The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-16
SHORT PUTS AND LONG DRIVES.

Had the executive committee ~ the
l.. 5. q. 4 MOT acted with It's accustomed
;en,ercy ye.tertay. Ouimet would have
been barred from The conpetlilon. ne
came oqt ron Hew fork ny aT'&mGo..e
hour late IN rrsching the course. The
ordg'al DIME 'imlt Is Af'een minutes hui
mis- excuses and apologies the committee
permitted him to start
oswald kirby. Amos, e~auaiied Out
NETS adventure. tnr a punctur,d tire de-
home. AMI after a hreakneck tr:p across
country. he arrived AZ the hr'i tee Jus.
with Jimmy Thomson without stopping 20
,hanEe his c'vth,s or 20 obtain a eniile.
In tact autorl'n.es seemed to pa. q
.'rES Tsgi In NE toT, Slr' OF me t"''ear
seventy starters YESTERDAY, hu; Two Of them
anr2ppsi on, or" ~ m, ne, two wa. G. W
Word was received that he had been m
rlrot n an eniomGh'e hcc'teni The
california EnE'ishman. and as he TOO &,
an amateur. perhaps motor troubles Kept
aim away also.
Frark l.. woodward. president. Howard
y whitney secretary. and Percy R rNne
90. treasurer. represented the United
states Gnf A.socit'ion and sent ,he pay
time. when me las' pair had gone they
s.1r'"i our FOR a .''le friendly round with
rau' Moore ~ Morris county and got
thoroughly soaked as a result.
The group Of othcia.s We're mot the only
ones out on the links when The storm
GTek' NAM ,y.s 9f b 5ss p,qfss'i Sas IN W ioa2
bail matches tor a I'tI" rnal practice ana
"A number were caught pretty far from the
clubhouse.
Dave Ogilvie was one Of those who Just
escaped a wett!ng He had played several
holes when he saw the storm coming, and
he set out for home a, top, speed. It
on the other side said Davy, who used
10 run In cross-country races in scotland,
.. 1a ANf'4A "a At tho NFflar rnlfN InFW
just as the FIRST raindrops tel.
only about II dozen n the actual PARTED.
pants IN IA" Qua'!fIius round were caught
hccause Of the rain. Max Marston had ,hr
I rarroWrs' escape, but D." squeezed In with
a couple ~ strokes to spare.
Wlfr,i Rc'i went ahou, his club break
ing At, '9e ,,.2n4 n.ie in ne morning IN
nave 20 break my club, ANYWAY he said
a~fferward. 80 | thought T. over and re
memosrIrs mat l2'rS co aT:s'' i mSR' o ms'6 mS
Al r,E6S, Sat ea,.. ! ca. sg.-s !,
al tho bah landed on the green
Late IN rs afternoon round Reid made
arorh,r shot that pleased the hig gallery.
az tGno gre sr,, iS' ami i'G siapp eI'' - 'ho ,op " ,ne
bank near the eighteenth tee. After
studying The shoi gtr,fu.iy REID TAPPED
straight across the green and into tho
cup. Reid sat down on the bench right
bchind him and waited for his csddio 30
climb up with his driver with which tn
play the home hole
Many in the gallery seemed puzzled nv
~. hct, that n" sgorcr WIN MS green
Reid, They forgot thar q s,2ryr &C.
along only when Two professionals are
PLAYING together. II one Of any pair IL
an amateur the duty 81 keeping the scor,
Is entrusted to him.
Alex Ross and Macdonald Smith played
and iokIng that Ross failed 10 qua,lfy nv
a single stroke. amt smith was one 81 the
e,ghi who. squeezed IN at l6l Ross was
the only former holder OF the tito VINO
dri not qualify
Probably tho poltcr who surprised him.
s".t most by qualifying was William Mac.
stationed at a Baltimore 'Iuh. lie took
- IN the morning and when he went GU
in ~ I'm IN" afternoon, decided that he
81 dpaptr two balls out ~ bounds, and
finished on the ragged edge with his 1871
ON the way IN MacfarIane made the 40.
and a pub he ,,ld, it Vac the Only
made on that hole during the day.
rho size of ne Eal'rry thu; fol'owc(
crowds on ThuIsiav ana Friday wUn b,
pretty large. kaltusrui galleries Away
are big, ones, ana the record seems likel,
COILS wide appeal to the public SCENE
a bit too wide at one tiinc yestcria'
afternoon, for a youth who evidently hat
heard that the national omen was one a
The great sporting events OF the yea,
,riel to starr q ihr"e card monte gam,
nrar the ninth ;cr. Hc found no Gus
toners, however. ana was told to max,
himself scarce.
Tho pairs that Will attract the gallerie,
to-day viii he james VI. Barnes and Chlcl
Evans, Western open and amateur cham
pions. and walter Hagen, national opeI
champion, and Louis Teller Barnes anc
Evans will start at 9!i5 and Hagen snt
Teller viii get way ten minuteH later.