WAAL AL WNENS ees (i aes Z poe 4 ss : ¥ 7 Ps £ iP . Fs : I i E gS & By PRUDENTIAL = : ee . . SS & - ' © , ' "2 STRENGTH OF |! e 7 tA ) ; 3 . 3 = i A S : 3 my : ® LIFE INSURANCE FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN. YALE GOLFERS. Some of the Players, Graduate and Undergraduate, and Their Work. The tremendous popularity which golf has won in the athletic world dur- ing the past year or two implies of course that Yale and Yale men are deep in the game and are doing things in that line worth writing about. The fact that Yale’s only inter-collegiate championship during the past season was won by the golfing contingent speaks strongly for the position the game holds in the University. It is not the intention of this sketch to chronicle the performances of all the leading players throughout the country, who chance to be Yale men, but simply to note the performances of a few which have come especially to notice of late. S. D,: Bowers, ex. 07, J. ea, r., ‘99, W. B. Smith, ’99, and A. M. Coats, 91, are perhaps the strongest quartet, so deserve first mention. “Bowers, of St. Andrew’s and Otsego, and Reid, of the New Haven Club, have played steadily during the season with almost uniform success. The former has proved a more consistent winner in open tournaments, while the latter has done remarkable work at medal play and in establishing new records on various courses. No less than nine such records, so the report reaches this office, are held by Reid. Coats is a player whom it is very hard to “get a line on” before the National Tournament at Chicago, in- asmuch as he refrains from frequent playing in open events and contents himself with taking things quietly until the championship is on. Last year he performed splendidly in the National and was ranked among the first six players in the country. Reid and Coats, by the way, both learned the game in Scotland originally, and thus have an advantage of no small amount over the average player. Walter Smith of Onwentsia and Wheaton completes the first quartet. Of his play this Summer little report has been made, but what has been given redounds highly to his credit. In Chicago, the centre of American golf, he is ranked as among the very best, and many look to see him land the national championship this coming week (Sept. 14-18). In addition to these four there are R. Terry, Jr., 98, a very strong player, prominent also as Captain of the Yale team, and President of the Intercol- legiate Golf Association. Terry has played chiefly at Newport during the vacation, and is scratch man among the numerous players of that vicinity. He also did good work in the Sea- bright and Shinnecock Hills tourna- ment. W. R. Betts, ’98, and H. T. Kneeland, ’97, are the only other members of the University team whose names have been frequently seen, during the sum- mer. Ofthe two Havemeyers and Craig Colgate no report has come in. NEW MATERIAL FOR YALE GOLF. Entering College this. Fall are two exceedingly clever players, Robertson of the Hotchkiss school and Cheney of South Manchester, Conn. These two are said to have unusual ability at the game, and should strengthen the under- graduate team this coming season. Play on the New Haven course is by no means confined to undergradu- ates, for almost any day during term time a number of the Faculty may be seen busily at work with driver and iron. Of these the most active are Professors Woolsey, Hooker, Beebe, Raynolds, Hadley and Fisher. Among the well-known golfers of the country may be mentioned the . following alumni: i, SWeney, ex. ’90S., of Albany; Rev. Dr. Rode- rick Terry, ’70, president of Ardsley; J. B. Tailer, 96, and H. S. Brooks, ’86, of same club; Wyllys Terry, ’85, and W. K. Fowler,.’95, of Dvkes Meadow; R. B. Duyckinck, ’91, of Morristown; Austin Colgate, ’86, of the Essex County Country Club; Albert Francke, ’o1S., and R. P. Huntington, ’91, of Far Rockaway; W. T. Haviland, ’8o, Captain, and S. B. Thorne, Jr., 96, of the Brooklawn Club of Bridgeport; A. Z. Huntington, ’95S., and Rev. W. R. Richards, ’75,- of Plainfield, N. J.; Julian W. Curtiss, ’79, and G. B. Phelps, os, of the Fairfield County Country Club of Greenwich; F. H. Betts, ’or, of Shinnecock Hills; G. B. Case, 94, of Madison, and C. P. Lineaweaver, of the Philadelphia Cricket Club. —__—_-o0o Gouverneur Morris, Jr., ’08, has a short story in the August number of the Century. Mr. Morris is an editor of the “Yale Literary Magazine.” VW ey THIS IS ONLY AN “AD.”’ BUT IT WILL ATTRACT YOUR ATTENTION, THEN INTEREST YOU, AND THEN DO YOU GOOD. WE ARE AS CONFIDENT OF THIS, WHATEVER YOUR OWN PRESENT OPINION, AS THAT YALE UNIVER- SITY WILL OPEN ITS DOORS ON THE THIRTIETH OF THIS MONTH. BEFORE COMMENCEMENT, 1898, THE TEN THOUSAND OF THE “YALE FAMILY” WILL LEARN (AND WE MODESTLY BELIEVE TO THEIR PROFIT) A FEW THINGS ABOUT AN AMERICAN FINANCIAL. INSTITU- TION, WHOSE RECORD FOR THE PAST TWENTY-. TWO YEARS MAKES IN ITSELF A‘ VERY INTEREST- ING CHAPTER IN THE INSURANCE AND ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY. A FEW POINTS WILL BE GIVEN HERE ABOUT IT FROM TIME TO. TIME. WHEN FURTHER INFORMATION 1S DESIRED, THE FAMILIAR ADDRESS WILL SUFFICE: THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE CO., JOHN F. DRYDEN, President, Newark, N. J. Yale Tennis Players. Four undergraduates of Yale have played in many of the important tennis tournaments this summer. These are: G..P Sheldoa, jr, 1900, G. PP. Dodge ’99, Richard Hooker, ’99 and ie bee = Hackett, 1900. Sheldon, together with Ware, won the first place in doubles at Orange, Niagara and Newcastle. By winning the Western championship in doubles at Chicago, they won the right to play at Newport where they defeated the English team, Nisbet and Mahoney. Dodge won first place in singles at Sorrento, and he and Hooker the first place in doubles at the same place. — At Newport Dodge won the Consolation. These four Yale men will probably represent Yale in the Intercollegiate Lawn Tennis Tournament this Fall. Dodge'and Hooker have won the right to this place, the former because he is College champion, and_ the latter by winning the University Tennis Tourna- ment last Spring. 1 2 f There are to be three representa- tives of the University in singles and two teams in the Intercollegiate Tour- nament, and soon after College opens a tournament will be held to decide - who shall be the third representative in singles and the third and fourth in doubles. If Sheldon wins, as he prob- ably will in this tournament, he and Dodge will make up one team_ in doubles, and Hackett is spoken of as the most promising man to play on the other team with Hooker. ——_———_»eo—____——_- A False Report About a Former 97 Man. It is not customary or desirable to follow all reports about Yale and Yale men. It will, however, be a relief to a good many graduates to know that the unfortunate rumor concerning Mr. Huntington Mason, formerly a mem- ber of the Class of ’97, and son of E. G. Mason, ’60, which alleged his sudden death at his home in Chicago, is quite false. The report was very widespread and caused a great deal of anxiety. The mistakes arose from confusion of name with that of another Mason who was outside of this family. The New Exchangeable Policy 6os DOF ERE. i Phoenix Mutual Life ... Insurance Co., of Hartford, Conn. Provides insurance for life at a low premium, with guaranteed Cash, ‘Paid-up, Loan and Extended In- surance Values. And at the same time the policy can be changed a few years later to a Limited Pre- mium Life or Endowment Policy without losing advantage of the “premiums already paid, or having to pay a higher premium on account of advanced years. For sample policies, terms, etc., address the Home Office. 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