New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-13
GOLF CHAMPIONS SURVIVE.
Wood and Tiffany in Final for
Hudson River Title.
LONGACRE MISSES SHOTS
Fantastic Playing stirs Interest
in Competitions at the
Powelton Club.

There will be no new name added to the
lis tof Hudson River champions this year,
for both OF the men who will meet in the
thirty -six-hole final round To-day at the
Powelton Club at Newburg, have already
achieved that distinction. They are II. p.
Wood. of Columbia. the present title holder.
and Gilman p. Tiffany, Of the home club.
who has had the honor on Ave previous oc-
casions.
Wood had little difficulty in disposing OF
F. II. Longacre, Of Twaalfskill. the margin
being up and to play. Longacre simply
could not get agoing. At the S47-yard fourth
he drove three balls into the pond In the
afternoon Wood had hard match with c.
V. Benton, of saegkill, finding it necessary.
TO go 10 the home green TO win. Benton
was up 2 at the turn, but his opponent vas
able to make matters even az the fourteenth
The next was halved in four. when Benton
drove out OF bounds and Wood found the
bunker on his second shot. The sixteenth
and seventeenth also resulted evenly. BEN
toms drive at the eighteenth found ne
brook, and he played his second snort OF the
green, finding a necessary. while his OPP
ponent covered the 1888 yards in par ana
won the hole and the match by up
Tiffany succeeded in blasting the hopes
of J. Gillett. Of Columbia, IN the morning.
the margin being and !. and In the AFTER,
noon decisively defeated F.. b. wilson tna
RockIand youth who was the medallst IN
the qualifying round.
A feature Of the morning round was
bv Humphrey Tiffany, brother OF 0lmaI''
who made the 225-yard seventh in z. his
drive left him a put Of about three feet
The summary follows:
c-beronionship second round)-H.. B. Wooos
Columbia. beat r H. Longacre, t"s aIiid ~
" ana m eiIIett Columbia. 8 up and s to plsyi
Gilman P Tiffany. Powelton oTst D. tS.ison-
RockIsnd' beat F. x. Coykendsll. Twaalfskii' q
Up -s smd round-wood beat Benton. NJ; o.
T1ftany beat Wilson UP and TO play. >
beaten eight. Championship 6rst roundl-J.
Archer saegkll beat Fl Fla. n st ks coSb nv
IorKisnd beat B. Worcester Orange County. a
up and TO play; stuart Hirsch9erg PoSes,0 =,
oisy. r crane. saegkill, beat H. Jordan, PoVe-
'0e Second nd sixteen second round)T7E ~ Pi;sin;
GO 30 80 NAV. Humphrey Tiffany, Poweton, oest
q 2 cI,incY Poweton, UP and to pay w; a.
drlaT Nc r fJjiton Powelton. beat F. V Burton.
a. Powelton, 9 up and 70 play; -. ~.
semi-nnal round-tumphrey iinsny p fl,o ~
kin, 2 ana W bi''
ny p Bet eight. second sixteen frst roundl-A
,,aIson Drtehess, beat @. Congwood. DutehesS
up F Madden saegw beat M. p s9ya p p0w
ton' op z clifford Columbia, 9 up and "a
play; Dr. s Mclean fowet sGs oe "a play * Dc
'TS,,.s sIxteen second round)-T. IreysLroTt
poHeiton' beat II. s. Jennings. Twaalfsktll, 2
IN. O Miller. Rockland, beat George cage
49, Up %. County / UP Q9 holes); R. W. Wheeler,
G D.ssess heat c l.. Rain, Duchess, w and
2 ~ NAV: r d. small. Rocldand. beat f. h
&c., Powelton. UP and 20 play:
Sar,i anal round--Treverrow beat Miller up
snd / 20 play; Small beat Wheeler, up and
10 play. 49, .,..o, ,erv. rourd,-F n
DE-" DutSbegs beat F. S. Ralston. Duchess,
. ~ and l 20 play T. VI. Murray, Rochand.
-, q . Weller. Powelton, up and TO playI
rarrsnter Powelton, beat J. @. Graham,
Poweitnn. by default; e. r. De Ia Nergne,
Twaaifskill, beat A. II. Vail. Dutchess' : up and
/ 70 play.