Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-22
OUIMET, IN BAD
FORM, LOSES TO
PRINCETON MAN
Despite His Fine Start, Ma
tional Amateur Champion
Fell a Victim to Grant B.
Peacock's Skill, 2 Up and
| to Play.

GREENWICH COUNTRY CLUB.
Greenwich, Conn, Sept. 22-Grant II
Peacock, of the Princeton golf team.
furnished a sensation in the first round
of match play in the invitation tourna-
ment of the Greenwich Country Club
today by defeating Francis Ouimet, of
Woodland, the national amateur cham
pion, by up and 1 to play When the
match started Ouimet said he felt the
heat keenly, but even so reeled off par
figures for the first three holes and got
two-hole advantage on the collegian.
The champion played a sensational
three on the 430-yard fifth hole, where
two good shots got the green, and a
six-foot putt brought his figure for the
hole two under par. This proved to be
his last win. He trimmed the cup on
the sixth for a five and took six so
that Peacock with a five won the hole
Three halves brought them to the turn
with Ouimet 3 up, going out in 81 to
PeacoCks 4O
Then the fireworks began Oumet de-
veloped pulling streak on hie tee shots
and lost his putting touch, so usually fine.
He was clearly off. The first hint of this
came al the tenth, where his tee shot
down the steep bank was bunkered. He
chpped out finely but missed the six-foot
putt for 61a. He was fortunate to get
half at the eleventh. for his tee shot
second through the trees gave him q
chance for ;, for Peacock's second had
been pulled to the left of the green.
\ i5-foot putt gave Peacock half in
the twelfth but a widely pulled drive at
the thirteenth cost Oumot the hole. The
ball came to rest in the eighth tee, and.
although the champion made a good
brassie, his third was to the right OF the
green. The match was now square, and
tie bright sun OF the titleholder was be-
ginning to be Clouded,
A superb on the 60O-yard fourteenth
won that hole for the Princeton man
His third shot was within two yards of
the pin. and he ran down the putt
Ouimet was bunkcrcd on his drive and
took four to reach the green. Peacock
won the fifteenth hole when Ouimets
tee shot was green shy, and he could
not get his three. Two halves in par
left Peacock the winner of the match by
up and l to play.
Good work You deserved to win for
you completely outplayed me-" said
ouimet, as he congratulated his con-
queror.
The cards were:
Out ',s.'....... 3 8 : : 4 80
Out o''.'.. ........... + 8 3 a-37
In S........... s : : 5 3 4 4-35-77
II, ............ 5 : 6 ! 4-4O-71
All of the other first division matches
were decided by comfortable margins
Max r. Marston, the medal winner, put
out Gardiner w. White by a and a
margin. Reginald NJ. Lewis of Ridgfield
won over W. W. Hoffman of the National
Links by and T.
The summary:
First 10. first round-Maxwell r. Marston,
Baltusrol beat Gardiner W. White, Flushing,
s up and 70 play: John G. Anderson, Brae,
burn beat ". V. Booth, Apwamis, up and
s to play: W. r. Slnons. Westhrooli, beat
Dwight Partridge, Bedford, ~ AMI 70
rlay; Reginald VI. Lewis. Rlgeheld, beat w.
". Hoffman. National Links, up and 8 10
play: Grant 3. PeaC0Ck. Princeton. beat Fran
els Oumet Woodland. = up and to play: w.
Parker Seelev, Weehurn beat q. b. Carhart,
Greenwich. up.
Oakland, 2 up and - play; Hamilton X.
Apawamis 3 M and TO play.
Second 1G, frst round-E l. Schoheld Jr.,
veeburn, beat oliver Perrin, National, ; ur
ana to play; Roswell F. Muudy Ardsley,
beat Calvert Truestale, Greenwich, l up: vii
liam II. Wallace. Jru Apawamls, beat W. d.
Macdonald. Wccnurn. l up; Henry kryn, Apa-
wants, beat Gaines Gwathmey, ApaNamis,
up 10 hoes) \. II. Johnson, Sleepy Hollow,
beat Robert Hunter. Weehurn up anu ! n
play: ]. : Gillespie, Wcehurn beat Wesley
NJ Olcr, Jr,. Apawamis : mp and to play;
Charles H. Brown. St. Andrews, beat J. r,
Buchanan Weehurn, . up and TO play; .,
G. ComstoCk Jr.. sleepy Hollow, heat V. =.
Longley National IN and ; 10 play.