The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-03

RYE, n. Y, June a high and cold
wind thai made the golfers apply them
selves almost as much to the task OF
keeping warm as to playing golf made
high scores the rule In the thirty-six
hole qualifying round of the seventeenth
annual championship Of the Metropolitan
Golf Association on the links OF the Apa-
wants Club to-day. 1t was SO cold that
even Roy Webb. the medallst. kept his
mind on the warmth Of the clubhouse
and the nineteenth hole to such an
extent that he didn't know what score
he had ade when he came In this
afternoon he announced to those about
the eighteenth green that he had re-
peated his morning performance of maxi
ing a rs and only a session OF careful
addition by several disinterested persons
succeeded In convincing him that he had
made "A II for a total OF l55 and was
alone at the top OF the list. Webb vas
willing to be convinced. however. and
accepted the reflection upon his powers
as Il mathematician with becoming
grace.
Ii Webb had made a IS In the after
noon as he thought he had he would
nave been tied for the lead with the
Ave times holder OF the Metropolitan
title. Jerome u. Trayers. Although every
one admits that Jerrv.s forte 10 no,
moda, ni,y M ono .,o,ld h.ya sus.
n.c,., ,h,, ,.c, ,n-a,v ,or no ,,,a. o,o
- ,n ~ ,,nrntn, ~, arn,hnr 20 IN
the afternoon and his total of l56 stood
as the best score for "A long time this
afternoon until Webb came In. Travers
didn't like the wind and cold any better
tina any one else did. but he played his
game all of the way and his score was
one OF the most consistent ones In the
entire field. He plea sed the ~onlookers
too by holing n thirty foot putt for a
4 ON the home green at the conclusion
~ his ars, round II was ono ~ Tho fen,
loo. ,,,,s a., g., ~ hn,,o,, ~, ,ha
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"aA Ma's'o.' WIN IS 100, M
,sneu t",Iu, anu 'omn :. Nnuerson, play
me ~ ns nt Me'ropo,es" rouIn.N'
80 NC. $50 ~ 800
u,ne $500 aua' snu n,"e o.ne.s
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: .no n,hpm ~ M
So ~ o. H. ias, ,rae 49, 80
re harninrshi hirts,on Thos. r,ra
sni,ors dasarvn rooosnt,inn no, al, 70.
,hsir u,orL ont On tha iinks hu, 1or ,b.
iorg nar,oa ~ uatchfri .y.i,ing uhtch
they want through Ia,e this AFTERNOON
as thew stood sbou, the srorehoor
counting tba rumher NJ nIayers stiI, 70
come and specuiatine upon their chances
Of STAYING I'm the fight for the title.
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IN ;,o, anxious hour ,han ,hay 80
likely to spend during the remainder
Van Week. Jr., Baltusrol: T.. Mortimer
Barnes. Englewood l.. r. Gwyer. silva
nov: Charles Fl. Brown. st. Andrews:
Charles ". Benton. Saegkill; II. v.
Gaines, wykagyl; John Bredemus. New
York T.. II. Hart, Wykagyl. and II. A..
Steiner. Inwood. Luckily +. NJ. Barnes
is secretary of the Metropolitan Golf
Association, so none OF the other NJ. O..
A. officials will have to ge. up al $50
tomorrow to supervise the playoff.
In winning the medal Roy Webb was
not a marvel of consistency. He fol-
lowed the practice adopted by most OF
the l1e starters to-day and played well
on one hole only 10 succumb 10 the
vararies OF the wind on rhe next In
the morning round his worst hole was
the long ninth wbere bis third sho,
wen, into tho brook and be ,ook. al
8 for tho hole In the aftarroop he
a.atr ancomntnr.d d;fBc,I,ia. ~, ~
80 ,oia ,hn,,.h ha ascanas ,,,,h -
ga az ~. ,ourtaa,,h ,,,hInh ,,as It,,
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