The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-26
THE SUN. SATURDAY, JUNE &c. 1909.
SARGENT OPEN GOLF WINNER
ONCE 4 CADDIE on TIE EPSON
DOWNS LINKS IN ENGLAND

Played q Grand Game and Deserved 70
Win-McNnmara, tho Boston Home
bred. Has q Poor Closing RouDd--w.
=. Travis II . Prize winner In . Tie.
After q brilliant day OF medal play George
Sargent. least known Of all the starters.
o the open golf championship Of the
United States yesterday. at the Englewood
Golf Club with the score OF 200. the lowest
in tho fourteen annual contests. Tom
MCNAMARA, the homebrsd. who had led
him I'VE strokes the first day. was second.
with 2e4. a stroke better than the score
Aleck Smith established as the record when
he won the title in 1909 at Onwentsia.
heat did not keep away q gallery that In
cluded many women. Miss Julia Mix. the
Stout, Mrs. z. r. Sanford and Mrs. W.
Fellowes Morgan. who followed her son
and Tom McNamara. were among them.
In winning the championship Sargent
becomes possessor of the cup for O year.
a gold medal outright and $500. McNamara,
tho FIRST homebred to be second. won $50.
Aleck Smith won the third prize Of 300.
Will Anderson, Isaac Mackie and John
Hobens divided fourth, fifth and sixth
prizes Of $40. Mr.. ". j. Travis. the second
time he has been placed; Tom Anderson.
JF., Y. II. Barker. Bob PEBBLES and Andrew
Campbell tied at 800 for the last four prizes,
or $40. the amateur to receive q trophy.
Sargent Q rounds Of rs, ~. ~ n n reveal
the great merit OF his games. At the end
OF the third round,h he was two strokes still
to the bad, but he tied Mcnamara by going
out In Is to 81. Coming home very fast
Sargent had II and his title safe. The one
poor hole was the sixth where Sargent was
bunkered through taking too light a club
for the second shot and required q six
where q four would have suficed. Nc
Namara came home In forty. making but
one or two poor holes but few brilliant ones,
His rounds were rs. 90. IS and 70.
The victory may change Sargent's luck
He Is a quiet and well hammered chap Of
% who first played at EPSON Downs. In
England, on the links that crosses the
Derby ~cecours viii Tucker. the Ards
ley professional. had the Redhill and Rel
gate green nearby and Sargent as q kid
would caddle for him. He recalled the fact
to Tucker who knew him well. and he will
visit at Ardsley before going back to Yer
mont, where he has the Hyde Manor Golf
Club green. Sargent was foreman for
Harry vardon at Caution when he set out
for the Otta WI green three years ago, To
cut short this brief biography. Sargent was
second In the Canadian open last July to
A. II. Murray and he started In the open last
August at Myopis but tore up his card In
the first round. Back to England by the
fall. Sargent came over to stay with Barker
often played the with w. J. Travis.
who selected him to win early Yesterday;
Before going 70 VERMONT Sarsent had
club. which Withdrew because he had no
reR Tssa Club IS VII p!1 e sorry nov, I think
$50 0,s~Anksa Nnlu rnu ~ ant n he tnlh fhA
story Il don't think e could hire me nov.
gsnt's style %waApassed by Richsrd Km6s.:
not brilliant with any one club nor weak
MeNamsr. won The Te.s, open cham nam
REiSsnn: .a .s ss = .,s sssss - ae /. x 3 ss.r nae Old t ssd
10 charge Of the Woiiaston Golf Club. Young
Mr., Morgan outdroye him right along yes
as Of. Thursday and was tagged by the strain
coat for the FIRST time in his HE az conces-
but q u wa, more PLEASING later. The Brit
morrow night. Mr., Fred HerresSoa sent
j. b. Trsysrs. the. smsseur champion, MAS
with R NJ. Thomson. The committee in due
ner'' The aastsa? champion bad no ens
to play on with and the comnlttee decided
II was too late for him. to start.
thirty-six holes 90 tie drst day Gii Nichols
and Aleck Campbell-the former setting
ing from the heat-who were then tied for
fohrth at lts, were the most Promipent to
drop out Of the prize rank. The others TO
ssyins had ssrd f 10 Il lea. uRt sss s IN; .aS.h. Coos. ssss
hndsrsen., Aieof smith, JOIN AsSsns and
Isaac .Mackie made great gains. They took
the places Of the four cut out. Mr.. Travis
held his own, but Bob Peeblee and Andrew
Tom Anderson. Jr.. and H.. H. Barker by =
brilliant second day, also reached this d.
vision. Barker has. only been once over
open of 1908. ,.s..r.