New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-19
HOLES OUT FROM TEE
Griffin Makes Sixteenth Hole at
Fox Hills in One Stroke.
DEFEATS ALEXANDER NIC0LL
Ralph Carroll Shows Co,4sidera-
lie Improvement in Keen
Morning Match.

lie Improvement IN Keen
Morning Match.
A hole IN one stroke made during the
erst annual golf tournament Of the New
york Athletic Club on the Fox Hills links.
81 Clifton. Staten Island. proved the out
stonding feature OF yesterdays competi-
ton NJ. Griffin. whose home course Is
the nearby Richmond County Country CLUB
eiehteen-hole circuit. was the man 10 get
his name inscribed on the tablet OF fame,
although in his particular case II would
.Aeno that a special tablet would he neces-
sarv. for yesterdays performance made the
third time he has had hole in one stroke
The latest performance happened at the
short sixteenth. in a match with Alexander
Nicon Griffin dropped the ball with his
nashie a few feet short Of the flag. and the
-uhber core had just enough legs TO
trickle on into the cup
First and second round matches in the
various divisions advanced the tournament
~ the semi-hnal stage. and In the chief
&C, the survivors were James d. Foot. Of
Anavannis. Ralph Carroll. Of Greenwich;
Janin. of Richmond Country. and
Iohn Naething. Of Englewood. They will
meet as named this morning.
:, he early hours Carroll showed that
,,s game is improving with every match
nv going out in 81 at the expense OF
c-,A7n An unusual incident happened at
,.e short fifth hole. Carroll made the edge
=. the green on his iron shot. and Griffin ;
hall found a trap 10 the right. His recovery
barely reached the edge of the green.
carroll then holed a ffty-footer for =
ubereupon his opponent facetiously re-
marked Now. I will show you that your
was necessary" and suiting the acton 10
re uord Griffin ran down his long one
go and as he walked 10 the next tee
=. tried 10 look as if he had expected H.
,ner going out in his exceptional 81. Car
rol found himself up at the turn so 'ha'
!, uas no trick at all TO win the match by
and margin. The bye holes were not
played.
Isrin. who is playing a far stronger game
.o-asv than when he won the first staten
Island championship. more than a decade
AGO was also al his best in the morning,
5ofeo-ing r. NJ Tarleton. the Oakland
veteran. > up and TO play. Janins out
nd tourney showed total of 80 strokes
t.,, even that low score only left him with
- lid ~ I'D. As Tareton went out in 40
himself They did not finish the bye hole
but al the rate Janln was going ne might
easily have had . or better
In addition 70 match rounds in all the
divisions to-day, there will be two eighteen
hole handicaps. one Of which will be open
onIv 10 seniors Of fifty years or more.
MANY extra entries are expected for these
TWO medal play competitions.
Frs, sixteen first round)-James D. Foot.
.6aasmis. lear Captain F NJ. Milliken. New
e. T. . up and TO play: J. 3. Wooten,
Fox Hills. beat ". J. Concon. Nykagyt. W
and o. play. Ralph Carroll Greenwich, peat
nav. ~ Richard s. Andrews beat Alex
amer Nicou New York A. c. up ana -
play A. Janin. Richmond county oeat =, rr "a
Hsu.son Mont..a!r. beat ". / RlchaIa; -
An.reys Up and 70 pay. Jonn E Sakjan5
" and ! 20 play, l. A. Hamilton. Engle"oou,
Tea: A. II. Pogson Fox HIS. Up and 10
Second round-Foot beat wooten. up. Carroll
tsst Richard. ! Up and 20 play; Janin GEAR
Harrison Up and 10 play Naethins oea'
Beaten Eight Cdrst sixteen. first round)-,.Conr,,,
don beat M.iiiken. 3 rp. arc : 70 pay N1 Icon
heat Griffin I up G9 holesl Richard beat ! ar
Teton I'd and / 20 play, Cassebeer teat Pos
Second sixteen )drsy roundl-J + Sjier. OK
Hills beat Robert Collier. Dunw odle' up a,lH
70 PLAY. r. H. BOrt0me, Baltusro4. neat y
" Peters Englewood. . gp ard TO play Z
Potter. Fox HIS beat +. A. Fotts Lax
wood up. E. A. Proa. Rumson. beat W ~
Frall-k Los Angeles ! up, ! H Bell, Wykasyi,
beat Chisholm Beach. FIX HIS by default -
Le%o-f; Ess 5 H' heat P Fed IS Fox Hf His
teat q a. SpoGord. Apawamis up ana 10
pay. Dr George y. Hamlln. Eng e"O'u' oea'
second round-Bottome beat sitter. up and
:, play. Proal beat Potter. up and ; 20 play
Bel beat Lembe X. up and % play. hamiln
ia 4 .~ ma
Third sixteen first rourdi-John :. McAlee-
nan. Fox Hills. beat c. ]. McKenna Woofmere
up and 70 play e P FoTes' vs slFm1G7
by default W. D. Judkns. Wykagyl. beat r
5 vele Arasley, l ~. J. g. patterson. Fox FOX
70 PLAY = " Pogs1r. Fox HIS. beat J. F
Het-rcS Dlnwoodie 6 up and > 70 play. W
p De'snan,v Deal. beat L. !. LAYTON. Man
rond County. beat 7 r. Smith. Rldgswood.
~ and % p.at =. j. swords, r. Monte ar
pay
Second round-McAieenan beat simmons. by
default. Patterson bear J1akins. o Up and 70
I.ay pe.e-ar'y heat Poison Up and 20
PLAY Fab-r beat Swords. @ " and > 20 play.
Fourth division 'r-st round " savage,
Fox Hils beat Ralph Fickox Bedford. I Up 10
hoes. Y Landaie oakland. beat n W. \.
Paga New York a "a 10 and % play, r
: Dawson. FIX Hlls. bye. r. y Core Dun.
Drolle bye. r s. Saesecn. Fox HIS. beat
Robert MrCain. Fox Hills hy default, II. L
Brown Wtal-enu-k tea' y = Ihirny' Ne"
YORK a g.. Up and 90 play
Second round-saFase hye. Landaie, Ses a.
Dawson. 7 up. Sasseen beat Cote up and 70
play Brown. bre
Members Of the Eastern Trade Golf AS
sociauon had their outing on the links OF
the Wykagyl Country Club yesterday
Prizes were almost as numerous as play
ers. Eve net trophies being awarded in
the eighteen hole medal play handicap