New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-31

They didn't know that Nudge. being
. first cousin Of John and Archie Reid
belonged to a golhng family. They
didn't know that only two weeks ago
he had won the medal round and then
the Minnesota championship.
Going out in SO in the afternoon,
knowing that he had chance to land
the low medal and attain sudden fame
Young Nudge never faltered. He start
ID home with a string Of fours, playing
spectacular golf under such conditions
and nothing could stop him.
He bagged q 4 on the 5So-yard e'ev-
enth and another on the treacherous
twelfth. On the thirteenth he cracked
his second shot within two feet Of the
CUP and missed the putt. On the four
teenth he hit the cup for and
jumped out But even this hard luck
failed to upset him IN the slightest
He went along at the business Of grab
bling Is. driving far and straight and
playing his irons in the sure, crisp way
Of those who 90 for the pin and get
there. At the end Of the eighteenth
b,le he understood that he needed z
to win the medal round and, instead OF
playing safe, took a chance and dropped
short. But he got his 4, and even
would have been enough. In Leading
this field young Nudge gave evidence or
two Qualifications sound golf
and good, sound nerve.
Here is his double card;
Morning round:
G in.. 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 8-88-7o
Afternoon round:
G iSl. ! ! 3 I I : : 5 : 1 81
Total, 152.
OF tho big three, so labelled, Fran
els 0uimet only was near top form:
The amateur champion proved beyond
any doubt that he is reaching his best
game by finishing up in third place
with II and rs. He slipped here
and there, but in the main his golf is
sound in all depo ments.
Travers and Evans were not At their
best Jerry, still weak from a severe
cold and never at top form in cold
weather, was struggling hard most Of
the way. He had an 50 in the morn
ing. and then needed an so in the after
noon. His work with the wood was not
near the standard no has set for him
solf this season. but this was due in
the main TO his physical condition and
the weather. The day, in tie forenoon
especially was an ideal December type,
one Of the kind you could use for
Christmas eve, threatening a white
Christmas for tomorrow. Under
dark gray cloud biting wind snapped
and whistled and raised merry Cain.
The wind not only blew golf balls here
and there if sliced or hooked in the
slightest, but also stiffened up the
muscles of those contending. But at
the finish all Of those favored for
chance had quilted, SO there could be
no kick.
Outside Of the Big Three. Ned Saw
yer, Max Marston and Jesse Guilford,
picked by many as the next choices. all
did well, playing first class golf. Saw
yer was just back of Ouimet with 1876.
Marston was just back Of Sawyer with
1877 and Guilford was safely in with 100.
There were two leading incidents at
the eighteenth hole in the afternoon.
Coming to this last stop Eb Byers. who
had found the wind a heavy handicap,
was told that 165 would be needed 70
qualify At this nerve wracking mo-
ment Mr. Byers had already used up
1853 strokes. He therefore, with math-
metical precision, figured that he had
two strokes left.
At this point we might make mention
Of what is known as the golfng temper
ament. In place OF going skyhiCh,
Byers planted his tee shot on the
green and promptly sunk 3O-fOot putt
for n 2, but n 4 would have been as
useful. as he discovered later.
Harold Weber, the Toledo star, had
no such good fortune. He reached the
eighteenth tee with 3 strokes to qualify
on a par hole. But his tee shot