New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24
GOLF.
SEELEY MAKES A NEW AMATEUR REC
ORD AT KNOLIWOOD.

c. H. Seeley the young Wee Burn golfer. mace a
clean sweep of prizes In the Knollwood tourna-
ment yesterday. The Presidents Cup masnln-
cent silver trophy offered by John D. Archoold'
was awarded 10 him az q result OF his victory over
Ballou. OF Apawamis The Vice-Presdent's Cup.
another costly piece of silver presented by Paul
G, Thebaud, became his I'm the handicap and the
gold medal offered for the best gross score went
TO him on his medal play card. In addition he
smashed the record OF the course, doing
%. which lowers the previous record. held by
Travis. by q stroke.
Notwithstanding the threatening clouds there
the usual throng the plazzas when the
play started. and later In the afternoon the lawns
were filled with onloOkers from the nearby sum
mer cottages BY mutual agreement between the
competitors and the committee the conditions were
changed from eighteen to thrty-six holes both in
the medal and hole play matches a fact which
served to sustain the interest of the spectators.
though it added considerably to the congestion of
the grounds. The in spck and span
order The greens had been freshly rolled. that
in spite Of the hard of the previous days
they were fast and true. The distances of the a
rioas holes according to Willie Kirk the clubs
professional figured as follows:
G n 10 a 5o !S9 t sS 2ts s s 9S 1872 1879 7 2
Seeley and Ballou. the competitors in the final
round for the Presidents cup were the consDicu-
GUS figures OF the forenoon. Ralou opened by win
ming the first hole in to s. On the second he made
a particularly clever approach shot laying the ball
dead and winning In to D. The next was halved
in .. as was also The fourth Then came a series
Of mishaps On the fifth Ballou pulled his drive
from the tee into the long grass. and It cost him
two TO get out. Seeey banged his brassie against
tree. the ball rebounding into the brook and he
too had to play an extra STROKE to reach the
green. Still he had the best Of IL when the hole
was reached. and he won at to g. Facing the
sixth Seeley laid his approach within two feet of
the cup. while Ballou playing 2 more Seeley
missed his chance for g. but went down in to
Ballou's 3. On the seventh BallOu sliced his drive
but recovered on a splendid iron shot and reached
the green Seeley, however, was dead in 2 and out
In B. winning the hole at 3 l. They halved the
eighth in 3, the bogie figure. but Seeey got the
ninth at to s. leaving him up.
From this point Seeley played fauItess golf
He expects TO enter the National championship
next month, and II he shows the same form at that
time there will be some figuring on the out
come Turning for home he made sizzling 15-foOt
put on the tenth hole which he won in l. one better
than bosie On the eleventh seeley drove the green
neatly and while missing the put for he was down
on his next, taking the hole 3 to 5 The Edward
lWeIth green Seeiey made from the tee while
baIiou was some twenty yards short. The thr-
teenth was haved in 5. Seeley got the fourteenth
after topping his drive. and followed if with the
nroefn'h IN par Bailou made of his APP
seventeenth went to the Wee Burn man and "a the
eIghtTemtn vas haived in 4, the morning round
eHueu win Seeley ! up-6 lead which practically
foretold the final outcome During this half Seeley
h1d made the phenomenal of 50 for the last
Starting the afternoon half the first two holes
were halVed in each Then Seeey started his win
nhs streak again, beginning with the third. which
ne TOOK in par With a lead of up it became
only matter of time before Bsllou would be
beaten, but the latter played vigorously and was
game 10 the last. He got the fourth In a clever 4
Sfeeeey missing his approach put, while the fifth
In each and the tenth the match ended with
The cards.