New-York tribune., 1907-10-12
WARD AND LOWSON LEFT.
Reach Final Round for Staten Island
Golf Cham pionSMp.

John NJ Ward. of the Fox Hills Golf Club, and
Frank Lowson, of the home club. won their
matches in the semi-inal round of the Staten ISL
and golf championship tournament on the links of
the Richmond County Country Club yesterday. Tho
latter defeated his clubmate, L. II. Thomas in the
sem-fnal round. while Ward beat j. a Jann' or
Fox Hills.
Weather conditions were ideal when the players
drove off and every one looked for keen matches.
The meeting between Bert Allen, OF Fox Hills, and
Ward probably claimed the chief attention in the
morning. Allen runner-up TO p. w. Kendall in
the Staten Island championship at Fox Hills year
ago, and as his game has improved conslderap.y
since then he was regarded as dangerous. lie
drives a long ball with short aluminium Cleek.
which at first glance looks like a putter. He kept
Ward busy going out, the latter turned for home
only l up After that Wards game improved. and
this. combined with hard luck on the others part.
ena bled the former champion to win by up and
to play. Aliens i'll luck consisted of twice having
his ball embedded in the soft turf and once being
laid a stymie. Ward got around in IS, TO - for
Allen.
The other second round winners were Janin.
Thomas and Lowson. The first named qualified
for the seni-fnal round at the expense Of Charles
r Stout. of the home club. while Thomas defeat
ed W. c. Hoople, of Fox Hills. and Lowson won
from George E. Armstrong, the Fox Hills vet
eran, who declared he never saw better putting in
all his tournament experience than that of his op-
ponent, who rarely took more than one stroke on
green.
Close matches prevailed throughout the after
noon. and in the championship set the Lowson-
Thomas affair kept the gallery in suspense until
the last put had been run down on the home green.
The pair were all square at the turn. Lowson
laid Thomas stymies the twelfth and thirteenth
greens, which resulted in Thomas losing the latter
He then ! down, but again squared
counts with a capital at the fourteenth. Low
the sixteenth hole where his opponent
got into trouble. The last two holes We're haved.
leaving Lowson ] up.
Ward struck something like his true game against
Janin, securing early advantage and finally
winning by up and 10 play. Finishing out the
bye holes Ward returned a 79 within a stroke
of the amateur record for the course.
The final rounds for all cups to-day will be at
eighteen al
play handicap is also the programme. The sum
mary follows:
Championship Second round)-L H. Thomas Richmond
County beat ". c. HOople Hills up and TO play;
F. Lowson Richmond County. beat George Armstrong
Fox Hills, Up and 70 play; John NJ Ward. Hills.
beat Bert Allen. Fox Hills, UP 3 play: J. A.
Janin Fox Hills beat Charles T. Stout. Richmond Coun-
Seui-fnaI round-I,owson beat Thomas up; Ward
beat Janin 8 up and 10 play
First beaten eight first round)H. E. Armstrong Fox
Agar. Richmond County, beat G. A. Byth Richmond
County ] up; J. L. Faber. Richmond County. II
Sears. Fox Hills. c. Adams. Fox Hills by de
Sem final roundArnstrong Agar up go holes;
Consolation second round)-Wiiam Boyd Fox Hills.
beat e W Shiner Fox Hills up and / play; =. n.
Taintor. Richmond County. George Bechte Rich
County. by default; p Pogson Fox Hills beat
w. A. Bog. Richmond County by default; w. / Seaman
Richmond County, beat B. J. Carroll Richmond County,
Seminal round-Boyd Talntor 3 up and to
play; Pogson beat Seaman. up and 20 play.
Second beaten eight (first round)-C. D. Simmons fr
Richmond County, beat Ralph Lane, Richmond County by
default; II. T. Cheyney Richmond County beat c. NJ.
Botsford Richmoud County beat e J. Shrver Fox
Hills. by default; a. II Pogson, Fox Hills. j.
WorTel Fox Hills by default
Sem-fna round-Simmons beat Cheney l up holesr;
Pogson beat Bosford by default.