Evening star., 1909-05-26
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credit for 181 when he should have been
credited with 162 in the qualifying score,
this tieing with Jack Darlington of Mem
phis.
ing off the 1S-hole medal score. In the
first nine holes Edrington scored 80 and
Knowles 3S. .
The early finishers in the 1S-hole quail
flying round for the championship failed
to turn in any real good scores The pest
cards were made by G. w. Macon OF Biz
mingham, Ala, and j. A. Selden OF Ma
con, Ca, each with go
Clarence Knowles of Atlanta turned In
a card of 81. The course remains slow
from last nights rain.
Miss Harley Defeats Miss Curtis.
WATERTOWN. Mass, May 26.-Main-
tanning the marvellous long game which
was the feature Of her play last year, Miss
Kate c. Harley of Fall River. the ma
tional women's golf champion, easily de-
feated Miss Margaret Curtis Of the Coun-
try Club, Brookline. the 1907 title holder
up and to play in the first match-play
round of the Boston wOmen's golf cnam-
pionship on the links of the Oakley Coun-
try Club today.
The contest between the two longest
drivers Of the woman golf players In the
country was the feature Of the day, ano
a large crowd followed the contest to the
fourteenth green, where Miss Harley, run
ming down a four-foot putt, cliched the
match.
Miss Harley won the lead on the sec
ond hole and was never headed. Wnile
Miss Curtis had great difficulty in keeping
on the course.
The other winners today were Mrs. G.
w. Roope of Brae Burn, Miss Alice I'm
derwood of Oakley and Miss Mary b. Ad-
ans of Wollaston.
Miss Harley will play Mrs. hoope III
the semi finals tomorrow.
Metropolitan Tourney Opened.
RYE, N. Y. May 26.-The Metropolitan
Golf Association. which began its elev-
enth annual championship tournament
over the Apawamis Club links today with
the first eighteen holes of 36-hole quail
living round, had ideal weather for golf
ing. The course was in magnificent con-
dtiOn. The best score of the morning
play was the IA made by Walter J. Travis
of Garden City. which Is one stroke under
par and seven strokes under bogey. FRED
Herreshoff, who won the Nassau Country
Clubs tournament last week, and George
7. Brokaw of Garden City each did the
round in ST.
Other scores were: Danbury Brand
reth, Fox Hills. So; c. II. Matthiesen,
Knollwood, los; James T. McMurtric,
Apawamis. SS; James L. Taylor, Dyker
Meadow, So: H. v. Keep, Englewood.
9O John Reid. jr., st. Andrews, SO;
E. F. Hinkle. Baltusrol, 1O3; b. D. Mey-
er, Apawamis 96; B. B. Tilt. Knoll
wood, 1O4: S. D. Bowers, Brooklyn. 81;
H. A. Sherman, Apawamis, 81; B. F.
Warford, jr., Greenwich. 93; F. ;.
Wheeler. Apawamis 81; James d.
Foot, Apawamis, 81; Oswald kirkby,
Englewood, 81; Oscar Woodward. Mont
clair, 81; j. W. McMenamy. Fox Hills,
IS: c. A. Cunning, Nassau. 50; w. X.
| Thurston, Apawamis. 81. Charles H. Con-
ner, Apawamis. 80; Garrett Smith, wee
Burn, 1O2; W. W. Watson. Baltusrol, 80;
| NJ. K Smith. Morris County. sS; DIR. A.
T. Haight, Apawamis. SO; 6: 0. Parsons.
| Crescent. 81; B. T. Allen. Fox Hills. ":
! M. H. Vanderpool, Baltusrol. SS: Samuel
J. Graham. Greenwich. 81: A.. j; Wat
son. Dnwoodie, 81: X. J. j. Radel, Deal.
| so; James A. Tying. Baltusrol. 81: r. c.
Watson, GARDEN City. 81; E. L. Scofield,
ir. wykagyl. "a: Gilman P Tiffany any
Powelton, 81: az. v. S. Seggerman. Mid
| land, IS; c. g. Brown. Saegkill. IS; G..
| S. Ludlow. Englewood. IS: F: r. Upton,
jr. Baltusrol. 95; G. p. B. Clark. Ana
wants. 100; Lloyd P. Groyer, Sc
wanCy, So.