The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-26
GOLFERS IN BEST BALL TIE.
NICHOLS AND CRANE WIN on
FOREST HILL PLAYOFF.


-Gauuln, tne P~OugnkcepSie Ftaycf'
Scores AIOne-PIay on Other Links.
Only three and a half pairs. Of the four
tied at " in the amateur and professional
best ball competition Of the Eastern Pro-
fessional Golfers Association were on hand
for the playon yesterday at the Forest Hill
Field Club. +. }. Egner vas the absentee. so
that Will Gaudin had to go II alone. The
winners were Bernard Nichols OF the New
York Golf Club and Theodore Crane. a Forest
Hill amateur, who repeated with -. The
Baltusrol Golf Club team. George Low and
Walter Kobbe, won second place with 70.
The professionals won $50 ind s25. while Crane
and Kobbe won handsome cups.
The members believe that the tournament
has been a great success for a first venture, "
said George Low. president of the Eastern
Professional Golfers Association. We are
very grateful to the Forest Hill Field Club
for the hospitality extended to us and for the
energetic way In which its committees helped
TO manage the affair. The success OF the
amateur and professional best ball match was
particularly gratifying TO our organization.
There were thirty-ive amateurs to Join in.
including the NJ. G.. A. amateur champion.
and the field was the largest ever to tee up in
such a competition in this country Many
OF the am ateurs made long journeys to play
the Gig hteen holes and to show their sympathy
with the objects Of our league"
Crane won the seventh and eighth holes for
the successful pair and halved with Nichols
on the first, ninth, tenth. fourteenth. sixteenth
and seventeenth holes. Both were short on
approaches to the sixteenth. and Seventeenth,
so neither could get a 4 on them. Their caro-
was:
out n'"" ..::., sttssSt S--sss-7,
Low and kobbe worked well together,
the amateur always taking the long chance
on the putting green when his partner had a
8 or. cfnched. They had the ill-luck TO make
the holes. which beat them. Their card was:
f% S'."".:":"::." :ssssts $50
Gaudin started as though he might win out
puts carefully. for he had no partner to help
II he overran. On the fifth Gaudin sliced his
drive to the adjoining fair green and he hit
a tree IN playing back with the brassey,
making il a 8. On the thirteenth an over
approach into the road forced another . on
teenth a 5 and he finished with a 9 by slicing
his second so that a tree stimied him. Oau-
din's score:
2r' .".. i:s$s:sS- go,
Foot sacrificed many puts in losing at
tempts to aid his team yet he won ihe th,rh,
ably have had a 4 on the latter, Tor he drove
a remarkably long ball straight down the
course, Some outsiders crossed the line, Of
play before the players got mp and the ball
left with one of them, or al least 1t vanished.
Strong got near The edge OF the 5OO-yard home
green in two. but he only got a ;. lie did not
put as well as usual. This card was
'"...."."." :sSSSsttsLSS IS
The 'playOfr was the only one of the sort on
record at the tournaments; The summary;
Bernard Nickois and Theodore Crane; IS. S7I-52'
bert Strong and James ID. Foot, 80, SIS MN
GAudin. 81, i2-D.
At the Merton Cricket Cmb to-day the second
match for the Lesley tIi-city cup: won Last aStt
year at Garden City ~ the Metropolltan GoH
between the Boston and Philadelphia teams,
Singles will be played in the morning and
aSefhSG team. The PSiladeIphians will cRRoose
their teams from r, r. Sriscom. n v Perrin,
4. " Til!inShast. pr, Simon Carr Z p Nc
Fl. p Smith and Hugh i. Wilson The Boston
Whittemcre, PeEciyal Gilbert @. Il. Crocker.
Richard kimball. n. II. Wilder, Ternpletol
B BTF.S' r : e g. D ThGIrR, Z. E E, S siiffysPs Sndi Hugo I; B,
r. tombstone, captain. The winning team
Will play the NJ. G.. A. team tomorrow.
Boss plumbers and master steamhtters
fought out an Oldtime rivalry OF the links at
the Fox Hills Coli Club YESTERDAY: The Tiy,
the individual golhng skill of members Of the
two occupations during the national trade
The Eastern Trades Golf Association had It's
fifth annual fall tournament scheduled Tor de-
cision at the Fox Hills course. and the match
team. and the Eastern Trades player won By
S to 3, Nassau count. The tally was.
NJ. I. DanfortG, 9. A. v. Maine, JT. 5; Z. H Roberts;
" N.'i S.ss. M. s! !. 81 ssG,i:E' 0. {. s 5. 6 HST .a. 8 g;
c. NJ. BrizSe. 8. Total, 5.
An hands Joined in an eighteen hole medal
scores were very good. and, as to be ex-
peCtcd where a good time Ia the only consider
alton TO draw them to the links a few made
Hills pro, said that one OF the boss plumbers
combined in, his style the faults Of every
cis@d bought Mactie a box Of cigars.
II. 5. Hadden Of the National Masters
steamfttcrs Association won the Visitors,
cup, getting the card OF a.. 900, Fifteen Of
the Eastern Trades Golf Association returned
FIRST se!-,w. Il: Thayers q. IS 81 E. c. Moley,
81. us: II. Z. pSnforh, IS, 20 Io4; 4. s. .ATmSg
Rss; 81; SIG; Z, II, Rpeer MD 90 80 jSSi B, 7:
Howafd Walton, 50. Off, j. j, BIsckmore, as,
s5n,So; II Va s, g. ke s cq Kf ES.;w 20 n 90 ssE Ia q Z. n nlnT,
~ SCT ss.i11' "-'' ~
According to custom the players were
divided into groups Of four to continue at
There was a cup and a second prize in each
set. The scores in the first set also counted
b. Barrett gained his second victory. 1t Is a
a victory scored for IL. The cup results:
uooG: &. Z. barron, %, 30 SS; f.. c. Mol6y. 20. Is
Second Cup-M. T.. Dnnforth. 81. 800; Z. II.
Roberts, So. 3-iOS: a: S. Armsgnac. 81, 2-lCo;
b. |. Ashmun, al. 55-lio.
Third Cup-A. W. Maine. Jr., "a. 47-e9; Howard
Walton. 50, H-I07; w. g. lie Compile, 81. Ss-l3o;
Fourth Cup-A. A. Ainsworth, 81. Still: r. X.
Chew. a., O2-ls+ &. Mcpur. 70, lila.
Golhng members of the Transportation
Club gathered at the st. Andrews Golf Club
Yesterday for a series Of cup contests. The
best gross and net score honors were won by
H.. b. Duryea. with OIL, OIL.
Miss Mabel Y. Rowe won the women's ap-
preaching and putting contest Yesterday at
the Forest Hill Field Club, with 10 points.
Miss Day won the driving contest. Harry
AllsOpp presented the prizes.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-High scores pre-
vailed in the opening days play Of the Chevy
Chase Clubs fall golf tournament to-day as a
result Of heavy sogEy condition OF the ground.
IL was practically impossible to cover the
course In anything near par. figures. an d a
gross OF IT'S was the mark at which three pla y
ers tied for the low score prize. Those three
were SAmuel Dalzell, Chevy Chase, -, OI-I70:
Allen Lard, Columbia, 10, SITS; A. s. Mat
tinRly, Columbia, 40, s0-i75.
The sixteen players who qualified for the
club cup out Of a field OF over eighty contestants
are paired for match play Tomorrow. as fol-
lows:
S. DalzeTI. Chevy Chase. and r. Lewis, Chevy
Chase. Allan Lard. Columbia, and II. II. Dun. Chevy