Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-17
GOLFERS PRACTICE
FOR NATIONAL OPEN
Tom Anderson and Louis Teller
Cover Midlothian Course
in II.
FRANCIS OUlMET GETS A II

CHICAGO, H., Aug 17-Tom An
derson, of Montclair N. J.. and Louis
Teller, Of Summit, N J.. turned in
low scores Of 70 yesterday in their
practice on the links of the Mid
lothian Country Club in preparation
for the national open golf cham
pionship, which is to begin tomorrow.
George Cummings, of Toronto, Can
ada, turned in So, which was low
score of the day. Francis Ouimet who
defended his title, got 81, whle
Alex. Smith and Macdonald smith,
of New Rochelle and Pittsburgh, re-
spectively, also totaled Il. Warren
X. Wood, the former Western anna
teur title-holder made the eighteen
holes in 73. Practically all of the
golfers entered in the tournament
were out on the links yesterday fer
practice.
A year ago, when the tournament
was held at Brookline Mass. II was
found necessary to change the con-
ditions from seventy-two holes OF
medal play to a preliminary round,
which would materially reduce the
field and allow for the championship
proper to be played off under COM
Portable circumstances. This year the
same system will be adhered to. winch
is to say that half the field will play
thirty-six holes tomorrow and the
other half will go over similar dis
lance on Wednesday,.
Out of all of them the sixty-four
best scores for thirty-siX holes will
qualify for the championship proper
on Thursday and Friday over the Gus
tomary distance. In the event of
tie provision is made for an eigh-
teen-hole play-off on Saturday.
The general contour of the land
over which the Midlothian links is
laid out is Of a gentle rolling prairie
variety Trees are not placed so as
to interfere with the play Dtagon-
ally across the tract there is
brook, fun advantage of which for
purposes of hazards has been taken.
There is something deceptive about
the course, which at first appears
simple. The putting green's are said
to be in excellent condition, and pos
sibly the only criticism to be made
of the links is the bunkering manage
ment. recently considered by Charles
Evans, jr. Attention, however, has
been given to this department lately.
Only one short hole is encountered
on the outward journey, that being
the second, a matter of 1876 yards.
Only two are more than 400 yards
long On the inward nine there are
four holes measuring from 400 to 49O
and there are two shore ones, the
twelfth and fifteenth. The distance
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Par for the course is as follows; >.
Out ............ 80
In ............ "a 5 ) 3 3 4 4-37-73 |
H. V. browne, with a card of So |
1870. won the 1S-hole medal play |
open to Glass A and |
Glass B players, at the Forest Hill |
Field Club Saturday. browne also |
won first place in the Class B sweep
stakes Harry o. Christi, with an 81,
had the low gross score of the day.
His net 76 also won him place in
on was the winner of the class A
sweepstakes
Martin Baldwin, OF Spring Lake, |
made the eighth hole at the Deal |
Golf Club Saturday in one stroke. 1t I
was the first time in the history or |
the club that the eighth hole was
made in a single stroke. The thir-
-eenth is the only other hole when /
has been made in one stroke.
H. ]. Wright won in Class A with |
S.: T.. w. 7. Gray, in Class B, with I
20. and c. e. Merrill. in Class G, |
with II, in the 1S-hole handicap in /
three classes on the Montclair Golf /
Club links Saturday.
A. II. Gregg, with a net score of I
70, captured the ball sweepstakes al |
the Upper Montclair Country Club |
An 1S-hole, four-ball match, aggre- +
gate score. each pair deducting their /
combined handicap from the gross
score, was won by r. c. Thompson |
and r. c. Stevens on the Glen Ridge /
Country Club links Saturday.
Sixteen golfers qualified for the
John f. Stanley memorial trophy, |
and two were tied in the leading posi-
ton, namely, w. F. Albertson with a
card Of 91-21-70, and f. III. Burke,
with a card of 95-25-70, at the Deal
Golf and Country Club, Saturday. Al
bertson. with II. Fl. Smith as a part
ner turned in a cars of S5-20-65 in the
four-bau handicap and won. Smiths
card Of 92-e0-73 won in the sweep
stakes.