Evening star., 1909-06-23
MIXED FOURSOMES
ON ENGLEWOOO LINKS
Miss Mix and "Pop" Hobens
Lead Field in Curtain Raiser
for Open Championship.

NEW YORK, June 23-As a curtain
| raiser to the open golf championship
which begins tomorrow at Englewood
there was mixed best-hall foursome be
tween women of the metropolitan distric
and the professionals VINO aspire to de
pose Fred" Mcleod, last years it'll,
winner
Under the conditions the women played
under handicap. while their partners were
at scratch, the aggregate net score tt
count.
Playing from scratch, Miss Julia Mix
the metropolitan woman champion, and
Pop Hobens. both hailing from ting
home club, led the field, with 162. Miss
Mix was around in 80, while Hqbens. ir
spite of ) at the short fifteenth, which
was originally the eighth, holed out ir
12-36 out, 36 in.
or the other women Mrs. c. T. Stout
demonstrated she is coming back to hel
true form by negotiating the eighteer
holes in 81. From the fact that sht
started with @ and a Q and reached tn,
turn in 40. her homeward journey of ~
with two short puts missed, indicate:
that all she requires is serious application
for return to her old-time brilliancy.
1 II.
| Willie Anderson finished second on TIL
list. with 164, the four times open cham
pon under the conditions missed the sec
ond money for professionals. because hi
Il was easily outstripped by others of th
fraternity.
First Three Moneys Divided.
In fact, first second and third money
as far as the professionals were con
| cerned. was divided between Pop Ho
bens. George Low and "Nipper' Camp
bell. each of whom had an individua
card Of u.
The returns were:
Miss Julia Mix. oo-o--9o. and J. Hobcns.
Mrs, j.. H. Duryea. iio-so-ss. and =
Mrs. 7: G. Rendrs. iii-a2 -s5. and Gil
Mrs. T; siarbuck, is5 80. and Andrew ~ "
Mrs. {. i. stout. ai-o-si. and Herbert -
Mrs NJ D. Paterson, 1o1-4-o7, and George ~
Mrs. l.. W. .CaIlan. 1ol-2-oo. and Nip "
Mrs r. II. Poihemus. ica-a-ioo. and C.
Mrs. F, +. Sanford. ioo-2- ioi. and Dave
Among those who withdrew were Mrs
Faith of the Wykagyl Country Club an,
ALEC" Smith.
All the professionals who. are regarde,
as having a fighting chance were ou
bright and early in the morning. Prob
ably the most interesting match was
four-ball foursome between Willie? An
derson. looking as bronzed and hard a
hazelnut. and his kid brother Tom
against Fred" Mcleod. the presen
champion and Gilbert Nichols The An
derson combination. thanks to a ~ from
Toms" bat, won by 3 up on the seven
teenth green. Mcleod was round In "a
Willie" Anderson Is, while Nichols hat
one of his wild and woolly spells, an,
picked up more than once.
Another fine match was best ball four
some. In which Isaac Mackie and Fred
Brand of Pittsburg played Jock" Hutch
inson, the Pittsburg champion, and Pete
Robertson. also from the Steel City
Mackie and his partner won by 3 up an,
II to play. the Fox Hills man going ou
in 81 and coming home in 36.
Another best ball foursome worth fol
lowing was one between III. II. Barker
the old Yorkshire amateur champion, an,
George Low. Although odds were bet OIL
the last-nafled pair. the two English
men won by ! up. the winners ant
George Low going round in "A each.
Home Products in Form.
In single matches Joe Mitchell, Isaa
Mackie's favorite pupil and a home prod
uct. polished off the eighteen holes ii
73, while Tom" Mcnamara of Boston
another home product, had a fine rount
of 38-35-7
None of the amateurs entered was OF
the scene, but in the best ball foursom,
today, with amateurs and professional,
as partners. the majority Of those en-
gagged are expected. Some of the com
binations will be W. ]. Travis and Bar
ker. Max Behr and Low, Oswald Kirkby
and Hobens. ]. D. Fort and Strong, +
r. Upton. jr., and Willie Anderson, Je
rome d. Travers and Tom Anderson
jr.; Emerson Armstrong and Isaa,
and j. o. Parsons and Joe" Mitchell
while it is on the cards that Findla,
Douglas will hitch up with Willie" An
derson. Robert c. Watson with Fred
Mcleod and L. NJ. Barnes with liilher