The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-03
GOLFERS TURN TO PINRHURST
TOURNAMENT PLAY BEGINS
THERE TOMORROW.
North and South championships for Men
and women the Principal Events
winter Cards a. Dyker Meadow
Turned In-The FOWnes Family Team.

Ross won the open last year after n tie with
John Hobens AT i52; Arthur II, Fem fol-
lowed with 1853. while Donald Ross and Mr.
Travis were next In line at iS4, Travis had
previously won the North and South amateur
title He will not 90 on this weeA Mt W. C.
Fownes. Jr, who has been very prominent
In the game for the past year. will be favorite
in his place and the man TO beat 20 gain the
cup The open championship will have the
strongest field In the history OF the COM
petition, the professionals already AZ Pine
hurst, beside the Roses including Will An
derson. open champion George Low and
Bernard Nichols. The party have been
having some fine foursomes. The best, In
which the Ross brot hers beat Anderson and
Nichols up. vas marked by best ball cards
OF It3 and It5. The individual cards we're:
Donald Ross, p, s?-iSt: Aleck Ross. II, 70
l5e: viii Anderson. 70. 7s-i5I; Nichols, ~.
SS-l5s. George Lows best rounds have
been - and a.
All outdoor recreations flourish at Pine
hurst. and In blue rock shooting a novelty this
season has been TO fling the targets from
tower, Introducing new angles aud new life
into the inanimate bird shooting. Golf.
while the North and South IL the greatest Of
the tournaments. begins with Thanksgiving
week each fall and fourishes galore until
April. There are any number Of special cup
contests, and, besides the North and South.
an open tournament ia always on the cards.
This winter ". j. Travis won the medal In
the testing round with 81. and he beat ". c.
Fownes. Jr., in the fnal for the first cup. by
iup. The latter won the medal play handicap
on the last day in fine style. scoring rs from
scratch. The first international champion
ship Of the advertising men-men who order.
write or place advertisements also a
winter event and won by John &. Patterson
OF the Fox Hills Golf Club.
Tournament golf at PinehuTst Il short In
annual records but juicy in interesting de-
tails. The North and South championship
only dates TO the spring Of 1901. Then DR..
Lee Harlan won the qualifying round medal
with 90, 7O-iO9 A storm came the next day
and the rain swept across the links with such
violence that many OF the caddies struck
work. George c. Dutton. tho BOstonlan.
was about to default TO l.. {. Nardwell on
this account, but his wife volunteered 10
carry the clubs and would not be denied.
Dutton. with such a stanch hacker, was at
his best, and he defeated Wardwell by S
and 4. Semi-fnal and final rounds were
played in a gale, A. j. Wellington beating DR..
Harlan which was the gallery" match Of
the tournament. by ? and l. and Dutton win
ming from Merrill Waters OF Lakewood,
Then in the final Dutton beat Wellington by
8 and and became the first North and South
champion.
In 1902 Mrs. +. A. Manice won the women's
tournament and the North and South title was
won by Charles b. Cory. who beat +. A. Thorn
son by 3 and /. The next year the North and
South title went TO the West for the winner
was T. Sterling Beckwtth Of Cleveland.
who defeated John NJ. Ward in q nineteen hole
match Mrs NJ. ID. Paterson OF EnRlewoOd
won the womens championship and was
again successful last spring. This time the
North and south title was claimed by Walter
J. Travis and the, tournament was the last
IN which he played before ealing Tor E9gis9 20
in winning the low score medal in the qualify
ing round and during the tournament
In the final he beat c. B. Cory by s and =
Cards were called in for the count in the
at the Dyker Meadow. Golf Club. Lieut..
Edwards proved to be the winner. With o.
SO. i5-74 The cup has been played for In
snow and rain storm and sunshine, Tor the
Dyker Meadowites are the most Jealous OF
the best al the year round links In the East
The winner Is a comparatively new arrival
at Fort Hamilton and has taken to g9ii
every round and may no longer boast OF the
20 handicap that eDabled him 20 win the
trophy, for the committee have the Lieuten-
ant down to IS, and they are still watching
out. The following ground rules have been
published. all Of them framed for good rea-
sons and easy TO remember:
l. 4 ball driven from the nrst tee Into or beyond
the ditch by the pond 10 ne lsft whether lying
In water OF not, may, without penalty be dropped
,. < bal lying near ,he fence At NE NH green
rom rom E9 fSac. no nearer he ho uO
;. 4 ball lying near the clubhouse, the ysranda
W. , hooi III droppSd Wh1 rlnS lenSi6
Of such obstruction, not nearer the bCic, but
ball lftsd from hazard shall be dropped In
!. 4 ball through the green. lying within club
length Of any nIcd stone may without penalty,
" stone
not nearer the hole.
that Ss Ss dF TSs PH t .s sn mas Gh; Tso sR
penalty, be dropped, not nearer the hole.
The first OF the seasOn's monthly handi-
CAPS Is scheduled for ~ 1t saturday At Dyker
Meadow aud the first rOmnetition Of the year
at 81. Andrews is also nXed Tor that day
J. Rogers Maxwell r. B. Pratt. Percy
Chabb aud +. X. Iadew were reelected TO
the board Of governors al the annual meeting
Of the Nassau Country club. The club fe.
ports showed that the income had exceeded
The expenditures last year by t5OOO. although
the items OF outlay showed 50 OOo on the links
and the completion Of a building for squash
courts The club has Joined the National
Lawn Tennis Association. George +. Fahys.
the president. has been in Bermuda for the
winter. There Is prospect that he will
put a coach on the road again, with W Bur
ling Cocks, during the races a. Belmont Park
They had the Enterprise on the road between
the Nassau Country Club and Garden City
three seasons ago and TO include Bslmont
teams may be made AZ Garden City as a half
way station. although one team could work
the coach with comfort. The Arrangements
will b.. announced soon II the coach Is 20 be
put on.
This season the Midland Golf Club ia to
take in the women and juniors az members
IL present plans do not mlscGrry. instead OF
keeping the club solely a stag organization
A. ss sP s"sd Meeting % SGH sqT the S
Cortlandt. DR.. W. J. Young. T.. r. Rushmore,
+. s. Hollster. W. C. Nesmith and d. B.
Fuller. JT
tenn prize and individual medals will
be given to the four from one club making
the lowest aggregate scores IN the 80 hole
qualification round at Atlantic city, April
~. IA and rs, which IL a new Idea for this
tournament OF many prizes and good sport,
The entries for the team race must be named
before the play begins. which Is the, only
way 10 have the competition Carried out
fairly and which also makes i possible 70
have two or more teams from he same club.
n desired The fOwnes family Of the Allie
gheny Country Club have already entered,
and they will make their nrst appearance
together In such contest. W. G. Fownes,
JT., who holds the record for the course;
n. C.. &. r. and W, C., ST., will make mp the
tenn. Taking in cousins, in the same way a.
the Fownes OUTFIT, the Cheneys OF South
Manchester Conn, could put IN a team, ana
the MsXwells Of the Nassau Country Club
could start a family team by Including a. y.
Whitney, who married a Miss MARVEL. The
Jennings clan OF the same club could also