The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-11
GOLF.
Aieai< Smith Makes New Roc ssd % the
Public LINKS.

new record Of 90, earned by Aleck Smith.
was the feature OF the play at the Van Cort-
lsndt 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 tournament committee.
W. II. Beers. Charles Kirchner. John c. o'Con-
nell, W. r. Moon and d. H. 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 special
prize OF s?5 to, the maker Of the best thirty
six holes each day.
There were about 400 followers Of the rota-
BILE four ball match yesterday In which the
new record was made. Aleck Smith and
Stewart Gardner were opposed TO VIII And
erson, the open champion. and Herbert
Strong. a new arrival from Cambridge Eng
land, where he was employed by the Cog
Masos Golf Club and held the professional
mark for the eighteen hole course OF 49,
Strong IL not scclmated and was not up to
hls game BY long shot: and while he halved
with Anderson on eleven holes. Strong did
not win in a single instance His total was
go and ,Anderson's score OF y WAS also the
Smith and Gardner won out by up snd
4 to play, with a best ball Of 81. Gardner
won out for the pail, on the nth and fifteenth
Smith on ten holes. two Of them being In as.
GARDENERS card was 81. So-T.
the most o R brla D and ND consistent play with
the mashIe and putter made the round seem
an easy one to Smith. on the fourth and
yards, he ran down puts for. 3, and he had
a on the 1876 yard seventh hole. His rec
ord card was:
Gu, ..-......,.:...... .s.....s s.: $50
According to the NJ G. A. Official A. me e sure.
msnt the round j. of AsS yarTss o the bsd ho hes
Of "a made hree
ago until this spring. when bernard Nichols
also made a 10. The course Is better u,. bun
But as a set-oii the turf is now 10 much better
condition. The best ball score for the match
was.
s sml,a ss 3 ssson;: sss:s. &c
s A%s;!;ss s:t s;:ss.:
Guides a half dozen young homebred pro
Ssofze foy nsa s j. ~. i'm A e .Iss
GA. Cunning and Je1 n W i, coe, both
eSsn.sY auS. bTeoSins Dynn ming qsa 4iss,
TIE Lowell textile school and H. II. Wilder
Of Lowell High School met In the thirty
winning by up. His medal score was IS,
7s-lsa. Richard Kimball. Brookline High.
beat A. Sweeney. Andover. for the oonsola-
tlon CUP By / up In thirty-seven holes.
The flnalists for the first cup at the Great
Island Golf Club tournament on Saturday
were w j. Travis and 4. 6. Lockwood, each
Of whom had made q 90 during the tourna-
ment. They were all square at the eigh-
teenth, Travis winning on the twenty-second
hole.
Handlcaps have been issued by the Western
Golf Association, H: j. Tweedie compiling
the ratings, the list showing slO. players rated
at 10 or under. Those with the lowest ratings
follow:
II. Chandler Egan, scratch; z, N. Byers and
Walter Fgan, 2; D. F. Sawyer. 5: Kenneth Edwards,
Walter, Fairbanks, c. B. M.cdonnld, Raymond
James r, f. Hunter, S. j. FOULS and Bruce p.
Smith. 4: r. E. Daniels, r. Hoagland. D. p. Fred
ericks O. W. Potter Jr., W. p. SchAtZ. W. b. Smith.
Alden Swift and j. d. Towne. 6.