The sun., 1900-07-25
GOLFTNG AT SHINNECOCK.
AUsPICI0Us OPENING or ANIMAL
TOURNEY on the DUNES.

AUsPICI0Us OPENING or ANNUAL
TOURNEY on the DUNES.
Rcmsrkasle Scoring IL the Barly Rssnds
| Among the Low Men A. N. Brown and
W. J. Travis Tie for the Gold Medai-Pros-
pscs ef Close Csatssts for PrssidentS Csp.
| SOUTHAMPTON July 24.-snnshine frightened
the links at the Shnnecock Hills Golf Club to-
day. q pleasant change from the rain and mist
OF the opening day Of the annual tournament q
year ago. There was consequently more even
scoring among the top notchers. In the morn
! Ing four. including Travis. we're tied at 81 for
low score. aud twenty-five were 81 or
| under There were sixty-nine to start
against thirty-four last year when the
low score was 100 and the top score
Of the fret sixteen III. This time ie0 was
again low and l73 high for the sixteen who vii
keep on for the Presidents cup. The average
was ios. This IL the most remarkable scoring
ever known in an open tournament. The low
scorers tied for the gold medal were A. NJ.
Brown. who In the afternoon made 7s and W.
j. Travis. The top score for the Peconic cup
was i74 and two tied for last place In the Conso-
| lation sci at 1884, No less than six were under
| i7oin the first sixteen. Travis and Brown will
play OF. their tie for the gold medal in Satur-
| days handicap.
| There wa, the usual gayety about the club
house environs but there were few 10 follow
| the different pairs. Medal play does not bring
| out q gallery like match play. for the element
| OF direct composition ID lacking. But there was
| a crowd to watch the start and finish OF the
| long race against bossv figures In the after
| noon however. Travis and Watson, Jr..
| attracted gallery. The folks had learned that
| this was worth while by the morning scores
when there were but two strokes between
| them.
Il am surprised" said Travis at the luncheon
res that no one has equ,led my record Of 7a
made at the last tournament. For myself.
| poor putting was the fault. l have not made
| the round in worse than 70 this week. yet
to-day needed 81. But expect TO see better
scoring this afternoon"
As the later cards showed, Travis was q true
prophet, That Archie Brown should have been
4! In the ranks Of record-breakers was surprise
played eIcept at this course, Brown won the
open handicap here two years ago and IL very
brilliant young golfer,
Hayemeyer as President OF the United states
| @. A.. was a competitor but he did not fare
relh c,, was was Ros Rost0ns day fo,
did not force attention By beating their
| past records were Delaney Nlcoll. Alexander
sSssn H5n war fame Sd ESs S Roo jaw .os 81
the Secretary OF War, who is a Hamilton junior
and made his first appearance in an open
The spe ctators included many women in spiok-
and-span summer gowns. The gofins her Is
sainst marine back around, 70. botl ShiDne-
and PeS4nS sS ."Sx SSs I in a sn vie. seldom
patch oi canvas haunted by cat
sSn and as hSTss gable. .GSS n ns S. wna
| alloaether inland look, while nothing could be
further from the nautical than the ever r-passing
2, Us,ore These
| ments OF the picturesque with the undulAung
| dunes OF the course make visit TO Shnnecock
70 n' n sssp so
| steam rollers have crushed down oil the cuppy
lies so tha!! the fair green, although 4 looked
s. snf fSs Sss Ts s
iSnsfb TO psEsa sS Se very s o' But h1s
be ta't o hi. Hs ooSdo Sdy Payer
Welding turi were bothered at Arsi BY his -tais
Of affairs. Ballou, for instance, improved eight
on his ssoSnf xh ssn
ss:Hdns b4Ss% Hs' su ss VSi' tS
'ns OF the Ss / Hs',,TH tSH
| chel wha puts. 1t seems. is becoming as promi-
nent a factor in the game here as he ia In Great
| Britain, LarocQue. De witt Coohrane, Ilich.
| drivers had hard luck tales TO tell
OF their puttings. The wind was
| 40 strong In the afternoon that the
national flag on the clubhouse pole snapped
| like coachman's whip. but this did not baffis
1 the long game TO an arpraciable extent The
| first sixteen will keep on AT match play to-mor-
row for the Presidents cup, the next set Of
eight for the Pcconic cup. aud the next eight
for the Consolation cup, The soores follow,
with the first sixteen in full. Summary: