New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-16
THE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
WILLIE SMITH. OF CHICAGO, WINS ihH
COVETED TITLE.
ANDERSON. LOW AND CAMPBELL DlsAP-
POINT THE TALENT-THE WINNER
BREAKS THE RECORD.

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I-ni,ed States for the year 1899 1900 on the liIhs
of the Baltimore Country club TO-DAY "i'''
four rounds OF the most brilliant gof ever
nIsved in America His work was charaO'e''H
nv steadiness as well brilliancy' anu III u'u
his 36 holes to-day three strokes pel'er IMAM ~
had negotiated them yesterday, which Is "'""SD
a good sign in any sporting event. pe e0'i
ANYTHING else The character OF Shh'h9 P"'
{. shown nv the rounds he made the scores lot
/ oo,, ,iro holes being So AZ, SO and 80 respect
,, Smith also won the open tourney at the
/ q, CT annual meeting of the Western "o'l INS'O
c,ation after tying with Lawrence Auch'e'' o'
Of the home club. This good WORK. anu " vas
! 80. ,bor two weeks ago made him warm
favorite for the National championship a"'o"s
.xosa Who know the strength Of the Western
contingent. . an
average Of II for each eighteen holes Is u'''
teen strokes better on the aggregate than tna'
with which Frederick Herd won the ME"P'"
championship last year. No better evidence Is
roo,,;rad IN show that the standard Of golf If
,nnroving materially in every part Of this coun-
49,. and among the profession ais as well as the
amateurs. ,
The first nair TO start to-day were Dave
Winter If Baltusrol and James Fouls oi
the Chicago Golf club but they were nan
hour later than yesterday, so many having Will
drawn that Secretary Kerr decided that even
Inv DELAYING them until o'clock, all would nave
finished by L. In the crowd at the hrst Tee
besides Secretary Kerr, were President W. d.
rhonas and Treasurer George u. Fowle, OF the
r-,i,sd States Golf Association, and John Reid
BRILLIANT TIIRONG on THE LINKS.
The fair maids and matrons of Baltimore VINO
showed such keen interest in the play yesterday
we're early on the scene again to-day garoeu !"
trim v-ork,nanlike tailor made gowns. with the
evident intention of spending the day following
some Of the noted players around the course
Their more fashionably attired sisters VINO pre-
ferred 10 he comfortable and see only such on
the play as they could witness from an easy
chair were a little later IN arriving than were
the others. but when they did come the picture
,,raeerted WAS most charming one. In the
f,erroon every, one deserted the clubhouse and
,,,d around tho sixteenth hole. and. each
uair finished. they and their scorer joined the
ro,xd II WAS numerically at its height when
willie" Smith finished and as he hoed out
and the crowd which had been behind him
suarmed across the green to join their friends
on the other side. the mixture of the different
colorings Of the women's dresses interninglng
With tho dark business clothes and scarlet golf
ing coats which the mon sported indiscriminate-
w AGAINST the BACKGROUND ~ green grass and
leadng trees formed picture never 10 he for
gotten.
II had beer thought last night that Willie An
derson. who then was leading the hed, would
continue n do so and that he in consequence,
would win the championship, but he could not
stand the gait and Smith beat him by twelve
strokes The champions Of former years were
all present but did not finish at all well up.
Willie Dunn the 1894 crack, was away down the
list hut his hard thrtysiX hole special match
with Fred Herd had tired him considerably In
fact all the pros suffered from the hard
walking UP and down hill which must he COW
cred on every eighteen holes and there were very
s,, not glad when II was all over. Joe Lloyd,
the open champion in 1871 disgus'eu at HIS
moor showing on the first day. took train for
! New-Yorb on Thursday night and did not play
At all while Jim FOULS and Fred Herd. the
/ charn,ons IN 1900 and 1898. respectively, were
down in the rucll in barely respectable posi-
tons.
SURPRISES OF THE MORNING.
The mornings play was productive OF many
SURPRISES not the least Of which were the S'ui''i
of Willie Anderson and the upward bounas OF
Young Alex Campbell and Jack Park Anderson
took 81. but Jack Park broke the compeu'iNe
record ~ the course with a magnificent %. Al
though ~ was scored twice in the preliminary
nract,ce rounds this was the first time in which
/ II has ever been done when every put eve"
| q two inch one must he hoed out. costly
Az On tho last nine holes. which in the morning,
bv the way. he had done in ten strokes lower
lost Park a really good chance to have been
aoo,d. for the three who tried for that place
,.sro only FIVE strokes ahead of him. His play
ing however brought out the grand possibilities
~ his game and with age and experience he
y,pl he worthy rival Of his brother, the famous
Willie Park. jr
LITTLE Alex" or SANDY" Campbell, as he IL
rallied Jumped from - In the morning 10 ~ In
the afternoon and was crowded from second
Mace at noon 70 tenth at the finish. His fall
was due entirely to nervousness from the STRAIN.
The knowledge OF his own high position ana
the desperate efforts Of the others to supplant
Kim. had caused him 70 weaken with an
other year 10 top his present ~, he VIII give
Smith or any other man in the country hard
run for the honor. In fact. willie Campbell
the grand old match player. who Is thought III
I England 10 be the only man capable OF stopping
the victorious career of Harry Warden. issued a
syyeenine challenge to back his midget name
sake against any man In the grounds Ior 81"
~, 5000 willie" Smith at first said that h'
would take up the offer. but for some rea~'n
, the match fell through.
/, The New Yorkers, while disappointed over the
eboujng Of willie" Anderson to-day, were very
militant over the splendid and uneXI ected worl
- George Low. the Dykor Meadow cub profes
eional Although he was away of his game u
] The morning. scoring So he cut out such tire
2 mendous pace in the afternoon that he spit VIII
3 WAY and Fitzjohn for second place. AT the enc
Of the first eight holes OF me Afternoon t'oN
5 was 20 with only the ninth hole an easy q u
DO in that figure TO break the course record
His drive was perfect. hut the ball stopped on
rock in the centre OF the course. the only on
/ on the field by the way. and he lost sirok
. from this cause At that he finished in 40. tn
, lou-ea, ecOre ~ the afternoon.