New-York tribune., 1918-05-20
barnes and Hobens Defeat
IruUerS and Kirkby at Golf
Amateurs Fall Before Pros
in Red Cross Match
at Englewood

golf was witnessed yesterday at the
Englewood Country Club for the bene-
ut of the Red Cross. The competitors
were Jim Barnes and Jack Hobens. two
we'll known professionals. who defeated d
two equally we'll known amateurs,
Jerome ID. Travers and Oswald Krkby.
ne amateurs played their best golf
IN the morning, and they held tho pro-
Inesslonais down to the closest kind of
llgures. In fact, it almost required mar
to win hole. The par of the course
IS "a and the best ball was 50 and 70.
tne professionals only winnig out by a
single, stroke, leading by l up at the
end of the morning round.
Iravers had difficulty in keeping his
drives. on the course and was contnu-
ally playing his second shot out of the
fougn. The amateurs were not so accu-
rate IN the afternoon. while the "pros"
played steadily and had a best ball of
10, winning by up and to play.
Travers Lends Of
The amateurs took the honor from
the tee, Travers leading off with an
IRON shot. which he pulled off into the
rough. Kirkby and Barnes each used
irons. while Hobens used a spoon and
got the longest ball. They were all on
the green. however, in two and Trayers
halved the hole in with Hobens and
Barnes.
The. second hole was most admirably
played and halved in par by Kirkby,
Travers picking up after Kirkby sunk
his putt for half. Barnes and
Hobens were each par on the third, 400
yards. while the amateurs each re-
CURED one more stroke. This broke
the ice and gave the professionals the
Lead by one up, which they retained for
the next three holes, the fourth and
NTH being halved in par, while the
long sixth of 521 yards was halved in
one stroke under par, magnificent ex-
hlbltion of faultless golf
Honors were evened up on the short
seventh hole, which Travers won in par
This was followed by Kirkby winning
the eighth hole, $50 yards, in 8. one
stroke better than par This gave the
lead to the amateurs by l up.
Hobens Wins Eleventh
Hobens won the eleventh hole in par.
All hands got the twelfth in par. and
Hobens squared the match by winning
the thirteenth Another boost was
gwen to the amateur stock when Kirkby
won the fourteenth hole in one stroke
under par and captured the lead again
The fifteenth was halved in par and
Hobens made honors even by winning
the sixteenth in one stroke under par
Playing the seventeenth hole they all
had drives of over 800 yards-the hole
is 1888 yards long-and Kirkby drove
the green. 1t is claimed to be a $50
yard drive. They were all on the
green in two, and Barnes won the hole
IN one stroke under par, giving the
pros" the lead by up, and as the
eighteenth was halved in par, the
pros" led by l up at the end of the
morning round.
The best ball score was under par
while the individual score of Barnes
and Kirkby two strokes over par
Their cards were:
Barnes & Hobens--
4 : 4 4 q . q 4-se
Travers & Kirkby
q a s 4 q 4 3 4+a5
4 4 = 3 $ $3.50
Travers &: Kirkby-
Jim Barnes
Ss' IN "a Z s Z 5 s : I : : s-ss-7a &ss
fs Gs' g : Z Z : Z Z Z 4EsI7s tss
Oswald Kirkby--
Out !" g & s : : Z : Z 3 ssS-7s s-3s
The amateurs started off we'll in the
afternoon, halving the first two holes
in par, but while the "pros" continued
their par play on the third and fourth
holes, the amateurs were one over on
each hole, and the "pros," lead jumped
to up. The amateurs won the fifth
hole in par, but Hobens squared the
loss of the hole on the sixth, 521 yards,
which he won in 4 and came near get
ting in 3, while the others were down
in the par of S. The "pros" won in
lead to up.
The eighth and ninth were halved in
par, as were the tenth, eleventh and
twelfth, The match was rapidly COM
ing to n close, and when the profess
sionals won the thirteenth hole in par
it was virtually all over, as they were
then dormie and only had to halve
hole to win the match, which they did
on the fourteenth in one stroke under
par, winning by S up and to play.
Play Bye Holes
The four bye holes were then played,
the fifteenth, sixteenth and seven
teenth being halved in par, and Barnes
won the eighteenth in par.
Their best ball score for the after
noon round was:
Barnes and Hobens
Out "a q 8 8 q $50
In - q d 4 4 4 s-a+7o
Travers and Kirkby-
fs Ss' = I ! - Z : Z I Z Ess-7s tss
Jack Hobens. who played very steady
golf throughout the day, did his after
noon round in "a, as follows:
In 4 4 q 1 4 4 s 5-37-74
Barnes picked up after his tee shot
on the fifteenth hole, but, approximate
ing it at 5, he did 75. Travers had 76