The Washington times., 1902-01-19
Yale Would BE independent.
WITH THE GOLFERS.
Local Players Are Interested In tn
1902 Amateur Championship.

The continued splendid weather during
the past week served to bring to several
of the local links many players who had
never before had golf stick in their
| hands at this season in this locality.
There were, of course. no matches, but
there was general playing. which was
| as pleasing to the club officials as it was
| agreeable TO the professionals who would
otherwise have had a very dull and lone
| some time of it.
| Local golfers are interested in the
| formal announcement that the Nassau
| Club, of New York, will apply to the
| United States Golf Association for the
privilege of holding the amateur cham
! ponship Of 1902. President Murdock an
nounces that the links will be ready for
| whatever dates may be selected in any
| season of the year. He is quoted by the
| philadelphia Bulletin as follows:
We want the amateur championship
| in the first place because we deem # a
great honor to hold the tournament, and
in the second place because we have been
urged by many players to ask for the
: event. We have course that compels
good golf and that possesses a splendid
or rough places on the broad stretches of
grassland there is no delay on account OF
lost balls aud consequently We can start
any number Of players without fear of
croWding. Nearly all the executive com
mittee of the L. S C.. 4. and many prom
irent players have visited the links dur
ing the year, and not one of them has
spoken against the distances of the holes
| or the placing of hazards, while all have
1 fh.a frtHf
| could not be surpassed in this country.
Our club house facilities are ample and
the place is accessible, the railroad sta
tiOn being on the links, and Mr. Baldwin,
president of the Long Island Railroad,
who is a member has promised 10 put on
special trains for the tournament. Our
members feel that golf is not passing
sport, but an institution that has come
to last forever. and TO prove their faith
they will conduct the championship in a
way that Will do honor to the game and
all who play II. At the last annual meet
ing the vote that awarded the anna teur
championship 10 Atlantic City was 20 for
that club and 10 for the Nassau Country,
then moved to make the vote unani-
nous, and promised the hearty support
of our own members to the tournament.
This year we think il is our turn, and
we are hopeful that the privilege Of
running of the tournament VIII be ac-
corded to u.s.
There seems to be little doubt that
the delegates will vote the tournament to
the Nassau Country Club, for the only
rival in the field so far is the Glenviev
Golf Club, of the Chicago group, and II is
quite unusual for a cluD TO get the
tournament the first time of asking.
Speaking CT the Nassau Country Club
reminds one that Aleck Smith. the pro-
fessional of that club, is announced as
having arrived at Coronado Beach, Cat,
where he will spend the winter, and the
following is what he is reported to have
given TO reporter for San francisco
paper, and is given in the words OF the
latter "On the authority OF Alexander
Smith, the professional golf player, II Is
stated that A. T. c. WaterOus, of this city,
broke the worlds record in golf. Smith
and Waterous were in party OF players
al the links of the country club. Smith 6
score was AZ, while that of Waterous was
81, one point less than 1t is possible TO
make Waterous is Il society young man,
and. though he learned the game here and
has played considerably on local links, he
has never made any remarkable records.