The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-19
SUPREME AT GOLF.
HI WINS THE OPEN CHAMPLoNsHIP
IN BRILLIANT STYLE.

- Smith Ytsishes y CFedItabIs s~eesna-The
Nyinnsr Makes . Remarkable Average
n. e. Leeds Drops Behind In the Lapt
TIVE RsuhaS-LisJd FInds Lack AGsisst Hiu.
HAMILTON, Mass, June 18.-A great surprise
occurred in the open championship Of the United
States Golf Association to-day. All the leaders
were upset, aud an outsider, Herd OF Chicago.
did the trick. Herd, who has not been OF
the ship two weeks, 10 q brother of the
two Herds famous abroad as professionals.
This Herd, who intends to become q citizen
here. plays . grand game. and no will win many
moro prizes. The final score OF the match was
Herd. 32s. and A, Smith. 335. Smith, although
second, wAS seven strokes behind tho
winner. which shows how Herds game
surpassed the others. Herds average for tho
seventy.two holes played was, on nine.holo
rounds, Al. a total seldom equalled by any player
abroad. Few thouEht that any player would
equal 40 In the present tourney.
1t cannot DO said that either Of tho placed men
showed golf that our amateurs should initiate.
Herd IL far in form from the golfer as illus
trated in the Badmlnton books. He walks
on the tee in q slow and dosultory sort
of way. After having fixed his ball
Herd sways his club over 1t once or twice and
then swipes, In tho swing Herd has q short
hitch. which recalls J. A. Tying. but Herd 10
far moro effective. Herd won his prominence
BY the great game he played on two Of the nnSl
rounds.
been here for years could cut q figure against
eur old.timers In the game. As for the amateurs.
there was q great disappointment, H.. g. Leeds,
who had made a showing on the first day that
no other amateur had ever made in this co4n.
try: 1Hcc9mbed on the last two rounds, For
y S1' much "Ss hard q. "s sSst s shst o fssi I L Sisst
Leeds fell down, and thereafter no was
Dot In the race. Lloyd, the outgoing champion,
win the title again. but the circumstances were
Too much cannot DO said about the game put
up by Herd. No professional In auld Scotia
not even his two famous brothers. Sandy and
Dave, could have eQuallod his score. Herd felt
greatly elated At winning the title OF open cham
months ago he, was a club maker in a st. An
drew's shop. Now Herd has become an open
champion.
There was q grand attendance of enthusiasts
in the Golhng gamo at MyopiA to-day. Society
had more sway than the competitors. or the
S%Sn . &Sdsrson 'a and E Jcs Iloy syTBP but neither Sss could %iid
win. Will Tucker. }. D.. Dunn, Willie Dunn,
and Willie Campbell. the last two being paired
rivals seemed to have the call. Flat" was the
verdict passed on the result of the open chain
pionship. yet II IL almost toe carly to
thing, however. may DO Said-the amateurs
who thought they were good all fell
By the Waylide, and the amateurs who were not
lAll-down was phenomenal. Curtis, the intercol-
leginto champion, did not play up to the form he
showed at Ardsley. Shaw put up q good game,
except w. Rutherford. who has been playing
golf abroad, and who 10 now showing 9 game
that would beat half tho amateurs in this coun.
try. To sum up. the result Of tho open cham
pionship was Scotland frat and the rest of our
players merely students. Tho scores follow: