The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-26
j coLF TEAMS AT HOME.
eRE ROYALTY ENTERTAINED
DURING STAY IN DARIEN.

o showing Made by Regular
roam. Though 1t Lost Match, Con-
4dered SatisfactOry-TwO Ladies
n.oke Records of Course, Mrs. j. G.
,..,warter and Miss Josephine
raou-BrunswicL Team to Play
,5ere Later in SeasOn-N. A. Hardee
p,obabIy VIII Enter Southern Golf
ociatfon Tournaments - New
r.atures May BE Added to Golf
club.
Tho members of the Savannah golf
,oon, and of the ladies' team returned
yesterday morning from Darien. where,
saturday afternoon, two matches were
lived with teams of the Darien club.
The Savannahians are more than
,leased with their visit Not only did
.hev divide honors with the Darienites,
+he ladies' team winning, though the
,eg,,lars lost, but in addition two of
.ha ladies' team broke the course rec
.,5 and also the local club gave the
Savannahians the most royal enter
,oinoent that they have had on any
of their trips.
81 The course record for ladies was 6S
q stro,<es. Miss Josephine Egan reduced
j. ~ e. and Mrs. J. G. Van Marter
brought it down to SO. The regulars,
dosrite the fact that they lost the
n,otcb are very we'll satisfied with the
result considering the circumstances
4 under which it was played. In the
erst place, they were handicapped by
the absence of two of their regular
nlavers. Messrs. C. F. Moses and ]. D.
Tavlor. and then the match was played
/ an the home links of what is consid-
cred TO be one of the strongest, If not
the strongest team in Georgia
THAT the showing made under the cir
curnstances is a good one may be seen
from the fact that Mr.. Noble A. Har-
dea nlaved stroke for stroke with his
onnonent while Mr. Stein Bryan was
beaten but by two strokes. The oppo-
& rents Of the Savannahians, in each
case are veterans of the Scottish links
besides having played on their own
course for a long time before the Sa-
vannah course was even laid out.
Il The Savannahians are most enthus-
Il iastic over their reception. They were
q entertained in the new and handsome
4 club house that the Darien Club has
A inst built and received every other at
Il tention that it was possible to give.
The members of the ladies team were
taken from their hotel to the links in
carriages.
The match between the regular
4 teams was witnessed by more than a
& hundred people, the greatest interest
Il centering in the play of Messrs. Har-
& dee and A. Manson who drew the
largest gallery of the field. interest
81 ed spectators of the match were many
members of the Brunswick Golf Club
who made the trip to Darien for the
express purpose of seeing the match
The Brunswick team has asked for
81 match with Savannah, and will play
here either later this summer or in the
early fall. This match will be a spe-
cial one, as the game Saturday ends
the present season for matches with
the local club, though, of course, that
does not mean that the club members
will not continue to play for some time
81 yet.
The Southern Golf Association which
81 will hold a series of tournaments at
M Nashville June 4-5-6-7 is most anxious
"a that the Savannah Golf Club shall send
81 a representative to take part in them.
d 1t is possible that Mr.. Hardee and some
"a other member of the club will enter.
81 The prizes offered in these tournaments
have already been named in the Morn>
ing News.
There is a sentiment in the Savan-
nah Golf Club, and it is a growing one,
that it would be A good thing to add
to the club the features of the usual
country club: a tennis court, croquet
ground, ping pong tables and possibly
a bowling alley. 1t is held that by
adding these additional sources of en-
tertainment the membership can be
largely increased and the club render
ed much more attractive and that at a
very small outlay.
The cost of them will be very small
indeed, with the exception of that of a
bowling alley, and this it is said. can
De secured in the way the alleys were
secured by the Tomochichi and Hus-
sars Clubs: by issuing stock. The
matter is now being discussed and will
probably be brought up for action at
the annual meeting, if not sooner.