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27 YALE MEN IN GOLF. A Remarkably Good Showing in the Summer Tournaments, During the past Summer, college golfers have figured largely in the vari- ous golf tournaments throughout the country and anyone who has followed the results of the tournaments for the past three years has undoubtedly no- ticed the gradual advance of these younger players. Of the Yale men who have been most conspicuous in the vari- ous tournaments are Walter B. Smith, 99: John Reid, Jr., ’99; R. H. Crowell, 98; F. M. Robertson, 1901; R. Terry, Jr., "98; We -Ri Betts, 68 “and C.D. Barnes, 1902. Walter B. Smith started his golfing career this Summer by winning the Fourth of July Cup at this home club at Lake Forest, Ill. The match was open to men who had not played golf prior to 1894. In the same month Smith WALTER B. SMITH, 99. won the prize for lowest gross score in the July handicap. In six team matches, three with the Chicago Golf Club and three with the Milwaukee Golf Club, Smith won four matches and lost two. In the Championship, Smith tied with R. H. Crowell and C. B. Macdonald for the second best score in the qualification round and then won in the play-off. In the match play, Smith easily disposed of J. H. Choate, Jr. of Harvard, who had the day before won the best score prize. Smith then beat Bayard of Princeton, after a close match. G. D. Fowle was the next man who succumbed to him, and in the semi- finals Smith beat C. B. Macdonald of Chicago, who won the Amateur Cham- pionship in 1895. In the finals Smith was beaten by Findlay S. Douglas 5 up and 3 to play, after a very hard fight in which both men showed good form and very superior golf. John Reid, Jr. played in a number of tournaments this Summer. The first one was at Seabright, where he qualified and beat H. P. Toler and later was beaten by W. J. Travis. At Shinnecock he was beaten by G. E. Clark, Jr., of Harvard. While down on Cap Cod, Reid won a tournament on a private golf course on Great Island. At Sara- toga, Reid won the gross score prize in the qualification round and won the tournament later, beating A. D. Coch- rane, ’96, and Jasper Lynch and H. Holbrook, Jr. In the handicap on the last day he also won the gross score prize. In the Labor Day handicap at St. Andrews, his home club, Reid won the prize with an 80, which lowered the record for the course 2 strokes. In the Championship, Reid qualified and beat A. D. Cochrane. He was, in turn, beaten in the second round by C. B. Macdonald, after a very close match. R. H. Crowell, ’98, did not make an appearance in any of the Eastern tour- naments until the Championship. In it he tied for the second best score prize with W. B. Smith and C. B. Macdonald. In the play-off he was beaten by both Smith and Macdonald. At the West- brook tournament Crowell qualified and then was beaten in the first round. T. M. Robertson, 1901, qualified at Seabright and beat two men and was then beaten by H. K. Toler, who after- ward won the tournament. At Shinne- cock, Robertson qualified and was beaten in the second round ay GC Clark, Jr., of Harvard. Robertson then went to the Stockbridge tournament, = where he showed excellent form and defeated J. F. Curtis, the Intercollegiate champion, and two or three other very | fine golfers and finally won the tourna- ment by defeating Joseph H. Choate, Jr. Robertson did not qualify in the ' Championship, as he was not in good health. RR Terry, Jry- 98). Captain: of ast year’s team, did not play in many tour- naments. He was beaten by Foxhall Keene at Shinnecock. W. R. Betts, ’98, has not played much this Summer. At Shinnecock he failed to qualify. C. D. Barnes, 1902, qualified in the Shinnecock tournament and was beaten by H. B. Hollins, Jr., who afterward won the tournament. Barnes did not qualify in the Championship. After the Shinnecock tournament, there was a Summer meeting of the Yale and Harvard teams. The Harvard team was much helped by the presence of G. C. Clark, Jr., and it is only fair to say that the Yale team was greatly weakened by the absence of W. B. Smith. The make up of the teams was: Yale—Reid, Robertson, Terry, Betts, Barnes and Cheney. Harvard — Curtis, Clark, Choate, Barger and Sargent. In the team match Harvard won easily 22—1I0. In the foursome match, R. Terry, Jr., 98, and T. M. Robertson, 1901, were beaten by J. F. Curtis and Bayard Cut- ting of Harvard, 10 up. John Reid, Jr., ’99, and W. R. Betts, ’98, beat J. H. Choate, rand -G.. ©. Clark’ Tr, i up; after the Harvard, men were 2 up and 3 to play. The Yale men took the last 3 holes in 4,3,3. C. D. Barnes, Jr., 1902. and T. L. Cheney, 1901, were beaten by M. Sargent and M. Barger Io up. Harvard thus won by 19 holes. The total of the whole match showed a de- cided victory for Harvard, her players having won by a margin of 31 holes. JouHN REID, JR. Cutting, » wes ee ae Annual Wrestling Bouts. The annual wrestling matches be- tween the Sophomore and Freshman classes of the Academical Department were held on the Hopkins Grammar School lot on Wednesday night, Sept. 28th, at 8 o’clock, and resulted in a vic- tory for the former. The parade headed by a band formed as usual in front of Osborn Hall at 7.30, and marched to the arena. 