New-York tribune., 1910-09-03
new GOLF|NC STAR WINS
Sylvester Gets Scare, However,
on Public Links.
MARTIN MAKES GOOD FIGHT
Healey, Wallace and Brocker
Other Survivors in Tourney
at Van Cortlandt Park.

Two more cleverly won matches went 70
the credit of Joe Sylvester. the seventeen
year-old chap in the greater New YORK
championship golf tournament on the Van
Cortlandt Park public links. yesterday AS
II now stands. the survivors for the semi
final round this morning are Sylvester, D.
P. Hea1ey, William Wallace and Z. w.
Brocker. They will meet as named With
the exception of Brocker all are unat-
tached.
Low score honors for the day were
shared by Sylvester and Wallace. the lat
ter getting 70 in the morning AZ the
expense of DR.. z. N Mendel- Sylvester
returned the same score when he beat n
& Martin, a New York Golf Club mem
ber in the afternoon.
The match of the day from the point of
interest was that between Sylvester and
Martin. Although much improved golfer.
Martin never dreamed of being able TO hold
the precocious youth Up to this time the
first named had never succeeded in break
ing So but he did it with A vengeance.
and incidentally came within an ace Of
clipping the wings of the little bantam
who has had them all guessing
II Sylvester had not been "on the JOB
every minute it would have cost him dear
in that Martin struck a great streak early
in the game. reeling off the six hill holes
in o. Even that however, wac not fast
enough to hold the lad. who totsued a
stroke less for the same holes. Martin
stood . down going to the sixth green.
but his tee shot down the hill left him
only eight feet from the pin. and he
brought off the put for a >, Sylvester get
ting a par g.
Halves at the next three holes left Syl-
vester l up at the turn, the strokes read
ing "a TO 80 in his favor. The tenth vas
also divided in a par 4. and then an un-
usual incident happened. which for a time
turned the tide. When Martin topped his
drive from the eleventh tee many in the
gallery imagined they saw another hole
going to the credit of the boy. He hit a
beauty straight down the course. but in
TINS instance perfect direction failed to get
its just reward. for the ball hit the direc-
ton post. some two hundred yards away.
and rebounded fully fifty yards. Sylvester
was then worse off than Martin. who was
able to reach the green's edge with an
iron. whereas the other took wood. getting
the hole in 4 TO ), squaring the match.
Clearly upset by this unexpected turn Of
affairs, Sylvester promptly lost the next
two holes. even though Martin took five
for the thirteenth. 1t then looked bad for
Master Sylvester. but he showed his nerve
by laying an approach shot dead to the
fourteenth hole and winning it in as
against q par for Martin. They halved
the short fifteenth in 8. but the boy proved
too strong thereafter. winning the three
remaining long holes in good figures and
the match by up The card was as fol-
lows:
Sylvester, out...-.-----4 4s344 ss4
Martin, out--.----....t %
Martin. in............4 4543T7 S5-Is
In the mean time Wallace was having his
troubles with Morrison. a slashing left hand
ed PLAYER While the scoring was not law,
the match proved interesting because of
its closeness They were all even at the
turn. and Morrison became l up with a
& at the eleventh Wallace then won two
holes and became up with a at the
fifteenth, where he dropped an eight-foot
put
Morrison won the sixteenth, but his last
chance faded away when he got bunkered
at the long seventeenth, where Wallace
won with s to and the match by a
? and / margin.
Although weather conditions were we'll
nigh perfect, the cards were no better than
on the previous day. which only serves as
another proof that rain has little effect on
scoring.
The summary follows:
Championship second round)-Joseph Sylves-
UP and 1 TO play: H. b Martin. New York
Golf. beat H V. Sturgess. New York Golf. up.
". F. Purcell. unattached, beat Donald Carr.
New York Golf. . up: D. P Healey. unattached.
fault J. Morrison. Scottish-American. beat w
Maurer. jr.. unattached. up and 5 10 play
William Wallace unattached. beat Or. E. VI.
Mendel. New York Golf. up and TO play; c
W. Brocker New York Golf beat NJ {. KAN
mer unattached 1 UP: j. NJ. Mckeon. unat-
tached. beat E. 5. Costigan. unattached. up
and 8 to play.
Third round-SyIvester beat Martin. ? up;
Healey beat Purcell. up and ? TO play: Wallace
beat Morrison. . up and 20 play. Brocker beat
McKeoa. up and to play.
Consolation FIRST round)-A. z. Clarke. unat
tached. beat A. l.. Rroe. Columbia. l up. L. z.
RothWel- New York Golf. beat DR. O. T.
Smith. unattached. UP and 1 70 play; P. T.
Haber. Scottish-Americen beat F. Thorlin, un
attached. 3 up and to play; s. NJ. Brittins
ham. New York Golf. beat " T Ebert un-
attached. by default: J c Buckbee. jr.. beat
Downey. New York Golf. beat ]. NJ Clark un-
attached, UP and l to play; J. 8. Thorn, Scot
tish-American. beat J. s Anderson. Scottish
American. up; g NJ n. Atherton. unattached.
TO play
Second round-Rockwen beat Clarke. s up ana
TO play: Atherton beat Thorn. 5 up and 70
play: Haber beat Birmingham. up and 20
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