The sun., 1903-07-19
TEEMING RAIN ON THE LINKS.
SAEGKKLL BEATS POWELTON FOR
HUDSON CHAMPIONSHIP.
Douglas and sesIy In Foursomes at Innls
Artien-T0urnaments Announced at
shinnecOck Hills and Deal-OxfOrd
and Cambridge Matches Wanted.


match In the annual team championship
Of the Hudson River Golf Associat ton. be-
tween the Powelton Golf Club OF Newburgh
and the Saegkill Golf Club. was fought out
on the nine-hole course of the latter club at
YOnkers. The other teams In the assocla-
ton, hailing respectively from Nyack. Kings
ton. 0arrisOns. Poughkeepsie. Hudson and
Ossining, had all been beaten by the two to
light 1t out Tor the title and the trophy but
neither the Saegkll nor the Powelton team
had lost q match. The Newburgh team
won the championship last year. and no stress
Of weather could have kept 1t from Yon-
kers yesterday. The rain, however. was a
factor against the visitors. for la bad wea ther
the home players have always the better OF
IL. and Saegkill not only won tho match. but
also rubbed it into the Powelton TO the tune
Of 81 too.
The Saegkil course, while in good turf and
fair enough In Its general character. Is only
1000 yards In all. the longest holes being two
OF 800 yards each The home team had as
leader Louis B. Myers. the individual champion
Of the association, who played against James
s. Taylor. and. making the eighteen holes In
70, Myers finished II up. The amateur record
ls &c. The full score:
Saegklll L. y. Myers, II; Walter L. Hodgman. a.
e: 9 D. Rosslre. 8; b. H. Adams. 7; G. Il Rowe 4
x,
PoHelton James s. Taylor. o: John Smith, o:
Joseph Chadwick. Jr.. D. ". T. Hilton. U; +. W.
balm. .. Total. U.
Rain. with the absence OF many of the mem
bers In the country, caused postponement
OF the monthly handicap yesterday at the
Dyker Meadow Golf Club. During the week
the foursorne cups presented by Frank Ly-
man were won at match play by George II. .
Barnes and William Beard. and the final
for the cup presented by George S. O'Flyn
was won by Charles A. Boody.
Four days instead Of three have been ap-
piled for this year for the invitation tourna-
ment Of the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club,
which will be held on Wednesday. Thursday,
Friday and Saturday. Aug. 20. ~, 2s and 20.
Last year the tournament began with an ls-
hole qualifying round, four sets Of eight
being at thirty-stx holes. and there was
also an lS-hOle medal play handicap on the
last day; The dates selected are in the week
before the amateur championship at Nassau,
which may have an effect on the ar
rangement Of the programme during the
time tim s, the oxford @ and Cambridge Golf
TO the schedule for the visitors announced
BY the Y, 5, g. A.. there will be a match ut
Garden City on Aug. %, against an NJ. G. A.
selected. The shinnecock Hills tournament
has always attracted a, very representative
gathering OF Eastern players and the indi-
cations are that the links on the sand dunes
will be the place Of the second match, while,
az the tournament Is purely an invitation
bridge visitors will take part In it. Nothin.
has been hxed definitely about the Eastern
match. however. for about every club having
an ls.hole course In the NJ q. A.. terri
tory has asked Tor the privilege Of hold
Ing Ffbs,e IT, ia M, a u,.n,mou. srnnor, ,mon.
the ~ e. A. members OF the =. s. @. A. sug-
CITY. AZ the time named, Aug. 20, there are
other links more accessible TO the players
who will have to be relied ON to meet the
shlnneooek Hills are practically controlled
by the same set, many believSthat the mere
g1ts1Iders Hsa1 s, IS shGuld have some shSy The
ssoS aS and cds ALSO h1s r datss for r the NJ G. A.
s9snens the es reaSest az woaa sas 81 smps M9s
msttsrs o SHF few dhys on the New Jersey
Oxford and Cambridge players on their
return from the West. The week following.
the scene would change TO Shlnnecock Hills
up.
vsass srsss n match bU was decided at On
home players, with William Waller as captain.
tS beat an sSuS p 9uRbsr fEom Expoog Under
o The bsst stroke score was nv hoss Ss
ii; Chandler Egan. playing for EXmoor,
who was mp over Bruce d. Smith
A new amateur record for the Siwanoy
Country Club links was made on Wednesday
y Sy Thomas Phillips. who returned the
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A gale of the Sound added to the dIscom-
Golf Club, but the scheduled contests were
anal for the Governog's cup, al, SO holes, j:
3 TO play. Five OF the dozen pairs to start
returned cards In the best ball handicap four
somes. In this order:
s,lllwsil and Mcrwin. iO7 4l--ee Charles IT, seely
and Malcolm Graham, Jr., 80. 7-7s Mills and b.
Putnam. ss 2S-7s; Nichols and Eaton. 100 2T-7s.
dons ss. the two beating seely, who scored
the side lssue. from the fact that the Nj. q. A.
and the Connecticut champion were engaged,
cap result for the cups.
GLEN Cove. July ls-Despite the stormy
the Nassau Country Club course to-day.
In the semi-hnal foT, the Loring cup. W L.
anS MiSkf beet 2 a. rnlisF and to 60
up and to 60. taking thirty-six holes to de-
eide, az they tied on the morning round.
In the sweepstakes handicap against boyle,
J. d. Trayers won, finishing . up. The scores
were:
J: d. rrayers. 5. Q upi II: r. Townsend, =, 2 up:
A. P. Alvord. IL. even: II. W, Maxwell, s. Q down:
II. I, Pratt, 7, down: B: Pratt, 10. 8 down: W.
L. Hicks. !. = down: c. Gates H. sup
AMPKRsAND, n. Y. July ls.-Over the
links Of the Anpsrsend per, n, g Golf CLUB to-day the
c. s. Ransom was lowered by Otis l.. Williams
OF the Richmond County Country Club in q
wh W dub fhe nssa IF ocws h he
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The four best cards returned In the handI.
cap At the Marine and Field Club Yesterday
for The e,Sr golf 4, Sommlttsss ,p eap wsrs Pr
William c, Blddle. ia, I2--lO2; Leonard Hui
Smith, l20. 12-l0s.
There were twenty starters In the third
monthly qualifying handicap for the Mackav
cup yesterday at the Englewood Coli Club.
Goss and Keep winning the right to plav in
the final In the fall The cards returned
were:
IS Ss Soss S e.: S,ss; @ H. y; Keep Ss ss7 g. R
ioi, s--i6i; c, IL Blake. i61. o-iOi ' '"S"''
On account Of the rain yesterday the final
eiGb S T H. Wfssn and 9 1es AAsaTamls Aepriman
hsr ,sSos shes s.9" %aGh until nsx
to qualify for the Boardman cup was played
In the afternoon. the first eight net scorers
to meet In the frat match play round The
results we're:
". $, Adams, ss. lo-7s C. c. Fuller, ss. IL 81:
9, T. Gi!lssts. Se iisS; W. r. ThSfston Th 81 g. %:
g. o0prss prss % Il bnne,np LSpiss ssw,IS 49,
0-sS: Edward Talcott H. 1870.