The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-27
COLTS OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
WILL ANDERSON LEADING IN
RECORD SCORING.
Aucht erlonie. After Hard Luck. Tied With
AIeck smith ana Gardner Next In Line
-DouEias and Reinhart Ahead Of
Alnat eurs--Nslter Travis Does Poorly.

-Douglas and Reinhart Ahead Of
Anat eurs--.Nalter Travis Does Poorly.
Two Of the ,rst seven TO finish In the open
Ing thirty-six hoes OF the open championship
| Yesterday at tho Baltusrol Golf Club were
| amateurs. but, which was quite out Of the
! reckoning, Walter Travis was not In this di
vision. The leader was viii Anderson. with
$40: then, with the total of 1874. were Aurhter-
! Ionic, the title holder. Gardner and A1eck
| Smith, while the next trio were Brown. Find
| lay Douglas and Frank Reinhnrt. all at 1855
| Anderson y score was eqialled on the second
dny OF the Open last year by Wrter Travis.
but they low score for the first day was Auch-
torlonie's I5G. He subsequently, won out
with 3O7. Vardon in the open at Prestwick
/ three weeks ago led on the first day With l5o.
! and won in 800, while in the Western open
oh pionship last August Anderson had ISL
for the first thirty-six and won with 200.
There Ia no need to speculate on what the
winning score will he tonight. but the ex-
perts have great hopes Of a wonderful perform
ance. 1t is different game indeed. since
Anderson and Aleck Smith tied in the open
OF 1901 at 33l the last in this country with the
solid ball.
There was great crowd to watch tho
players. which included as many strangers
to the game. to Judge by heir comments.
as the gollng set. Auchterlonie. who is
easily bothered by outsiders. had more than
| once to rebuke individuals In his gallery"
for pressing too close or for loud talking
and others had troubles Of their own from
the same source. The trained golfers who
followed only expressed their emotions
, with a fervent "Ah" after each great drive.
|, like the crowd al the fireworks shows when
a rocket goes up.
Tho L. >. q. A. officials in charge were
Messrs Windcler, lieebner. Ballou. Larkin
and Hsrtin who had the aid also of former
President K. II. Robertson. The Baltusrol
committeeman were Messrs. Graham. Nor
gan and Rayard. DR.. who provided scores
for the forty-fve pairs to start. The first
pair teed up at $50 O'Clock In the morning
and the last pairs left for the second round
at +'25 o clock in the afternoon. the last cards
being in by $40. George Low. the Baltusrol
pro. was one Of the onlookers. and there
were many regrets that he was too sick to
play.
Anderson eaualled the par in his morning
70. and established new competitive records
for both the eighteen and thrtysix holes
at Batusrol. besides beating all previous
records on the first day OF any open cham
pionship. wherever PLAYED. He did not start
until after II, and was fortunate In hay
ing W. {. Carnegie az partner, for the ANA
teur made an ideal coach. There was not a
large following, for the Auchterionie and
Travis matches had drawn OF the bulk of
the spectators.
On the first hole Anderson drove we'll to
the right. to keep away from the out of
bounds that Furnishes a pull. and taking the
bunker by fine braseey play. he made the
green by short pitch and holed in par s.
He was on the second green. 376 yards. with
drive and mashie, getting the needed l.
drive with his brassey spoon carried the
third green 200 yards, and he had par
with ease. The fourth. 4ss yards, was
drive and brassey Anderson pitching
nicely on the green with the mashie and hol-
ing IN the orthodox 2 puts for .. On the
nth. 800 yards. and the sixth. $40 yards.
Anderson made the green's with a drive and
mashie, getting par = Oh each. The
seventh +2a yards, was made In s. stroke
over par for the second, with the brassey
had slight slice and did not hold the green
The uphill eighth hole. 2s3 yards. also par !,
Anderson also recorded 6 on. for his mashie
pitch was too far TO the right to keep the
green To make up. Anderson saved a
stroke on the ninth. 1882 yards. by holng a
put from the edge of the green for 2. This
made the out holes 81. par being 80.
Coming in Anderson recorded n and
successive IS. absolute par. to the fourteenth.
getting OF drives that were a treat to behold.
long and right to the flag. and playing the
short game without the slightest flaw. The
fifteenth, 464 yards. was stroke under par.
for he carried the bunker that guards the
green with drive and brassey. getting
down in 4. Par followed on the NEXT three
holes OF the journey. although on the sly
teenth. 325 yards, he was in the bunker in his
brassev shot, lndsmayed. Anderson made
the green with the niblick and saved the mar
OF 3, Tic came home in 30. the par total
In the afternoon Anderson dropped
stroke on the second and sixth. overplayinE
the green on ,n the t9rms5 ana pulled o.
bail dropped in soft spot, cost him S, the
par being ., but he had the halves in IS. max
foot OF hill and the fair green gets the
drainage of ths surface water, so that twas a
was as apt to occur as "a =. Carnegie had a
{? this time, but Anderson was snort and
dropped into muddy spot
Auchterlonie also he !, here on his morn
ing round. yet he finished in ~, although a
penalty stroke made the recorded card u.s.
His only mistake OF the morning was a pulled
drive on the sixth hole. which hit a tree and
made hin, s. but this set ~ the stroke he
1q for eight oe s shasd M Sats
ainth dropped, the 6nli int9 soft place on on
Auchter Ionic thought he could lift and re-
place the ball loosely. q privilege not granted
linn fs ths op %Ss bn as he
out "Dinna lift. mon; We may be disc uali-
fed"
Auchterlone at once withdrew his ha nd
The scorer then told him to play the imbe tded
ball and also another ball afterward from
the same place and he would lay the matter
before the committee later Auchterlonie
got a with the imbedded ball and Il with
the extra one. The committee could make
but one ruling, under Section 8. which Was
that he should have played the Embedded
ball without cavil. and that he waspenalized
a stroke for having touched it, His morn
ing round OF rs was supplemented by 10
and fourteenth through faulty drives.
with ia for each round. Douglas and Rein
hart IA med their prominence through a great
long game that tried for everything, and
Brown through his splendid approaching
aftern DON wa s ov er the bunker on the fifteenth
40t Yards, in 2 and holed in one put Braid
also had a 3 here. but he holed from oy er the
bunker with his mashe. and on the sixth.
OF $40 Yards. he got Il through holinx OUT
with he same club from hundred yards
Travis was of on his second shots. both in
the morning and afternoon He drove nicely
and was at home In putting, although lacking
the luck on the long tries that usually save
him few strokes In this department. Travis's
card was
2iSr'''..........,,........ .ss ! 9 IS So
Out. .,...,.",5 - 2 IS
isaac Mackie had the remarkable run OF
eight As OH his home journey In the aftern Don:
the odd one was a 9 on the sixteenth. where