New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-20
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GOLF.
STATEN ISLAND CHAMPIONSHIP ~ DE-
DECIDED THIS wEEK-NoTEs
on TUE CAME


Golf fixtures for this week are not numerous II,
fact with the exception OF few wednesday anu
Saturday handicaps, nothing OF importance
scheduled until Thanksgiving week. when the an,
nual three day tournament OF the Lake"oou po''
Club will give new impetus to gohhs aoN'''S'
There is one competition for this coming oa'uiu"''
however. that should be Of decided interest 70
number of local players This is the ahhuai e"aii
pionshp of Staten Island, which is TO take place
On tho links Of :he Staten Island Cricket club Tor
a gold medal given by Colonel j. X. 6rahcn,
n,,u no onen to the members of the Cricket; hlcho
i ho co first n1ace in any OF the local compet-
lions this season, and VIII De tne iIS Sno snnrem-
aev Of the entire island. In view OF this anar
the fna round match between Leo[tSo re ,nnionship
Of the Harbor Hii Golf Club. Sc: for the same uIS,
VIII probably be postponed Others OIL me me Long
Course cup by the Morris County women on
Wednesda mems Sose handicap for a} the Cap
tain's Cuo at the Harbor Hill Golf Club on saur,
for that trophy and only those who have made the
frs, or second best gross scores IN tmT
Golf has been the means of building up many
pleasant country club in the last two years h'ei
the clubs originally organized for the Pulsui' y,
some other sport have. many Of them. been Iorceu
20 lay out links TO keep pace with the popu'd' u'
mand Larchmont. Seawanhaka Cormthah anu
the Hull Yacht Club OF Boston are some OF the
yachting organizations which have fallen INTO me-
while among the clubs originally devoted 10 h""'-
ing the Meadow Brook and Richmond County may
be mentioned as stanch devotees OF the new saine;
The old clubhouse at Livingston OF the Soa'e as
Island Cricket cub. which has oeen I It ouarter
many famous cricket matches IN me Iast 1uh een
Of a century seems 10 be doomed TX mas Deei
Ssed gs G be I w4 pn3 o is
for this for whep the CLUB opened $3.50 nv dnser@d
Fox Hills the old building became almost 1eseIs ECU
and scarcely paid running expenses Inc ne. ioso
originally to make the FOX hllis tho, ,ho
mere annex but IL has become so popular that me
entire force OF has been transferred from
the main building and 1t is now propUseI 10 20 e1aTse
the clubhouse
II may be of interest to golfers to know that at
johannesburg there IS a 1ourishing golf club ana
an excellent links. The club has been in existence
since 1890 and while the present course mas oee'
established only six or seven months II renccts
credit on its Greens Committee, which has mao 10
contend with many difficulties. chief among them
being the lack OF water and the sandy nature OF
the ground. which renders the making Oh 800 800
greens such as We have IN ~ TINS sIates some
difficulties of which local Ipn ngn1 into meer-
ignora abear or Tatbole may be lifted out and
dropped behind the hole without penaIty' S nOulS
nrevded there is no reasonable doubt of the ball
being In the hole" The club cannot boast OF the
one Tespect it is ahead Of American clubs This is
in the "Suggestlon Book which lies on tne t n
ideas for improvement that occur TO them. There
are many little matters on whlch meInDtts uo ia
care write TO the secretary or coInI .d anu
when one member writes down his OPINION on any
point the Others n10T an ~ OF IN opposition to the
suggestion, thus relieving them from the ouiuh Vi
writing a formal complaint
Sectional golf associations continue to spring up
all over the country. The Pacific Coast League Is
the latest addition to the number The game mas
cisco and Oakland clubs have organized a move.
ment toward annual championships ana tWo
S.t5 al he FIRST to
December on the San Franclsce rhAs; ae i n
yted to take part include the Victoria ana van.
clubs in British C9umPa a CoTonado
Beach. Santa Monica, Los Angeles and Pasadena
Though Pennsylvania has not yet Joined the
intercollegiate Golf Association the game is re-
ceiving general support among the students Just
now the university championship contest is under
W succeeded c eed in defeating last Years champion
f. n Taylor by up 1 ana nrobs 10 Pa6S e G q DIXON
who is one Of the Huntington Valley Country
Clubs best men.
American golf clubs have not reached a stage
where the services of paid officials are necessary
but on the other side the St Andrews Cl9o mas
The a COMMITTEES Of that honorable organization has
decided TO secure secretary to look after lis Var-
Gus competitions. at a cost OF t5oO year
Miss Louise A. Wells has made a womens
record for the Brookne Country Club course. near
Boston, covering the eighteen holes in lO2 An.
other down East happening Of interest is that
J. w. Chick has the championship OF the
Salem Golf Club from o. j. Ives by a score Of up
and to play.
DIR. LAZARUS BREAKS FLATBUSH RECORD.
Dr. George F. Lazarus and Walter L. Tyler
played match game on the links Of the Kncker-
booker FIELD cy6 at FlatSush t tGS Isand O on
established a new record for the course. 81.
JAMES RHETT WINS CRESCENT CLUB CUP
The final game Of the scratch tournament for the
championship of the Crescent Athletic Club was
played yesterday at Owls Head. The last match
was between James Rhett and DR.. II. A. Tucker
and the former by UP and 10 play. He
takes the championship cup for the year.