The sun., 1896-10-16
GOLF FOR THE REVIVAL CUP
ARMSTRoNG DEFEATS SANDS Nv
THE SEMI-FINlLS.

| De Garmendia succumbs to MarrImnn-
Close Scores In tho First Round-EutrIes =
and Drawings for tho Presidehts PrI.e
To-day - Wan Etten's Good Showing.
A day of perfect Indian summer" weather
followed the storm at the Knollwood Country
Club yesterday, and the golfers who turned out
for the first hole play round for the n. G. Reynal
Cup were In flne spirits at tho outlook. There
was no wind to speak of, and the links we're
drying out nicely. The putting greens were
slow and spongy, however. and II was hard to
get ball away clean with the brassy and loft
ing iron In playing through the greens.
Armstrong, the Richmond county and St
Andrews player, and Hartman divided the
honors of the day. The first pair out was Arm
strong and Reynal. Armstrong was two up
when the players began the inward Journey
and he also won the tenth. Here Reynal put up
q stronger game, winning four of the remaining
holes. and. as Armstrong could only capture
fourteenth. the round ended in tie. The first
extra hole was halved. u trimmed ball from a
12-inch put losing Reynal tho twentieth hole,
by four to fve; in spite of his plucky uphill
game. The cards were:
Out. t.,.,.....................7 s777 e-55
Roynal-
In.....................s 4 s t-4e 6 4
Reynal-
IN N-4s D d
Van Etten and Sands also had sensational
round. The knollwOOd crack was five up at
the seventh, having far the best of the
drive and approach plays to this point, but with
the short holes the situation changed. Sands
now won six stralghtaway and was one up at
eenth. sands winning the extra hole by a put,
In four TO five; Van Euens drive. on, the
fifteenth hole, of about 10 yards, landed the
though most too close to try the shot, he lofted
clear over the tree and gained fine lie close TO
the green, finally winning the hole. The cards:
a. Sands >,
Van Etten-
1n.......................3 IS 5 8 4 4-39 4
Van Etten-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . 4 8 4-43
In tho other matches the issue was not SO
close. De Garmenda, who was again very fast
Ward. who was decidedly of in putting al
though holding his own in the long game, was
In the afternoon Armstrong started off like n
racehorse and led sands by three holes at tho
ninth. sands won the next three, the eleventh
by one of the best puts ever seen. n roll
OF forty feet and the match was all even.
but he could not draw ahead, losing the
ARMSTRONG played a plucky and even game.
One put was clever. SauHs'S ball was clinging
on the cut at the fifteenth hole. 1t was n stymie,
and the merest touch would knock ii In. In
stead Of pitching with mashie, Armstrong
m ade a twisting put, that. aided by the slight:
est of derres sions. Just passed Sands's ball and
gained the hole The cards showed:
Armstrong
Ont nt.........................4 3 D @ l T-d7
Sands
out.,..:.....................5 : 8 go
Armstrong
In .... ......................6 4-43
Sands
In........................... % ! 4 O i 4--42
Hartman led de Garmendia by four when the
turn was made for the return walk. but ull WAS
even ut the seventeenth. DE GarmendIa drove
nearly on the green and Hartman far 10 tho
right. He fooled his approach. but rolled up
nicely with a Cleek. De GarmrndIH missed
short put. aud, after all. Hartman was left with
q twenty-tivc-ioOt put TO win. He did this IN
dashing style IN spite OF the distraction OF tho
crowd that had gathered from the club house.
The summarizes:
First Round-G. T.. Armstrong. St Andrews, heat y.
G. ReynGl, hnollwood e. hUirsD bY M: W. II
san s. ST. Andrews beat l.. T.. Van Ettcn. Knoilwood
90 holes, 10y up. H. VI. liarrnnn. kuol.wood. beat
Beverly Ward, lr. BaltusrOl by mp ami To play II.
:. de ,iarmendia. ST. Andrews. beat W. K. HIM. Sew
lrunsNtCk. hy 1 up and To play.
Second kount t-ArmstronG Deat Sands, by 2 up and
! to ny; Hartman beat de GarmenIia, by up
The final round will he play ed to- morrow dur
Ing the match tor the kn"llwood cup.
The entries and draw for the Presidents cup.
presented by Jonn D. Arch bald. to be played for
to-day ut thirty-six holes, handicap medal piay,
for members only. are:
F. H. Clark and @. H. Mars Franklin !. Edison. Jr.,
and Mrs p. Glh RI rhchAul L. l.. Van Ettrn and r.
GIN .uder 4. 7 Kelley aud " c. Rryna Cyrus Field
Judson and r. u. Thebaud. and +. A. Walthcw aud IL.
NJ Hartman.