New-York tribune., 1901-12-01

before going town for business. This is the
caiibre of the man who for two successive seasons
has held the American Cup.
The growth of the club since those early days
has been coincident with the Improvement at other
well known metropolitan courses Frequent adoi-
1ions to the clubhouse have made structure that
fulfils every demand Of well appointed golf club
1t a two story building with bread piazzas over
looking links and capacious dining room that
IS filled overlooking on tournament days
Perched on the highest part Of the course it cen-
nands a charming view Of the outlying holes,
while the directly in front Of the piazza
and the home green IN little valley 10 the left.
The course however. has remained practically
the same essential features. From the outset
the idea has been to maintain good links of nine
holes rather than a mediocre of eighteen, and
in furtherance OF this tees have been moved back
and greens enlarged until the present circuit is
one of the best in the country. 1t measures 300
yards which compares favorably with the leading
nine hole links in the metropolitan district. The
longest hole is 51 yards and the shortest 49,. and
there is net stroke Of the game that is not
needed somewhere between the two. In detail the
measurements Of each hole are:
5sss: Hs3s: 81. ls ri aessa,s 5s':t +
On this circuit some of the most interesting
matches of the season annually held. The open
tournaments. which have been attractive feat
ure since 1884, have gathered together many of the
ablest golfers in the country. and the quality of
the scores has averaged fully high as in corre-
spending contests on more extended links. The
story of these tournaments illustrates in an inter
esting way the steady advance made among Ameri-
can amateurs, and the strength of the illustration
upon the fact that the present national cham
In 1887 The date of the hrst gathering. Travis
next year Travis from A. u. cochrane, of
Ardsley, by Up and to play. r. G Watson. jr,
of 1899 and here again the champion Was success
6ppoesd p es bR up M sn1 b M Of the oakland club
Who was beaten by up and s 10 play But WHERE
Twelve strokes had thus been chopped from the the
practically the same class of players TO I9
also thai in the last open tournament five of its
own members secured places In the quahhed a.
dition to Travis. J. c. Douglas, who scored Sc:
G. BSrnws 81 w keSsiteT tT ., . b Sad ronT Dr
na1nent presented by j. De c. Ireland. was won by
fS'Plla Pqsse ans'hss Of Harbor Hill T bT up Id %
play while A v Rossiter: the present oakls5'l e -
IS his allowance being ten strokes u,,,-.. .s
IN team naatcnes ne % se orup @ or of ifs rivals
but the showing has been altogether without
teams teams it opposed 1t defeated the Englewood
team at Oakland but was seaten in t the s nT1
matches to the Apawamis. Richmond County. Mas,
4sane sag nl1e only bT the narrowest of margins
". Rossiter is the Oakland captain. while among
ihs Brown lfadfhs f. PECK peek Fl n Ne opham Little,
John Craig Colgate. George Coggil. r. IL RosSltei,
Mluiam Willis, c. " Robbins and j. Gordon
Douglas
The present champion Of the club is DR.. y. 5.
Brown, who gained his title in the tournament just
ended DR. Brown Of eight who qualif1ed
for the trophy offered by the clubs president John
H TAYLOR the etheT eiglSiss Being Being MI MI
ham f. H. Rossiter. Paul Messer and E. B. Mer-
Ram. Although Captain Rossite- made the best
gross score in the Qualifying play, DR.. Brown de
faated him in the finals by up In the same
tournament c. r. Dean won the consolation cup
by default from G. /. Shearer.
OF almost equal Importance TO the championship
is the handicap contest in progress for the
Presidents Cup. The four who have survived the
match play are Messrs. Ireland. Peck. Brown and
Wigharn. and these paired in the mi-fnals in
the order named. On THANKSGIVING Day the sea
soE was brought to q successful close with holi-
day handicap for special prizes, and. though the
course will remain open for informal matches for
some weeks. the competitive season will not be
sumed before spring
II a fattguing course to play. take IT all in all.
and. with its hills and ridges. one that few women
can cover with comfort For that reason. perhaps.
Oakland has enjoyed much prominence
among golfers Morris County. Ardsley
or Balt,,sroi. and its womens matches have been
comparatively few. But for the sturdy little girls
who caddies the hills have no terrors. and
they may be trudging faithfully from tee 10