The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-23
GOLF.
Preliminary Drives for the Eaatera IRE
fessianal ChamplonshlD.

An entirely q ew tournament ls 70 be lAunched
to-day. 1t is the first annual championship
OF the Eastern Professional Golfers Assooia-
ton. tn composition will be at thirty six
holes OF medal play and will introduce to
the championship round an entirely new
green-that OF the Forest Hills Field Club.
The entry equals a national open champion
snip In class and numbers. Starters from
a distance will be James Cummings. Phila-
delphia; Aleck Campbell Boston; Donald and
Aeok Ross. Boston: Arthur II. Fem, Poland
SPRING.; Michael Brady and Tom MoN6mara.
Boston: Tom Chisholm. Hartford; George
Turnbun. Waterbury. who made q good inn
preston az the Van Cortlandt tournament;
Walter ~Stoddard. Stamford, and Donald Ball.
Philadelphia. All the local celebrities, big
and little. are entered. Aleok Smith. open
champion. and George Low. Metropolitan
Coli Association. head the list. There are
more youngsters on the list than have ever
entered for q professional competition about
New York. There are nfty-i0ur entries.
Campbell Of Boston and Fem viii tee up
at $50 o'clock and Dave Hunter and JOhn
Hagen at SIS o'clock. Pairs will follow at
intervals OF ave minutes Aleck Smith did
~ yesterday and finished l up with George
Pearson. who did 70. George Low, who ran
down a long put on the home green. had a
~ and beat Campbell, who did 70. by 1 up.
Hunter and Bob PEBBLES, who did 10, played
against Bernard Nichols and Fem. beating
them by 3 and l.. The best ball OF the win-
ners was II. Jack Hutchinson. who had u.
aud Will Gsudin. "a. beat Turnbull and Kins-
man. by . and /. Donald Ross had a - and
Tom Anderson a II. There was q crowd Of
entrants out and they all seemed to like
the course. some Of the holes being pro-
nounced perfection. The NTH, along the
canal for $40 yards and on q narrow line OF
play. struck the talent as a nne testing hole.
The course will be played on these distances:
Out ....... .RlO ITO SlS 800 $50 100 24s EOS 420-2.@s
In. ,....."..s $40 a2S $40 ss5 o. Sl $50 s2s GOo-2.s+a
The total round is sti3 yards, and George
Pearson has the record at 70. he(ourteenth
in the country, but there Is a ravine before
the tee, and il the ball Is topped there is prscti-
S ShH arc ne re Ge0 0I.y IN t + nS FoSP bali II @ a%SSeI tos
morrow afternoon were on. hand also. 4
new pair announced were Morris Whitlatch
Regarding the professional four ball match
tomorrow morning, the names are e., be-
drawnfroma hat. and there will be no doubling
luck OF the draw will have a real significance.
as the pls yers will be paired as the names
S %GsSss out; t iFSres ESssiO ., q the tn nfa y.r peT wSs 4
sta that the Country Club. BroOkline.
would give 500 for a match at a near date
between AIeck Campbell and Aleck Smith.
1t ia unusual for an outsider on a Waiting
team 20 establish a course record yet on Satnr-
urday when MOntclair beat Essex County
at the Hutton Park course by II TO u. Jerome
ID. Travers accomplished the feat. .Travers
new record for the extended course:
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The score for the team match was:
Place. o Van viecE, . Taylor 2; A6Oru, .. TotsI, ..
Essex Oounty-O'Connor, o; Reynolds, 1: Rich
ards, o Holmes; 0; sanford l; Metcalt. o; Rag
Young men were prominent in the annual
Msif' he n T iTst . week n EGio5S esoS Sero' The A. h prHaes
amount to 1880. professionals gaining the
right TO compete in the match play ina rounds
tricts. also for cash prizes. Thirty-twO COM
peted. George Duncan. a young pla Eyer from
Coli Club. beat J. II. Taylor r. by ] up. and
had beaten Harry yaSdSn By ! up. in the
f fPsli SEiS.s sas i bes 4 RoT HsSG' Jones { ssuR In sss
s sIps sni!hs Tier 9oI losing ,Sa .t to He JSiDS BY : and Z.
Herd won $500 and a gold medal, Mayo sis0
and a silver mSdal. DUNCAN and Jones t7S
Taylor. Riseborough and Reid received $50
each, while eight more, including Harry
yyardon. won t2s apiece. There was a prize
first round, which contingent Of unfortunates
included Braid. Ben. Sayers. Tom Vardon.
ToOgood. Ray and Renouf.
On account OF the disaRreeable weather on
Saturday and Sunday there was but one
match to a finish in the second round Of
the Dyker Meadow Golf Club championship.
This was between Hovenden and Thompson.
both Crescent A, G. recruits to Dyker. Ho-
venden was on his game and won by s up and
4 to play.
That impetuosity that has so often won for
W q. at cricket has followed him to the links.
In a four ball. fOursome on Friday, october
S, on the Mid-Surrey. golf links, In which
Prince Albert OF Schleswig-Holstein, p. }.
de Paravicini, DR.. W. q. Grace and @. W.
Beldam we're playing. the two latter. who
were partners, when approaching the sixth
green played simultaneously and their balls
| collided in the air. This was distinctly. seen
by Prince Albert and one OF the caddies.
IL was further demonstrated as @, W. Beldsm
was certain he would be hole high, but on
getting up to the bunker found his ball In IL.
W. @. Grace's being on the green.
BAYsIDE. Oct. 22.-The last OF a series OF six
competitions at medal play for the governors
trophy, finished at the Oakland. Golf Club
to-day and resulted In . victory for Herbert
r. Peck. He won with several strokes 70
spare, negotiating the round In 80. which, with
Q handicap, gave him 80. six strokes better
than J. Henry HagRerty,. whose card was
III, 32-s9. The others who have qualified
are Capt. B. p. Davies. Clarence r. Dean.
r. +. Wigham. j. II. Gordon and DR.. W. B.
Brown. The governors cup Ia one OF the
finest ever put up for competition at the
Oakland Club and there is keen rivalry for
noaaesaiOn Of IL.