The sun., 1909-02-07
GOLF.
scottish club Dinner TO Celebrate UnIsn
With Haworth Players.

To celebrate the merging OF the Scottish.
American Golf Club and the Haworth Conn
try club into the Scottish Golf Club a,
America the committee OF organization ea,a
a dinner last evening at Mouquin = In Fulton
street. There were $50 diners with William
II. Beers as POSTMASTER. who had on his
right Jerome ID. Travcrs. amateur sof
champion; Fred HerreshoiI golf champion
of Vermont and Harry Lauder. championo q,
Scotch song. The intention is to enlarge
the HHworth clubhouse and course ana
maintain high class place of golfng recres-
ton on non-eSpensive scale for men in
business. Haworth is forty-flve minutes
from Manhattan, with frequent trains and
cheap railroad fare. while there is a resident
golhng membership of fifty.
Seth Is. MacClinton in outlining the de-
tails Of the plan said in part:
As luck is very necessary element IN
golf. j may say II has proved equally as
potent in our behalf in securing the course
at Havorth. and that have used the word
luck advisedly is best appreciated BY an
attempt on the part OF any one present to
secure golf course available TO the New
York business man without the revocation
OF all existing speed laws or the possession
OF dirigble airship. We were fortunat.
indeed in finding at Haworth all the ingr..
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course after one 5 own heart, and may say
that the creative stage is past, for seven
tenths OF the ingredients have been mixed
and are ready for the final touches of that
apt golf chef-the green keeper.
The nineteenth hole-of so much interes,
TO every true 0olfer-is already built, and A
more complete and comfortable haven and
golf house does not exist. The latchstring
OF this magnificent clubhouse will aluays
be open TO the good fellows and keen players
who abound in the Haworth territory. ard
in fact to all golf players throughout the
world. II being the aim OF this organizat ior
to nake Haworth in every sense of the ord
the true gof Mecca
There we're speeches also b. Chsrc'
OC. Heanessy. the founder Of Havorth:
:, Keith Evans, David B. Hutton. +. l. {.
kea ling, samuel Leonard William y. Glove
land Arthur fottow and james G.. Craig
There were songs ard ChorIses with iuci-
dental tuhts on the pipes by H. Scott
Chisholm.
Golfers from all PARTS ot Connecticut me-
at the Graduates club in New Haven las.
tuesday for the annual meetinC' OF The Stats
osicsns 1,ssiSSre vers or % Goif Clubs The following
President Frank L. Sands, Meriden Golf Club.
secretary treasurer H. d. Curtis Brooklawp
b Ii Wartord. Fsraeid County Coli Club. Stg Greer
wich; II. II, Whaples, Hartford Golf Club: Il. H.
Merrlman. Waterbury Golf Club; T. H. Gates
Highland Golf Club. Derby: +. ". Smith. Jr
Brooklawn Country Club. Bridgeport.
i was decided to hold the annual indi.
vidual and team championships at the
Fairfield Country Golf Club July to TO-
The tournament will be tho first over the
clubs new eighteen hole course. The
league will continue the general handicap
list and this seasons committee will be,
Prof. W. X. shepard. New Haven Country
Club; George D. Munson, Walingford Coun.
try Club. and Charles II. Seely, Wee bum
Golf Club, Stamford.
PALM BEACH, Fla, Feb. o-The golf
semi-fnals and finals for the Lake Worth
and consolation cups were PLAYED TO-DAY.
In the seni-fnals surprise was the defeat
or walter Fairbanks, the Florida cham
pion. by q. NJ. Livingston of st. Paul. ".
NJ. Forrest of Philadelphia won the Lake
Worth cup. q. NJ. Livingston was the run.
neTup. I. c, Van Dusen won the consola-
tioh CUP and w. 5. Bassett the runnerup
cup. The scores
Lake Worth Cyp; Semi-Finsis-G. NJ Llvinr.-
ton beat w. Fairbanks, up and ]; II. NJ. Forrest
beat W. A. Ayery, up and I.
: up.
Consolation Cup; Semi Flnals-w. r. Rsssett
beat W. Fiske sup and 6; +. Z. Van Duscn beat
Finals r. {, Van Dusen bea, W. n. B.s,e..
: up and l.