New-York tribune., 1909-06-06
RERR LANDS A TITLE
rr,rs JERSEY GOLF HONOR
At LIST.
u,ra DAYS Golf in Steady Dris@le
Gires Norris County Nan
TrarerS's CrO7cR.

,-o.lzing at the door for several years
All - ~ Morris County. at last succeeded in
AHA the championship title Of the New Jersey
WI Golf Association by defeating his club mate
-. x Smith. up and 10 play. in the thirty
MOTE s,si round over tx links Of the Montclair
sN,' ,-,.,b YESTERDAY. Behr lost TO Jerome y.
Con n The final round in 1907 and 1905 While
- F2err appeared TO be the class OF the tour
o - - esnscially after Archie Graham failed 10
,.4, m the first DAY, his road TO victory was by
s-..,s aasv His match Of yesterday. carried TO
+ti-.,--dfth green. represented hard fought
Y - rom the beginning, similar in many re-
IS 70 his earlier contests
g. se scoring was concerned. II cannot be said
.t --i-cir2als in this final round did especially
.ba cards reading s. 70 So in favor Of Behr
= ,be end OF the morning session. while in the az
-, P-b- required - strikes 10 go out, as
I,s+ IS for his opponent. Coming home the
e. was tride better but even 50, both men
80 IS for the last eight holes
-ss conditions however. initiated against good
- throughout the morning and well into
=. .4+s---o-n The rain came down. sometimes moth
:. more than d-izze. TO be sure. but enough 10
- tbines wet and generally uncomfortable Be
- -rs ru-f g1r sosgy. and the players found it
s,z=~1lt 70 Keep from slipping on the hillsides-
~ start the match. nothing happened OF conse-
80 rairz OUT save that both men ran down lons
- = have the seventh hole in :. and repeated
- s-a-ior7 on the following green. where Smiths
:. ss good for twenty feet and Behr's only slight
= fees BY taking his hrassie on the ninth tee
~ made mistake OF Judgment, for the shot went
80 fort, Yards beyond the green Seeing this
80 Smith wisely reso-ted 70 his from. and lay
a. he hall nicely on the green. won the hole in
- which left him only ! down at the turn
Ro.b men Won and lost holes in ordinary figures
- -ba honevar5 journey. and Behr. after being =
- The fourteenth lost thu next by topped drive
ssr halved the last three holes. 50 that Behr was
.-sbles 70 retire for luncheon l up
= v=-nirg the second and the third holes in
=. .s.z--oor Psrr became up 50 that i locked
.sssbe would soon have commanding Lead Spells
:. ragged golf on The part OF both men ensued.
s,rh giving the other frequent opportunities. which
re- sometimes accepted. but more often thrown
szzr. Going down the hill the sixth hole
smith after pulling his second shot TO an awk-
ward lie among the fr trees made 2 beautiful re-
rors-v and succeeded in halving the hole in G.
when Beh- fell green shy on his approach
smith should have Won the seventh hole UP the
rf for Behr practically missed three shots. top
ping his drive. half topping his second 20 tthe
rough and getting out poorly on his next There
vas an element OF hard luck attending Smiths
second shot which. only few feet of the line
struck the tree the right OF the green. The ball
re5oun5ed 70 fairly good position the fairway.
hut Smith then aubbed his approach so that the
Ron the eleventh hole but his opponent captured
the match. After that Behr made no mistakes,
tssnth IN a par anI settling matters with a > on
The Seventeenth green. Smith failing TO get home
OF lis approach and taking 6.