
WORKS. PUBLIC COURSE TO RE
OPENED SOON LAKEWOOD
GOLF DoINGs
Another batch o. Scottish professionals Is on It's
~av 70 ,oin the already formidable ranks Of 'heso
men on this side Of the water hopefI >
s,mnson Is headed for the Oconomowoe COZ N'uo'
80 wisconsin while Arthur Rigley is 10 take up
"a. oror,c-s Al the new Midlothian Golf club. near
-,,oago ACCOMPANYING them is George Low. whose
era desti~ ton TO be settled until ne REACHES
,bs CITY All three are Canousue players ana ie'-
,ov-clubnen with "JaCN' and MunRo faih' WIZ
orr3ved here on the Lucania fortnight ago. h'-
sides being good clubmakers. all OF them nave eN-
ooiler, reputations as players. Low and simpson
be,no rated AT plus one" in the handicap Hs' OF
,,s Canous,ie club and they may be trusted 10
acouit themselves crcditably in contests on Amer
lean links. ,, ,r,o-s
This matter OF hiring professionals abroad '''"ES
IN an interesting point to the Alien Ooh'I"ol
rohor laws and n good many people are CURIOUS
20 know row the men get in without Gaming u"
protests from the labor unions great SUI ""' '''
made I'm Chicago recently over the l'Po' ""
ror,crt NJ Auchtcrlonic by the Chicago Golf CUB
and the labor men OF that city have oeeh up l.,
arms against the admission OF this celep'"'n
,otovcr though the matter has now somewhat nIo""
over chiefly because Auchterlonie himsei app''I'
in no unood accept the engaEenae ~. ~ me
;n,nortatton continues. and. though many " NV
arrivals are without definite plans as l" - 80.
ment good many are praGu,"'Ei d ~" II should
rlaces before leaving the oiher Slue. ,s nS,,he
nnt he understood however. that the goI cIu Ds
selyes are the Offenders FOR in most instances
thefnseneS az t n ne urgent solicitation Of their
feilow-countrymen who offer them employ men, -,
their own shops until a more des"aO'c I''' van
II is doubtful II single can be men,ione1
IN which g contract has been made direct! o0 ~ m
a club and one OF these professional lights iqr ms
. rule golfers here are too shreWd 10 pliIu t"i1 I
selves 10 man pi whom they a.r c ~ he nroyei
only by actual experience Most SGorcn I .notber
an idea that golf in America Is mercy I'M, hIO.ne'
name FOR unlimited money. and II takes niue uIs
ing on the part Of friends 10 analognus to those
o; the swcdes and Irish who follow other e,G6Imcn,
as servants certainly the stories OF contract are
much exaggerated
Many OF the men who took part IN the amateur
cbsmniopship at Chicago two years ago made
ey1rs visit TO the Onwentsia links at Lake fores''
which Is 10 he the scene Of this years champion
ship and they now speak in eulogistc terms o. l'S
character The greens are said TO b" large. ana
,ha course full OF interest. while the land Is or
such a favorable nature that little work VIII be
required 20 put # in shape for the coming tourna-
ment II Is said too. that al Onweh'sla 'he'o
are no trees TO trouble the golfer which re-
calls the story told Of the Blston INKS ABROAD
OF a crow which on receiving instructions 10
nv fron Sheffield to Portsmouth. was told that
Bston would be the first stop. when ne repneu'
BLAINE Bnston there's not blooming tree to rooSt
on" The same might apply equally as wei 10 the
Lake Forest course. In the esiaphshmeht oi 1lo
club there has not been wanting the keenesS 5ut
port but this is only to he looked Tor among W 81
ern players who have the reputation o. transform,
ins pastures into golf links IN single night ana
money for the necessary details VIII oe -
without the slightest cifncuIty IL Is ~ IA
course that the championship is not to be neid
here but II the West must have II VnWeh'Sld -
a. popular choice any that coulI ne Hlaut.
The ciub has three hundred members. 1t IS "linim
an V?p IDEAS and is intended TO
bold free style of game. the haz4roS p'lus rume
links where last years championship was ,d
the playing distance IS slightly sm D not
81 Yards but the discrepancy is too slisht 10 DC
OF much Importance In scoring
Andrew Lang who has written many articles on
eolf has recently been saying some rather hard
things about old ST. Andrews In "Longwoods Maya
zine" It's only commerce, he AYERS is potatoes
and goli balls" and he is apparently rather pro
yoked with the idea that the university Town shouo
have become 50 directly associated with the com
nercal advantages of the game. There would De
no question he says. that II the practical demon
strations in golf were made part OF the currlc
ulum II would prove a popular institution nut N
doubts II golf balls would ever become cheape
and better thereby. which. to his mind, should %
The result OF such university lectures in this intel
lectual age. Gof-ball making as staple indus'ri
in Scotland has assumed great I'M I'm t%ii,V, ~,
e eei MI cdp1iTV' ana most Of the energy of N
Scottish manufacturers is being ditetle1 t1""1u ~
production OF cheaper article thah 'har no"
The market l. such mon a. Professor Ialt, w
has T,een igrc 9ee N soT bas interest," themseye
In the subject there reason TO nope 1Hr IN
the rather limited accounts that have been pre-
served Of the ancient game oojh Scotch %Iu "a
imnor. an their golf balls from Holland bat Jane
WsS ~ Wis he nntSb article With the result that N
home trade prospered. and has been WcrduE
industry ever since
NeN-York will soon nave the distinction Of mali
tanning the only eehteen-hole public INKS
America commissioner Moebus. OF the Park Boar
is not a golf player himself. but ne is determine
that those who are shall have the best that the cit
can give. and Bendolow has been furnished vii
a gang Of workmen and told TO 90 ahead IN n
own way This Bendclow is doing. and since n
engagement week ago the new lana al van LOT
landt Park has been cleared OF loose stones al
underhrush outcropplng rocks have been blast'
and carted away and the new holes have bee
staked of Bendeow has been surprised TO III
the turf IN so much better condition than he O.
pe,,ed which means that he viii have the I'M
ready sooner than golf players here have been i
TO hope.
The present nine holes will be considerably II
proved but besides the addition OF some Zei var
they will remain practically the same as last yea
OF the new holes six are 10 he laid over te MI
10 the south while the other three viii be co
sfr,,cted 10 the north OF the present course on q
further side OF Moshou-aVe, between HI Idl.l- ~
and the railroad track In me ieauJuS',IieH 1
cid first hole Mil become the NTH. ana ne STA
win he made the hills 10 the south, NE hIst
being on a little rolling eminence 10 the east
Van Courtlandt-ave. In this way "a carry ot
yards will be necessary TO clear me OroM -. i
hill which thus acts as a penalty ior a oIP
hall IRE first hole IS 20 yards long. me seco
&c also a now one and like the hrst. Will be Ia
on a nne stretch OF rolling turf. with paral
hazards on either side II Will measure iO HaT'
NE thrd hole carries the player in westei
direction for $40 Yards. the green being situai
IN nunch- bowl depression between hleh M
There Is a sporty ravne TO guard the fourth gree
and 10 clear Il will require a SAFE tee shol OF
Yards The hole measures 20 yards IN lrhs'h. d
lie nutting green on the brow OF NH that
reolire a nice approach TO reach II success, ui
ts,ono here 10 the tenth hole the player loho
the old course with some slight readjuS 'men,. =