New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-27
Pater ct FiliuS Tourney Is
Won by Emmett
and Son.
BIG FIELD OUT AT
SLEEPY HOLLOW
Judge Mahlon Pitney Is Reversed
Now and Again by His
Young Partner.
BY GRANTLAND RICE.

eighteen. Playing the NTH hole across
a deep rsvine at Sleepy Hollow in the
Father and Son tournament, the older
golfer planted his tee shot well short
of the green into a matted and gnarled
mass of massive rock and heavy grass
leaving the youngster an impossible re-
covery.
While the form was missing, there
was at least the philosophy Of middle
age left 10 the head of the family
That" he said, was rotten shot, but
10 is just as il should be. For the sins
of the fathers shall be visited upon the
sons, even unto the fourth generation
and the nineteenth hole
But in this Father and Son golf
tournament, the greatest one-fay sport
ing event Of the year in many ways,
this Biblical declaration was quite fire.
quently reversed. For there were also
numerous occasions wherein the sins of
the sons were visited upon the an
guished fathers, who were forced TO de-
scend into rsvines and hollows TO ply
the niblick merely because the over
eager youngster lifted his head as he
dubbed the ball.
The father and son in the Sleepy
Hollow classic who did least SHINING,
the one against the other, yesterday
were Devereux Emmett and Devereux
Emmett. jr, Of Garden City, who com
pleted their twosome in So strokes, with
of, for q total Of so, just one stroke
better than W. p. Belknap and son, OF
Garden City, who finished 1870, at 81
net
So in 1913 families last night there
was one father and one son who did
not look at each other reproachfully
across the table, each with painful
memories of fine shots that were spoil
ed by the sins of the other, each
blaming himself openly but in his
heart thinking regretfully what a fine
score would have been returned but
for the others faults.
Mistakes Are Shared.
OF all sporting events put on in
America this family affair at Sleepy
Hollow stands apart with distinctive
ness and a human touch beyond all
parallel. There were fathers above
sixty playing with sons around forty,
and there were fathers under forty
playing with sons under ten. In the
scheme Of things they played alternate
strokes so that ones mistake left the
other the rough work OF recovery.
There were 256 entries-l2S fathers
from to rs. Aymar Embury, of
Englewood, aged thirty-six, with his
son, Ted Embury, aged nine, were
the youngest team, with a combined
age OF forty-fve. But there were
others whose combined years ran
above ninety. The gross scores ranged
from IS TO l46, where there are likely
10 be strained relations for some time
between William Bliss and his son,
who reached the latter figures.
The play Of the two Emmets was
exceedingly good They started with
a c on the first hole, where the elder
Emmett sliced mis- tee shot into the
rough, but after that they got going
nicely. Here and there Emmett, sr.,
missed a drive and here and there
Emmett. jr.. missed a short putt, but
all in all their team play was beyond
reproach and recriminaton, where
neither was called upon TO exonerate
the other.
Here is their twosome card:
I G9' II. 30 ssSs3S "a -;.55-ss-s-so
They had several chances TO reduce
this by sinking two and three foot
puts, but since it was good enough to
win no alibi is needed. The second
and junior. Here it is:
iS . ID 1858 8 sE-:ss-lol-so-sr
That on the eighteenth hole was
the blighting incident Of this round.
A here would have won first place,
and it was the only hole on the card
above z.
Pitney VS.. Pitney.
Mahlon Pitney, Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court, and his son, Shelton,
had a ffty-ffty arrangement on sew
ersl poignant occasions. At the sec
ond hole Shelton hooked his tee shot
into the heavy grass 10 the left of the
green. The judge promptly thumped
the ball out into the heavy grass TO the
right. SO II fell to the sons lot, after
all, TO make the recovery and atone
for his sin-which is the epitome of
Justice. A. D. Partridge and his son,
Dwight, could not get going. Neither
could Fellowes Morgan, senior and
junior, nor could the two Lansings,
VINO were favored by many.
At the short thirteenth the elder
Lansing topped his tee shot into the
deep ravine. With a sigh of relief he
started on across the bridge, thankful
that he was not forced TO descend. But
the bridge the father was badly Jared
TO observe his son fail TO get out of the
muck, and the descent had to be made
otter all
Fifth Wrecks Families.
Howard Whitney, playing with How
ard Whitney, Jr., nre now pointing to
first place in 1916. Last year they
needed 1872 strokes. This year they got
down TO lO9, decrease Of %. The fifth
hole was the inferno that wrecked the
affections Of more than one family, that
cut in heavily upon the respect son
should feel toward his father. For the
older members were called upon TO
make the tee shot here, carry Of $50
yards across q 60-foot ravine replete
with powders and tangled grass. In
most cases tho fathers were short,
leaving the sons almost impossible
shots for the green. Here J. II. Eggers
had exceeding hard luck. His tee shot
carried across, wavered q moment and
then tricklod back under a heavy rock
where only mountain goat could have
secured a stance. Not being anything
of the sort, young Eggers was forced TO
play back TO the bottom of the ravine.
There was, among others, a notice
able feature of this tournament. And
that was TO note the vast difference in
putting styles. The older golfers APP
preached snort puts with proper re-
spect, being careful and constrained.
But the youngsters stepped up to tap
the ball quickly and blithely, expert
ence not having taught them that a
short putt can be missed. When they
have missed their share this proper
respect for a two and three footer will
come in due time. One youngster got
n good start In this direction yesterday
II - Nth O. careless Tan he missed