New-York tribune., 1912-11-29
GOLF|NG IN THE SNOW
Percy PIatt Best Of the Arctic
Players at Lakewood.
MANY FALL BY WAYSIDE
sbanIev Loses Ball on Putting
Green-Herreshoff Second
in Qualifying Round.

I.srrayfpg am almost uucanny disIe-
-.,rd ror the elements. Percy PiatI d"
unattached golfer. negotiated the snow
clad links or the country club Of Lake
,.ooJ YESTERDAY iu score Of S. gooo
enough to win the medal in the qualify
r.r round Of the annual fall tournament
,., rwo.stroke margin over Fred Her
ro.ror. his closest rival The helo
.,,.,s,cd Of between sixty and seventy
,,,,teprs most Of whom are well known
m this vicinity and it was a remarkable
,f,ute 10 the mold the game Of goIr
bts uron it's deyotecs. for II woGid De
,ciIrigh impossible 10 picture ""iS
rorditions that those which prevailed
throughout the day
Even the redouJtabIe Walter }. Travis,
who. because Of his many and FaI''"
exploits in fair as well as foul weather,
has from time TO time been chlisteht"
the "GoIfng Ajax found II imposS'o,'
to do better than return score OF ~
which placed him tied with H. y. Iop
ming. the Greenwich long driver. 4o'
frtb place. This is one OF the leW ulIleS
in the last twelve years thaJ 1i"\ls
has been prominent in metropolitan so'l
that his qualifying score has been elHhI
sfyoles worse than the leaders. IfaNS
and Jobn NIoler jr., who since ms re-
turn to golf. has represented the "EN1-
wi Country club. had arranged 20 pun
up for the testing round, but NoI'',
Yreferred the genial nineteenth ho''
"a the storm without. and despite Ire
ouent admonitions TO be sport ne
refused TO bulge.
Arden NJ Robbins, one Of the metro
rolitau veterans i'm tournament so'''
struggled through the storm. ana IAeh
was so heartily sick Of the Joo ihat ne
tore up his card. declaring that he had
had enough golf for a long time to come
Robbins. like many others, lost balls
r,r a. the day advanced the snow III
creased in depth until there was Goa u
ing Of fully four inches over some parts
Of the course It didn't matter whether
the halls we're red or white. for. as
some one racetiously remarked 'they
all looked alike under the snow.
Frank Shanley had the novel expert
cuce OF losing a ball on the Pulli"7
green. his approach shot al the -FOUR
tcorrb striking within twelve feet OF tue
min long search failed TO reveal the
r,hler core so that the Deal golfer was
,on,peIled to tramp back and play an
other ball for the usual penalty. Sha"-
lev ouaIided with score of lV2. Then
there was L j. Phifer. member OF
the home club who lost three balls IN
the FIRST two holes.
George Oryis. whose name recalls years
~ pleasant El,wanok memories, managed
tn Struggle along for eight holes before
losing interest Another golfer remarked
that he had heard Of the Lakewood tour
D. ran,nt being called the last gasp ana
b. WIS mighty sure ia was his last FOR
soma time 10 come Plstt had q remark
ably even round everything considered,
his only really bad hole being the ninth
where an ) was recorded. After taking
Is 10 the turn Platt never made serious
mistake from there in and his 40 Tor the
inward nine must so on record as one OF
Tho best exhibitions OF golf seen on the
rarr of an amateur ia long while. His
card was as follows
u.ir................. s-iS
Iu................... 9-io-"
Herreshof had nothing worse than a
on his card. and that didn't appear uniI
The seventeenth hole. lie was also out in
As. but got two 3's on the homewaTd jour
nev. one at the short eleventh over the
water and again at the fifteenth, WheIe
he almost drove the green The home mole
is 400 yards, and Herreshon, getting close
M on his second shot, managed to bring
Of a T. As a lule, however he wasted
strokes on the green's, for putting was
practically impossible.
An even sixty-f0ur returned cards. just
enough To MI the regular four siNteens.
Because OF the snow, match play to-mor-
row Will be more or less Of Joke, but
the officials Of the club are doing all in
their power 10 improyethe conditions. Late
yesterday afternoon, after the storm had
ceased. a large force, including workmen
and caddies, was set TO Work on the
greens. which have been cleared OF snow
so far as play through the fair"ay Is
concerned liberal rules will continue In
force the same as yesterday. The draw
ior the first round in the chief division
this morning follows:
Travers VS.. Patterson. Topping VS.
Ward. Redheld vs.. BUrket, Il. L. de For
est VS.. Faber, Stanley VS.. Conroy. MaDon
vs. +. {. Jennings, Ilerreshon vs. beach
end Plat vs.. NaWger.
The scores were as follows:
FIRST SIXTEEN.