The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
JOSEPH FORD NEW
PUBLIC LINKS STAR
15-Year-0ld Golfer Has Record
Of "A for Van Cortlandt
Course.
by KERR ". PETRIE.

Golfers who use the Van Cortland
Park public links have their eyes on
what they regard az one of the most
promising youngsters produced there
since Jose Sylvester and Eddie Loos
graduated from the caddie ranks and
went out into the world OF professional
golf. The lad in question is Joseph
Ford, who. although only is years old,
is playing consistently down in the
seventies. Two weeks ago young Ford
made three consecutive us and besides
he has a low card Of Is to his credit.
Ford has been playing the game just
three years. While most OF his golf has
been done over the public links he has
had occasional rounds ar nearby courses.
At Dunwoodie. for instance, Joseph has
defeated the best OF the caddie boys
scoring an SO the first time he played
there.
Ford drives a long ball and appears
to have all the earmarks of = coming
star, Holes such as the first and third
on the hills he is able TO reach with his
tee shot. IL was golf such as this that
he was playing one day recently when
he made the six hill holes in twenty
strokes. scoring four consecutive 3s and
two As.
After an absence extending over a
couple Of years or more Lakewood Coun-
try Club is back at the old stand pro-
grammes for the Thanksgiving meeting
which VIII mark the resumption OF semi
annual tournament golf at that resort IN
the New Jersey pines having made their
appearance. IT would seem that although
Lakewood is to offer II brand new course
and clubhouse old associates are not TO
be dropped and in this respect the
names attached to the cups, such as
Metedeconk, Carasaijo and Manetta will
burst open the sluice gates OF memory
and sweep old timers back ever the
years.
On it's programme the Lakewood Coun-
| try Club prints the photographs OF two
of the new holes. The picture to the
right OF the programme does .ook sus-
piciously like that OF the old eighteenth
played the reverse way. but memory
holds nothing that resembles even re-
motely the other view, There was one
thing that never could be forgotten by
any one who had been over the old
course. All the greens were on the level
of the links. Here, however. is putting
strip set into the side of a pine topped
hill ana reached only after journey OF
adventure through a line of bunkers and
range Of hills that looks like the
tkOSN4c5 All
Full Course Now Ready.
II would seem that recent play has
been over a course containing three
maEcshift holes. Frank Barton. the
elui aecretary. now announces that the
three new holes will be open for play
next Saturday and that the course as
used then will show the new Lakewood
circuit in Its entirety. Provision has
been made for four sixteens In the
match play while there will also be a
Saturday handicap. For the handicap
alone there is an entrance fee of $3.50,
while that for the tournament proper
is So. Entries should be in the hands
of the secretary at the Lakewood Coun-
try Club. Lakewood. New Jersey. not
later than noon of Wednesday, Novem-
Der a.
on account Of the big football games
the entry for last Saturdays handicap
tournament at Lakewood was small.
Low gross was made by Frank Bartop.
the secretary, who played the eighteen
holes In IS, and with handicap of six
strokes Just missed getting himself into
tie for the low net by stroke. This
prize was won by w. r. Jones OF Deal,
who scored 1923, 7s. c. w. Billing
Of Deal took third place. with 107-22.
SIS, while the following trio tied for
fourth: G. NJ. Bragg, Deal 1915,
IS: c. A. Snyder, Deal 1915 IS, and
l.. s. Gallagher. Lakewood. 10G-lS, IS.
Among those who did not return cards
were A. Drexel Kingdom Gould. +. Kim
ball and f. X. Sadlier. all OF Lakewood.