New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-10
Returns a II in Testing
Round of Sleepy Hollow
Tournament.
PLAYERS OF ALL
AGES ON THE LINKS
Gardiner w. White Fails to
Qualify and Puts 1t Down
to Sad Putting"

Tournament regulars we're treated 20
a surprise at the outset OF the three
day invitation golf meeting on the
links Of the Sleepy Hollow Country
Club Yesterday. when Clifford A. Dun
ming. Of the Nassau Country Club. won
the prize in the eighteen-hole testing
round with score Of u.
When a member of the Williams Col
lege team a few years ago Dunnng
was looked upon as one of the most
promising amateurs from the metropol-
tan district. but. like many others.
since getting into business his golf has
been neglected
Being a stranger TO the links. Dun
ming was agreeably surprised at MS
showing. At the finish he remarked:
"The greens looked good to me, only a
trife faster than those at Nassau, ana
had little difficulty in laying the APP
proach puts dead. On no green did
take more than two puts"
After going out in SO. the Nassau
golfer began the long homeward jour,
ney indiirerently with 6. He played
steadily thereafter until going to the
last hole. when he got ounkered on his
second shot His card was as fellows:
e. \. Cunning Nassau Country club:
2 {" "...........1i : : : : : 3 Gi-77
During the early hours the best cara
was an so. returned by John \. Stearns,
Sd, CT Princeton. Lapses at the first
and seventh holes prevented him from
going out better than 40. He came
back in the same figures. however. and
this represented good golf, for the IN
ward yardage totals 1915.
bot of
handed golfers are as scarce as white
crows, those who play the so-called
wrong way do occasionally Dob up. SO
it was when ". F. Purcell. OF the New
York Golf Club, finished third on the
list with an 81. The best part of his
golf was 80 for the inward half.
1t was a rearranged Sleepy Hollow
that visiting golfers enjoyed. Since
last season it was deemed advisable to
start from what was formerly the
sixteenth tee. which makes the original
first, second and third the fourth. fifth
and sixth holes, with the finish at the
old fifteenth
"This is a fine course and will be
better" observed G.. B. Adams, a mem
ber of both the National Links and the
Ekwanok Country Club. Even now 1t
has some of the prettiest holes | have
ever seen"
One of those referred TO by Adams
was the short thirteenth. Standing on
the tee looking down through vista
the golfer sees the peaceful waters Of
the Hudson spread out in the distance.
Leaving the picturesque out of the
que stion. the hole for l40 yarder IS
one of the hardest TO be found any
where. Immediately IN front is deep
sand trap, which extends round on
either side, while beyond the ground
drops away suddenly, so that anything
save a faultlessly played tee shot be-
comes penalized.
Golfers of all ages were there. from
boys i'm their teens TO gray haired
grandfathers. Among the starters was
Horace Hotchkiss. Of Apawamls, one
of the founders of the annual seniors
tournament. 81 hope you do not think
/ came here expecting to win a prize
remarked the veteran. Later AT the
"ninetcen,h" hole Hotchkiss remarked
with a good natured sigh; "l'm afraid
these hills are too much for me-"
Max r. Marston. the Baltusrol long
driver. declared he never saw a course
with so many blind holes. The greens
also puzzled him. but even so. the
former intersch elastic title holder re-
turned an 81, 5he same score that was
credited TO r. VI. Lewis, of Ridgefield,
Conn. and f. W. Dyer, of Montclalr.
Philip Carter. the new metropolitan
junior champion. needed SO, as did
Dwight Partridge. of Bedford. This
was a stroke more than the effort of
Perez R. Pyne. I'd, of Princeton. One
of the calamitics of the day was the
failure Of Gardiner W. White to
qualify in the first sixteen. his score
Of So placing nim stroke outside the
cnyied circle. "Sad putting was the
Flushing golfers answer when asked
for particulars.
Because of the unexpected crush of
PLAYERS the committee added cup for
fifth sixteen. and so as to avoid any
confusion to-day starting times have
been set for all divisions as follows:
Fifth sXt.en. o'clock; fourth sixteen.
s:d5; first sixteen. $50; second SIX
teen. 10:15: third sixteen. II o'clock.
The scores were as follows:
FIRST SINTEEN.
cat. In. IT,