New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-02
NEWS FOR THE GOLFERS
Anderson Wins Open Champjo,,
ship on lakewood Links,
IN MIDDLE OVER MEETING
Professionals Fail to Elect On.
ficers and Arrange for
Tourney. ~

%SUi N.Y.
Young Tom Anderson. formerly ,derss.,
with the Inwood Country Club, OF p.
Eockaway. but now professional golfer :.
the Oakmont Country Club, near Pittsbur,.
has just Won the open championship OF 4.
Pennsylvania. Golf Association. In thu ;.
cent tourna ment at Oakmont Anderx.
covered the thirty-six holes OF medal p,,,
in Isl, no fewer than eight strokes bet,.,
next nearest opponent.
Despite the fact that the course IL .,
tremely long, covering playing length !,
more than 500 yards, Anderson had a,
trouble in getting around IN good hg,rs,
Of the tee he had great length, his driy..
averaging from $50 to go yards His An.
proaches were so deadly that freduen.,,
there would be little or no putting n.
quired After 76 for the first round An.
derson gave no promise OF better thin.
until rounding the turn. He took for n.
twelfth, which Is more than 800 yards. IN,
thereafter he laughed at par finishing win
a at the 3ss-yard home hole, where \.
brought off his best put, a. ao-footer. II.
had the round In rs.
Third money went to Jack Hutchirs,
Of Allegheny. with T-s3-lSo, whila Wi
Brand, OF the Butler Country Club, IAN.
in fourth, with s3-7S-l6l. First Inony
amounted to 500, second so, third so ana
fourth $50. Former Amateur Champlo,,
". c. Fownes, Jr., Of Oakmont, and E. N
Byers, OF Allegheny, competed, but fals.
TO make returns.
Another unsuccessful attempt to hold
meeting was made by the officials OF N.
Eastern Professional Golfers Associate.
yesterday. All spring the association has
been trying TO get together In this city,
Yesterdays fizzle was the moro regrettahl,
as 1t was the date set aside for the annual
meeting, calling for the election OF ot!cer,.
deciding on course for the chsmpionshi,
and other business OF Importance.
Most OF the officials Of the organization
including Jack Hobens, the president; Dave
Hunter, the treasurer. and Jack Jones, us
secretary, came TO town, but professionals
seen about the usual Monday gathering
places declared they had received no mott.
fication OF meeting. Jones admitted that
he had sent no word out, being under The
impression that It was up to the treasurer
TO issue the call.
Hobens said that II made the third tin.
he had been brought TO the city for moth.
ing, end declared 1t would be the last In.
less the Englewood pro" changes his mind.
he is through with the association. Pr
some time past interest among the prot.s.
SIGNALS has Jagged and the way bushes
has been conducted lately left little douk
as to the indifference on the part OF ma
jority OF the members. Although protes
SIGNALS from the Boston and Philadelphis
sections belong. they have taken little Or
no part in the affairs Of the organization
Leighton Calkins, president OF rhe Plain.
field Country Club, whose efforts in b.
half OF the recent junior metropolitan
championship at that course were tbs
cause OF highly successful tournament, Is
firm believer in the promotion Of clean
sport among boys. Calkins, though De-
lighted with the recent tournament, has
ideas for Improvement. He believes that
next year it might be better TO hold the
competition on two days testing round
OF eighteen holes the morning Of the ira
day, the boys 10 qualify in Fights. and
match play following In the Afternoon
That would leave two match rounds on tbs
day, morning and afternoon.
Calhns expressed the belief that many
OF the present mems competitions were too
long and that It would be an excellent
idea 10 adopt the foregoing plan in all but
the most important affairs. His CHEZ ar
gument was that IL was difhcult Tor
business man 10 get away from lis once
for three days whereas II would not %
nearly so much Of task 10 get away To-
two, especially the last days q the week
II is planned to extend the Painted
course from its present length OF O."
yards to more than 600 yards hurd'sa
yards is TO be added TO the tenth hole anu
the present thirteenth and fourteenth hoses
combined for a total length OF 5s5 YARDS y
new hole altogether will be the fourteenth
and the longest on the course, oO5 yards
A new fifteenth hole is also TO be built "
will be 252 yards long, with pond on tns
right and woods To the left The tee vii
be on a plateau.
4 professional who has not been seen IN
for the last i've years is Nariy
oIaughlin. the homebred, % Plainiele
Marty is getting into practice again ava
expects 10 enter the metropolitan open ~
Apawamis July II To 10. He says his Wis
which was broken some five years ago. S
now as good as ever.
Mrs. Ronald II. Barlow, whose brill'sn'
golf won for her the recent Eastern chan
pionship as well as the Philadelphia toe-
continues 10 play a great game, az ~
denced by her achievement az the sha"
nee Country Club, where she went AROUND
IN 81. Mrs. Caleb T. Fox. OF Huncngaoh
Valley, recently established womens rec
ord there with fine 81. Mrs. Barlow was
unable to play in the tournament for wom-
en- at Shawnee. but went UP soon atp"
ward. Her card follows:
Out ........5 5 : s r 5 Is 60