New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-30
!yNACKELFORD GETS CUP
o.feats TiIIinghast in Final on
Atlantic City Links.
WINNERS MARGIN SIX HOLES
,.,tel and Phillips Eliminated in
Semi. Finals-Ward Takes
Gross Prize.
,er telegraph to The Tribune :

&c City. April 29-Playing his usual
Aua came. ". E. Shackelford defeated
T,ujnshast. Of Philadelphia. for the
= on IN the final round Of the open
ens- ..,,-rar,ent on the links Of the Country
~ Atlantic City. to-day. This makes
ti's..o,d success in this event for the
ts s.c CITY man. who won the tourna-
~. here In the fall Of 1907. lie beat Till
-sast to-day by up and 10 play.
unexpected New York prize winner
- I'D IN John NJ. Ward, of Garden
80 who ran down for the handicap. AL
's.,sb Ward had not seen the course in
Ter OF years. he succeeded in Keeling
IS which proved good enough to win
~. S-oss prize His handicap of save
sg net J. y. Swoyer. OF the local
-, won the net prize. with S-1l-74.
"a downfall Of the younger set came
-. morning. when Shackelford eliminat-
: Albert Seckel. OF Princeton. Although
,.,srlven from every tee Shackelford used
- head as we'll as his hands. and gener-
INV took advantage Of everv mistake made
~ ne collegian. Seckel putted well gen
,,,rv. but on occasions HI used poor judg-
-,.nt on the approaches. After being all
s,uare With hts opponent a. the turn.
ss.eksiford won by up and TO play.
In the other semi-hnsl round match TIN
,,rhas- defeated G.. y. Phillips. Of Ale
fb.nv. Always Up or level. Tillinghast
sosnv settled matters on the seventeenth
green.
From the start ~ the tournament Filling
has, had been dismaying ms opponents by
-l-ning down long puts. but he lost the
rabbits foot this afternoon. and his putting
became as uncertain against Shackelford
as Il lad been brilliant In the previous
rounds
They were all square 81 the third. and
then shackelford won four holes i'm rapid
succession At the 550-ysrl sixth the At
lsrtc City man holed a 40-yard mashie shot
.ora5
Shackelford turned for home up Till
irghast then won his only hole Of the
match hy getting put dowr for a son the
tenth green. The match ended on the four
-eenth green. and the bye holes were not
PLAYED but the winner did not have
chance for a low score
First sixteen seminal round,-A 7c. Filling
hast Philadelphia Cricket CLUB. beat G. y.
a = !.
Z sssckelf1ri. Atlantic City. beat Albert Seckel
Prn,sor. . and I. Fnal-Shackelford beat
Trilrhast. and g
Bsater eight Of first sixteen (semi-inel rouud)-
z Ho.t-r. Princeton. beat ?. s sherman,
Atlantic CITY, and Richard Mott. Hunting
dor VALLEY bear 2 II. Filter. Philadelphia .
ar Z. Final-Mott beat Holton. 4 and
second sixteen lsemi-hnal roun9)-McLeod
Thompson. Atlantic City. beat G. l.. Tappin.
Wssttrook 4 ana g. Colin Thomson. Lancaster
hsTc-s. y Thompson. Spring Haven. and ]
E-si-C. Thomson beat Mcleod Thompson, .
snd
Third sixteen fsemi-hnal roundup. G. Ste
'ers Rivsrtcn beat Theodore Sensenan At
la-tic City and .; z L. White. Waterbury.
beat Garfield scott. Philadelphia, l UP. Final
White reat stevens, and 3.
Fourth sixteen (semi-fnsl round)-W. g.
fiunkett. Berkshire. beat r. Marshall uuat-
ischs1 and 4. Edward Sstterthwaite River
On. beat A Collins. Aroninink, l Up 81 holesl
Flnai-P-4nkett beat Satterthwaite, up 90
ho.ss
Fifth sixteen (semi-fnal roundup. j. Craig.
Nerchanrville. beat J. NJ. X Fulton. Frankfort
! " J. z Martin. Alston. beat J. ?. Bur
sigh. Merchantville. ! M 1e holes. Final
Craig beat Martin. . and /.
sixth sixteen seminal roundt-E a. john
sor Baltimore. beat II. n Cutler. Atlantic City.
ard L. " L Hicks, Atlantic City. beat Or. L.
sTith Wilmington, and 2.
Firsl rolld--Johnson beat Hicks. and I.