New-York tribune., 1909-06-16
RECORD GOLF In MATCH
SMITH BEATS MACKIE
BIZ ONE UP.
Big Cro5cd MdrUels at Brilliant Dis
play of Long Drifting and
Deadly Putting.

the country Alex Smith, WykaEyl. defeated
Isaac Nackie. Of Fox Hills. by ! up the lat
ter's home green yesterday. To give idea Of
the .caIibre of the golf furnished it is only
ssry 70 5hat both broke the course record
IN the afternoon by going round in the remarkable
figures of 60 Prior this Smith had turned in a
s5 in the morning against IS for the Fox Hills
man SO that the grand totals for the day read
Smith. 1s1. and Aiackie, 1=2.
TIE meeting Of these two well known pros" was
the outcome Of wager made several weeks ago
An adm-er OF Msckie declared that there was no
professional living who could beat Isaac in a
thirty -six-hole match al Fox Hills Exception
taken the statement, with the result that Smith
selected the TO beat Maokie on his own
stamping ground Those interested in The match
donated a purse OF $3.50, Of which the winners
share was si00. II was estimated. however, that
thousands OF dollars changed hands on the result.
sor many well known brokers and business men
were ieenly interested in the outcome. and fully
ene thousand persons made up the gallery
Considering the briisncy displayed by both men,
2 would seem almost like folly cTiticise their
efforts except In = favorable WAY Both men hung
Together from the start, time being more
than a hole apart save for a brief period in the
latter part OF the afternoon round. when Smith be-
came up. Both drove long halls, and II any
shing tfa advantage rested with Smith Certainly
the present champion of the Eastern Professional
Golfers Association had better direction. especially
sn the morning. as Mackie frequently got of the
iire due 70 & tendency slice Whether Smiths
ions balls seemingly more lengthy than usual
due 20 the fact that he was using one Of those
new tangled ivory faced drivers no one can say.
but The remains that the Wykagyl mans long
game brilliant Even when MacBie
got away his shots Smith suffered nothing
&r comparison.
When Il came 10 the second shot either with
wood iron Smith generally got inside Of his op-
ponent's ball hut thereafter Alexis advantage
failed do him any good. as ne frequently missed
puts that ordinarily easy for him That was
why il took Smith SO 10 20 out in the morning.
Coming home. he settled into his usual deadly
streak and had X been for the fact that Mackie
played like champion himself Smith would have
retired for luncheon with more tnsn the slight one
hole margin which separated them at the end Of
the first round
II was in the afternoon tha: both men put up
brand OF golf 1hat made the big gallery marvel
Never perhaps has such exhibition been seen
hereabouts. and practically much credit goes
70 the loser the winner. although Il must not
be forgotten that Smith did mis- work over
strange course Tine and again the Wykagyi man
saved himself from apparently awkward situa-
tion by laying the ball dead with OF those deli
cate chip shots. On the other hand. Mackie. some
times Indifferent putter and again extremely
brilliant, struck OF his deadly veins in this
round. holing put after put varying from six To
twenty feet in length Had it not been for those
exceptional puts Mackie would have been beaten
long before the home green.
While Smith could complain his short game
IN the afternoon. Il is that with excep-
words he had % work his passage for the regula-
tion puts
To start with. Mackie Won the first hole after
wild second shot hy laying his approach close TO
the pin and holinE the put for a par Of J. while
smith who had got home nicely his second, took
three puts. Again. at the second hole Alex after
getting heme his second shot, made his ad
fnrers groan by taking three more to get down so
that Gaekie, who had required e stroke more 10
reach the green, enabled to get & halve in ;
4 succession OF halves followed until the short
fifth green was reached where Smith, after a
deadly iron shot. down tolerably easy put for
TWO. sQaaring the match.
wild drive and indifferent approach De
naiized Msckie going TO the sixth hole so that
Smith, who made mistakes won It in 4 to 3
Now up. Smith promptly lost his advantage by
driving into the ditch going 10 No. :. II was a
foolish effort, for the golfers always play short as
nothing is 70 be gained even by getting across on
Fhs drive. Anyhow Mackie won the hole in TO 8
Halves in at the two holes found the pair
al square at the turn. each having gone out in 30
After halve in four at the tenth hole Mackie
Won the eleventh in a peculiar war FEe made
an Indifferent drive the ball bringing up on the
side OF the hill The right, ard from this svsk-
ward position the best he could was to get half
wa 10 the hole his next while Smith who
had driven q beautiful ball. seemed likely To get
home On his second Alex got unusually long
br2ssie shot however the bail carving clear IN
the green and running over into the pond Ac-
corcing 90 the rules. he 20 drop for the usual
one stroke penalty. but IN order 10 dron Ia had
20 walk nearly hundred yards back to the
other SIDE ot the pond He vas then playing 4
ard although he reached the green nicely he had
% be content with 6 not good enough 70 get a
hslve. as Maciie was Down in 8 without trouble
Smith squared accounts few moments later
with at the twelfth hole. and he became
Up at the thirteenth when Adackie topped his drive
They halved the fourteenth. and at one time q
locked as IL Smith would win the fifteenth as his
second shot left him only a put Of about six feet
while Mands on the line some tG,eFve feet
away from the flag. To the delight OF his follow
ers Naolae holed the put for a 3. and when Smith
missed his by s hairs breadth some Of the more
enthusiastic could restrain their feeItnzs
The I'll timed shouting grated harshly on Smiths
esre' sno sffer II was all over he said he never
hed heard anything like IL IN all his experience
From there 20 the end OF the morning round no
change was recorded until Smith holed ten ,oot
put for 6 8 on the home green. which made him
] Up
Both played Ike different men In the s4te-noon
30 shot appeared too dificllt At the hrst refr1sr
man held the green on his approach yet bv brill
aant recove-ies they managed 70 halve the bol. tn
T. At the second 5Iaolis '1stoie'' a halve IN 4 by
bringing OF trying fo-foot put down f,l hut ar
tbs third conditions were reversed WHARF Smith
had TO drop a B-footer TO snatch a halve in 2
They divided the fourth and fifth holes in par A.
uTes. but the sixth was al Mackies the For T5ill
man experimenting a straight drive by beautirul
second shot 10 within eight feet OF the flag ana
then running down the put for a g.
That squared the match but Smith prornntlv h.
came ene I'D again. thanks 70 one OF those deadly
chip shots- 10 the seventh hole which left him
little or nothing ts do in the way Of a put 20 ss,
his His approach TO the ninth. beautifully played
le7t TIE Dsu not than feet from the rsn
end the hole iool1ed good as won after nrsck,s
had made ealy the edge Of the green on his second
shor- Smith. however, missed the short one so
fhst they hatvsd in ( Both men had gone out in
the exceptional figures Of 3s-hree better than nsr
Ore Cf f1.ozs fo-.r