The San Francisco call., 1901-11-30
GOLFERS PLAY
IN THE RAIN
Thanksgiving Day Contests Are
He'll Under Conditions Which
Wou1d Stop Any bot Devotess

Despite the unfavorabie weather on
Thanksgiving day there were tourna-
ments on all the local courses. On the
Preside links there was a 36-hole handi-
cap tournament for three prizes; at Oak
land the formal opening of the winter
season was made with the first competi-
ton for the Goodall cup, and at Sausalito
the golfers held contest on the Fort
Baker links for the Foster cup and a spe-
cial prize. On the San Francisco Golf
Club course the contest for the Council s
cup for men is still in progress. The first
round will probably be completed to-day
and possibly one of the matches in the
second round may be played.
The next event of interest to local
golfers will be the first home-and-home
match between teams representing the
San Francisco and Oakland Golf Clubs.
1t has been the custom to have teams of
eight men in these matches, but the
number which will constitute the teams
in the matches this season has not yet
been decided. 1t seems that a team of
not more than six men would suit the
Oakland Club best, while the Presidio
golfers would be willing to put a team
of twelve or more men into the field. There
are five f1rSt-claSS golfers at Oakland
z. r. Folger, holder of the amateur
championship of the Pacific Coast; F. S.
UO1QSE Oh the AMATEUR record OF
rs for the Oakland course and winner of
the last contest for the Captains cup; r.
NJ. Fitzgerald, w. P. Johnson and G. P.
Hubbard. All these are strong golfers
and the four first named are frequently
out for practice, besides entering all club
competitions. But between these five and
the rest of the members there is a con-
siderable gap. The San Francisco Coli
Adamson two golfers of the highest
class, while Lansing o. Kellogg, captain
of the club; S. L. Abbot Jr., H. c. Golch-
er, ]. w. Byrne, Warren Gregory, R. G.
Brown and w. H. La Boyteaux, deserve
places on club team. To these should
be added H. B. Goodwin, formerly cap
tain of the San Francisco Golf Club, and
one of the strongest native-born golfers
here, and r. H. Gaylord, formerly secre-
tary and winner Of one of the contests
for the Councils cup. Neither of these
has been seen on golf course for some
time. It is probable both Captain Orestes
Pierce and Captain L. o. Kellogg will be
in favor of making the teams as large as
they can reasonably be made The men
who are selected to represent their club
feel their efforts may turn the tide of
victory and defeat, and are stimulated to
more regular practice of the game.
Golfers in Great Britain are beginning
used by several of the contestants in the
United States amateur championships.
both for men and women. But the ball
itself does not appear to have reached
OISdl 1oA4loills N.iOU6H NOUOIlSSo II Will
do so soon. 1t has a core of gutta-
percha around which are wrapped strings
of rubber, the whole having a gutta-
percha covering with the usual hicks and
markings. 1t is said that drives from the
tee are heightened thirty to forty yards
bv using the new ball, so that it is par
ticularly helpful to golfers who drive a
straight but not a long ball. It is also
said to travel a long distance off an iron
club. The disadvantage of the new ball
is that it is difficult to control on ap-
proach shots; and on damp ground it
does not seem to have any appreciable ad-
ordinary type Against the wind it is be-
lieved to be actually inferior, as it is
lighter and more easily DETECTED. The
Baltusrol Golf Club made an attempt to
prohibit its use in an open tournament for
women, but this was, of course, entirely
erroneous, as the rules of golf do not
prescribe the size weight or material of
the ball, and PLAYERS are free to use any