New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-17
GOLFERS LOST IN FOG
urhite Leads Big Field in Spite
of Some Blind Play.
7savERS IN SIXTH PLACE
,,otv Amateurs Brave Rain and
Mist in Tourney at
Montclair.

S;nsty-odd amateurs who gathered Tor
-. annual invitation golf tournament over
,;rts of the Montclair Golf Club yes
literally were lost in the clouds OF
s,,rine Part Of the play Although the
~,syters were unable to see twenty
a.. - ahead Of them. Gardner White, the
ss--.cbolas.ic champion. representing the
il' ,..d cluh. won the medal in the eigh-
hole qualifying round with capt.
fal So - g..
:. ,.bile Jerome D. Travers. the Mont
- -sco-d holder. had to be content with
:. ua showed better form later in the day,
lever when he returned gross score of
= in the handicap
q far as qualifying was concerned, play
had 10 stay in the divisions in which
80 we're placed according to their metro
-,s,., ban7icaps. The first set embraced
,.oss rated from l 10 Z, inclusive: the sec
~ from 10 10, Inclusive: the third from
: - "a inclusive, and the fourth all those
-,,b allowances OF Is or more
T,7.h q view 10 making the affair even
,o-s If q novelty the committee ruled that
,,e contestants who failed TO make their
attended sets would be able to try again
.o.dev for TWO down and OUT cups. This
o,,.est will be run of at handicap match
play.
prior 20 the start OF the tournament the
entrants were all carded IN their proper
classes. and in this instance at least few
csses were recorded Of irregular form. In
he first set Alfred Morrer. the strong
uzekenssck PLAYER. a : man on the handi-
ran list failed to get going and took SO.
On the other hand. c 8. Kellogg, of the
hon1e club. PLAYED In the second set be-
rsuse Of an eight-stroke allowance, but he
showed surprisingly good form by going
around in So. figures that would have made
,be first sixteen IN any tournament with the
usual conditions prevailing. Then there
was T ". Maley. another home man, rated
at L, and placed in the third division in
consequence. who reeleG off an Sc.
A tendency 10 miss wee puts on the sod
Gen greens prevented White from getting
around well under so. Otherwise the school
boz PLAYED sound golf, going out in AZ and
home in IS.
Travers missed a chance for the medal
by taking fourteen strokes for the last two
holes. At the sevent zenith his second shot
found the bunker and a resulted while
at the home hole he began by slicing his
drive out Of bounds This hole also cost
him Z
number OF collegians took part. includ-
inr c. P Eddy OF Princeton and George
Stanley Of Yale. both of whom had scores
of0. r Y Hayne another Yale golfer.
found the going so bad that he withdrew.
Apropos Of the conditions, they could
st,o sso.,s- "
birds started they encountered drench-
ing rain, while those who followed became
swallowed up IN the most bewildering fog
hat has ever tried the patience Of the good
people OF Montclair. L was especially hard
for those not familiar with the course, but
Theodore Keer one OF the Baltusrol en-
trants, devised q plan. which for want of
better name might be styled ''mathemati-
cal golf" Not knowing the course, and
possessing only general idea Of the direc-
lion n the greens. heer determined 20 pace
Of the distances.
II he got $50 Yards or so on his drive,
about that number Of PAGES told him SO,
and the same procedure followed after the
second shot A little mental addition and
subtraction, with q certain percentage OF
dead reckoning. 50 as TO make due allow
snce FOR stray direction, then prompted
Keer as 10 what club TO take for the ap-
moach he would soiiloquize somewhat as
follows.
We'll Theodore. you have got about $50
Yards The card says the hole is $50 You
have therefore 20 more to 60 Direction
has been good. consequently the green
should be dead ahead" (Aloud) Boy, give
ne the mashie."
How well the nautical system worked out
S shown by the fact that Keer returned
one Of ne hest scores he has ever had in
an open tournament.
An extra event. consisting Of an eighteen
hole medal play handicap, III the afternoon
attracted q large field. despite the condl-
tons. Il resulted in J. F Sanderson. OF the
home club winning with q Y net assisted
~ twelve-strole allowance
The scores were as follows: