The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-24
SENIORS GOLF UNTIL
DARKNESS PREVENTS
Last Few Of 234 Contestants
Find Home Hole by Aid Of
AUTO Lantern.
JUSTICE PITNEY IN LEAD

mobile has it's uses IN golf Such was
the discovery made when darkness foil
this evening with goodly share OF the
seniors tournament OF the Apawamis Club
still on the links, and continual stream
OF scores piling IN to be posted on tho
big scoreboard out under the trees near
the first tee. 1t was too dark to sec. 10
an automobile was pressed into service
and stationed with its headlights TO-
cussed on the board.
a smaller light was commandccred by
James y. Foot. chairman OF the COM
mittee In charge Of the tourney, and was
held directly over tho cup ON the home
green so that the belstcd senior golfers
would have at least the glmmer OF an
I idea OF where 20 play their approach
shots. Then when II came to the putting
Mr.. Foot hold the lamp close to the
/ ground directly behind the cup. SO alto
gether the automobile furnished most
/ welcome accessory to the royal and an
! cient game.
( A Justice OF the Supreme Court Of the
/ United States won the only prize which
/ could be won to-day. that for the low
| est net score for to-day's eighteen hole
/ round Justice Nahlon pitney. who lives
! In New Jersey but played to-day from
| Chevy Chase. led tho field with a score
! OF Sis. 20.
/ All Of tho other prizes. and there are
the usual goodly number. will not md
1 their owners until the end of the second
days play tomorrow. There is prize
| for the best net score tomorrow. and
! the others arc thrty-six hole trophies,
the winners of which will be decided by
the scores for the two days OF play
! The best gross score to-day was made by
&. A. Spoford. Garden city. HIS So gives
him a splendnd chance for the chief tro-
ply OF the tourney.
IN age the 23i contestants who played
to-day. making mp the biggest field ever
entered in the famous seniors tourney.
ranged from 81, the minimum. TO SO. Ben
jsmin Nlelds OF Wilmington, Del, was the
dean Of the veterans. but his score Of
l27-25. lO2 left him close TO the foot
OF the list The number OF occupations
and professions represented was almost as
multifar!ous as the number OF ages and
there were gray headed golfers on hand
from every section of the country into
which the good old Scotch game has pene-
trated
As early as 9 o'clock this morning the
first pair was sent away. At first the
golfers played In pairs but as the starters
KEEP; slipping further and further back OF
the carefully arranged schedule IL was
decided about noon TO send the remainder
OF the field away I'm foursomes. hut for
that happy thought some of the veterans
might he playing vet for they stuck 20
their task with logged persistence and
less than a dozen stopped because OF the
darkness They saw Mr.. Foot's little can
die shedding its beams from sIar and
never gave up until the ball was IN the
cup
Those who did stop playing all had
good excuses. a lost ball being the fav-
orite. for a ball hit tho least bit of
tho line never WAS seen again, The first
caddy on the course tomorrow should
reap harvest on the last few holes.
Among the victims Of the lost ball
epidemic was Darwin r. Kingsley presi-
dent OF the Metropolitan Golf Association.
He got as far as the home hole and
when his ball disappeared gave up at
once so AS not 10 obstruct those who
were behind him. J. Eberhard Faber.
although he did not give up was another
victim OF the darkness. lie was going
along spend!dly until the last hole
where he took a ten.
PLAY will begin Officially at s o'clock
Tomorrow morning. although about
score OF the seniors have announced their
Intention Of getting up early and start
ing before that hour. The scores
Mae'oI ri,asy' cheyy c9 s,,S So - u5 40
son. ssissnoS: So: i; J. u LaF9sm
ispiis~. 3! 20. 72 II Z. French. srooklamn.
s5"ia. az G A. sponord Garden City.
ss-is "a. + =. rruyG. saratoga. go.
-. L. x rassmore. Huntington valley
-: Robert Collier. Dunwoodie, So. -;
Aaron : nichols, Wy.kasfl. a. ~ co.
William II Clanu Brook'ine, ST.. y.
HGl'o ogden. hliiasro! a. a. I'sa En. n
hard Faher, Iiohmond county. ,e?-is. Ts
M Mas'ier ana rGss ~ ,sis. 4. "nod
son. Ardsley, s,'----12' p; r $ G ,,9 :!
dale ai-.ls Il. lanes d. Foot. Apawamis,
80 = .rt s sa5gssnii New New H Haysm
S55-iis. Il: W i smith, oaFland as I.
efsassIr . hgos A.a. T2r's s, ~ En-
Ab s2"s r huston. merton. s2-it. Is.
Dante Bo,es' pSingaIh. asa D c'iA'
wright Baltusroi So, - e. II Porter
Wykasy al. "a j r w stevens. s., An an
SIS. 70: James 4 Tyng' BaltusroL SCI
70. william Jaryie, Bass Rock u lis ".
Geofss Wright Wo'iaston 92~I3 ~. col
Augustus : .worthnsiton. Chez chase
s s? a. S'"I3''' LaaT 5T, W Nrev "af
Si-i5', y; v T kaufman. ra,ndeld; o.
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70; II r. Iounsb.rry. Bedford gs-i6, ~
Horace I. HotchkisS Apawa mis- ~ Is r.:
Dr. W =. Washington. Forest I'M, e3-lt.
r.; Horace Smith. Nashville. SIS, so.
Edward Rode DunWoodie ge-ls. so.
Robert g. scott, OnondIga, ai-l7 so; Law
renee r. Abbott, unattached. 95--l5. 20, q
y Hendrickson, Midland. ss-is. 30 A. l.
Wykagyi 9s-is So. Herbert Barber. Euge
wood. 1000. 30; 7. j Lintott, Forest mn
est. 50. James Barber, Engiewood. eS
Is. So Charles + Quincy. Greenwich.
s.-it 80. winthrop Sargent, Myopia, 90
10 so. william clark, Agawam. SIS. so l.
u stewart, Hackensack, 900. SO; { GU
bert waldo, Rrooklawn. So 50; James
Peabody Apa wamis, 1000. so, $, A.
iinde Greenwich, SIS. so.
4 Y. Whlteman, Greenwich, 9S, Isl: y.
O. Todd Upper Montclair. 90. ISL; walter
Erben, ST. David's 90, is-sl q. Rock
wood Montclair 80 Isl; y. II Hovey
Canoe Brook, 100, Isl; samuel Carr. rs
SOY county 80. ISL; + Y. kirby Bedford
90 ls-Sl, Daniel Bowley yountakah. iol,
eO--si. Cornelius b. zabrtskle, Hackensack.
90. Isl. W u. Judkins. Wykagyl. %,
lG--S2. Fernando T.. Rogers OAK Hlll. 100,
R-s2; T. VI. Weaver, Chevy Chase, VI,
s-s2; william 7 McVaugh, Yountakah, 100,
i6-Ss Trncst \ Godfrey Forest mi, q,
william II Reed, Broukne, SO, i4--s2; II
\ waterhouse siwsnoy i0i' Is--s2 J. T
Terry. Ap0wams, lo2, 2o-s? Alfred Craven,
s. Andrews. 100. is--S2, Frederick Gerken
Oakland, 100 ls-s2, W W Lyons Forest
M 100, ls--s:; Eugene Prayer Englewood
100. iS-S2. r. II McConn, Fox mis- 50.
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