The sun., 1903-07-13
WESTERN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
WILL ANDERSON AND OTHER
EASTERN PLAYERS TO START.

WILL ANDERSON AND OTHER
EASTERN PLAYERS no START.
Tho Competition to he At Milwaukee on
Thursday and Friday-N0rth shore
Jersey League Re0rganixed-Lock
wood winner at Great Island Tourney.
| VIII Anderson. the open champion: Aleok
| Smith. whose 90 at Nassau last week Ia the
! best score ever made over a championship
! course In this country. and Bernard Nioholls
/ left last night for Milwaukee to play In the
| open championship OF the Western Golf
| Association on Thursday and Friday. Stew
art Gardner and George Low are also ex-
pected to 20 on, while there will be probably
| some other entries from the East with David
| Brown a certainty. Anderson, besides being
| open champion IL the holder OF the open
| championship of the West and he will do his
| best to defend tho title. The distances Of the
Milwaukee Country Clubs links are, in order
| 1875. 295. POS. 4lO 450. 400. 4O5. 400 and 1856
yards. n total Of 3,OO5. II Is said to be an open
and fairly well arranged course. with few diff
culties to be feared TO one who keeps on the
| flag. The clubs bOgey Ia 10, but par golf
| would be at least rs. On account Of the
many hanging lies for the second shots. the
amateurs have complained that 1t is hard
course to SCORE on. but their record is 10.
Last year. over tho 8.02l-yard course Of the
Euclid Country Club, Anderson mado the
| seventy-two holes In 200. but according to
the Milwaukee players 3l5 should bo good
enough this week. Tho prediction seems far
too high. for. az the scores showed whom tho
open championship abroad included Mussel-
bursh. tho golfers Of the first GLASS score
better on q nine-hole than on an eighteen
l. Ill L-l.-
tition OF the same holes coming so quickly
that they learn every blade Of grass and do
Juggling tricks with club and ball. This
was demonstrated at the recent Brooklawn
tournament. the 2.s28-yard course having
par OF IS. when VIII Anderson's actual score
for seventy two holes was 1856. while Stewart
Gardner, approximating the three holes not
played in his match with Aleck Smith. made
29l. IL is moro reasonable that tho S07 at
Baltuarol should be beaten than that 3l5 will
DO the winning score.
The Vermont State championship is 70 be
played this week at tho Waubanokee Golf
Club. which, by the way. is not q member
Of the U. 8. @. A. The event is open to nom
residents the present champion being Paul
Waterman Of Englewood. Unless Shinne-
cock Hills falls In line with It's invitation
tournament for the third week In July. there
will be no events of that sort In the M. @. A.
district until July 80. 81 and Aug. 1, at the
ApawaInls Club.
The North Shore Jersey League has been
revived, the members being the Deal. Sea-
| bright, Spring Lake and Hollywood clubs.
Each club has contributed s25 to the purchase
home matches. The Long Island 'eaS 10
was TO have started its team series on @ati r
day. but the dropping out Of the Taoka,. "rha
q setback. The Flushing Country Club may
join, as it would have been elected last spring
had it been possible to form eix-club cir
cult. The three In membership are the
Midland. Highlands and Baysweter clubs.
The Flushing Country Club would be able
TO bring out strong team. lts club cham
BY W s. Brown. who beat Craig Colgate.
by 2 UP and to play while G. A. MesInith
won the consolation cup from II. l.. Bogert,
by up and to play.
Some current notes are that the annual
tournament of the StockbridGe Golf Club
improvements on the buildings Of the Mas
sau Country Club are completed and add
greatly to the facilities Of the resort. r.
try Club. will be at the Eastern Point Golf
Club, near New London. for the summer.
Aleck Patrick has laid out nine hole course
good deal Of play this season at the Bellport
Golf Club.
week at the Invitation tournament OF the
Great Island Golf Club at Hyannis. Tho
Gst Gos xho snf bs was TsR RY Archie 4 & 1S Rs
j. G. Thorp and A. l.: White in turn. the latter
In the final: by and 2 John NJ. Ward put
out ", G. Chick Of the Harvard a. ,n team in the
White. The Governors cup. for the second
sixteen. was won by Fl. B. Rust, Of the Quino-
beouin Club. who beat J. l. Taylor, Tedesco
O ,rDsG Jpy ,Da l'Tss toblss Ridge sss
Maine SGG H and Field CUB yestefsy @ S By Winning I'm s
the second half Of the home-and home match
by 40 holes In the first match the Marine
and Field won by Al to 10. The score:
l.. S.s c. Johnson. i: II. G. White i; j. n Corey. O.:
II L. PfeiYer u r. cruit. !; Il. II. watIington. 5.
Marine and Fleld--A. d. Seaver. 0: ". c. Blddle.
o: o. Woodward. o. S. r. Scavcr. o. d. A. Fuller, Q:
VI. Baylor. 0; N. NJ. Garland. o; A. B. Harris o.
Total, 2.
MANCHESTER July l2.-R, B. Leake of Albany
Memorial CUP here yesterday, He defeated
Dr Burnham OF Brooklyn in the stifIest thirty
eight-hOle match ever seen on this cou
thirty-six holes. Leake secured the lead
at the start and was up at the end OF the
first round. In the afternoon he widened
Tne nuTkln 10 up tut ttkHtn. mere
Dr. Burnham took stand and made 1t all
even on the eighteenth green, The first
OF the extra holes was halved and Leake
won the second. in to 8.
MADISON July 12. In the first round for the
Presidents cup yesterday. g. w. Case beat
Dr. P A. Morrow. aup: Holden, Jr.. beat Plum,
2 lip: Baker beat Pruden. up: Barrow beat
Morrow = up: Noe beat Davis. up; Scarbor-
on gh beat Downs, up. Drinkwater won from
Dpcker by default. In the bogey compe-
tition f. p. Holden, Jr.. won by s up.
MoRRrsTowN. n. j.. July PA match
was played between Morris County Golf
Club team and the MontCair Golf Club on
the links Of the home club yesterday, The
3 o'clock stoDped the game for n while,
and after it cleared the grounds were soggy
and golfing made hard.
w u. Thurs.on, 2: y. u. Garretson. o. Enos Wilder o.
p. II. y. Frenrhuysen. n M. X. Smith. o: +. H.
Thomas s. Total, II.
Morrlst0wn- Allen Kcnnacay, 1; Reed, o. c. A.
Freeman, o: L. r. Fv"cmRn, ?: Paul Wilcox 0:
e. w. Brown. o. r. II. Rrowr, S; Thomas Russell, 0.
Total. X
BAR HAgBoR Me-, July I2-The Kebo
Valley Club held its first weekly handicap
golf tournament yesterday morning and the
event drew out good field of starters The
sGores were better than the average here
j. DeKoven Bowen, a 81 xteen- year-old Chicago
boy won the tournament. making the best
gross score as well as the best net. He went
the course in 50, which is only two more than
the bogey for the course, and the bogey Ia
pretty stiff. The scores were as follows: