New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-17
Francis Ouimet Leads Strong
Field in Morning and Earns
Honors of the Day on
BroOkIlne Links.
OPEN TITLE NOW AT STAKE
Mcdonald, Smith and Nc
Namara Among Others Who
Find a Place in Favored
Thirty two.


tho Country club at BroOkline to-day.
The man who has won the British title
Eve times returned rounds of 80 and IS
for a total Of Isl, only one stroke better
than Francis Ouimet. the Woodland Con
Club amateur who fairly startled the p's
gallery by his brilliant and dashing play
While the twenty year old Boston anna
teur did not lead the field. the real glorH
OF the first day belonged more TO MN
than IL did to Harry Nardon. TO thlhN
that this stripping OF youth should ieao
the world famous Nardon and all l" inc
first round at eighteen holes ana inc"
finish only one stroke behind for thirty
six holes because Of long put hoied u!
Nardor at the home green!
II was only few days ago that TINS
Young Woodland golfer had the world oil
golf nv the ears when he led the qualilE-
ing field at Garden City in the amateur
championship tournament until Ch'cN
Evans did his brilliant 81 home ana capt
ured the gold medal
II was on the last nine holes to-ua!
that Mr.. Ouimet again was the loser III
exclamation Of which a word must Oe
said The Boston boy was leading ar
don by three strokes going TO the FOUR
,eenth hole. at which point bad stance
for . brassey shot resulted in his toeins
the ball and getting slice into trap.
when all Of the eighty-hve-odd starters
had completed the double circuit IL wac
found that those with scores OF Nv OF
better had qua. itied. This was higher scor-
,ng than had been expected, especially
90 tho weather conditions were ideal. AS
. majority Of the favorites VIII not STAR
,,u,u ,o-roo-row-the second testing round
there is no telling what prominent ones
may find themselves out in the colo'
Among those who had to listen 70 ''o
o,t-r.poated Hard luck old man. were
q Simpson. who two years ago so'
,nto trip,c tie with j. J. McDermotI
a,d NJ ! Brady and p. W. Whittemore'
ono ~ the steadiest Of the Country C'1o
Tbo 0rst named hit a beautiful ban
tror, tbe first tee in the morning anu
seemed TO be in a fair way 10 HiaNe
fine score vet his short game went "'o',e'
,.,,b the result that the round cost M"
% An Of his recent practice rounus hau
-, v.l under So Whittemore' WIZ
,pirl,s nothing Of turning the clyde Fa'N
rrts i'm - 10 75 played so badly tha' he
.'.',b6ro,r after the morning round
c,cb confidence have a majority OF ''e
professionals in Harry Narooh t"dt
seemed surprised at the iine sho"ie -
rho South IleTt's man. Neither Mei'
,bav disapnointed in the work OF MAJ
no,,o,d smith. younger brother OF the
oao,,5t.bIe Alec: Tom Mcnamara the
postop bonebred. who a year ago won
che Nfetropolitan open title. and W. =.
cross of Brae Burn. They all hnisheu
close up.
Mcdonald smith. with rounds OF 49, got
third place. three strokes better tha'i
Ross who led Mcnamara a stroke Inc
Ice, named might have been ahead OF
Ross had if not been for an unfortunate
incident AT the second hole in the morn
ING HIS second shot found the trap close
m the green. and in playing out his bail
br Tho min. which had not been removed
t,o,, the hole AS he was within the
,wentv-vard limit he had to take the two
stroke penalty
So much had been SAID about Nardon
moor putting that many we're expected 70
see this player. great as he is. miss some
ridiculously short ones. He did nothing.
however. that any of the others who com
peted to-day didn't do on various occa-
sions. To be sure. there were times when
Nardon slipped up on puts. one or two
less than a yard in length. but 10 Offset
these he brought off good ones both
morning and afternoon.
In the big gallery that followed Nardon
and Mcleod we're many prominent play
ers who did not have TO compete until
tomorrow They included Edward Ray.
who came over with Vardon; Jerome d.
drawers. The national amateur champion;
JASA IIeSsas. Of Englewood. who will be
Rays partner; II. J. Topping, the Green
witch amateur James Maiden. of Nassau,
and a host OF others.
After watching the foreigner. whose
shots were almost Invariably on the line.
Maiden turned TO a friend with the re-
mark; How can YOU play against a game
like that" II did seem almost as II this
golfer couldn't play poor golf IL he tried.
but there we're brief spells when he
showed signs Of being human. At the
twelfth, in the morning. he pulled his
drive TO a trap. and in playing out OF the
sand landed into another pit. Even so. he
made the hole in 8.
Again. at the long fourteenth, an in
different second shot left his ball in the
rough He reached the green from there.
laid up the long put 10 within eighteen
inches and then made the gallery groan
by missing the little one.
on the othg hand. Nardon sank fine
9o-footer for a at the ninth, hole that
IS more than 100 yards long. In the after
noon Vardon. except for an occasional
Indifferent saot played along steadily.
going ont IN 40 TO the home hole II
rocked as IL he would get after the
approach left his ball on the upper side
Of the green some twenty-five feet from
the pin. II was a mean place TO put
from even 10 lay the ball dead. and one
bystanoor offered the opinion that
AIRY would surely take three puts.
Judging the distance 10 a nicely. how
ever. Vardon played with a borrow, and
the ball. curling around beautifully.
dropped into the cup for a 9. Had it not
pcen for that put Nardon would have
been tied vita Oumot
The Briton's card was as follows: