New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-10
BARNES-KERR
GOLFING TEAM
IS VICTORIOUS
Whitemarsh Pro Breaks
Course Record During
Siwanoy Tourney.

Long Jim Barnes, the Whitemarsh
professional, showed a remarkable
streak Of fine golf at the Siwanoy
Country Club yesterday, when he broke
the record of the course by thres
strokes and helped his partner, Ham,
ilton X. Kerr. of Greenwich, 20 win the
amateur-professional four-ball and
foursome contest. The event was
curtain raiser TO the Professional Golf
ers' Association championship, which
will begin to-day at match play for tho
Rcdman Wanamaker prizes.
The Bsrnes-Kerr combination turned
In total Of i4 for the thirty-siX holes,
which was four strokes better than
Henry j. Topping and Tom Kerrigan,
their nearest rivals Five strokes be-
hind the second pair came Walter
Hagen, the metropolitan champion, and
Frank Hoyt, of the home club, who
took the third team prize.
field Of forty-two pairs started i'm
the marning, and some OF the early
birds got away at eight o'clock. IL was
best bali matches in the morning and
foursomes in the afternoon, one ball
10 each pair.
Many Of the prominent amateurs who
had been selected by the pros as part
rcrs looked to have pretty even
chance until Barnes upset things with
his record round of 50. As he was
helped by Kerr on two holes, their
best ball was 81, and It was "A foregene
conclusion that they would be hard %
beat in the afternoon.
The morning round Barnes aud
Kerr-was as follows:
2 S' '............ $50 ss1 81,
John c. Anderson and Mike Brady
would have been among the prize vim
ners had not an unfortunate thing hap.
pened at the last hole. Here they woro
leading Max Marston and Louis Teller
by two strokes. Anderson, in playing a
shot over the trees near the eighteenth
green, planted his ball in trap, and +.
could not be found at first glance. An
derson, In searching for IT, scraned
away too much sand and the ball
moved The two-stroke penalty for this
just put them out Of the running.
The summary follows:
II, X. Kerr, Greenwich. and Jsm,s
i'|lnes' MAhlfmef'h $500. ....+... ~ n lti
:, Tor Esrisan. sivsnoy. -. % IS lB
". Hoyt Sivanoy. and Walter
Tl,omss Harmon and wni Macfar. 80
lane. Hudson River. ........... - 50 Ill,
II. " Coas and Jack Hobens. En-
,glewoo9d -. ....,........ ....... 70 s. 10
Louis Teller Brooklinc. ....... % 80 -
p Brady. oaAiey -. 70 50 Iss
p Mitchell a Rhigegooaa ...,:..,..-,... - 81 10
HIS .......................... IS "a IA
L, a Wilson and Dave iioneyman. -
3 r Hoilander.. Siaanoy. aad Tom " " ~
M.Namsrd. unattached .......... 70 90 100
A. br0Tn. Scdwdae. and g. a.
=, sim1 sor oss PARK -. II s. ISL
gusou. Spring Lake. ............... IS So Ifl
D.. , SHEA. Balmsroi. and wiifri -
Rod. Wilmington ................ - 90 f6i
Lu,a,. siNanoy. and Emmett
- Gllkes. sleMoy. and ]. ].
? oRd' ,,,. M'y S. i, -. II S. 10,
1T Ts.i s,s aa@ e.; se vyi.i Z g -,
ssd H., ' Thomson rhilade.phia. 81 50 Iej
lax Dosing ,,a. sear,dae ........ 70 % Iej
y. ana w F9'erFge' ssode.......... II Of I63
4, 'ynI ,Waissr. Wabash. 49,. Is Of -,
Nuiy, Ia Grange. ....-........... - - I'D
d. i Carlson. Sgsnoy. and Cad
D Andenr,on unattached 49,. 50 90 10
Hsr6crt Howard and " " Goebel. V ~
:, Misa,ae5root ..,,,.................. 70 o. 10
Robertson. Woodmefs ......,...... 50 IS III
To"ne. oxford ................... g - III