New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-28
Tiffany Fails to Live Up
TO His Famous Score
of 6S.
CORNELIUS S. LEE
IN SECOND PLACE
Former Hudson River Cham
pion Requires AZ Strokes
for First Nine.
OBy FRED HAwTHORNE)

Williams. OF Montclair, led home field
Of forty-odd golfers IN the annual in
vitation spring tournament of the Tux
edo Golf Club here to-day, returning q
card of 43 SO 70. in the lS-hole quail
fying round. Williams's victory came
as a surprise. for the field numbcic 4.
many local fayorites and the Montclalc
'colfer had not been considered IN the
calculations.
Cornelius $. Lee. former secretary Of
the club. was second with AZ 80 ST..
and Rodcrick Terry. jr- Of Newport,
came third. with AZ n 50. All play
crs with 81 or better gained places in
the first sixteen and will pair of at
match play on Monday morning.
Among those who could not solve the
speed Of the greens was Gilman ?.
Tiffany. OF the Mohawk Club and for
merIy perennial Hudson River cham
pion. Two years ago Tiffany set the
record for the Tuxedo course with a
brilliant S. but since then the links
have been increased in length by sew
eral hundred yards and treacherous
bunkers and other traps have been set
across the fairways and about the
green. making IT several strokes
harder.
Tiffany who has been so busy with
his new brokerage business that goi
has only been an incident nm his litc
Tor the last few months, was lacking in
practice and required ~ TO reach the
turn. His putter was giving him trou-
bic all the time on the outward journey.
but coming home he began TO get the
bail into the cup with more success
and the last half was recled of IN an
even 40 strokes, giving Gil an s., good
enough TO mt comfortably IN the hrst
Harry Vinal. the professional, had
the fairways In excellent condition, Out
the billy course. more than 5000 yards
I'm length and filled with pitfalls tor the
unwary. proved am obstacle that posi-
lively defed low scoring. Williams, the
gold medalist. required 43 strokes 10
reach the turn. complaining all me
time Of the speed OF the greens. Once
started on the last nine, however, he
plaved like one possessed and came
home I'm what proved an unbeatable So
only one above par
His card follows;
S ., ...,, : -, -;
PLAYING conditions were ideal this
morning when the first OF the players
began TO arrive at the first tee. II is
rarely that d golf course can boast sucn
seepic beauty as Tuxedo lays claim 10.
The rolling RamapO Mountains close
i'm about the links. sometimes m beet
ling cliffs, at others m lofty Woodeu
heights. partly hidden by banks OF iog:
From certain Of the holes gllmpses Oh
the large and small lakes add beauty TO
the general picture, and even huopeu
shot loses some of its sting m such
surroundings. ,.
Luncheon was served TO the hungry
Golfers under large striped tent near
Tho clubhouse. and 10 was here tnat the
ulavers brought forth their allbis and
compared them one with another
81 couldn't do thing with my putteI,
If / tried to aim for the cap, the Dali
went of at right angles. On one green
/ know took six puts from a distance
Of two feet. Oh. IL was horrible.
Even Williams had his troubles 10
comnlsin Of. "Thcse greens are entirely
40 fast for me" he said. 81 seemed 10
he overshooting the hole all the time
end the cups don't seem 10 be set IN the
"it's pity, a pity What would YOU
be,e done ON those last nine holes If
an had been right asked dlsconso-
late fellow golfer who had been hard
put 20 IL to get IN under the century
mark.
ing one over par on each OF me nts'