New-York tribune., 1910-08-26
BARKER LEADS FIELD
Garden City Professional Plays a
Consistent Game.
BRILLIANT GOLF THE RULE
Champions, Past and Present,
Make Sensational Records
in Big Tourney.

With two fine rounds Of - and IS, H. H
Barker. the Garden City professional led
the field at the end OF the Tirst thirty-six
holes OF tfe annual championship tourna-
nent Of the Metropolitan Golf Association
O. the links OF the Deal Golf and Country
Club yesterday. His total Of 100 was three
strokes better than that of ] ]. McDer-
mott. the MerchantviIle home-bTed; George
sSa rgent. Of Chevy Chase, a former national
CHAMPION: Alec Smith OF Wykagyl, pres
ent national and metropolitan title holder
and Isaac Naclzie. Of Fox Hills.
T77s Scotch and English professionals got
the fright OF their lives during the early
hours. Their uneasiness was caused by
the brilliancy OF McDermott the Irish
American lad. who fn his first round broke
tle course record with a Il This showed
the wav by a margin Of three shots. Bark
o. being second with "a
vcful lapse in putting on McDer-
-nott's mart corpIetelv changed the aspect
in the afternoon. and il was this weak
snort game that explains his So in the sec
ond round As It was. the youngster won
The $40 special prize for the best morning
slso brought down a ten spot" while Sar-
s4,,t-and Msckie with As tied for the af-
ternoon SIC prize.
Al but one Of the fifty-three entrants
started. the field being made up Of forty
I've professionals and seven amateurs. As
,s usually the case. the simon pures''
made ar Indifferent showing. though Joseph
Turner. IT. Of the home club. did well TO
go = IN -he second round
With such galaxy Of past and present
champions OF hand II IS little wonder that
rotes o, the sensational order were re-
corded al every turn = study OF the board
= ne end of the day revealed z composite
s---p of e for the rounds each way This
x1es,-t q rare collection Of birds" In fact.
tar was beaten on al save TWO notes.-the
tsrFF and TIA eleventh
No less than seven S. were recorded at
-he first hole. but quite z number got As
q The next Ton Mcnamara. the Boston
horne-bred. had the distinction OF being the
only man TO get 2 3 - the third. while /
Barker and Jack Hobens got IS al the $50 I
.ard fourth hole up the hill. There were IS !
q ne firth ana three 3 al the short sixth /
hoe while McDermott had al the
seventh There were Eve = a. the 15o-vard (
eighth hole and as many Is a. the long
1.nth
good many had IS at the tenth, while .
several S. uere registered al the eleventh +.
Ths hard twelfth zvas made in : and there !
were any number O. Is ar the short thir- /
fsenth Oddly enough. Donald Ball and 4
Isaac NscEie, who played together, both I
had : there il the afternoon, their tee /
shots leaving them stone dead, the balls (
beng not more than eight inches from the /
c-p. Eobe1s and Willie Norton had fine gs /
a. the fourteenth, q hole that Is more than 4
four hundred Yards long. Fours were quite 4
Common AZ the fifteenth. and the last three /
hoiss we're al made in 3s. although Percy 4
Plat one Of the amateurs of the home /
cga. WAS the only man TO get the home /
hoie IN this figure He made i in 8 both
morning and afternoon. The composite
s7aref the day read as follows.
e g.--...s .s : ! , z22s 59
n getting his = McDermert vas aided
b. bringing of good puts for y at the
tlgh-h and thirteenth holes His poorest
work consisted Of 4 a. the first and q
e the fourth Throughout this round his
putting was al that could be desired. and
tas wsv he went a the ball delighted the
CALLER Once McDermott gets mis- line he
"esles no LTIle. lltIlr2 the Dait with q
ouiekness that IS equaIIed only by Alec
smith. A. no tiue during the day did l
ths Asrchsn+vtlle youth show . weakness
win either wood or iron except in the
afternoon, when he went completely off his
Putting. His morning score. which was 4
stroke better than the old record held by
willie Norton, the Deal PRO" was IS
follows
9S' ------.---.s : 81 :,
Barker deserved credit for his consistent
work throughout the day His only in
ci-srent hois IN the morning vas a s
e. TIE ninth. bur al that he reached the
TIT II 5s. and q IS for the homeward jour
asy enabled him 10 retire for luncheon
WIN capital Z % his credit. These fig Z
nss e9UaLed The par for the course In !
ne atteruoon Barker reached the turn :
L 3 snd came home IN g. He had q at !
me snort thirteenth, but threw away q 2
Ec'oke ~ taking ) Tor the home hole I
i-is caro- WzE as follows. I