New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-22
SCHOOLS Of GOLF CLASH
0IdtImers and Younger Players
Divide Honors.
KlRKBY DEFEATS BOWERS
White, Seely and Douglas Also
Survive in Tournament on
Apawamis Links.


Oldtimers and opponents of the younger
school divided honors in the first and sec
ond match rounds Of the Apawsmis club
invitation golf tournament yesterday, the
survivors being Charles Seely Findlay
Douglas. Oswald Kirkby and Gardiner v.
White They will meet as named in the
semi-fnals to-day. As far back as ten
years ago Douglas and Seely fought II out
in the metropolitan championship final over
the same course, while Kirkby and White
sprang into prominence last season.
The match Of the day resulted from the
meeting of Kirkby and S. D. Bowers in the
second round. Although out driven, the last
named not only held his man, but actuall,
stood , up at the eighth. Kirkby began
we'll enough. getting halves In fours at the
first two holes, and winning the third In 3,
when he drove the green This hole Is 80
yards long
sliced drive out of bounds cost Bowers
the ninth, 50 that he made the turn one
UP. going out in 3S TO the others 40. Both
had chances coming back, but frequently
failed 10 take advantage Of their oppor-
tunities Bowers missed short puts "a
the fourteenth and sixteenth. while on the
home green. after masterful recovery from
bad lie, no might have halved the mattel,
had he been able 10 sink" an eight-foot
putt Klrkby got a 4 there, and won by
up Both got around In IS.
Although defeated, Bowers accomplished
the scoring feat Of the day by Keeling of
y in the morning against Marshall Whit
latch. Of Dyker Meadow. Bowers holed
every putt, going out in as and home IN
90, as follows:
G9' ..,...,..,..is Sssts2 Esss-1
An exhibition Of brilliant long game
was furnished by 7. V. Birmingham st
the fourteenth hole IN the morning. Play
ing against w. r. Thurston, OF the home
club, Birmingham reached the green,
matter Of 54S yards, In two. Although the
ball was lying in the edge Of the rough
after the drive he took chance with wood.
That enabled him 10 win the hole and The
match. Later on he succumbe1 to Seely
Tho last named found himself 2 down at
the turn, being unable TO hold the rare
pace set by his opponent, who went out III
n with a 8 AT the ninth. The Wee Burn
man improved the further he went, coming
hack in 10 and winning by , and l.
Against r :. Wheeler In the morning
Douglas was always up, but the metro
politan president hung on tenaciously, car
rying the match to the seventeenth green
Later on Douglas went we'll against Gil
man Tiffany the latter putting poorly. Gar
diner " White made a IS In beating L.
p Gwyor. Of Wykagyl. while an 80 proved
good enough TO beat 3. T, Allen, Of Fox
Hills In the second round. Allen had 70
luck. losing a ball az one hole after he had
IL practically won. White had played and
would have lost the hole but for this unex-
pectcd stroke of good fortune, That made
him W. and he won by and margin.
Scely's best golf of the day developed
when he defeated Archie Reid. Of ST. An
drew's. in the nrst round. The former met
ropolitan champion went out In 81 and re-
turned in IS for 70. Reid couldn't keep
a drive on the course, and did we'll 10 carry
tho contest 20 the sixteenth green in the
beaten eight division Gaines defeated
Wheeler by / up. the Wykagyl man play
ing moro steadily than in the morning,
when he fell an easy prey for TIFFANY.
Galnes's unsteadlness may have been due
20 an automobile accident that happened
while he was motoring over from New Ro-
I
chcllc.
Keen matches arc expected in the semi
finals Of tho main division to-day Kirkey
first met White in the final of the Nassau
tournament last year and the Enslewood
man won. They met again recently at Bal
tusrol. when Kirkby once more proved too
many" for the Oakland record holder
There will DO a medal play handicap TO-
day. I'm addition to the matches In the Varl-
ous divisions Low scores are expected as
William Potts. the professional has the
green's Mt their best.
Tho summary follows;
First sixteen (rrst round Gilman ? Tnfanyi
Powelton, beat II. V. Gaines, NyKdsyL Up az.
to play. Flnd,ay s Douglas, Nassau pea, e.
$ wheeler Nassau IN and ] 20 pay C9Aites
" secly Wee Burn, beat Archie n RED, 81
Aaareys ~ and 70 pay Tbur:to Se' Aps
wants. up and 70 IiSy = D. b9%sFsM MEADOW srSoS-
& no and S 10 play: Oswald Kirkoy, Englewooa,
r g@s B + Alien. FOX Hills, beat sensy Plum
mer Apawsmis, 2 rp ana 70 Play s ISoy'
second round-DouslaS heat Tiffany up ana
d 20 play: seely beat Berminsnam. Up and | 70
nIsy KIrtbv beat Bowers. 1 up; White beat
Beaten eight nrst sixteen Carst ioun6!I1Gsihs ;s
and 20 play: Topping beat Whitlstch, up ana
z TO play. Gwyer beat Plummer up and to
play. a., ..,,a,-po. uyabn
r,,,gIewood. beat {. II. zimmerman New Haven,
Q up ana to play; c. q. waldo, hrookaa"h,
heat F \. Moore, Apawsmis. up sn Suf.t 70
Solimbla up: Max r, Marston, Crawford beat
r. NJ Tari.ton oakland up ana 20 play
~ X Gillert Wykagyl, beat V, G. Lonsley'
S nD and to ns PtS = saesk Ai'
W. and 10 play: George II. Barnes. Apawamis.
bSaf J G.. beercks Wykagyl W and 70
Play J. p s ssgT.Is l'u No. Detroit oe'' - =
hi Second round~wtbb beat Waldo, 3 up and 2
20 nlay, Marston beat kayser. ! up; Ashlor,n
beat GiIiett, l up standish beat Barnes; ] up,
pn nn!TS beat a. J Morgan Apawamis. up
snd s "a play: J. d. Newman, Fox HIS. beat
Tssr;Sp sTaP Ss. b W Ra fna 70 wfys ss
Syl' up and / 10 play. James A Tying ssltus-
rol' beat s. II. Lever. Apawamis, up ana ! 70
play; Z J. Laidlaw Apawamis. oest y, l. Phi!-
pPIcLbsrJt 81 Andrews, beat J. w. McMenamy.
punwoodie. UP and 2 70 play; j. d Foot.
Apawsmis beat V. c. Thorne. BrooklaMn. ! up;
.. K. Msit5y W ~ HCi.,, beat L. h'n''''H'
ssconJ round%CIsrk beat Newman. UP and
. "a NAV. Tyng beat Gillett up and 10 play;
plckhardt beat Laidaw, up; Foot beat Meltoy
by F SsS sixteen tnrst round)-H D Brewster.
scarsdais, beat II. A. sherman, Apawamis by
Default c. W Dayton st. An 556 Ssi.. beat E. &
M Nsy. S Sgg defaat; O Dr. 81 carpenter Oak
land. beat Charles Pres5rey, Ap41wsinIs, up
y Wettsteln. Siwanoy. up and 10 play;
y Roth Manhattan beat j. 8. Raymund.
Apawami.. up and to play x, 1 L; Elem hna-
HisI by default: L. H. Laphsm. Apawarnis.
Saat r ii. Kendall South Shore. by default;