New-York tribune., 1899-07-29
GOLF.
"A. L. RIPLEY WINS THE PRESIDENTS
CUP AT sHINNECoCK.
WALTER l. TRAVIS LOSES THROUGH POOR PlA'
THE pEcoNIo CUP GOES TO g. p NASH
JR.. AND THE CONSOLATION CUP

-1HE pEcoNIc CUP GOES TO g. p. NASH.
JR. AND THE CONSOLATION CUP
TO F. c. HAvEMEYER
sou,hamnton Long Island. July IS (speciaD'-The
match play rounds at the Sh!nnecock Gon Ciuo i',
,r,.,,or tournament came 10 an end to-day with
The finals at So holes each. and Alfred i" hp'ey,
comparatively unknown player from 'ne Oa,
Golf Club Of watertown. Mass h.'ie suo~.o -
Boston defeated Walter ]. Travis the iooi Vi ',e
metropolitan district. by up ana 10 pay, ~
chief prize IN. Presidents Cup The gaHery
which saw the finish Of the match could haroIy
realize that the hitherto inyincible Oakland goiiei
was defeated, and for that reason they "eIe s
"a the tomb for a moment after the oecioi,,e pu.
was made but when they realized II was an o.o
and that the Boston mans pucky hght ana ou"uos
determination had carried him TO victory, 'ie ap
plause was generous and spontaneous, aIoei' ho'
40 hearty as II would have been had the ma'on
turned out the other way. I'm sorry you Ios''
Travis; but you had hard luck SAID iIiehu ~
the vanquished player. few minutes ai'e w
match while TraS Sis was securing some OF 'he
stains OF battle from his hands and race ios'
not through hard luck. but through very poor play
ing" said Travis In reply. IF had played as l
pusht TO have the poor luck would not nave ap
peared." 40
As ~ 70 reconpence the Shinnecock Cluo Tor 'he
bad weather which opened the tournament anu
CONTINUED the second day. to-day was simply lueai
,or COLI or ANYTHING else. The thermometer was
1ust at the right degree. and mild though coonhs
lhreeze blew across the links from Peconic pay
,carrying with II a suggestion OF the inVigora,he
isalt sea 1t would have put life into the laz'es'
mortal that ever drew breath. while TO gofer II
gave such energy that the day was not long
or,h ,or him 70 nay his hll. The sensationa
s,natches Of Thursday had excited the women
who saw them that they seemed TINS inorhi's ~
have agreed to recuperate themselves 'horoueI'
before appearing on the course. Tor AT 'he s'a' ~
nFH
main feature OF the day there were haruV Wo
dozen women TO follow them. although men were
plentiful AS the morning wore on ho"eNe'' VI"
women appeared. hurrying over the Nils lro'l or
directions eager to see as much OF the reiiah'"e
mornings play possible. and niieo Win oe'ei
1nination to every stroke OF the afternoon
match Accordingly. by far the largest eatheiine
- 81. rr..k trooped over the this after
NOON and as the gayly attired crowd moved up ana
down the green covered hills. the whi'e suiniie
,,o,,e,. ~ the women intermngled with the scarlet
vo,nng coats Of the men. the picture set OH oS
the coloring of nature for background was u
1,shtful. Indeed so eager were the women 10 see
~. that was 10 be seen at the fourteenth that they
,ureed forward Just Ripley was at the top OF hs
swing and the swish-swash OF their skir's was
go sharp and dsconcertng that he missed MS u,Ne,
almost completely foozling the ball into patch q!
underbrush just at the left OF the Tee As"," onr
again the gallery pressed too near for the players
Comfort but finally Henry G. Trevor. aided ny
corn. ~ assistants succeeded in keeping them back
fairly well.
TRAVIS PLAYED POORLY.
1r,,,out Designing 10 detract in the slightest from
Ripley's victory. which was the result OF ne''
saw die hang on t. the last ditch. up the NH an
the time days play. II cannot be SAID that 'he O
ter man won Time and again Travis missed pu.
after nut which ninety-nine days out OF nuhuie
he would hole out with the utmost ease. "no ~
,.srs has seen Travis miss like "durer TWO tee
shots out OF three as he did to-day? Ripley oe-
serves great credit for sticking as ne olu u i,i9
work but he does not play In any'hihe inc '''o
correct form OF the oakland man, ana MS IONS
game shows power far more than grace. ne 70
vicc-president OF the Hide and Leather Nauoha
Rank of Boston and member OF the fale cor
noration In statue he is rather smaller thsn '"o
average. and he is apparently about forty years
old ..s.
for the chief cup the matches for the Peconlc ana
n,c.o,,,ion Guns were interesting. S. p Nash' il
who rows in the Columbia varsity crew, peat =.
Tiffany Richardson, Of the Yale team oy up anu
4 TO play for the second or Peconic Cup ana +. -.
Hayemeyer, of the Yale team ana Ne"POI' Jul
club a son of the sugar king, beat De Lancey
NjcoIl the ex- District Attorney or Ne"-1orh' y!
up and 8 TO play for the Consolation Cup
Tomorrow the play will be entirely for the
Shinnecock Cup, thirty-slx hole hanocaP' WIZ"
an added prize for the lowest eighteen mole score.
There will probably be more than one huhoreo
entries and the 100 made in the qualifying round on
Tuesday by young Harry Hollins' Jr' Will III all
probability De eclipsed.
THE BIG STRUGGLE BEGINS
rra,Js ord Rinlev started on their long Journey
st 10 o'clock with Henry Coe carrying for Ripley
while Travis was depending on the same shnne-
cock Indian boy who had carried ror MN III MS
previous matches. Travis had the honor ana droVe
q fairly long ball but Ripley outdrove him twenty
40 from ali
tee throughout the day. Each reached me green
on his second and after each had thrown away a
chance to hole out in 4. they split In O. Travis
second shot put him fifteen feet from the second
hole with Ripley little further off. His third.
however. left him dead and they halved in l. Rip
lev made his only foozle from the tee in the morn
fng's play at third. He sclafed badly, the ball
failing 10 clear the railroad track, and 1t took him
three 10 reach Travss drive. OF course the latter
won. the figures being to G. Ripley just failed TO
get down a twenty-fo put for a 3 at the fourth
hole and they divided It, they did the NTH after
Travis pulled his drive into the long grass short
of the bunker. beautiful mashie short laid him
on the green, and as Ripley was short on his sec
ond and weak again on the third, they halved in a.
Ripley drove d screamer at the sixth. one OF the
longest balls OF the tournament. but Travis was
eouidistant from the hole with him in 2. and they
divided in a perfect 4 at the seventh. A pretty
wrist shot made up for Travis the distance he had
lost with driver and brassey. and they halved
again this time in 3.
Weak driving cost Travis the eighth hole, for
after just clearing the railroad track his ball landed
in some underbrush, which cost him stroke 10
get clear Of A topped brassey shot. followed by
a not good iron made him play on the
green. and Ripley was there in the balls were
lifted. with the match now all square. Travis won
the ninth hole in 10 g. which made his score for
the first half OF the round 42 to 43 for Ripley
Travis threw away pats On the tenth hole in
rvin 70 al ont N "A haC
overplayed into the long grass back Of the green
he secured a hall Travis topped his mashie shoi
at the eleventh. finding the bunker in consequence
and as Ripley cleared It easily he out in &c
g. Travis except for hard luck. would have wor
the twelfth and thirteenth. but Ripley was for
tunate enough 10 lay Travis ~ inch styme or
both After missing short puts the. odd. a hall
AT each Resulted % foot put stole the fourteenth