New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-05-12
GOLF.
LINDSEY DEFEATS HITCHCOCK FOR
INTERCOLLEGIATE CUP.
rABN,ARD MAN VICTOR IN FINAL ROUND
OK ATLANTIC CITY LINKS BY TWO
Up AND ONE TO PLAY.

Atlantic CITY. " j. May II OSpeciaD.-IIarvard
will hold the individual championship OF the inter
collegiate Golf Association for the coming yea
Halstead Lindsey having defeated Charles fii'cf'
cock In. OF Yale, in the finals to-day by up ana
j 10 play. -,
Before the match started IL looked as th0 US,
the issue would remain in doubt TO the very .aS'
green. Hitchcock has made an enNlaOie -
tion not only on college links. but In tourhaiie"
where golfers OF national reputation have pe"h
his opponents His victories at NarfasahseNl -
Newport and Shinnecock last season were sun ~
mind when he faced Lindsey to-day. OUT asalls'
these were placed the latters triumph over Myers
az Yale Yesterday and his singularly even form
throughout the week. Although the balance may
have swung in HItchcook's Favor before the match
started there rapid readJustment OF the
scales after the were once of. Lindsey, while
stranger TO the excitement Of big prize play COM
petitions has nevertheless done some hard ana
aggressive practice on the links about Boston. and
the result soon apDarent after ne had settled
into harness His game as whole stamps him
as a grand match player. and one TO he reckonec
with I'm figuring the result OF the seasons cham
pionships. Graceful in style and easy in move
ment, his strokes nevertheless have force and
confidence behind them which argue splendid
mastery OF the game. Hitchcock played just the
sort of match TO bring these qualities into prom
inence 1t game of logged Yale persistency.
which finally closed a gap OF 4 down the end
of the first half and left the final score only up
in the Harvard mans favor.
throughout IL all was the pleasing evidence of
college sportsmanshp. which was manifested by
both in more than trying and critical Juncture.
Perhaps as good al illustration as any was given
at the very outset. where in going TO the green.
Idndsleys second shot was trapped by the bunker.
Unconsciously the Harvard man soled his club. an
error that might have him the hole had Hitch
cock insisted on his rights but the latter gen
erously refused TO accept such an advantage, and
the hole was finally halved. Incidentally the mat ch
furnished another illustration which those who
had witnessed former championships were quick 20
note. College golf has made a decided advance
since the last tournament in 1899. Garden City.
The fact that Percy Pyne %. Harry Hons. jr..
= NJ. Robertson, l. p. Meyers and Others upon
whom the college world had banked week ago
were found unequal 10 the test of this young Cam
bridge mans game, shows that the sport has been
pushed up a notch. and is still advancing. The
The match was a long onEthirty-six holes-but
splendidy sustained and royalty won. Lindsey
sizzling drive. Each reached the green IN ), ana
the hole was halved in g. Facing the second Hitch
cock sliced his hrassey out OF bounds hut Lindsey
short. and this hole. was halVed. The third
went to the Yale man a combination Of splendid
peated on the following hole. which Hitchcock got
The hole is a long one-5l5 yards-and par
tcularly Favorable 10 a man OF HttchcOch's shout
der stretching ability On the short game. how
covering, and the hole was halved in :. Lindsey
won the sixth in clever style, following II with the
next, which eVened the score. Then the Harvard
man began 20 sprge ahead. lie got the eighth and
ninth two inexcusaoe errors in topping by
play, as was also the eleventh. Then Lindsey
pushed his score up another peg by taking the
Harvard up-a lead which seemed 10
presage the final outcome IN fact. at the end of
parentiy poweriess to turn the tide. The cards up
20 this point were: