New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-27
LONG MATCHES THE RULE
Golfers at Atlantic City Need
Extra Holes to Win.
ONE NEW YORK PLAYER LEFT
B. S. Bottome, Of Fox Hills,
Alone Survives to Reach
Semi Final Round.
~ Telegraph to The Tribune.

Atlantic city. April 3-The lone hope OF
the metropolitan district in the annual
spring tournament of the Country Club or
Atlantic City. the first and fecond H,atch
rounds Of which were played to-day rests
with b. S Bottome, OF Fox Hills, VINO
earned the right TO compete in the semi
final round tomorrow morning by defeat
ing H. B. Newton. OF Atlantic city, in a
hard match that lasted until the home
hole. and ]. I. Hay, of Whitemarsh Valley,
4 up and to play.
Bottome will meet Il. o. Race. OF Bel
field, who defeated \. W. Tillinghsst. OF
Shawnee, in the morning round. > up and
10 play, in the semi-finaL
g. W Lindsay. OF Bala- who defeated
Mcleod Thompson, OF Atlantic city, III q
nineteen-holc match this morning. was
forced TO retire because Of an attack or
lumbago after a few holes OF his match
with Race had been played. II. W. Perrin,
the medalist yesterday, furnished sur
prise this morning by his defeat of w. T..
Shackeford, OF Atlantic City. last year s
winner, by / up Perrin, however, fell be
fore the prowess OF 6. a. Crump, Of At
lantic City. by a similar margin In the
second round.
The most surprising defeat Of the day
was that of G. H. Gardner, OF Ekwanok.
at the hands Of T. W. Kemble, OF the
Philadelphia Cricket Club, ny up and TO
play. Gardner was beaten in IN" final
round Of the Lakewood tournament last
week by Walter j. Travis and II was ex-
pected that he would come forward more
decisively in this tournament.
A feature of the DAY was the unusual
number Of prolonged matches, there being
fully a dozen 10 90 10 the nineteenth
green In the beaten eight OF the NTH six
teen II. H. Allen, OF Columbia beat j..
Akeroyd. OF Merchantvile. only after
twenty-six holes had been played while
Mcleod Thompson defeated A. w. Filling
hast In the beaten eight OF the first di-
vision, on the twentieth green
The summaries follow:
First sixteen (hrst round,--J. l. Hay, White
marsh. beat F. s. Sherman. Atlantic city up
ana TO play; r. S. Bottome. Fox Hills. beat
". b. Newton, Atlantic City. up; X. o. Race
Beheld. beat A. W. Tilinghsst. Shawnee, NJ
and 10 play; G.. W. Lindsay, Bsla, beat Nc
Leod Thompson. Atlantic City. l up 90 holesli
r. W. Kemble, iiladelphis Cricket. beat n. g.
Cook. LawrenceVille, up and to play; G. n.
City, up; George A. Crump, Atlantic city.
heat ". L. White. Waterbury. Up and 10
play: II. W. Perrin, Merton, beat ". T. Shack
clifford. Atlantic City. ] up.
Second round-Bottome beat Hay, 4 up and 2
70 play; Race beat Lindsay up: Kemble beat
Gardner, up and TO play: crump beat Perrin.
up.
Beaten eight first sixteen; first roundD-New-
ton beat Sherman, 4 up and 10 play; Thompson
beat Tilngbast. 1 up (23 holes: Cook beat
Phillips, by default; White beat Shsckelford by
default.
Second sixteen dfrst roundt-A W westney,
OakI 40
fault; II. l. Wllloughby. Philadelphia Cricket,
beat ". Z. Wilson. Frankfort. up 19 holes)
J. n. Thompson. Spring Haven. beat g. b.
Adams, National. up and TO play; NJ. Rlsiey.
Atlantic City, beat II. y. Endicott, Atlantic City,
8 up and 10 play; ". H. Hillyer, Columbia.
beat Theodore Senseman. Atlantic City. up: q
Small. Baltimore. beat @. G. Kauder. BaIa. 2
up: II. c. Holton, Philadelphia Cricket, beat
Frank S. Mathers, Atlantic City, up and
10 play; H. Won II. stoever, Spring Haven. beat
Carl Geist, Atlantic city, 4 UP and 8 TO play
Second round-wilioughby beat West, up:
Thompson beat Risley. I up: Small beat Hiiiyer
4 up and 3 TO play; stoeyer beat Holton, 4 up
and 2 10 play.