The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-14
MINIKAHDA STRONG
Local Golfers Expect to Make a Good
Showing at State Tourney
in August.
Town and Country Will Make .
Hard Fight to Retain spald-
ing Cup.

The annual state golf tournament, which
will be held on the links Of the Town and
country club, st. Paul, Aug. 26-29, prom
Uses to have a larger list of entries than
either of the two previous contests. Two
new golf clubs, those of Rochester and
st. Cloud, have been added to the state
association during the last year, and |
these, with Town and Country, st. Paul,
Minikahda and Bryn Mawr, Minneapolis;
Minnetonka and Lafayette, Winona, Du-
luth and Faribault makes ten clubs, most |
of which are expected to send represent
atives.
One OF the features Of the contest will !
be the battle for the Spalding cup, which
was won last year by the Town and |
Country club team. This competition is
open to teams Of five, each member Of
which plays an eighteen-hole match
against the DOGGY score Of the course.
The team which loses the least number of
holes to the colonel wins the trophy for
1.-THE year.
Attic the Minikahda club won every one
of it's team matches with Town and Coun-
try last year, the latter club not only cap
tured the Spalding trophy. but took the
state individual championship, and the
prize for the runner-up. This year Min
ilSahda is determined to take down the
cup. The leading men of the Minikahda
team are playing in good form this year.
1t Is too early to predict with accuracy
the makeup Of the Spalding cup team, for
several of the players are certain to show
| reversals of form in the six weeks before
| the state tournam ent, but it is probable
| that five of the following eight men will
| be chosen: Jaffray, Christian, Corse,
| Thayer, Hale, Lawhead, MARRIED. and
| Alger .~
| Jaffray Plays Strong Game. II
| Jaffray has been playing in great form
this year and captured the Hood trophy,
playing at scratch, from field which
carried quite liberal handicaps. He has
been mainstay of the club team for five
years Corse and Thayer also are playing
in good form. Christian, who was kept
out of the state tournament and several
other events last year by an injured hand,
| is playing strong game, having won the
Watson cup, a scratch event, from the
clubs best players. Hale and Lawhead
have not yet reached a form equal to
their best game Of last season, but both
are steadily improving. Alger is one of
the younger players, but his game has
steadily improved during the last two
years, as shown by his defeat of Hale in
the contest for the Watson cup.
Other men who are playing a strong
game are Gates, Greer, Bra ckett Lowry,
Moreton and Thurston. The latter was
member of the Meadowbrook club of Wi
mona. ..- r-
Whether a team can be selected from
among these players to defeat Town and
Country is a question. While the St
Paul club has not as many strong players
| as Minikahda, it has few crack mer
, who would give almost any five hare
tussle If the Spa1ding cup contest was
: for teams Of ten Minikahda's chances
: would be much better. The St. Paul team
is certain to include H. P. Bend, las
years champion, B. F. Schumacher, the
runner-up, and M. Doran, Jr., formid.
, able trio. William Finch, who was g
, member Of Town and Country's spaldine
team last year, has been improving his
: game steadily, and is likely to be the
fourth man Of the Ave this year. c. E
Ricketts, or N. p. Langford, Jr., will prob.
ably be the fifth man. All of these will
be prominent factors in the individual
J championship as well, and others upor
!. whom Town and Country counts for in
dividual honors are G. w. Gardner, A. D
S. Johnston, Gordon Henderson, T. L
0 Schurmeier and E. L. Hersey
:, Rryn Mawr Has Good Men.
s The Bryn Mawr club of Minneapol
will have team in the contest for tn
n Spaldfng cup, and will have some stron,
q players in the Individual competition. C
$ A. Tuller, w. R. Murray, G. C. Schroye
. and Harry McCollom are among the bes
: men. The Meadowbrook club of Winon;
n will have two good players in Balloon AM
s Ioumans. The WinOna men have beel
n unable to get in much play this year OF
account of the flooded condition of thei
grounds during the first part of the sea
, son. 1t is almost certain, however, tina
this club, as we'll as FaribauIt, will ente
a team for the Spalding cup. St. Cloud
Duluth and Rochester also will probabl
send teams.
4 The tournament will open Wednesda,
afternoon, Aug. 26, with the competition
for the Pioneer Press cup, to be worn b,
the team making the best score in
Scotch fourscore. The play for the Spald
ing cup will take place Thursday morning
and Thursday afternoon the qualifying
q round in the individual contest will b
a | played. The best sixteen scores at media
= play qualify for the championship cup
i the second and third sixteens qualify TO
special cups. The first round at media
I, play will take place Friday morning, tn
= second round Friday afternoon, semi
finals Saturday morning, and finals for a.
~ cups Saturday afternoon A specia
= handicap medal play contest also will b
). played Saturday afternoon. Cups ar
- offered for both gross and net scores i
IS this competition.
The caddies Of the Kenosha, Wis, Coun
q try club must have permits before the
u will be allowed to carry clubs for tn
members of the club. Judge Slosson {
It the county court Thursday announced th
= decision and special form of PERM
10 has been issued for the little fellows N
lie age limit has been placed on the caddie:
lie but all of them must have the permi
1t This action was taken in keeping with tn
lp new labor laws passed at the last sessio
1t of the Wisconsin legislature The caddie
- are slow to secure permits and the player
are forced to carry their own clubs.
" MrNE TINT TAuT