The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28
GOLFERS READY
FOR NEW-YEAR'S
DAY HANDICAP
Same Conditions Will Be in
Force as Ruled at the
Thanksgiving Day Meeting

On New Years day there will be a
thirty-six hole handicap golf tournament
on the Preside links. This is the tour
nament that was arranged for Thanks
giving day. On account of the bad
weather and the small number of entries
S. L. Abbot Jr. and II. c. Golcher, the
winners, did not claim their prizes, but
left them in the hands of the directors
to be played for on another day. AS
New Years day is the day On which the
medal play championship of the San
Francisco Golf Club is annually decided,
the first eighteen holes on New Year S
day may be turned in as q championship
score. The player making the lowest
score will be entitled to the possession
of the Liverpool gold medal for one year
The San Francisco Golf Club also has a
Liverpool silver medal, for which a cor
test is to he held once u month during
the season, but no one remembers when
the last contest was held and few of the
members know who the holder of the
medal is.
Early in the new year, when the
Christmas and New Year festivities are
over, the Ladies Annex Of the San
Francisco Golf Club Will resume business
on the links, the first event SET Gown on
the schedule being the qualifying rounds
over eighteen holes, medal play, for the
fifth competition for the councils cup
for ladies. These will be held on Mon
day, January y, DGgnnlnS at y.30 a. N.
The eight competitors who make the
lowest scores will be entitled to enter
the match play rounds for the trophy.
The Sausalito golfers have been having
hard time Of it for several months
past. Owing to the large building opera
lions being carried on by the Federal
Government the first three holes have
been entirely spoiled, and in order TO play
at all il is necessary to begin at the
fourth and to play the fourth, fifth and
sixth twice to make up a round. Then
the course is rough, and in several places
Outcropping rock makes bad ties for the
ball. However, when the barracks are
completed there will be a considera bic
military population at Fort Baker, and
most of the younger officers will prob
ably devote a good deal of time to golf
AS soon the buildings are finished
which will hardly be for some months
The course will be laid out afresh, some
of the existing holes being used. The
grass is being cropped by flock of 200
sheep, which are kept to their work by
q herder, who camps in a tent on the
links. Major T. w NJ. Draper, president
Of the Sausalito Golf Club, returnsd a
few days ago from a visit to the Eastern
States He did not play in the contest
that was held last Saturday for the Fos-
ter cup. Leonard Chenery. WorthinCton
Ames and Frank B. Findley, the holder
of the trophy, We're also absent from the
contest.
the Oakland links last Saturday George
e. de Cola, going round with Mrs. H
II. Sherwood, made a score of IL for the
long course, Sc, which EQUALS the. record
ton. c.. P. Hubbard beat George
Smith. the professional. up, making the
fine score of 3S over the short course.
S. Stratton also beat George Smith, 4 up.
with a score of 42. w. p johnson beat
E. R. Folger, 2 up, and Vice Captain D
E. Bowles beat w II. Taylor up. In
2 foursome A.. Fl. Higgins and T. r.
Hutchinson ended all square with ]. Fl
Ames and r. NJ. Fitzgerald.