Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23
GOLF GOSSIP.
MATCH SCHEDULED BETWEEN
HIGHLAND AND w0ODsDALE
CLUBS. JULY 4TH-OTHER
MATTERS OF INTER-
EST TO LOCAL
GOLFERS.

The Wheeling Club, through its vice
president, DR.. Storer. has challenged the
Highland Club to play a match on July
4th, at the lower linke118 holes medal
play. The challenge has abeen accepted.
and all that remains is for each club to
select the teams. There is a question
as to the number which shall represent
each club. The. Highland Club would
prefer to have the respective teams as
large as possible and have already Sc
lected eight of their cracks, viz: Messrs.
c. r. Campbell, julius Pollock, Jr., C.
w. Bates, T. Harvey Pollock. A. r.
Campbell, A. l.. Hustled, E. F. Savage
and Harry Stallman. A Register re-
porter, interviewing DR.. Storer, learned
that owing to the capacity of the links,
not over six on a side could play with
out causing congestion Of the greens.
He thought that would be a SUFFICIENT
number to test the quality of play put
up by each club. While he dill not
know to a certainty who would make
up the WoOdsdale sam, he thought the
personnel would be about as follows:
J. w. Ewing, C. F. Paxton, Irwin PAUL,
Rev. D. w. Howard, Charlie Lamb and
himself; but there were others to
draw from.
Harvey Pollock broke the record for
eighteen holes at the Highland Links
last week. His three rounds of six
holes each were made in %, 20 and 80.
Mn. Pollock is an exceptionally long
driver, and at time plays brilliantly.
A little more care, and a little more stu
dy of the technical side of the game and
he will cross that very enviable spot
the threshold of crackdom.
The Grand Rapids and Indiana Rail-
way people have issued a very attrac-
tive booklet, which gives a list and par
ticulars of all the golf links in Northern
Michigan, controlled by the company.
Application for a copy and other infor-
nation should be made to C. l.. Lock-
wood, G.. P. & T. Agent, Grand Rapids,
Mich.
Probably the most interesting game
of golf yet pulled off by any of the
members of the local clubs, was the IS
hole match played last Tuesday on the
lower links between DR.. Storer and j.
w. Ewing. 1t required "a holes to de-
eide. Both gentlemen are conceded to
be the best players ait the present writ
ing, in the club, therefore they are very
well and evenly matched, besides being
true and enthusiastic lovers Of the
sport. The total score was not a re-
cord breaker, being about 96, but the
the closeness of the play throughout
was the great feature. At no time was
one player more than a hole behind
the other, but oftener they were even
up. Ten holes were tied. Ewing won
the 18th, which made him dormie one.
Storer o the 18th, which put them all
even. They had to play six addi-
tional holes before either got a stroke
better than the other. To say the ten
sion was something awful is putting it
mildly. After tying five holes a little
bit of good luck gave Storer the best lie,
and then Ewing missed his put, m
thing unusual for him, and the Doctor
out by a stroke.
On Friday they played another close
match of "a holes in which Ewing won
by one up
The fair green of the lower links
needs more active work with the mower
than one man can give it-at least dur
ing this wet weather. A player
recently made a beautiful drive
from the second hole; the shot
was as straight as a rife ball
all the same the ball was lost in the
long grass, after the two players and
two caddies had spent fifteen minutes
in a search The loss of the ball was
nothing as compared with loss of tenn
per and waste of red hot speech.
1t is very gratifying to the officials
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increased interest which is being taken
in the coming matches for the several
cups which are to be awarded in due
course to the successful competitors in
the several matches which are to be
pulled Off during the season. Mr.. G.. +.
Paxton, who was authorized to pur-
chase the trophies has returned home
and reports that he bought the cup in
Boston, where they yet remain await
ing the decision of the Executive Com
mittee as to what Inscriptions shall be
engraved on the several cups. The ON
mittee has not yet decided and until it
does definite particulars as to when the
matches will be pulled off, and how
played, cannot be announced. This sit
uation leads up to another matter,
which will interest all golfers who are
members of the Woodsdale links, to-
wit: Yesterday was the time fixed by
the Green Committee to close the quail
flying contests for entrants to the forth
coming matches. However, in view of
the fact that the Executive Committee
has not yet determined the manner in
which the matches shall be played. the
Green Committee, who has the matter
in charge, after celebrating over the
situation yesterday, concluded it would
be advisable for members who are prac-
Using and turning in score cards for
the purpose of fixing their handicaps to
continue dong so until further notice,
as the more scores are returned the bet
ter enabled will be the committee to
decide upon the respective handicaps.
Members wishing to qualify can get
80 f.1-~ Hfr N1~knn $ha cooro-