Evening star., 1901-06-14
GOLF NOTES OF INTEREST,".

The women Of the Merton Cricket Club,
Philadelphia. have won for the fourth time
the local team championship Six clubs
were in the spring series of events which
have just finished, and Merton did not lose
a game. The regular team consists Of Miss
McNeely Miss Ely. Miss A. McNeely and
Mrs. r. H. Barlow.
The public golf course In Rochester,
which was laid out over a year ago in
Genesee Valley Park proved popular
that plans have just been made to enlarge
the course and add a number of new bunk
ers. Alexander Findlay, the Boston pro-
fessional, recently visited Rochester and
gave some suggestions in perfecting the
links. Daniel Geddes is the local profess
Sional.
The entries for the women's metropolitan
championship next week at the Nassau
Country Club close tomorrow evening with
Miss Ruth Underhill, at Glen Cove, L. /. A
number of the women playing in the tour
nament at Essex county are going to try
for place in the bigger event next week.
Baltimore is to have a new country club
this season. which will give particular at
tention to golf. 1t will be known as the
Suburban Club, and fifty-f1ve acres of land
has been secured for the links. About $75,-
600 is to be spent in building a fine club
house and improving the property. The
golf course, for the present, will contain
but nine holes, and tennis court and a
base ball field are also to be provided.
The latest measurements for the Bal
tusrol golf course show distance Of 5,976
yards The bogey will begin at the old fig
ure of eighty-six. A new professional rec
ord was made for the links by David Hun
ter few days before he started for Bos-
ton to play In the open championship. He
played 1t in eighty strokes. The amateur
record Is eighty three, held by Pierre A.
Proal. a member Of the Fox Hills Golf
IN III and hny into oholo to oHn
The open golf championship Of the United
States began this morning on the links of
the Myopia Hunt Club, near Boston. Harry
Vardon Is the present holder. but as he
could not come over from England to de-
fend his title this year. resident profess
sional will again secure the honor. There
is no indication that any Of the seven anna
teurs entered for the event win be danger
ous Lockwood has made the best show
ing Of them in practice this week, register.
Myopia course. Willie Smith and Law
renee Auchterlonie. two Chicago profess
sfonals. and Donald Ross Of the Oakley
Club. Boston. have each done eighty in
practice and Auchterlonie is even credited
with a seventy-eight. equaling the best
record made the links by Taylor last
year.
Preparing for the Boat Races.
Columbia's crew arrived at Poughkeepsie,
N. Y, yesterday afternoon in fine fettle for
their preliminary regatta practice.
Cornell will arrive Friday, June 81: Wis
consin June 25. Georgetown June 26 and
Syracuse June %.
8. w. G. Century Run.
The indications are that the century run
of the Spanish War Guard. which takes
place Sunday, will be a success. A silver
cup has been offered for club competition
The proposed seven-hour schedule has
been eliminated, so that every organiza-
tion entering a team OF fifteen
riders may compete. A club may
enter as. many teams as its membership
will permit Every rider completing the
run in fourteen hours will receive a medal
and have a chance to win the wheel. All
who enter will report to Sergt. W. w.
Smith. 42) 10th street, Sunday morning at
O'Clock The committee in charge will
meet Saturday evening to arrange details
steubeAer Leading for Wagner Medal.
The third shoot for the Wagner gold
medal, which. when won three times by a
contestant. will mark him as the District
champion at trap target shooting, was
held yesterday 1T Steubener's grounds on
the Bladensburg road. Phil Steubener, who
won the heat last week by breaking forty
five out Of hfty clay pigeons. repeated the j