The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-04-22
GOLF PLAYERS
VERY ACTIVE.
Field, Algonquin. st. Louis and
Jockey club Teams Will
DO Battle.
Mr.. M'GREW'S BIG CLEEK,
Famous Driving Iron Has f;een
Broken-Question of Match
Neutrality-suspicious. VS..
Morris.
Mr.. M'GREW'S BIG CLEEK.

MIR. McCreery. chairman Of the st. Louis
Golf Jockey Club is inundated with ehaI.
lenges from local golnng organizations.
which desire the opportunity 20 defeat the
"rnust-be-easy" team of the jockey club.
Last week the strong field club team
challenged and was accepted for next Sat
urday. Il will BE- a lehman match. and will
be played at the Fair Grounds. No sooner
was this fixture made than the Alson1uins
sent in d defiance. which Mr.. McCreery
will accommodate as soon as possible. Then
the st Louis a. A. team went after the
men from the racc-track links. but not so
hravely IS the other two. The St. Louis
y. y wants TO play the jockey cluh. but
does not want Messrs. Stickney. Scudder
or McGee TO play on either team.
MIR. McCrecry will hardly accept such a
chaI!cflce. lie believes in playing the best
team he can under the rules. and will ac-
cept no challenge which debars him from
such a free selection. The Jockey club team
was picked last week. 1t il headed b. Mr..
Scudder. who will. no doubt. have the pleas
ure of meeting his old opponent. MIR. Stick
ney. in the field club match. Mr.. McGee,
who Is in great form. will also play for the
field club on this occasion. So will Mr.. Car
ter and MIR. Citing. if he is in town. Then
there is MIR. kennett. Mr.. McKittrick, MIR.
Gregg. Mr.. Miller, and Mr.. Bisseli-a very
strong team. indeed, and enc which will
make faat the jockey club play hard to de-
MIR. J. s. Walker. julius S. Walsh. Jr.: n.
FL. Mudd, George :. McI;rew. Isaac Cook,
j. II. BrJson and tindeil Gordon will be
the strongest players the jockey club can
produce. =
OF course. being at home. the jockey club
should have a shade the best of it. hut the
links do not favor the home players very
much.
The Aigonquins will have TO add some
strong cards to their club to make a ten
man team of any strength. Messrs. McI<in-
ME. Adams. the Amman brothers. Robinson
and Wilkinson make a good sexiet. Tire
next four viii not do So well unless some
new blood is let into the club. There is u
lot OF talent about Webster and a new
wonder of ,he Adams stripe may be
The st. Louis ~. a. wants a hftecn-msn
match. Mr. Lester Crawford. who is a
man of affairs. is a good matchmaker. In
taking on the Jockey club at fifteen men
he would turn a good stroke OF matchmsk-
inS. To put fifteen men in the field the
deniZens of the racs-track links wouia have
stars as Msssrs. Scudder. Stickney and
others. would ne a terrible blow TO tho
game. Mr.. McCreercy car, make n mattel,
and Il duel for the best of IL between the
chairman is sure to result in an excellent
game. in which both teams will have notn-
ing but an even break.
MIR. George McCirew. who IL a most persis.
Kent golfer, CfIsDfattu the tUSnty-tIItrd an
niversary Of his wedding on "Wednesday
last by playing twerty-seven holes ard Civ
ing q dinner to n few friends In the even
in. at the Jockey Club. Mrs. McCrew is
In Europe. hut she was not forgotten. Mr..
McCreery. Mr.. keehier and Mir. Hach-
meister were Mr.. McGrew's guests. A very
pleasant golf supper was thoroughly en-
joyed.
Speaking Of Mr.. McGrew. he broke his
famous driving cleek last week. 1t was =
wonderful staff. good for zoo yards any
time from, any lie. Fifty d1lalra would noe
have bought it and even now the iron is
priceless.
Now that the question Of Harry Vardon's
superiority over the best play of our lelo-
ing amateurs has heen settled. at A.tlantis
City. u discussion as TO whether young Tom
Morris. at his best. would have had a bet
ter chance. opens up n most interesting ar
gument. There are few men who have
played many times with young Tom and
his colleagues. who have also played with
j. Hamilton Gillespie of Florida. the father
Of golf in that STATE. has done 50. Making
a comparison Of che two great PLAYERS, he
SAYS: IL think Willie Smith and young Tom
very similar in their play. Smith drives Il
ball very like Tomny's.r nnd I should saw
Just about the same length. The approach
Is. exactly the same a. IT used To he. So il
III. driving through the green. In all these
branches Smith - a. good az Morris used
would give the prize to Morris. smith. Of
course. puts well. even brilliantly. but there
is lacking the hcart-rreaking. nerve-failirg
deaaiiness that characterized the putting Of
Morris on much worse greens.
IL do not think driving has increased. not
withstanding the fact that balls are now
much better. We have, of course. prodicies
now. hut we had them when | was a boy.
Men were pointed out to me as the longest
drivers in the world. just as Blackwell IL
poiuted out now. but from experience I
find that Willie Smith and George Low
drive as well rs their ancestors did, but not
n clubs length farther.
'Var1on il certainly a Stumbling block
for me-. as his almost unvarying superiority
over his brother professionals put him on a
pedestal by himself. Then do j think that
Vardon is the superior of Tommy Morris?
{ do not. Tommy never was properly ey-
tended. OF course he was beaten now and
then by Davie Strath. hut never when he
was In earnest. He could rise 70 an occa-
sion. and pull matches off which looked
past all redemption. He more than once
'spread-eagled' his field in the champions
ship. when every entrant was the recog-
nicer champion of his country or district.
He did NOT live long enough to show US
what he could do"
Worth Ends Defeated Union Club.
Tho North End Y. ~ e. a. ha sket bail team