New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-13
A NEW G0LF|NC WIZARD
SchooIboy Leads Big Field in
Fox Hills Tournament.
FORMER CHAMPION SECOND
White Makes Brilliant Score,
Showing Way to Travers
by One Stroke.
FORMER CHAMPION SECOND

Fresh from his interscholastic triumph
at Philadelphia, Gardner w White. the
Cutler School youngster. bravely led neio
of more than one hundred starters In the
IlaIifvtnR round Of the Fox HIS CON
Club invitation tournament at Chiffon
Staten Island, yesterday The lad eo'
around in rs despite the fact that IT was
the first time he had seen the course
This duplicated his performance at hunt
ingdon Valley on Monday, where ne aiso
led the field. although a stranger 10 the
links.
Next to White came Jerome D. TraVers'
of Montclair the former national champion
with a. There were three other cards bet
ter than 50. while 4. T. Miller, OF Dun
woodie, and Charles Presbrey of the home
club. tied for last place in the hrst SIX
teen with s.. Any low scores made IN yes
terday's competition were creditable be-
cause the course has been stifened up
good deal since last year. Traps ana
bunkers now yawn to penalize the Wlio
shots at ten of the holes
Among the late starters were Major W.
T. Haan and Captain F. T. Scott, of Fort
Wadsworth. The gallery increased as the
day advanced, but as most OF the favorltes
got away in the early hours the onlookers
had to content themselves with following
the play In impromptu four-ball matches.
From a cold and cherries morning the
weather turned fine in the afternoon.
Fox Hills Is a course that one is sup
posed to have to know to play 1t wen,
consequently Whites performance must
go on record as all the more remarkable
With characteristic youthful feariessness
this boy went where members reared 70
tread, and as Dame Fortune was with him
the bov's boldness rarely resulted disas-
trously.
Always driving a long ball. the inter
scholastic champion reached the turn IN
q When White underplayed his second
shot going to the sixth hole and got INTO
the ditch guarding the green it looked rs
if he would have to be content with at
least a s, but the lad, after dropping for
the usual penalty stroke, actually holeo
ont with a mashie on his next for 4.
His only lapse on the homeward Jour
new was at the 53s-yard thirteenth hole.
where topped drive and third shot were
responsible for his taking Z. Thereafter
be settled GOWN with a steadiness that
would have done credit to any veteran and
reeled off the last five holes In one stroke
better than T. His card read as follows:
Gardner W. White, Oakland:
Out Gu ,.. ...t IS ! ! I$s-7s
An occasional wild drive. supplemented by
approach shots that were not quite as dead
~ as usual, prevented Travers from getting
lower than he did. He was out in SO and
back in 49, A. F. Hammer, the Staten Isl
and champion: B. T.. Allen. of the home
club and F. T. Heating, of Lenox, tied
at IS.
The feature Of the afternoon was the ex-
ceptionaI golf displayed by Travers In
four-ball match The Montclair wizard and
r. g Bottome, of the home club, played
against S. D. Bowers, of BrooklaWn. and
White Par for the course is ", 80 each
way Travers began with two IS and then
played perfect golf to the turn, which was
reached In 81. On the inward route Iravers
got fine 3 at the 430-yard eleventh, ana
finishing with 3, got the last nine in "a
giving Il for the full round-by all odds the
best ever made by an amateur over the re-
trapped course.
Travers and Bottome won the match by
. up. White returned 70. and the best bal
of the quartet was 81
Cups have been provided for six sixteens
which means that a majority Of the start
ers will have chance to continue a. match
play to-day.
The scores were as follows: