New-York tribune., 1916-05-11
o,,u,ns an 81 at Nassau
and an So at Piping
Rock Course.
Stormy PASSAGE
FOR F. L. SLADE
c,ddies Gather Abundant Har'
vest Of NickeIs and Dimes
at swimming Hole"
p, FRED HAWTHORNE.

| Princeton OhNVAS''''
"a rOltsr. yesterday in the th'r'y-ss
-. medal play spring tournament OF
y. university Club Golf Association,
,he Nassau Country Club and
s.I,s M Rock Club course, At Nassau
..l,x E returned an 81 in the morning
later in the day, on the Piping Rock
y, \, eut this down to So, his gross
!, 100 being the best Of the day
charles L. Tiffany, who used to wear
4. h,u. ot Yale, had the best net score
~ ,hs double round. with 174-l6-
=, while F. II. Douglas. Of Princeton.
- ,s7-2s-l69, and A. ]. Smith, jr,
,,Ts1, Institute, with lse-so-1ee,
,,.k down prizes for the next two best
,n scores.
Although Brokaw's So for one round
-, n. lowest made for the prize Of
,,,,d in that division. he was barred
,,on taking more than one trophy
T,.r was q triple tie between ROder-
!. Terry, Yale, Percy r. Pyne. 3D.
Princeton. and wynant D. Vanderpool'
y,J, each scoring an Sc. Brokaw and
ru, competed from the scratch mark.
Milbank a Victor.
AG. Milbank and A. F. Mabon com
,s,sd the list Of prize winers, both
,,,urine trophies offered for the best
rsgle round net score In the afternoon
.s,ion. Milbank returned a card OF
g-ls-si, and Mabon had s9-l6-SS'
4, former made al Nassau and the lat
~ Al Piping Rock. -,
Asa glance at the summaries Will
raw. high scores prevailed, lndleat-
- ,iat when a man gets seriously into
is business world, 1t sometimes inter
sr,s with his golf. f. L. Slade had
,,ormv passage in his two rounds, re-
,uiring l41 for the Nassau course and
10 for the Piping Rock links. we
<ust Mr.. Slade is more successful IN
4, professional life than in his career
an The links. On second thought, he
aust be. That 24l represents lot OF
,ropble. a multitude of mistakes and q
gy;n determination on Mr.. SHADES part
"a stiek 10 the last and fight II out
along the line he had laid down.
: Nobody dared to ask this player how
rsnv halls he had driven into the pond
A. the eighth hole. a mashie pitch to
4, green. 149 yards from the tee, but
', noticed yesterday that that pond
vemed 10 be the most popular place
N the Nassau course for the caddies.
II looked like the old "swlmmin
,,ls" on a hot summers day, with the
bsvs wading in up 20 their mlddles
sv,rv minute or two, as the balls kept
plunking into the water. All the cad
Ess had their pockets bulging with
lines and niekeis when they left for
,oms. Retrieving golf balls from
utsr hazards is prosperous business
Long for Nineteenth"
When some of the hapless University
1ub golfers were told by unsympa-
.ste bystanders at Piping Rock that
Wu Marion Hollins had made an 81
Y those links in a match that very
hy, their spirits dropped several points
I'd thay thought longingly or the
I Nineteenth hole" and rest from their
i ASrs.
lfter all the entries had been marked
8 . the players were divided into two
B rsups, one starting off at Nassau IN
t. morning, while the others trled
4 aslr luck al Piping Rock in the after
iwn. After each group had completed
n y rounds on one course, the players
tipped into waiting automobiles and
. rIs hustled along the country roads
tie other course.
Every description Of machine, includ-
IL the much abused jitney bus. was
nSusitioned for the golfers, and as
4 ts players went tipping along the
iftvays en- route 20 the scenes OF
r,y they yelled greetings from the
issing autos.
q got 1856 AZ Nassau" yelled one
rsrsplring broker ss he stood on the
running board Of a lsboring auto bus
70 friend who was being carried IN
the opposite direction. "Wait until you
strike Piping Rock, II took me llS
here, was the answer, as the machines
disappeared in clouds OF dust.
The usual tales OF woe were told At
ihs clubhouse at Nassau and on the
, special train that conveyed the players
baes 10 the city after the days work
had been finished. There were, of
curse, few joyous incidents recalled
y players who had gone around in the
es, but the majority did not have
sseh TO cnthuse over in the way OF
ssres. although each and every one
wed the day a great success IN every
ner way.
Broksw played sound golf, particu-
r.y at Piping Rock in the morning,
ID while his card did not show many