Evening star., 1901-08-06
Golf Notes of Interest.


c. r. Auchincloss, a New York golfer,
holds the amateur record for the kebo
valley golf links at Bar Harbor. He did
SO last week. beating the former record OF
So held by Arden NJ. Robbins Of st. An
drew's. Bernard Nichols holds the pro-
fessional record-79 strokes
Phil King, the foot ball coach. who has
been in the west for the last two seasons.
has taken up golf for a change this sum-
mer and evidently is making good pro-
gress. as he won tournament recently at
the Madicon County Club, Wisconsin.
John Reid, jr., the former intercollegiate
champion and Yale golfer. has made a
new record of IS strokes for the Ardsley
Club links. The former record was 70, held
by Howard A. Colby Of Essex county,
Orange
Miss Bessie Anthony. the woman golf
champion of the west. strained her shoul-
der so severely in a recent tournament that
she has been unable to play for over q
week. and she may be unable to appear In
the women's open tournament this week at
the Glen View Club, Chicago.
The Stockbridge Golf Club Is doing more
team playing this season than In the past
year, and has won two good victories thus
far, beating Great harrington by eighteen
holes to five. and the PittsfieId Country
Club, twenty holes to six. A number of
new players are gathering at Stockbridge
to practice for the clubs open tournament
at the end Of the month.
The score Of 164 strokes for the double
round, thirty-six holes, OF the Onwentsia
Club tournament, by William HoIabird, tr,
when he won both the Onwentsia and Lake
Forest cups established a new 36-hole rec
ord for the course. The former was 1OS,
made by Charles B. Macdonald, when he
finished first in the qualifying round of the
amateur championship in 1899. Young
Holabird won three first prizes in the tour
nament, more than single player has ever
done before.
The new course of the Atlantic uyot,
lands Golf Club Is now 3,125 yards long,
and weekly competitions have been ar
ranged for August and September. The
Philip Mosher cup has kept the members
busy In competition for the last two weeks
The leading players are G. II. DeJany, j. l.
Delany, L. D. Morrison, c. T.. Moore, D.
L. Manson. A. Tison, C. r. Cashey and
]. G. T. Moore. Alexander Morton, the
amateur. fell out the original course.
The annual competition for the challenge
cup of the Essex County Country Club,
near Boston, Is now under way. and the
eight who qualified are NJ. B. Mason G.
McC. Sargent, T. B. Guinnett, jr, E. l.,
Wood, jr.. G. H. Crocker. c. E. Mason, w.
Fl. Boardman and John Moorehead, jr. The
contest will be completed by August TO-
The eight men qualified from field OF
sixty starters, all playing from scratch,
and the lowest was IS strokes. made by
Sargent.
As soon as a professional golfer makes a
new record he is generally anxious to back
himself against rival professional Evil
dence Of this golf weakness has lust been
shown by Dan Leitch of the Springfield
Country Club, Massachusetts, and who for
merly had charge of the Crescent Club
record Of 20 strokes for the Springfield
course last week, cutting three points from
the former record, and he Is now aExjous
to meet Con Cronin Of the Worcester Golf
Club, who has been challenging local golf
ers right and left. The first match will he
arranged early this month.