New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-12
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COMMENT on OUR LUXURIOUS GOLFERS
YALE FOR Dual. LEAGUE
WITH HARVARD
The activity already apparent among goh-playerS
IN this CITY indicates that the season IN soH WI"
90, this year much earlier than usual Every
where there IS evidence that the winter le'h"'s'
Is giving place TO renewal OF energy me k'e'
abou, New-York beginning TO assume ''0t
normal appearance lub-makers' shops are nun"
ming with activity Improvements 'h"' "rNe
1eer dragging along for months are being HUr'eu
20 completion and clubs and players are penang
all their efforts toward making speed! S''''
penorts from the mountains and the seashore are
10 the same offec:. and. though Il VIII 3e somt
iittle time before things assume ther us'al sPer'
there the work OF preparation has alrcad{ Drsu r
Almost every day brings news of new cup orgn b
ized or another links laid out ana players W NM
plan to spend the summer ava . nyer before
nnl longer and better courses'thah ever "''
That this IS not premature beginning is evident
,, Tho decision % the Metropolitan Golf Associa-
zion 70 hold its annual championship on April L.
So many clubs have come forward to take part !"
the season Of open tOuruG merts that II was heC'S-
sery TO push things forward bit. and even no"
4, &c doubtful whether all who desire Gates Will HI"
a pace on the calendar April VIII ne "'S.
- for besides the championship. the ocean
county Laurence Harbor and Lakewood ion 'iu'
have all announced tournaments, ana edCH - .'i
tain OF a large entry list. In spite o' inc" "''
=, soo,re the metropolitan contest. the Lakewood
,lavers are determined 10 carry out their spring
,orr,anent and from the talk Of players In TINS
CITY II Will not he lacking In satisfactory supper.
Walter Travis who. with the exception OF fihu-
lay Douglas Is peTh9p APPS the vG g pav Az Lakewood
In preference to Garden City. and D"oelas u ~. II.
ohnea ~ " ,bn S5aI round Of the Thanksgiving week
tournament at the golf clu9 thete, am" GO ,Se nres-
ant fnnTnament it viii be further irducement iog
others 60 in The plan now l5 ~ mc9a play and
10 relax less stringent rules OF 'a' .o, en- he
sare in order allow their scores TO count i'll 'e
postponed match.
This tournament however, will be only si'aI'
mari 81 the programme which has been arranged
r,otr = wolthen Of the Lakewood team.
has h4en IN communication with several OF the
local teams and has arranged 10 meet 'ne i''O"
,nond County players on March y ana the f''I''
90, nl,vers on March o. while it Is probable that
diring the early spring .Lohn Reid r., captain OF
fhe Yale team. is expected 10 hrlhS HlS M ~,
temptation for the same month The Iake aH %
season IS practically over py me Ia =" crovd
in as many matches as possible TO compensate i0'
the disappointments OF the winter
At the other courses similar energy pre'a l.I'
The Nassau County club. OF Glen cove is bending
every effort to have It's new clubhouse ana HhNS
ready for the formal opening on Memorial LAY
and though the weather has caused SOME Se''o"'
se,hacks President Harvey Murdoch is confident
that this Will be done. The North Jersey county
ol,h ~ Paterson is engaged in adding nine new
holes TO its course and plans an open tournament
for the autumn: the Shnnecock HIS COLI CinD
has purchased twenty additional acres OF land WIN
Golf club Of Rye. has begun w0rk FIX on ,5 new lev
clubhouse and course 20 c"'' tT Si Somerset
frxedc Essex County and Hillside clubs are push
ING their improvements with all possible dispatcn.
AZ Ms is only a small part OF the prepare tlohs
1nder wov for those clubs which are unable TO
ga ave ana IL may confidently said that the sea-
this year VIII ogel WIZ" ''e
facilities than ever before
To golf players abroad the lavishness with
which Americans have gone'in the game seems
almost ludcrous. Here Is IA paragraph that re-
Gently appeared in London '"Golf' describing the
Ardsley club:
The Ar1sloy Golf Club tho Hudson. whose
ndroborship i composed of the wcalthiest Wal
Street practitioiers and NeT+> 0rk lnu.VnaltT
.toreeonsnesa + has an initiation fee Of 800 The
clubhouse contains a large swimming pam. u!n in
obvlouslv necessary the comfort OF hardy soii-
Sncl -, he river front But Arlsicy IS beaten by
a golf club which they keep at Newport X j. me
ing millionaire has Il cosey little cottage that costs
about a quarter Of million sterling. II Is. we pc
Commanded bv a powdered fiunky In knee breeches
who carries sack Of new golf bas ana iha' i
tSs, tbo holes on The Newport course lined
una Ia on6 he caddes compelled under severe
nena,ties 70 wear silver underclothing. Ike tho
Duke In the Dab Ballads There u no waste w
aVtrevacance about the Newport committee. They
bavo only been content WITH the handsomest and
mos, uxurianily appointed clubhouse IN an we
Y1orl1 Of goif-which is ihelcast one could expect
of them.
Tho recent decision Of the United States Golf As
ISOLATION to increase the cash value of the prizes
offered I'm the professional championship VIII
doubtless strike the observer as another PROOF
Of his point for the voted IS almost double that
given 70 the English professionals. on the other
side s4a Is the amount paid the winners IN the
professional contest. the money being divided
among the frst six men. with frse prize or $50
Here II IS the intention 20 include the first eight
players and though the exact distribution or the
money has not been fixed by the Executive Com
rnittee it is understood that the first prize Will not
bo far short Of $500 The committee will make its
fnal decision al meeting TO be held the latter
part Of this month when II Is believed Co. the scale
500 third 500 fourth. $40; NTH. so; sixth. $40; SOW
$500 and should prove attractive enough TO bring
together the most representative professionals now
IN this country.
The Princeton golf team has accepted an invita-
ton from the golf club AT Old Point Comfort 10
enter the tournament there IN Easter week, and
the four men compose the team are 70 be chosen
within few days mateh ,o has asS % o e96 ar ar
ether with the Richmond County team on II ua'e
10 be decided later.
The most important topic under discussion In
college golf circles just now is the probable forma-
ton Of a dual league between Yale and Harvard,
with a view - holding a special tournament IN the
spring Independently Of the intercollegiate cham
pionsNip. The other colleges have never figured
prominently in these intercollegiate meetings the
question Of supremacy usually being with Yale
and Harvard alone. and for this reason Yale is
anxious to arrange separate contest with her old
rival. that the play may be unhampered by IN, me
presence OF others II is not certain whether mar
Ward Will such arrangement, Dut IT sie
does a meeting will he fixed for the early part OF
MAY probably college grounds