Evening star., 1916-09-01
CLOSE TO GOLF RECORD
PRO" Spencer Covers the Washing
ton Suburban Club Course In
"a Strokes.

! Jimmy spencer, professional a. 'he
Washington Suburban Club. playing with
| Milton King had a score of "A for the
Suburban Club course yesterday after
noon This is within Il stroke OF lying
the record of 80 made last year by the
| former pro, Donald Ball Spencer had the
| first nine holes in thirty-six strokes anu
was all fours to the seventeenth tee ioi
| the second nine and after good drlFe
! on the long seventeenth he hooked i'i7
| iro, second and failed to run down six
| foot mutt on the fast green. on the
| eighteenth hole he was short on ms SEE
ond sho, and again failed to make a putt
| which would have tied the low marx.
Some of the green's n the Suburban lup
are very fast and the bumpy quality rs
| being eradicated as the crab grass IS
| being gotten rid Of
| Several new announcements came eS
| terday to make the National chahploh-
! ship at the Merton Cricket Club more IN
| teresting Bob Gardner of Chicago teeis
| that his injured finger is well enough 10
! play, and Phil Carter of New York VIII
! not compete owing TO business exigencies
| Many of the talented golfers arrived yes
terday and played their first rounds over
/ the course.
! The best mark OF the day was credited
/ to D. Clarke Corkran of Baltimore,
who shot "A over the east course, the
one on which the match play ROUNDS
will be held. He was PLAYING IN iouI
! some with W. FL Gardber of Ruffaio
and Yale and the latter had score OF
LIS when the quartet played over the
jwest course. Max Marston, Van Week
| of Baltusrol, Hamilton Kerr and Regsle
Lewis the Connecticut state champion,
/ played foursome in the afternoon, IN
| which the best game was shown BY
Lewis. John Anderson. runner-up 10
| Gardber at Detroit last year, had
| score of IS over the east course. Evans
and the champion Gardner, will arrive
| tomorrow. The last of the loca! con-
| tinKent, Eynon Harlan and woodward,
| will leave tonight for the Quaker city.
linn Rarnes won the Shenecosset
/ tournament for professionals at New
! London, Conn. yesterday afternoon,
leading king Brady of Oakley by a
| stroke. with the veteran, Alex smith.
with Brady. Mcdonald Smith finished
fourth, but distinguished himself by
| shooting a score of 50 in the morning
| and making new competitive record
! for the course. AT the end of the hrst
round Mcdonald Smith was in first
| place, followed in turn by Brady, Alex
| Smith and Barnes. In the afternoon
this quartet played together and put
up a great battle for the goltng fans
| to remember Mcdonald Smith led
4 Brady by three strokes, but on the short
I fourth hole Smith put his iron shot
into a bunker and the hole cost hlm
Ave to Erady's three. At the turn
Smith led Brady by a stroke, with Alex
| Smith and Barnes two strokes behind
the Boston player.
| Brady should have been tied for the
lead. but he missed a wee putt on the
ninth green. on the tenth hole botf
| Brady and Barnes got down long puts
for 3s to for Alex Smith and for Nc
Donald Smith. On the short fifteenth
hole the Smith brothers were on the
green while the other two overplayeo
into a trap. Brady took for tht
hole, while Barnes was 4, but the
younger Smith ran down long putt
for a g On the sixteenth Barnes had q
3 and Mcdonald Smith took 8, giving
Barnes the lead by a stroke. to which
he cIung tenaciously to the last green
The first thirteen players. who were al
in the money, follow: James NJ Barnes
| Whitemarsh. "a. 72-146; Alex Smith
| Wykagyl. 73. 74-147: NJ. J. Brady. Oak
ley, -, 75--147; Mcdonald Smith. Green
wich, SO. 79--1ss; A. G. Elphick, Shaw
nee, rs, 73-151; Wilfred Reid, Whining
ton, so, 72-152; Tom Boyd, Fox Hills
IS. 76-152; Jock Hutchinson, Allie
gheny. rs. 77-152; Gil Nichols, Great
Neck, II, 76-153; Jack Bowling. Scars
dale. II, 77-154; Jack Hobens. Engle-
| wood. IS, 78-154; Frank Belwood, Gar
den City. rs, 77-155; Tom Skipper, Bal
timore, 81, 75-156