Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-14
GOLFERS FOR LAKEWOOD
Thanksgiving Tournament to End
Local Season.
COURSE HAS MOVED THREE TIMES
Country Club one OF oldest in Metro
poIitan District-semi-Annual
open Competition Held
since 1895.

golf tournament there is now but one left
to be played, the Thanksgiving week
fixture OF the Country Club Of Lakewood
II will bring the players back to the course
on which they began the circuit in April,
for the tournament Is a semi-annual one
and conducted without a break since the
fall Of 1896. The dates are happily fixed
to catch the touring golfers before they
60 south in the fall and on their return
each spring. Those birds OF passage add
vivacity to the gathering Of resident
Lakewood folks OF the hotels and cot
tases, besides giving spice to the contests.
The best golfers too, OF New York, Phila-
delphia and Boston often make special
trips to the resort In the pines when the
Tournament contests are on.
It is the third course of the original
Lakewood golfers, an ancient and honor
able" company most prominent In the pres
ent club. The original nine holes were on
ground now the polo field at Georgian
court. The next removal was to an eigh-
teen hole course now a hotel links. r.
Bage Kerr was the president Throughout
these many years, with A. B. Claflin'
Jasper Lynch and DIR. Paul Kimball on the
committee, with others still foremost In
Lakewood golf. Meanwhile to promote
hunting. trap shooting and the general
| country EAun A0nA6A VI 6H1AA - 10 ~ -
golf the ocean County Hunt and Country
club came into existence with George j.
Gould as president and w. A. Hamilton
secretary. The two clubs had nearly the
same membership, and about 1908 there was
a consolidation with a view of acquir-
ing a larger club house and more ex-
tensive grounds; also to Till a larger scope
in country recreations.
George Gould President.
George j. Gould is president of the
Country Club Of Lakewood; II. S. Kearney,
treasurer, and S. X. de Forrest, secretary.
Jasper Lynch is captain and the mem
beship list shows the old guard is still
playing golf and the game gaining new
recruits. It is a directory of the cottagers
In a way and the club Is the center of the
towns social life. Other sports are fos-
tered even to q horse show, IN occasional
gymkhana or matches In the squash court,
but golf is the chief recreation. In a
public golfing way the semi-annual tourna-
ment is the one regular feature, but the
only New Jersey professional championship
was over this course and last year the
Country Club Of Lakewood was an appl-
cant for the women's national champion
ship but did not persist when the Merton
Cricket club made its bid. From late fall
TO early bpIlhb IL - HAObNbAS AN G
tournament course available in the Metro
politan Golf association district.
No tournament at Lakewood would be
complete without the presence of John
Miley as q starter and general manager
He is a whole tournament committed
rolled into one person and by his g~enialitS
does much to keep things running
smoothly. Miley is a charter member Of
the Country club, and save when abroad
{ he was at Sandwich when Travis won
he has not missed the tournament at hi
: home course. The coming tournament will
+, begin on Thursday and last out the week
! the cups and prizes being OF an attractive
sort and the conditions liberal enough Il
please every golfer.
Jasper Lynch
Jasper Lynch won the inaugural tourna
. ment, beating in the final L. B. Stoddart
, amateur champion Of 1894, at st. Andrews
, For a long while there was a superstition
: that the title holder could not go through
the tournament with success, and although
each had a shy at 1t lone of them di
e SO until Travis broke the spell in tn
fall Of 1900. In the spring tournament o
e 1896 the winner was Herbert c. Leeds
who stopped off on his return from tn
r Palmetto Golf club at Aiken, to his fav
e orlte Myopia. Runnerup TO Leeds was "
a H. Sands, the the st. Andrews crack.
-, coincidence Is that Harold Sands, son q
this player, has won the almet Go
club tournament each year from 1904 {
:. 1908. When tha Lakewood final had il
I decision, young Sands was in kits.
n Henry p. Toler and James A. Tying hav
also won this tournament Douglas wo
in the fall Of 1897 and until the fall {
IS 1904 the chief cup alternated betwee
d Douglas and Travis, with the exception
occasions when r. c. Watson, jr.. and I
IL Chandler Egan won. Then for five tou1
Il naments the OUNCE set had an inning
Il the respective winners being Walter ]
Egan, w. O.. FOwnes, jr.; A. L. Whit
Robert wier and Fred Herreshoff.
There was an astonishing reversal
!. these conditions in the fall of 1907, whe
il H. b. Brown of Philadelphia, the olde
man to start, won the first cup from q
le the cracks. There Is no need to discloi
ls the age of this worthy and brave collie
Re but none has ever questioned his emit
for the seniors tournament in which Il
minimum qualification is to have pass'
IN fifty-five mllestones. Douglas has We
= the last three tournaments in successi'
: and eight Of them in all, thus tying q
" total Travis reached five years ago.
81 Rain or shine the tournament playe
ne must face the tee. but they have had (
or more fine days than wet ones. The sprii
st tournament tha Leeds won was play
n. In a burning hot wave, while in the fl
A. OF 1908 the final rounds had to be declar
to off until the spring on account OF a snc
&c storm that developed into a blizzard
List OF
r. This is the list of winners in the fiji
sixteen since the start:
lsa5-Fan. Jasper Lynch, Lakewood.
~Sgg-SprinR. II. G. Leeds, Aiken; 10
W Henry p. Toler, BaltusrOL
ss7-SprinR. James A. Tying. Baltusri
fan, II. 8. Douglas, Nassau.
= is9s-Spring. Douglas; fan, final ne
spring on account of blizzard), W..
le- Travis, Garden City.
lly 1sse-SprinK. Travis: fall. Douglas.
al ~ooO-Spring, r. c. Watson, Westbrook; ID
Travis.
y. 1e0i-Spring. Douglas; fall, Travis.
81 is09-spring, Travis; fall. Douglas.
1g0g-Spring. Travis; fall, Travis.
IN 1sO4-Spring. II. G. Egan, Chicago; Z;
led Travis.
Dr. 1s05-Snring. w. z. Egan, ChicaBoi II
w. @. Fownes, tr. Pittsburg.
l~sO6-SprinR, A. L. White, Boston, II
W Robert Wier, Wilmington.
Ike fpOT-Spring, Fred Herreshoff. Garden CT
kle fan, III. M. Brown, Philadelphia.
yn. 1~s0s-Spring. Douglas; fall, Douglas.
,rd isOs-Sprlng, Douglas; fall, 90
Palatial, ~haekneyed though the word n
be. is the only one that properly DESERT
the fine house Of the Country Club