New-York tribune., 1914-11-01
Home Player Defeats En-
dicott for Golf Trophy
by 5 and a.
TOPPING LEADS IN
PLAY FOR MEDAL
Beach. Of Fox Hills, Proves Bet
ter than Scott in Final Match
Among Second Sixteen.


Atlantic City. n. j.. oct 81 For
the third time in as many years MaG-
rice l.. Rislev, Of the home club, won
a chief Gun Today on the local links.
lie defeated Thomas =. EudlcOtt, an
other home player. by mp and 70
play, In the final match Of the annual
fail tournament Of the Country Club
of Atlantic City
Risley has played in the local meet
ngs on five occasions. and a year ago
was runner-up to Fred Herresnoit.
lie was beaten in the semi-fnal round
last spring.
Early in the day Risley disposed Of
the youthful Morris p. Jones, Of
Trankford whose defeat Of r. rry g..
Legg. former Mississippi ham
Dion. b. a 3 and margin. was one Of
IA, incident. OF the second day. Mean
while. Endicott had his hands full
with Dr. F. II. Mccall, Of Atlantic
City. the match going 20 the tweutl-
cth mole before Endicott tr.umpned.
Leg and Henry J. Topping, OF
Greenwich. played off their tie for the
qualification medal AZ eighteen holes.
legg could do no better than 80. 50
that Topping's 70 settled matters. The
French runner-up had held his own
until the eighth green. Taxing four
puts there left him altogether three
strokes in the rear a. the turn.
Then Legg required four tries for
tie Gun at the tenth. which, followed
b. & on the short sixteenth through
getting buukCred. not only lost hum
d.. three strokes lead, but put him
behind By that many. Topping went
out in II and back In 30, as against
81 out for Legg and A returning.
One more prize went 20 a metropoll-
tan Golfer when Chisholm Beach, OF
Fox Hills. defeated Garfield Scott, OF
Philadelphia, in the final match Of the
second sixteen. The margin was ,
and 1. neither man showing at his
best.
Risley struck his stride early IN the
day against Jones, and. going out IN
3G. stood up al the turn. This ad-
vantage he further increased by WIN
ming the eleventh and twelfth holes,
and, although Jones took the ttteentn'
q half iu four at the next left Rlsley
me winner.
Later on, against Endicott, Risley
was visibly impatient at the deliber'
ate tactics Of his opponent, but neither
man could be said 70 have been on MS
game.
In fact. try as he would. Endicott
could not keep out Of trouble. TINS
was especially true OF the fourth
sixth and twelfth holes, all of which
were costly propositions for him. lie
was constantly outdriven, though he
held his own Up to and on the green
it may be said that Risleys long
game was the sole reason Tor ms sue
cess.
The final card follows:
En3,l:,e R.,.sy; eos. s.,.. : 3 8 3 ; 8 s-.; !;
E1a,.3,t ElsIsy i, .......... : )
The summary follows:
F'ir.- sixteen Isemi-rusl round Thomas
q Endi.ott. Atlantic city. beat Dr T. IL
Mccall. Atlantic city. 1 up 20 holes MaG-
rice = RtsIeg Atlantic city, beat Morris +
Jones. Frankfort ? up ana 20 p.e,
Final rouui-Risley beat Endicott uI
N'B Besten light ,fr., sixteen: s-mi-ansl.
round A. " Brand. s. Andrew S. beat
d Topping greenwich. beat W. p. Sna'Ne.-
ford Atlantic City. by default
FINAL round Brand beat Topping by IT,
S.rcnd sixteen ,seni-ausl round Garfield
scott Philadelphia country. beat Harold VI
Sweeney. Atlantic 1ity, up anl ] 20 l.al
CHISHOLM Beach. Fox HIS beat Herman
Wendell 81. Dav.ds. up.
Final round-Bea0h beat ocot'' UP at"
beaten eight Second sixteen; semi-tina
rouudi--J. B Siact Atanuc 1ily. o'e, -
uI4v. n W Hemphiii Atlantic CITY beat
+ Topping Merton by default 40.
Final round d-Slack beat Hemph.h Hp
am Tsi-5 a. gii2t -i2,esn ,semi-anai round q. C.
Maxwell. Trenton. beat II g Newton. l.tl..
ford up and & 90 play, Llarles a, 49,
forl Garden city. beat Thomas Ha.''n.
F.nai iir,i'' 'r,oand-Maxuen beat sponord' up
''B Beaten 1 eight uhiri sixteen s,smi-efaa. f.
ro,lndi-E 4 Lord Atlantic 'l'}' pf',
charles " Hover Moorestoon. . mp anI =
20 plsv. John NeWlin. SeavieV. beat 'ir"' g
Brown. Huntington Valley. nl 1ria
Final round-Lord beat Ne"iins' UP s'.-
FoIrtf sixteen tseri-Hnal roundl 5,
Rsn.Ke Nauaugo. beat Horace ~ileile,
NTr'o,i. ,,,,",. ,,t bea, r.. II Jones Philadelphia
Country. up and 20 play. -,.-..... ..
FinL rouni-Ramsge beat Thomas. : Lp
ana Beaten .9 seish, fourth sixteen. ..m.-an.s
heat Henry " Leeds. Atlan'' 'i'y 10
and I 10 play !. " Thompso9. Hpl'"E
Haven heat y r Sprague. lnNoo1. up
Final round-Thompson beat Fowler. . up
a"F Fl,th TO sixteen ,semi-auai rouni &C.. =
,-,,teu Atlantic cry. beat r. O.. Edear Is
Atlantic civ UP and 90 play. "
small Old York Road. beat G. Mcinne7'
princeton. . up and 90 play
Final round-Cattel beat Small. up AMI
10 play. ...t s...t
-o,.',S r Mack N0utelai-. beat J
IL,i!oweI. Ola York Road, up and 10
piav. + J. HALEY Essex County. beat g.
~ Hunt Atlantic city D up.
FinsI round-Halsy beat Mack mp and
10 play.