New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-25
GOLF.
Cup1sTNAs DAY TO BE CELEBRATED
ON MANY LINKS.
NASSAU
TOURNAMENTS AT LAKEWOOD. NA9'>0
AND RICHMOND COUNTY-NEw COURSES
FOR LOCAL PLAYERs-Gossir

OF THE CLUES.
,,.,,.., col, tournaments will be held on several
-, tno Yearly links to-day The uausu''' '',iu
~ witch has prevailed for the last le" "eshS
Sos induced a number OF golf committees ~ one'
christmas prizes and Lakewood hrVi''. .n, -,
g, Crescent Nassau and several o.'''' ,,.,a. -
.,,ks will be alive with players Inv - -,
.loor and colder weather has eh''" -, -
-, u Golfers to run down 10 LaNe"oou lo'
,bo holiday and the big hotels arc -. Wv"
'' -, homo links are closed for the winter
49,, - .be Golf club is to hold an open tour
sment at medal play, entries 10 pe maui AZ VIC
erst Tee A number Of handsome 80 go
pro,ded At the Country IVY az, hold the second
the lakeWG4ou - lanes for the Dwight NJ Harris
|,o A. the Richmond county o,rnamert 0I
Staten IslaIu, - hers and guests and though only
nine holes Of the course are open 'hS WI
doubtless provided at the Crescent Athletic Club.
of Raw Ridge. while at me Nassau Country SLup
of Glen No'' and c. The Ardsley links will
also be open for Informal play and impTT9Gmptu a
Hill Dyker Meadow, Englewood and ST. Andrews
Inks.
ven, links are being established rapidly that
q &c hard 20 keep pace with them all. The latest
announcement Is that an eighteen hole course IS
10 be built on the property known as the Martin
,ract near Workers not far from the old Tfden
eighty-one acres. but only portion of it will be
utilized for a links. A fine clubhouse will be
erected on the higher portion of the ground where
Il will command charming view OF both the river
and the Sound The tract has frontage OF 700
feet in Broadway by a depth OF 1000 feet. and a
frontage Of over 1000 feet in Odell-ave. 1t is a
short distance from St. Andrews Station. the
Hudson River Railroad. while the Palisade-ave.
within few minutes walk OF the clubhouse In
fact. the links will be one OF the most accessible
GfFT Tod hfG NffN nd ha 1Yf will
doubtless prove popular for that alone. The
idea Is to model It as far possible the Ardsey
ing apartments for members and though golf will
he the chief attraction at present. sports Of all
sorts Will be encouraged.
Nor is this the only new links which New-York
will enjoy in coming seasons. In the last few
weeks the members of the Park Board have been
quietly considering the ACCESSIBILITY of adding an
other public to the city's golhng grounds and
# Is said that plans have been matured for
laying ont a links Hunters Island. Pelham Bay
Park. The NewYork Athletic Club is back of the
project and a few days ago several of the men,
bers including Lawrence E Van Etten. J. D. Foot
J. H. stead together with Commissioner Moebus.
visited the tract with the result that It has been
decided to begin work q nine hole links be
finished in time for spring play. The, turf is ex-
ceent and the general contour Of the land of such
IN order to make it suitable for the tse game ' T R
s &Sn y of prn and
10 the demand this new course will provide a
uHny f2F who pRns
clubs. is expected that Thomas Bendelow.
Cortland; Park VIII have general charge Of the
construction. and as he Is a man in whom local
adence. The work is certain to be done in CON
formity with the best tenets of the game.
Word comes from the other side that English
golfers have already decided on the links to which
the various championships are to be awarded The
open championship has fallen to the ST. Andrews
Golf Club, but the date has not yet been fixed
though It Will probably be set for June. It was
last held there in 1895, when J. H. Taylor won for
may be remembered. Abe Hurd started the final
round several strokes to the good. but in storm
fairly busted the scotchman The amateur cham
pionship has been given to Sandwich, May, being
players here begin the season, but the more open
weather abroad makes the date good one; The
when Belfour. Melville beat John Ball, jr, the
the American champion. is expected among the
The womens championship has been
May IL
The womens record Of the Chevy Chase Golf
Club. one Of the most exclusive organizations Of
Washington. has just been lowered by Miss Kitz-
miller. who broke the previous record of III by
seven strokes. Miss Kitzmiller is member Of
the Edgewood Golf Club. OF Pttsburg where she
as Miss Sf papTh Of he she
cock Hills Golf Club, who has been a frequent
IN s and nd ond
The tournament Is only the beginning Of series
oong ror 1FeS ~ 10 an nusy bant
The suggestion made in OF the English golf
ing periodicals that all money stakes in golf
matches should be turned over to the South
African war relief fund seems TO have met with
IA ND ie eetd hat a
help is being given in this novel way. AS there
are many golfers among the troops in South
to learn that their favorite game is being used as
a means TO augment the relief fund. Apropos Of
"" is responsible for this: "The new captain of
the Natal Volunteers followed with eager eyes the
flight OF the shell which his brave men had just
fred. He saw that it would inevitably descend
little group of the him enemy or and he the Se NS
rantlcally: One imagines by this time there VIII
s 9f the s6 S9ds our eos s ie
champion among them-will scarcely cry Fore! to
the enemy. after what has happened
Golfers are threatened with serious calamity II
present reports are true 1t Is said that the price
OF gutta perche suitable for the manufacture OF
golf balls is to be steadily advanced before spring,
and that the cost OF these necessary adjuncts OF
the game will be largely increased. The cause OF
percha used in binding submarine cables Buyers
for American houses abroad report that there are
counts on large orders being taken on Ger
tainly at 6 30 lzen golf balls are expenn,sKte
enough as II is, and any further increase Will Dc
generally felt throughout the country Inc con
sumption Of these gutta percha spheres mas as, pc
come enormous in the last few years. ana dealels
abroad are quoted ! saying that while the demand
Of the home market reaches generous propoIIoIs
American golfers by far the best customers
the exports for a single week often reaching thou-
sands Of dozens II Is estimated that the numDer
in use in a single amateur championship exceeds
seventy dozen so that II will be readily seen what
an enormous quantity is required to supply the oe-
nands OF entire season
The annual meeting Of the Wee Burn COLI Cluo