New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-12
Lawrenceville Boy De-
featS Stearns by 2 Up
in Final Round. q
WINNER TO ENTER
PRINCETON IN FALL
Marston Beaten Through Poor
Driving-Gardner White
Takes Second Cup.

A new name found a place on the
scroll of tournament winners when
frank W. Dyer, of Montclair, defeated
John n. Stearns, Sd, in the final round
Of the invitation golf tournament on
the links of the Sleepy Hollow Country
Club Yesterday. Dyer won by up.
From the beginning, players OF the
Younger school had complete command
of the situation, for Clifford A. Dun
ming, the Nassau golfer who won the
medal in the testing round, was at
Williams few years ago. AS Tor the
winner of the tournament, 1t may De
said he recently completed his term at !
Lawrenceville and expects to enter
Princeton in the fall.
"Unlucky as usual" was the comment
of Max X. Marston. of Baltusrol, after ,
his match in the semi-nnal round
against Dyer. The former inter-
scholastic title holder went along stead
lily enough going out, so that the matcn
stood all square at the turn. Coming
in Msrston's long drives grew wild, and
as poor direction is severely penallzed
ar Sleepy Hollow. it wasn't long before
the Baitusrol golfer found his position
homeless. Dyer winning five of the -.
holes plaved. Even with his indifferent
driving Marston might have carried
the match further had he not missed
several rather short puts.
In the other semi-tnal tilt Stearns
ALWAYS looked like a winner over Wal
ter F. Purcell, the lefthander from tne
Now York Golf Club. As has been the
use throughout the tournament, the
greens contnued to prove puzzle. 10
ING out Purcell in addition to getting
bunkered several times, putted weakly.
with the result that he found himself
down at the halfway point.
At the twelfth Purcell stood down.
hut bv winning three of the next foVr
holes he had the Princetonian worried
Stearns finished 2 up with hne al
the long home hole.
Quite gallery kept Dyer ana
Stearns company as they fought 1t OUT
in the decisive match. OF the tee
the Montclair youth generally MADE
his opponent play the odd, but the
few Yards thus gained with WOOD
would not have been sufficient TO give
him a winning advantage had the otner
managed to grasp opportunities on
the greens. Several times Dyer went
wide on his approaches.
During the round two stymies,
both of which favored Dyer, played
a more or less prominent part Inc
first of these, on the third green, was
Stearns's own fault. Dyer laid HIM
the other stymie on the sixth green.
In the first instance Stearns lost the
hole. After halving the sixth the
Princeton player still stood up;
hut few moments later Dyer squared
accounts BY making what proved 70
be the sensational shot of the match:
The seventh hole is quarter OF
a mile long, and Dyer's second went
beyond the green. the ball coming to
rest on the top of one of the mounds;
From that awkward position he holed
the mashie shot for 3. Dyer went
out in thrty-nine and turned Tor
/ home ! up. -,
By winning the tenth and eleventh,
mainly because Of his opponents Wild
ness of the tee, Dyer secured a COM
handing lead Of up. AT the seven
teenth Stearns laid his approach dead
and won there with a 3. That LETT
DYER dormie going to the home hoie'
which he also won. The card was as
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