New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-06
EASTERN CRACKS AHEAD.
DOUGLAS LOCKS SURE WINNER OF
THE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
ONLY ONE wEsTrRNER LEFT IN THE CON-
TEST SHOWERS CONTINUE
AT ONWENTSI.

TEST - SHOWERS CONTINUE
AT oNwENTsIA
Onwents!a Golf Club Grounds. Lake Forest.
H.. July 3 (SpeciaD.-This was crucial day on
the Onwentsia links. The second round OF the
big championship reduced the competitors from
sixteen TO eight. and from now on every match
will mean a royal fight for the finals one
Western man. c. B. Macdonald still survives;
the other seven from the East. AS the
tournament stands now Reid will meet Travis
in the third round tomorrow. Douglas VIII play
Hubbard Thorp will meet Macdonald ana Har-
riman will be pitted against Toler
Showers that nobody asked for and nobody
wanted spoiled the comfort of the spectators
during n large part OF the morning, out the
rain was never hard enough to drive people u
shelter and the crowd took refuge under mack
! intoshes and umbrellas, and the matches went
! on In spite of the wet or the days incidents
the defeat OF Walter B. Smith. OF the nome
! club by j. G. Thorp Of the Oakley country
! Club, was the most noteworthy. Smith was
runner-up to Douglas in the Morris county
| championship year ago, and, though ackno"l-
edged to be in poor form this season, IL was
! confidently expected that he would win To-Day
! Thorp was second in the championship OF 1880
held at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club and mas
displayed particularly good form during the
| present tournament
Douglas was at his best In his morning
round with Forgan he equalled his own record
of the course established in practice last week.
and is now warm favorte for the cup his
! opponent WAS David Forgan, OF the Onwentsla
! Golf Club who was beaten IL up and ii 10
! play Many Of Forgan's holes were approx
| mated but Douglas hoed out on every green so
| that his record Of so stands unchailengeo' IN
! spite of the fact that 1t made at the maTcn
| game.
! Reid Of St Andrews beat his clubmate Rob
! bins by up; Lineaweaver went down oelore
| Travis: Tying was vanqushed by Hubbard the
Harvard golfer Holabird. the sixteen-year-oid
/ youngster Of the Glenvlew Golf Club. succumoed
| to Macdonald; Terry. of Ardsley went down De-
! fore Hartman and Fairbanks lost to Toier.
! That summarizes the days doings. but to tell
! Of all the things we'll done would be 10 describe
! almost every incident of the play
DOUGLASS GAME FEATURE.
! Douglass game was pre-eminenty the feature
of the day He defeated his opponent. - H.
Forgan. the Onwentsia captain. with RIDICULOUS
ease The performance was by far the pest Oh
the season. and the form displayed by the cham-
! pion was so superior to that shown by the othei
| contestants that his final victory is regarded oy
many as a foregone conclusion. Foreans play
ing was good even better perhaps. than he has
done heretofore. but he was so far outcassed py
J Douglas that the score became so one-sided dur
| ing the first nine holes that the large gallery
that started out TO see the work OF the champion
! drifted away to the other contestants
Bogey was beaten in the play for the hrst'
second. third. sixth. eleventh. twelfth, thirteenth
and home holes. while the play over the crooked
/ he "hOOmeranE' the seventh
hole. was equal to DOGGY. Douglas was enthu-
siastically cheered as he made the nome hole III
! three on q particularly long put.
Smith started out we'll in his match with
| Thorn winning the first hole in five and the
| third In five. Here, however he fell down oao-
| w losing the fourth and fifth holes by poor
puts and at the ninth Thorp Won Thorp won
| the eleventh twelfth and thirteenth. and smith
| the seventeenth. leaving the score for the morn
! ing's play three up for Thorp. smith piayeu
! better In the afternoon. but could not overcome
! the advantage gained by Thorp In the morning
| and the play was finished at the thirty-hith
! hole two ND FOR Thorp Smith was much dis
! appointed over the result; he said ne 1ully eh
| pected to win. even after Thorp had outpiayeu
! him in the morning. but he lost several holes
! hv moor puttng when his ball was within
| yard or two OF the hole
MDONAID IN ERRATIC FORM
q B Mcdonald. the Chicago Golf Club ex-
merit defeated his young opponent William
| HoIabird ir. as was expected. but displayed
| such poor form during the first nine hoies, that
for a time it looked If Holabird would win
Holabird did beautiful work at first. winning
! the first hole in four. the second in three' the
third In five and the fourth in five. The hrst
! three holes were better than DOGGY. ana the
! ho,, was heartily applauded for his work by
| gallery of several hundred on the nllh nor
! however. Mcdonald played much better goI'
fvnyY TIC no "a
ness and won the fifth in five. the sixth IN
! four and the seventh in Ave. During the rex OF
the morning play and in the afternoon, Melon
aid played in splendid 1orn H'aiS winning VA
-" Gardiner g. Hubbard. Of the Oakley Country
Club. easily defeated his opponent James "A;
Tying of the Norris County Country CiG a ana ia
! in doing so played the best golf he has done III
| the tournament Hubbard's drives were long
! and we'll placed. especially during the afternoon.
when a strong east Wind inIil'a.eu e ueo.'
! aeain~t good play and his putting was remark
/ ably accurate Tying on the other hano playeu
/ below his usual form. He feii ooWh oauiy vi
! two three short puts tnat shoa, W. IA con-
! siderable bad luck in his drives and approach
| ing getting into casual water WIN Whlch .ne
| course abounded. on two or three occasions.
/ hubbard however had similar experience so
the element of luck really cut little ngure Ill
| the final result $50. -. .ho n,oy dur
! ing the afternoon II is probable that tomorrow
matches will be followed by more lovers Vi .le
| game than at any time during the tourhaIieiie'
The rain ceased this afternoon. and the sun
and wind quickly dried up the course leaving
II In splendid condition for tomorrow,
1are are the cards Of the days matches
Roderick Terry Ardscy. VS.. H. NJ Hartman
Meadow Brook
| MORNING GAME
| Terry: q z b-44
Hartman. n < 2 4 a-42
| Eat ...........''...''f 3-43-e5
All square. .rrrpIooN