The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-30
Owing to Forfeiture of 10 Holes
the Country Club Is Beaten by
One Hole at Glen Echo.
McKITTRIcK BROTHERS LOSE.
Crack Players Fail to Appear and
Their Matches Are For
Forfeited to the Field
Club.

Il OWlns TO tnc I6liufe OIL -MtSSEs. NditcE
and Ralph Mckittrick to appear for the
i. Country Club in its team match with the
Field Club at Glen Echo golf links by one
hole yesterday afternoon, the contest for the
team championship had a rather unsatis-
factory finale.
The detection Of the McKittrick brothers
resulted in forfeiture Of their games by
nine holes each to Messrs. Semple and Ven-
able. their paired opponents. Though the
Country Club was really seventeen holes up
on the eight matches played. the ~forfeits
put them one hole down and made the Field
Club the team champion of st. Louis. The
rules Of the contest demanded ten men to q
side. The Country Club produced but eight
The contest for the championship began in
May. The contesting clubs We're the Field.
Country. Glen Echo. Normandie Park and
81. Louis Athletic Association. They finished
in the order named. The conditions OF play
demanded. that each team should play two
games with the others home matches.
The Field and Country clubs won all their
matches from the other three clubs. When
links OF the latter the Country Club won.
This put that team one game ahead of
the Field Club; The Field Club. however,
tied the race when it met the Country Club
on It's own links. As the race for the
championship was a tie, they resolved to
p. Pyes 81 em N Mc 9s = ol linss- Clan yc,o ~.
players OF both visiting teams pronounced
inc Glen Echo links away the best about
~ AOuiS, IlCuRu tho luSlQ0 nlQ0 holes
have been closed. and play is confined to
the outside nine.
1t was a splendid day for golf. and play
noon was the awful beating Burt McKinnie
gave Albert Lambert. six up. Mr.. Lambert
has ~. been on his best game recently. but
trounce him In such overwhelming fashion.
Arthur stiekney Of the Country Club
r., rubbed BED It in on exclamation Adams. nye
or 1t may be that the youngsters are steal
Ing away from him. though the fast ball
s his beot help 8 siG g. s ME: Se,ek ne tb ran Toc " It, to
dIvidual championship.
He Is a corkIng young player who made
mire. the first golf champion ST. Louis ever
mad. has not forgotten his cunning. for he
trimmed Mr.. Durham, 6 up-a rare beating
Lyon Davis beat ". J. Gilbert s I'D. Mr..
Davis is a young star who is. they say. as
good goo e player as the stickney brothers or
Mr.; J. Sidney Walker displayed his ability
to pick up, weight and go Derby distance
a tremendously powerful player. who, in his
halycon days. was wont to bend gymnasium
walls by throwing medicine balls against
Mr.. Collins and Mr.. BisseI had q nip-and-
tuck game. but Mr.. Collins won out BY :
MUD Mudd "a also had had a son nipssndn 1essrS s, dyes s Ms.
tn match OF the day in point Of close
nhASh WaS tudt MesSIS- y. w. SCuQ.
der and H. J. Gilbert. The champion of
1899 managed to win by 1 hole. He does not
seem to be playing anywhere near the game
he displayed some two years ago.
or the eight matches played, only two
were won by Field Club men, those taken
by Messrs. McKinnie and Ives. In six
of eight instances, the Country Club men
won: The absence of the crack players,
the McKittrtck brothers. spoiled the match
and practically undid the entire team play
Ing Of the year. It may be said that had
they played the Country Club would have
won. but stranger things than its losing
with the McKittrfck brothers in the game
occurred. Mr.. 8. G. Stickney 10 con-
yalescing from his recent illness at Hot
Springs. Va, and was not at any time
rsckoned a probable player for the Country
Club.
The scores were kept in rsgred fashion
and those given here are as near az could
be ascertained correct, but The Republic
because they were not accurately furnished
by the scorers.
FIELD CLUB VS.. COUNTRY CLUE
b. McKinnie. 8 ny. over c. q. Lambert o
RAY Bissei. . down. to +. ". ecSihinss' j, : u Tp'
D. 9: Ives, : up. over R. H. lfudd. : down.
6 a. AZ. c. Durham $ down. to J. c sF'eEnir-.
Nanny. 2 down. to ]. s. Walker, 3 M,
". J. Gilbert. 6 down. to Lyon DavfsI N
II. venabie. forfeit. ) up. over 4. Hcxittr1cx.
j; II. semDle. forfeit. > up. ever ". Next
wefe won By forfeit; Country club. & On sSe
actual play, Of the players engased Country Club
won by II holes. but the Is holes lost 81 forfeit
put the team one hole down.