Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-13
Take Games While Reds Rours Beat ST. Joseph
GOLFERS OUT ON RYE LINKS
Play Starts Early with Survivors Who
Seek Amateur Championship.
NUMEROUS TIES TO Pc SETTLED
SON OF vice President sherman Has
n strong Lead and starts out
with q very Good Ad-
vantage.


RYE, n. Y, Sept. 1.-TWO golfing prob
lens confronted the siSty-four survivors
IN the amateur championship at the start
today OF the second days play.
First was the necessity OF keeping close
TO 80 in the morning medal play round In
order 70 be among the thirty-two TO qualify
for the match play round In the afternoon
Second was to show sufficiently strong
match play ability TO be ranked among the
sixteen best players OF the year who VIII
be the only ones left in the running to-
night.
The play yesterday uncovered sixty golf
ers who made the eighteen holes In So or
better, while there were tn more with
score Of 81 who had to play off the tie for
the sixty-first siXty-second, sixty-third
and sixty-fourth places in the final round
of medal play. The committee sent off
these players in the tee at o'clock and
followed them with those whose standing
was assured.
There was considerable interest in the
outcome OF this thirty-six-hole qualifying
round and a special prize was offered for
the best score. The scoring yesterday in
the first half Of the medal play was un-
usually low and with the going q trife
faster today It was thought that the top
man on the list would show card better
than $50 and that $50 would be necessary to
get into the afternoon round.
sherman Has Advantage.
Thomas M. Sherman Of Utica, son OF the
vice president had strong advantage at
the start over his nearest competitors with
a fine as chalked up on the board.
Tier at &c were II. II, Hilton, the British
champion; w. C. Fownes, jr.. the American
title holder; r. A. Gardner and Charles
Evans jr., of Chicago and A. II. Rhett OF
Brooklyn.
At Y were Walter ]. Travis OF Carbon
City, twice an American and once a British
champion; Frederick Herrshoff and Albert
Seckel of Chicago and Princeton.
Five players came to the first tee tied at
rs, including j. Douglas Brown of Edln-
boro. the 1907 Irish champion, while there
were four tied at 70, making eighteen who
started the day with counts under 80.
The tic for the last four places was set
tied in short order. G.. S. Lyon OF Toronto,
Is. w. Cochran of Baltimore, +. Nj. Gould OF
New York and Sheriff. Sherman of Utica.
another son OF the vice president were
the only ones that holed out in four on the
first green.
With the identity OF the sixty-four finally
determined, the committee started the days
play by senuing OFT Whittemore OF the
Country club OF Brookline, SO-man yester-
day. and G. S. sullivan Baltusrol who
had 70. The other pairs left in the Gus
tomary four minute intervals. Evans with
rs, made a grand start today by picking up
three on the first green and getting fine
fore for his second. T. M. Sherman, the
low score man OF yesterday, was far off
his game at the start and took six for the
first hole.
The best scores up to 1890 p. m. were.
r. A. Gardner, Hinsdale. 1852; A. Seokel,
Riverside. 152; Paul Hunter, Midlothian,
1881 w. G. Fownes, jrn Oakmont, 1866; @.
T. Brokawa Garden City, 1897 @. s. sulli-
van, Baltus, 150; E. NJ. Byers, Allegheny,
100, NJ. e. Phelps Midlothian, 1907 w. w.
Taylor, Ekwanona, 160.
When Hilton hoed out a twenty foot
putt on the last green for a and turned
in a score OF $50 for the thirty-six holes,
which seemed to insure him the medal,
someone greeted him with the remark:
well. Mr.. Hilton, that's the first junk
you have picked up on these shores"
T. NJ. Sherman, who led the field yesterS
day, was we'll down in the list today with
"a, which gave him total Of 150. Klrkby
finished with a total OF 152.