New-York tribune., 1909-06-26
A NEW G0LFING AJAX
SARGENT MIKES RECORD
IN UINNTNG TITLE.
Homebred Player Second an Open
Cham pionship-TraCis Leads
the amateurs.
WINNERS OF THE OPEN CHAMPION
SHIP GOLF TITLE.
the Il mdteurS.


Golf Club. Of Sudbury. Vt. earned golfng fame by
winning the national open championship tourna-
nent st EnElewood yesterday with a record score
Of a. Tom Mcnamara. the Wollaston honnehred
who led the field the opening day and who
looked like winner at the end Of the first round
yesterday. finished second. strokes away Next
cane Alec Smith the Eastern champion with 2s5
while Willie Anderson. Of St Louis: Isaac Mackie
Of Fox Hills. and Jack Hobens. Of the home club
tied for fourth place. with 299.
So fast was the pace that FIVE others. with 300
each. the only get in the money
They were Walter J. Travis. the Garden City anna
teur; Tom Anderson. jr, OF Shelter Island: Andrew
Campbell Of Spring Haven: Robert PEBBLES. Of St
Joseph Valley. and 4. H Barker. Of Garden City
ThA moneys were as follows:
Sargent $500 and a gold medal; Mcnamara. s15o;
Smith slan: VIII Anderson. Mackie and Hobens. so
each and Travis. Campbell PEBBLES. Barker and
Ton Anderson. jr. SOS each. Being amateur,
Travis viii take plate the value Of his winnings
Never before in national open championship.
either here abroad. has score for I2 holes
been so low. The nearest approach 10 il was
year ago. when James Braid won at Prestwick
with ~. this country the best previous effort
vas Alexander smiths 2e5 at Onwentsia in 1906
While the leaders played sound golf. 1t vas plain
70 close observers that the baked condition OF the
course. permitting as it did unusually long run
10 the bah. made the exceptionally low scoring
POSSIBLE On the other hand. the sloping greens.
which some of pros called tricky. were re-
sponsible for many blasted hopes.
hen /
with 142 led Andrew Campbell by four strokes
and Sargent by five while Gil Nichols Alec Camp
bell PEBBLES and Travis were close up As a re-
suit of his previous work Mcnamara carried quite
e gallery although il required considerable bravery
20 tramp over the western slope Of the Palisades
in that broiling sun. A topped drive of the first
Zee prevented the Boston player from getting
four at that hole and hard luck going TO the
Fourth where his second shot hit tree. costing
him : = explains the - the His homeward
Journey few mistakes, so that ne was dp-e 10
return a -
On the other hand. Sargent. who took % 70 the
turn came home like wild horse for = 50. getting
y for the round. This gain Of three strokes leIt
the HYDE Manor golfer only two strokes behind
sbe leader with total of 29 for ffty-four holes
Feebles also kept UP bis good work with a 7S ana
-A-gred for luncheon in third place with r. out
Andrew Campbell who took =. lost ground Not
81 Alec Smith. who. with Tom Nardon' proved
,Aa ,,or,,lsr r,air 81 far as the gallery was
concerned Smith returned a "a and moved up TO
within striking distance, hut his partner even
though he did discard the English golhng jacket
seemed to be terribly affected by the heat Naroon
nrsrricslly killed his chances by taking &
With only eighteen holes remaining both OF the
leaders plaved as if their lives depended upon the
c1-cor,e Mcnamara who had W FelloWes Nor
ssn Of Baltusrol. for partner. moved along IKE
a machine for the first eight holes. getting notflhg
hut fours A five al the ninth gave him 81 out
Only hole or SO behind Mcnamara were sar-
gent and Richard Kimbah Both cornhlnatlons
srread along the line that Sargent was going IKE
& demon So il proved, for the Briton reached the
halfway tent IN So That made the rivals exactiy
even on the day Both men got the next TWO hoieS
tn par figures. but McNanara's place IN froI' van van
s.hed when he found the ditch going 70 the tVefth
hole whereas Sargent laid his approach oedu a.
The same hole and then took J.
SarEent's only slip thereafter was al me SIX
teenth hole where he found the bunker on MS sec
end shot and took TO 60 down On three OF the
nut the tournament had been so deadly became
uncertain 50 that he took 5s where 4s were eH-
pected Consequently when the Wollaston player
finished with % il seen that Sargent was =
reasonably certain winner. AS he stood on the
eighteenth tee ne had three-stroke Margin put
he made assurance doubly sure by laying a oeaut-
ful iron sho: 10 within eight feet Of the pin ana
bringing Of the put for 2, thereby getting IL LOT
The round.
As he walked off the home green Sargent. who
had gone 10 Engiewood q few days before almost
unheard Of, received rousing reception oy the
rsllery At one time he was foreman In harry
Tardon's shop at Canton. hut he came 10 america
three wears ago and located at Eof cluD IN
Ottawa Canada where he remained until last fail
After leaving Ottawa Sargent went back to Eng
land and played considerable golf there ourlhg ihe
winter He returned here short trne ago alu
visited for q few weeks with Barker al Ssroeh
Citv Sargent never drinks anything intoxicating
snd this may have had something 10 90 WIN uh7
way he stood Up under the heat.
With regards his game 1t may De appropfiaOe
20 renest what his partner Kimban, had 10 say
Some one asked Hirnbau what was Sargents best
shot and he replied: They are all good He was
then asked what was sargents weak shot, ana the
-eplv came: He has not got any," Throughout
she tournament the new champion drove long
ball and putted with rare skill and precision
The veterans such Anderson and Smith, maze
e brave effort 10 work their way 70 Ihe HohI
Smith had two good rounds. but Anderson. because
Ct Indifferent putting had to be content with 20 Id
ean,hia ~ IN the final eighteen-hole circuit by
reeltng off a 20 His golf off the tee and through
the green was never better but ne 'hiS
advantage the greens.
Travis who plsyed with Anderson, easily proven
himself the steadiest amateur. Mackle ana f'ooehs
kept going we'll and the latter showed ms pes.
form in the afternoon Tom Anderson Ji-' ~ -
well 10 anish only stroke behind his brother' ana
p..F,ss -,,rnrtsed good many by his clever. con-
tistsnt play Fred Mcleod. the former natonAi
charnpion could not do better than tie with Mp
per- Campbell OF Brookline. for thirteenth Piece
Campbell lost all chance Of doing anything py an
Indifferent morning round, when he WAS almost
overcome by the heat
Jerome D. Travers. the national amateur chaii
pion was disqualified by the COMMITTEES for not
arriving on time He was scheduled to start at
s1s but put in an appearance an hour late.
The success Of Sargent marks the third time an
Ensshrnsn has won the open title here the others
being joe Lloyd and Harry Vardon. Mcnamara
cam. IN for a good deal praise for his plucky
golf Neither he nor Sargent had ever done any
thing noteworthy in previous open tournafnenlS
under the auspices Of the United States COLI As
socstion. Last year at Myopia sargent eIsIteo'
but became so disgusted with his score that he
tore up the card after the first round. Shortly
before playing at Myopia he finished second In the
Open charnpfonshfp of Canada