Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-15
Chicago Man Takes Anderson's Place
at Baltimore Links.
PARK TAKES AN ADVANCED PLACE
Golfers Start Out Determined to
Make Better Scores Today.
FINE WEATHER FOR PLAY

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| rounds in the open championship.
| good majority of those who competed
yesterday turned up at the first tee this
| morning for the remaining 36 holes, and
| with twenty or more players within hailing
| distance of Willie Anderson. the leader.
| there was naturally considerable specula-
| ton before the play started as to the final
| outcome of the event
| Although the start was scheduled at s
| O'Clock it was nearly half an hour later
| before the first pair. David Hunter and
! James FOULS, drove off.
The weather was the best of the week,
| clear sky with no wind. but heavy dew
| made the reluctant about starting as
i the fair green at o clock was very wet,
| while the greens were slow.
! Most of the spectators waited for the An
| derson-H Herd match to start, and in doing
| So were given an exhibition of some of the
| finest driving of the two days At least a
| dozen of the players reached the 2Jo-yard
! mark, while a number exceeded it. Gill
| bert Nichols of Boston drove 215 yards,
! but the hole cost him five. Lawrence
| Auchterlonie reached the 265-yard mark.
Ball of Washington made 26O yards; Way,
| 25o yards; Alec. Smith, 300 yards, and
| Peter Walker. 253 yards.
| Alec FindIey's Good Luck.
Alec Findley had all the luck on the first
| hole, for after his ball struck the top Of the
| bunker and dropped over he holed out his
| third shot in fine 50-yard approach.
| Willie Smith also made the first hole in
| three. which at made him warm
| favorite. as his total last night but
| one stroke behind the leader Anderson.
| however, caught the crowd. and gallery
| of fifty started behind him and Herd. An
| derson was short on his drive. but his sec
! ond cleared the bunker, and he holed out
| in the regulation four strokes.
| Herd. on the other hand, put his second
| shot into the bunker, and while he reached
| the green on his fourth he took three more
| to hole out, the hole costing him seven,
| which well nigh ruined his chances for any
| prize money.
| ly, was short on his second, rolled up with
| in three yards of the hole in three, missed
| his put and holed out in five.
! Alec Smith made the hole in good clean
| four and a majority of the players did
| likewise.
| BY 10 o'clock twenty pairs had started
| off, which very gratifying to the COM
| mittee
| Results of Morning Play.
| The result Of the morning play for the
| third round some fine scores, and
when the sixty-six players had finished the
| eighteen holes it was found that Willie
Smith Of Chicago had taken Anderson's
| place as leader, his of 10, with his
| 159 of yesterday, giving him 23S for the
| three rounds. Young Alex. Campbell also
pulled ahead of the favorte. making a re-
| markable score of "a going out and ending
| his mornings play with -, which made
| his total 242.
The feature of the morning play was
Jack Parks score of IA, the record of the
| course, which placed him among the lead
ers, with total of 2i3.
| Anderson's play was a disappointment to
| host of ardent hackers, and his round of
| IS set him back with total of 23 and
| tie with Park. Anderson seemed utterly
| unable to put, usually his strong point.
| Alec Smith made an 81, with total of
245 up to the fourth round.
| w. H. Way of Detroit also kept up his
game, with an so for the third round and
| total of 245. Horace Rawltns was 50.
| with total of 246, and Peter Walker of
| Chicago was another lucky man. making
| the lowest score of the day, a. which
| brought his score down to 247 and a good
| chance at of the prizes. Champion
| Herd wrecked his chances by 93, which
| left him with a total of 264.
| Alec Findlay was another 70 man for the
morning, his total for the three rounds be-
ing 253.
George Low of Dyker Meadow fell down
| with an 50, leaving his total go.
| The players started at 1 o'clock for the
| final round of 10 holes.
OF the sixty-six who started in the morn
| ing quite number dropped out, including
! Travis.
AndersOn-Herd Contest.
| The event of yesterdays golf playing at
| the Baltimore Country Club was the con-
| test between Willie Anderson and Cham
| pion Herd. In the morning round Herd
| was badly off in his form and allowed An
| derson to come In eight points ahead, the
| score being II to 50. Anderson's driving
| was not so much to brag about, but his
| approaches were remarkably fine. On the
| greens he was over-ambitious and made
| his puts too strong. Herd drove well N
the morning-in fact, rather OVERRIDING the
| thing. Many of his drives were also lack
| ing in accuracy. with the consequence that
| he got a number Of very poor ties, while
| his opponent generally managed to land in
| a good place
| In the afternoon Herd started off very
| briskly, driving accurately and playing
| good all-round game. Up to the ninth
| hole it was nip and tuck, with Herd in the
| lead, SO to 40; but then Anderson began to
pick up while Herd fell into hard lines.
| On the way to the ninth hole Anderson
| stroke to get out. Anderson made beau
| tful drive from the eleventh tee, sending
| his ball some distance beyond the ditch
| In another shot both landed within foot
| or so of the hole but from hard luck or
| bad playing it cost two strokes to get In.
| Anderson's Star Play.
Anderson made his star play at the thir-
| teenth hole. He approached badly, barely
| reaching the edge of the green, but by
| remarkable put got in the next stroke.
| This put was about 80 feet and brought
| much applause from the gallery. Herd
| drove to a miserable place from the fif-
| teenth hole, but his skill in getting out OF
| tight squeezes came into play.
| Anderson's beautiful driving told all
| through the afternoon. especially after ne
| took his brace, and they finished with him
| in the lead, 81 to So. Anderson.s total ior
| the day was 49, which makes him favorite
| for the championship.
! Herbert NJ Hartman. the amateur cham
pion proved that amateurs cannot hope to
| compete successfully against experts who
devote their whole time to the game He
was paired with Alec Smith and finished
the day with 175. Smith played steadily, in
| excellent form, and did his two turns in 163
which has caused many of the wiseacres to
| count him dangerous man today.
Another man who will be serious prob
| lem today is young Val Fitzjohn, who went
around in So and 80 These scores are
| considered good work, and as he plays
clear-headed, steady game, he is pretty
| sure 70 be in the money
rers, who confidently expect him to give the
others run for their money.
Anderson. Fitzjohn and Low. on yester-
days form, are the leading aspirants for
| the championship; but golf Is so full of
| nd IA mites that 1t ia a all