New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-06

the that WGf s Burn links as under his a
Like Seeley. she lived near the Wee Burn links and
spent the greater part of her time during the
from %orofon and She is now pIang With the
Apawamis Club OF Rye.
seeley won the club championship at Wee Burn
in 1896. and the year he entered for the first
time open tournament This Knoll
and returned card Of i66 for eghteen holes It is
interesting to note that in 1900 seeley carried of
and made the course out in Il and in in 75 figures
he got in the consolation division at Baltusrol
but defeated by Malcolm Graham. He entered
ing In 1895 he entered several open TOURNAMENTS
tracted general attention by the quality Of his
Hhs Coli nc CLUB open He Was defeated in matc6 bS
Roderick Taylor by up in twenty-two holes. IN
till the third round. being put out by John Reid.
he was a semi-fnaiist. In 100 seeiey was reck-
oned factor in All open tournaments. In the
sem-fnals and in the Connecticut championship he
vas runner up 70 Dr. Carl Martin the winner
breaking All records and winning every prize In
following winter he qualified fourth in an open
aaT at Pa I'm 9nd e in all the
He started TO play early in the spring Of 1901
ny entering the Lakewood tournament He had
never seen the course until he began 10 play the
match, and won the consolation cup soon after
TINS Seeley defeated W9lter J. Travis in the semi
Travis was dormie !. hut the eighteenth hole was
By fine exhibition Of eoIf and also Of nerve SeeIey
also won the extra hole and the match. The strain
before Douglas in the hnal round. He won the
GonnfctGut championship ha9dtly and in tRe ,i na
EaSan, the sensational player from the West. in
the semi-inal round.
Seeley and Douglas were the only players in this
event who used the hard ball SeeIey now uses
adoption Of a rule reguiating the quality Of the
ball, and is much opposed ~ the innovation which
IS being employed with such success by Travis and
others. When asked why h" uses the lively ban
don't want to ne outdriven "y men know can
outdrive, out at the time II is not just right
Early this spring Seeley sprained his wrist, and
recently matters have been complicated by slight
iten tournament but was unable to play owing 10
next week.
Next TO seeley. the favorite for. the hour is
He was Yale champion one year was the first
last year He wen The gold medal for The lowest
Championship. making the round in q He also
returned the lowest card in the team match. PLAY
chamPPonshp Of The %0" coz C iIc
oilers who should ho heard from in the ,ourna-
ment are George jenkins Dr. Frederick Schavoir,
Me- ' Bapa Z wbea si 2n ~ B WbdeaI and
q, PatIe7rsoIR' q Bro@klaw4 Country Club F p
Meriden Golf Club; J. o. Enders and Francis p
man. / p Cooper and Or. carr Martin, Of the
jr. Of the Innis Arden Golf CluD.
In the team matches chief interest centres I'm the
Oxford Club, OF South Manchester. Il is known as
the Cheney team. for the reason that every mem
Der belongs 10 that well known family In Central
Connecticut and each IS good golf player. For
three years past the team has won second place
IN the annual event This year all the members are
going To do their utmost TO win. and for some
weeks past have been practising especially for
the State meet. W B. Cheney. who plays No /
on the team, is one OF the few overland players
IN the United states. He always grips the club
with his left hand over his right. When playing
much Success in FinriSa la ia w 10 Winning s
eral prizes and making records for Of
the courses. Mark Cheney has not entered many
open tournaments but he plays a steady game, and
about South Manchester has already gained repu-
tation as a golfer Tom Cheney's prowess the
links is well known. His younger brother. Philip.
has been doing some phenomenal playing the
links in Central Connecticut this summer He has
several times beaten Tom but in open tourna-
ments is apt 10 become erratic. William c. Cheney
does not play much the other members of his
family but Is noted as long driver. John +. Che
ney runner up to FndIay Douglas in the open
tournament Of the Fenwick Golf Club near Hart
ford. year ago, and has recently won the presi-
dents cup at the Hartford Golf Club. The other
members OF the family, Horace B.. H r. and G. II.
Cheney. have also the golfng instinct. and are