New-York tribune., 1908-07-27
GOLF FOR VETERANS
TO PLAY 1T AP4WAMIS.
Tournament to Eclipse Precious
Ones-Hutchinson Leads Field.

Although the date for the annual seniors golf
tournament to be held over the links Of the Apa-
wants Club is more than two months on, the eiigl-
bIes already looking forward to the occasion
with interest Four years ago the Apawamis Ciuo
naugurated the seniors tournament for golf play
ers who ffty-fve years of age or older ana
the event proved so great a success ;hat 1t was
repeated the two following years.
The exact date for the coming Tournaments iS
Thursday, October 8. and the committee IN char se
is planning to have it eclipse all previous EFFORTS
Unquestionaby. this tournament more thah an
sothers has gone to prove that golf is a game
suited for all ages. In the three former cofnpe"-
tions there have been ranging all the way
from ffty-flve to seventy-fve years, playing IN a
single day thirty-six holes of golf. which means
two rounds of the long and difficult Apa"ainiS
links Let it also be said that their scores on oc-
casion have been low to do credit 10. tie
precocious youth. either college or. schoolboy
Medal play scores as low 50 have been re-
corded by the veterans for eighteen-hole rounu
and total 10 for the double circuit This might
well prove an inspiration to all young men VINO
playing the game, for in several instances 'ne
prize winning seniors had been playing golf for oniy
a few years prior to these tournaments
The entry list each year shows the names OF
many distinguished persons from all parts of the
country. They include brokers. Judges. lawyers
eminent clergymen. physicians and prominent ousl-
ness men, e. c. Converse the well known Droker'
and Horace L. Hotchkiss. whose residence is at
charge of the next tournament.
According to the records-that is. those not de-
stroyed in the fire which consumed the old cluo-
house-keen competitions have always marked
these annual meetings. The best gross prize III
the seniors contest of 1906 the first Of the SERIES
went to the credit of James d. Foot. who resides
within mashie shot of one OF the Apawa1nls
green's Foot by the way, did not take up the
game of golf until he more than hfty years
old In the same 1905 tournament prizes were
af npn
dent of the Metropolitan Golf Association; Jonn
w. C1riggs, former Attorney General ana Jonh q
Mcdonald. subway fame
In 1906 Foot again had the best gross score OF
the day. with rounds of SS-a-14- while second
gross prize went to George P. Sheldon, Of Fair
field with 1OO-a-s5. Zalman Goodsel1. of Brook
lawn won the best net prize. He had total OF
2O2 but 9e-stroke handicap reduced his score 10
166 Lather I4oomis, Of the home club secured the
second net prize with a card of 197- -26-11 A. F.
Sutherland, of Engewood won the net prize In the
morning with 9612S4, while in the afternoon
Eugene Prayer. also Of Englewood. showed the
way with eS-1s-S0.
Jack Hutchinson the far driving professional OF
the ST. Andrews Golf Club, near Yonkers, Ioorneo
I'D as likely candidate for the national open title
by winning the open tournament which ended on
Saturday Maplewood, N. H Hutchinson reeleo
off rounds g. 10. 73 and SO for total OF 2fS'
This is new seventy -two-hoie tournament record
Next to Hutchinson came Orrin Terry, q home
bred pro" learned to drive and put in Califor
MIA Terry finished with 2S4. Iii addition to this, he
also had the honor of breaking the course record
in a practice round the day before the tournament
when he got a round in Sc. Alec Smith, of Nassau
former open champion got third place with 2s5, a
stroke better than Gilbert Nichols, OF Woodland
last years Maplewood winner.
Dave Hunter, the Essex County Country Club
'pro" who returned of 2Ss. started well by
holding second place. with of 140 for thirty
six holes Neither George Low. OF Baltusrol, the
metropolitan open champion. nor H H Barker, OF
Garden City, was prominent The prize money
went as follows: Hutchinson, $50; Terry. $50, and
Smith, $50. The scores were as follows: