New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-25
boy GOLFER PROVES
A WIZARD OF LINKS
Philip V. Carter Leads Field for
Junior Championship with
Brilliant IS.
CONNOLLY NEXT ON LIST
Present Title Holder Wild OFF.
the Tee, but Wins in the
First Round at
Match Play.

Philip V. Carter, Of the Country Clut
OF Nassau, with a card of $685., wal
the medal in the qualifying round OF tho
second junior championship tournament
over the links OF the Plalnfeld Country
Club yesterday and came through the
first round Of match play by defeating
w. G. Stearns. jr., Of the Rockaway
Hunt Club by up and 6 TO play.
Stuart d. Connolly, of Rickland. who
won the title last year, was second II
the qualifying round with D-39-79, anc
later was successful against NJ. T.
Lewis, Of Flushing by 4 up and to
play.
In his medal round Carter hung close
TO par figures for the first nine holes.
going out in So. on the inward journey
he required extra puts on the eleventh,
sixteenth and seventeenth noles. while
at the short eighteenth he topped his iron
shot from the tee and got into the road
on his second BY holing a twelve-foot
put, however he was down In four for
a 80 and a total of To- as follows:
Philip V. Carter
In Rn' .. '''.::.. 3 : 8 ! 3 tsSS-7c
Connolly was unsteady on the greens
on the early round. requiring extra puts
on no less than seven greens. Against
Lewis at match play he displayed con-
siderable wildness off the tee, but was
hardly worse than his opponent.
At the eleventh hole Connolly drove
twice out Of bounds and Lewis was once
guilty of the same offence. but the su-
periOr iron play Of the champion per-
mtted him 10 halve the hole.
There were thirty-eight starters In the
tournament only four OF whom came
from the home club. More than twice
the number OF outside entries than last
June were received and there was an an
sence Of the young element so noticeable
last year. nj fact. the youngest player,
yesterday was Buel Trowbridge, of
Flushing. a lad OF fourteen summers.
The age limit for the tournament Is nine
teen years.
we are delighted with the way the
parents OF young golfers in this district
have co-operated with us in making this
tournament success said Leighton
Calkins. president OF the Plainheld Coun-
try Club. yesterday. our assertion that
the youth OF this district should be pro-
yided with a championship tournament
has been borne out. and our efforts 10
bring about such a condition have proved
20 be fruitful. There's many a man who
has been playing for years who would
be proud TO hand In such scores as the
boys have made to-day. There is no
doubt now that this tournament will re-
main a fixture In metropolitan golf cir
cles."
The interest has been so great this year
that four boys from outside the district
were starters. but they were not per-
mitted 20 qualify in the championship
division. Norman Maxwell. of Philadei-
phia. and W T. Badham. of Lawrence
VILE. returned So each. r. T.. Ogden, OF
Lawrenceville. and w. T. Taylor, OF the
Park Golf club, were the other two, but
their scores would not have landed them
in the first set.
As a side attraction yesterday a driv-
Ing competition was run off. q. 5. King
OF Essex County getting such fine dis
tances as 232, 2l3 and 2lO yards for total
OF $50. This won first prize. Badham
was second with 9O5 200 and POI for a total
OF 632.
The summary follows: