Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-21
Zoe MITCHELL IN
FOURTH PLACE TIE
Upper MOntcIair Golfer Plays
Brilliant Game in National
Open Tournament.
LOUIS TELLER IN FORM

CHICAGO, Ill, Aug. 21.-New Jer-
sey was brought into the spotlight
in the initial championship round Of
the national open golf tournament at
Midlothian yesterday by Joe Nit
ehell, of Upper Montclair, who fur
nished one of the thrills of the after
noon play. With Robert c. Watson.
president of the United States Golf
Association, as a partner, Mitchell
scored a fine s. for the eighteen holes.
This score enabled Mitchell to tie
with J. j. O'Brien, of Westbrook, the
two sharing fourth place with a
score of 146.
For remarkable golf. no exponent
of the game shone more respIendent-
ly yesterday than Louis Teller. OF
Canoe Brook, one-time French cham
pion. Teller got away with a feat
of equalling par on seventeen of the
eighteen holes of his first trip
around. Then he Topped off a stroke
with a 3 on the home green, showing
a card of ". His grand total was 147
for thirty-siX holes. Telliers total
gave him a tie with Alex Ross, of
Brae Burn, and James Simpson, of
Milwaukee, for fifth place.
Playing golf that was little short
of perfect, Walter c. Hagen, of Roch-
ester, N. Y, professional, made the
first thirty-six holes in score OF
142. Besides leading the field the
young Rochester professional set a
new record of 6S for the Midlothian
links since their Encouragement, made
especially in anticipation of this
tourney.
just one stroke behind the leader
was Tom Mcnamara, of Boston, who
covered the thirty-six holes in 143.
This player kept considerable gall
lery interested with rounds of ~ and
II.
Francis Ouimet, the amateur, who
holds the national open title, shared
the honors of the day with these
stars, when he went around in the
morning in SO. In the afternoon he
lost some of his cunning, the best
he could do being rs. This result
dropped him into third place.
Charles E. "Chick" Evans. ir., and
Warren X. Wood, the Chicago anna
tours, tied at $50 with J. H. Taylor
and NJ. ]. Brady, another homebred,
for twelfth to fifteenth positions. This
brought the total of American born
golfers up to nine in the first fifteen,
showing never before equaled and
une that impresses strongly the
healthy progress of the game here.
Mundy Beats johnson.
MAPLEWOOD, N. H., Aug. 21.-R.
r. Mundy, of Ardsley. won first hon
ors in the Maplewood golf tourna-
ment yesterday, defeating Walter M.
johnson, of Commonwealth, in the
final, by and .. Both made card
of n for the morning round, finishing
all even on the eighteenth green.
Hoyt in Record Form.
STOCKBRIDGE. Mass. Aug. I'll
f. II. Hoyt. of Woodland, rnnner-uP
for the Massachusetts golf champions
ship, made a new record of 10 for the
Stockbridge golf course yesterday.
Hoyt also won the prize for the best
gross score and was tied for the best
net score in the thirty-six hole handi-
cap, of which the best eighteen holes
were selected. j. J. Madsen, of Mount
Tom--who had handicap of IA, took
the prize for the best net, his score
being 81.
Modal for Swords.
BETHLEHEM, N. H., Aug. Civ.
" Swords, of the Oakland Golf Club,
won the first medal in a special
handicap at the Country Club links
yesterday. Playing with handicap of
he made an 81. giving a 70 net. A.
I. Guterm, of Lexington, made S0-6
ID and Richard Grosholz, of Phil
adelnhia 101-25-76