New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14


The sun heat down without mercy
an through the long day OF COLL ana ana
, SLIGHT breeze from the Hudson dld
-ot help matters much, but even al IhAI'
here we're enough enthusiastic present
70 make ND a gallery OF good omen
SONS. including many women; All tne
vsv ID the hilly course and down INTO
he valleys, these devotees followed
!, the wake of the hnslists, nor we're
bsv 700 wearied by their e1ertions 10
appreciate the many brilliant shotS
hot each man pulled OF at critical
tines. ri, -oto..
tsrsl should have slept the sweet
5,sn last night. If hearing one $
-..isss SING is conducive to perfect
re-. MANY were the comments on the
,..rv eyceUent condition OF the
r,ssns. the turf being hard and nrm'
md n bit inclined 20 hold me Dail
On its wav 10 the hole, nevertheless |"
triumph for Flood. who had oeeh
warned before the tournament oegan
rat II would be impossible to whip
them into shape thus early.
Two hundred persons ware ma
hsUed about the first tee when Top
vrg and Anderson stepped forth TO
bsyip the frsl test. Anderson started
Preceding By topping his drive ana
last escaping the yswning gully at ms
fs.t the bah striking the side OF the
III! and then bounding up until II
reached the level. Topping got on
straight ball, perfectly placed on inc
nsrow, sloping fairway. ii,
For bis second shot, Anderson calico
'ol bis brsssie and sent away low
ball that developed into s. slice after
covering 200 wards and brought up IN
the rough 20 the right. He was forced
70 play his second from point near
the railroad tracks, with a hanging lie,
but mashie-niblick did the trick, and
Is the gallery saw the ball come sail
ing Up over the tree tops, to land
'csnt three feet from the pin, there
vas general clappIng Of hands. BY
rsnning down the putt, the Siwsnoy
nan co. a half in Z. Topping making
the same par figures by playing
straight golf all the way.
Trick Shot by Anderson.
The second, calling FOR mashie
itch over the gully, found both on the
reen with their tee shots. Topping
made his putt and stopped six inches
mort Of the cup. Anderson was four
lset away on the Ike and in addition
Aid himself a dead stymie. His cour-
age did not desert him in the face OF
'geh difficulties, however, and with a
liolek he lofted the ball high in the
ar, With 50 much back-spin that the
so''y, spun around in the cup as Z
struck the hole.
~ was rare shot and as Topping
'n Gown bis wee one, for a half in 3,
emerson was again the recipient OF
PPiauss from the gallery.
ngeoiess Of his experiences with
sVloie on The two previous holes, the
ahoy star proceeded 10 slice mis-
I've ron the third tee far 70 the
-ta' and into the long. clinging grass.
-YPing ripped out & fine one for 260
..Gas that wavered neither to the
sa' nor left, and got an easy 20
opponents 8, leaving him l up.
Il. VI me fourth, the longest hole on
~ sourse' Topping drove a perfect
80 mat landed just short Of the Alps,
A.. ois second cleared the Aqueduct.
l...1,sfson was only a shade behind. and
6n,~. 9."NA iNt bittl III - h4N &c"
2ied Three puts for a half. The
GFsnoy hope squared the match on
NTH, getting I TO Topping's 8,
h.. 'he Greenwich man came right
- getting d dazzling on the sixth,
~ below par, after Anderson had
=. s'hAed bis ball in when attempting to
Oy stymie. Johnny had 70 be
''''ent with 5.
Great Drive by Topping.
va the 487-yard seventh Topping
~ INTO the ball with such q mighty
a.op that u landed in the brook, 290
..os rom the tee, and nestled under
OF the crossing planks. in an un-
,,ysole position. Anderson could not
ae advantage Of the opening, and
Nf slieing his drive 10 the rough,
''oed his second on the edge of the