New-York tribune., 1907-11-25
GREATEST GOLF SEASON
NEW ENGLAND'S RECORD.
about -Four Thousand Players Com
peted ia Tournaments There.


thousand golfers took part in the regular open
tournaments in New England during the season of
1891 This does not include tournaments held in
Connecticut in the mountains. Club competi-
tions for members and friends are. of course
omitted.
Richard Kimball had low medal score in seven
tournaments, and he played Woodland in "A. Brae
Burn i'll "A and MyOpia in 50. The latter score was
made during the invitation tournament, which was
won by Jerome d. Travers the national champion
II. II. Wilder had the low score at Woodland in
the state amateur Championship qualifying round
76 he had the best total 157 for thrty-six holes in
the first Essex Country Club tournament; in Wood
lands fall tournament he led with n. and the
gross prize at Oakley In the fall with 7S Wilder
his match against Rhode Island. but did not
play in the singles of the Lesley cup match with
Philadelphia.
A c. Lockwood won the gold medal at Myopia
in both the spring and fall tournaments leading the
field in the S6-hole medal play competition. He lost
to John Reid In the Myopia invitation tournament
He tied Whittemore at 15S for thirtysiX holes in the
qualifying round of the second Essex Country Club
tournament He won the gross prize at Oakley In
the spring with II. Lockwood lost his match with
A. W. Tlnghast in the Lesley cup series
p. w. Whittemore had low score at the Country
Club In the spring with &C. and in the fall with the
record figures of 7S. Whittemore made a good
showing in the national amateur tournament at
Cleveland. qualifying easily and losing his match
with Warren X. Wood by small margin Whit
temore took DR.. Simon Carr. of Philadelphia, to
the twentieth hole in the Lesley cup match at the
Country club, where he lost In the afternoon
playing with ]. G. Anderson in the foursome, the
two made round of rs, but were defeated at the
first extra hole by DIR. Carr and II. B. Mcfarland
The summary OF match play tournaments as COM
piled by Ralph Cracknen in 1.-The Boston Globe"
follows:
SPRING AND SUMMER.
May 1G to Is Country Club-Country Club cup. by
II, II. Wilder. Vesper by and 4; runneT-up. c. II
June to $. Northumberland cup. won by p: kim
ball. Chestnut Hill. by up: runner-up. A c. lockwood
-Jnly Is 20 Essex County club-Essex cup. won by
Essex. sheep Hi cup. won by NJ r o,connsn Alpine
august 22 to 93 Essex County ciu6-FiTst cup J. G.
Hss o2G au y cc and En A third Ii &
E Brooks, VesPer Consolation hyst cup A C. Lock
second Cup = $ Moore Essex Consolation cup.
August 10, Ksbo VALLEY G Bar Harbor Me.
Tanner-gP.- I-aP. Brock smith. New York
sheTT9n Ho% York by % and 3 % sI. nneTgP @
cup wor by p. W. whittemore, by | up. thrty,sevsn
September 3 to s. stockbridse G. c-stockk6Tidse cup
Governors cup. L s. Bigelov.
AUTUMN.
September 10 TO IA. Brae Burn c. C-First cup. j. 9.
Aa595'oS By eo, sHd 81 n M s S M ,. BR5 n Ports
Ilou.I n n, Secoln cup r sslies nIa H. W;
cup. A S. Graves woodland Fourth cup P. b TAFT,
seq sSR?m9Sr Il salem G & GslEss cup u sRaT by
sepembsr 10 81 woodland cup, H. Fl. Wilder.
NJ; stanton. Third cup. II t. Bond. =. -
salem. by up nineteen holes runnsT-up A J. welas,
6eober : to 4. wollas,on--won by r. r Freeman.
Harrington. cenmonweah; Team match, without hand-
Travers. New York by 6; runner-up. a. NJ. Rob
October Il to 10 Country cub-Country Club cup wen
Golf COMMITTEES cup Won BY A. Carnegie I'd Myopia BY
There have been incidents in this country Of crows
flying away with golf balls. but according to for
eign advices the Nalrn course in Ireland easily
claim a record for stunts of this kind. While a
golfer was playing the ninth hole recently he OBJ
served some crows on the green, and with full
second shot ne sent his ball among them. The
crows flew or to an adjacent field, When the
player reached the green he could find trace OF
his ball, but observed the pecking at a white
object in the field On going to the spot he discov-
cred to his 1mazement his ball. some eighty yards
Of bounds
a few days after this A Tocher ard D. Y. 8
Pirie. members Of the Nairn Club drove of from
the second tee. Tocher's ball going into the rough
on the right. near the beach, while Prizes re-
mained in the open. Both balls were taken up by
crows (pTobably rooks). the balls being carried in
their beaks. Tochers bird flew out TO sea, and the
golfer gave up all hope of seeing his ball again.
land and dropped the ball nicely IN the open. about
a mashie shot from the green and some four hun
dred yards from the tee. Prizes bird was not so
generous. dropping the ball Just short the ditch
about fifty yards from where it originally lay In
cidents OF articles being carried off by rocks are
common enough but It is unusual to have two golf
balls taken up at the same time.
The little white ball will be flying on all sides on
Thanksgiving Day. Competitions have been sched-
ued at Batusrol. ST. Andrews Dyker Meadow
Montclair. Fox Hills. Richmond County Country,
Nassau and Yountakah.
All that Will be needed is clear weather Entries
for the Lakewood tournament which is TO begin on
thursday morning, will close on Wednesday night
with s h De Forest. In addition 10 the usual
contingent from the metropolitan district PLAYERS
Will be on hand from Philadelphia, Atlantic City
and Boston.
John Ball, who has the amateur champion-
snip or Great Britain six times, continues at the
top OF his game. On November 9 he broke the rec
ord or the Lytham and St. Annes course going
around in 20. The best previous mark was n bai5
by Arnaud Massey, the champion.
Jack Kirkaldy who some years ago gave lessons
10 KING Edward, died Of pneumonia on November
coach than as n player. although in the open
third. A
An association has been formed by the British
advertising men, The advertising association In
this country is several years old and increasInr IN
membership each season. An international match
VIII probably be suggested long
Semi-fnal round matches in the fourson,e com,
petition in progress at the Forest Hill Field Club
were played Saturday. Thomas AlIsoDn and
AIsopp up. while John +. ShanIey tr and A.
thur Taylor beat Fred Egner and Herman Fgnsr
by a similar margin. The sweepstakes was won nv
Herman Egner with card Of Sl-S-7S
At the Yountakah Country Club on Saturday T,
with 93-14-7s A s-hole cross-country handican has
oeen arranged for Thanksgiving Day.
ON SECOND WALKING TOUR OF GLOBE.