New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-15

COLE.
OPENING OF THE TOURNAMENT sbASoN
IN NEW ENGLAND

IN NEW ENGLAND
vi. ,ourror,ort season in New-England will be-
| oir raxt week when the attention Of golfers VIII
| he divided between the Point judith county Ci"o'
| Of Narragansett Pier and the Keno Na"eS
| try Club OF Bar Harbor. Play on inc Gov.
| the first named organization VIII peelii oii I a
| morning with an eighteen hole quall1!ihs i'
! for the Presidents and Consolation cups the IrS'
aixteen beine eligible for the former ana the seC
ond eight for the latter. The match pay ~
| gin Monday afternoon and the hhais lo' ,'o
| ISOLATION Cup will be reached, barring .,.
Tuesday afternoon. The Bar Harbor 'oul ia"'
| will begin on Tuesday but the details OF 'he az
| ,atr bave not vet been received. Ihe Ne"po't
tournament will begin probably the io''o" ,'
week ending on September 2. Among 'ne uoPi
| 70 he nlayed for are the Governors Cup VIC ~
J give, nv the Count OF Turin. which was "o" iVt
a. a. .,,o lost wear by Foxhal p. Keene; the
| tstaon,,s Cu, onered by Buchanan Winthrop
| and cup presented by Winthrop
an open match for club members - ,,
7, had all along been expected that the annual
tournament of the Hackbridge Hoil ''u'
follow that at Lenox but yesterday the ia''er VI
sanization announced Its dates as septeinoe' ~ -
u IA IL and IS which will bring 1t TWO "eeh9
after the sockbridge affair and juw Ss Commit
of the Berkshire season. me samuel Froth-
ineham and s Rowland Robbns-has tthrd ossshin
10 make the programme e9 as tbe summer golf
son the entry list should be gooG o Prcy HoHgb
there were SHY Msy,ysrd Gof Club was the winner
defeating Abram Barker. Of the Agawain I1 Iau
GHS II tn: R9 f fSe By SP cup from
" op by score Of nS up dP0n and 70 viii HE Re
19 io HISAF the list prizes ""D
10 Aesanars Cup PTe'SG%fa BY '2 soe. Hsndcap
limited e. es' Tnd handicap play for Alex
anore 'UP TUESDAY.
rualif
Best sixteen HTs se course 80 Of the Len1
To be played for annTaG be he'd in custody for tho
qr By the club The winner sha 9ayG S
,ins. ane sb s9Gq Become II hi. O PROPERTY
medal The two hna Contestants to receive respectively
$50 D. m.-Second round preliminary neoal Pa' i'
LenoN NU' WEDNESDAY.
s.55ss round 7SHS match pay 81 s@s
PTze open Contest 6y y for Genoa cp
Eighteen holes medal play.
THURSDAY.
70 mse f2sq cup @iSSa Rs by william
Eighteen holes, medal play Best four scores 10
qualify.
10 a. m-First half final match play FOR 1enoE Cup
6a maj match B Bsy to fP ssa aa21 f s
yer cup SATURDAY
10 g. rn.-Presitents Cup. First round match pay,
Eighteen holes. Open 70 the fogr players making
he bestsc In the medal rOunls
p pay @,y-f''s'''s'' ''' '''
NOTES OF THE LINKS.
Not many years ago the appearance In game
OF tennis in nearby suburban town or young
clergyman clad in white flannel trousers. a short
Jacket Of the same material and an outing shirt
so shocked certain staid and elderly members OF
his congregation that presently the church was
divided against itself The conservative faction
which believed the pastor had demeaned hmseil
parish triun1phed in the end with the result that
he left his pastorate. But so far as is known no
clergyman in this country has been taken TO task
for playing golf and there are many or them VINO VINO
occasionally enjoy quiet ro4no OF me agsr and
frequent visitor the Ardsley course. where me
other members have learned to have wholesome
fear Of his game. In England. however, a case
has just arisen where young vicar mas incurred
| the displeasure Of some Of his parishioners by
| appearing on the links in knickerbockers. and they
! have even gone so far as to make formal com com
plant to the ecclesiastca authorities The papers
have devoted considerable space 10 the case, ana
one irreverent journal intimates that IT was nod
wearer's attenuated limbs that shocked the good
'Var' Flood the professional OF the Pittsheld
Golf Club. has established new record of 81 Tor
Yards in length Floods card was g. 4 T. 4, 3, l.
> a. 8. home and home match Of seyenty 1.-TWO
holes match play. has been arranged between Flood
70 take place on the Pittsfeid links to-day and the
second half the Taconic course tomorrow.
Robert Pryde. the Scotch professional at the
New-Haven Golf Club. has advanced novel, but
extremely interesting. theory that the experienced
bicyclst learns quickly how 70 handle
golf club than person who does not wheel for he
has conquered the tendency displayed by all nov
ices to grasp the implement as firmly as one grips
the handle bars Of the wheel while learning 70
ride The average beginner at golf finds II eX-
ceedngly difficult 10 avoid gripping the club with
his rig INT hand instead OF allowing 1t To lie along
the middle Joints of the fingers and leaving the
firm grasp 10 the left hand, which imparts the
main force TO the swing.
The Dyker Meadow Golf Club will hold It's fourth
monthly handicap tournament tomorrow on the
links at Fort Hamilton.
In the putting and approaching contest for as
sociate members held recently nj the EnSlewood
Golf Club for a prize presented by DR.. John A.
Wells the following scored third, second and first
points for the cup
First Second
round round Totals.
Mrs. J.. y. Smith. .'........''..s''. ~ ~ 90
Mrs. !. a. Wells. ....,............'.' ~ 81 -
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