The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-17
GIL NICHOLS Is
STAR OF SECOND
DAYS OPEN GOLF
Ills Doublc Round Score of 1+7
rour strokes Under Best
Of Tuesday.
TB\NERS. EVANS AND
ANDERSON QUALIFY

su,r~ HUNS. y. J., June 16.-Gilbert
NICHOLS showed the way from start to
a.t.b f., the second qualifying round
. tho NATIONAL open golf championship
81, ,be R4ltusrol Golf Club to-day. one
u.no a~s, to start. the Wilmington pro-
..sio,,l was In with a 20 long before
many Of his rivals had left the first tee
Ell. morning. and this afternoon he
.~,r,'enep,cd his morning round with
GOOD Is. which gave him n total VI
az for the thirty-six holes of play and
49,, him at the top OF the list. The
l.rs i, Yesterdays qualifying round.
r,,res Duimet and James II. Thomson.
made scores Of 1871. So the pace that
xtch,ls set to-day was just four strokes
$50 than the best OF yesterday.
10. only did Nichols do better than
p,ine, and Thomson. but James NJ.
Harnss. the Western open champion I'm
,sned second to-day. with 76-I3-lf9,
and Jack bowling. the Scarsdale home
b-ed. was third. with 77-13-l5O. Je-
,5me ~. Travers, four times amateur
h,mpio of re United states, was in
fourth place. ms score or Ib-I5-lol
lust equdlling Ouimets.
Thirty.three golfers qualified to-day
for the real championship test which
begins tomorrow. and the scores ranged
,roY the IA made by Nichols to 1871,
the same score that brought up the rear
Of the procession yesterday. There were
Two who squeezed in at 1871 to-day, John
G. anderson. runnerup in the recent
Metropolitan amateur championship,
and Jack Park Of Maidstone. There
were no upse,s Of consequence. although
A. a-. AAA- ia N
l'tle further down the list than their
admirers expected them to. Walter
Hagen. the t~itleholder. was tied for
sixth place at 1874 with five others,
ls1ac Mackic. Louis Teller. Tom Boyd
ard George Sparkling. Just ahead of
this group At 1874 was little Herbert
Strong with a total Of 1853 to his credit
Chick Evans was still further down with
1855. Fred Mcleod, former holder OF
the tile. made ISIS, and Mike Brady and
Tom Kerrigan. two Of the Boston favor
ties. each made l59.
In leading the field Nichols. who
ehowed the results OF his automobile
accident ~ last year by a perceptible
Imp, played pretty steady golf. espe-
cal, in the morning. when he made his
-, a score that was equalled only by
Isaac Mackie. who made a 72 this after
noon. Nichols played with Jimmy Dom
aldsOn Of Chicago, and the two golfers
p,ale Ike a can for the first eight
holes OF the day. on each OF which
both made the same score
ON the first both failed on chances
To get down In 4. and after playing the
Second well bO.h were short at the third
and took {. although the hole Is a one
shot AFFAIR, only las yards long, They
made 10 up on the nth, however. where
BON made The hole In 3. with a drive.
q chip shot and a short putt. The next
two were played In par. Nichols saving
himself on the seventh by a fine chin
sNo, after overrunnirg the green. and
having "a little real luck on the eighth,
vhe'e his topped tee shot ran through
q bunker. At the ninth Nicholl made
h. hut Donaldson missed a putt and
TOOK g. Nichols was out In 81 and
Donaldson In IS.
on The way home Nichols cut a stroke
or par by boiling a putt for a 3 on the
ufh.l eleventh, and at the 462 yard
t'ecn'h he reached the edge Of tho
.rfer with MS second and was down
N TWO more, thus gaining another stroke
OF pa The next was played in ., "a
i should be, but on the seventeenth he
missed an easy putt and took :. He
made Gp for the mistake when he
reached the home green. however. for a
me approach left him ten feet from the
cup ana DO ran down the putt for a 3
t'd a Z. for the round, two strokes
better than par.
HIS afternoon round was uneventfuI
u3tl hf reached the fifth, although or
both the third and fourth holes good
tecove7!es saved him from situation.
,nat Tor the moment looked troublesome
w me tnlrd his tee shot was weak, bu'
re p.'ched up 10 within two feet of thu
I'"' ana on the fourth his ATTEMPT tc
CITY me green with his second took hin
Un 10 the right, but not into as seriou.
,"cu'ly as II the shot had been straight
TO- tnen II would have been in the bis
'unNer IN 'front.' OF the green.
pn me NTH, however. Nichols game,
sFoEe on par, for his tee shot wa,
.'o' on the green, hole high. a it'll.
mater of ga yards. He made the 3
me sixth was played well bu, on m,
nNs seventh he topped a bra ssey sho
aup later was bunkerod, taking 6 foI
1e mole He played the next two II
.'r although At the ninth he missed
In 81 " "' was o'
'om'ng In Nichols played par golf o.
we TENN and eleventh, but on tn,
Nsi'n 'rird too hard 10 get a 3 An,
U''fan the cup 90 far that he MISE,
~ IN'' back and a = was the result
ne MAJ" MP for II two holes later b,
running down a fifteen foot putt for
on me fourteenth green. hut threw
Ms advantage away again on the M
r.h'n' "ler" he took three shots TO &c
we green and then needed three putt
u hG,o out
I.' sixteenth began badly for him
10y he nno.o' his drive past the corne
'' woods into the narrow pond be
S.t' a'! had 20 drop behind the waite
Cd l".I.'" ~ one stroke. A goot
.'''''v Shot. a better approach and
I'm '."' il'' gave him n par 3 afte
and %" WAS well satisfied with hi
'''N' .u each ~ the last two green
' approaches were good enough 4
p|" ..m chances for IS. but botl
ing fI''T fitlod 70 go down and h
MAJ" p Z ru each hole, finishing IN
card
'.'e'' Nichols wilmington;
Morning Round.
IN .. 49,. a.,
Afternoon Round.
.4' ..,.. 4aE3,s4a ar
" ... 't a83 1 t-3s-75-ii
T'nlrh Nichols mayed the hest gol
w 'H" day the spectators, and there wer
gen. Oh. '0cm, preferred to follo'
't1oet n'd Evans and Hagen and Tel
F ''o reason for the preference wa
''' Wat Nichols started long be
"'' '"'' NJ me enthusiasts arrived an
."'.''T 'ar That Barnes and Evans wer
e" % Ho'" or two ahead OF Hagen an
. nd the SPECTATORS could kee
NJ both pairs nearly all OF tn
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