The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-04
BEING DORMIE 4 DOWN
NO TASK FOR MURDOCH
Takes Five Straight Holes in
One Match, Seven in Row
for Second Win.

Locusr VALLEY, l.. T.. July 3--Two
match rounds were played in the specia,
golf tournament nj the Piping Rock Club
to-day. In the first sixteen the four sur
vivors no will play in the semi-hnal
round tomorrow morning. are James r.
Hyde, South Shore. maker OF the low
score in the qualifying round; L. \. Muir
dock, "A clubmate; J. y. Sttarns Sd Of
Nassau and Princeton, and Herbert NJ
Hartman. National, who over decade
ago won the distinction OF being the first
native born American to hold the M
tional amateur championship. 1t will be
Hyde against Murdoch and Stearns
against Hartman In the morning the two
winners to meet In the eighteen hole final
in the afternoon.
Although Stearns played the best Golf
OF the tourney to-day. when he made
76 in his match against young Howard
Maxwell, Jr.. this afternoon. Murdoch
was the golfer who furnished the man
/ theme OF conversation around the nine
tenth hole
In winning his two matches he made
two Of the most remarkable finishes seen
i'm many a day and left MS bewildered
opponents wondering just what had hap
pened to them. Murdock's opponent tins
morning was McEiim Hollins and when
the Westbrook golfer found himself up
with only four more holes to play he
began to get ready for the hnal hand
shake. Murdock, however, had other
ideas. He won every one Of the remain
ing four holes on the extra hole he was
on the green in two, while Hollns tal'"
,.sft
| winning to B.
In the second round in the afternoon
A. Holmes of Wee Burn was b up on Muir
dock wnen they drove of the eleventh Tee
wnereupon MuTdock won me next seN'n
holes in succession ana settIeh the ndlcn,
I Three sIxtcens and an equal number OF
bcnten cIghts played through TO the semi
final round to-day. The summaries
FIRST sixteen first koHndrrE,, i. h9h,aiTd
ion oekSndI . SsS & h IS t' sso"ay,h s hore
b~at James Bertram 81. Andrews. = ana
7; T. 4. Murdoch, south shore; beat M'h'm
hioiiIns' Nee Hum beat Frank c, Jennings
Nassau. up, j.. = stearns "a. Nassau 3eal
weif Jr Nassau, beat purant BOWIE PIP.
Ing ROCK, and 2; Il ~ Ha Ffd,ns RS NE.
aof%%aard i whitney Nassau, up E'
"o second nound--Hyde beat nichssrdson' 4
and 3. Murd9sk , os3' h Sna na nrni
seet"n Eight Of FIRST sixteen. First kount
- Bertram beat Tiffany. IN, Holilns pea
Iennings Z and 4, Kendall beat Bowers,
and J.. whitney beat Brokaw' up 90
second sixteen. First Round.H J., Pratt
Nassau beat John 7. PRATT, fiplns noCkk
beat Lawrence waterbury, Piping hSek ~. 10y
! W A. Nichols. Jr, Nassau ana :. u
Pratt, Nassau, beat = Johnson flPlhs ~ ~ ~
and 3 J y. g. TaPpan; Nassau heat , Wv, ~
Rock beat O. v. Fahys, Nassau, ~ 6etsu,t
! g H. Theriot, Piping Rock, beat J.. !. M"u
tant. Piping R9ck J up ~ pGS CO. epevereun
i'lplnE Rock 2 and l. ,,....,.
Second Round--H l.. Pratt beat DevereuSS
IN; + Il Pratt beat Arnold and J
, rappppin beat Lloyd and a Snow oea
rh ssstcn E Enih of Second siStesk FRS
! Round-John r. Pratt beat L. Whter9ur
I by default: johnson beat Nicholt, = any s !
= sands eea, rahys by o ds'au'' De's'''N '''
! Third sixteen First Round-M. BaTthsz
piping Rock, beat J. r. RIPLEY fiRimf H SSs
/, by default; C. G. smith flplhg ~, ~ 81 ps""
G 1. Eddy Piping o RS'T heat T RAYMOND 7
. Iutie Piping Roek 3 and !, l.. \, .RipleN
[ Tining Rock beat j. y, Stearns, - Nassa'
: : nnp. 4 d Weeks. Jr, Piping Rock be-,
A9dGFsT FiG''hfryi p Hs''f Rock ' seat ~ "
e RSaPrnis Ss piping Rock. and =; IT,
, iadew. Piping Rock, beat H. W Ih3ms'
!, Pipng Rock, : and 0; X. T. Wa'ker r'p'"
e second Round Smith beat Bariaszh an
/. 1: Fuller beat Ripley ! up Weeks psS ,
Beaten Eisht Of n,n ThrS sy Si eta%it liz
/ Beat stearns, / and 3; Fletcher beat Bar
taZEi and 4; Brokaw beat Thomas, VI