New-York tribune., 1906-10-24
MORE HONOR FOR SMITH
WINS THIRD GOLF TITLE.
Leads Big Field in the Eastern
Professional Tournament.

added another title TO his long list by winning
the first annual championship tournament OF
the Eastern Professional Golfers Association
over the links of the Forest Hill Field Club
yesterday The national and western titio
holder returned q 36-hole score Of 146. making
73 each round. This total was good enough
| to win by margin of three strokes from Alec
Campbell Of the Country Club Of Brookline'
who returned 149 Dave Hunter. Of the Essex
County Country Club. and George Thompson, OF
the Roseville Golf Club were tied for third and
fourth moneys at 162 each
There were forty-six starters and OF this
number ell save three returned cards one OF
these was VIII Gaudin, OF Poughkeepsie, high
class player. who, after taking an 81 In the
disgusted with his play in the afternoon and
finally decided TO give 1t up.
The scoring was on the high side, and this
occasioned considerable surprise. The course
has a playing length of b,412 yards. with only
two holes where It is impossible for a player to
timber however. most Of which is natural, and
lucky is the man who escapes getting into olm-
guilty at some time during round.
No fault could be found with the way O. ma
Jority Of the pros" played their iron shots TO
the short holes. Going to sixth and fourteenth,
two Of the shortest holes to be found anywhere
in the East. the mashte shots off the tee were
played with deadly accuracy. Many of the
shots dropped within YARD Of the hole, and
the reason that more twos were not recorded
was due to the fact that the balls frequently
became muddy.
Smith, who played with Jack Hobins Of
Englewood. carried the gallery. The champion
played his characteristic straight game-if any
shorten up his swing a trIfe realizing that
direction counted more than distance at Forest
longer bail. Some Some i1i of his 25ooyard tee shots
got off the line. however, and 1t was no un-
common sight to see the native Of North Ber-
Smith did not have much luck in putting and
he trimmed the cup on several green's. Other
wise his total would have been close to 140. He
said last night that. with favorable weather
conditions to-day. he believed he could do 70 or
better.
IN 6 selected score of the entire field The first
hole. 210 yards, was made in by the far-driv-
Mcnamara, the Boston homebred. both re-
corded As at the 620-yard fifth hole. J. Inglis,
Of Larchmont, also had at the long home
hole, but the most brilliant effort was a by
George Kinsman at the 325-yard eleventh hole.
The Brooklawn man holed q 100yard mashie
shot over the brook The selected card of the
field would be IS, as follows:
IN Ga' ::::::::::::::::s 42-ss
AS might be expected, hard luck stories were
drew forth the most sympathy. After returning
rs In the morning, the Platnf1eld homebred got
going at pace in the afternoon that bade fair to
land him IN second place. He was even IS for
fifteen holes and then drive, trifle off the line,
left his ball in an almost unplayable lie. He
circumstances. was lucky to hole out in 6.
Another bit Of hard luck made matters
at the seventeenth, so that instead OF finishing
with about 49, he had to be content with
other rs.
Smith won first money. s125. and Campbell
the second prize Of sS5. Hunter and Thomson
divided 1920, while fifth prize, amounting to $40.
went to Orrin Terry. George Pearson and NJ.
Brady divided sixth and seventh moneys, equal
to $50. The last three moneys amounted to $50.
for which the following seven tied: Stewart
Gardner, Horace Rawlns. Jack" Pearson, NJ.
OLoughlin, Herbert Strong Dave" Honeyman
and Bob" PEBBLES
The attraction this morning will be four-ball
matches between professionals In order TO
make It fair as possible, the names were
drawn out Of a hat This generally resulted
satisfactorily, but the George Low-Isaao Mackie
combination looked rather formidable, as did
the Thomson Campbell team, There will be
three prizes-s75, $50 and s25. This afternoon
other four-ball contest. The pairings for the
morning play follow:
John Hobens and Harry Simpson Jack Hutch
tnson and Orrin Terry. Robert Dow and Bernard
Nichols. Jack Jones and Stewart Gardner,
Chris Crosby and NJ Lawrence Tom Anderson
and VIII Hobens J. Cummings and Bob PEBBLES,
George Sparkling and Dave Ogilvie, Tom Nc
Namara and Tom Gourlay. Joe Hanson and
Jack Mackie. Herbert Strong and William Braid,
Donald Ball and George Pearson, Alec Ross and
Dave Hunter, Will Gaudin and George Kins-
man, Will Norton and George Turnbull Jack
Pearson and A H. Fem, Horace Rawlins and
Alec Cunningham, Alec Campbell and George
Thomson, John Young and NJ Brady Donald
Ross and J. Ingiis Dave Honeyrnan and Martin
O'Loughlin, Alec Smith and Alec Prize, George
Low and Isaac Macke.
The summary of yesterdays play follows: