New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-19
GOLF.
WHERE LOCAL PLAYERS WILL "AlhE"
TO-DAY-TRAvIS TO COMPETE
AT LONG BEACH.

1,,,, .,. vacation season at its height. to-day's
coli matches near town will not be as numerous as
usuaI hut several contests arc promised tnat
should bring out capital play. Chief or these 10
tho four ball match at the Essex County country
Ciph NJ Orange in which Howard A. Colby ana
"rocL" Park Of the home club. will be opposed 10
H.. y Toler and willie Anderson. or BAL
,usrol Anderson's Illness this week AT one ''',e
threatened a postponement. but MI loiel '"l
Yesterday that he had sufficiently recovered 10 APP
near and that the meeting would take pace ac-
cording to the original plan
In tho last meeting between the two teams a'
Roltusrol Colby and Park won by up ana u
inlay and as to-day's match VIII be Oh nome
grounds IL is not likely that they VIII be any Tess
s,,cce.shh In fact, Park again demonstrated his
tro.s tho other day In establishing new rec
ord ~ % for the Yountakah links, at Nuuey'
oo,rso that is seldom done under 1Oo HIS caro-
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1,ha match is to be at thiry-six holes and VIII
no .tarted at 1880 this morning. eighteen holes be-
ing nlayed in the forenoon and eighteen In the
afternoon
A, the Richmond County Country Club the second
match in the series for the championship Of Staten
Island IL to take place between the Richmond
County and Staten Island cricket teams the former
being headed by Albert L. Paterson and the latter
by George r. Armstrong Armstrong theoretically
will disprove the axiom that body cannot occupy
different places AT the same Ume TOT ne IL ALSO 10
meet Otto Hockmeyer at Harb0r Hill for the cham
plonship OF the latter club Practically however,
IL has been adjusted to bring him no physical
discomfort, as he will play his man on the Rich
mond County team In the forenoon and then set
out post haste TO Harbor Hill to meet Hockmeyer
Another interesting contest is promised at Deal
Beach where the home team and the Norwood
Park team will meet for the championship OF the
North Jersey Shore Coli League. Down at Long
Beach there IL to be a sem-publlc tournament
for cups presented by Messrs Gwathmey and
Polon in which Travis, Ballou Wiggln Cox GIL
espie and several other well known players are
to compete. Up the Hudson the Ardsley and ST.
Andrews golf clubs will both hold handic3ps,
while additional attraction at the former will
be "A women's putting match. Englewood offers
a competition for the Mckay cups. and there will
be the usual handicaps at the Shinnecock. Marine
and Field. Crescent Athletic Wee Burn Apawamis
New Brunswick and Hillside links.
The record for the eighteen hole course at Po-
land Springs has been lowered two strokes by II.
r. Mcfarland who made the rounds recently In
~ and Al. Another record is that estab-
lished ty ALEC" Campbell. professional at the
Country Club or Brookline, who made two
The best previous 81 and 3s. made by
Douglas.
Tom and George Cunningham two we'll
known New-England professionals. have entered
for the open championship contest be held next
month at tho Baltimore Country Club The latter
is now the instructor at Nahant. while Tom" is
training under Campbells direction at the Brook
line Country club, near Boston.