The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-24
Interesting Golf at
Grafton Country
Club.
CHARLES BARTON PLAYS WELL.
Links Surrounded By Many
Well Known Members
Of the Club.

Grafton, Sept. 23.-The Grafton Coun-
try club held a golf tournament, open
to men members only, at the Brigham
hill links today. 1t proved the most sue
cessful and highly exciting tourney
ever held-uhder the auspices of the club,
and il, is. needless to say that this was
directly due to the management of A.
B. Wood.
A large number of the clubs members
were present, who gathered around the
green, cheering the winners and pity
ng the losers The tournament was
'cheduled for Saturday last, but owing
the opening of the bird season it was
aought feasible to change the date.
The play was is holes, and as the
ks are only five, three rounds and
zee were made Kip Taylor, who has
1g been recognized as the champion
aver of the club, was tied, through
MS hard luck, for first place by Charles
). Barton in SO strokes and the contest
Will be decided Monday afternoon at
O'Clock, when they will play a 9-hole
limit for the possession of the loving
cup offered by the club to its champion
member.
There were also ties for sixth, eighth
and tenth places. The six members who
secured the best scores win constitute
team which will play in a tournament
to be held during the latter part of the
month against any and all Worcester
county corners. The score:
Kip Taylor, 1st round, o, 8, A, 4, 3; I'd
round, 5, Z, 4, 8, 4; Sd round, 5. 7, 8, s. s.
last three holes, 4, 6, 6; total 80.
Charles Barton, LIST round, 5, 6, 4, 5, g.
I'd round, A. 6, g. s, 5; Sd round, 4, Z, 5, 5,
4; last three holes, 4, 7, 4; total, &c.
G. A. Hobbs, LIST round, 4, s, 6, 7, 8;
I'd round, 4. 6, z, 6, 4; Sd round, 8, 6, 3,
5, 5; last three holes ., Z, 9; total, 81.
Alexander Bullock, 81; A. B. Wood,
81; A. G. Mason, 100; Charles Crompton,
1907 Chandler Bullock, 104; r. Knowl-
ton, 106; l.. Bartlett, 1O6; Chetwood
Smith, 10S; H. f. Phelps, Ill; G. Cromp-
ton, Ill; L. Nelson, Ill; George w.
Olney, 112; G. Smith, 1928; r. Mason, 40
and A. e. Mason, 143
All ties will be played off Monday
afternoon at o'clock. After the tour
nament dinner was served at the club
house. Charles Cronin who holds the
record for the links holes in Is strokes.
was a complete disappointment and in
making two rounds in 63, he met with
hard luck which seldom falls to the lot
or any player. Among those present
were:
Mr.. and Mrs George B. Inches, Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph l.. Keith, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Crompton, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
5, Barton, Mr.. and Mrs. lockwood
Hoar. Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Cromp-
ton. Mr.. and Mrs Chetwood Smith, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Ranlet, DR.. and Mrs.
Homer Gage, Mr.. and Mrs Harry w.
smith. DR.. and Mrs, Gilman, DR.. and
Mrs. Charles Wheeler, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lincoln Kinnicutt. Mr.. and Mrs. E. y.
Thayer, Mr.. and Mrs Frank r. Macul-
lar Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard p. Kinnicutt,
Mr.and Mrs. Fred Mason Mr., and Mrs.
Alexander Dewitt. Mr.. and Mrs. c. w.
Lasell, Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Brown, Mr..
and Mrs. II. E. Hill. Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
uel Clary, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter M. Lam
caster. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Lasell, Mr.. and
Mrs. Bowker. Mr.. and Mrs. G. w, Ham
ilton. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank l.. Vernon,
Mr.. and Mrs. Burton Wright Mrs.
Mrs. Brigham, Mrs. Thos.
Q. Dix, Mrs Charles II. Flint, Mrs.
Marian Lincoln Bogert, Miss Josephine
Rose Lincoln Miss Bartlett Miss Eli
eanor Baldwin the Misses Brigham,
Miss Elizabeth Francis, Miss Mary
Thurston Rice, Miss Ethel H. Davis,
Miss Mary IT, Barnard, Miss Eleanor
Curtis. the Misses Woodward. Miss
Clarke. Miss Hamilton, Miss Stone,
Miss Mabel e. Richardson, Miss Edith
Hamilton. Alexander Bullock, DR.. Will
liam Lord Smith, DIR. o. H. Everett,
DR.. Frederick Dunlap, William Fl.
Stone, l.. Keller, B. T. Hammond.
Frank Dresser. H. H. Chamberlain,
Richard Ward Greene. Chandler Bull
lock, George Kimball, Frank Hale,
Charles Aldrich. w. b. Phelps, Henry
Frank Phelps Henry p. Nye. Or. f.
NJ. Baker, Pelham w. Lincoln, Charles
NJ. Thayer, Kip Taylor. J. Allan Tay-
lor. Robert Knowlton. Benjamin II.
Stone, A. w. Morse, Philip N. Curtis,
TT r. Wei1inRton Georpe gtearno