The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-19
ATHRRE- TINE GOLF CHAMPION
ALECK SMITH AGAIN WINS IN THE
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OPEN

oOLA HEM IAL4AFOANAA Oh,IN'
81. Andrews Gun out With an Eariy
Schedules pening Play FiFst saturday
IN Apnil--Mud and MiEhapS on Local
L1niSS-Wm Anderson Breaks the lee.
.Aleok smith. the Nassau Country Club
professional, has won the open champion
ship Of Southern California for the third
| year. The reBBlt had been expected. for
! when win Smith. a former holder OF the title
decided 70 stay on AZ the San Pedro links
| ~ professional after the Cityof Mexico tourna-
ment In February, leaving Aleck 70 return
alone TO Coronado Beach, the event became
| b Gift TO the Nassau professional. Seventy
! two 10 par for the Coronado course. and Aleok
Smith made the card Of n. ~, II. 70-s03.
b sudicient proof Of his high class As q player.
! JHmet Maiden took second money, his best
rounds being 70 aud IT, with $40; A. Rgby
| was third with ass and Chester Horton. the
! only other professional TO start, won fourth
money with $50. Walter Fairbanks led the
Amateurs who finished and made the good
SCORE Of S2s walvinE his prize 70 Rgby.
In the three day tournament for amateurs.
! which followed the open event, Fairbanks
/ defeated Alexander Reynolds Of San Diego
In the semi-fnal By up and 10 play, and
/ {. l.. Williams Of Los Angeles beat Hugo
/ r. Johnstohe Of Chevy Chase, by up. Fair
| banks won the final Aleck Smith will be
back at Nassau during April. Ne will not
/ return TO Coronado nXet season for the winter
golAng, going instead 10 Mexico, where he
| was In 1903.
| st. Andrews ls out with a short and crisp
summary OF the seasons events that bears
promise Of much good sport at the old club.
Always an early course. although Tor some
/ unknown reason always overlooked By the
bar the University Club hundicap-the
! Chauncey golfers will be out on hard turf
| within ten days The first OF the scheduled
events calls for an eighteen hole handicap
Keep The members busy until Thanksgiving
Gaps. 10 four, OF which the players making
/ the eight lowest net soores. medal play. viii
pTiHes viii be awarded one for p Tie lowest
! gToss score In the aualiiylng round the other
me tao ss q on SH joan Re9 sdd medal
70 be played for on Nov 7. and another sue
| cess THIS year would win out the trophy for
| The, trophy Is the oldest in the country and
Or the coli committee at ST. Andrews are
and he has a match booked With Yale and
other contests under arrangement
PINEHuRsL, March ls-In putting contest
fGSFs Sf S Sd ro Gn ocE ES
York tied, al o., Miss Rand won the play OF
m sRss eu sSFG s %s S'S Of newton S ION
| Centre. Mass, winning, from A. q. Warren OF
won By p A. King o. Sorthboro. Mass. and
A. G. Warren. with 81 net.
beSides S playinF record soif on Severed links,
| the winner OF 9 number OF matches, VIII
first place In q oompetition on his Florida
| trip until the open championship OF the West
showers fen throughout the day, there was a
! large and enthusiastic gallery on. the links.
and A Low SSp and iB Tho SH DIVIDED The third
! and fourth money. The scores were.
NeSo A Nsx SfE 4P' 7 Gso Si low sas
rol IS 7s-l4S George thompson Lsn9t ~. -n..
man, Lake chanpsIn, 70, 79-lSs.
Mud Of the deep and clinEing. sort was tho
| surface condition on the local links yesterday.
] No one knows exactly how deep the soft ooz9
! was, but more than one player VIII, found
b bet thst Il had no bottom ts az ali The Blue
! sky and balmy weather tempted out the
IN .Rb S Ct s hs df sRs ssRt they Ssy
the second shots, Nired 70 the knees. they
| before a country tavern, and rescuing parties
had 10 drag them back 70 sound earth.
on s Ss 81 he thick coating Of snow hat
has protected the turf and II so the golfers
| think Il must all have come out OF the ground
10 the one thaw. The top surface was az
soft In most places yesterday e. maple sap
| and Is sticky on the boots az glue. Come
easy, go easy said the golfers who were
boEGed and they expect the conditions 10
| En exception vas the course OF the Dyker
| Meadow Golf Club, where, while there were
some soft spots aud patches OF zee on thf lower
| helds, ten cards we're returned ~ the hanul-
| cap ont OF fifteen starters. There was a
\ triple tie, 90 be played on next saturday.
| when as one Of the members said, We VIII
| have summer conditions again throughout
| the links The scores:
g. Weathsrby, n. ga {. J. CIooksll. %, lo-ss;
| ]. Z. Buttt i0i. ISIS john C. Powers. 90 lD-ss:
= D. DithfidS6 fo5 leo s. s. BALDWIN, III, 1911;
fbnP lS Ia RaPaeT SRsSaSS' d 49, ~
LAKEWOOD. y. j., March is.---Lakewood
golfers we're ont liz force to-day Tor the hrst
az juno day and the Country Cubs course
was in hne condition, There was handlcap
I event In which eleven uHrus were returneu
The M score f95 %So wo s6er With oaTd Of
81 The summary:
| p p Ktnnhnu Lakewood, %. 6--sG J.F. Stanley,
Jr Deal sT I2-s5 J, r, Maxwell, Brooklyn, 81, 3
fO gsspfiE L SyTSod y Css T. chd. PMS
o9g e. So GsoTEs E Soas i TsrsfS 10y So PHILIP
iAEsEood, lOt, 1871; A. J. hoClAre' Albany
i0S I'm.
PALM BTAcH, Fla. March 1s.-There was a
klckers' handicap tournament to-day Tor Two
priSeS A number vas drawn between os
and 20 inclusive, and the net score n13 MN ~
won the prize. The number was "a Ntllatn
r. Bode +. Cluett and James Redmond ueo
for the prize.
HUCKLEBERRY INDIANS DINE