The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-05
PINEHURST MEDAL
GOES TO SKEHENS
Carter, Guilford and Other
stars Fail TO Shine in
Qualifying Round.
WINNER TURNS IN A 73

riSEurrsT. y. c., April t.-On ac-
eoun, Of the rain yesterday the qualify
ing round of the sixteenth annual United
North and South amateur championship
was cut down from thirty-sx holes TO
eighteen to-day. The conditions for ecor-
,ns were almost perfect and the scores
acre lower than usual. Charles Skehens,
Woods Hole. who has been playing ron
sstent golf here the whole season. led
the f,ld with 70. Play was over the No.
. course.
Sk.hens had opportunities to take sew
enl strokes on his total. a topped drive
or tre second hole cost him a stroke and
no rammed the cup on both the eighth
and tenth. His pulled drive on the six
tenth cost another stroke and three
puts from edge Of the fifteenth, seven
tcenth and eighteenth cost three strokes
more. His cara:
Charles skehens Woods Hole
G "a .".. So,
phlp Carter. the Junior metropolitan
hampton. had to be satisfied with a
IS. II was one Of the days when his
shots would not quite come of. With
s,me poor shots and bad luck he ac-
,imulsted a I OF the second and another
: o. the seventh. lie look a 5 on the
tioIt elknt1 ant MS tOtdi TOT Inc OUT
ward journey was II. Coming In he
played fairly steady golf. He missed
IN opportunity on the eleventh and
,,ck two extra strokes on the fifteenth.
but the rest OF the holes he played in
3sr figures. His 81 in, made a total
Of rs.
Ten sixteens qualified to continue at
match play throughout the week. At 81
there was "A tie among W. c. Chick. {.
J.. Becker. T.. l.. Scoheld. Jr.. Donald
Parson and II. c.. welborn for last four
places in the first division. on the play
N welborn dropped into the second.
The scores:
Fiat s!Nteen-Charlcs skehens. Woods
Hole. 30, Va; {. j. Bellamy. Sprin gfeid,
q S.-i!. Jesse p; Guilford. Woodland.
e. as-U' +. V. O. Carter, Nassau. ~,
4, :" ns,o, L, w. v"S VlSst, ',i ss.,g.5o,.
IS SO. L. G. Beali. rniontcwn Il,
go; r. W. Brown. Brookiine. 40. IL
-. W Il. Simons. Garden city. ~, 31-sl:
J VI Wells. Wentworth. 10. ts-ss; r. w,
DYER Montclair, ~: tl-sa: u. :. Cum.
.iinss Wee Burn. ~, t2-s3. W. G. Chick.
land. ~. ,:-st. Donald Par-on. -younes
town a. t3-st' 4. l.. scodeld. Jr. Wee
second sixteen-H. q. welborn. Ridge.
vvooa g c.; T. L. Jacobs: wolisston; J.
T Y Il yMIs sG; chisholm II. s.aSh' FOX H,,i..
Laushlin. Scarsdaie: +: II. Hyatt. Ridge
soof. c. NJ. Ransom. Buffalo e. G: W. II.
6 Missen, Royal Montreal; r W. Case.
owssco' Horton Pushee,- Brae Burn; G. y
roHnes; oa%mont; c. y. Hudson, North
Fork X. q. Morris. Sound Beach; NJ. r.
OConnell. Alpine.
Third sis,sen-.c. A.. Mccormick. New
s:answ.ck: ". II. Nev!ns. Springfield; 3.
4 Tennessee. Cooperstown: J. ID. Foot.
Apawamts; j. y Dempsey. Aron!mink.
nr J. =. Brown. Montclair: q. II. Miliiken.
Nassau: Rober, Wilson. wsnnsmoiset,; the
Caidy. Cleveland: = $. Danforth. North
Fork: II. T. Curtis. Springfield: W. Catch
ings. Fox Hills e. $. Mcdonald. Ianbton:
Charles Hathaway. Essex County J. q.
Webster, Marquette.
Fourth SiNteen-D. r. Lcshy. Deal; y
A Heydlor. New York: II l. Hotchkiss,
New Haven &. e; Il. W. Statzell. Aroni-
mink, J. NJ Thompson, spring Haven. J.
l Wyokon, Mount Tom: A. \. AIKEN. Dun
N"odic. A.. W. Brand. 81. Andrews; J. l..
Weller, -. Catherine: Dr. G. :: Carter.
Shinnecock; ]. IL. Dinwiddie. Wykagyl;
Tom Morrison. j. =. William
son. Wyoming Valley: Il. e. shannon %.
Brockport. g. II. Hart, Dunwoodie; J. J.
Madsen. Mount Tom.