New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-22
NEWS FOR THE GOLFERS.
Pennsylvania After Lesley Cup
with Strong Team.
Low SCORES AT DEAL CLUB
Travers and Kirkby to Compete
in National Amateur Cham
pionship Tourney.

That the Metropolitan Golf Association,
present holder OF the Lesley cup. Will
have to be on It's mettlc IN order to retain
possession. has been made evident by a
recent plan decided upon by the Peunsyl-
vania state Golf Association. or which
Howard ". Perrin Is president. I'm order
TO get the strongest team possible from
among those eligible II has been decided
60 hold trial rounds. the first on Septem-
Der II at the Philadelphia Cricket club.
and the second the following day over the
links of the Huntington Valley Country
club
one round Of the Cricket cubs course
will sufflce. hut thirty-six holes are or
dercd for the links at Noble. Conditions
viii be against par. and about twenty-five
OF the most prominent golfers in Penn
sylvania have been invited 10 make the
test. Although the showing of the play
ers TN these trials Will 20 n long way tow
ards swaying the committee IN lts sclec-
ton. Il may be said that "A few Of the
favoritcs are practically certain Of max
ing the team irrespective ot their show
Ing The Lesley competition will be held
the last Of September probably at Hunt
ingdon Valley.
Low scoring marked q four-ball match
at the Deal coli and Country club yester-
dav in which James r. Smith. president
Of the organization. and VIII Norton. the
professional. twice defeated q. L. Gubel-
man. Of Essex County, and Dave Hunter,
the pro" The home pair finished | M
I'm the morning. when both professionals
made the circuit In 20 Their cards read
a. follows:
VIII Norton. Dea
f2s''...... : Is "a; %
Dave Hunter. Essex County
GU &p'.,...... a.; g e : : "a; 70
Later IN the day the teams played
again, when Smith and Norton won by a
and = margin. They had a best ball II
% going ont. but thereafter good golf was
rendered practically impossible because Of
a heavy thunderstorm. When Norton
went WRONG his partner came 10 the res
cue. however. and had II not been for that
the pair from Essex might have won. as
Hunter got around In Is. which was n
stroke better than Norton.
-Four greens-the second. third. sixth
and eieventh-sre being rcmade at the
Shawnee Country Club. In the mean
time excellent temporary putting surfaces
have been provided The others will not
be placed In commission until spring.
Several good scores have been made by
amateurs AT Shawnee recently. First
George Ryall. ir.. OF Nountakah, made a
Il. and then A. ". Tillinghast got 20.
Tillinghast will represent the club In the
national championship tournament at
Wheaton.
After an absence from the game for
several years. John Mollcr. jr., has re-
turned TO the fold. and, much 10 his sur
prise. ne finds that he can play as well as
OF yore. At Sound Beach Mollor won n
cup the other day. making the last round
I'm 80. only a stroke more than the pro-
fessional record. Not long since Moller
Joined the Wykagyl Country club. and
made his first two rounds I'm 70 each
Several years ago he was runncr-up TO
Findlay 8. Douglas In the metropolitan
championship at Deal.
Regarding the national amateur cham
pionship. IL is practically certain that both
Jerome -. Travers the metropolitan title
holder. and oswald Kirkby, OF Englc-
wood. will make the trip 10 Chicago
Robert G. Watson. the United States Golf
Association secretary, will. OF course. be
there. and so will Marshall Whitlatch, Uf
Dyker Meadow. IL is also expected that
Walter j. Travis and Fred Herreshoff
will try again. This means that the met
ropoIitan district will De well represented
II is understood that the Boston entrants
will consist of Henry Schmidt, the Mas
sachusetts state champion, and Francis
ou,rnet who is in fine form at present.
According to word from across the Dor
der Harold Hilton jumped into his best
form ouIckly. At the Royal Montreal
course the United States Golf Association
chamnion reeied OFF 20, and he supple
,no,,ed this with another 20 at the Dixie
club
BAYLEY SCORES A KNOCKOUT.
Victoria. 3. g.. Aug. 2l.-With right
cross TO the jaw at the opening OF the
saventh round, Joe Bayley successfully
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