Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-09-14
HerreshOff, Considered FavOrite,
Given Battle by j. F.
Stanley, Jr.
[From a SAD correspondent.l ]

tournament at the BrOokllne
County Club this week was the failure
of H Chandler Egan, national cham
pion of 1904 and 1905, to qualify in the
first sixty-four to continue in the sec
ond round of the qualification.
In fact, there were many other first
class players, but not of such national
prominence, who were in the same pre-
dicament.
Another severe wedding out oc-
CURED as a result of the morning
round of eighteen holes medal play, as
but thirty-two of the sixtyfour quail
fled for the match play.
Warren X Wood. who led the field
on the first day with 70, did not
capture the prize offered for the lowest
score in the qualifying round, as 1t was
generally believed he would do. That
high honor went to Fred Herreshoff,
the metropolitan champion, who estab
llshed a new amateur competitive
record for the course of "a, which gave
him the low score for the thirty-six
holes of 152. p. w. Whittemore, of the
Country Club, holds a course record of
II, but 1t was not made in competition
and cannot stand as a record. Woods's
morning round was 70, which gave him
total of l54, two strokes more than
Herreshoff, who is now regarded as
the most likely winner of the cham
pionship, especially after his brilliant
work in the first round of match play
in the afternoon, which is the best that
has been seen since the tourney began.
His opponent was j. F. Stanley, jr.,
of Newark entered from the Deal
Golf and Country Club. Mr.. Stanley
was up against the fiercest proposition
of the day. and despite the fact that
he played most excellent golf, doing
the course in so, the bogy for the course,
he was beaten by 6 up and 4 to play.
Herreshoff simply played like demon,
going out in 36, and he did the next
seven holes in 26, with a total of 81
for the first sixteen holes. 1t was even
betting that he would smash all rec
ords, as the next two holes were COM
paratively easy fours for him, but he
took five for each hole to Shanley's
five and five ard finished with a 70.
Stanley is no easy mark for anybody,
and starting off he won the first hole
by perfect golf. although the match
was all square at the second. Herre-
shoff took the lead at the third hole
and after halving the fourth, he won
the next three by phenomenal golf
which gave him the lead by 4 up. This
did not discourage Stanley who
halved the next two holes, Herreshoff
going out in 36 to 40. Herreshoff in
creased his lead to up at the tenth
hole, but Stanley won the eleventh
with a faultless 3. Herreshoff jumped
the Lad up again to 5 at the twelfth
hole, and after halving the thirteenth
s,. A -. ~. Il.
close at the fourteenth with a faultless
on the part of Herreshoff. who is an
exceptionally long driver The bye
holes were played out for Herreshoff's s
score. Their cards were:
Herreshoff-
Out ..,......,... 3 444S "a 5-36
In ............... 4 8 8 5 5-36-72
Stanley, jr.-
Out ..........,. 4 5 4 5 4 4 A $40
In .............. 4 3 6 4 5 5 8 5-4O-s0
Anderson VS.. Ward.
most spirited match was PLAYED
between John G. Anderson, Woodland
a former Massachusetts champion. and
John NJ. Ward, Garden City, a former
New Jersey State champion Ward
played marvelously well in the first
half of the match, going out in 80 and
leading by up at the seventh hole.
but Anderson made an exceptionally
strong finish, coming in in 81, having
the match all square at the twelfth
hole and taking the lead at the thir-
teenth, which he increased to up at
the fifteenth. Ward won the seven
teenth, cutting II down to l up, but a
half on the eighteenth gave the victory
to Anderson by 1 up. Their cards
were:
Anderson
Out ............ 5 8 455 "A Al
In ............... a "A 3 5-37-7S
Ward
Out ..........4 454444S5 $50
In ...,.......... 4 G 5 8 A 5 A 5-42-S1
Walter J. Travis, Garden City, the
veteran of the flrst-class men, is still
very much in the race His opponent
was G. Waldo, jr., Brooklawn, whom