New-York tribune., 1918-06-24
Eve'y Hole Played
In Par or Better
Amateurs Win Three, Halve
Two of the Five
Bye-Cups

An unusually interesting four-ball
match was played over the long $500
yard course of the Shackamaxon Coun-
try Club, near Westfeld, N. j., yester
day afternoon, in which the profes-
sionals, Tom Mcnamara and Cyril
Walker, defeated the amateurs, Jerome
D. Travers and Max Marston, by 6 up
and TO play.
1t was contest for the benefit of
the Red Cross, and large gallery took
advantage of the fine weather and fol-
lowed the match over the course
Every hole in the course was won or
halved in par or better. Mcnamara
alone had an individual score of 73,
one stroke over par. He played grand
golf and holed out at every green. In
fact. he was the only one of the four
who did not pick up on one or more
of the holes.
Congressman h. W. Gray, of Newark,
auctioned off the privileges of caddy
ing for the players. Playing the first
hole, of 2S4 yards, Marston and Nc
Namara both drove on to the green,
while Travers and Walker went into
the brook to the right and in front Of
the green, respectively. and picked up.
Marston and Mcnamara halved the
hole in 8. one stroke under par.
The professionals drew frst blood
by winning the second hole, 41o yards,
in par but they did not keep the lead
long, As Travers won the third hole,
337 yards, in 8. one stroke under par,
and the ball that made the "birdie"
was Immediately auctioned off.
Three Holes Halved
The fourth hole of 4O4 yards was
won by Mcnamara in. par: the fifth,
1872 yards; the sixth, 342, and the sew
enth, 487, were all halved in par. Nc
Namara boosted the pros" lead to 2
up by winning the eighth hole of 428
yards in par, and was again the hero
on the tricky ninth hole of 324 yards.
The green is on an island, and it is q
case of pitching on to it and staying
there. Travers dropped into the brook
in front of the green, while Marston
cleared the island and both streams on
his second shot and could not play
back for the trees. Mcnamara holec
out in par and the other three picked
up. This gave the professionals the
lead by up at the turn.
The tenth hole of 500 yards is the
longest on the course, with a wids
stream of water to be crossed on the
third shot. Mcnamara and Walker
both played the hole perfectly, and
were on the green in 8, while Travers
and Marston pulled their drives into
the rough and took 4 for the green.
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picked up. The pros" won the hole,
both getting down in par. The elev-
cnth is a short hole of 130 yards, and
they all four made it in par.
Playing the twelfth of 443 yards.
Mcnamara was the most fortunate.
winning the hole in par and increasing
their lead up to up. AS these pro-
fessionals won the thirteenth hole of
go yards in par to / over, they won
the match by up and to play.
Five Bye Holes Played
The five bye holes, however, were
played out on account of the great
gallery, and the holes were just as
brilliantly played as though the match
were still in doubt. The fourteenth
hole Of 233 yards was won in par by
Max Marston. The amateurs also won
the fifteenth hole of 397 yards in par
and the sixteenth hole of 465 yards
was halved by all four in par.
Marston won the seventeenth hole of
1856 yards in 2, one stroke under par
The eighteenth hole of $40 yards was
halved in par by Travers and Me-
Namara.
The best ball scores were;
,rravers and Marston ....s 5 SsSS So $50
Mcnamara and Walker. ...5 ! 5 4 4 5 4-35-Ss
Tho individual score of Tom Nc
Namara was:
Out. ........,... 4 4 49, os