The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-03
AMATEURS ON PUBLIC LINKS
CHAM MING FLOYD LEADS THE
FIELD AT VAN CORTLANDT.
Interesting Play IN Qualifying Round BE
tween the Medal Winner n A. G..
Lock wood. with Scores OF so and 81
-Tfteen.Year.Oid BOY Finishes in ia.

Lock- wood, With Scores OF so and 81
-FIfteen.Year-Oid BOY Fnishe s in 81.
Having watched the pros" do stunts
for several days. the amateur golfers took
possession OF the Van Cortlandt Park links
yesterday to compete in the tenth annua
tournament open to residents of the city.
Claiming Floyd. the New York Golf Clubs
star player, winner OF the chief trophy
last year. lived up to his reputation by
showing the way to a fairly strong field In
the eighteen hole qualifying round.
His card OF so won the medal by a stroke.
Among those to finish at the heels OF the
leader was A. q. Lockwood, a former Massa-
chusetts titleholder. now residing here.
this season. and as the Engllshman only gets
q chance to play about once a week he finds
1t dificult to keep at the top Of his game.
Floyd and Lockwood set out together In
the testing round and the former was
watched critically. for should he be success
full again this week the Herald cup will
Floyd reeled on hole after hole in par fig-
ures. reaching the turn In ~thirty-hye, and
with such q start he should have finished
teenth, seventeenth and eighteenth holes
were the bad spots on his otherwise credit
The the turn ruin In th%irty-eisht almost caught the
the home green. Floyd's card was as
follows:
out %, Es-u
Those with scores of OF tied for last place
IN the championship set. and In the play OF
In. Inc draw brought Floyd inc Robert
douglas. zone of the main hopes OF the
s%eottish. ATerican Club; s9sether IN the
F pisy' f nSa Ssss nj sso %ed ny more y" p f Sls irs 10
aS "hd fT %innIn E. h M; disnn BY q s Mp sn out IN
One Of the. surprises of the day was the
seS~i HSo Of pi cFsdk up p,a The s = m.e ss Z aadSis
at Van Cortlandt. Alter qualifying among
the leaders with an ss the yonngster de-
The former, to- use the phrase, is scarcely
larger than IA bag OF peanuts" but he fire.
Nhently makes the Van Cortiandt circuit
under 80. G.. W. Hunt. dr., the, Columbia
College captain. won n hard uphill match
IN. Fleugh OF the Scottish american Club,
Charles Marshall. regarded as one of the
lars. The defeated sixteen, will compete
for a consolation trophy. The scores were:
Locks ood, Unattached, %. 4s-sl; DR.. W: cleye-
AMERICAN lsne; ssr y, so' .st 81 WI u. 4: W v; hsn's sn.s SssstisG
S, -; {: |; Mayshsll' New York. 50; Is;
q. go; Donald Carr, scottish american, 81,
4s-s4;' q, u. woodward. New York. g. !i-M:
R.rn esIps N.x y SSw J, noI Ia 3, t 4. Y b Ra; E. un L.
attached, II, $50: 4. sumter. unattached. Y.
4-se; = +; Gilmarsin. New YoIk. q. SIS;
scottish. American. ~. !h-s: A. N. Gillian. un-
.. as-Ja: Il. ". Janus, unattached. n,,t1-ss:
y. $50; \. {: Craig, ]ssot,i;h Amssdean; u -
90; ". b, Yard. unattached. q, $50 p. J.
HsKson' gna,,ached; q; 80 Robert pTI D
New York. ~. 800: DR.. G. N. Hickman. New
York. IS, 1911; Robert Gillian. unattached. %.
unplaccd Division-B. s. Dottome, Fox Hills.
~, t7-a.: T. A.. Eager. unattached, IS. t7-e2:
T.. S. Costigan. New. York: -. $685.; E. r. Ma
guire, Sey York. a. !s-es;. 4. B. Dunn. Dun
5s--o5: {. g. Rowe. New York. a. 5l-e5; A. Leo
pold. unattached, a.. $50: A. S%tcckler. New
York: =; 5l,-9S; 4. lie Messene; New York, q.
unattached. IS. G-iOO: S. B. SacCiinton. Scottish
American. e. 5i-los; A.. Merryman. New York.
First Round"HsnIey beat Kelly. 5 up and
10 play; Carr beat Orr, 2 up and ! TO play; Marshall
beat Barrett, 4 up and 3 to play; Lockwood beat
J ia mus 3 y up pan, and t,1 70 play; RSSSy bes; Yard;
70 play; Sumter beat DR.. Mendcil, 2 UP and TO
play; {. W. Hunt. IT,. beat Barnes. up 90 holes,:
rtin beat Or. Hickman. 3 up and 1 TO play;
Wallace beat Bolea. 0 up and s TO play; DR.. Barnett
beat Conn, 1 up: Frank Hunt beat DR.. Carpenter.
, up: DR.. Cleveland beat g. Gillian. 7 up and s
to play.t,
JEFFERSON, N. H., Sept. AIN the mixed
tournament to-day on the links
Of the. Weumbek. Golf Club twelve pairs
started, James P, silo. u. Of New York.