New-York tribune., 1899-07-26
GOLF AT SHINNECOCK
OPENING OF THE BIG MIDSUMMER GOLF
CONTESTS.
OF ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN PLAYERS
NEARLY NINETY RETAIN CARDS IN THE
QUALIFYING ROUND-HARRY HoL-
1INs. JR. WINS THE GOLD
MEDAL FOR THE BEST


SOUTHAMPTON n Y. July 25 (SpeciaD.-The great
midsummer golf contests scarcely overshadowed,
indeed by the amateur championship. the annual
invitation tournament of the Shlnnecock Hills Golf
Club began yesterday morning with a field con-
tanning the big number of ia contestants. OF whom
nearly ninety retained cards In the qualifying
round. That this number would have been much
larger had the weather been pleasant Is assured,
for several men who were on the grounds refused
10 in the rain and wind. AS the last practice
rounds were being played Monday leaden clouds
gathered, and the weather sharps predicted rain
and plenty of It before morning The prediction was
amply fulfilled. for when the first arrivals In the
morning cast an eye over the course they 1ound
pools of water every hundred yards or So ranging
from a yard to twenty-five yards in diameter and
an inch TO a foot In depth.
The starting hour had been set for $780, but no
one had the courage to drive off until Paul Kim
ball and II. r. Winthrop. enveloped In heavy
sweaters and mackntoshes and accompanied by
caddies with umbrellas. teed up at just o'clock
Winthrop drove screamer. but Kimbal topped
slightly. About II O'Clock. however. the sun came
out for the day. and the sandy soil absorbs
moisture like a sponge the course was In fair
shape in the afternoon.
The luck Of the draw had brought Harry Hollins.
tr and Roderck Terry. jr.. together, and pushing
each other they would. one or the other was ex-
pected to be low man yesterday. and each was
one Of the strongest four candidates for the chief
honors the others being Walter ]. Travis and
George c. Clark jr. Starting out Hollins teed
and topped his ball like the verest duffer. and 1t
ran hardly twenty-five yards. Taking an iron,
he swung vicousy at It In an effort to make up
the loss Of distance but slicing again the ball
ri, the stable It bounded upon the course. how
ever and by good play Hollins succeeded In holing
out in 6.
Terry meantime had lost two strokes in the road'
and the hole cost him five From then on now
ever they played brilliantly. finishing the first
eighteen holes Terry 70 and Hollins 80 against 81
and So respectively last year. Travis, however was
the bright particular star OF the morning. going
ont in 40 and home in 9S. He had two skies only on
his cards, these being caused by muddy lies aiter
good drive costing him stroke at each "A re-
narkable shot was made by c. b. Cory, OF the
Wollaston Club, at the ten hole. He fooled his
drive and II cost him two shots to get back into
the course. He then fully $50 yards away Out,
taking his drive he let go and to his amazement
the ball rolled into the hole for four.
Az ha.. been predicted, Harry Holl!ns duplicated
his win" Of 1898 by leading the field home' anu
winning the gold medal for the best gross score,
His rounds $50. were remarkable examples Oh
steadv consistent golf. and. although Travis led
him bv Q strokes In the morning the Oakland man
was 2 n the bad at the end OF the day. Roderick
Terry IT, who at the amateur champlohs@np @
y Golfer than Champion Hartman, started brilliant
~ in the morning being the second loves oe' me me
hest he could do. The first Of these was at the
seventh hole when he topped his drive into the
road and topped his second and sclaffed the thlTq
HIS 7 at the fifteenth was caused by pad lies, y.
A Murdock ir made the best hole score re-
corded coming home in the afternoon in 81.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE CUPS.
Tho hest sixteen scores qualify for the Presi-
dents Cup. offered by Samuel Parrish; the next
eight for the Peconic Cup and the third eight for
the Consolation Cup the latter being given by the
o,uh Tho ARRANGEMENTS are In the hands Of the
Tuecutive Committee Henry c. Trevor. j. Bowers
Lee R. H. Robertson George Clark aT an and bs Samuel Gon
Aned 10 the first and second match play rounds OF