New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-25
GOLFERS MUST BEWARE.
Attractive Young Woman IN
Black a YaWning Hazard.
TIFFANY FINDS II OUT
PLAYERS Advised to Steel Their
Hearts to Tears and a
Lost Purse.

beware OF an at1TacUNc youhs
usually dressed in black, whose eyes HI
with tears as she relates hard luck tnie
OF a lost purse and a search for lar-oii
brother This warning IS especially OIL
rected toward the professionals, although
Gilman +. Tiffany. an amateur or INC
Powelton Club at Newburg, las been
"stuug." Tiffany, by the way, holds tue
championship OF the Hudson River poii
Association.
Tiffany's part in the affair began re-
Gently. While playing over the PoWelton
coursc a young and. as said BEFORE at
tractive stranger begged for a word with
him. Tiffany with true Newourg po-
likeness, tarried while the stranger repre-
senting herself as a sister OF Willie Sui'
professional OF tho Indianapolis Country
Club. said she had lost her purge, ana
wanted q loan OF little money until she
could get to her brother. Tiffany had
heard Of Willie Still. 80 what could poor
Gil do except dig? He dug to the
extent Of s..
The stranger departed, with the assur-
ance that the money would be returned
IN a day or 20. After waiting several
day, Tiffany became possessed OF douots'
so. 10 satisfy himself he wrote 10 Stil.
Back came the following by return mail:
The lady who called upon you Is a
rank impostor, who n month ago visited
mo At the club and told me the identicsl
story she related 10 you, except that enc
said sh. was the stranded wife OF MI
Lockwood, who used TO be some golfer
around Boston IN the old days. Her ap-
pearance threw me of my guard, and
parted with SOS 10 take her back TO BOB
ton. She 10 evidently confning her opera
tons 10 the East, as letters from George
spsrlinG. OF bridgeport, and JACK Jones
OF Dyker Meadow. bear out tho fact that
they also we're victims OF her cupidity.
She il certainly a smooth article.
Tiffany said he had heard that there
was a sucker" born every minute, ana
now 10 feels sure Of IL. He also hopes
that IN. smooth stranger will not be able
70 work IN. trick on any more unsuspect-
Ing golfers.
A s jackson has come out ~ mo
ranks OF the unpretentlous and,ha de-
yelopcd into ore Of the star players in tho
Manhattan 'tOll RiuDs III WIN '''N
errors priz. for seventy-two holes OF
medal play or the handicap basic recent
ly. with a total OF 81. and also led the
fleId In the qualifying round for the an
nual fall tournament With thirty-slN-
hole total OF ISL. The other prizs win
n.rs in the handicap were r. W. DIX
40; G. ". Fairchild, 80. {. @. Keller
si2; ". r. Harron, aS. II. Aorss. "a;
7. I. Brewer. "a. and I. Holt SS
In the testing round for the fall tourna-
rnent tho following qualified for IN. fret
round Of match play: A. 3. Jackson, \
y. Roth. ". y. Heron, c. W. Fairch'ld,
!. ". DIX, l.. Keerr. T.. 7. Brewer. G..
Holt VI. Morse, e. @. Keller. 3. Nevius,
r. A. Hunt, II. &. Haskell, +. ". Man
ners. w. sisson and Y. Whitley
For the purpose Of giving the golfers
who have been unsuccessful in the quest
for trophies thi. season a special op-
portunity 10 be clasfed az winners. a
thlrty-s,r-holo medal play handicap has
been completed. and ". r. Harron car
ried OF the prize, with a card Of 49,
Isl
Tn. final round for the presidents cup
a. the Havorth Club n scheduled for
next Sunday at thirty-six holes, the con-
testants being s. Inouye, tho japanese