Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-05-19

curareiy and beautifully that 1t DROP
ped squarely and fairly into the hole.
Lamb was SO lost in both admiration
AID establishment that he couldn't
hole cut eyen IN two strokes.
Messrs. J. K. Hall, John Howard
and Sam Harper were playing friend
ly thTeesome lately. in which there
was considerable joviality, and guying
of each others play. Finally a chal-
lenge Was made and accepted that they
play IL hole match for the supper
at the Fort Henry. Mr.. Harper was
recognized as having the most prac-
tlce. and being strongest player. Mr..
Howard came next in the category
and both thought they had dead easy
cinch. and that Mr.. Hall had better
order the refreshments before the
match began. But golf is uncertain.
The two sanguines had not been play
ing much lately and were in poor form,
while Hall, who has become quite an
enthusiast, and may be seen on the
links any fair evening earnestly prac-
Using and improving his play. To
abbreviate the story, Hall worsCed beth
his competitors, Howard took second
place, and the supper was on Harper.
The season SO tar is notable for the
great increase in the popularity OF
golf all over the country. The sport
ing pages of the metropolitan press
are teeming with accounts of tourna-
ments, intercollegiate and other
matches. Publications Of golf fix
lures" throughout the East, West,
North and South are legion, while all
the watering places and spas which
can, are laying out golf links, where
they do not already abound.
The 36hole intercollegiate golf match
at Atlantic City course last Saturday
was won by t1alstead Lindsey, of Hsr-
ward, over Charles Hitchcock, Jr., Of
Yale, by and /. Below is the story in
full:
10 say that the victory OF Lindsey
was surprise. not only TO the Yale
golfers, hut to many other careful OBJ
servers OF the game TINS week, would be
putting it mildly. On form and past
achievements, Hitchcock was picked by
nine out OF ten to win. He has had
considerable experience in tournament
play, and held the Yale championship
when he was but a freshman. He is
now sophomore. Lindsey is junior
am Ills 10 IAC III 81 DlS event III SO4I
he has ever won.
Lindsey took the advantage almost
from the start. Hitchcock won the first
two holes, after having on the first
and second greens, but Lindsey proved
immeasurably superior on the short
game, and was up on the ninth green
and at the finish of the morning
round.
In the afternoon Hitchcock played his
best game. He was much better on the
green ana in approaching than in the
morning. but Lindsey was as steady
as a rock and would not be ratified or
allow anything to divert his mind from
the serious business of doing his best
at every stroke
BY dint of magnificent play the Yale
golfer cut down his opponents lead to
one hole on the twenty-ninth green, and
for minute he seemed to have a posi-
BILE chance to win. But Lindsey held
to his narrow lead, and never allowed
his Yale rival to get the upper hand.
Three holes were halved, and when
the Harvard man took the thirty-ffth
the game came to an end and Hitch
cock was the first to congratulate him
on his well earned intercollegiate cham
pionship. AS Harvard won the team
honors early in the week. she thus takes
all the championship honors in this
years intercollegiate meet.
The cards of the players were: