The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-28
PHILADELPHIAN Is
BEST AT LAKEWOOD
s. f. Sherwood Of Merton Wins
Medal, Leading HerreshOff
Single Stroke.
HIGH SCORES THE RULE

LAKEWOOD. y. J.. April 27.-Sidney r.
Sherwood. a Philadelphia golfer who en-.
joys the distinction OF being the cham
plon OF the Merton Cricket Club, where
the national amateur championship will
be played this year. led the field to-day
In the qualifying round OF the annual
spring tournament Of the Country Club
OF Lakewood. S~harwood's score Of
~. $50. was just good enough TO win.
for Fred Herreshoff proved that he is
fast regaining his old time skill by I'm
fishing second with an 81. One hole, the
for he put his tee shot into the brook,
dropped INTO a bad lie and banged a
second ball into the water. then played
far over the green and took I for the
hole. As It il the shortest hole on the
course-120 yards-the : was big
enough TO add several strokes TO Hcrres-
hoff's score.
A medal winning score OF so does not
sound as though the golf played to-day
was what II should be. but there was a
b'N'e'u SNNuSc " tiat III IHe WTttC1tu
weather. 1t was cod all OF the time and
rained part OF the time, SO II was no
easy task 70 play good golf. 81 couldn't
fee my putter until I was half way
around the course" remarked the veteran
j. q. Patterson. and most OF the others
were In the same predicament.
Sherwood. who Joined Merton to play
I TIFkn I'M ILL. ,..-...
to the attractions OF golf a few seasons
ago did nothing especially brilliant and
nothing especially bad. He played along
pretty steadily. missing a putt here and
there. and when he was,aii through was
rather surprised to find that he was at
the top Of the heap. His card
$. +. Sherwood. Merton:
Inv In sstttts; -: o.,
The best feature Of Herreshon's work
was his driving. lie admitted that he
was hitting tho ball further than at any
time in the past. n as he always was
"a prodiSious smiter with the wood the
ADMISSION means a great deal. HU
snort gane was not quite up to his
standard. as he was inclined to get off
the line n little too often for his own
good. The terrible : at the eleventh and
"a . at the $40 .ard sixth were his worst
o''eH'es' pu Tue tWeI1tn CIV yardSD,
thirteenth Gao yards) and fourteenth
t2sO yards) his tee shots either reached
the green or wcrc hole high. 40 ne almost
made up for the bad eleventh after all.
Horace r. Cook. Trenton. and II. A.
Steiner. Inwood. were tied for third
place at 81. and a score of 50 was good
enough for a place In the first sixteen.
Provision was made for i've sixtcens, so
nearly all Of he more thar four score
starters will continue play tomorrow
No chronicle of the Qualifying round
would I've complete without a relation
Of the sad tale told by G. A. Sponord of
Garden city. when ne returned To the
clubhouse. on the thirteenth hole he
drove his ball into a bunker. Hc and his
partner. Henry ". Brown. the Philadel-
rhia veteran. and both caddics saw the
bali go in. and q moment later saw n
black dog come ont. When they reached
the bunker there were the dogs foot
Prints In the sand. but tho ball was no.
where To be seen. A strong suspicion
that the dog was guilty 81 the hcinous
offence Of stealing the ball arose In
the minds Of all # tn" party. hut as the
evidence was Entirely circumstantia
there was nothing to do hut to call it n
lost ball and a the penalty prescribed
therefore. The summaries.