The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-29
KIRKBY, 1875 UP,
SETS GOLF MARK
Sweeps Englewood to Victory
in Bergen County Team Con-
test at KnickerbOcker.
BY KERR N. PETRIE.

Ina year that has seen practically
everything worth while accomplished on
the links there have been matches won
and lost by the maximum score of 10
and TO play. However II has remained
for Oswald Kirkby of Bnglewood, for
merly metropolitan and New Jersey cham
pion. to carry off the bayleaves. the
heliotrope spats or the silver plated cold
tea flask. or whatever he is entitled to,
by coming in in a recent match no less
than 126 up. Kirkby, Of course. did not
amass his staggering total against one
opponent. although he did It In the
course of thirty-six holes Of play. When
one knows how, the trick is not so
startling. although at that the Engle-
wood star had to play around the Knick-
erbocker links in rs and 20 to accomplish
his purpose.
The score was made last Saturday In
tho course Of what might be termed the
golf team championship OF northern New
Jersey, or, to be correct, Bergen county.
kirkby led for Englewood. as very natu-
rally he would do. and In the race also
We're the Knickerbocker Arcola, North
Jersey, Ridgewood. Hackensack. Rock
land and White Beeches Country clubs
There were eight men on each side and
the conditions called for each man bear
Ing certain position on a team to
match his score against that Of all the
others Of that same position on the rival
sides. Thus as No. / for Englewood
Kirkby had to count on a holes I'D basis
against the card OF every other No. /.
It will thus ben seen that to accumulate
that remarkable total of 1875 UP he had
but to average one stroke for each op-
ponent on every other hole.
lot, t,~t1 ~
these novel conditions the officials had
1t figured out that 1t would have been
possible for one team to make a maxi
mum score of 20l6 holes up. Fortu-
nately they were not all Kirkbys and
the actual results were wonderfully
close. Instead of passing the second
thousand. Englewood was forced to
congratulate itself on having a player
Of the calibre of Kirkby In it's ranks,
for the margin by which that organiza-
ton won over Knickerbocker, which
was placed second, was but scant 62
holes, scant when one considers how il
Was possible for the points to roll up.
Englewood's total was 392 that of
knickerbocker $780, Arcola came next
with 1S and then North Jersey with AZ.
The other four contesting teams fin
ished minus, Hackensack being "a to
the bad. Ridgewood 1874. Rockland 296
and White Beeches. formerly known as
Haworth, 4S5 In the hole.
Kirkby not only had the satisfaction
of sweeping his team into first place,
but. with that second round of 73 he set
a new amateur record for the Knicker-
booker course. The previous low mark
was "a, held by G. Tr Lansing. the star
of the home club. A short time back
Ted Ray OF England. holder of the
American open championship. estab-
llshed new professional record of ".
The team match proved such a sue
cess that at the dinner held afterward
James Barber. president of the Engle-
wood Country Club. invited the assoc
citation to hold the second annual con-
test next year over the Englewood
links. p. S. Duryee, president of the
Knickerbocker Country Club. who pre-
sided at the dinner. accepted the invita-
ton on behalf of the association.