The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26
STEARNS TURNS HOOK
TO PRONOUNCED SLICE
Practice nj Lunch Time Alters
Fault Into One That Does
Quite as Much Harm.
WORTHINGTON THE VICTOR
A. +. Hammer Goes Like Cy-
clone in Winning Final Of
Reaten Eight.

SHAW SEE-oS-DELAwApE Pa. July rs
In beating J. y, Stearns 3d. champion Of
the Nassau Country Club. IN the final
round for the lockwood trophy here t.
day Reginald = Worthington Of Shawnee
did what was expected OF him. However
the margin Of his victory. 6 I'm and 10
play. was wider than had been antlcl-
patcd
StcarnS was 3 down To worthlngtCu at
the noon hour. owing to a vicious pull I'm
his drive. During tho noon hour he cor
rectcd the fault too we'll and developed n
slice that lost him TWO out of tho first four
holes played. lie then halvvd the NTH
and Tn" sixth, the latter with the aid OF
stymc on the lip of the cup. and won the
sevc.th when his opponent sliced his drive
into rough great brassic second on the
i65 yard ninth hole put Worthington pin
high on the green. while on the like
Stearns was In the rough yards shy of tho
green. Stearus was out in 40 and Worth
ington in ~, the latter being up at the
turn.
Although the shawnee man was in rough
three times On the sos yard tenth. he
halved the hole in g. as Stearns's straight
play failed To- get him ON In 3. better
approach gave Stearus the eleventh hole,
but he lost the short twelfth when his iron
WoIthngton lay only six feet away from
the cup. .stearns lost the thirteenth and
the match after getting off a fine drive by
81 ding his second out of bounds near the
green.
\ runaway broucho had nothing on A.
r. Hammer in his thirty-six hole final
In the beaten .ght against G. Il. cal
vert. Aronimink. After being up at
noon the Staten Islander had an orgy
OF stymies. laying four against hts man.
besides playing brilliant game. He
won by S up and i to play. In his
morning round Hammer had a II and
played out the bye holes in the after
noon, scoring "A IS Hammer was NIT
ting them far and straight and those who
saw him play said no finer wooden play
had been seen In the tournament
While old Nassau went down to de-
feat In tho championship division. II came
up smiling In the second division. where
Clifford \. Cunning vanquished II. clark
Corkran of Baltimore. This was n ham
mer and ,ongs AFFAIR from start to hnish,
the Ratimorcan getting OF very long
tee ball hut not being sure on his sec
onds
Quite notable victory was that ~
j. T. Mcehan. Jr. in the final round OF
the hfth sixteen. Young Meehan OF
North HIS. who H. only ) years of age
defeated H. Ohashi OF Englewood, up
!
First SiXtecn-Finn round-R. =. worth
ington. Shawnee beat j. y. Stesrns 3D.
Nassau. and D.
Beaten Eight-tfnal rpurd--A. j. KAN
mer Fox INNS, beat g. u. Calvert Arono-
mink and Il. . -
/ second sixteen SEMI final round--D. c
Corkrnn. Baltimore. beat II. 7. Allen. Fox
ms. and ., e. A. Dunnlng, Nassau beat
b IL u. Newton, FRANKFORT 3 and ::
Final Rouul-puuning beat torkrar. up
Beaten EiFht--Seml -hnal round II.
Houlton, Whitenarsh. beat ". r. supple =.
BaIn up. Clarence Martin, HaVistock,
beat : All"n. Midland, up.
! Final Round-Martin beat IIoulton. ] up.
Third Sivteen-Seni Anal round-R. =.
| McNeelcy Merton, beat T.. II. FILTER ,phila-
, delphia Country club. ana q W. {.
stevens. ST Andrews. beat \. NJ. Ehret
Final Round-s,evens beat McNeeley. 6
! and :. , ,,,.
/ carr Forest nm. beat +. Il Soliwede Canoe
/ Brook. ? and :; J. T.. Baton. Montclalr'
beat !. \. siaitery. Whitemarsh, and l.
/ Final Round---O'arr beat BHtten. up,
Fifth sixteen -- Semi anal round - II.
ohashi Englewood. beat G. A.: Edger,on,
! unattached, and 3. J. Franklin Meehan,
| Jr. North Hills. beat A. f. Akin. Montclair'
Final Round-Mcehan beat ohasht. and /.