The evening world., 1911-05-26
HERRESHOFF Wins
IN GOLF MATCH
AGAINST STEINER
Kirkby Beats Behr in Round
for "Met" Title Over Car
den City Course.

Mey 2s.-Uncertain but aot anfavoraole
weather this morning marked the star:
OF the third ound OF match play in the
annual Metropolitan solf championship
AZ the Garden City Club links. There
was an increasing gallery. including
many women players who had dropped
out Of their championship at the Scars
dale Club. The pairing this morning
brought John VI. Ward. Garden City.
Va Jas. r. Hyde, South Shore Field
Ciut Jerome u. Travers. Upper Mont
clair. VS.. Mortimer Buckner. Gsrde,
Oty: Oswald Kirkby. Englewood, ~.
steiner. 1nwood. vs.. Fred Herresho6.
Westbrook. The kirkby- Behr n
ward-Hyde matches divided the spec
tators. and the players IN the other two
contests were not so evenly paired.
Herreshon best Steiner 4 up and .
to 70.
Herreshor. except In three or four
spots. played masterfuily. The first
hole vas a fine half. Herreshof got q
2 by a 10 foot putt on the second, . being
perfection. Three puts cost Steiner this
go vi " u u v ot' Ao fS'N
the fourth by being laid q stymie. Then
Herreshon took his fourth hole In sue
cession by driving to the NTH green 800
yards. the stroke OF a giant. he was
in 3 to the allowance OF 4. Herre-
shor also got the sixth hole by getting
close to the cup on his approach. Again
he was a fun stroke under perfection.
Steiner a nettled by missing i've
straight holes. then lost mother by
taking three puts on the seventh.
The tide then turned, Herreshon be-
ing short N In the hLgh grass on the
eighth. while he topped his drive on the
ninth and % started home 4 up. The
tenth vas an excellent half. Here's
hons star play came on the eleventh,
where he got out Of the bunker with
bis nibllck. more than LIS yards and
halved in perfect play. Three puts by
ach made the twelfth a rather clumsy
half. Herreshor was trapped on the
thirteenth and 20 lifted. being approx
mated At Z. While Steiner was par 8.
Herreshoff's lead had been out to three
holes. Steiner lost the fourteenth
through his ball stopping on the rim
VI VIC C1bs Wucu ho Suihsc WV VI
par l. A capital half on the fifteenth
ended the contest, card:
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ksrby beat Behr I up and . to 20.
l.as Il,0a~ z n, - 4. 90
Travers, by playing u with a poor !
on the last hole. did a 70 by -four strokes.
the best medal ard so far this week,
He expected to end with a ,. but hooked
his drive. lie did not allow his oppo-
lent to win a hole. although Buckner
halvcd s. The latter after finishing. de-
clared Travers could ave done far bet
ter with a faster pacemaker. and TINT
II he holes such speed tomorrow he Is
sure OF recapturing his title after three
years Interim. All that is necessary
Is 20 compare Travers's card with per-
feet play. which he beat by two strokes,
Cards:
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Not much description Is needed of the
kirkby-Behr contest. II was a case OF
Kirkby's putting up perfect golf almost
with m~achine-like precision. while his
rival was often playing the odd In
| fact. Behr won only one hole-the 18TH,
Behr's principal mistakes were made
through poor direction, although his put.
ting and topping cost him trouble Kirk
by. by playing out the last two holes,
got a rs
Hyde beat Ward 2 up and I to go
The semi-fnals this afternoon will there,
fore be Hyde VS.. Travers and Kirkb,
VS.. Herreshor.
ID. r.. Fuller jr. Midland. beat GeOrg,
Abbott. Dyker Meadow. 6 up and
to go. II. G. Watson. National, bea
q. C. Greenway. Garden City. l up. 4
holes. Walter ]. Travis. Garden city
beat Archie Reid. st. Andrews. 8 up an
4 to go. Oscar woodward. Montcleir
heat W. Y. Simons. westbrook, up
Second set (third 16)-A. Dewitt Coch,
rane. Ardsley. beat ". ID. VanderpooI
Morris County. 4 up and 2 TO go. w. l.
Hicks, Nassau. beat +. C. Jennings
Nassau, 0 up and 5 to go.