New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-02
Tourney at Englewood
Proves That Golf Has
Its Thrills.
SEGGERMAN DEFEATED
AT THE EXTRA HOLE
Three Hundred and Ten Yards
Drive and 35-Foot Putt
Are Factors.
By GRANTLAND RICE.

Englewood, n. j.. June Golf Is
supposed 10 be a game Of philosophy
and meditation. But no ninth inning
rally ever presented more thrills than
Oswald Kirkby, the Englewood star,
suffered and enjoyed in the first days
play for the New Jersey championship.
In the forenoon medal play Kirkby,
going out in IS, challenged the leader
ship Of his club mate Mortimer Barnes,
and came racing back in brilliant 30.
But Barnes. who won the medal at
Garden City q fortnight ago, held
steady along the way and finished one
stroke 10 the good as leader Of the
field.
Then. after this nip and tuck medal
play finish, Kirkby caught Henry v.
Segcerman at the top Of an exception
ally fine game. and was never I'D in
the match until he sunk 3 on the
18th hole. a matter of some 872 yards,
where Seggerman was dead for his par
in 4.
This first days play for the New
Jersey title was a buoyant occasion for
Englewood. The course was IN rare
shape-four miles of green carpet
the weather was seven under par,
Englewood won the team play contest
by 25 strokes, with Baltusrol second,
seven Englewood men qualified IN the
first fight, and three still remain Tor
the eight who continue play to-day.
The round that landed Mort Barnes
the medal might have been improved
several strokes with a trife Of luck
but as i was good enough TO win there
was no complaint Here 1t is;
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With the first sixteen qualifying at
So or better, the star match Of the
afternoon was the grim battle between
two Euglewood entries, Klrkby and
Segcerman. Both were going at top
speed, better even than the medal
scores Of rs show, and while klrkoy
was the favorite on the form chart
and while he was playing very hne
golf. he struck an opponent VINO was
Giving battle every inch of the way
Seggerman was l up at the fourth, and
he increased this lead to up at the
fifth, by sinking 2O-foot putt for g.
IOTK swat ny hhh's
Al this point Kirkby rallied swiftly,
slasbing out drive Of 80 yards on the
long sixth. 521 yards, where he bagged
The match was squared on the
seventh, and from that point on the
contest developed into thriller. Inc
two raced along at even terms around
pa- golf until the eleventh mole was
reached. where Kirkby was dead for his
and Seggerman was 80 feet above
the CUP on a fast, sloping green. J. ne
white missile rolled on a perfect line
10 the centre of the cup and dropped IN
with p cluck. Then at the twelfth seq
german nailed q g, one under par, and
took the lead With the match squared
again at the fifteenth, Seggerman went
sbead for the third at the sixteenth
when Kirkby's drive caught thick
Grass patch In the rough. The seven
teenth was halved in and at the
eighteenth tee Kirkby found himsei
] down and ! TO play.
He recalled memories OF the SHOCKS
that came TO him last year when, III
the Netropolitan and the Jersey, he
cauoht Walter Travis and Max Marston
travelling al 20 or better. The same
unkempt fate seemed to have caught
him again. for while he had played me
golf. he was apparently on the edge OF
another defeat. Seegerman, using q
Tiger. struck a clean blow, and the
ball. after dropping on the green, began
20 +rickle across until 10 finally slipped
into a trap beyond.
Hook Spells Shot.
This was Kirkby's chance. His tee
shot started straight but developed
sudden hook AT the finish and tnally
wound up TO the left of the embarked
Green in the rough. a half IN was all
Seggerman needed, and the match again
looked 10 be over. But Kirkby, from
bad lie. played a great shot 20 wlthlh
zen feet of the cup. His plucky OPP
ponent was on the green IN ana ms
anproach putt came TO within four ieet
of the cup. Oswald missed his putt ior
2. and then il was up to the other
Tnglewood entry. The putt started Tor
She cup, but turned away, and the TWO
went on TO the nineteenth hole, where
Seggerman secured his par 4, but where
Kirby. after driving-lron shot OF Z2o
wards. put a mashlc nlbhck 70 Wi'hih
nine feet of the pin and ran down ms
putt for a 9 i'm one Of the most sehSa-
tional victories of the year
There were no Ipsets, as Marston'
Webb. Barnes and Dyer all won thGlr
matches. although Harry Coke. by
steady plav carried the medal winner
TO the eighteenth green before he nnal-
~ passed out. - u;u,,,.
Here are the cards Of the Kirky-
Seggerman match:
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fura hole kirby. g. Sesgcumau.
To show the speed at which other
entries "a travelling, here are the
Webb and Dyer cards:
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The feature match of the forenoon
should be between Oswald Kirkby and
J.. W. Dyer. the Montclair star, now at
PENNSYLVANIA University. Both are
playing exceptionally fine golf, and an
other thriller is expected. Max Marston
through the day was playing O trifie
below his top form, but was beginning
20 come 10 his game in the afternoon.
lie and Oswald Kirkby are in opposite
halves Of the draw. and while no one
can dope out a golf match in advance
where class is pitted against class, the
chances are these two Will meet IN the
Saturday final.
The summaries follow:
FIRST SIXTEEN.
Out IN To,Al