The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-05
MUCK AND MIRE FAIL
TO STOP VAN YLECK
BaltusrOl Golfer Leads Field i'm
Qualifying Round Of
Jersey State.
FIRST ROUND DECIDED
Bchr Gives Medallist Battle to
Twenty-third Green at
Match Play.
FIRST ROUND DECIDED


pitcher and basketball star. led the neid
with margin of five strokes over his
nearest rival In the qualifying round for
the New Jersey Stale golf championship
at the Morris County Golf Club to-day
Then in the first match round played In
the afternoon. Van Week defeated Max
II. Behr in a match that went to the
twenty-thlrd green.
Every one but Van Week seemed 10 sur
render to the rain and mud In the quail.
flying round, and his well played as was
the only score below so. At that figure
Oswald Kirkby. the new Metropolitan
champion. Max II. Behr. and W. T.
shackleford, the Atlantic City veteran
tied for second position on the list. Tile
first sixten included golfers with scores
all the way UP to IS.
In winning the medal. Van Week pla yed
along confidently. and by keeping on the
line, and getting down number of good
puts, he had no difficulty IN outstrpplnC
the rest of the big field OF over eighty
golfers. He was out in a. and on the
tenth green had "A chance for 9. but
the opportunity seemed to affect his
nerves. for he managed to take three
puts and to hole out In 4. His card:
2 IN ~: : ! ! ! ! s-sI-7s
tales OF neglected opportunities to tell
~nen they reached the clubhouse. Krkby's
complaint was that not one OF his longer
puts dropped and Max Behr also had 4
little trouble with the ancient wooden
putter that H. now uses. Shackleford.
although he recalled several holes on
which he missed chances, expressed him
self a. pretty well satisfied 10 have fin
,shed 80 well up with the leaders.
When the draw was made for the
match play, the perversity Of fate brought
several OF the favored ones together In
the first round. Van Week FLASHED with
Behr. and the twenty-three hole match
that followed was an exciting one. II was
so dark when Il was over that the balls
could hardly be seen
Kirkby had to play Max Marston, and
another close match resulted the new
holder Of the Metropolitan title winning
by up and To play. Maurice Risley.
the young Atlantic city golfer. beat Wal
lace Sinclair Baltusrol. and meets Van
Week IN the second round Tomorrow
morning Kirkby Is down In the other
bracket.
In the team match played in connection
with the qualifying round, the home club
won. The four Morris County men
nominated and their scores were:
Max Behr. so; A. ID. Swords, SO; w.
p. Letchheld. So, and W. ID. Vanderpool,
SO. Total, 327. Baltusrol might have won
II the right men had been selected to
strive for the team honors, but II. r.
Townsend was picked as one of the quar-
tet and he took 80. bringing Baltusrols
total up to 1913. Atlantic city was third
with sac, and Essex County fourth with
asa. Forest Hi. Montclair and Canoe
Brook entered. but all their men did not
finish.
In only the first and second sixteens
Ia. atur oh niayad thiS
Afternoon, because OF the lateness Of the
hour. when the qualifying round was over.
The summaries:
Qualifying Round-Championshlp sixteen
C. =, Van Week Jr., Baltusrol, 81, 9s-7t.
oswald Kirkby. EnElewood, 80, $50; W
e. Shackleford. Atlantic city. ~. $50;
Max II. Behr. Morris County 80, tl-SO;
" \ snesir .i BH i!aIr 49, ss IS; w. r
S via. crs MGtr 90. is-si Roy .. Webb
Eas4. Count ~ a g. is " J. F.asS
wanger, Canoe Brook. 40, asa; u. Il,
Douglas. Princeton. -. ss-s3; NJ; r. Mar
ton, Baltusrol. Al, 49,; Devereux Lord,
Haworth, az, 42-s4; Maurice Risley. Allan
second slSteen-w Watson, Baitusrol. a.
SIS; e; NJ, Barnes, Enrlewood. Al, 81
So; J.. II; BRADSHAW. Morris County, 4s, as
ii-sS; J. n. stearns 81, somervilis. a.
81; r p, Endicott Atlantic city, Il. .s--s7t
y, W. Baldwin, Glen Ridge. 80, tt-S7
A. W. Maine. Jr Hackensack' a. tG-S
T., y. Holden. Jr Madison, 45 >3--ssi Al
fred Morrell, Hackensack. 49, SIS; II. 4
GHssmsn p roresi M 10 ttss d. r
pie. Morris County, As, A-ss,
Third ,..ist..ssn..w. p. r. Moore, ca Canoe
Ridge, .S, .I-ss, p, "; Granbers, naltus
rol, ~. $50; r Adams, Morris
clair, Is, $50; r. ii Williams, j. Mont.
IS, is-si; W T Glenney, Plainneid, a.
A4-sl. A. W. westney. Essex county 45
,6-si; IL l.. Holmes, Essex County, -
ts-s2; J. r Taylor. Essex County. -. AZ
q; y, T. i; Town ..,l Baitu7rS'' -, ga
Fourth sixteen P' KeiIogs' RSmson
SIS 3; Mcs RSy%S@' ss E''; G.S sou ny
Graham: Morris County. 4G-ig, 80; r. :
Essex County i7.,i9; 90; J; q. Rates. ,Morr,i
SIS II Z Ga5it' Cna3Br 4% s1da County
.1-5i, 81 r + Heller Forest I'M, a.
IS; ., l.. Gubelman. Essex County, 52-a7
,,..o,Ssr scoTesaT i Kesr, Taltasroi, q
/
g. 100; y; W, Gardner, Princeton Ae-si
1903; A. g. paddinEton, Madison 5l-52
1903; l.. whitney. Morris County, 5O--56, lO5
II. $. Plum I'd, Madison, i3-b2, l05; II. II
Chandler. Baltusrol, 5i-5l. 1905, G. j. Mar
tin, Baitusro 67-49. lO6. 9. NJ Fleishmun
Norris county 55--5i, l06; q. s Wheeler
PLANNED, 56--5l, l07, o. VI. Weston. Esse,
County, 55.S? 1917; Jerome Paul, Haoken
Championship Division. First Round
Fullerton beat Feuchtwanger, I and o. Van
derpool beat Letchford. 2 and ] Van Nlocl
heat Behr ! up t23 holes; Rlsley beat Sin
/ clair, and Swords beat wild, 4 and 3
Douglas beat Webb, 8 and / Krkhy bea
Marston. and /; Lord beat shackleford
0 and 4.
Second Sixteen. First Round-smith bea
Barnes, and ?; Endlcott beat bradshaw
8 and 2; Pyne beat Holden. and I; Stearn
beat Gillespie, and I; Gussman bea
Kohier, and |; Baldwin beat Morrell
S and I; Watson heat Thomas. I up on
holesl. Maine beat Richardson, and /.
To Rush HRrtsdale Tourney.
| HARTsDALE. N. Y, June Rain put
stop to all play in the lawn tennis tour
nament for the championship Of eastern
/ New York State at the County Club o
Westchester here to-day. There are onl,
"A few matches left unplayed in each di
vision of the tourney and II Is expected