The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-13
GOLF is THE GAME.
Two Clubs in Worces-
ter and There Are
Many Devotees.
CRACKS ARE DEVELOPING.
Here Is a List of Some of
the Best ANA
teurs.
CRACKS ARE DEVELOPING.

Golf is the game this season. Ev-
erywhere golf links are being laid out.
No summer resort, whether at the sea-
shore or mountains, is complete without
golf links.
Worcester is in the swim. There are
two golf clubs in Worcester, and many
devotees. All goodday golf enthusi-
asts are playing the game, and rapidly
developing into crack golfers. Wor
cester has not yet furnished cham
pion at the game, but the game is
young in this city, and it is too early
to look for a champion. But cham
pion is coming. Worcester has cham
pions in every other branch of athletics
and golf champion is as sure as
fate.
Practice is what makes a golf
champion, and golf players of this city
are practicing. Faithfulness to the
game is one of the chief requisites for
crack player, and no more faithful
players can be found anywhere than
in Worcester. The fever has struck
hard, and Worcester golfers are as en-
thusiastic as any to be found in the
country.
Worcester has not a championship
course, but before long it will be posi-
BILE to have championship games on
either of the Worcester courses, and
when that time arrives, the game will
be stimulated still more Eighteen
holes are required for a championship
contest. One of the Worcester courses
now has eight holes, and will open the
ninth shortly. The other has but five
holes, but plans are being carried out
to increase the number of holes to nine
When each has that number of holes
in the links 1t will be possible to hold
championship contests by going twice
over the course.
The Grafton Country Club Is the
sponsor of the game in Worcester. 1T
is now in its fourth season. and has
among its members several expert golf
efs although none of them have yet at
tempted to enter the lists against crack
golfers of other cities. The Tatnuck
Country Club is the infant organiZa-
ton, being in its second year. It has
a large membership, so large that a
waiting list is now established. and
among the members are several whose
devotion to the game promises well for
their success as golfers.
James f. Cronin is the expert golfer
of Worcester. He is the professional
at the Grafton Country Club, the in
structor in the art of golfing. Mr..
Cronin learned the game in it's home
on the other side of the Atlantic, and is
teaching it to devotees of the sport at
the Grafton Country Club. He is an
admirable player and an excellent
teacher, and is rapidly developing golf
ers at the club.
Probably the best golfers among the
amateurs, and they are all amateurs
except Mr.. Cronin, are to be found at
the Grafton Country Club. This is not
without reason, as the golfers of that
club have had more experience than
their friends of the Tatnuck Country
Club. The golfers Of the Grafton Coun-
try Club are becoming as adept on the
tee and green as some professionals
who have given years of practice to
it.
OF the amateur members Of the
Grafton, K l.. Taylor of North Graf
ton is regarded by many members as
the best golfer. He has shown care
fulness that is commendable since heI
made his first drive, and for an anna
teur, is able to measure distances with
the accuracy Of a professional. Hell
has made round of the flve-hole
course in %. The record of the links
is Is, made by the professional, Mr.
Cronin, which serves to show the ex-
cellence of Mr.. Taylor's performance.
There are several golfers in the club
who have made the round in 81, and
can do it almost any time. Alexander
II. Bullock Chandler Bullock, Chef
wood Smith, George Crompton and A.
Bowman Wood are among the best
golfers of the club. Lyman Bartlett,
A. H. Warren and Pelham W. Lincoln
are other devotees of the game at the
Grafton Country Club, who are rapid
ly becoming expert players.
When the nine-hole course is con-
structed at Grafton Club the game will
cause greater interest among the mem
bers. The fact that the new course
will enable the club to bring champion
ship matches to the links, if desirable
will stimulate the golfers Of that club
to greater practice, and the already
good golfers will become expert enough
to defend the honorOf their club against
the best players Of any club.
Although the Tatnuck Country Club
has not been as long in existence as
its sister club of Grafton, it has many
good golfers who are daily improving
A nine-hole course has been laid out
at this club, but only eight holes have
thus far been used. The eighth hole
was opened only day or two ago, the
playing course consisting of seven holes
be opened In few days. Mr.. Cronin
of the Grafton Country Club holds the
record of the seven-hole course of the
Tatnuck Country Club, having made
the round in SO. Several members
of the club have made the round in
36 and 81, which shows that they are
fast becoming adopts at the game. The
links are not as difficult as many 9TH
ers. although there are many difficult
hazards. The shortest hole is 211 yards
and the longest 366 yards
Ralph A. Stewart, lawyer in the
State Mutual building is one of the
best amateur golfers of the Tatnuck
Country Club. But there are several
others who press him closely for pre-
mier honors. There has been no tour
nament among the members to decide
which can make the round in the least
number of strokes, and one would prove
decidedly interesting on account of the
growing experiences of many who prac-
tice regularly at the links. This num-
Der is increasing daily, and the golfers
of the club bid fair to rival in excel |
lence the golfers of the Grafton Club,
who have had a longer time in which to |
practice the art of golflng
DIR. f. II. Baker, Dr. Charles B. Ste |
vens, DR.. Charles Butler, Ralph A. |
Stewart, F. e. Gunnison, D. N. Bates, |
Henry Y Simpson, M. Percival Whit |
tall, William Harrington, Waldo Lin
coln William G. Ludlow, are among
the devotees of the game who are seen
frequently on the links.
'They say Buxton and his wife have
separated" ,,...,
little while"
'Oh, they quarrelled because she re-
fused 20 go away for the summer unless