The sun., 1908-04-26
GOLHNG At. ATLANTIC CITY
NOTABLE DOINGS on LINKS or
THE SEiSHORE RESORT.

CCminE tournament Fifteenth Under COUn'
itry Clubs Management National and
College CIamplOnshlps i'HaNe Also
Been Held There Roster Of Winners.
There was new record established in
the Atlantic City Country Club tournament
last fall when two Of tho home club, W. h.
Shaokelford and Fred s. Sherman. came in
at the top Of the list for the hrst sixteen
cup shaokelford had once before been
runner up for this trophy, but it was the
initial outright success ofRn Atlantic City
golfer for the most important prize Of tho
tournament, and 1t was the only time also
that two local men had been in the final.
The tournament has been held since 1880.
Il q held semi-annually, and the spring
event for this year is'to he on Thursday.
Friday and Saturday. when the seaside
resort will he thronged with golfers,
Atlantic City was quick 10 follow the
lead Of Newport, Southampton Aiken and
Florida in setting up golf course for hotel
resorts are US keen as rival bellies 10 increase
their attractions. But the early links was
soon superseded by the country club and a
FULL course, a change due 10 the desire Of
the residents to play the game and not to
the desire to increase the visitors to the
resort, although the latter result has fol-
lowed in the natural order Of events, es-
pecially during the tonrnarpents. The mar
row strip Of sand between the Atlantic
and the bay that Is preempted by the great
pleasure ground has. no space for golf
course, but further down the beach and
across the inlet the ideal conditions were
TO be had in the fishing and farming village
Of Mortified Here the country club flung
forth it's flag and planted It's fig trees. Two
electric lines connect the village with At
lanuo City, besides a railroad service, the
Journey being Of about five miles, The
automobile route is along boulevard bor-
dered nearly all the way by me ocean. Be
There were hot times at the inaugural
tournament Of the club, eyenif in December,
1896 and in blustery weather Findlay
Douglas las the fayorito Of the big feId to
win the chief cup, but W. H. Davis, who
had led the medal round with i79, beat him
in the final, and Fred p. kimball won the
second sixteen cup Two Shree win and
out cups we're put into play at the spring
tournament Of 1900, both very rich and
artistic trophies They we're the Atlantic
City Cup for the first sixteen and the presi-
dents cup for the second sixteen, There
was much good golfng before they passed
respectively into the permanent possession
Of n. j. Travis and c. B, Fownes, Jr., yet
the. policy Of the Country Club has been
since changed to give only TO be won
outright cups.
Travis beat Douglas by 4 and to secure
his hrst bracket on the Atlantic City cup,
and he was g@non-starter in the fall Of
1900, when Douglas gained the bracket
He beat Davis by 4 and in the final and as
time makes all things even so wiped out
the winter trouncing Of the initial tourna-
ment. The next contest for the Atlantic
City cup was in the fall Of 1902, Travis
beating Douglas in the final by 4 and g.
The next spring Travis achieved full possess
sion, the opponent in the final being +. A.
Darby, whom he beat by and 0.
the fall Of 1901 W. f. Shackeford Of the
home guard and c. Fownes, Jr, of
Pittsburg had each two wins on it when
that tournament began, Both qualified
for the first sixteen. and under the rules
the second sixteen, who proved to be +, J.
Phillips Of the Dyker Meadow Golf Club.
As another win would give the presidents
cup to either Of the two they played on
the day after the tournament for the right
to challenge, Fownes defeating Shackel- !
ford by up. Fownes now played Phillips
and won the historic trophy from the Brook !
lyn player X. d. Iapham, Jr of Apa-
wants and T.. A. Darby Of Philadelphia |
had also gained brackets during the series |
for the president 8 cup.
This table shows at a glance the results |
in the first sixteen AZ the Atlantic City |
tournament:
I0p Score pri-S FirN cur Runrft M.