New-York tribune., 1906-10-25
FOUR GOLF TEAMS TIE.
WILL PLAY OFF TO-DAY.
Hutchinson and Terry Win Profes
siOnaI FOursOme Tournament.

Four-ball competitions claimed the attention
Of the golfers the links of the Forest mn
Field Club yesterday. Practically all those VINO
competed in the championship tournament Oh ''ie
Eastern Professional Golfers Association on
Tuesday took part In the professional four
somes Jack Hutchinson, of ST Andrews, anu
Orrin Terry. of the wykagyl Country CLUB
won with a best ball OF SO. In the afternoon
amateurs teamed with the pros" and when the
last pair had holed out it was found that no
less than four teams had tied for the lead with
best ball scores OF ~.
1t decided that the leaders should remain
over and settle the tie to-day. The four pairs
were F. ]. Egner and Will Gaudin. Theodore
Crane and Ben Nichols Walter Kobbe and
George Low, and ]. D. Foot and Herbert Strong.
Additional money was put up that the cash
prizes to-day will be 500 to first and $50 to
second There two cups for the amateurs
When play began in the professional four
somes Isaac Macke and George Low appeared to
have excellent chance. did Alec Campoell
and George Thomson. players who finished
second and third. respectively. on Tuesday.
Neither of these combinations succeeded in
working we'll together however. Hutchinson and
Terry dropped only a stroke going out Tney
needed five at the difficult fourth hole. other
wise their card showed nothing but par figures
Coming in they continued TO play high class
golf, and the 3s at the sixteenth and seventeenth
holes were better than par. Terry. in the opn-
ion of Alec Smith and VIII Anderson. IS the
most promising homebred professional developed
in recent years. He has Jared well in this tour
nament. getting fourth money on Tuesday. in ad-
dition to dividing S75 with Hutchinson yes
terday.
Willie Norton and g. Turnbull finished Sec
ond. with best ball of 40. and each received
$50. Third money S25. was divided between
Jack Pearson and A. H. Fem and George
Sparkling and d. Ogilvie. The best the Smith
Pirie combination could get "A.
Interest was added to the tournament in the
afternoon by the presence of a number of we'll
known amateurs. Jerome D. Travers, the Met
ropolitan Golf Association champion. was paired
with Tom Anderson The combination fin
ished down the list Anderson and Travers
played round with Walter Kobbe. the Baltusrol
champion. and George Low. After Kobbe had
the first hole for his side with a capital 3.
ten holes halved in quick succession. A
on the twelfth green gained a stroke for Kobbe
and Low, and Kobpe earned another with a
at the short thirteenth hole. Travers brought
off long put for at the fourteenth. and
got back two of the lost strokes. but Indifferent
playing at the seventeenth cost the Montclalr
pair stroke. and any chance for first place.
Kobbe and Low got T2. while Travers and An
derson took "a Travers had an Individual score
of 76. Kobbe deserved the credit for the for
ward position of his team for, besides winning
two holes outright, he got ) on the ninth green
by hong out mashie shot
Gaudin made the best individual score. with
T. The Poughkeepsie professional had T. J.
Egner for partner, and as the latter failed TO
figure prominently Gaudin had to rely entirely
upon his own resources. He began with a
at the 2OO-yard first hole. He got a at the
520-yard fifth hole. but dropped a stroke at the
short seventh. At that he went out in 33. A
bit of hard luck cost him a stroke at the home
hole. The summary follows: