New-York tribune., 1909-06-25
FAST GOLF In OPEN
y4NKEE PLAYER LEADS
THE BIG FIELD.
Hunter Makes Ne7C Course Record
in Play for Cham pion-
ship Title.

IN. unusual spectacle OF a horne-bred American
,oJfer heading the field the end of the first
tAi-1v-six holes Of play in a national open golf
,lsr1uiorship tournament was furnished Engle-
--,os yesterday. when Tom Mcnamara. OF the
1z-olsstor Golf Club near Boston. returned rounds
- 3 and 20 for 142. Mcnamara learned the game
&c boy in Boston. and several years ago gave
Indications Of becoming high class PLAYER.
Next on tbs list came Andrew Campbell. of
snrfnE Haven. the youngest member of this family
az great golfers with rounds of Il and IS for 1+6.
-rIle George Sargent. Of Hyde Manor. Vt.
other dark horse. got third, with 75-72-lE7. Alec
Campbell. tamiliarly known the ''Ntpper," and
the fs--driylng Gil Nichols tied for fourth place
with l.S So far the amateurs were concerned.
walter !. Travis of Garden City had the dis
ti-otion Of showing the way with an even 15n al
though the metropolitan champion was closely
pressed by Francis J. Upton. jr. of BaltusroL Up
Ton GOT The same Travis in the molnins-72
The next hest amateur was Jerome D Travers.
TIE national title holder with - and 5 for 155
Prohs nly the most remarkable performance Of the
dav was Dave Hunters record round OF IS in the
forenoon. On the other hand. his Indifferent So
lster in the day only served as another illustration
Of the uncertainty Of golf The IS referred broke
the course record by two strokes. and incidentally
made good the prophecy Of Will Anderson that 20
would b beaten during the tournament
With regard 10 the favorites. who failed to work
their way near the top, il may be said that Alec
Smith. of Wykagyl, champion of the Eastern Pro-
with rounds Of IS and a. for 149 while VIII Ander
sor. Z four times winner of the title and present
open champion Of the Western Golf Association.
could DO better than 153. Then there was Fred
Mcleod. the national open champion with 154
An International favor was lent TO the affair
through the presence of Tom Vardon Of Deal, Eng
land. who only reached these shores on Wednesday
night Considering this coupled with the fact that
he had absolutely no knowledge Of the course, the
-iror did extremely well 10 return scores Of 50 and
70 for a total Of 155. He paired with Alec Smith
and this combination served attract large gal
lerv throughout the day.
Genial Of manner and with a free and easy, al
most careless. way Of hitting the ball. Vardon
promptly became a favorte with the gallery. In a
way he was also the subject OF much sympa t1y. as
snce with the custom abroad he the typical
Fnzlisn golhnz jacket. which he did not dare dis
card for fear Of throwing him of his swing. He
declared ne had never felt the heat in his life,
and - the ninth hole thought he would not be able
70 continue
In getting his low score Mcnamara played sound
golf from start 20 finish. He started with Eve
consecutive As and after z . at the long sixth,
brought of good put for at the 1a0-yard
seventh Two more IS enabled him 10 go IN
81 clever work considering the length Fives at the
thirteenth fourteenth and sixteenth holes prevented
him from corning hack better than IS. but.
his 3 placed him among the leaders
Later in the dav Mcnamara took s At the sixth
hole and reached the turn in g. Coming home the
wollaston players golf was perfection itself and
he came within an ace of crowning il all with
- the home hole. The ball bobbed in the cup
and CUT again. so that all he had do 10
zap il IN for a 2 homeW-ard play in s2 gave
him. e. round The card read as Follows: