New-York tribune., 1909-07-25
GOLF CHAMPION BEATEN
FALLS BEFORE AMATEURS
Best Ball Of Lord and S1reeny Too
Much for Sargent.

pe~ereauK Lord and c. r sweeny, two arnateur
PLAYERS. defeated George Sargent. the national open
champion in an exhibition match the public
links at Forest Park. in BROOKLYN. yesterday. Con-
ditions stipulated that Sargent should play the
best ball of the home pair. and this proved too
much Of an undertaking, and the amateurs by
5 ID and pav.
In some respects II remarkable perform
ancA for pair Of amateurs products OF public
course. 10 defeat an open champion, but on the
other hand the conditions all against the
visitor. Forest Park is nothing If not tricky. Bad
bounds into trouble frequent, while the putting
greens il their uneven state had the Briton always
guessing
Furthermore. Sargent failed 70 display the steadi-
ness one would expect II see in champion Many
frequently his approach shots nisjudged
Lord did the best work OF the amateurs. but
Sweeny played well on occasions and helped along
The course is one Of the shortest in the metropol
tan district. covering a playing length OF L12
yards. Several hundred persons followed the
match. the afternoon gallery being considerably
larger than in the morning
Starting the morning round. Sargent At once took
command of the situation bv driving the green with
q cleek matter Of 213 yards. The amateurs used
wood and sliced SO that It was easy for the cham
pion 10 win the hole in 10 4. Neither Sargent
Lord reached the short second green with their
irons, but Sweeny got home nicely, and his 8
squared the match.
BY running down 2 1ttecn -foOteT LORD stole =
haIve IN at the third hole and although the anna
teurs PLAYED the long fourth indiferenty they man
aged to halve il IN 6. the pro- overplayed the
green on his third Good putting by Lord again
saved the situation for his side at the fifth The
distance IS S15 yards, but both men were nicely
home their seconds Sargent practically dead and
Lord some eight feet away
Faulty direction prevented tbs champion from
getting better than at the sixth hole so that the
amateurs halved again. Going TO the seventh both
amateurs sliced into trouble. Sweeny hitting g
house and his ball rolling into the street Although
Lord missed his n1ashie shot. the Fox Hills winner
reached the green on his third and halved in s.
with the Englshman. whose second shot was
triAe roo strong.
Sweeny came 90 life by winning the eighth hole
IN 1. the champion slicing his shot and taking
two more to get home. That made the homo pair
up at the turn Later the amateurs became 2
up st the eleventh. where the champion made a
hash Of his approach shot after driving about 24o
yards After being the only to drive the twelfth
green Sargent made a weak approach put and lost
e chance to win a halve in 1 resulting
Sargent showed some class by driving the thtr-
teenth and fourteenth greens and winning both
holes IN 3. That squared the match. A capital
3 by Sweeney won the fifteenth hole for the For
est Park contingent. thereby placing the visitor
again down. Favored by lucky bound after
slicing his drive the sixteenth Sargent won the
hole in 4. Lord missing yard put to halve.
Sargent and Lord gained good 4s at the seven
IeenlnS DuI sweeney Sprang the SURPRISE for, after
slctng his drive 10 gully, he laid full rnashfe
shot TO within foot of the pin and won tho
hole in g. A halve in 4 the home hole left the
amateurs 1 up at the end of the morning round
The cards showed 73 for the best ball end a Ike
score for Sargent Lord had g and Sweeney 79
In the afternoon Sargent at squared the
match with 3 at the first hole, but Lord re-
gained the old lead for the amateurs by winning
the fourth IN 10 6. when the champion sliced
into trouble. Nothing but halves followed 20 tho
turn. the pro" and the best ball each going out
in IS.
Sargent squared the match at tho eleventh
green. but lost the fourteenth by scing his drive
out Of bounds. and the fifteenth rs well, in a
similar manner. The champion also got into DIFF
hcultes at the sixteenth, where he needed q 6,
thereby losing the hole and the match.