New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-07-25
GOLF.
THE INVITATION TOURNAMENT OPENS
BRISKLY AT SHINNECOCK HILLS.

A field of golfers little short of National cham
pionship in quality yesterday kept the glorious
links of the Shinnecock Hills club in a state OF
activity in the opening round OF the clubs an
nual invitation tournament. Walter ]. Travis, the
new amateur champion came out boldly showing
that he not afraid to test his reputation against
the best that the New-York and Boston districts
could bring against him The talent did it's noblest
to get the better Of him. but it difficult task,
and the best that could be done was to tie his
record Of 100 for the thrtysix holes for the lowest
score and the gold medal It was one Of the col
lege element who even race with Travis,
one a. NJ. Brown, a Harvard sophomore Young
Brown lives close by the links, and he comes
naturally by his championship golf standard for
his mother Mrs. Charles 5. Brown held the worn-
ems championship Of America about five years ago.
Travis was one OF four men in the morning who
did 81 for the course. while Brown took 50. Both
did better in the afternoon, Travis 7s. while
Browns Is beat the champion by one stroke, and
earned the honor of making the best eighteen
hole score of the day. They will play OFF the tie
for the best score prize on Saturday.
Harry Hons made the same figures. 100. last
year. when he the gold medal. and two years
ago he the gold medal and the chief trophy as
well To-day he encountered one Of those peculiar
reverses OF form so frequent the links, and
missed place IN the first sixteen by stroke
falling into the Peconic Cup series. offered for the
third eight men. while the Consolation Cup
offered for the fourth eight The first sixteen Will
begin their match play rounds to-day for the
Samuel L. Parrish.
Sixty-nine golfers drove or from the first tee
in the morning and sixty-f1ve finished the double
round of thirty-six holes. The quality of golf
higher than last year, when III was the limit in
the Presidents Cup class. This time it took 17s
t. get in and six Of the scores were under 10
the afternoon and pIaved many a sorry trick with
well driven balls. The young element probably
never made better showing In any big tourna-
the morning round twenty-five, nearly one-third
twelve got into the first set. Most OF them en-
tered under their respective golf clubs but all
admitted that the tournament derived a good part
the Harvard, Yale. Princeton and Columbia golfers
lent to It, Harvard and Yale We're both represent
Cambridge in the fall may be accredited TO the
former and Roderck Terry, jr., recent Yale
players. Terry still holds the undisputed honor
which he made last year. and he qualified well
Averin, George c Clark. jr, the baseball player.
and C. T. Richardson. On the side of Yale were
M and r Robertson, the only coneaGs e
cept Travis who did 81 in the morning, and Walter
Set Pneon Vas nG % q the ch mas
and Percy r. Pyne. I'd, the intercollegiate cham
ago, for the best ne could do was to qualify for
the third cup columbia had James J: Pen and
last year. Elihu Root, jr-, Of the Secretary Of
ment. He was the most boyish looking golfer OF Of
the lot. He is a Hamilton College student and
Among the schoolboys were Edward Bell If
and G. 0. Winston, jr, of Harvard School: Charles
up to the front in the President CUP set win %e
total OF 172; c. F. Watson, jr, and L. A. Murdoch
legians with his excellent score Of 1s5 for the
thirty-six holes. Robert c. Watson. jr, and r.
dicap last week, are also in the young goIflng
The players they qualified for the different
cups and their scores are: