New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-07-26
r. c. WATSON, JR.

OF the Metropolitan Golf Association looked IT. too.
as he walked up the clubhouse from the home
green little after noon. fresh from his victory
over James G. Averill. one OF Harvards crack
golfers in the Peconic Cup series. Mr.. Robertson
plays hard game 10 beat when he is on, and he
can still hold his own with the young element not
withstanding his remark the previous day that
he is now known the father Of T. NJ Robertson
The latter who is Yale's golf captain, won his
match in the morning for the important cup.
defeating Louis E. Larocque in a well played game
by up and to play. In the afternoon, however
both father and defeat, the former by
Harry Hollins and the latter by ". J. Travis
From a field Of siXty-nine who started on to
qualify for the three cups Tuesday the number
had been cut down to thirty-two. and every man
came early the links. keen for the more sporty
match play A hard rain early in the morn
ing softened up the course somewhat making the
fair green comfortable 10 play over. The
games of the day occasioned another wholesale
wedding and from sixteen eligibles for the
Presidents Cup only four now left, and they
will meet this morning in the semi-hnal round.
Roderick Terry. jr playing Charles Hitchcock jr.,
and Walter Travis again meeting r. c. Watson.
jr.. he did Garden City.
Eight qualified for the Peconic and eight for the
Consolation cups. and the two rounds reduced this
number by evening to two in each case For the
Peconic trophy the survivors Maturtn Ballou.
the Apawamis champion, and Harry Hons. Ir..
while Daniel Chauncey and C. owen Winston still
remain for the Consolation Cup. They will play
of the thirty-six hole final round Friday.
The contests in the morning were productive OF
unusually good golf and the high standard set on
the first day was maintained without break. The
first round for the Presidents Cup four
matches tied. two taking nineteen holes TO deter
mine twenty and the fourth twenty-one holes
The latter sensational ending in the match
between Charles Hitchcock, jr. the young Yale
champion and Walter B. Cheney. Of South Man
chester, Conn., but entered from the Maidstone
Club Easthampton Cheney started of like
racehorse and led by three the ninth green
Each made a poor exhibition at the first hole. drtv
ing poorly and then getting bunk red. but Cheney
down in his opponents :. Hitchcock
pulled himself together nobly in the second half and
abandoned his somewhat careless manner. As
result ne tied the game the eighteenth hole. The
first odd holes tied, but Hitchcock, from
clever putt. the third in a DOGGY 4. and had
the match The cards were:
Charles Hitchcock. Point
In Hu' . ..............5 : 4ss-s2
Walter b. Cheney. Maidstone
On 2St .................ss 8 G49-ss
Extra holes-Hitchcock 5. 4. 4: Cheney. 5. =
Charles H Seeley, the Berkeley School lad, who
was runner-up to DR.. Carl Martin for the Con-
nectcut championship. made Roderick Terry. jr,
OF Newport. play twenty ho!es before the latter
could win. II was a game or long runs for each.
s Terry ed holes the eighth and
then Seeley tried his chances at a squirt and with
the exception of one halved hole he won 1--WE in
succession The scores were:
Roderick Terry. IT. Newport:
Out -....--..........-Ss - "a