Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-05-27
GOLF GOSSIP

Inc CADte CAftie8 TIC nAAS tnSN
that all the American golfers have
been eliminated from the British anna
teur Championship. and this Is indeed
dreary news for those who have fol-
lowed the fortunes Of the ten invad-
Ing players. With Jerome Travers,
national amateur champion, Francis
.Ouimet, American open champion,
and half dozen more top.notch play
ers from this side OF the water stfiy-
ing for honors. IL seems too bad that
not one lasted to the finals, to make
III an international affair. However,
even the great Hilton was an early
victim, so the tournament must have
been full Of surprises. >.ss
Win or lose 1t is a great experience
to play in competition on real cham
pionship course abroad. and probably
the Americans consider their trip
well worth while. Aside from is
golfing features the course at Sand
wich is OF great historical interest.
and with the venue Of this years
amateur championship a familiar by
word to all golfers, tho following his
torical sketch from the pen Of an
eastern writer Is timely
City 10 Of Medieval Order.
In this new world of ours we have
not many places with the narrow
winding streets and old-tiIne air. yet
In Boston, Annapolis. New Orleans and
Quebec we get some hint OF the
quaintness OF the cities abroad. But
even to one who has in measure
been thus prepared there Is something
Of medieyalism and ancient history
that Is q revelation TO the visitor IN
the old world. Colchester too on the
same coast Is full of fascination and
like Sandwich has wondrous old ram
parts, bits OF the Roman wall. sam
pies Of Norman herring bone reign In
brick walls, using the original Roman
tiles. Both have strangely winding
streets, and many examples OF Tudor
architecture in the queer gables,
lnolded arches, wonderful ponderous
Eoaken doors adorned with curious
knockers. Beautiful specimens they
have also Of the elaborate wood.carv-
Ing that people In the olden days took
q delight in lavishing on their inter
Tor decoration. In some ways, though
none OF us wish to return to them.
they were really the good old days.
when even the dwellings Of the SIM
I,le countrymen held what are now
regarded as treasures by the lover Of
the graceful curves and and massive
beauty Of the old furniture.
But from these personal recollec-
Etions 1eE us {0Fif % s0ue 81 the his.
stOrical facts OF the place. Some 1000
years ago Rutupeai Marlborough
was an important military post. Here
Lupicinus landed on his expedition
against the Picts and Scots, and II
you want to read fascinating tale
of those times turn to Kipling's story
of "A Centurian OF the Thirtieth" and
on the great will In Puck OF Pooks
Hill. =
For Theodiosius too came to Rutu-
piae when the raids made by the Sax
uns rendered some Organized meas.
ures necessary to put an end to their
piracy. But nature interviewed and
rendered Richborough useless as a
naval and military base by blocking
up the channel by the eastward drift
Of sand and single little by little
as the years slipped by. Some other
port became necessary and thus Sand
wich came into prominence, though
no authentic record of its establish,
ment as town Is available. and until
the year 664 much OF its history Is
merely tradition, but It Is clearly on
record that on that date Wilfred
Bishop of Northumberland, landed
happily and pleasantly IN the Haven"
when returning from France. For
about two centuries nothing Of partic-
uIar5 Importance seems to have hap
pened to the old town. then. 1t was
suddenly plunged into . period when
war, disaster, peace, prosperity battle
and pIundering followed one another
In Kaleidoscope succession About
S25 Athelstan. king Of Kent. complete
" routed strong force Of Danish In
vaders, capturing nine ships. but terri
bic was the revenge taken for this
victory when the Danes came with
$50 vessels and sacked and plundered
Canterbury, Sandwich and all that
Iiart Of Kent. In 993 and again In 1907
we find the vikings swOoping down
and laying waste this section Of Eng
land, and here IL was that under Ca
mute large army OF them landed,
and meeting for the first time with
any success IN Britain, settled down
there to become eventually an import
ant element h the formation Of the
great nation that was 70 be.
Enjoys Peace Tor Thirty Years
Then peace came to Sandwich for
time, and port tolls and ferry taxes.
fisheries and ether industries added
10 its wealth and fame SO much 50
that "a 1916. 90 years after the wise
and brave canute had landed there, =
fleet Of % gaIIets swept up the hars
Dor. attacked and pIundeted the town.
and sailed away again h the old VIk-
ing way
And that think Is enough history
Tor one day. or you NIL wonder
whether after an this Il golf toI.
liI1n or not Why after ~ proud 20.
sltion as one Of the most Important
towns ii the south 1t England Il