7 ASST. PROFESSOR P. E. BROWNING. The contestants in the lightweight match were B. Wilson; Jr., 1901, and W. P. Lanagan, 1902, the Sophomore win- ning in two short rounds. In the mid- dleweight C. B. Waterman, 1901, won the first two rounds and the match from P. L. Starne, 1902. In the heavy- weight class, G. S. Stillman, 1901, and S. S. Boardman, 1902, were the repre- sentatives. Stillman won the second and third rounds after the first had been declared a draw. ) The annual Sheffield wrestling matches took place on Saturday even- ing, October 1. The procession formed at South Sheffield Hall and was led by the Senior Class dressed in fantastic costumes. The contests were held in a ‘Iot on the corner of Whitney avenue and Cliff street. L. H. VanEvery, ’98 S., acted as referee and H. Parkhurst, 98 S., was timekeeper. the lightweight match were W. J. Eh- rich, 1900 S., and M. T. Whiteley, 1000 S., the latter winning the match in two straight falls. T. L. Lyons, 1900S., and N. Roberts, 1901 S., responded for middleweight men, the 1900 man win- ning the bout. The heavyweight match, which was the best of the even- ing, was declared a draw. The contest- ants were T. W. Hale, 1900S., and R. E. Flinn, root S. Receptions to Freshmen. Last Friday evening, September 30, the members of the Yale Young Men’s Christian Association gave their cus- tomary reception at the commencement of every year to the new students. The academic reception was held ‘in Dwight Hall and was largely attended. President Dwight and several mem- bers of the Faculty were present. The Glee and Banjo Clubs furnished music, and light refreshments were served in the side rooms. The members of the reception committee were as follows: Chairman—H. B. Wright, ’98; from ’990—F. H. Brooke, C. H. Conner, Jr., R. E. Forrest, W. E. S. Griswold; from 1900—S. B. Camp, F. D. Cheney, P. A, Rocketeer. ~Co -E... Sullivan: —- fom Igor—F’.. G. Brown, Jr., J; H- Childs; W. J. Hoysradt, A. H. Richardson. The reception to the Scientific School Freshmen was held the same evening at 138 College street, and was also well attended. The reception committee consisted of the following: Chairman— L. 3. lreadwell, “00 S.; from’ ’990 S.— C. C. Conway, A. F. Corwin, P. T. Dashiell; from 1900S.—H. S. Brown, W. P. Irwin, H. Richards, Jr. J. A. Allen; 1900 S., won first place in the Lenox Lawn Tennis Club’s open tournament on Saturday, Sept. 25, by defeating J. P. Paret in an exciting four set match. Allen also won first place in the West Side tournament at New York on Saturday,’ Oct. 11. » wy ~~ Or A. W. Lovell, ’909, is in a Sanitarium at Cromwell, Conn., where he has been confined all Summer with a nervous dis- order. He is reported as improving, and is expected to resume his studies about the first of November. ELDER SWAN ON. INSURANCE. The famous revivalist of Connecticut, of fifty --years ago, conceived of the new fad of life insurance as a heinous sin, against which he thundered from the pulpit or convention platform. It was to him a sign of a lack of faith, and one of the “snares of a perverse generation.” In one of his sermons he represented John the Baptist as answering the question as to where he was going, by replying that he had rested on the Jewish religious faith for all these years and yet had been sorely troubled, and he was now going to Jerusalem to get his life insured. Elder Swan pictured the horrible. effect on the new religion if any such illustra- tion of a lack of faith had been allowed’ This incident is interesting as indicating, even 3 by a false conception of it, the ethical side of insurance. As Mr. Woodward says in his history of “Insurance in Connecticut,’ in quoting this incident: “Prejudice yielded to enlightened dis- cussion, and the act condemned by the good Elder as a sin is now rated one of the duties.’’ There is no question that most men reckon life insurance as a duty, and there is also no doubt that it may be made a very pleasant and attrac- tive duty. 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