The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-30
Mohila Society Newa.


 Club, the day of days in local golfing his tory. Since Saturday has the gathering of the clans been going on. and Monday saw the picked teams of New Orleans, Birmingham and "ours'' assembled on the links.
 Sunday there was a preliminary gath ering and practicing and the afternoon added many ladies to the interested groups who were discussing with enthu- siasm the chances pro and con. It was noticeable that the ladies were by far more excited over the coming games than the players themselves and many pounds of candy and pairs of gloves were hung up on the result.
 The personnel of the teams is as fol lows:
 Mobile-Messrs. Robert Hunter. Andrew Hunter. N. R. Clarke, F. B. Ruse, w. G. Horn, Joseph Hodgson. Jr.. Shannon Hun terri William Hunter, J. s. Raymond, James Gray w. L. Engle.
 New Orleans-Carroll l.. Eustis, Bush, Schwartz. Wilkie. Moore Stewart, Butler. H. s. Eustis, DeBuys, Whitney, Scheres- chewsky.
 Birmingham-Thomas Ward R. H. BauRh. J. D. Kirkpatrick. William P. Ward, Eugene l.. Brown. T. J. Watson, H. c. Stiles. R. H. Thach. Frank Stein mehl
 At noon luncheon was served by a com mittee of ladies. Turkey. salad, sand wiches, bullion, champagne and other del icacies combined to make a feast enjoy able to victor and vanauished alike. In the afternoon there was large reception at which all members of the club and non-residents invited by them were wei come. The club house was decorated in holly and Christmas greens and looked very attractive especially after the ar rival of the ladies in their pretty toilettes. Tomorrow will be played the match be- tween Mobile and Birmingham
 This afternoon New Orleans won both events the finals being: New Orleans against Mobile by 19 holes. against Birm- ingham by 22 holes The games were cleverly contested. Birmingham. however, being handicapped through illness of Thompson and indisposition of Thach. Thompson did not play and Thach lost to Sherry by down. Birmingham will play Mobile tomorrow morning and much in- terest Is manifested in the result
 An effort was made tonight to arrange a match between Lurpie of New Orleans and Nick Thompson of Birmingham for a series of three games $500 a game, one to be played in Birmingham. one in New Orleans and one here. but fell through after much dickering.
 Mir John B. Waterman left Sunday for New Orleans to attend the Krumbaar- McAllister wedding which takes place there this evening.
 Mrs Garret of New York. formerly Miss Ellen Mordecai. is home on a visit 10 her mother and to her sister. Mrs. R. O.. Sadler.
 MT. and Mrs R. II. Clarke returned home Saturday and are occupying their handsome new home on Government Street.
 There was a business meeting of the committees in charge of the Young La dies Cotillon Club today at Miss Dan ner's.
 Mir and Mrs. D. T. Huger have issued invitations to a card party for Tuesday evening in honor of Miss Tate of Mem phis
 Mrs. George H. Tucker arrived this af- ternoon on a visit to her parents, MT. and Mrs. c. c. Mckee,
 Mir William Edward Clarke has re- turned from a visit to relatives in De- mUpolis.
 The Z's. a new organization. gave ball this evening in German Relief Hall.
 The Philharmonics will give their first concert of the season Tuesday evening.
 MT. J. s. Raymond has returned from visit to New York.