New-York tribune., 1918-07-01
Travers and Marston Put Up
Stubborn Fight Against
Walker and Mackie

A very large gallery was assembled
at the Canoe Brook Country Club yes
terday to witness the big match be-
tween the professionals and amateurs
for the benefit of the Red Cross, and
between $500 and S400 was raised.
1t was warm day for the long
journey over the links, as the course
is 6.573 yards long, but the golf played
was of such an interesting nature that
no one begrudged the long tramp. The
and Max Marston against Isaac Mackie,
the clubs professional, and Cyril
Walker. the professional of the Shack
amazon Country Club. The course is
rather exacting and a hard enc for low
scoring. but even at that the best ball
for each side was II for the eighteen
holes. while par is rs, which shows
clearly that the contestants were play
ing good golf
The match was all square at the
eighteenth green, and twenty holes had
to be played before the professionals
proved the victors. The first extra hole
was halved in par and the next one was
won by Mackie in par In fact, Mackie
was the hero of the day, as he won no
less than four of the holes individually,
and three of 4hem were in one stroke
Match Late in Starting
They were late in starting, and it was
nearly O'Clock when they finished the
twentieth hole. The great gallery
seemed eager for the sport when the
tee. The hole is 576 yards long, and it
was halved in par by Mackie and Mars
ton. The second hole, of 394 yards, was
one on which they all got into trouble.
and 1t was halved in one stroke over
par by Walker, Travers and Marston,
Mackie having picked up. The same
three halved the third hole in par.
Mackle getting into trap and taking
one more. The fourth hole, Of 297
Yards, was won by Mackie in 3, the
others getting down in par. They all
made the fifth hole, of 431 yards, in
par, while the sixth hole, of 513 yards,
was won by Mackie in one stroke under
par. Walker and Travers halved the
seventh hole in par, while Mackie and
Iravers halved the eight hole, of 431
yards, IN one stroke under par. The
ninth was won by Travers in par. The
professionals were 1 up at the turn,
having gone out with best ball OF Sc
TO the amateurs par Of 81.
Travers Squares at Tenth
Travers squared the match on the
tenth hole, of 449 yards, which he won
in one stroke under par. The eleventh
lole. OF 4o9 yards, was won by the
pros" both getting down in one stroke
under par to the amateurs par. The
twelfth hole, of 445 yards, was halved
by all hands in par, while the thir-
teenth, or 55o yards, was a tough one
for all hands. Travers drove two balls
out of bounds from the tee and gave
up the hole. Mackie drove one out
of bounds, but used up seven shots for
the hole, as did both Walker and Mar
reaching the green. The fourteenth
hole was won by Marston in par, while
the fifteenth was halved in par Mar
ston than won the sixteenth in PAR, and
the amateurs were 1 up for the first
time during the match. 1t was of
short duration, however, as Mackie won
the seventeenth hole, SIT yards, in one
stroke under par, the other three get
ting down in par. This squared the
match, and as the eighteenth hole, of
%uo yards, was halved in par by Mackie
and Marston, the match had to go to
extra holes. The nineteenth was halved
by all hands in par, but the match
ended at the twentieth hole, which
Mackie won in par
While it was we'll played match,
there was not one individual score un-
DER op. Mackle and MarStOn had
scores of 81, Travers SO and Walker
SO. Their long game was excellent, but
they all had the misfortunes of having
their puts almost hang on the rim Of
the cup on pretty nearly every green.
The best ball scores were:
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Travers and Marstu.4 5
Marston, who holed out on every
green. had an individual score Of 81, as
follows: