VOL. XI, No. (I.
SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY FOURTH, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
EMERSON ARMSTRONG WINS
Defeats W. K. Gillett in Final Round of
Holiday Week Tourney.
Keen Ilay and Clone 71 a telle Ilule
Field of l'artit'ipantN Ilecord
JUreaklng'.
ME1JSOX Armstrong of
the Fox Hills Club, and
Thomas M. Clallin of the
Weston Country Club,
a carried oil the principal
honors in the annual
Holiday week golf tournament; Mr.
Armstrong winning the first division or
President's cup in the final match play
round from V. K. Gillett of Wykagyl,
and Mr. Clallin capturing the qualifica
tion trophy, and the first division conso
lation as well.
Other trophy winners were Chisholm
Beach of Garden City, who took the Sec
retary's cup or second division trophy,
and V. I,. Nurd of the Pittsburg Country
Club, who won the consolation; .1. E.
Kellogg of the Alpine Club, Fitchburg,
winning the Treasurer's cup or third di
vision trophy, and G. A. Peck of South
Kgremont, the consolation.
Throughout the tournament keen play
and close matches were the rule, the list
of entrants being one of the largest in
the history of this tournament; fifty-two
players starting, of which all but two
turned in cards. Fine weather prevailed
with the exception of Monday morning,
when a heavy shower played temporary
havoc by Hooding the putting greens and
making accurate work here impossible,
the afternoon, however, breaking clear
and a brisk wind clearing up the last
vestige of the storm before play began.
Competition in qualification for the
gross score trophy was keen, Mr. Clallin
leading the field by a margin of two
strokes and a card of eighty-four, Mr.
Armstrong finishing second in eighty
six. Next in order came Douglas Grant
of the Burlingaaic Country Club, New
Haven, with an eighty-seven, and Martin
J. Condon of Wykagyl, with eighty
eight. J. C. Parrish, Jr., of Shinnecock
J lills, and W. K. Gillett of Wykagyl,
made eighty-nine each, and C. L. Becker
of Woodland, N. S. Hurd of the Pitts
burg Country Club, and Leonard Inger
soll of Euclid, tying at ninety, with the
balance of the field close up and ninety
four with four ties, marking the limit of
admission to the first division.
Mr. Armstrong's final match with Mr.
Gillett was won by the liberal margin of
4 and 3, the Fox Hills player striking a
putting streak coming home which was
overwhelming. Mr. Clallin also had mat
ters much his own way in the consolation,
winning from P. L. Lightbourn of St.
George's, Bermuda, by 6 and 4.
The matches of the tournament were
those won and lost by Mr. Becker with
Mr. Clallin and Mr. Gillett; the former
ending on the home green and the latter
on the seventeenth. Mr. Becker had
teenth in the order named.
E. J. Spauldiug of Burlington, won and
lost nineteen hole matches, and II. W.
Ormsbee of Brooklyn, pulled through a
winner in a twenty hole match, only to
lose a nineteen hole contest which was
well nigh won when the shower inter
fered with his game.
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is told in the following complete qualifi
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the first match well in hand at the fif
teenth, two up and three to go, but the
Weston player rallied for wins on the
sixteenth and seventeenth, taking the
latter with a two, but losing the eigh
teenth and the match on a half stymie.
In the match with Mr. Gillett the Wood
land player evened the score on the
eleventh green, gaining a lead on the
thirteenth, halving the fourteenth, but
losing the fifteenth, sixteenth and seven-
QUALIFICATION SCORES.
president's cup.
Thomas M. Clallin, Weston Country, 41 4.' 84
Emerson Armstrong, Fox Hills, 45 41 86
Douglas Grant, Burlingham Country, 43 44 87
M.J.Condon, Wykagyl, 42 46 88
J. C. Parrish, Jr., Shinnecock, 44 45 89
VV. K. Gillett, Wykagyl, 42 47 89
N. S. Hurd, Pittsburg Country, 44 46 HQ
Leonard Ingersoll, Euclid, 44 46 90
C. L. Becker, Woodland, 45 45 90
E. J. Spaulding, Waubaushee, 46 43 91
RETURNS HOME A NEW MAN
Fresh Air and Sunshine Work Wonders
for Bandmaster Sousa.
In Spite of Itestraint Great JNunI
cian'a Genial I'ernonality
lleniains Uncuang-ed.
1TEIJ two weeks spent
here in the fresh air and
sunshine, recuperating
from his recent illness,
Bandmaster John Philip
Sousa returns to New
York a " new man " as he expresses it ;
more delighted than ever with the Vil
lage and looking forward eagerly to his
return with his famil)r, for a more ex
tended visit later in the season.
Under doctor's orders, Mr. Sousa has
been forced for the time being, to forego
the more strenuous sports of shooting
and riding to which he is an ardent
devotee, and in consequence, most of his
time has been spent in walks through
the country-side, beginning with short
trips and gradually increasing their
length as he gained in strength daily.
In spite of his restraint and temporary
physical weakness, the great Band
master's genial personality and keen
appreciation of humor remain unchanged,
and he has been t he central figure of an
interested group whenever ensconced in
a comfortable chair in hotel lobby or
sunnj' veranda.
So much is this a part of his nature
that the humorous side of his condition
in contrast with his usual splendid
health, has amused rather than worried
him, as is shown by a letter written early
in the week to a member of his family
and accompanied by a photograph in
walking or hunting costume. The letter
is couched in the language of "Sandy
Goggles" of "Pipetown Sandy,'' Mr.
Sousa's book which, by the way, is a
collection of boyish experiences written
by the man in retrospection :
Concluded on pagt 11)
Pinehurst, N. C, December 30, 1907.
Dear Dink :
This pictur' shows me only pretendin.' I ain't
bin huntin', I ain't bin' ridin'; 1 just bin sittin'
'round with the rockin chair brigade an'a-tellin'
them how the mike multiplied in me when I was
ptonialned. But I'm goin' huntin cause I can
hear the quails a-callin' and a-callin', and I'm
a-comin' !
The doctor sez I'm conveylessing I don't
know what that is but when you got it, you feel
like the fust dayyurgoout after yur had the
mumps; only your skin don't peel off!
Happy New Year!
Sakdy Coggles.