The sun., 1899-07-06
DOUGLAS IN RARE FORM.
cUnMPION GOLFE9 BEATS THE ANA
7EuR RECORD At ONHENTSId
spirited Days riny in the National T""rna-
ncnt-Tyng and Robbins Are Defeated
and W. Is. smith Is Put out by Ihorp
Big Gallery Follows Macdonald.


and W. B. smith Is Put out by Thorp
4 Big Gallery Follows Macdonald.
LAKE FOREST. H.. July 5.-Stcrng good
Golf hy tho title holder was the grand feature
OF the championship tourney al the Onwentsia
S'Iub to-day Douglas administered most
severe drubbinE to Forgan, ono of the best
known OF the Scotch players in the West, and
ON his morning round made an 10. three
strokes better than the former amateur record
Douglas made an 50 laSt week In practice.
Lu, this had been sroircd a.. as such scores
often are. until o-dar'S work gave to II the
hal marx OF genuincu"s, that follows COM
petttivr performance.
On the last four holes, realizing that he had n
rare chance to cut tho record down to the
seveutIes. Douglas thought more OF his score
than ot his match and through overcarc ho
dropprl a stroke on each until the last. He
then had to make IA > for an 50 and he did It in
III. most brilliant style. forEan nut up a
game that would have hustled any men who
played to-day on his best holes. but his card
nh,uuls in arrroximated holes where his
pressing brought trouble to him.
Another frature was that Thorr. the runner
NJ in E"i nut out last years runner-up. W. Il.
smith after brulsng hard match Smith
was ofI on his short game. while Thorp played
h,s apprQa hes and puts with the perfection
uncock Hills Ever since Thorp has been
irving to prove at the big tournaments that
the 'Ni form was not an accident. and
to-day he received his public vindcation. or
the better known metropolitan players all sur
vlye but Tying. who lost to Hubbard. the Har-
varI Junior. and Robbins. who lost to his st.
Andrews ciubmate, Reid. Jr. Travis was
down in his morning round. but won out clev-
eAy. while Hartman. who broke all square with
Terry in the early play. also won out In the
afternoon
Tolci ed Fairbanks by Ave holes in the morn
ing. but the hero OF the fOrtyhole match Of
Tuesday warmed out Il his stiffness in tho
afternoon and he had the score all square at
the twenty seventh and again at tho thirty
second hole. but Toer stuck out bravoly for
the Ba.tusrol end OF it and finally won by > up
aud to riny.
The match that carrie the greatest crowd
was that between Macdonald and HoIahird.
Jr the fist named most cffectua!!y snuffing
our the candle # the hoy from the Glonvew
Cluh. to the unconccalcd delight Of fully half Of
the gallery who would have been highly NOR
tlnd had r,ayer from the newest Chicago
go.nng club beaten the mentor Of both Wheaton
and Ouwent-ia. There was nothing personal
IL the feeling against Holahird. the applause
Of the rival ciiQucs being merely prompted by
on" ol lll" merry wars Il't Unusual Ill lHf So
clal life u the hust!ng Western metropolis
The weather to-day opened with rain and
uurky clouds. but about the noon hour the sun
shoue for the first time since the start uf the
tournament. This had Il hracing effect on AL.
for Wli.n the crowds have attended in brave
defiance Of the clements there was little aside
from gOiilug zeal To- attract a gallery,
IOfakr up tn" matches in the order OF the r
I.aylug. E"ii. Jr and Robbins did not show u
very brilliant exhibition in the morning Tho
latter was especially wrctchrd in his attempts.
and said that he f"t we'll pleuscdtO le but 3
did hot pick up any in the afternoon. his short
gam" being mos stunr"rtain. but Robbins forged
along II Il grim and resolutc manner that
squared III" match when but four holes remain
cd To hr played. They halyed the thirty-thrd in
3; then came what proved to be Robbins's Wa
teroO. II WAS the l4O-yard hole called the
BABY Red made the green with his triv.
ing iron. but Robbins topped his tee shot and
failed to reach the green on the second. a
cuppy lie d"priyiug him Of fair chance at the
ball Robbins made the green playing
more. whilc Reid hoed out in the orthodox
and won the hole in 3 to 3. This put a new
2est INTO Reds efforts. Neither made mis-
take on the two remaining holes. halving them
in and respectively. the bogie figures. This
gave the match to Reid by l up. Robbinss ~
was a very creditablee. showing and containet
comment. as he climbed the rone about tn,
home green. III could only have played a.
well this morning =" Their strOk n follow.