New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-21
K|RKBy A GOLF WIZARD
Makes Astonishing Score in Test
ing Round at ApaWamis,
CLOSE TO HIlT0N'S MARK
Leads Big Field in Tournament
When Young Blood vies
with Veterans.

/ Emerging from field Of more than
! hundred starters, Oswald Kirkby, the New
| Jersey champion, won the medal In the
testing round Of the annual invitation golf
tournament on the links OF the Apawamis
club Yesterday. The Englewood man re-
, turned a thirty-six hole score of l62, only
one stroke better than his partner, Archie
Reid, Of ST. Andrews, and r. V. Birming-
ham, of WykagyL
The merit of Yesterdays golf may
he the better appreciated by a COM
{ parison Of the scores made in the qualify
, ing round Of the national amateur cham
| pionshp tournament over the same course
last year. On that occasion Harold Hilton
won the medal with ISL So fast was the
pace in fact, that more than one we'll known
! player found himself out of the first six
| teen. included among the unfortunates
were Roy Webb, Of Englewood and George
| Barnes OF the home club winner aud
| runner-up OF the Garden City spring
! tournament
! 1t was a day where veterans We'd with
/ young blood, for closely pressing the lead
ers were Findlay Douglas, national cham
/ pon as far back as 1898, and "spotty" Bow
/ ers, the Brooklawn man, who has been
| prominent I'm competition golf for more
! than fifteen years. Bowers, by the way, IL
/ finishing a busy week, as prior 10 this
/ tournament he had been competing for the
/ Lynnewood Hall cup at Huntingdon Val
/ ley Douglas had 1871 and Bowers 1871 yes
terday Both we're at their best after
luncheon. Douglas came home In 80 and
got rs, while the Brooklawn man had one
stroke more
The efforts Of all the others were eclipseI
early in the day when Kirkby and Reid fin
shed their morning round Both played
beautifully going out, the ST. Andrews man
in particular putting with accuracy. This
enabled Reid TO lead his partner a stroke
az the turn Reid had 80 and the New Jer-
sey champion g. The latter figure is par.
On the inward journey KrlIby played re-
markably well UP to the green, where his
luck deserted him. At the home hole Reid
made his only poor approach which landed
him in the sand in front Of the green. He
got :. which was the same az the Engle-
wood man took for the hole the latter
taking three puts Reds total was -,
within two strokes ~ the amateur course
record held by Walter J Travis. Kirkby
: had a The latter would have been around
IN better than 20 had he not missed haf
dozen puts Of six and eight feet
II was an even thing in the afternoon
between these two. Reid was out IN So,
as against 10 for Kirkby, and they con-
tnued their close play returning. Reid,
however, sliced his drive TO the home hole
behind a tree, and then got into the
bunker He required for the hole, TAX
ing 81 for the round Nrkby, getting
here. which made him IS for the round.
rosed out his partner for the medal by
! single stroke
Birmingham. with a foundation Of 70
FOR the morning round, went out in 10 and
came back like a wild horse for 35, which
was the best inward Journey for the day.
His afternoon total was rs, the best OF
the second circuit
Kirkbv's card was as follows