New-York tribune., 1911-11-10
HIGH SCORES THE RULE
Golfers Fail to Profit by Ideal
Conditions at Lakewood.
MUNDY LEADS THE FIELD
Wins Low Score Medal, Defeat.
ing Travis and Risley by
Two Strokes.

BY way or variety r. T. Mundy, formerly
Of the West but now representing tho Ards
Icy Club, won the low score medal In tho
eighteen-hole qualification round or the
open tournament at the Country Club or
Lakewood yesterday. Mundy returned a
score Of 70. two strokes better than waiter
J. Travis, of Garden city. and NJ A. Ris-
ley. one OF the Atlantic City players
Between seventy and eighty amateurs
drove OF from the first toe. ana nearly all
finished. Conditions were ideal, conse-
quently the tendency Of the cards TO lean
toward the high side was rather Unexpcct-
cd. The leaders were doing "a and 76s
over this same course years ago. Frank
e. Jennings, one Of the Nassau regulars.
who generally does well at Lakewood, had
no trouble in getting his name among tho
first few with a round of s. Contestants
qualified in four sixteens.
MuLdy's golf was creditable. for. as ha
said himself, it Is hard to keep Up ones
game when business only permits OF a
round or so week. Going out. the former
EXmoor golfer played steadily. reaching
the turn in y. The distance for the out
ward half is 3.32S yards, and 10 is par.
Comipg back, Mundy made no slips, though
he lost chances to get Is at the last two
holes by missing puts
Usually steady medal player, Travis
tailed TO settle into his normal stroke at
the outset pulling his opening drive to the
rough and taking 8 for the hole. Again. at
NO. :, Ais second shot went plump into A,
usp' the ball burying itself so deeply as To
| render IL unplayable Travis did the wiso
onins' nv Tor two-stroke penalty. That
cost MIN another ., but from there on
Richard was himself again" After reach
ing the turn in a. Travis came back in 81
holes.
Rlsley generally regarded as Atlantic
CITY most promising young player. took
20 To go out, but from there IN ne beat par.
coming nome IN 80 the best OF the day. In
the tournament at Atlantic City last week.
[ by Travis
Two other Ardsley golfers, W. w Tay-
lor and 5. G. Mabon, brought back scores
| OF 90. The first named developed a Wild
| ness IN driving quite unusual TOR him and
| II was not until he reached the seventeenth
tee that he discovered the cause of tho
! trouble. The leather grip had worked loose
| and ii moved Just enough TO cause the club
! head TO meet the ball at the wrong anglr.
Mabon had "A fine chance TO get round in
| 81 or better had he been able TO put with
/ any degree Of accuracy
| Another So man was Percy Plat. the un-
| attached player who won the Van Cort-
| landt Park tournament last summer. Platr
was inclined to go up In the air after
| missing couple of short puts early in tho
| round. but his partner. j. +. Stanley sue
| ceeded i'm bringing him back to earth. Platt
! is driving an unusually long ball. II. k.
| Kerr. the Ekwanok golfer, went around
| in 81. playing his usual steady game
| The draw for the first match round I'm tho
| first sixteen to-day was as follows: Red
field vs.. Fearey, Travis vs. Risley Endi-
colt vs., Randolph, jr, McSweeney va.
| Lynch, Mundy vs. George Morse. +. g.
Jennings w. Kerr, Platt VS.. Mabon Knapp
| vs.. Taylor.
| The scores were as follows: