New-York tribune., 1909-06-05
GOLFERS BRAVE STORM
nrnSF CALL FOR BEHR.
Works His Hay, 1rith Smith, to
Final Round for Jersey Title.

-. ., Morris County amateurs Max Behr
= Morgan K Smith. were the survivors in the
=, .,aI round Of the New Jersey State Golf As
-e.,s+ior championship tournament, at Montclair
.,-sav They VIII meet IN the thirty-six hole
- -o,,nd to-day for the title. Oddly enough, this
les the third consecutive year in which Behr
=, reached the final stage Of the New Jersey
-b.-,pionship. year ago at Englewood he was
- ont by Jerome D. 'Travers. and IN 1907 at
rrsl+,sroI the Morris County man met similar
g.. also at the hands Of Travers. The national
-,ur1usoa is now in England. SO Behr's chances Of
..ur.ns this year look reasonably bright.
ps-.rv have golfers been called upon 10 play
r,s.r r1ore disagreeable conditions than those OF
-.,-e-day Fog. mist and rain overhead and sod
-, +1,rf underneath proved trying combination.
-. -.uch So in fact. for some. who rather than
.,t. chances Of pneumonia defaulted- Considering
a.. circumstances however. the percentage Of
s.rhes PLAYED vas unusually large. and the way
=. folfers stuck to their guns spoke volumes for
thsar loyalty to the sport
r IN. early hours the hardest fought match had
a. principals Behr and E. NJ Barnes of Ensle-
xood Always being UP. Behr continued 10 increase
"a, lead IN playing the outward holes until at the
.,-.h he stood up. Weak putting then cost him
e., holes so that Barnes able 10 turn for home
--,- down It looked like hopeless task for the
r,r.zood man when Behr stood up with four
..l.. 70 NAV but Barnes won the fifteenth, six
t..-th snd seventeenth in good figures thereby
,.Iv,nz the match. Behr's mistake at the seven
...--h vas e sliced drive out Of bounds To the
hors. Role both men got ives. which meant walk
=. th. rst tee for an extra hole, where Behr max
.,r no mistakes. won in TO Q, his second
Ao. leaving him put Of only about eight feet for
q Because Of the fact that Behr had a couple
20 rad holes the card read s to IS IN favor Of
Rzrnss-
The hardest match Of the afternoon vas be
-r..a Behr and O'Connor. After halve in at
the drst hole. o'Connor jumped away in the lead
h- winning the second hole in TO s. Behr getting
INTO trouble on his second shot Thereafter the
rivals hung well together. having the third. fourth
md nth holes. but Behr won the 52Nyard sixth
ME n 3 beautiful That squared the match. but
oConror again assumed the lead with o at
re seventh only TO have Behr square accounts
sra3n with a 4 on the eighth green. al the
ninth enabled o'Connor TO turn for home 1 up,
The card reading - Is in his favor
he feature of the honnevard journey was Behrs
rsrsrkable string Of fours, getting six in success
ssou from the tenth to the fifteenth Against this
oCornor struggled rnantully. but found himself
snEn going 10 the sixteenth. the shortest hole on
The course After reaching the green with MS
rsshse the Essex County man brought of a long
put for q ?. again halving the match He made
-o- tt in 3 70 s which made the Morris County
nan dornie / A halve IN on the home green
t.tt Behr . winner by up. He had made the in
ward holes in 81 as against 80 by O'Connor. The
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