The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-25
INTERNATIONAL GOLF MATCH.
CLOSE FINISH AT THE GARDEN
CITY LINKS.
After q Clean Sweep in the Morning. tho
Oxford and Can bridge Team Win
Only by One Point--seven OF the Single
Matches Won by Metropolitan Players.

After losing all nve points in the foursomes
yesterday morning the Metropolitan Golf
Association team made a good recovery In
the afternoon singles and only lost to the
Oxford and Cambridge Golhng Society team
by 8 points to I. The match was held at the
Garden City Golf Club, and It was the first
appearance Of the English players about
New York.
The visitors made n most agreeable i'm
preston on the gallery. for they take their
golf lightly. as a recreation should be taken,
and neither ponderously nor with fussiness.
In the tee work. T. Mansfield Hunter. and. In
lesser degree. Norman Hunter. show an
aggressive. vigorous address. but the others
were careless as to -waggle" or stance. In
putting the visitors far outclassed our players
They were true to the line and quicker In exc
cution The great put Of the day was made
by Bramston, in the foursomes. on the thir-
teenth green. He had to play the odd. and
his side needed the hole to square the match
1.-the and slim. with the mercurial tsmpera-
ment that accompanies ruddy hair. young
Bramston. playing for slight roll OF the
green. hit the ball fair and true. The click
Of the impact sent the ball in beautiful
curve the golfers line Of beauty. fairly into
the hole Bramston gasped and turned pale.
then, with fine air of unconoern, he walked
to the side OF the green. while the gallery
applauded He was the hero Of the morning.
for Bramston saved the day for the var sity
side when Travis and Macdonald seemed rea-
sonably sure of winning. for they were up
at the tenth. The best ball card was:
\ Hun sea and srsm;Son :tSttsts9
n. Hunter and BrLmiton. a I 8 3-83--73
Travis and Macdonald, ,...3 S s 5 A 4-3s--75
AS the next pairs came in the gloom of
the Metropolitan odherents increased. Tor
A.. rs-tHW AN N N in
and Ieathart, the best ball, showing thirty
six out and even fours thereafter. won. on
the fourteenth green, BeyeridGe and ALI
son won on the sixteenth and Barne and Rau-
son on the fourteenth green.
II was now up to Douglas and Brokaw to
save, whitewash for the morning; A gave
second. Al the turn the Metropolitan pair
nd b the ma tbs not sad f
3. Halves followed. until. at the sixteenth,
the varsity pnir gained the lead. The seven;
renn was n Se b SGs 'r issue or WAS ss
las 10 win the hole in .. He made q brave
had had the I match BY up. The best ball score:
low and T. M. Huntcr....4 5e45544- so
Douglas and Brokaw .....,a 84ss4 So
Low and T. n Nh. Hunter .''t.sS:stt4s --ss-7s
The summary:
Foursomcs Hunter and Bramston, oxford
and Cambridge, heat Travis ard Macdonald. Metro
politan. BY up and ! 10 play: liarnc and RauSoS
oxford and Cambridge, heat Cory and Michael
Mcuonolltan. by IVY and 4 to play Ellis and Lrath
Ward. Metropolitan. by up and TO play; Rev
erdCc and Nilsson, oxford and Cambridge, beat
10 play Low and T. ii. Hunter, oxford and Cam.
bridge, beat Douglas and BToiaw. Metropolitan
With clear lead of Ave points the Oxford
and Cambridge men took luncheon with
good appetites. Low did not, play in the
iG he oah b sg bs wos Th ia
e ds light the oxford and Cambridge
captain turned on, the gas burner, and
accident might have had fatal consequences
The tables were soon turned III The after
noon, for the Metropolitan players won tho
first five matches.
10 take up the matches in detail Travis
was down AT the turn and he had TO go two
more holes TO square, the ISSUE then winning
out by superior steadiness. The card was.
T ITans,on ,,.:.,,,,.ii ( e 4 : Al
BTs mssi ;,r ....t g. e. 7 Z
Douglas and Norman Hunter had most
spirited match, with the lssue in doubt TO
Of the ,e's day. The cards; VI ' ""' Wv '''
\ 4 sf $5$:::: ~ 70
Brokaw begun with bad ball but he squared
this quickly by a : on the second and
was in the lend over Mansfield Hunter
Mt the turn and thereafter the match was
at the mercy of the princetonian. The card.
NJ sr' Hnni i,i..,.,.,aa 81
Broknw ..."....,.t 4'5 81 IN
n. Hunter ....,r+ 20 81 ~
"Hyc holes.
Macdonald did an 80 to Elliss 81, while
Ward had an SO. to Barnes s3, which were
the best Of the cnrds. The Ward and Barne
card was
ward..."..,.,.n.4 5 5 Al
barnc ......,.,."ss ! ga
Barne 49, 5 80 So
ho Ahn x,lu. 4