New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-01
PUTT PUTS
FOWNES IN LEAD
.kmout Golfer Makes 70
d Qualifying Round
at Ekwanok.
eAvoRITES PLAY
UP TO THEIR FORM
u,.h Score by Travis Is Only
Upset in Opening 49,
Hole Circuit,
=. r.l,rrarh % De Tri0One.l

.,.-.Aaster. VT, Aug, Sl.--Finishing
s. sensational SO-foot putt for a
~. =. home green, William C. FOwnes,
= oakmont, returned score OF ~
- =. srst ls-hole medal play test In
\. twentieth amateur golf champion
u, tournament on the links Of the
s Nv Country Club to-day
~. led Ray Gorton, Of Brae Burn
80. nearest opponent, by two,
nas NJ, margin. while four others, FRED
.roS.boT OF Garden City; Francis
es...st Of Woodland, former open
s,.aniou: y. Clark Corkran. Of BaItl-
- ....-s and Joseph b. ScalotJman, OF De-
s-e;t we're grouped IN a t'e at 10
- p,rsetiesly all the favOrlteS survived
!. $50 Jerome y. TuaNcrs. the Upper
sss,tclair exoert, who has won the
~ sour times. returning 40, two
.reksS more than Charles W. Evans,
~ F3eewater. the Western title
f.iasr. His card was as follows;
443s4 SIS
eas ''''','',','. $50 4 { 4 $50
corton's Golf was steadiness itself,
Ma card SlCNiib ItV'''4'o -,
"a While regarded as one OF Masss-
sSossttss prominent golfers, GorIoh
reesr did anything 30 attract particular
sstsnHon until he got down TO the maj
round against Quimet in the Aassachu-
sstts championship last July.
Ouimes played soand go!t from start
a fnisb. bringing oil only single long
mt That was on the first green,
rbere he sank a 30-tooter for 3.
via little luck he might have
eupalled FOwnesS score.
Tysns kept UP the fine scoring that
has marked his golf all along this sea-
IN. he also had "a few puts that
fsilsd 10 20 down. As Tor HcrreShoh,
he Garden City man merely remarked
Al the finish that hls game up 10 the
green had never been better and that
vith ordinary lack on the greens his
tsrd wOuid surely have shown score
better than 40.
Fravers had.no regrets at the end Of
lis round, except that be did not feel
proud Of his as the seventh. Oswald
Kirkby, Of Eng.ewood. Che metropolitan
and New Jersey champion. had slack
pund, coming 10 scict q. the tenth hole
and needing a total Of 81. the same as
c. Z. Van Week, Jr., OF Baltusroi. The
last named would have led a score
under 50 had be not taken 9 for the
heme hale
m. a. 3,;,.;,, res- C,,i1for3 Who ;s
ny tHl VI '1ss 9 ~ ~ ~ -
me New nam psh'le Iltehol0ef, rushed
away like q s.rea6, taking 80 for the
frs eight holes. He then found trouble
ny toVH o. 3. - ouIu a. CO. "4teI
>. Travis ncedlu ~ Win Al IOf the
Outward iOgIneV.
c,sntlsnS ~. r.1o1 20 oualif,,
~ -
oalk{ast outside the limit, with an 80.
The summary follows:
1he ssxty,four 10 gg4lif, follow: ". c.
FasaGa oaktqeat, -al-ls5-4ia. n X. q non
Bfea Burn &c. Francis Ouimet, Mood
izba, S-Ss-73. Fred Hcueshof. IckWanok
I-5s-aS. % Clark Co-krlu Baltimore. IS
81; }. T. Scalaumaur. Detroit. $3.50
Charles Evans. Els.Wlter S5-3s-74: Jesse
sen, Brae~ Bum. 2,-g--7s. a. Reid, 81.
clair I-E-If, D. n Lewis Ridgedeld
a-1-Ts; 81 III Eeus EnrleW,oi S-s-
n. Nelson yybitrly srs.Eon 2q-2SN77. Il
p ANS, 81 Ni5Utl;-,s 5-.3SS7S. Gardner
" Waite Flushing 40-9S--S. Louis Jaroby
Dallas gifts. Is NJ Hvers AlleFbeuv
a-l-7S; ;. K stern. T.fuiIck. SSL4l-7g;
Ro3 d. Webb EnsIs,VooI. lO-3g-7s: r. :
Kampnann. san Autorio. 2T-t.-79: NJ r.
harston. Baltusrol. s,-tl--7g. W. /. How