The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-25
VETERAN GOLFERS
DON'T MIND WEATHER
IN ANNUAL TOURNEY
More Than Sixty of Them Tee
Off on Muddy Links at
Apawarnis.

tsp~1h n The Evening wohdS
APAwAMIS CLUB. RYE, N. y,
Sept. a.--More than eighty senior golf
ers had started up to noon to-day in
thar annual handicap competition ut
the Apawamis Clun, despite tho worst
weather In the eight years history Of
that event white Il poured early this
morning ;he worst part Of the trouble
was from isst nights downpour. which
had made the course extremely soft
The sun tried 10 brelk on, between
Hight showers and before luncheon the
links were in far hotter state. In pre-
vious years . joke has gone tho rounds
In the suggestion that . column for
ages like that Of handbags be run on
the score board. Actually the commits
tee left = row for years on the board
and while ming It in was purely VOL
untary many of the older men did %.
THREE OVER seveNrY-Fivg
AMONG sTARTERs.
In mo first three hours the oldest 40
credited starter was Col. Benjamin
Killed. Of Wilmington. Del. eashty-one
Treadins upon his heels were Alesan-
der Milne. New York Scarsdale Club.
and Col. William J. Boarsiman, Wash
ington. each four acore. Those ranging
from sevsnty-five TO seventy mine were
| % numerous as 80 Cause little comment.
Fully 900 entries had been received.
the largest number on record. but a.
the eighteen holes medal play can be
run on each day. cdther morning or NJ
'ernoon. many win evidently start late.
In tho run this morning were tho usual
| quota of names famous IN every walk
OF life. For instance. there was IN.
Walter Washington OF Newark, a de-
scendant Of President George Washing
ton; Judge Henry Stoddard, New Hav.
en-, chief counsel TO Yale University;
Ralph Peters. President OF tho Long
Island Railroad; Gen. Adeibert Ames
OF Boston; Wilson FOss, the billiardist;
Merrill IL. Gates. former head OF AM
horst College; John w. Griggs, ex-At-
| torney-Gencrai OF the United States;
James +. Bless, Newark, who learned
the game In Scotland In tho tos; WIZ.
am L. Ward. Greenwich political boss;
George II. Armstrong. New York, sixty
years ago a player in ireland: James A.
Tying. Baltusroi. one Of the earliest
metropolitan champions. and John Pep.
per. q Greater New York police lieu.
| tenant. among othors.
AZ the noon hour on the piazza Judge
Morgan OBrien, amid applause, pre-
sented Horace L. Hotchkiss OF tho Apa.
wants Club with silver service, In OBJ.
servancs OF his notable work IN the past
In behalf OF the seniors The Judge also
read oliver Wendell Holmes from The
Boys"
Among celebrities who got away Just
after tho luncheon were Wesley Oier
Of the leo Trust, Rolo Ogden, New
York editor: Darwin p. Kingsley, tho
life insurance company head; Spencer
borden. Fail River manufacturer:
Judge Henry Grdersleevs. Charles T.
Darcy. playwright, and Gilbert Waldo.
whose son beat Harold Hilton. England.
IN the recent National championship.
The scores:
A. b. Alley. Apawomis. loo-l2-ss; n,
". Bates. Worcester. l07--s--ee; A. a..
Emmons. Boston, l0i--is--ss; n. D..
Garden. Oakland. IoS-ls--9o C. c. Bell.
Boston, &-G-s6; J. r. Bless. Newark.
NS-l7-sii l.. Il. Bennick. Boston, III
YVs; H. d. Hibbard. Piainneh. 49,
"; j. M. Hodson. Ardslsy. se-di-@;
George u. Armstrong. Fox Hills, 49,
W; John Pepper. Van Cortlandt, los4--
w; Onward Rode, Dunwood!c, s7-l2-8;
winthrop Sargent, New Haven, g.
w. J. Ernest Smith, Wi1min0tou. a2-a--
90.
w. II. Smith. Oakland, s9-ls-A: ]. p
sweeny. Boston, il+-i3-loi; r. II. war.
ner. Boston. lli-l3-9s; A. II. Huston
Philadelphia. l02-7-96; Morton Alden
Boston. lo2-lo-92: DR.. w. T.. BulIard
Larchmont. withdrew: II. A. Chase
Pnvidenee, io6--l.-si; w. II. Claim
boston' $3.50; Henry p. Dixon. PhllA.
delphiR, 1880. s. -. Egan. Trenton
l22-s--lO3; W. II. Canterbury. Boston
l"-s-8; Samuel Carr Boston, e7-S-
VI: J, A. Tedford. Apawamis. los-u-e7
Z, r. Hubbard. Boston. l02-lO-ps
Nathaniel Heath. Boston, loe--iO-s2
william T. Kaufman. Plainneld, lOl--
Ie-sS; =, g. Kelley, Weeburn, 1913
loo; w. v. Keller. Boston. ios-11-
% q, W. Hubbell. Greenwich, I1l-IE
-eo' Jonathan Godfrey. Brooklawn, o.
-n-s2 Eugene Prayer. Engiewood
'p-F-'o' >, u, Lockwood, Greenwich
Withdrew; w, NJ. Lyons, Forest HiII
i~-ll-1i Alex Milne. Scarsdale, N
-l3-s6; l.. G. Murdoch, Garden CIV
los--io-95; HAHN Morse Manhattan
sO-5-sb; l.. s, Parsons, Dyker Mead.
ow. 92-S--s4.
H. =. Nash. Apawamis, u7-l.-1o5
Jesse Male, Philadelphia, @-5-S7
Robert Logic. Dunwoodie. le4-3o-ao.
: ~ W. Brown. Philadelphia. g-S-9e
William r. Ellis, North Jersey. los "a
"; w. 3. Gummere. Baltusrol, ss-ls-7s
j. L. Gwyer, Slwanoy. u2-2o-sa
X. A. Hale, Boston. l09-i9-sJ; Charles
Hathaway. Essex Country. 1O+-s-as
Z. A. Harris, Engicwood, lOG-2o-s SO
: C. A. spofrord, Apawamis, 93-s-sl.
w. 4. Washington. Newark, lo-s-
30; q. W. Watts, Durham N, C.. lo7-
1917; y. w. Wells. Dyksr Meadow
i0-7-s; George Wright. Boston. ss-
.. 81; A. s. Wortnins,on. Washington
lo-ls-so; r, f. White. wykasii. Io6-
1870; Wesley Oler. Apawamis. 1000
"a: q. w. Dickinson. Dyker Meadow
ns-lS-lOO; l., l.. Heap. Washington, 10
} -S-$: J. p. Darlington. New Haven
l@-ii-s7; A. NJ. Lnnett, Newark, III
1873
w e. Truesdeii. Fox Hills, $3.50
. ID. o, Wickham. Cleveland. 1l5-1o-Ii5
". w, Jordan Roaton l19-1e-tna