New-York tribune., 1911-10-30
PAY TRIBUTE TO DUNCAN
Golfers from Far and Near Fol-
low Match at Wykagyl.
BRINGS TOUR TO AN END
All Concede That Visitor Is the
Best All-Around Player Ever
Seen on American Links.

Seen on American LINKS.
Before one OF the largest galleries over
seen on the links OF the Wykagyl country
! club George Duncan, the far-driylnS pro-
fessiona golfer brought his first Amer
/ can exhibition tour TO "A successful close
yesterday After becoming acquainted With
the New Rochelle course by taking pari
| in a four-ball contest. duncan thon took on
Alec Smith. the Wykasyl pro The vis-
itor won by up aud | To play. I'm the
four-ball affair T. V. Birmingham. gen
I orally regarded as the best Of the Wykagyl
amateurs. had Duncan ror partner
against NJ. J. Condor and Smith. This
ended all square
As IL realizing that this would be their
last opportunity Of seeing Duncan before
he sails or Wednesday. golfers gathered
from far and near. Professionals were On
! Eand as well as amateurs. the saIaried d.
vision including George Sparlilg. of Bridge
! port Jack Bredt and Claiming Floyd.
Well known amateurs were also there. TheJ
! included Oswald Kirkby, Of EngleWood'
winner Of :he Arawamis. Tuxed" and Mas
, sau tournaments. and +. VI. Wild. the Gran
/ ford player. who won this seasons Nyka-
gyl meeting.
! After watching Duncan al agreed that
| hc IS one of the best al-round golfers that
over visited these shores Although he was
lot laying his approaches quite as clos'
TO tie pin as usual. runcsn managed 10
cot out Of number OF tight places IN his
,match with Smith bv bringing off trying
puts all the way from five N ten feet
The putting greens were fine, 50 that tho
wonder Is that more long ones were not
brought of
In justice TO Smith 1t may be said that
the champion Of the Eastern Professional
/ Golfers Association was hardly at his best.
due 10 a touch Of rheumatism in his right
shoulder. He has been round Wykagyl In
/ 60. but it took him 81 yesterday afternoon.
| Duncan had about Is.
Conditions were against los scoring when
the players got away in the fou'-ball affair.
/ fcr while the putting green's were at their
! best. the turf in tho hollows was still soft
! from recent rains. \ leadly putting streak
| for time enabled Smith to give his side
: . comfortable lead m the four-hal match.
| At the fourth hole. \ matter of 5i6 yards,
Smith won by bringing off long put for
g. and he supplemented this with an
/
thereby saving halve for the side. Again.
~ No. t.. the Wykasyl professional sank
/ 20-footer for o BY that time Condon and
smith were M. AMI they Increased this
| advantage with ~ the eighth. That
was the way the match stood AT the turn.
tho cards reading - n e
Five straight halves left Condor and
Smith dormie {. so that the match looked
as good as won. Birmingham and Duncan
did some excellent team work from there
in. however. and succeeded IN winning the
last four holes. ~ the sixteenth Duncan
got q 2. but he was lucky 10 win tho next
in >. for Smith missed put Of less than
a ward for a haIve. To tho difficult home
hole all came to grief except Bermlngham.
| I'm fact none had chance with the former
/ Wykagyl champion. whose fourth shot hit
the pin and stopped six feet from the cup.
He brought off the put for ;. This gave
! Birmingham and Duncan best ball Of 81
for the inward nine.
In the afternoon Duncans brilliant long
game caused general comment. The visitor
outdrove Smith from ten 10 thirty yards.
| Duncan scored first by winning the second
hole in T. his opponent taking three puts.
. Duncan reached the fourth green, mat
ter of 90 yards. i'm two grand shots. and he
won in TO 6. Smith slicing his second 10
the rough That made Duncan up.
Halves followed until the ninth where
! Duncan pulled his second off the course.
From the position of his ball Duncan was
! stymicd by a tree. and i'm attempting 10
! play out his ball hit the tree, whereupon
he gave mp the hole. ApproXimating him
a there. Duncan was out in co. to his OPP
ponents ".
with an advantage of up starting for
home. Duncan proceeded TO increase his
lead by winning the next two holes He
drove the tenth green and got an easy ,
! there. but the way he stole the long
| eleventh was "A heart breaker. From fine
drive Duncan tried TO slice over the trees
with spoon The shot failed to come off
quite as he expected the ball dropping to
"a bad lie i'm the woods There was an
opening barely wide enough for him to get
through. and in his characteristic quick
manner the Scot brought off one of his
choicest recovcries the ball stopping
scarcely ton feet from the pin In the
mean time Smith. who had fallen green
shy on his second, laid up a good third
about a clubs length from the cup and al
most directly in line with the others ball.
This did not bother Duncan who ran his
put down. thereby winning in to >.
! Now 3 up, Duncan began TO look like an
easy winner. but the tide turned for a time.
Both got TO the long twelfth green on their
third shots Smith being away, but he won
| the hole by running down an B-foot put.
Duncan missed his try by a narrow mar
gin At the next 230 yards. Duncan got
closer To the pin than his opponent, but
| Alec Clipped up stone dead and won i'm
2 TO when the other missed four-foot
| put.
| After halvc i'm At the next Duncan
/ made his one poor drive of the match, II
topped ball from the fifteenth tee. The ball
didn't go far through the rough and from
/ there he tried to carry the bunker with an
| iron. but got trapped After making the
| green on his next Duncan trimmed the hole
| I'm bold attempt TO bring OFF "A Sp-footer
for a halve The ball stayed out so that
Smith. who made no mistakes, won in
| to ).
| They were then all even. The sixteenth
| hole is ls6 yards, and neither made the
green. Smith being short and Duncan stop
! ming hole high Smith undcrpayed his
second the ball barely reaching the edge
OF the green. and he had to play two
more" Playing zone off two Duncan
chipped TO about ten feet of tho hole and
he then brought OFF the put. That made
him one up again and he settled matters
on the seventeenth green. Duncan really
| should have won that hole i'm 3, as his aD-
| nroach left him a put of only a yard
| when he missed that Smith had a chance
! to get a halvc in T. put Alec promptly
| slipped M on another wee one.