New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-07-21
GOLF.
PLAYERS GATHERING AT SHINNECoCK
HILLS FOR THE BIG TOURNEY.


The big tournament next week at shinnecock
Hills has already begun 70 attract the goHers %
this city Scores Of them viii leave town 'his
afternoon for preliminary csnter over the COURSE
before the actual begins, and more Will go
on Monday. No contest OF the midsummer season
IS more popular than this annual gathering ak
Southampton, and It Is not too much 10 say thal
II win rival the amateur championship itseif MUCH
OF its interest develops from the presence OF OUT
Of town golfers who furnish fine opportunity 10
compare the relative skill Of the home guard
Philadelphia, Boston and other cities viii iuFnish
their quota, and With the round OF dinners aiu
other social functions incident TO these annual
meetings the week promises 10 be a gala time.
The tournament, strictly speaking, does not begin
until Tuesday when the preliminary ROUND VIII
start the contestants of their struggle toT the
Presidents Cup. given by Samuel L. Parrish Play
viii continue each day until Saturday when the
final rounds and an invitation handicap Will bring
crowds OF visitors from the nearby summer resorts
1t is confidently expected that Travis, Hartman
Douglas Watson and others prominent In this sea-
sons matches viii be there. but up to last even
Ing their names had not reached the committee
Here are some OF those who are entered;
John NJ Ward Laurence Harbor Country Cluo;
N Ballou Apawarnls Coli Club: A Emourg' jr'
D. F. Plat and L. D. Mowry Englewood Gof Ciuo;
Laurence Curtis, Brookline Country Club Boston,
I. A. Frothington. Myopia Hunt Club; R. c. Wat
son, IT.. and H. B. Hollins. jr, Westbrook COLI
Club; Charles H. Seeley, W. L. Baldwin and George
A Jenkins, Wee Burn Golf Club; DeveEesux EN-
met, Garden City Golf Club; c. F. Watson C. f.
Watson. jr., and W. A. Flagg, Morris County; u A
Murdock IT., c. Bell, Jr.. r. H. Robertson, T. NJ
Robertson, c. T. Richardson and S. Waller Shin
necock Hills; Roderick Terry. Newport; G. owen
Winston. Westchester; W. C. Carnegie Allegheny
County Club. Pittsburg; II. L. Burdick, y. FERN
H. Holbrook, Dyker Meadow; A De Witt Cochrane.
J. G Bates, Westchester; c. Lord, Tuxedo; w. H
ciab Of Westminster; De LaToey NicoIl, Garden
City; Percy r. Pyne, "a, Princeton. and r. F. May
The prizes are unusually fine this year. The
Prestdent,s Cup given by Mr.. Parrish is the chief
best eight scores and the Consolation Cup for the
which the teams win consist Of players from the
same club. and for this the Tuckahoe Cup is Of
fered The Shinnecock Cup, another handsome
piece OF silver, is 10 be given TO the player making
he best score in the handicap and the Trustees
teen hole score IN the same contest.
nounced briefly follows:
play; best sixteen scores to Gualifyi prize for the
Wednesday July . First and second rounds, match
snd sensi-inal rounds for Psconlc and Consolation
ufsd Rs . 5ay aIfs oua adf for
PaR four nhf bali nsea play LOT Cup ''0'
5ny {g 4 pissen sSons and Eonoa a cu %.A
Saturday July 2S-Genera handicap for Shnnecock Cup
NofWtthstanding this exodus from town to-day's
70 be- the favorite feature for not Weather and
more than the usual number Of interclu5 meetings
are announced. BToOklawn VIII meet Wee Burn
at r Il matched a against est Man Nan,
Orange al East Orange, and Richmond County
Will play Apawames at Staten Island. The New
oonsiderabis yigor. MoamoaTh Beach plays plays Nor
wood at L9ng Branch. Spring Lake plays Holly
handicap is Morris CoUntys attraction, while at
Is to be best ball foursome.
The schoolboys will hold the final rounds for the
nv Re AZ
contest for the Governors Cup. For those who are
unable 10 run out TO any of the seaside golhng
viii OFFER attractive tournament for the Nc
Kfnley and Duryea cups. The usual handicaps are
Harbor Hill. Baltusrol KnickerbOcker, Field and
Marine and Field clubs.
PROGRAMME AT ARDsLY.
Ardsly Is pushing along through the hot weather
with no apparent dlminution Of interest The link,
by the Hudson being patronized by In
creasing number Of players and to provide con-
tests the Tournament Committee has exercised con-
siderable ingenuity. Here are some Of the more
important dates recently added to the calendar:
August i1-Handicap match Glasses and B. eighteen
holes, medal play First prize, order for go
supplies
August I8-Golf ball handicap Classes B. eightser
August 25-Handcsp match. Classes B. priz,
September I-Mcnthly handicap members; medal fol
best gross score and for winner In each class
and second prizes
September s-FIandicap match. Glasses eighteor
holes, medal play; first prize IN each class
September l6-Gof Ball Handicap. Classes A and B
eighteen holes medal medal play 49,. .,-.. -.
qualifying to play on at handicap match play; frs
September 22-Boeie handicap eighteen holes match
play: ma % pie VIE IN , each class .,.. o. mod.