S1BIBI PINEHURST, MOORE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. Rjjl FOR THE BIG TOURNAMENT ! Advanced Guard of Amateur Champion ship Participants Come To-night. An War Am C3olfm Arc Concerned all lIoatlM Will I.eml to Iine liurat .During- Coming Week THE ADVANCE guard of participants for next weeks big United North and South United Amateur Champion ship Tournament will come to-night, and from now on until the event opens every train will bring large additions. As far as golfers go all roads will lead to Pinehurst during the coming week. MANY ENTRIES. The Executive Committee of the Pine hurst Golf Club has answered scores of inquiries concerning the tournament from all over the country, the response to the invitations lias been general, and the list of entries received thus early, is very large. The event will unquestion ably be the most notable in the history of golfing here and one of the important tournaments of the year. Every detail of arrangement is com plete and perfect weather seems assured to add to the enjoyment and success of the occasion. Scores of workmen have been busy on the golf course for weeks past, preparing it for this important event, and the results are most satisfac tory. This work has further been aided by a growth of grass, the result of last year's planting, and there is good sod on many portions of the fair green. ENTERTAINMENT PLANS. Plans for the entertainment of the visitors are well under way, and there will be many pleasant diversions in the way of social pleasures and sports for those who care for them. Among the social events will be the weekly card parties at the hotels : The Holly Inn, Monday, The Berkshire, Tuesday, and The Harvard, Wednesday evening. In addition there will be dances at The Carolina, Wednesday and Saturday even ings and The Holly Inn Thursday even ing, and the afternoon teas at the Golf Club House. 4 In the way of sports the grounds of the Gun and Target-Pistol Club will be open to visitors during the entire week, and special events are to be arranged in their honor. A trap shooting tourna ment Thursday, and a target-pistol tour nament Friday. Entries for either of these events may be sent to Herbert L. Jillson, the Secretary of these Clubs, at The Carolina. Taken all in all the week will be the most notable in the history of Golf in the South. T ENTRIES CLOSE. Entries for the Amateur Champion ship close on Tuesday, April 5th, for the Medal Play Handicap, Thursday, April except where they conflict with local rulings. THE PliOGRAM IN DETAIL. MONDAY, ArRIL 4TH. 10 :00 A. M. Qualification round Wo men's Championship, eighteen holes, medal play, best eight scores to qualify. Cups for the best net and best gross scores. 1:30 P. M. First round, eighteen ! i " ! .. yk !"- . ..-VC 0 ." . r . . . . 1 '.-!'Q rXf,1 ' I) - . :. : . . . .. A ! "1 'A -1 - i - -1 -I - - 4 K r it w I- t" l" f p. r it r w n r I-I- THE 1903 CHAMPIONS 7th, and for the Open Southern Cham pionship, Friday, April 8th. All entrants for the Handicap must state their club handicap or play from scratch. Entries for the Women's Champion ship close Saturday, April 2nd, and post entries will, however, be received up to 9:30 A. M., on Monday, April 4th. F U. S. G. A. RULES GOVERN. United States Golf Association rules wilf govern throughout the tournament, holes, match play, scratch, Women's Championship. TUESDAY, APRIL 5TII. 10:00 A. M. Semi-final round, eight een holes, Women's Championship. 2:00 P. M. Final round, eighteen holes, Women's Championship. 4:30 P. M. Driving, approaching and putting contests for both men and wo men. Cups for winners in each event. ( Continued to Last Page ) THE TIN WHISTLES LAST! Their Tournaments Brought to. Close Witb Medal Play Handicap. Special I'rize wan an Autog-rapl Copy of The lion lYrenented lj Au thor In Recognition of Name. EliSSgs Volumb VII No- Saturday, April 2, 1904. Price Five Cents. THE TIN WHISTLES closed their tournament season Tuesday, with an eighteen-hole medal play handicap, t Among the most interesting of the prizes was an autograph copy of "The Boss" sent by the author, Alfred Henry Lewis, in recognition of the selection of the Club's name from his book. The book was given for the third best net score, and medals were offered for the first two best net scores. President F. J. Bailey of the Kearsarge Golf Club, North Conway, N. II., play ing with a handicap of nine, won the first with seventy-four net, II. W, Priest of Frauconia, N. II., fourteen, finished second with seventjr-five, and H. S. Gor don of New York City, twenty-two, third in seventy-seven. THE SCORKS. Out In Gr Ildp Net F J Bailey, Kearsarge, N II, 40 43 83 9 74 II W Priest, Frauconia, N II, 42 47 89 14 75 II S Gordon, New York, 47 62 99 22 77 M B Byrnes, New York, 47 53 100 20 80 L F Brigham, Salem, Mass, 46 48 94 14 80 C E Harrison, Wanuanioisut, R I, 42 48 90 9 81 M C Parshall, Warren, Pa, 42 43 85 4 81 M II Wilson, Euclid, Cleveland, 43 49 92 11 81 W C Johnson, Canoe Brook, N J, 46 46 92 18 82 T B Cotter, Winchester, Mass, 55 62 117 35 82 A E Lard," Columbia, Wash, 42 46 88 4 84 A I Creamer, Kearsarge, 52 53 105 14 91 C A Lock wood, Highland, L I, 60 62 122 26 96 A G Warren, Rochester, N Y, No card DrAC Potter, Oakley Country, Mass, No card Walter A Berg, Boston, Mass, x No card A C Ketcham, New York, No card .'Will srn

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