Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-09-29
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NEW JERSEY GOLFERS PLAY IN
ANNUAL TOURNAMENT AT RYE, N. Y.

handicap of @ claiming that it was
unjust to the other competitors. as he
was too good to receive a handicap
and should be permitted to play from
scratch but there was no such protest
from Armstrong. The committee, how
ever, stood firm TO its original han6i-
Gaping, and Mr.. Wright had to ac-
cept his handicap He certainly played
a fine game of golf and did the course
in so, getting a ? on the fifteenth hoie
of 361 yards holing his mldiron ap-
proach to the green. His card was:
out .......... 4 A 547 5 3-42
In ..........4 44457 a 4 $3.50
The oldest gentleman who took part
in the tournament was w j. Board
man, of Chevy Chase, who was rs last
April. but he did not have much On
Alexander Milne, of the Scarsdale Golf
Club, who reached the ripe age OF Is
about one month ago. Mr.. Milne. who
/ competed last year has an attachment
/ for the event, and although contrary
TO the doctors orders, he was on deck
/ yesterday. and he turned In a score
of 81. 16-S1. which Is great going for
a man of his years.
Among the prominent men who COM
peted We're: Rs'ph Peters, president
of the Long Island railroad; Judge
H. A. Gilderseeve. Oakland Golf Club,
Bay Side, Long Island; John b. Nc
Donald. of the same club; Judge Henry
Stoddard, New Haven: General Adel-
bert Ames. of TIE United States army,
a youth of "A, who was entered from
the Myopia Hunt Club and had a
creditabe score of 90, 12--7s; Colonel
J. f.. Smith. Wilmington Country Club,
with score of "a. 3-S1; Colonel l.. nj.
Weaver. Chevy Chase, with score OF
e2, 4--ss; George Wright, Wollaston,
tho famous old baseball player. with a
score of IS, $50; John F. Morrell
Wolaston. another baseball player OF
fame, with a score of 81, $50: the Rev.
j. NJ. Hadson, Ardsey. with score Of
100, 16-Si r. F. Foster, Fox Hills,
who had a lucky drive OF about 300
yards in the sixteenth hole, which
carried the brow of the hill and ran
down over the green fully a hundred
yards. He had score of 95, 20--75,
and ex Governor John w. Griggs,
North Jersey Country Club, with a
score OF 81. SS3
There were veterans from all parts
of the country, who take advantage OF
this reunion each year and would not
miss 1t IL 1t was the only golfing they
did in the year.
Prominent among the New Jersey
men who competed were. Emerson
Chamberlin. Morris County Golf Club,
10S 1870: A. r. Switzerland, Enge-
wood Golf Club, 80. 1870; II. l.. Thor
nell Rumson Country Club, s4. 14-lo;
Henry A. James, Lakewood 81. 11-sS;
T. q. Heller. Forest Hill Field Club,
90, 1872: w. s. Washington, Forest
Hill. SO. 1870; Eugene Frayes, Engle-
wood, 49, 6-S7; James Barber, Engle-
wood, 1903, 1s- 81; Frank A. Wright
Baltusrol so. 2-7s; T. Ward, Hacken-
sack. 80, 5-S4; John w. Griggs. North
, Jersey. 81. S-S3, and T. ]: Palmer
r Hackenseck
The weather was ideal for good goli
> and it was surprising to see the fine
r scores made by men of such an ad'
vanced age, and IT is expected they
r will play fully as well today. The sec
ond best net prize was won by IL. l.
Thornel, Rumson Country Club.