The Saint Paul globe., 1899-07-07
EARRING The FINISH
HREE EASTERNERS AND ONE
WESTERNER WILL CONTEST
AT GOLF TO-DAY
WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL

lest GcIf of the Tournament Was
the Result-IntercOIeGi Cham
piOn Was Among the Defeated
Champion Douglas Won, hut
Played Indifferent GOIf-He. Is
Looked Upon as Formidable.
ONWENTSIA CLUB GOLF COURSE
Lake Forest, H., July 6-Three
eastern players and one Westcrner will
eontest IL the semi-finals tomorrow fer
the amateur golf championship. The
games today resulted In the defeat of
JChn Reid Jr the intercollegiate cham
pion by w. ]. Travis, of the Oakley
Country club; Gardiner G. Hubbard, by
Champion Findlay S. Douglas; II. p
ToIer, by H. M. Hartman, and ]. G.
1horp by Charles B. Macdonald. the
sole survivor of the Western golfers who
started the weeks playing. The scores
in the games between Douglas and Hub
bard and Hartman and Toler were rather
one-sided, Douglas winning up and 6
to play, while Hartman won up and 4
to play.
Unless the streLgth displayed 10y the
players today proves deceptive, Fndlay
S. Douglas Will contest in the finals Sat
urday. He meets with ]. Travis tenor
row Last year the two came together in
the semi-finals oyer the Morris county
links, Douglas winning up, to play
Douglas was far from perfect in his
form today, but his medal score was bet
ter than that of Mr.. Travis, and the gem
eral opinion is that Douglas will win.
AS to who will be successful in the
match between Macdonald and Harri-
man, opinion is evenly divided. Both
played splendid golf today. MacdOnald's 3
play was perhaps a shade the better He
negotiated the first nine holes In the aft
ernOon in SO, but fell away somewhat
when he had his game apparently won.
Harriman's work, however, was so good
throughout that the game tomorrow will
probably attract one of the largest gall
leries of the week, and the result may lot
be decided until the full 36 holes have
been negotiated
BEAUTIFUL GOLF.
The weather today was apparently to
the liking of the golfers, and over links
that the warm sun and wind OF yesterday
had put in almost perfect condition for
the game more beautiful golf was played
than at any time previous The game
between Macdonald and Thorp was at
times SenSa tional. Time after time both
holed in puts of twenty feet and over.
After considerable see-Sawing Macdonald
took the lead at the thirteenth hole and
thereafter held it. The afternoon play Of
both was almost perfect, Bcgey being
beaten on the fifth, sixth, seventh and
ninth holes.
Gardner G. Hubbard, for the first nine
holes of his match with Champion Doug
las, outplayed his OppOne.-. mis- drives
being in nearly every instance from TWEEN.
ty to forty feet further, while his ap-
preaching was remarkable for accuracy.
His putting, however, was bad, and this
really cost him the game, for several
: times he lost holes apparently by over
= putting. This fault was apparent all day,
and in the afternoon after Douglas had
/ secured a strong lead, Hubbard's driving
was also poor. Douglas work was
much better in the afternoon
The game between H. NJ. Hartman
and.sH p. Toler was won by Hartman
mainly through his superior driving and
putting. TOler did splendid work on the
first seven holes, being five up at that
4 time, but Hartman pulled up on even
terms with him before the course. had
. been covered, and in the afternoon won
almost as he pleased, out-playing Toler
Jn every way.
John w. Reid the intercollegiate cham
piOn, after finishing one up on the morn
ing's play, was defeated by Travis two UP
and one to play Reid at one time was 8
up, but lost five holes in succession.
principally through poor iron play, and
the game was decided at the thirty-ffth
hole
The display of fireworks which was to
have been part Of the programme for the
Nfsrl,N
sn front of the club house, a number
S9f immense set pieces being shown A
concert by the Mexican band from Fort
Hheridan was also given.