The sun., 1914-09-01
F0WNES HEADS FIELD
SETTING NEW RECORD
pitt>hnrg Golfer. TitlchOldcr
in 1910. Finishes First
at Ekwanok.
1ONG PITT ENDS ROUND
Holes Fifty Footer on Home
Green for 30 in National
Championship Play.
Long PITT ENDS ROUND
n, Jou> q. ANDERSON.


v,S.ifesrER. Vt. Aug 3i-Sixty four
,,,9e iul starters for the national anna
,y, golf championship passed the half
v4y mark ~ medal play qualification to-
a,y u.r st.~,s running from 20 to So
" C. Fonuss Jr.. champion In 1910. was
a.. Lead. Tomorrow morning comes
,s 'Iryo 4, t1o wirr," IN which thirty
two o. tlc s'N'y.four will fail by the
UaysI, while the others will grid up
,..r loss fur the match play struggles
which III ;o The final goal, the champion
| ,pt.'ls. Those who qualified to-day with
| r. higher scores will retire Tonight
| With He l.a that every stroke In to-
| morrow w1.mug's medal play means
more 10 them than TO the players who
| ,1t.r 'H- second medal round more for
| ,un,,.-y placed. and | can well imagine
| tia: there is going TO be one fine strug-
| g., for the last few places in the match
rly. 'N.rfy-fNo.
The weather conditions were perfect
when the word was given for the frst pair
| 10 start to-day The sun and wind had
| ,rlei The course 30 that there was no
excuse for the golfers TO take home to
/ 'he.r friends 10 the event OF their failure
| 20 qualify There were few surprises In
| 'l5 Qualifying stage, although none sup
I fosfg taAt W dlltT j. Travis Wuul0 ndnd
.u 4 card Of So due In the main to a little
railing Of IN all departments OF the game
| rather than 90 any one special defect
/ Early .r the day Clark Corkran OF Bal
| & more banded IN score OF 70, which
| f.d %, place of honor for only short
| period FaNues, playing In brilliant
fashion and having none OF that luck
vH.,l i- sd 10 20 with good play. ar
| lived 40 the home green. having taken
/ ,i,. ; no 1a,s
from the hole, with a slight hogsback to
uavrr-e ou his way To tho pin. Fownes
Tlu.d and and the ball darted OF and
never came TO q stop until II nestled In
me bottom Of the cup.
III a ~ at Ekwauok IN the qualifying
round deserves great praise and stands rs
| he record q the green. The tees were as
Il far back as possible and the holes were
II placed Iu the middle OF the greens. which
made the scoring not too difficult and not
| 80 easy. There were undevrloped oppor-
| lnt.o- in foWues's round, for he failed
III TO take advantage Of fairly good drive
going 90 the seventh and his second was
trapped. The resulting left him still
even 'yurs. ~ the turn he was 50. and
four holes further along he was three
strokes under tours, thanks to "A beautiful
az the short eleventh. Disaster came
q. The sixteenth, a hard hole to-day on
a,cour' ~ contrary wind, where
nres took s after bad drive. The
ards:
II 81 O. roans. Jr.. oakmon,-
aa'... 1..... ! Z 3 ! Z ! ! So $50
III There were many other fine rounds to-
4s. E e. Gorton OF Byae Burn played
Ha-.a.'ut gu.f FOR 70. which was all
| @e ur I'tgu.t to make because he
Al Sar''I with TWO tives. The New York
yn'nse', MAS IN good form. Fred
III H'rges..,D whose game the past few
days has been anything but pleasing TO
/ aim aaI 90 MS friends, played one OF
the finest rounds OF his career, making a
% and giving display of the way shots
olga' 20 Dee played which was distinctly
refreshing Jerome y. Travers, with
u, Vas .'t iH a comfortable position for
'o-noraws play. oswald K!rkby went
he FIRST s,N holes Ike "A racehorse and
was ,g' under fours at that stage Of
II the play. A. the seventh hole he was
'rappti on his third shot and took three
10 go out two puts then giving him an
''r me hole. His luck changed from
tlsi moment and he finished with an
III y G T.. Van Week. Jr., had even
worse experience, FOR after playing splen-
ga golf and having for II he
hooked ts hall into some bushes and
'os' H. eventually putting for I and
taking .. for total Of 50. Roy Webb.
N'A a first round Of ~, should rnd no
0mellW ia qualifying for the match
/ pav Philip Carter was around IN 81,
l which j. s h.t higher than what he has
been dong I practice, but he should get
N to-day. Jesse Guilford, the New
Hampshire champion, had n wonderful
opportunity % 90 out il -. needing only
At the ninth 10 get that rotal, but
na'r nim even four, - tn" turn.
Coming h.T. he holrd some good puts
and bal a : rpr = 73, only 10 pull his
drive a1l tax. . FOR the hole, giving
him -, which should Insure him
"f- Journey tomorrow, Guilford's drlv-
2 WIS q great feature on The twelfth
,e iIr bail coming to rest In sight
r the green down the hin. swat which
must Hayr Wra,ured at least 2sO yards
e.l iH" latter part uphill.
THO ga. cry today chose TO follow fran
- pIm', ,rI Hh.ck Evans, although the
Medicines, NJ the spectators was shown
"Aeo these two went to the ninth hole un-
attended Tho gallery n constant would
rave been well rewarded, for there were
70" laVs loo the game Of either. Ouimet
night We'll have tied for second place but
Tor The iar' that at tho twelfth hole IN
''pacNg his ball, after having lifted TO
e''N nr opponent to putt, he evidently
''4 ro' pGf B, down securely and II turned
over AS he addressed II, costing him "A
'LoNe uI.uor and GortOn, II might he
aaaei, were Hril'sts this year I'm the Mas
a'Nlse''s chlmpioush!p. Evans was
1HNns his usual long ball and always
,aNINs chances to get down under par
Neither Dee nor Ouimet had any luck IN
'"Ns '".g rI's with the exception OF a
,''F iooler at the first hole bv tch
.tnen amt'eur champion, trust 1t Is
'~t forgotten that Ou!rnet holds that title
j W hl tho hard luck stories, aside from
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