The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-14
GOLFING IN SUMMER DAYS.
oNWENTsIA COURSE ONCE MORE A
CENTRE or INTEREST

Tournaments in the East to Precsde the
Opening OF the Metropolitan Season
Membership Classihcntions Mt tho New
Beilport Club - Busy Week at Deal
Onwentsia will again attract the attention OF
the Eastern golfers this week. for the annual
tournament that begins on Wednesday has the
Ravinoaks Guy. for which W. NJ McCawley and
j. G.. Thorpe have each scored wins. and other
prizes on the card with conditions expressly
framed to draw players from distance.
McCawley. who has been playing
splendid game recently, will be sure
starter. but aside from the Philadelphia.
it Is not definitely known who will 60 on.
Next week the PLAYERS will have Narraeansett
Pier In view. where the annual tournament OF
OF the Point Judith Country Club takes place.
1t was at this event last year that c. Hitch
cock, Jr.. first won di stinction. The last week
OF the month will bring the players to Stock
bridge and Newport. In September they will
take in Lenox. and hence homeward to the
Metropolitan links. st. Andrews Is still
holding back. but Westbrook. Nassau. Tuxedo.
Ardsley and Wee Burn have announced events
that will keep things interesting for all. Then
there are the open. womens and college
CHAMPIONSHIPS to add fuel to the fire. At
Tuxedo and Nassau the golfers will have an
entirely new eighteen hole links to play over.
while the Wee Burn event will be the most
important over held in Connecticut. aside from
the recent state championship.
Vest pocket" links. that is those OF small
communities or laid out on private grounds.
are multiplying on every side. But little Is
heard from such courses. yet the play over
them Is as good and as incessant as on any OF
the links maintained by the large clubs.
Three important links OF the sort on Long
Island are those OF the Maidstone Club.
| L-l- L,.,N
hampton: the South Country Club. at West
Babylon. Of which Charles L. Tappin is Pres
ident, and the Bellport Golf Club. The
latter is new organization. with a
nine hole course that overooks the
Great South Bay. Joseph Knapp. for
merly well-known in amateur trap shooting
is the President and W. s. Edge. also wing
| shot. Is one OF the prominent players. The
colors OF the Bellport Club are red and
| black. Its membership is made up
OF the original incorporators. who pay
| 500. which entities the member
and everyone OF his immediate family to all
privileges Of the club house and course for
1900 But thereafter the member and his
family will have to pay annual dues as pro-
| vided for the class they are eligible
| midsummer com petition that always brings
out a large field OF starters will be held on
| wednesday, dJ tne DykeT MeduOW bOl Slup.
| On the schedule 1t merely figures as the fourth
monthly handicap. with first and second prizes.
at eighteen holes. IN edal play. but to the mem
! hers It means more. The en- are now playing
on summer links in all quarters, but it 10 the
annual custom to gather for the August handi-
cap and make it quite special occasion.
W. y. Marsh. the Morris County player has
been steadily forging to the front in golf. His
tournament play last spring was very con-
sistent. and on Saturday. at the Ampersand
links. he lowered the record made last season
by James A. Tying two strokes. with the excel.
lent score OF q 4 ) 4 4 8 5 4-42.
This will be busy week at the fine seaside
course Of tho Deal Coli Club. On Saturday the
final match in the series for the champ ionshr
OF the North Jersey Shore League. between
Norwood Park and the homo team
will be played. and the eight who
have qualified for the club cham
pionship will also play one OF their rounds. On
Wednesday. over the old course. the qualifying
round for the women's championship will be
decided. at eighteen holes. medal play. the
best four to keep on at match play for the
handsome medal presented by A. c. Twining
CAFE MAY. Aug. 13.-The scores made In
Class A of the eighteen hole handicap tourna.