The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-07
GOLFERS WHO ARE LOOKED AT
NOT FOR THEIR FINE SHOTS BUT
BECAUSE or CIVIC PROMINENCE.

Msnhattan's Links ~ThronGed with NotAbles
IN Professional or Business LAfe-Iohn
ID. Rockefeller Ono Celebrtty-Gov-
ernor Hughes 10 Fond OF the Game.
Many mon conspicuous In Manhattan
affairs are at golf whenever time permits.
Ofben they make the time by setting aside
certain aftsrnoons OF each week for their
recreation with the clubs, on the principle
that all work and no play would dull them.
while others put business first and get
their golHng AZ erratio intervals and OH
the jump. To change the old Jaw. some
golf TO live and others live to golf There
are 10 many men Of power In the city who
golf hat the list Of them would be as monot-
onous as q page Of q trade directory. for
10 be q bank or trust company president
or q leader In some industrial or trade
combination is not enough to demand
special mention.
So many Of them are unknown to the gen.
eral publiothat their names would not excite
any more interest than a list ofthe countless
lawyers. doctors, clerks and statesmen
who play on the links. For instance, few
would recognize the unassuming Fred s.
Wheeler. one OF the best players OF the
Apawamis Club. as the vioe-president
Of one OF the great metal consultations.
Two Of the Deal Golf Club governors are
trust company presidents. George W.
Young and Fred Gerken. and they deserve
passing mention as self made mon. the first
beginning as a clerk and the latter in tho
retail liquor trade. A trust company presi-
dent. John X. Borne. is the newly elected
president Of the Garden City Golf Club.
This club has many bankers and brokers
In membership. one being James A. Still
man. son Of about the richest bank presi-
dent In Manhattan
But as to those who gain their distinction
on Manhattan's links by being financiers, all
must duch their heads when John d. Rookie
Teller calls out -Fore,- He has private links
on his estates at Pocantico Hills and Lake.
wood, while he is an honorary member Of
the Euclid Club AZ Cleveland, and also uses
its course. J. b. Thomas. president Of the
st. Andrews Golf Club. wa one Of the organ-
izers Of the sugar cancellations. while J. d.
Foot Of the Apawamis Club, started one OF
the great combinations Of tool manu-
~facturers. Both give more attention TO
golf now h to active business.
There has been a New York Stock Ex-
change Golf Club since 1893, and il holds q
handicap every spring that attracts a large
entry. Probably two Of every three brokers
are golfers. the list including Charles B.
Macdonald, our first amateur champion.
Ransom H. Thomas. president of the Stock
Exchange, is president Of the Morris County
Golf Club. He was formerly president OF
the United States Golf Association. Daniel
Chaunoey, the present president, has been
for years one Of the most active brokers on
the board. Thanks to motor cars, the celeb
rifles OF Manhattan's links are often seen at
two links on.the same day. After handing
In their cards at the last Stock Exchange
handicap, for instance, Chauncey, II. +.
Whitney, who had the best gross score, and
w. r. Simons, ran owe from the Knollwood
Country Club at White Plains to the Dyker
Meadow Golf Club at Fort Hamilton. to join
in the weekly handicap. The automobile
has made clubs thirty or forty miles apart
very near nsighbors IL one wishes q double
round.
Gov. Hughes was a regular Saturday
player at the Nassau Country Club before
his election and when opportunity offers
he visits the links. Leut.-Gov. Chanler 10
a golfer at Tuxedo 10 the warm months.
when his favorite games. court tennis and
racquets. are out Of season. The action
10 30 brisk that they can only be enjoyed
in the winter months. Col. II. II. Tredwell
Of the Governors stat is president Of the
Dunvoodie Country Club and on the tee
each weekend. Former Acknowledgement
John w. Griggs 10 a most loyal golfer and a
leader at the North Jersey Country Club of
Paterson. In the metropolitan Golf As
ISOLATION tournament at Tuxedo Gov.
Griggs-the title comes from his services
to New Jersey in that ofice-was the hero
Of q lively incident. On the rating with
which he started the result was q tie be-
tween Griggs, l7e. s6-i$o. and John Moller.
Jr., 100. 1910.
rating Of IA said one Of the committee
as Griggs returned his afternoon card.
rating for the NJ. q. A. handicap" replied
Griggs as he doned his cap in Difference
to some women in the gallery. Your
humiliation from II to IS n now you must
abide by it He proved as apt in defining
golfng law a. on the tee and the tourna-
e committee had TO give way to his ar
guments.
Although on his winter visits to Lake
wood Mayor Mcclellan puts up at a hotel
that overlooks the Country Club course
he 10 an infrequent golfer. His secretaries.
Willis and O'Brien. are however golfers
and the latter, as well az his brother, John
Fl. O'Brien. the Water Supply Commits
sioner, belongs TO the Oakland Golf Club.
John B. Mcdonald, the subway contractor,
is also an Oakland player. Charles Y.
Murphy Of Tammany Hall began his golf
ing at Oakland. but he now plays mostly
in the winter at Lakewood or Atlantic City.
and In the summer at one of the courses
adjacent 10 his home AZ Good Ground. L. /.
One Of the personalities now in the public
eye and an ardent golfer Is .. p. Kingsley.
tho new president Of the New York Life
Insurance Company. He 10 an old mem
Der Of the St. Andrews Golf Club. and be-
sides taking part in It's monthly handioaps
Kingsley plays always in the semi-annual
handicaps Of the University Club. He ia
the only graduate Of the University of Yer
mont resident in Manhattan who has re-
nown as q golfer. These are the only oom-
petitions in which Kingsley takes part,
but he loves the links and a friendly match
with John Reid. ST.. W. r. Innis and Walter
E. Hodgman. three Of the ST. Andrews
veterans. Another celebrity Of the insur-
ance world on the links but Of more repu-
tation as q tournament player 10 James
@. Patterson, resident director Of the
Travellers Of Hartford. Of which his father