New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-25
NEWS FOR THE GOLFERS
Hard Ball Receives a Trial at
Van CortIandt Park.
FEW FAVOR THE CHANGE
Willie Collins Makes the Best
Score of Season on Oak
land Club Course.

The claims OF those few remaining dis
clnles OF the old school who persist in
referring TO the days when golf was at
i,s hest" that the game would be not
only a greater test of skill, but far more
ENJOYABLE if played with the hard ball,
yacaived another shock the other day,
when a band of golfers gave the old
vutty a try-out over the Van Cortlandt
park links The relic of bygone times
mad an opportunity to prove it's right to
"corne hack" and those who did the play
ing were kindly disposed, all being Scots.
yost NJ them had learned TO swing driver
and iron when wee laddies. Some were
natives OF ST. Andrews; others of Mussel-
bursh while others came originally from
Csrnoustie and Prestwick.
rhav all took part in an eighteen-hole
.o,,,d and when the last card had been
returned 81 was the best score duncan
MsoInnes was the man who led the field,
and at the finish he did not hesitate 10
declare that a round OF almost any eigh-
t.sn-hole course is fully eight strokes
hs-der with the guilty ball. Most of his
las. fortunate competitors agreed that
m. difference was at least ten strokes.
or the tee the guilty, Of course. sut-
,.,.d severely by comparison, the average
,,nTth az the drives being AT least forty
v,rss less. The iron shots were mace
Nth much more effort, and when the
,r,rd had been completed all hands felt
:. 40 thsv had completed a hard days
,.,,I In their opinion, the rubber core is
:. great an Improvement on the guilty as
"a. gritty was on the old feather ball.
with a card Of 98--S4-7O. Willie Collins,
the clubs professional, recently made the
h.st score OF the season over the links OF
,bs oakland Golf Club. Only two strokes
worse is Marshall whitlatch, who plays
q rrea. deal at Dyker Meadow, for the
tsst amateur performance OF the season.
Whjtlatch beat the professional on the
o,,,uard tourney. making the trip in 80. A
feature Of Collins round was the three at
IN. s27-yard eighth hole, or the heaven
~ twins" so called because the tee Is on
hill. and the carry on the drive Is
across n little valley TO another while
the second shot is across the second val
lev to the green on the third hill. Whit
latch needed four for that hole. Coming
hack however, Collins had 81 to the
others 81.
The record cards We're as follows
e.: 49, '1s s$:sss3 t55ii-7o
S Ss. 3ss:s: 81
When Gardiner W. White won the club
championship this fall 1t was the fourth
time in succession that the former inter
scholastic champion had been successful
Since the championship was first piayeu'
IN 1896. two persons have achieved the as
tinct,on Of being four-tirne winners,
White and Walter J. Travis, who STOOD
sunrene AT the top Of the list in 1881
1ss8. 1929 and 1900. Herbert r. Peek won
il twice, in 1904 and 1895.
The record of the championship follows:
1895 I. chauncey MtKeever; 1897, wal
ter J. Travis: 1898, Walter J. Travis 1879
walter. ]. Travis; 1900. Walter J. Travis
1901 w. Stuart Brown; 1892, StepheH J.
Nash. 1903, Herbert l.. Riker; 1894 Her
bert r. Peck; 1865, Herbert +. Peck; 1900
7. Martin Richmond; 1907, Frank H.
Ho,si,er: 1908, William b. DonneE; rTe'
Ga,d,ner W. White; 1910, Gardner W.
White: 1911, Gardiner w. White' 49,
Gardiner W. White.
Pohert c. Watson, secretary OF the
United States Golf Association, has Is
mad an announcement calling ATTENTION
10 the fact that active clubs desiring 70
hold a championship tournament must ME
/ their applications with the secretary NO.
" v.st Rth street, this city, on or before
p,c,mber 1, because of the rule that such
.splioAsionE must be included IN me no
d. for the annual meeting of the associ-
snon This applies to the national cham
lp,onships, the women's. amateur anu
- hsid under the auspices OF the
,xirt,.d states Golf Association.