New-York tribune., 1900-01-01
GOLF.
WHERE LOCAL PLAYERS WILL SPEND
THE HOLIDAY.


LAKEwooD's GALA PROGRAMMED TEAM
MATCH AT ATLANTIC CITY-Gos-
SIP FROM VARIOUS LINKS
With the prospect Of clear weather to-day most
OF the golf clubs in this neighborhood have
ranged to celebrate the holiday with competitions
of form; and while in some winter
green's have been substituted for those formerly
in use, the ground is sti in fairly good condition
The Lakewood links will offer ehe most attractive
inducements, and large number OF players from
sport. The open tournament begun on Saturday
Is to be continued through the semi-fnal and hnal
handicap Of eighteen holes for which several
ose Goud
is president, there will be tournament for mem
bers and their guests, besides number of in
formal matches
Lakewood. however. is not the only place where
golfers will congregate for the holiday. The Bal
tusrol Golf Club. of Short Hills whose course is
particularly well suited to winter golf owing to
the shelter afforded by the overhanging Baltusrol
Mountain, will also hold tournament for mem
bers. and Tying, Toler Bayard. Hamilton Denton
and other we'll known players expected to ap-
pear. The day will also be the occasion of the adop
tion of new caddie system The clubhouse has
been connected with the cadde quarters by tele-
phone. and hereafter when member desires a
boy he will inform the clerk who will thereupon
telephone to the caddie master and reaching
the tee the player will find boy waiting for him
with a card which is stamped the correct start
ing time. On finishing the game this card will be
returned to the caddie master, who will again
stamp it, and the player will pay for the exact
elapsed time. 1t is thought that the system
will do away with all disputes service charges.
and its successful working will be watched with
interest by other clubs
Another interesting contest arranged for the day
is the meeting between the Laurence Harbor and
Atlantic City Golf clubs in a twenty-a-side team
1 IL Nifty N ffair %7ar aSrr1f
of a challenge issued and accepted IN the
open tournament on the Atlantic City links The
on Lincoins Birthday February T. Aceording to to
| Mortimer NJ Singer, the secretary. the following
Douglas Charles s Cox NJ n. Singer slu 81: g
Freead n Pendeton RoSeF Arthur Ar Psrson
Edwin B Alvord, James Potts jr.. Joseph F. stier,
G. P. Sheldon Hunter wyEes. a. J. Morgan W. F.
2ed Re @ anS aaTen Fan d eB @ also Is ahe Ga
nameht today, open to members and their friends;
matches, while at the Nassau Richmond County,
Mes5o ss60[ Hill n }bsra m Iahd nd Get and Dyk %
| players.
BY far the most important topic in golf circles
just now Is the choice of links for next seasons
| championships. Under the rule adopted last year
! the United States Golf Association will bear the
entire expense of these tournaments, and with the
| aid thus given many clubs which would otherwise
hnd 1t impossible to accept award will be eager
to get it. The association has decided to issue in
viatons to every organization in the league thirty
| days before the annual meeting, and the response
to these will be considered by the delegates that
| time. This meeting will be about the middle of
| February. that local players are already can
vassing the possibilities of the final choice. Thus
| far the Garden City, Baltusrol, Myopia and Chi
| cago clubs have expressed willingness to hold
| the tournaments. and the question is mooted to
which will receive favorable consideration. 1t Is
hardly likely that Chicago will win the amateur
| championship went to the West last season. and
| Eastern players are not anxious to make a second
| journey If links nearer home can be secured. A
| restriction not generally understood will have a
good deal to do with the choice. The constitution
| Of the association provides that only associate
| clubs may undertake these contests that the
| allied clubs which number more than hundred
barred. 1t is significant fact in favor of the sue
that club w Was recently admitted to associate mem
last spring opened the eyes of local players the
merits OF the Garden City course. and ever since
favor % Of AWARDING ST s to 18th It National champonsh
e T % r. n AT ba al s 5he a Tes meeting
| at Delmonico's was The Executive Committee to
GGn Sion is Wiz key to nd tsef shorn Of
the choosng The fhe Change healthy
condition OF the league and the discISssn in wiser
choice than that made last season.
| Presidio Golf Club near San Francisco. may be
regarded practically fixing the championship of
the Pacific Coast. John Lawson, of the Burlingame
Country Club. won IT. defeating E. Conde Jones'
! of the Los Angeles Country Club. in the final
accounts, the play all through was of high or
der. though the difference in links makes 1t i'm
! possible to compare the scores with those of our
| own players. When gol1ng matters at the West
| have srnmered down to a we'll defined basis ii is
| to be hoped that the recognized champion will be
sent East to compete against the champion here.
| In response to a general desire the part of
| its members the Harbor Hill Golf Club will keep
| its links open throughout the winter. and though
little will be done in way Of formal prize giving
number of competitions will be arranged Otto
| Hockmeyer has resigned from the captaincy. and
| his place has been taken by his brother. Vincent
| tee will include both these men, together with
Paul B. Cooke w Scott o'Coanor and j. E: G.
| president; W. j. Crukshank. vice-presdent; j. e.
c. Leavitt, secretary, and W. f. Allen, treasurer
/ Whittemore.
! With the opening OF spring the South Orange
| Golf Club expects to have ready fine new nine
| the South Orange Mountain has been leased by
the club and work will be started at once in
clearing the ground of outcropping stones and
| underbrush The green's will be laid as the
| weather permits, and next number OF
| tournaments planned. The club already has
a membership Of ninety. and is IN a most flourish
! ing condition.
| 1t is announced that Tom Dunn one OF the
| latest professionals to this country from
the other side, has been engaged take charge of
| tho winter tournaments Of the West Florida Golf
| Association. This circuit includes Tampa Bay
| Magnolia Springs. kissimmee Bon Air and Jack
sonvie, all of which proved their popularity with
| Northern players last season.
willie Anderson at lime professional at
| the BaItusroI Golf Club, Is now In California