New-York tribune., 1909-06-23
Baseball Golf Lawn Tennis Il Auomobng Il
GOLFERS SCORE WELL,
PROS" HARD At WORK
Hiss Iir and Jack Hobens W;p
NOUel Match at EngIezCood

Low scoring in preparation for the national one,
championship tournament and a mixed foursor,a
in which women were paired with professionals
furnished much of interest on the links OF the
Engiewood Golf Club yesterday. The competi-tv.
fixture, something of a novelty was PLAYED in e.
afternoon, and Miss Julia r. Mix and Jack Hobsrs
OF the home club. playing from scratch won vftb
an aggregate score OF 1s2 Miss Nix n,asa r.
round in 90 and her partner in p Mrs. p
Duryea and Willie Anderson got second place vt,h
164- The former. also an Englewood Representative
returned 49, but her 9O-stroke allowance gave be-
SO net. Anderson had 10
According to the conditions special prizes war.
offered for the professionals returning the Iou,a,+
scores. and this resulted in Hobens George -
of Baltusrol, and Alec Campbell Of BrookIina
sharing the honors. with totals Of 2. Mrs c T
Stout. Of the Richmond County Country Club ,bs
onetinne national champion. and Herbert Strone ~
Apawannis. also played from scratch. the former
getting 81. and Strong 10 Several OF the pairs dId
not return cards. the thunderstorm which broks
over the links during the afternoon interfsraa
greatly with the play OF the women
Judging by the extremely low scores uada n,
practice, the professionals will make things fn+Ar
esting when the championship proper begins "a
morrow Several four-baII matches carried gal
leries during the early hours. one in particular
proving drawing card. as VIII Anderson and blz
younger brother Tom, played against Fred Ne
Leod. the national open champion. and Gilber.
Nichols, Of Wilmington Tom Anderson was in an
especially low scoring vein. and he Won hole after
hole by running down long puts. varying in length
from six to thirty feet. He brought OF good uut
on the second green for a 8. winning the hole and
he won the fifth hole in another after being In a
bunker on his drive He also saved the eleventh
hole for his side by a useful put, and two mora
long enabled him 10 win the twelfth and thfr-
teenth in 3 each. VIII Anderson won the fifteenth
by running down an eight-footer for a 2 Mcleod
also had 2 on the seventh hole.
In the best bail scores~the Andersons fitted per-
fectly going out IN "a and home in 81 for So
Tom Anderson got a p Mcleod 3 and VIII An
dcrSon IS. while Nichols, who picked up several
occasions, was not so good The Andersons won
the match by 3 up and l 70 play, their best ball
being as follows:
Will and Tom Anderson:
Out -----------.... 3 : :
Isaac Mackfe, Of Fox Hills also appeared az his
best in a four-baT match with Fred Brand, OF
Oakmont- They played Jack Hutchinson and Peter
Robertson. a Pittsburg pair. and won BY Up and
2 to play. Mackie went out in s. and back In IS
for Il James Thomson and Jack Campbell played
Robert Thomson and Andrew Campbell After hn-
ishins all square the home green TWO extra
holes were necessary before a decision could be
reached. Robert Thomson then won for his side
with fine s.
The course has undergone number OF changes
since Jerome D Travers won the New Jersey title
there year ago Practically all the bunkers and
traps have been made more formidable Going TO
the fourth hole the waterway which crosses the
course for the second shot has been widened while
the ninth little trap which frequently penal
lied the long drivers has been filed up. The stone
wall has been removed the tenth, while the
green az the eleventh has been terraced the
right hand side The fifteenth green is new, being
saucerlike in formation and a decided improve
nent on the old one. This Is the short hole that
proved so interesting during the national cham
piOnship in 1906.
There VIII be a four-bau tournament to-day.
amateurs playing with professionals and it is ez-
pected that practically all the pros entered for
the championship Will compete The committee has
decided 20 give everybody chance by keeping na
entries open until the time for starting this after
noon