Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-14
M'DERMOTT NOW
LEADING GOLFERS
Professional Expert in Cham
piOnship Form at Sails
bury Tournament.
KIRKBY HEADS AMATEURS

John J. MeDermott, of Atlantic City,
the national open golf champion, led
the field in the first day play of the
metropolitan open championship tour
nament on the Salisbury links. near
Garden City. /. l., yesterday. Nc
Dermott went around twice in Il for
a total of 142, leading Jack Hobens, of
Englewood. the 1908 titleholder. by two
strokes. Hobens had TWO seventy
| twos. Thomas /. Mcnamara. of Bos-
ton, the champion. had to be content
with "A and rs for 149, which was fifth
on the list. Alec Smith, of Wykagyl
| former national and metropolitan
champion, was third, with 70, 71-146,
while a newcomer Elmer w. Loving,
of Arcola. finished stroke better
than Mcnamara.
There was a record field of fifty
eight starters, which was taken as an
| indication that the outpouring of the
professionals was due TO the desire to
be prepared for the foreign players
later this month.
Oswald Kirkby, of Englewood, for
mer New Jersey champion, led the
amateur contingent. Jerome d. Trav-
ers did not enter. Kirkby's scores
We're two seventy skies for a total of
152, while Fred Herreshoff, the Oak
land winner, could get no better than
81 and SO. An Indifferent first round
of IS spoiled the chances of J. Dever-
eux Lord the Forest Park amateur
but he improved nine strokes on his
second attempt.
Dwight Partridge, with a 70, took
the gold medal from a strong field
in the qualifying round of the annual
invitation tournament of the Wyan-
tenuck Golf Club, which opened yes
terday at Great Darlington, Mass. A
heavy wind made small scoring diff
ticult.
A. S. Carter, of Wykagyl, displayed
exceptional putting ability at Maple
wood, y. H, yesterday afternoon,
when he won the first flight of the
August handicap golf tourney by de-
feating w. b. Bailey. Maplewood, 4
and .. A. Collins, of Merton, defeat
ed S. E. Loveless, Arcola, and 4.
Miss Mildred Caverly. of Philadel-
phia, had the best score in the quail
flying round of the womens golf
tournament at Ekwanok Country
Club, Manchester, VT. yesterday aft
ernoon. Having an eleven on the
fourth hole she took fifty-two for the
outward journey, but returned in
forty-one.
One hundred and fifty prominent
golfers of the Eastern States are
participating in the annual invita-
ton tournament of the Mohawk Golf
Club. which opened at Schenectady,
n. Y. Yesterday. Prominent among
the entries are: Jerome ID. Travers,
amateur golf champion of the United
states: NJ. r. Marston, interscholas-
tic champion. and Gilman p. Tiffany,
of Newburgh The tournament viii
close Saturday afternoon.
Nine more players are eligible to
compete in the national amateur
championship tournament over the
links of the Garden City Golf Club
September Is. These players get a
rating of 6 in the handicap list OF
the United States Golf Association.
They are: r. e. Giles, Butler c. C.;
c. c. Ingraham Midlothian C. c.; r.
S. Kampmann. San Antonio C. c.; s.
C. Mabon. Nassau c. c.; Il. f. May
berry Charleston c. c.; II. L. Nichol,
Midland G. c.; w. N. Read, Country
Club, of Augusta: O. p. Thompson,
Allegheny c. c.. and y. c. Timer,
Florida c. c.