New-York tribune., 1910-09-11
LOW SCORING THE RULE
Two Hundred Golfers in Practice
at Brookline.
MANY FOUR-BALL MATCHES
II. Chandler Egan, with W. j.
Travis, Beats 2. HerreshoH
and Walter z. Egan.
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Boston. Sept f0.-Aspirants fo- national
golf championship honors. nearly two hun
eired strong. practised diligently over IRE
links Of the Country Club Of Brookline TO-
day. Some failed to show their best PAGES.
but as a rule cards on the low side pre-
vailed
Four-bai1 matches engaged most OF ths
favorites and in one of these groups Walter
J. Travis. Of Garden City. and H Chandler
Egan. Of Exmoor. figured as winning
combination against Fred Herreshor. shs
metropolitan champion. and Walter z
Egan by / and ! margin
It was match that perhaps has more
bearing on the outcome OF the tournament
than any of the day and strengthened the
idea that the Chicago group IS exceedingly
formidable in the contest for the title Fig
uratively this for golf championship only
resembles in it's long and sustained EFFORT
a Marathon race
II Chandler Esan topped of the best
round Of the four with a on the home
hole. due to forty-foot put. Hugo r John
stone had a 3 here. his approach nearly
holing for and also on the seven
teenth- H Chandler Egan did %.
Travis was out In +3 and home IN - for ..
but lifted on the home green the only ap-
proximatiOn- Herreshof was not going
very well, being OUT in q and 43 in. bur
with two approximations Walter Egan-
with two approxtnations.did 4f-40-s1- He
had a marvellous on the ninth, where the
par is ). Walter hooked his drive into me
edge of the trees and among bushes. Play
ing out well. the ball nearly went into the
brook. hopping over the bank with a hang
ing lie Going at it strongly with a mashie.
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70 the hole
Max Behr, the New Jersey champion and
E B Schley. Of Morris County. won from
F. II. Thomas of that club. and Archie
Reid. o. St Andrews. who had his first
trial Of the course. by up and I to play.
Behr did So There We're more over 30 than
under by large majority. although con
ditions We're good for scoring and the pins
were in the same places as on Friday. Gil
man P. Tiffany. Of Newburg, and Karl Mos
ser, the Yale golfer, beat R. H HOvey- Con
nectfCut State champion. and DR.. A Squfer
Of Massachusetts, by . and L Tiffany
did 70
Hugo R Johnstone. OF Nyopfa, was
Joined by Nipper Campbell in a morning
match against E 5 Armstrong, Of Atlantic
City. and Gil Nichols. the Wilmington pro-
| fessiOnaL Il was a terrific driving match
between Johnstone and Nichols, both pre-
eminent in this part Of the game, while
Campbell was as hard 10 beat at Brook
line his home course.
| The match began at the ninth tee and
the threes BY Johnstone on the seventeenth
and eighteenth made his side Up, with 70
play. They stood doru11e facing the shorr
seventh. which was haIved IN 4. and gave
the match to tombstone and the Nipper By
, and I. They haIved the eighth and waded
/ in. The best ball card, arranged il The
regular order. follows:
\ Nassau County Club pair. F Q Jen-
nings and T. d. Hooper. were beaten I up
| by c. Smith and George T. BrOkaw. OF New
| York Brokaw's hard ( on the home hole
/ won the match, for he approached from the
road before the green and hoIed a 5-foot
/ put. Robert c. Watson. Westbrook. and
/ James A StilIman won from {. B. Mac
/ donald, National Golf Club. and Louis Liv-
/ ingston. WestbroOk by ? up Watson was
under IN. Gardner. White. Oakland and
/ George L. Connolly. Siwanoy. were 1 down
j in a 12-hoIe match to the Boston players.
/ Brice 5. Evans and L ". Small White
has not been over 50 ar any time and Con
molly on Thursday did q.
Low scores ruled which in another match
ended all square. the opponents being the
Chica goaHs. Warren A Wood and D. E
Sawmyer. against Albert SeckeI. intercol-
/ legtate champion. and John F. ShaIey. Jr-.
| OF the Deal New Jersey Golf and Country
Club SeckeI had two IS for "A, bur an
unhappy finish in 5 and left him - Wood
also had a: ShanIey. So. and Sawyer 50.
Several have minor changes to suggest
on the holes. but the course has praise
from all an ideal spot for the cham
pionship.