New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-08-01
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Campbell and Ball Lead Field IN
Open Golf Tournament

Alec Campbell. OF the Country Club a. -
line. and Donald Ball. representing the Pb,1,T-S
pnaa Cricket club. led the field az the end or 49,.
first day OF the open golf tournament az sevo,.,
two holes. medal play. the public links 4, ~,
COrtlanGt Park yesterday. They returned fbi-.-
six-hOle scores of $50 each. two strokes be,,s 49,.
Alec Smith. the open champion. who neesa1 80
The prize Of IS for the best eighteen-hoe seora 90
the day went 70 Campbell who returned \ = =
the morning There were hfty-seven stare a.
Guiding nearly an OF the strongest pr,f.-~,,.-,
golfers In the East.
The COMMITTEES IN charge OF the tournara,e -
everything of without hitch. Park Corarsl--lo-.-
Nalsrove opened the proceedings BY dri~f,, =, -,
from the first tee. His first effort res,,l.os a, =
wild swing and a miss but he disIodGed the -
on MS next attempt and then the caddiea -
persd away IN chase The lad who captura1 49,.
ball received a s. gold piece
Flashes OF brilliancy marked the eNort, 20 -
pros" from the start The first hole is two b,,-'
dred yards uphill and George Low. o. EsIru.-o,
and Herbert Strong. OF ApawannIs each MAJ. 4. =,
2 Strong paired with Alec Smith ana 49,.
carried the gallery. The open champion haA "a -
content with g IN the morning bur tio,1.,,a. -,
class in the next round when he returned = -
That rugged physique is not necessary "a 81.
distance was frequently illustrated bv thea. -
perts. Strong weighs less than 80 pounds vet ~.
tee shots were generally up with Smiths
CampbelIs y IN The morning was made ros-,.,s
BY his excellent start when he went ont in a.
Jack HObens Of EnslewOod. ala the short hill bo1,
in 2 and his card showed a strokes az the e1,-7
but even with this capital start he only e,4 n
His partner. Bernard Nichols. had no luck 4, -.
morning and returned an 81
In the afternoon HObens and Nichols se.~,.,
WELL Nichols especially. The latter made tho rur
holes in q and followed this with a az the sH,-.
seventh With this start he went out In a. Con,
ing home the pair was followed By large gallery
which remained faithful despite the intense best'
Nichols could not get his puts down toward n,
last and this added several strokes 70 his scor.
AS it was. he got a. Hobens taking a.
Donald Ball played sound golf all day. following
q in TIE morning with a ~ He is one OF the
oldest professionals in the country vet he gets thu
ball away with that few OF the youn.a.
players duplicate.
Campbell had twenty-foot put on the bona
green in the afternoon for a. which would have
made him low man with 149 In his Efforts To
''gobble'' he overran several feet giving himself
considerable TO do on his next He brought this
off successfully Long puts were GIflcult as ths
greens were bit tricky.
Dave Patrick, of WestheId. followed an 81 with
a capital g. which places him only stroke worss
than Alex Smith. Isaac Mackie. Of Fox Hills Golf
Club, last years winner. was fifth with 154 while
George Turnbull. OF Waterbury and Martin
O'Loughliu came next with 155 each. The latter
IS a homebred and he showed good form with IS
IN the afternoon. coming home in 81 This vas
the best score Of the day for the second nine holes
Ed FttziOhnsspoiIed good start with an IS in the
afternoon. He looked like a charioteer OF Roman
days with a handkerchief tied around his head R.
Dunlop one Of the local contestants had eight az
going out in the afternoon Jack Hutchinson. the
St. Andrews entrant made his first tournament
start in this country and did well with two 7ga
The scores were as follows: