New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-08
BUSY DAYS FOR GOLFERS
rpros" Get Acquainted with
glrmson Country Club Links.
WINTER RETURNS FINE CARD
mali Known Amateurs Enter
Omen Tourney on Ewanok
Course.

.-...,lna pros" got acquainted with the
=. of the Rumson Country Club yester-
- q, nreparation for the annual cham
.,ni, tournament Of the Eastern Pro-
s-o,al Golfers Association. which will
- there to-day. Among those on hand
- lanes Maiden. of Nassau. the title
80. Gilbert Nichols. of Wilmington. the
s~..ro,olitan open champion; Jack Hobens.
,r,slewood. president OF the association
80 Nackie. OF Fox Hills; Dave Hunter.
=, rssex County; James Thomson, Of Phila-
..,,ba. II. H. Parker. OF the home club,
- George Strath. the veteran from the
--.,csnt Athletic Club. Strath is vice
..,e,5ent Of the professional body
,vhsn the golfers finished their practice
-, hast score heard Of was 70 by Hunter.
- &c the lowest made by a stranger
ne this summer. although four strokes
=. than the course record made recently
~ psrker The IS credited 10 the Rumson
Esasefonal is exceptional. however and
n on,rion prevails that it will not be ap-
ss.oeched during the present tournament
b.rker's card was as follows:
Pr. "a ! : ) : : Sos IS
n. championship proper viii not begin
,-,, tomorrow. as the programme calls
.. tro separate four-ball competitions to-
isy. Professionals viii claim entire atten-
- IN one eighteen-hOle affair, while in
.,otbsr they Will team up with amateurs.
Wall known metropolitan amateurs have
,,,s-e6 for the open tournament 10 begin
,,.ro-row on the links OF the Ekwanok
r,,urtrv Club They include Walter J.
-,.v1s and John " Ward, OF Garden City;
n.us6 Kirkby OF Englewood. Fred Her
,.ssor Of Westbrook; Gardner ". White,
:, oakland Gilman ?. Tiffany, Of Powell
~, and A. NJ Reid. Of st. Andrews. There
XII ~ an eighteen-hole testing round to-
-srrow with the TOD thirty-twO qualifying
tey match play. Other entries are as FOL
iSTs
z. Hanson. Philadelphia c. c: F. ".
Ysr,ble Philadcl Dhia c. g: r W. Corkran.
baltimore c l. N Ci@h,n, STae r sun, a.
D Bowers. BrookLlawn: z W Clark ga.
Philadelphia c. C.: @ W. inslse- Wyksgyl'
es-sen city: george Il. Barnes. Apawamis;
n r Marston. Grafton @. G.; Devereux En-
ret Garden CITY: z. n; Thomas Norri sto I'm, IN;
k,ryI y X Gillett. wykagyl: J. T. McMur-
re ApaNamis; Clark Burnham. Dyker
MEADOW Charles Preshrey, Fox Hills; sc J, 9.
Meadow ? Y 2 Frelinghuysen. MoyTistown,
Frefs-.ck Snare EnElewOod; 4. l. Broe. Elk
vsnok; " g. Mcknight Baltusrol; G. r.
gmctt WyKagyI. ". z. Loushman, Engle-
rpo,i. c 2 Adams Bsltusrol. z. L. Tappin.
-e.-6en CITY. p s. Maclans him. scarsdale;
y, J. Mcconvlle Garden City; c. y Mese-
,o,s Dvker Meadow C. ". Relyea. Wykagyli
z Webster Garden city.
Donald Carr. a member Of the New York
sclf Club. has been playing better than
svsr this season. on a recent visit 70
sprlng Lake he succeeded in establishing
new amateur record for the eighteen hole
rourse there. The playing length is $3.50
rourh. as some Of the holes are new yet
Carr &C. 70. as follows:
-. ...........t s3sS S.
Over Philadelphia way the plea has
,Esin been raised for a public golf course
rsoss who have looked into the matter
',sy Paramount Park is admirably adapted
ior the purpose. Some years ago an effort
vas made 10 have the city take the matter
r hand. The City Councils I'D consider
r; pronounced It = fine idea" and then
rcppsd
hose who have been opposed 70 the
rschine'ike game of " ?. Tuckernan
re willing 70 testify 20 the skill OF the
Washington expert. It Is not generally
Known that in the private tournament
he'd over the National Links a few weeks
sgo. Tuckernan carried of chief honors
Fred Esrreshoff. winner there a year ago,
q the oualihers. but the Westhrook
amateur lost 70 Tuckerman IN the decisive
slash
One q the most peculiar matches re-
'orded IN a long while marked the meeting
n Charles ". Evans, jr., and Mason
Phelps n the first round OF the Western
amateur championship tournament. Evans
Won the irst hole, Phelps the second.
They halved the third and Phelps won the
fourth. Then followed a string Of four
teen consecutive halves, leaving Phelps a
Winner by + up