New-York tribune., 1909-05-16
LORD WINS GOLF CUP
BEATS HAMMER ONE UP.
Keen Play Marks End of Tourneo
ON For Hills Links.

Deveraux Lord who learned all he knows .h---s
golf on the public links at Forest Park. in Brook
Iyn won the chief cup in the Fox Hills Coli C1uA
open tournament yesterday. defeating A. F. Kar
mer of the home club. one up in the final ror-s
Both men are new a the competitive game 49,.
being their first open tournament W E Conk,,
Of the Dunwoodie Country Club. and B. T. AHs-
of Fox Hills a pair of tournament regulars. w.
missed the first sixteen by q narrow margin on n.
first day. fought it out in the final round Tor tb.
second cup Conkyn barely winning BY the nzr-,--
margin of a single hole
In working their way TO the final stage both Lea
and Hammer had the distinction Of eliminating "a.
two favorites. Lord defeated S. D. Bowers ,s
Brooklawn veteran while Hammer made short vo--
of r. z. Armstrong the gold medallist in the o-,sH
fcaton round Better direction through the fsl-
way and sound putting gave Lord an advan+ax.
almost from the start over Bowers who failed :,
show anything like his form OF the previous dsv
The winner went out in ~ and back in 40 for a,
So. the match being settled the sixteenth zrss,
In the other half Of the senli-fnal round Kamr1s-
never gave Armstrong chance oddly enouzH
both laid each other stymies on the rrfrs
green and haIved in 4 II looked as II Kamr,.-
drive the ninth. and followed this by wasting
shots in the long grass, only To bring OF a
brilliant thirty-foOt put. which enabled him to hola
out in . That gave him IS to the turn where IA
stood z up. After that the match nsver in
doubt. Hammer winning the thirteenth green
by up. Finishing the bye holes, he returned
card Of IS.
The final match between Lord and Earrs-
proved interesting Always driving the longer ball
Hammer gained enough off the tee TO have given
him commanding advantage had his putting not
gone wrong. especially the outward holes. On
the other hand. Lord, with his short back swing
and exaggerated follow through. generally kept on
the flag and when 80 came 10 the short game ths
Brooklyn youth rarely missed anything within rea-
son with his wooden putter-
Eight years ago Hammer head caddie az the
Richmond County Country Club. but left there 70
accept a position in this city offered him by "
W I.owery one OF the life members OF the For
Hills club. Until the last year or Hammer
played little or 10 golf but when he did start n
again his early training stood him in good stead
Lord has been the Forest Park champion for thrss
years.
W " Harris Of the DunwoOdie Country Club
had the satisfaction OF winning the beaten eight
CUP for the first sixteen. He defeated A. H. PoE-
son, Of the home club. in the hnal round and
turned a capital IS.
The hard luck story OF the day was told oy r. 2
Foster after playing the twelfth, pond hole Its
a sad tale but the truth is that eight balls fol-
lowed each other the drink that IN al
twenty-five strokes were taken for the hole. He
came home in - took f34 the round. and die
appear in the least discouraged
c. Joost. Jr. OF the home club. making the test
round of his career. won the handicap with a card
OF $3.50. Findlay S. Douglas played and
turned so
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