The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-11
GOLF.
Aleck Smith Makes New Rec ord At tho
Public Links.

new record OF Oh, earned Dy AecA oihNh'
was the feature Of the play at the Van Cort-
landt Park links yesterday. where there was
a muster of professionals TO get line on the
course in advance of the open competition
to be held on Thursday and Friday. seventy
two holes Of medal play are TO be negotiated
the start to be made on Thursday morning
at 0 O'Clock. The tourn ament committee.
W. II. Beers, Charles Krchner, John {. O'Con-
nell. W. X. Moon and ID. n. Thomas. met
yesterday and announced the prizes would
be six in number, of $3.50. 500 $50. $40. $50
and $50 In addition there will be a special
prize of SOS to the maker of the best thirty
six holes each day.
There were about 400 followers of the nOta-
BILE four ball match yesterday in which the
new record was made. Aleck smith and
Stewart Gardner were opposed to Will And
erson, the open champion. and Herbert
Strong. a new arrival from Cambridge. Eng
land. where ne was employed by the Cog
Magos Golf Club and held the professional
mark for the eighteen hole course OF 70.
Strong is not acclimated and was not UP to
his game by long shot. and while he halved
with Anderson on eleven holes. strong dd
not win in a single instance His total was
no ana reepe %. MaS also e
Smith and Gardner won Out by up and
to play, with a best ball Of 81. Gardner
won out for the pair, on the fifth and fifteenth
holes, each time with g. and he halved with
Smith on ten holes, two OF them being in IS.
GArdner's card was 35i ST. ,,,,o,rad 90, NJ,
the most brilliant and consistent play win
the mashe and putter. made the round seem
eleventh holes, respectively 0! 800, and 81
yards. he ran down puts for g., and he had
a , ON the 1876 yard seventh hole. His rec
ord card was:
in..'.'.... ......4 $50
According to the NJ q, 4. official measure
being @,l2i, yards, Charles Thorn held the
professional record OF 70. made three years
ago, until this spring, when Bernard Nichols
kered now than when Thorn made his score.
but as set-off the turf is now in much better
condition The best ball score for the ihatch
was
Smith ;r,a,s. Gard H,,pa,4 49,. !. : &c
s Anstls5n s' Z silons.t ) 8 5S-%
cludes a hall dozen young honlebred pro
soTre low mada g. 4s ION Anderson
ST.. 81. ii-sl, and Horace RaWlins. 80, SIS
OF ST Paul. school, Garden City, we're
starters in the Greater Boston lnterscholastic
Association eh9mponshp las, MEX al 5si
with SC. but los' in the second round 70 rem
pleton Briggs by, and 3 John B. Hy ui,ao OF
six hole final. Hylan, down in the morning.
winning by ! up. His medal score was 80,
79l6i Richard Kimball Brookline High.
beat A. Sweeney, Andover. for the consola-
ton cup by up In thirty-seven holes
The hnaists for the first cup at the Great
Island Golf club tournament on saturday
were ". j. Travis and A. q lockwood, each
OF whom had made so during the tourna-
Inent They wore all square at the elEh,
teenth. lrayi, W.nnIng on the twehly-secohd
hole.
Handicaps have been issued by the Western
Coli Asso 10, on, II. j. TWc"die compiling
the ratings. the .,.' showing $40 players rated
at is or under. Hose with the lowest ratings
follow
H. Chandler Egar. scratch. r. NJ, Byers and
Walter Egan. >. ~ L. sawyer. 3; Kenneth Edwards.
Waiter Fairbanks, c. u. Macdonald. Raymond
Russell. Mason L, Phcps, r. +. Mundy, Louis y,
James. K. T.. Hunter. S j. Fouls and Bruce d.
Smith K Y DnrlclS. Y. HOaCl and, ID. T. Fred
ericks. O. W. Potter, il. W p. Scnaiz ". b Smith,
Alden Swlf: and j. u. Towne, d