New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-02
Munro, of American" Is
Only Scribe Who Told
No Sad Story.
THERE'S A REASON:
HE WON A PRIZE
But Each of Thirty-four Other
StriverS Would Have Won"
Had Skill Been a Factor.
By FRED HAWTHORNE.

John W. Munro, OF The New York
American broke the hearts OF thirty
four other members Of the New York
Newspaper Golf Club yesterday when
n. took his deadly mashie in hand and
holed out from a point fifty yards from
the eighteenth hole at Van Cortlandt,
getting the hole in and winning the
prize for the qualifying round in the
clubs first tournament of the year.
'Munros gross score for the eighteen
holes was o. This, with 20 handicap.
gave him the low net Of 70.
Until the stalwart John brought off
re miracle shot of the day, Dave
HALL. Of "The Herald and II. b. Mar
tin. OF THE American" with net scores
@ 70 each, we're trying TO decide
whether 20 toss q coin for the prize
O. nut on the fve-ounce gloves. Nun
ro's last shot settled the argument
Martin, with an Sc, returned the best
gross score Of the day. while {. J.
lCehest. Of "The World" was pointed
on, as the man making the highest
actual count. a mere trihe of 129.
4 It WAS the opening Of the public
bins. and long before 10 o'clock, the
scheduled starting hour, more than 500
hundred newspaper men and golfers
were gathered about the first tee.
h 1omas ". White. Park Commission
e. o. The Bronx, mounted the first tee
rrd began 10 wind up preparatory
A. driving the first ball. Half dozen
snoIon picture machines started 20
crck and the commissioner had his
] -ture taken on several thousand feet
b. flm
1 George Koran. the newest and small
e.. csddie IN the employ OF the city.
Nas tho first 20 nab the ball, when
hailed msjestically along for some 10
esrds. To him. therefore. went the
r-.ze Of s. offered by the club for that
t,unt. The drive. incidentally, went 10
prove that Mr. Whittle is rapidly quail
5yiDg as a golfer
Every member Of the club had eigh-
teen separate alibis ready when the
Last score had been turned in; for at
livery hole the temporary greens were
In use and mashieS were the rule when
L. came TO putting. II all that was
said Yesterday about the scores spoiled
a. the greens" is true there were sew
eral thousand strokes wasted.
Persons near the pond at the elev-
enth hole yesterday thought at first
That giant hailstones were dropping into
The water. The surface was continu
BIZ rippled by splashes. But after
Watching for time they discovered
they we're only golf balls, propelled
b the newspaper golfers who were
FRYING 70 reach the green, $50 yards
Sway
( Martin. after a bad start, which
Go. him forty-eight strokes for the
outward journey. got going in mid
GUNNER style coming in and registered
thirty-eight. only one above DOGGY.
Match play will begin this week, with
4 csc men meeting in the first sixteen:
Roth We Davis, Murray vs.. Lucas.
Eastman VS. Ralston; Clifford VS.. He'd
H.. Burge We. Martin. Flaugh VS..
faines. Butler VS.. F. T. Pope and
Tright VS. Hawthorne.
The second sixteen will meet as fol-
low Bulger VS.. 7. J. Pope, Hall VS.
3iur... Laux VS.. Nardfn, Foster VS..
6uth. Mclaughlin vs.. Campbell. Tslley
g. Daley. Amory vs.. Gebest and Hill
II Lsyerty.
u The scores follow