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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1916
Page
13
Chick Evans breaks the course record in the Open Golf title tourney finishing with a strong score. The event highlights Evans’s sharp play and lead as competitors trail in the final rounds.
Evans sets a new Minikahda course record finishing first round on even terms, edging Edgewater rival Reid who sits in second place. The detailed card lists hole distances and totals, with Evans posting strong early par counts and a record pace over the front and back nine.
The New York Division of the Century Road Club Association conducts a three day bicycle tour beginning at City Hall New York at 5 AM. Riders travel via Staten Island Totterville New Brunswick Dayton Princeton Trenton to Camden and Philadelphia arriving the same evening. The second day passes Berlin Hammondtown Ege Harbor City Atlantic City where they rest three hours. The itinerary includes Absecon New Gretna Tuckerton Tom's River Lakewood Freehold Keyport and South Amboy with a return by Staten Island to New York. A second group starts from New York on the Fourth and escorts riders back to the Municipal Ferry. all cyclists are invited to join.
Davis and Johns, both from California, reach the challenge round at Lakewood Tennis Club after winning the doubles against Doyle and Knox. Davis also advances to the singles final to meet Norris Williams or another winner, while Guthrie and Bjurnstedt vie for the women's title at West Side.
Chick Evans Edgewater leads after 36 holes in the national open at Minnehaha course posting 69 in the afternoon to a 140 total. Wilfred Reid Wilmington sits second with 142, while rivals Hagen Nicholls Dowling and others trail, with a large field of top amateurs and professionals vying for the title.
A fragmented OCR list shows numerous golfers and associated clubs across cities like Chicago, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, and Newark. Names include Tom Morris, Jack Burke, Otto Heckberth, Carl Anderson, James Wilson, and Harrison Johnston, with club ties to Minikahda, Cinetunatt, Fox Hills, and other venues.
Secretary Howard Whitney of the United States Golf Association issues an official notice stating that players whose amateur status is forfeited are ineligible for amateur tournaments. Clubs are urged to reject entries unless status is unquestionable and to apply the Executive Committee decisions across all affiliated associations.
W Parker Seeley of Brooklyn, former titleholder, goes out in the first round of match play at Greenwich Country Club to R L Jackson of Highland. Reggie Lewis of Ridgefield advances, winning 6 and 5 over M A Davis of New Haven to reach the semi finals with Lewis, Abbott, Graham, and Jackson set to play in 36 hole matches.
The Sleepy Hollow invitation golf tourney qualifiers see Hamilton Kerr Max Marston and Phil Carter tied for low score medal after long day on Scarborough links. Nelson O Shaughnessy, Gardiner White and others struggle with long holes as 110 players begin the event.
More than a thousand officers will swap uniforms for athletic gear at the Police Department Honor Roll Relief Fund carnival at Sheepshead Hay Speedway. Events include track and field races, a polo match, a bicycle and horse program, and a dramatic 8000-strong shot battle. Proceeds aid families of fallen patrolmen.
Regatta on the Schuylkill River July 4 attracts 63 entries across sixteen events from the East and Midwest. Detroit Boat Club and New York Athletic Club enter eight oared crews in junior and intermediate events. Washington and Baltimore expected to enter. Notable entries include Edward Henkel of B C, Kenneth Mackenzie of Bayonne Rowing Association, William Whitlick of New York, Robert J. Allen, Ravenswood Boat Club, and New Rochelle Rowing Club entries in intermediate double and quadruple sculls and junior centipede.
In Boston on June 2 Harry Johnson defeated George S. Gardner Jr. in the challenge round to win the Bay State singles crown, finishing 6 3 6 3. Johnson is this year’s doubles champion as well.
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