The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-11
VARSITY GOLF TEAMS ARRIVE.
OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE PLAY
ERS GO AT ONCE TO LINKS.
Show Good Form I'm Practice NJ MyOpta
I'm One Of the Informal Matches
Reinhart OF Princeton Defeats Ellis
OF Oxford-EAne All-ArOund Team.

ReInhart OF Princeton Defeats Fills
OF OxfOrd--Eine All-ArOund Team.
BosToN, Aug iO.--Our first international
golhng became certainty to-day WIN 'he
arrival of the belated steamer Mayfiowcr
with the team Of the oxford and Cambridge
Golfng Society to tour in this country. East
and West Two committees met the arrivals
The United States Golf Association was rep
resented by the president, G. Herbert Windeler,
Secretary Maturin Baliou and Treasurer -. y.
Heebner while Former President X. II, Rob-
ertson r. X. Freeman its secretary; Francls
l. Amory, and A. l.. Ripley represented the
Massachusetts, Golf Association. OF wmch
Mr.. Windeler is also president
The committeeman, after the delay over the
luggage with the customs inspectors. enter
tanned tho visitors at luncheon. and later the
varsity men were hurried of TO Myopla,
where they did some gOlfing that was some
what of revelation from men sun WIN
travel
The first of the golfers to land was John
L. Low, escorted by Mr.. Windeler. and behind
them the others we're clustered like swarm OF
bees. Only two of the party carried golf
clubs or wore golf caps and all were in easy
suits Of tweeds or cheviots. Low, in black
cheviot suit and fiat, trimmed straw hat,
smoothly shaven and slightly rotund Of figure,
with ruddy hair, seemed pocket edition OF
n. Chatfield- Chatfield Taylor of Chicago.
He was the spokesman for the party
But for the grounding Of the ship due to
fog" said Low, the voyage was most de-
lightful one and We did not mind the delay in
arriving. A few Of the team have been sea-
sick but we will soon work of our sea legs.
The trip planned seems a somewhat ardu-
Gus one, but we hope to have good golf
and to meet the American players under the
most interesting conditions"
This is the list of the eolfing societies team
with their 'varsites:
j. L. Low. captain. Cambridge; T. Mansfield
Hunter. Oxford j. \. r BramSton. Oxford: n.
+. Hunter Oxford: H. G. b. Ellis. Oxford; II. W.
Bevcrldge. oxford; p. W. Leathart. Cambridge;
d. f. Ransom. Cambridge; G. d. Barne. Oxford
c. II. Allison. Oxford c. y Day. Oxford
At least five of the team attain the height
Of Harry Vardon and all of them are athletes
in hard training. Barne. Beverdge, Ransom
and Allison are heaviest and tallest and
Leathart the shortest, but he is as big as J. IL
Taylor. All wore coats while playing to-day.
Beveridge rolling up his coat sleeves and
fastening them with wrIststraps, sometime
new here. and only Allison used the solid ball
The first pair of were two old antagonists
at Sandwich England. f.. G. Lockwood of the
Allston Club and Barne of Oxford. Next in
order was threesome. in which r. r. Free
man OF WollastOn went out with Day and
Leathart match between A. J.. Ripley
and Beveridge was next OF. then threesome
between Bra mston, Allison and Ransom.
foursome started in its turn in which
John l.. Low and Mansfield Hunter played
Norman Hunter and y. Stewart Campbell
Of Yale. There was one of the varsity men
left over and President Windeler asked Frank
the survivor. H. G. B. Ellis. The two are to
be in the match tomorrow and Remnant
had already made two rounds of the 6,l55
yard links.
Barns drive. the first made in international
golf III the United States, was screamer,
and he reached the green, aided by the roll
Of the hill. the hole being 2?5 yards, lockwood
not quite getting there. All the visitors bad
good balls in setting out but two. and as an
onlooker said. such clean hittin ing had not been
seen here since Harry NaIdon,s visit. The
exceptions we're Allison and Beveridge The
latter sliced into clump of trees
Naturally the varsity men were not at their
best. but their sure and easy way Of hitting
apparently soon worked OF. The Hunters.
particularly Mansfield. have spirited. snappy
address. Low had the best rounded and TAX
ing style, while Beveridge Barne and Ransom
displayed a slow. determined manner that
was the acme Of power Branston plays with
electric sparkle, while Ellis, with short back
swing and a full but quiet lnlsh. gets a long
ball with little effort.
The occasional Simpses of the real form
of the visitors was what set our players 10
figuring In the four-ball match. on the
sixth hole, go yards. Mansfield Hunter car
ried the Brook, 22o yards, something never
before accomplished, and ne got as. Norman
Hunter also had a 3 on the seventh, 3s5 yards,
getting to the green with drive and an iron.
and taking u long put with ease, Low went
out in 80. IA capital showing, but after beng
down at the turn Campbell and Norman
Hunter had the match all square at the FIN
ish Barne WAS driving tremendous ball
but he was too often wild in direction and
Lockwood beat him by ? up Ripley was /
up on Beveridge, and Freeman finished a
hart needing a for the round. and Day.
who lost several balls by bad direction. was
even higher. Ransom WAS UP on Branst0n
who could not settle down.
The match between Ellis and Reinhart
began with three halved holes. but after that
the Princeton boy scored through his steadi-
ness and up nj the turn he beat Ellis by 3
up and TO play. The card, including the
two bye holes, was: