New-York tribune., 1907-11-29
GOLF TN THE PINES
DE FOREST IN THE FAN.
Leads Field IN Qualifying Round
Of LakcUO0d Tournament.

= I. Dc Forest, Of tho home club won the low
score prize, with So in the eighteen hole quail
wing round of The annual fall open golf tourna-
a'"nt which began at the Country Club 'of Lake
wood yesterday F G. Jennings, Of Nassau. fin
is7cd " close second, with s. and then followed
q Erouo If six with scores Of S.
De Forest, who had been getting round bot
,ST f'an 10 in practice recently, took for the
/ long ninth hole yesterday and this, combined
with n s. at the short fourth accounted for four
wasted strokes In the tournament here last
spring Ie Forest runner-up TO Fred Her
reshoff. who, although entered on this occasion.
| Tailed I" put In an appearance
There wc"o 1ft"-seven starters oJt ot orig
inaI entry II seventy odd and a result the
! fourth sixteen did not nH; consequently. there
Will be n number Of hyes in the first round at
match PLAY in that division this morning,
When Tie last # Tho cards had been returned
+ was found that those with of IS hTd
ON TIE piaE-oh held late in the afternoon W. T.
Sha"ke'forl. Of Atlantic city vurcr Of the recent
| open tournament There" and \ !. Mcclure, OF
Albany. lost. and compelled tn drop into
the second sixteen. shacfelEord came 70 grief
by getting bunEeTed his second shot.
The sueccssrui ones in tho rIay-of wcrc Arden
NJ. Robbins Garden city; \. +. SoutherIand and
Frederick Snare, Englewood. and y. ". Black, of
the home club Tho latter belongs TO the OIL
guard Of golfers but his game is better than ever.
Those - return scores Of s. We're s. y. Ramage,
oI! F'ty: Oliver Perrin. Chevy Chase; a W Til
llnghast Philadelphia: +. +. Giles. Pittshurg, and
=. H. EaTnes Garden city. :. h. de Forest secre-
tary Of the home club. had Sc while the three
Others to qualify for the chief trophy we're II. NJ
Brown, Philadelphia; Jasper Lynch. Lakewood
and j. y Byers, Allegheny, all with scores Of 81.
charles l.. Tappin Of WestbTook. gold medalist
at Atlantic City; Paul Waterman the Ekwanok
and Englewood veteran. and Harry r. Billings
VINO has not played since the Deal tournament
just missed the first division with S9s.
While the scoring low as might be
expected, tho players could not blame the course
winch never appeared in better turf. Most of the
trouble was encountered during the long outward
JournoY' which covered playing length of more
thah thlrtv-hree hundred yards. But there were
spots on the in-pay where mistakes proved dis
astroGs. one player went completely TO the bad
at the short water holes. d locality he later re
ferred to as the valley of humiliation" The
course covers a playing distance of 5s52 yards.
follows:
out $40 $50 Res 2ss 375 $40 s35 4s5 49a-asos
'h '-.'...l+O 10 go 80 2Ho pa 463 45 4oo-26o+
Io'a4 e932
Although the entire day was set aside fo- the
qualification test, most Of the PLAYERS got early
starts. and in that way found time mp
| IN foUr-blu matches during the afternoon. The
| luck Of the draw has resulted in sevcra, Of the
favoritos being grouped in the lower half. For in
stance Jennings and Forrest paired for the
first round, and +; J.. de Forest and Byers
Another pair consists Of TillnEhast and Giles The
latter once had the distinction of defeating II
Chandler Egan when this player was national
champion.
In the upper half Robbins and Perrin are brack-
eted, and are lynch and Black, while ;. h.
de Forest IS pitted against Ramage. Henry Brown
probably the oldest contestant in the tournament
is coupled with Barnes
An almost continuous stream Of automobiles and
! carriages going 20 and fro helped To enilVen me
scene. Women gathered in considerable numbers
| at the clubhouse The scores were as ioup"S.