New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14
Englewood Amateur and
Carter Beat MarSton
and TraVerS.
NEW COURSE RECORD
OF SO FOR KIRkBY
Only Man Without Title In Hack
ensack Match Shows Way
TO Fellows.
By GRANTLAND RICE.

Hackensack, n. j., May 13.-Hackea-
sack entertained golfng royalty to-day
and in the 36-hole jubilee that fol-
lowed Oswald Kirkby and Philip Car
ter overthrow Jerome Dunstan Travers
and Maxwell Marston by the margin Of
up and TO play.
Travers is open champion OF Amer
ica. Msrston is Jersey champion, Car
ter is North and South champion, but
IL was the brilliant forenoon play OF
Oswald Kirkby, holding no title al
present. which brought victory to his
side Of the border, sending Travers
and Marston TO defeat.
Kirby. out in 81 and back IN 80,
tied the course record Of 80, held by
himself, and without any aid from his
partner over the first 10 holes hnished
s up on his two eminent rivals.
Jerry and Max made hard fight TO
cut away this lead in the afternoon
with better golf. but in the meanwhile,
although Kirkby's play fell of Bit
young Phil Carter improved his game
sufficiently to check the rush and re-
tain enough Of the lead to win.
Big Crowd Turns Out.
Hackensack, with visitors from
neighboring clubs, turned out more
than 400 spectators TO see the early
seasons big feature, and those who fol-
lowed were rewarded with the usual
turn of early season rounds-brlliant
shots followed by comparatively poor
ones; but there were enough Of the
brilliant 20 make up for the others,
t.l IL oh rgTrp
the full distance TO hold interest 10 the
end. For il was not until Oswald
Kirkby sank his putt for 3 at the
35th hole that Marston and Travers
were beaten team.
Carter, over-golfed a tri6e, was not
at his best, and Travers, out for the
second time since last fall, was beset
with the unsteadiness that comes from
lack of practice. But 20 show that he
was still in the frame Jerry came home
in the afternoon in 81, the best in
ward Journey OF the day. II was not
until the last nine holes that Travers
found his old putting touch, and then
he began TO drop them in old-tash-
toned style. Both Kirkby and Mar
ston were slashing out long drives
from the tee. leading the other two
in this respect, and neither Jerry nor
phil was al his best with the wood.
On the 4sO-yard sixth uphill Mar
ston was over the green with his sec
ond shot. which in the way OF eating
up distance requires no further com
ment
But. after all, Kirkby's play was the
feature OF the Hackensackian day. The
Fnclewood star led Martson by Z
strokes, Travers by 5 and Carter by
IA. In match play he was up on
Carter. ) up on Msrston and up on
Travers. OF the holes that were won
outright Kirkby captured o. Marston 2
Travers | and Carter l. kirkby hg-
ured exclusively IN - holes, Marston
in s. Travers in and Carter IN 4
You can gather from these treshly
complied statistics some FAINT idea or
Kirkbv's play. Keeping track OF the
wooden club shots from 70 tees: MIX
by had the better OF the driving on
ten holes, Marston on I, carter on D
and Travers on but 2. These long
husky swipers are too mucn TOT niue
fellow and a veteran remarked jerry
who. although only twenty-elght mas
seen twelve years service IN 'ourna-
ment golf
Star Shot of Day.
Travers and Marston got the Jump IN
the forenoon, when both secured os
on the 451-yard first. klrkoy Delng
bunkered on his second shot and Car
ter's pitch dropping well short o. the
green. But from that point on me
Fnglewood entry was not 70 be denieu'
Driving 20 yards beyond the others on
the 29O-yard second, Kirkby thumpeG
a mashie-niblck pitch that traVeiled
with such rare sccuraey4and was so