The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-21
TAFT BEATS HABER
BY ONLY ONE HOLE
Final in New York Golf Clubs
Tourney Goes to Home
Green.
VICTOR Is 3 UP AT TURN

Roger n. Taft. the champion Of the
North Jersey Country Club. won the
New York Golf Clubs tournament over
the public links in Van Cortlandt Park
yesterday. In the final round played In
the afternoon he defeated Paul Haber
Scottish American, by 1 UP. Even
though the golf played by the fnalists
was not especially good-Taft's total for
the round was II and Haber's s0-the
match was an interesting one every hole
of the way. II was followed by a
good sized gallery that watched the
play with keen appreciation.
When the Anal began Haber was a
good deal of a favorite because In the
seml-lnal round In the morning he had
made the round in 10 and had beaten
Walter +. Purcell by g up and . to
play. Haber's 20 was the best round OF
the tournament. and az Taft had made a
~ in beating II. J. Walters, Jr.. 1t looked
at though Haber ought to win.
The Anal began with victories for
Taft on the nrst two holes, but Haber
took the third and halved the next two.
AT the sixth Taft made a nne 4 and
was 2 up again. They halved the
seventh in 4 and Haber seemed to have
the short eighth won until a stymie
interviewed and the hole was halved In
4. The ninth was Taft's hole all the
way. as Haber began by topping his
drive. and after playing his second short
of the bunker purposely tried to reach
the green with a long brassey shot on
his third and put the ball out OF
bounds over on the railroad track. Taft
holed a long putt for a 4 and turned
for home 3 up.
Beginning the second nine Haber cut
loose and won four holes In succession.
I squaring the match on the twelfth, the
last of the meadow holes. and becoming
l up by getting a 3 on the first OF the
hill holes. The fourteenth went to Tart
when Haber followed W a splendid drive
with two weak chip shots and II was
all square again. Taft pulled on the
fifteenth and Haber sliced. but the lat
| ter's ball landed among some rocks and
he failed to reach the green with his
second shot. Taft got OF safely from
none too good a spot on the left and
won the hole. II put him ! up, with
| only three holes left TO play. He had
to halve them all to win. and he sue
ceeded in doing II. getting three ~,
though on every one OF the three greens
Haber had a long putt for a 3. None or
them would drop, however, and II was
Taft's match. Haber's best chance was
on the home hole, where his tee shot
took him 10 the edge OF the green. while
Taft was twenty yards away. Tafts APP
proach stopped twelve feet from the
cup, and IL Haber could rave laid his
ball dead he would have won the hole
and prolonged the match. The shot was
weak, however. and the ball got only a
triiie nearer the cup than Tafts was. In
fact the distances had TO he measured
with a rule supplied by an obliging
spectator before Il could be determined
which ball was away. Taft missed his
putt first and when Haber's stopped on
the lip OF the cup a momen later II
was all over. The cards:
Roger y. Taft. North Jersey:
Out.... 4 4 w
paul Haber. Scottish Americans:
out ........... 4t45A al
Taft: =.
In ............ III"
Haber: -.
In.,-,......... $500 $3.50
BY winning the tournament Taft OBJ
talned possession OF the Herald cur fof
a wear. The victor in the consolation
division was +. X Flaugh. Il member
Of the New York Newspaper Golf Club
He defeated A. +. Roth, a clubmate. by
up and 2 to play In the final round
The summary:
First Thirty-two-Semi-nnal round
Roger -. TAFT, North Jersey. heat ii J
walters. Ir. unattached, 4 and q Pau
Habcr. scottish American. beat Walter +
Purcell, New York Golf, 8 and J,
Final Round-Taft beat Hsber. | up
Consolation MISREPRESENTATION round
A.. =. Roth, New York Newspaper, bea
fault: + x, FTaugh, New York Newspaper
beat W. Il. Tracey. unattached, . and ?
! Final ~Round-FIaugh beat Roth. 4 and