The sun., 1901-08-03
WEST GETS GOLF HoNoRS.
WILL SMITH LEADS the FIELD
AT THE HOLLYWOOD TOURNEY.

WILL SMITH LEADS THE FIELD
AT THE HOLLYWOOD TOURNEY.
Anoesssn. ne Open Champlsa. 0aly
Beaten . stroke s-Lsw. Park. Nlchsis
end Campbell Ted Ter Fsur Msasys
Douglas the Only Amateur 70 Get
Place -ahlnnecsck HIM. Cup Hlnale.
As.ot from the West beat all the scots
OF the Fast for first honoTs yestsrdey at
the aIl-coners. tournament of the Holly
wood Golf Club. The winner was VIII Smith.
Midlothian Golf Club. the open champion
Of 1890. who scored lea. win Anderson. the
opcn champion. was second. with les. then
In the money came John Parx. George low.
bernard Nichols and "Nipper- Campbell
tied for four moneys with ieo. while the
seventh ,plucc was taken by the amateur.
Findlay y. Douglas. with les. The prizes
were siso. 500. sis. 10 be divided and si0
tn buy a prize for Douglas. These are the
hare details OF an interesting and novel
golHng oompetition. for II was only the second
ti,nc that professionals have had q chance
to play in the Metropolitan district since
isos
The Hollywood links is long and properly
guarded with hazards. the general effect
hotels and cottages recalling 81. Andrews
or the general Scottish links near a town.
Grlfnths. the westbrook pro-. said that the
turf was better than on his own course. for
1. yielded more readily under the club.
He thought the winning score . shade
better than Gardner's 1877 In the recent tourna-
ment at Westbrook. The putting greens.
however. had been shorn 50 close that they
were as fast As deal door. q circumstance
that bothered ono and all. VIII Tucker.
who has played In all our open tournaments
since 1905. passed q proper verdict when he
said: 1T Is the best test Of golf ever offered
TO the professionals In this country To
score well every stroke must be perfect one.
II Ia a better course than any OF the open
championships have been played on and
therefore, the results have great value In
determining the standard Of the competi-
There were si1,y-six starters, twenty, Of
whom were amateurs. Flfty-nlne finished
% ss or oves they had 70 drop % oat Tor Ss
1ualiaed TO keep on In this division There
setor Snd only wi e Smith ss
and "Nipper- Campbell OF the placed d.
vision lowered their scores In the fate round
third aud fourth holes Of the last nine on ihe
annoyance from the photographers. who
were swapping cameras on him from every
side
Smith had i-7s, duo to topped drive but
q 80 on his third nine made amends The
consensus OF opinion among the pros was
lead. Anderson ascribed his defeat to
the fifth hole, a par four. which Smith had
each time In three. He beat me siI strokes
on on this one hole. said Anderson. 1T tells
The value of . good put when needed was
demonstrated by Anderson on the home
nt h. A.xnv Frx. D.
for a three. II meant $50 in his pocket at
slipped up on a foot put for four on this
$50. Parks last nine holes cost him possibly
!Ae first plass. .,, for he followed up three ans
while Campbell's best work was four % on
bpusl.ss and Bernard Nichol. led tn.
the eighteenth hole Smith led with 81 At
xs5. Smith is ifs PaTs aSd 1n nDCns,; q,
Campbell. I2e.. figures that show 1t was a
hard hard fight and anybody's race on the last
Eoth the rrst and second players are well
known on the METROPOLITAN links, although
Smith has not been seen here since his tour
IN n issa % when Sn they s sest John REID M H and
". B. Smith. the Yale team. They drive long
balls from grand swing. Smiths pecnllarity
club head. Playing the irons spith grips
on the wood, bnt Anderson has his hands veil
up on tho leather. Both put with cleekss
and In the orthodpx style. suppleness and
quickness mark the general style OF both
without any idiosvncrasiss OF grip or clubs.
Brown was but stroke outside the placed
division. and. Of the fall downs that provoked
talk tho most important was that OF David
Bell. the Chic goan, who broke his ankle
in California last winter and had the trouble
come b,ck again to spoil the hopes he had
entertained from his rood rounds In practice.
There was large and enthusiastic gallery
~ follow nearly every Dair and also large
CATHERINE Of enthusiasts at the starting tee.
Th' club sent scorers with each pair. Some
who served In this capacity were:
Hugh O'Donohue, W. T. Stern, W, d. KIsour
II. b, Mcclellan, II. r. Lirburger. Tracy Harris
A. Holland. ". I. May. A. Forsch, Theodore Seis.
man, r. G. Macdonald, Percy r. King. l.. l.. lam
bert, Frank z, Henderson, A. 8. Rossin. G. 8. Balm.
y. G. Heidelberg, ". n. G. Clark and Arthur
McAieenan.
The distances were played as follows:
asa, 3ss. soi. 33s. FAC, 602 2+7, 2ss. 23i. Total
S,li7 yards
Scotch foursome, the winning teams to get
$3.50. si2S and 500 Twenty-seven teams
are entered The most important pairines
are Smith and Anderson, Douglas and Hum
ter, Low and Brown. Kirk and Toler, Park
and Hobens, Tucker and Ball, Wilson and
Grifilths and Davis and Rawlins. The sum-
mary:
PRIzEwISNERs' LIST.
WIN Smith. Mdlothlan--