New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-16
GOLFERS THR9'NG LINKS
Woodward Wins Low Sco,s
Medal at MontcIalr,
NOVEL CONDITIONS RULE
Players Forced to Qualify |,
Sets Based on Their Regu.
lar Handicaps.

Taking metropolitan handicaps q, =.
basis, the committee in charge Of N. a.,
nual invitation tournament Of the Ma.
clair Golf Club endeavored to classify ,hy
players before as well rs after N.
elghteen-hole qualification round yeste,a,v
For example, those rated from scratch !,
s were told that they must qualify IN n.
first sixteen or take the conseor.n...
which meant Punishment 70 the down ,,a
out" division In other words. uIav..
could not qualify in a division lower TIA,
that arbitrarily get by the COMMITTEES.
So far az the struggle for leadershln 4.
Yesterdays testing round was conc.rns
there was little TO choose between IN. sry
half dozen. Oscar Woodward. OF h. HOW,
club. won the medal with n ospital :,
closely pressed by II. p. Smith and = W
Dyer. Montclalr's most promising igno.
The fact that those with scores Of 81 IA,
for the last four places in the frs, slxts.,
shows how evenly the first Fighters war.
matched
When the last card had been posted W.
y Bremnar. NJ the home club. r. p Eddy
~ Princeton. W. 70. Langford, OF Co.
lumbia: Mortimer NJ Singer. one Of n.
old guard playing 2 Montclair. ana
Quincy, Of the Essex County Country
Club. were tied at So. a rlay-off wa.
necessary, as one Of the number had 10
drop out. Quincy proved 10 he ths TN.
lucky one on the second hole where hi,
approach shot carried him into trouble h..
yond the green Immediately the play.os
was determined the energetic comntiss,
headed by Jason Rogers, paired the men
for match play.
Although started In the third sixteen
John w. Griggs. former Attorney General
played we'll enough TO get into tie a,
the bottom Of the second sixteen. With
score Of So. There were few pronouncss
reversals Of forms. although young Dys-
and Langford both qualified higher than
asked.
r. T. Allen. Of Fox HIS the Staten Is.
and champion. recently returned from Bal.
tinore. where he reached the semifn.l
round I'm the tournament AT the Maryland
Country Club. had no trobue in making
70. and he promises 10 do considerably be,.
ter at match play. r. u. Wild and u
Marston, Cranford's two best players, bO,h
got around in e. Il was good work for
Wild, considering that he had never sea
the course before.
II c. Richards. of -. Andrews e. & Va,
Week. jr., T. T. Reid and J. A Hodgson II,
OK the home club returned scores n s.
all OF which was according 10 programs,
except in Hodgson's case. The last nsmsi
does NOT ,lcrallv eCOra 50 low
Woodward had no really bad holes in bis
round. although he started off with string
OF four 5s. a 3 at the ninth enabled hin
10 go out in 40. and then he came back In
So. the card reading as follows:
Out {1 ......3 3 e 3 ! ) &C., 20
Smith had peculiar round. in that It
took him seven strokes less TO come home
than to 20 out. His card showed FIVE
threes. gathered IN the last ten holes. and
his IS home represented only a stroke less
than par. J. +. Davidson, the Chevy Chase
golfer. played steadily and got around In 81.
Match play in the four regular sixteens
will begin this morning, and play also will
start for the down and cutters" Handl'
cap conditions will prevail for the last
named. Prizes have been offered for the
leaten clghts in the four regular divisions
Tie draw for the first round In the chic.
set follows:
Woodward rs. Langford. EDDY vs.. Singer,
Reid VS.. Davidson, Bremen Us. Smith, Allan
vs.. wild, Dyer rs. Van Week. r., Marst0n
vs.. Allen and Richards VS.. Hodgson.
Tie scores follow: