New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-06
EVANS MADE &
FOR MINIKAHDI
IN FOUR TRIr,
Selected Score of On
Champion Would JoIt
Major Par.
BY FRED HAWTHORNE

What records at golf would b. p,
supposing that one Of the ,on =.
players should strike his bes, o.,
every hole in a single round T..
is meant that the luck OF the %.
would be breaking in favor O,
golfer at each hole. that every 4. +
putt would 20 down. that mashie =.
from of the green would send
ball into the hole. and that drive,
200 yards or thercaDol would I,
the player only a putt for t1e cuo
An interesting siGe..g OF Il.
cent national open champ onshis
Ninikahda Golf Club. or M.nnes,.
is afforded along these lines b. -.
pairing the scores made oy Chick "a.
the new champion, in his soyerty,,A
holes Of play during the champions,
proper on the last two days Of n,
An inspection Of the cards how, >,
+ Chick had a selected score Of 81 III
the eighteen-holes circuit a. N.
kahda. The Edgewater amateur ~
out in 30 strokes. and came back /,
for his total. and this over a err
$3.50 yards in length The ssss
score Of the entire field would ga
total Of 40.
On the first hole. 80 yards. Ia
cot a three. and on the ocond. II
yards. he scored a four. although D. K
cral Of the other player got this a
in three. The tricky third hole.
yards, was reeled of in Two by
Chicago youth. and on tho long fov-
$50 yards. Evans sank his putt fg
four. The fifth, sixth and seventh
par four holes. were taken IN m.
by Chick. and the last Two going
were knocked down in folrs. r
for the first nine his total was Just 7
strokes under par. a mans size ga
according to our way Of rcckonin.
Coming home. Chick marked dozr
par three on the l60-yard tenth.
though three or four o. the profew,'
ais only needed two there. The Ell
enth, 3S5 yards and uphill most q N
way. was another three for Evans.
was on this hole that J J. O'Br.en, q
Of the Younger homebrcds among
mashie shot Of fully 100 yards.
The twelfth. the longest hole on
coarse, 535 yards. went 90 Evans
four, a stroke under par. One o, Z
professionals. Louis Teller. Z mel
DRY serves US right. reeied OF
markable three here. and ne .
teenth. ATS yards. was marked :,T,
for 2 four. one under par
Going 10 the fourteenth, along
narrow fairway. Chick reached 4
green. 365 yards. with a drive and q
iron, and then holed out a sizsbls 81
for his ;hree. The fifteenth. 81
twenty yards shorter, required 4
four by the new open champion 3.
he went a stroke under par. 70
three, on the 355-yard sixteenth 2.
just failed 10 get two on the II
YARD seventeenth. taking three.
the home hole. another 355ysrd az
with an accurate pitch needed 70 81
the green. Chick tried 10 sink tair
footer for n three. the ball hangir,
the edge of the cup, and he took i,4
! This gave him a total OF 81, 4
strokes under par for the last =
any golfer might feel proud.
The card follows:
2 fS ... ............3 /! : 3 -
The low scoring shown By seles,
the best holes made on the four ro-
is not so surprising however. whg
is taken into account that Evauss /
erage for the seventy-two hole.
medal play, was 3 70-72 per hole
Wilfred Reid, Of Wilmington, 1
little Englishman, was delegated
the Minikahda course and the ma'i.I
ment Of the tournament. 81 don't 1
lieve / have ever seen a finer tua
the fsirways, and the greens are
markedly true" said Reid. VINO q;
that the officials in charge OF the 's
ney had everything down 20 suc
perfect working system that there
not a hitch anywhere along the
during the entire four days az pa.
President Frank Woodward o.
L. s. G.. A., aided by John Re.c
the vice-pres and one or Two =
ticers Of the Minikahda Coli CLUB =,
under a small tent near the nrsi
and sent the pairs away az rre-ml'.
intervals, according 20 schedule. j
smoothly did the big field move
that it was easily possible 20 e4ale-I
the position on the course Of e.
pair az any time Of the day
More than once President Nooe1i
was asked where. for instance, r.
Teller and Wilfred Reid could
found at that minute. Nr. hooc''
glanced at his starting scnetu.e' FL
that the Frenchman and his bn-.I
brother-in-law had left the first ." 4
ll:05 a. NJ, and that 10 was Inel 4
teen minutes after noon.
They should be coming 70 the ~
green now" said the l.. $. &. 4. Pi'
dent, and there the players ~os.' 4
found, or, perhaps, the TENN
The only interruption % the -
ule occurred when one Of the pay
would lose ball, but this was :.
occasion, and the pairs retained y
playing order in almost every ca"
The executive committee Of u
United States Golf Association +
sent out an announcement 70 ths
ferent clubs OF the association its.
ing the effect of the new amateur
and the decisions OF the coin~-
under it. It is worded as follo"..
"Al players whose amateur 9.
has been fortified under me rue
the L. S. G. A. are ineligible 70 S,.
pete in amateur tournaments ~,
any such player be permitted 20
an amateur tournament q pfo's.
with the executive committee %
, ground would naturally be sgsH
therefore, no such player colla .
fully be awarded any prize ID So
tournament. ~.
"Ohicials OF clubs that are Tae...
Of the L. 5. q. A. are advised ths'
should be very careful not to ..
the entry Of a player IN any ~
ment unless his amateur status
questionable. IL - 20 be pre-
that it is the desire Of every D, ~
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