New-York tribune., 1918-11-04
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Team Wins OF Golf
Best Ball of 68 First in Sen
sational Match at
St. Albans

The best exhibition Of golf over the
links of the St. Albans Golf Club was
witnessed yesterday afternoon in
four-ball professional match. in which
Carl Anderson, Bronxville, and Her
bert Martin. Bayside. defeated Jack
Clark, the ST. Albans professional. and
Ferguson Cameron, the North Fork
Country Club professional. by | up
with best ball cf 73 to "A. The four
OF them had best ball of 68, and had
Anderson been playing with Cameron,
instead of Martin. they would have had
best ball OF 70
1t was sensational start and a
sensational finish, as the match opened
with four "birdes" on the first four
holes and closed with two" "birdies" on
M ohe last two holes, there being seven
"DIrdles" made in the match.
The start was made from the tenth
tee, the last nine holes being played
first and the first nine last. The tenth
hoie is 545 yards long, and Herbert
Martin scored the first "brdie." win
ming the hole in 4, Anderson and Cam
eron getting down in the par of s.,
while Clark req = 6. Cameron then
landed birdie" on the eleventh hole,
or 402 yards, which he wan in 3. An
derson getting down in the par of 4,
Clark taking s. while Martin got in
trouble and picked up: Cameron land
ed his second "birdie" on the twelfth
hole, of 265 yards, which he won in 2,
the others getting down in 3, one
stroke under par. His third "brdie"
IN succession was made on the thir-
teenth hole, of 348 yards, which he
won in 3. the others taking 5, one
stroke over par. The fourteenth was
halved in by Anderson. Martin and
CLARK, one stroke over par, Cameron
requiring S. The fifteenth, of 344
yards. was halved by all hands in the
par of 4. while the sixteenth. of 263
Yards, was ha'ved in par by Martin and
Cameron, Clark taking S, while Ander-
son lost his ball in the rough on his
drive from the tee.
The double dogs leg seventeenth
hole. of 52S yards, gave tsrm all trou-
be, but was finally halved in 6, one
stroke over rar by Anderson and Clark,
the other two getting lost in the woods.
Cameron had tried to carry the green
over the woods on his third shot, but
met the same fate that many others
had done before him. The eighteents
hole, Of 465 yards. was won by Ander-
son IN the par of 4, the others taking
5. This left Clark and Cameron in
e'0 ict'" Wy up dt tHe Iufu udVlHS
gone out with best ball Of 36 to 38.
After halving the first hole in par
Anderson squared the match by win
ming the second hole in par. The third
was halved by Anderson and Clark in
par, and tse fourth was halved in par
by Anderson, Martin and Cameron.
The fifth "birdie" Of the match was
made by Anderson on the fifth hole,
Of 523 yards, which Sc won in a. Clark
was down in the par of 5, Cameron
taking 6 and Martin 7. All hands
halved the sixth hole in par, and the
seventh wos halved in par by Ander-
son. Martin and Clark, Cameron TAX
ing s. Then the big finish took place.
The eighth hole, of 500 yards, was
won by Clark in by sinking a twenty
foot putt, the others getting down in
! the par Of 5. This was the sixth
"birdic" OF the day. and it squared the
match.
The seventh and last sensational
birdie" was made by Carl Anderson
on the eighteenth hole of the match
but the ninth hole of the course, which
is 4S5 yards long. Anderson was on
the green in 2 and sank forty foot
putt for win in 8. the others holing
out in the par of 5. Anderson came
; home in 35. and by aprroximating the
/ sixteents hole at 6, where he lost his
ball in the rough within tiTty yards of
the green or his drive, it is figured
that he did the course in about 76
Their best ball scores were:
aadsrsVn asls ana "na Gams4en MSs'in
( Clark and Cameron. 4 5--SS-7l