New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-18
Edward Ray Flashes to the
Front by Clever Play.
TIE FOR SECOND PLACE
Reid, Another Briton, and n. "
Macdonald, an Unknown,
Three Strokes Away.

From s:aN CORRESPONDENT OF The tribune }
Boston. Sept. Twisting Britons ana
resident Scots completed the discontinue
Of the homcbred golfers in the second
qualification test OF the national open
championship tournament, under the a.
rection of the United states Golf Associa-
ton. on the links Of the Country Cluo a'
Brookline, to-day.
Edward Ray. Of England. easily led the
field. returning Two as for total OF IN
three strokes better than his fellow couh-
tryman, Wnfred Reid. and r. q. Mac
donald. a Scot. from the Hyde PARK
Country club. Of Cincinnati. who hung up
Isl each. the same score that Harry Var
don made In the first testing round yes
terday.
Jerome y. Travers, Of Upper Montclain'
the national amateur champion. could not
do better than 165 and barely squeezed
in. while VIII Smith. a former open
champion. now representing Mexico, failed
10 qualify. with several others OF more or
less renown.
\ glance at tho figures shows that the
pace was considerably faster than yester-
day. as only those with a total OF 100 or
better were able &c stay In the compeu-
ton. as against 10 for the day before.
Conditions were almost ideal and left no
loophole for excuses Even John J. Nc
Dermott, the open champion. who needed
16l. had little to say. except that he
qualified and was not going to worrv.
Ray Plays Like a Machine.
Although Ray does not enjoy the repu-
tation Of being steady Ike Vardon, there
was little I'm his game to indicate any
thing save machine-like regularity. once
in while the representative of the OXhcy
Club would get of the line, but ii rarely
mattered where or how his ball lay. the
recovery was usually equal to the de-
mand.
Always long off the tee. the big fellow
hit several balls that made the gallery
gasp. although on occasions he didn't get
as far as his partner. Jack Hobens, the
Englewood pro" who had a way OF
keeping his tee shots lower. with the re-
suit that they ran much further.
Going out in the morning the only mis-
takes worth mentioning on Rays part
consisted Of pulling his second shot to the
rough at the first hole and taking three
puts on the ninth green but even at that
he reached the turn I'm IS. two better than
Hobens. whose short game had saved him
several strokes.
on the tenth green Ray took three puts.
To the seventeenth his tee shot fully E'o
Yards, went beyond the road. but an ap-
proach that went wide prevented nm
from getting his g. which Hobens dld
after A poor drive. Hobens there saved
himself by making the green with cleeA
shot of fully 90 yards. 4 IS back gave
Ray his II. whereas Hobens, making the
last six holes in three better than Is
came back in G5 and completed the round
in 70.
After luncheon more than thousand
golfers followed Ray and Hobens. The
first named started brilliantly by bring
ing off a S5-foot put for a at the hrst
hole. which is more than 900 yards. lie
missed puts on the third, eighth and
ninth greens. however, but at that
reached the turn in 81
Coming back Rays only mistake OFT the
tee was a topped drive AT the eleventh
He pulled his tee shot to the woods az
the seventeenth and lost stroke in con-
sequence. yet he had 81 back when
gave him his second "a Hobens took ten
strokes more than his partner.
RAYS card was as follows: