New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-18
BRITONS WIN GOLF MATCH
Al Western Team Goes Dozen to
Defeat.

Chicago. Aug i7-Captain J. T. Lows visiting
team of Oxford and Cambridge English golfers to-
day won the honors in the first International golf
contest in the West. defeating Captain /. T. Boyd's
all-Western team the links of the Chicago Golf
Club in the scheduled four-ball foursome events
to 2. and winning the team competition by the
score of TO 3. In the latter contest Louis N
James, national amateur champion: Walter e
Egan, Western amateur champion and B. f. Cum
Minis were the only representatives of the American
golfers who succeeded in defeating their British
rivals.
H. Chandler Egan. the Harvard champion and
Norman +. Hunter. the Oxonian, furnished the
most exciting match of the contest. Hunter turned
in total of Il for OF the most difficult golf
courses in America. breaking the records for com
petition and practice made by amateurs and pro-
fessionals. Hunter won his match handily by
up. going out in 35 and coming home in &c. Egan
made rs, better than his former record and
only stroke than the record of u.s. made
yesterday by H. G. b. Ellis. of Oxford, and equalled
early to-day by p. w. Leathart of Cambridge
Not even Yardon. the British champion who made
the Chicago course in a. played such BILE
golf as Norman Hunter. who is from Scotland and
who cheered by large group of professionals
from his native land The record breaking card
was:
Norman F. Hunter. Oxford
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Chandler Egan lost his match against the most
machne-like golf that he ever encountered. being
able to capture only two holes from the Oxonian.
Egan was out in 10. and coming in equaued
Hunters score. Hunter frequently holed puts OF
Is feet. He took only putt six green's. and
used 30 puts in the entire round.
Walter f. Egan putted remarkably well and de-
feated H. G. B. Ellis. up to play. Egans medal
score was 70. ]. A. T. Bramston another Oxonian,
and the only one of the visitors who clings to the
old guttapercha ball. up from c. A. Orrnis-
ton, of Pittsburg. in 10 holes. Captain John L. Low
Cambridge defeated Stuart Stickney. who had
made a IS in the morning. UP. to play. G. u.
Barne, Oxford gave a fine exhibition of the long
game and defeated Roswell F. Mundy Riverside
UP. 10 play.
Louis y. James and r. N. Hunter the Cxon,an
were all square in their match at the end of nine
holes. and played a give and take game to the
home hole, where the American won IN ID r
Hanson, cambridge, had a tight match with 81 D.
Smith, Onwentsia, but the latter s,IcrJ,mhad
down. by hard luck in having puts iump ot,t' IF
the holes at two greens. H. W. Beveridge Oxford
turned the course in IS and defeated ]. M Sellers
Glen View. up and 10 play.
p. w. Deathart. Cambridge, defeated " IT q
Bristol, OF the home club, up. B. r Cllnarnins
who uses wooden clubs, Won from C. II Alison
Oxford. up and 10 play. and c. II. Day OK
In the four ball foursome play in the morning
the glare OF the sun affected the visitors PLAY
somewhat. but they three OF the fiya
matches. The Hunters defeated the Egans. / up.
Orrniston and Stckney. ] up. while Ellis and
Leathart. principally by the atters score of I5
defeated Mundy and Sellers up and 2 TO play
James and Smith beat Barne and Ransom i up,
and Cummins and Osborne won by the same
gin from Low and Alison
Tomorrow the Engiishmen will practise on the
Glen View golf course, where Wednesday they
win meet the Ali-Chieago team.