New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-22
ABBOTT A GOLF CHAMPION
WELL EARNS THE TITLE.
KnouIeS Beaten an Final of Intercot-
Legiate Tournament.

Robert Abbott. of Yale is champion OF the
intercollegiate Golf Association. He won the
title on the links of the Garden City Golf Club
yesterday, defeating Ellis Knowles. also of YALE
by up and to play in the thirty-six hole final
round.
Abbott, who is a member of the Plainheid
Country Club only recently celebrated his
eighteenth birthday and Knowles IS a year his
senior and comes from Pensacola Fla. When
they started out on their all-day journey In the
morning it vas blowing gale. and the keen
air made heavy sweaters comfortable. Inc
match was good one and closely contested
throughout The new champion contents MN
sell with a three-quarter swing. but the cluD
head is travelling with rare speed when it meets
the ball. The follow through is ideal, so 1t is
not surprising that he gets plenty of distance on
the tee.
They halved the first hole in 3; not bad against
the gale. After halving the short second in 3
Abbott broke the ice with a par at the third
They halved the next three holes in 6. g, ., Abb
bolt making brilliant recovery TO save himself
on the sixth green His third shot left his ball
lying badly in the rough, but his effort in getting
cut of the trouble laid the ball stone dead. TAX
ing excellent advantage of the wind Abbott al
most reached the seventh green on his second
shot The hole is $50 odd yards and he won
it In 3.
The wind was also favorable going to the
eighth, and following $50 yard drive Abbott
made a mashie shot within twenty feet of the
cup and holed for 3. This made the Plainheld
boy s up, but as Knowles the ninth in f.
the Jersey player turned for home UP. He
went out in ~, to A for the Southerner-
They halved the tenth in B. but weak third
shot cost Knowles the eleventh. This made him
3 C0wn again. but he recovered the lost ground
a moments later when Abbott lost his ball
going to the twelfth.
The latter then won the fourteenth fifteenth
and seventeenth holes, making him up stand
ing the eighteenth tee. He topped into the
pond, allowing the other to win the hole in 3.
Abbott, of course, looked like a wnper then, as
four holes is good deal to make up in an eigh-
teen-hole round His card OF 81 was excellent
considering the conditions Knowles did SS.
Starting out in the afternoon. Knowles pro-
ceeded to make a good uphill fight, He won the
first hole in and after halving the second in
took the third, because his opponent lost his ball
In this Abbott a trife unlucky, as his cad
die found the ball just after he gave up the
hole. This left Knowles only down. and he
helped things along by winning the fifth in 4.
They halved the sixth, but Abbott played the
long seventh perfectly His second shot fell
few yards short of the green. and running up
his approach within a yard Of the cup, he holed
for 4, stroke under par.
Now UP again, Abbott came within an ace
of duplicating his at the eighth In the morn
ing round. His second shot left him a. 15-foot
put, which just failed to go down. Knowles
had been in trouble on his drive but got haive
In 4, thanks to his dropping 1O-footer. Abbott
misjudged the ninth hole against the wind his
approach falling in the road so that Knowles
won in to g. The latter did not get home on
his second, but pitched stone dead out of the
rough. This left Abbott only l up turning for
home.
They halved the tenth In and the eleventh
III 1. The latter hole was comedy OF errors.
Both drove into trouble, but Abbott after hav-
Ing to play out short made the trap on his third
His next was short and he barely managed to
get a {. Knowles, after overpaynG the green
on his third looked to have the hole at his
mercy. His recover was weak and then IL was
case OF three gentle puts from distance of
fifteen feet.
From out of the rough Abbott laid his second
dead, within twelve inches of the cup at the
twelfth. 1t was a simple matter to tap the ball in
for B. thereby winning the hole, Knowles
took the regulation two puts for a 4. One OF
those Incidents happened on the thirteenth
green which must ever occur in golf. Abbott
4-foot put for a halve In addressing the ball
Knowles moved 1t Internationally with his
putter Il was a question in the minds of some
whether the ball had moved sufficiently to be
counted stroke. but the principals decided T.
lad That made Abbott 3 up. and practically
settled Knowles. The latter missed short nut
TO win the next hole which they halved in ; but
he took the fifteenth in > to when Abbott got
bunkered his drive
Abbotts lead was tlen reduced to up bur
the match terminated the next green
Knowles slicing his drive into the rough and
taking two more to get hole high Abbott was
mashie. and won in to O. and the match bv
UP and TO play. Their cards follow: