New-York tribune., 1910-09-02
Sylvester Turns in Fine Card in
Greater New York Tourney.
NEARLY EQUALS THE RECORD
Sixty Golfers Start in the DUAL
flying Round for the
City Title.

Once again gray hairs had to step aside
for precocious youthfulness, when Joe Sill
vester, the seventeen-year- ex-caddie, led
the field in the eighteen-hole qualifying
round of the greater New York champion
ship tournament over the public links at
Van Cort!andt Park yesterday. Sylvester
returned card Of - which came within a
stroke of the amateur record for the course.
and incidentally led William Wallace his
nearest competitor. b. The wide margin OF
five shots
Although the rair Cd down merciless
II throughout the ,arly hours, the tourna
ment never received q better start. for more
than sixty drove of from the first tee. and
all save one handed in cards. The quality
also SURPASSED any previous efforts, for in
addition to Sylvester and Wallace, ?. F.
Gilmartin succeeded in getting round in bet
ter than so.
There were really more than these to
make low scores as J. d Ahearn, NJ S.
Brown. G. G. Rowe and W NJ. Gilbert did
well especially the first three Ahearn had
II. Brown 79 and Roe so The scores of
all were thrown out when it was found that
the golfers in question were not residents
of the greater city. This fact was not no.
ticed until after the players had started.
and they themselves neglected to read the
rules governing the competition. but when
they had the facts stated to them they
withdrew gracefully.
There was one other protest. which. how
ever. was not sustained. It had to do with
Silverster. who up to a year ago had fre-
Quently caddied on the Van COrtlandt
links. Last year the boy was protested,
but allowed to continue amateur on
the promise never to caddie again. and in
yesterdays complaint il was not proved to
the satisfaction of the committee that he
had violated this promise
Contestants qualified for the Herald cup.
and the sixteen losers in the first round
will have q chance to continue on for a
trophy offered by John P. O'Conneu. The
management of the competition is under
the New York Golf Club and Francis j.
Kelly acts as chairman Of the tournament
committee. his associa tes being 9. A Time
well. Charles l. Marshall and J. G. Gar
field. Because of the numerous protests
and knotty problems that came up for
settlement. the refrain. Has Anybody
Here Seen Kelly?' was frequently heard
That rainy weather really has little TO
do in adding strokes to ones score was
again forcibly illustrated in yesterday 5
testing round. for with two or three ex-
ceptions the golfers played the top of their
game Sylvester never scored so well in his
life while Wallace and Gilmartin are al
ways pleased TO get inside of SO
The first named can attribute his low
total to remarkable start the hill
holes. as the first six are called He began
with a pair OF S. followed with three As.
and another 3 at the sixth, thanks to
tventy-foot put Here was total Of u
to reach the turn in 81 Thereafter he
played along in par figures or better max
ing the last nine in IS Par for the inward
holes is 50. His card read as follows:
3ut----.--. o. , ; : : ! : 55$s-72
Practically all the golfers did their best
work going out. a fact that is easily ex-
planned because of the short playing length
of :. $50 Yards as against 3.13o yards for the
last nine Thanks 10 the increased energy
of the new Park Commissioner, the course
never appeared in better condition Since
last year the green's have been piped.
rolled and cared for in q manner that has
borne good results.
Wallace who got second qualifying hon
ors won a leg on the chief trophy in 1893,
and If he should win again this time the cup
will become his Theodore Cassebeer, last
years winner qualified easily enough with
an 81. but met with prompt elimination in
the first round at the hands OF Z. II.
Brocker. one of the New York Golf Clubs
best.
The draw for the first match round
brought Sylvester and A. L. Broe. the Co
lumbia student. together. There was moth
ing to chose between the pair going out.
although Sylvester secured q up advan-
tage Al one time. He lost the eighth and
ninth holes. so that they turned TOT home
all square the strokes reading SO apiece.
After fours at the tenth and eleventh for
both Sylvester practically won the match
BY winning the next three holes in 4-43,
a stroke better than par. His three at the
fourteenth was exceptional. the hole being
361 Yards in length.
They halved the short fifteenth IN another
three but Sylvester won the sixteenth and
the match by up and to play. He
has an easy style. driving a fairly long
ball and approaching with an accuracy
that would do credit 20 the average pro
fessional. II is on near the green. how
ever where the boy shines to the best ad-
vantage His long approach puts are dead
" and even when he does leave himself
considera BILE to do the holing out stroke
rarely fails The card of the Sylvester
follows