New-York tribune., 1907-09-18
RECORD BREAKING GOLF.
4lec Smith and Hobens Win Four
Ball Match at HackensQck.

Professional golfers of national reputation
delighted appreciative gallery in a four-paH
match at the Hackensack Golf Club yesterday.
Alec Smith, of the Nassau Country Club. the
former national open champion, had Jack Ho-
bens. Of Englewood. for a partner, and this com
bination fitted so well that the opposing pair
George Low, OF Baltusrol and Dave Hunter OF
Essex County. were rather badly beaten py
4 up and TO play at thirty-six holes Inc
record Of 7S, previously held by R B. Smith, one
Of the club members, twice beaten In
the morning round Hobens made a 20 and later
in the day Smith reeled off a 60
In addition to playing for 5000 purse $50
extra offered for the best individual score,
both morning and afternoon Hobens and
Smith gathered in the extra cash. Not forget
ting the success which attended the efforts OF
Low and Hunter in a four-ball match at Ber-
nardsville on Saturday. the spectators were
divided among themselves at the start as TO the
probable outcome of yesterdays match. Hunter,
however, played well only In spots, while Low
was decidedly off his game, In fact the metro
politan open champion failed to get going at
anything like his usual pace
On the other hand, Smith and Hobens rarely
went wrong at the same hole In the morning
Hobens proved a tower Of strength, his long
game being especially brilliant. Samples Of his
ability in this line furnished at the ninth
and sixteenth holes, 4S5 and 475 yards. respeo-
lively. He got hole high IN 2 At both. Hobens
really should have had &C. as he missed short
put the home green for a s.
Despite their i'll luck Low and Hunter both
flashed brilliantly occasions. For instance.
at the l40-yard seventh Hunter brought off
difficult downhill put of some thirty feet for
.. little later Low, after overplaying the
eleventh green on his second, holed out on his
next from the rough with his mashie, The hole
is 3S5 yards The same player also ran down
ten-footer for a 2 at the 21s-yard home hole.
Hobens and Smith returned best ball Of IS.
q stroke less than the others AT match play the
leaders retired for luncheon UP.
BY the time the pros" were ready TO start
out on the second half OF their match the gal
lery had increased TO several hundred persons.
In addition TO the ever hospitable local cOntin-
gent number of visitors. including former
Attorney General John W. Griggs, Archie Gra-
ham, runner-up in the recent national amateur
championship. and Hugh K. Toler one OF the
BaltuSrol veterans
The feature OF the afternoon was Smiths ex-
ceptional golf His manner as he makes the
shots is one OF indifference, almost careless, but
nothing could well have been more mechanically
accurate than his game during the last eighteen
holes. His only bad shot was at the third.
where he half topped his drive and needed a 5.
After going out in Sc, he never faltered and
finishing with 3s at the last two holes. made the
second nine in So
It was golf such as Smith displayed through
out 1906, when he won eight out Of nine tourna-
ments. His total for the day was 1872 also a
new thtrty-six hole record and Il stroke
better than the best ball OF his opponents The
best ball Of the winning pair for the day was
134. Hobens had individual total Of I45
Hunter 153 and Low 15S.
The professionals were delighted with the
course, which is well laid out the last nine holes
Circling completely around the first II would
also be difficult TO find a more attractive club
house and one better adapted to handle large
tournament such as a championship Of either
national or metropolitan importance The scores
Of yesterdays match were as follows: