Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-19
ENGLISH EXPERTS
LEAD GOLF FIELD
VardOn and Reid Showing Way
in National Open Com
petition.
OUIMET BEST AMATEUR

The committee Of the nineteenth an
nual open tournament of the United
States Golf Association yesterday de-
cided to eliminate all scores of 166 or
over, in accordance with its custom of
not allowing those to continue on the
second day whose scores ere Is
strokes worse than tenth place. New
pairings were made today as follows:
Edward Ray and NJ ]. Brady. J.
w. Anderson and Matt Campbell, A.
II. Murray and r. G.. Macdonald,
Karl Keffer and Jack Croke, Harry
Vardon and Elmer Loving, Walter
Hagin and J. Donaldson, Dave Ogil-
vie and Fred Mcleod. II. Fl. Barker
and ]. j. McDermott, w. MacFar-
land and Robert Andrews, J. NJ.
Barnes and George Cumming, j. d.
Travers and Joe Sylvester, p. Doyle
and b. s. Evans, Tom Anderson, jr.,
and j. r. Thomson, Tom Vardon and
Louis Teller, Harry Hampton and J.
| O'Brien, Macdonald Smith and Alec
Ross, Wilfred Reid and w C..
Fownes, jr., Tom Mcnamara and
Fred Herreshoff, j. Fl. Taylor and
George Low, Peter Robertson and
Alec Smith, r. M. Thomson and John
S. Hippen, Jack Hobens and Jack
Hutchinson. c. Il. Murray and Alec
Campbell. Frank Belwood and Wal
ter Fouargue, George Sargent and
Francis Ouimet, Johnny Bowling and
Willie Mcguire, Tom Bonner and
Charles Thoms, Herbert Strong drew
bye.
Playing golf of a calibre seldom
seen in America, two of the trio of
English professionals forged to the
front in the first half of the tourna-
ment here yesterday, and ut dusk
led the field by a margin of two
strokes.
Harry Vardon and Wilfred Reid
turned in cards of lat for the first SO
holes. Edward Ray divided second
place with Herbert Strong, of the
Inwood Club, of Inwood, N Y, each
having 149. Mcdonald Smith, of New
York, and j. III. Barnes, of Tacoma,
were bracketed in third position with
| $50.
Francis Ouimet had the honor of
showing the way for amateurs with a
card of 151, which placed him in
tie with Willie Hagin, Alec Ross and
George Sargent for fourth place.
Louis Teller, the French pro, turned
in 152 for the initial half of the cham
pionship play, which gave him fifth
place in company with c. d. Thorn,
of Shinnecock Hills.
Fred Herrshoff, the Long Island
amateur; Jack McDermott, present
champion, and Jack Hutchinson d.
vided the honors of sixth place with
153 while Jerome Travers, of Upper
Montclair the amateur champion.
e. ,I -
1856.
Edward Ray, the giant Englishman,
stood out as the hero of the days
play. Starting poorly on his morning
round he came back with a wonderful
afternoon round in TO- breaking the
course record and lifting him from
ninth to second place. His two
countrymen, Harry Vardon and Reid,
while two strokes better on the days
play, were far more consistent, and
their work lacked the brilliant rally
and thrill that caused Ray to be ap-
| plauded as he finished.
Wilfred Reid was rather neglected
during the forenoon, but the diminu-
tive Englishman played on, none the
less carefully, and when the cards
were all in was sharing first place
with his more illustrious teammate,
Vardon.
They played with almost clock
like steadiness. equaling par or bet
ter for hole after hole regardless of
the difficulties that were their share
from time to time. There was a diff
ference of one stroke in the cards of
the two Englishmen at the end of
each nine holes and the advantage in
this respect was equally divided.
Reid complained that he was put
ting poorly after he finished his fore
noon round, but stated that in other
respects he was at the top of his
game.
Vardon surpassed Reid in his put
ting. but appeared to have little If
any advantage with either driver,
iron or massie.
Summaries of the other players fol-