Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-29
GOLF A MEDICINE
Many Old Boys Play to Keep
Young, and Succeed.
TOURNEY A BIG SUCCESS
Fifty Five Year, lders and Some
Over Divided the Prizes
at Apawamis.
TOURNEY A BIG SUCCESS

NEW YORK, September 2?-"We play
golf to keep young were the words of a
gray-haired elder as the second day S
play in the seniors golf tournament came
to an end over the links of the Apa-
wants Club yesterday. and he seemed %
speak the truth. There was the same
dash and vim and energy among the
host of players. tifty-tive years and over,
as on the opening day, and all voted the
tournament a bowling success.
Emerging from the field of 1870 starters
We're nine winners. BY that is meant
those so fortunate as to get in the prize
list. but, one remarked, We are all
winners. | have PLAYED poor golf myself
and consequently failed to get one of
those rare trophies. but for all that this
occasion Will live forever as one Of the
brightest spots in my experience as a
senior golfer.
In presenting some of the prizes Horace
L. HotchkisS offered remarks fitting the
occa sion. In getting to the end OF the
list the chairman of the committee. with
a twinkle in his eye, turned to Rev j.
NJ. Hodson of Ardsley, who had won the
kickers' handicap, and said: Here are
the candlesticks to light YOU on your
way" Hodson looked happy as boy
receiving his first drum.
This reference to the kickers' handicap
requires further explanation. for no pro-
vision had been made in the original con-
ditons for such competition. Because
of the unprecedented field and the result
ant possibility that some one, through an
oversight. might have been severely treat
ed in the allotment Of handicaps, the COM
mittee conceived the idea early in the day
of putting on an extra To be more
explicit, it is said that James d. root,
who arose at dawn. was the originator
of the idea At all events, he proposed TO
allow the golfers to fix their own handi-
caps, with a view to having their net
totals get as near possible to the best
gross score of the day, whatever that
might happen to be.
The best gross proved to be IS by
Foot, while Hodson and f. f. kettelJ of
Bng hamton, by fixing their own handl-
caps had net scores of 10 each. They de-
cded upon a six-hole playof. Hodson
giving his opponent a stroke. Besides
defeating kettell, the Ardsiey man had
prize in the thirty six-hole medal play
handicap with score of l6'. He was
the only contestant to win more than
one prize. The second net trophy went to
II. S. Jennings. q. A. r. man from
Kingston. with 164.
From the point of view of merit the
performance of Foot easily eclipsed all
else By experimenting his 81 of the
first day with IS the Apawamis man
returned a thirty-six hole total Of l60
eight strokes better than T. T. Reid OF
Montclair who won the second gross
score prize. There was a tie for first
and second net prizes between Capt IA.
NJ. Johnson of Great Darlington and
Jesse Male of Merton, with respective
cards Of 92-10-s2 and 9-1-S2. Amory
j. Hodges of Garden City and Chief JUS
tice w. S. Gummere accounted for the
first and second net prizes for the hrst
round.
Foot's card which would have entitled
him to a place among those who qualified
in the NATIONAL amateur championship
tournament, held over the same links a
short time ago. was as follows: