The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-01
GOLF.
Standing In Dyker MeadO Cup Contests
Wilson Touring Abroad

BEFORE the sJOrtn broke yesterday morning
one match in the semi-nnal OF the club cham
pionship went TO q finish at the Dyker Meadow
Oolf Club. IL resulted In the success Of
W. d. Rbett over Thomas H~ovenden, by 7 up
and 5 TO play. The other pair. +. J. Phillips
and Amos-Y. Dwight. will play next Saturday.
The final will be on election day. IL will be
the first final for the new cup. the gift OF
Henry G. Du Val. The first cup, the gift OF
Albert Gould Jennings. after being In play
for six years. became the property Of Alfred
l.. Norris. He gave the second cup. won
last year by Amos T. Dwight. The results
In the second round for the Du Val cup. played
at different times In the past week. we're:
Amos 7. Dwight beat 4. +. Hunt. by 4 up and 3
10 play: F. J. Phillips beat c. J. Crookal, by l up:
w.. h. Rhett beat H.. @. McKecver. by 4 up anu Q
to play: Thomas Hovenden beat J. q. Thompson.
by Q up and 5 to play.
The tmi-nnal for W. X. Stmond's cup and
the flnal for J. b. BogeTt's cup are also ON FOR
next Saturday. Tn summaries Of the last
rounds follow:
Simond's cup, second round-A. T. Dwight beat
| r. J. Phillips. BY $ up and 1 To play. L. Il. Miller
beat ]. l.. Taylor. By default. Thomas \, Eddy beat
ID. V. B, Hegeman. by . up and 8 TO play: \. NJ.
White beat 4. r. Perkins, BY 3 UP and : to play.
Bogert cup, second round - j. NJ knett peat T. T..
Rhett. by up and I TO play; Jay $. Jones beat
n. {. Carbauxh. by ! up and . 10 play; ". Nash
Reid beat n. T. Walden. by 8 up and 4 tO play; I. VI.
Hlnkle beat =. J. Phillips, by 5 up aud . to pay.
Semi nnAl Rheit beat Jones, by 8 up anu . to
play; itlnSle beat Reid. by l up 10 holes.
DO you or don't you like the changed
Garden City links?"
This is the question OF the moment among
the $40 members and their guests who are
visiting the course on their return from sum
mer links. The changes which were MADE
during the spring and summer completely
alter the character OF the course. The ma
joritv ind the alterations an enhance ment
to the pleasures OF the round. and the only
ones dissatisfied are the consistently iong
drivers, who in the old days OF cop bunkers,
whether they drove straight or not, felt sure
trouble; a 2 o6a@Pionship test ne u made
Of the intercollegiate tournament Was ans
oeeding, rounds. which forced the boys, to
use a cleik from the tees, was a disappoint-
ditions to be at their best for this tournament.
All depends on the point OF view in eeti-
mating the value of a golf course. will Ander-
turning from St. Andrews last year, said the
often punished good drives Of go to go yards.
Etndlay ). Douglas, the former amateur
champion. who visited his old home at ST.
Andrews this summer says the new hazards
Will punish only a sliced ball and have i'm
proved the course. Where such experts
the new conditions for himself. This is the
situation nov at st. Andrews. Very long
eleventh, twelfth aud seventeenth holes COM
pei cleik shots from the tee.
This resolves itself into a question OF facility
traps before the first and the twelfth greens
compel the cleik, while with a following wird
even the midiron may suffice on he TeRth
before, when the only way TO reach the green
was by a rebound from the shallow traps
before them. Now they are sound par 4
holes. and by n we'll laid approach or a long
put still possible. 3 holes. The wind. really
determInes the choice Of oleik or dryer on
ing wind. needs a drive. Exceptionally long
players. on account OF the cross hazards, have
the tenth tee, and they have the privilege still.
The Seventeenth, az yards, Is only a cleik
shot, when The weather: or the fear of pulling
To raze the middles OF the old cop bunkers
in most cases only Furnishes a missed drive by
loss Of distance, but is not this punishment
will make up for the lost distance. and, il the
opponent has made no slips, it will be ex-
| Ceptional that the poor driver Ia not a stroke
10 the bad when the putting be gins; The
new undulating greens. whether the bumps
are little or big ones. remove the dead Ger
greens IL IL always a study 10 get, down in the
Statutory Two" shots. The side traps for
punishments. The way to avoid them is by
keeping straight. and to avoid the cross
strips OF grass, good distance must accom-
course as rearranEed is the best test OF
thinking golf" in the country. There is no
| gOinR up 10 the ball on the tee or for the second
shot and s~lashing away in the calm confidence
that bad direction will not meet with a prompt
punishment. On the other hand, a resource
bad drive or second shot The changes force
the golfers to keep their brains active as we'll
as their clubs.
4 regular monthly meeting of the Eastern
Professional Golfers Association will be-
topics TO be discussed will be the place and
date of the organizations championship
tSr Ig 191s 9 TostC cIuo' AFRAID ree So hns m mlho an on
offer Of It's course.
Frank NJ. Wilson Of the Englewood Golf Club
writes that he is having the time, of his life
on the British links. TToon, North Berwick.
s.. Andrews and Carnon1tie have been places
also Included Sandwich, Hoylake, Formby.
Worsley, near Manchester. lie is journeyinS
In his as horsepower runa bout car and viii
end the trip by visiting the courses about
London.
At the i~ntercity match c, 3 Macdonald
| said that the conditions needed for his new
golf course, of turf bordered by salt water.
had brought his choice of locat ion down
to two sites-the westerly strip OF Shinnecock
! Hills, near Good Ground, and near Montauk
Point. The question OF cost. however. may
location Of the ideal course Macdonald has
planned.
This fall there is a close sequence of dates
for the Atlantic City and Lake wood open
tournaments. which will make II easy for
golfers who contemplate a short tour to play
in the two contests. Atlantic City's dates
are November 8. 0 and 10 and Lakewood's
November IS. 10 and IL.
An exhibition match at thirty-six holes
OF medal play has been arranged for NOvem-
Der 10 at the Country Club, Brookline, be-
tween Aleck Smith, open. Western and
East ern champion, and Aleok Campbell, pro-
fessional at Brookline.
ROckeRener's Beagles win Rockefeller Cup.
BALTIMORE. Oct. 9I.-N illiam q. Rookie
Teller won the honors Of the third day OF The
annual trials OF the National Beagle Club In
Green Spring Valley this afternoon. Mr..
Rockefeller's Rock Ridge kennels won the
| third and deciding leg on the national chal-
IenEe cup. which ls offered by himself. The
trophy has been in competition for the last
seven years.
The Gun was offered by Mr.. Rockefeller
for packs OF four. to be won three times before
becoming the perpetual property OF the
winner. TO be eligible for the Gun a pack
had 10 compete in Glasses f. and +, and no
owner could enter more than one pack,
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