Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-31
ANDERSON MAKES
NEW RECORD ON
MWOOD COURSE
In a Four.ball Match, With Alec
Smith as partner, Against
Nichols and Lowe, Famous
Professional Does Links in 6S,
Knocking OF Five Strokes.
BY STRAIGHT DRIVE.


A professional match was played yes
terday at the Inwood Country Club, in
which record breaking golf marked the
efforts of the contestants in the morn
ing round, when the weather was ideal
for the sport. 1t was a four ball match,
In which Alec Smith, a former national
open champion, and Tom Anderson, the
lnwood professional. played against
the pest ball of Gilbert Nichols, the
present metropolitan champion, and
George Low, Baltusrol, a former metro
poiitan champion. 1t is a dificult
course to score over, as it is heavily
trapped and over 5000 yards in length.
The par is 10 and the bogey SO, with
the former record at 70, held Jointly by
Gilbert Nichols, Wilmington Country
Club, and Tom Anderson, made a year
ago, when the late Willie Anderson
played in the match instead Of George
Low. The golf played in the morning
was simply marvellous. when Nichols
equaled the par of the course with a
round of 20, while Tom Anderson es-
tablished a new record for the course
of 6S, clipping five strokes off the old
record and winning the lash price Of
$50 offered for a record breaking score
" 1900 NV E0i AAaa a kAaAtS9 -
a Sc, but lost 1t through missing two
very short puts. each of but a few
inches, which caused the club to offer
another prize of $50 for the beating Of
IS on the afternoon round, but as rain
came after the second hole was played
the prospects of beating 6S were very
slim. For five holes in succession dur
ing the morning round, the sixth, sew
Il anfh al n niaft ard faat1 fhA hAct
ball wa under three, which is
marvellous solf. Smith and Anderson,
who finished two up on the morning
ronud, had a best ball of IS, while the
best ball of Nichols and Low was 81.
the best ball of the four being 81. Low
did his morning round in rs and Smith
In rs. Anderson in his record breaking
score went out In "a and returned in "a.
The afternoon round was not 50
brilliant as the morning round, but
still the golf played vas Of a high
order and proved most interesting.
Nichols played the most consistent golf.
and his round of " made q new com
petitive thirty-s x-hole record for the
course of 14e. Smith did q 70. Low so
and Anderson 81. Low and Nichols
won the match by l up. Their best
ball was 81. s9--136, and that of Smith
and Anderson, 6b. 72--137. the best ball
of the four for the day being 81. 65--l26.
Anderson's new record Is:
Out .....5 s 8 3 4 2--34
In ...... Q 4 . 1 4--34--6s
The new thirty-six-hc record made
by Nichols Is as follows:
Out $1,000. 642543543 --S8
In .....,.....3 53443534- s4-W
Out 1900. 643544583- a7
In .......... 84244454 5--ss-72--l42
Smiths score for the thirty-six holes
was:
Out ........ 56s544s3 5--3S
In .......... 24s5446s 5--3s--B
Out ........ 8 BS5543ts-sT
In .......... 4548445 4--3s--75-~-l5i
Lows score was:
Out ........ 64345t4s3- -3s M
In .......... 3634445 5 5~-3s--Ts
Out ........ 8 64564443 -42
In .......... 3445S4654- -3s-Se--fSS
Anderson was off the course ans
times in the afternoon and was CON
t~inually playing from h rough. His
score was:
Out .....7 5345445+
In .......4 5S63465 4-4O--s1-es-i4s