New-York tribune., 1909-06-04
O'CONNOR LEADS FIELD
GRAHAM OFF HIS GAME.
Former Jersey Golf Champion Fd'tS
to Qualify IN Medal Round.

Tho ,,rexnocted banpe7ed when Archie Graham,
of Paterson. failed to qualify in the hrst CIV io
of the tenth annual championship tournament "a
the New Jersey State Golf Association al Nloht0id
Yesterday Equally surprising was the WORK VI
Charles W. OConnor, OF the Essex County Cou"t'y
Club who won the medal in the testing rouho wiz
a capital rs. This score led F. M Barnes OF En-
glewood by two strokes. Max Behr. OF MOTIFS
County with 10 the only other contestant u
get around under so.
The committee started eighty-four payers anu
practically every club belonging to the associd'io
was we'll represented Coincident with this quar-
fyine round was the annual team contest IN "hicN
EngIewood Essex County. Montclair. YountaKah'
Batusrol Morris County and Forest Hill all com
peted. Conditions stipulated that the quartet WIN
the lowest aggregate total would win, ana tle aii
again proved favorable Englewood which won
with total of 326 This makes the third consecu-
five wear that Englewood has carried of the team
honors and the fourth time altogether
According to the conditions. yesterdays tourna-
rnent began with eighteen-hoe qualifying rounu'
contestants classifying themselves into four SIX
teens according to the merit Of their scores iHe
course which has playing length of $500 yaros'
3207 out and 1888 In, was really longer yesteroaS'
because old Tom Anderson explained the osAs
had been put back all the tees Even tnousl
,ba total practically exceeded 5000 yards, II may
be said that the scoring with the possible exception
Of the three men who got around under 80 was
rather on the high side.
O'Connor while long recognized as steady play
er vas not regarded likely to win the mccall
but everything went his way this particular oc
casio7 Rarely of the line and putting with deadly
accuracy the Essex County man reached the turn
N 90 The same calitre Of golf was maintained
throughout the homewaId journey, and 10 { p 'ne
climax the former Essex County champion brought
off twenty fve-foot put on the home green for =
which gave him 81 and rs for the round HIS
card was as follows
Qa',.-.,,............-..9 tss A%sg-1s
e7oth Barnes and Behr declared that they should
have done better. Behr says Montclair is unques-
,i,,abr,, Ave strokes easier than Batusrol. and
Barnes said that with any kind Of luck he might
easily have saved three or four strokes
The luck of the draw brought several fairy
evenly matched PLAYERS together for the hrst round
O'Connor found himself pitted against Harry
Christi, probably the strongest Of the Forest nm
set Neitl r gave anything away. and. try as they
would the men found themselves on exactly even
terms at the finish O'Connor, however won on the
nineteenth green. Christi IS what Is known as d
fo~ehand player-in other words ne srasps MS ciuo
with the left hand below the right
Something Of an upset occurred when Paul Har-
rison. Of the home club. defeated Murray Oyphah''
OF EnElewood who won the New Jersey ttue sew
ar,I wears ago. Always having the advantage
Harrison finally won by up and TO play. Barnes
defeated F Marseles. Of Yountakah, rather
strong match player. the sixteenth green, while
Rehr proved altogether too strong Tor g n bro"n'
Of the home club
Oswald kiTkhy. one OF tle sAt'ilS'9' " ~
wood set played around with Graham in the morn
Ing The latter plainly showed lack OF practoe'
getting OF the line frequently and overplaying the
green's on many Of his approaches In this way
5-,ba-, accumulated the rather substantial total
OF So which so disgrunted the former state cham
Mon that he withdrew from the tournament.
xlrkhv managed scramble around IN So which
7a,.d bin, in the second division. where he barely
,-.,...adad IN heating the veteran James A Tying
,r a match carried the home green.
The scores were follows: