The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-09
Home PLAYERS HAVE
JERSEYITES TO BEAT
survivor Between McAlpin and
Bchr to Play Travis
or Partridge.
RAIN CAUSES DEFAULTS
White Furnishes stiff Fight
for Max Bchr. Losing on
Twentieth Green.

GARDEN CRY, May S.-There was little
,,ioymen, in playing golf to-day. but the
,,rticipants IN the invitation tournament
AZ the Garden city Golf Club stuck Ia
,be,r tasks pretty well and completed two
match rounds in the wind and rain. As
VA to be expected. there was an I'M
usually large number OF defaults. but in
The first two sxteens only two golfers
withdrew, most of the backsliders being
IN the lower divisions.
As result OF the two rounds d. II.
McApn I'd, Morris County Max ii.
gehr. Batusrol: Dwight Partridge and
Walter j. Travis. Garden city. are the
,our Survivors of the first sixteen who
viii 20 into the semi-finals tomorrow
morning The two Jerseymen will meet
N the upper bracket while the two home
players are lighting IT out In the lower.
20 the final In the afternoon Is sure to
oe New Jersey against Long Island,
The best matches of the day came in
The first round this morning. for the
luck Of the draw had brought together
Max Behr and Gardner White In one
match and Walter J. Travis and Corne-
lius ], sullivan, the winner OF the medal
m the qualifying round. In another.
In his match against sullivan Travis
after being down at the seventh won
the eighth and ninth and turned for
nome | up Poor putting was mainly re-
sponsble for Sullivan's disadvantage.
coming in the Baltusrol golfer squared
the match with "A . at the short twelfth
. and 1t was still all square when they
drove of across the pond to the home
green. The "old man" placed his ball
on the green about twelve feet from the
pin but sullivan hooked his shot into one
II the deep traps and the match was
over owing 10 the rain and mud the
scoring was not especially low. Travis
getting an approyimated 80, with Sulli-
van two strokes higher.
Behr and White had a close match all
Of the way. and IL went two holes be-
yond the stipulated eighteen before the
former New Jersey champion succeeded
in winning. At the fourteenth they were
All square but as they faced the home
hole White was dormie. All he needed
10 do TO win the match was TO halve the
hole. but his iron shot narrowly escaped
falling into the pond and he took 4,
while Behr with a good tee shot to the
green. was holing out in the par 2. The
irst extra hole was halved in I. but on
the short second White slipped up, los
lng both the hole and the match.
In the afternoon, ali except one of the
first division matches were one sided. The
only close one was that between Meal
pin and Hugh Willoughby of Philadelphia,
which MCAlpin barely managed to win.
Both Travis and Behr won their matches
by up and to play, Travis beating
Charles Hitchcock OF Fox Hills. and Behr
disposing OF his clubmate. G. Il. Van
Week. Jr.. who had been expected to make
things a little more interesting for his
conoueror, The victory of Dwight Part
ridge was good deal OF a surprise. as
he eliminated Hamilton Kerr by the sub
stantial margin OF up and to play.
The summaries:
,.FiTr;, sis'esn, First Roands,-p, II; rMScAip,n
S e, ASTT cS1J' beat W,laav6 TsS"s Jr
FaiiaIs;ps!a Country bea, ". l. Richard.
s 81 And REV, Snd 4 NJ t,.b Ssnr Ban
70 ho.esj; G. T.. Van Week Jr, Baltusrol.
beat Maurice Molloy, Hun,ercomh, and 3
ss ksT nd EkHn2E qfs c ssien c fSh
'eat DR.. \. II. Wylle, Garden CITY. by de-
,aali; charles Hieheock; Fox mis-, beat
Travis, Garden ciiy, beat c. J. sullivan.
seeoqa Roahd-,MeAIPin beat winoafhby.
rage beat Kerr. and q Travis beat Hitch
Peaien Eight ~ FIRST sixteen. First
Bound -Thcm,on hel. Richard. by default.
"hiie beat Mouoy l up, Beach beat wylie.
second Si>tct.in'-iFir-t ro1ndIA Il. Ash.
erth Garden Guy. beat :, Plammer'
y PgS1namii ana A. = CowPerth IVA I.
Z. T. K.h 10y woodlsHd' beat " 6. +. Bfokaw
narden cry and J Il. Bush. Audubon
? i Pvnc "a Morris County, beat y. l..
Ge tores,i Lake~ooI' : ana >; i NJ Rhet,'
s' sgS c'E peat o. Itnssehc Arsqssa
!. " rareton. Oakland. . and 2 J. T.
i,ds, south shore. beat \. Embury, Engle-
Second. Round---Ashfor,h beat covper-
hs n.'i ana Bu,h beat ASHLEY; and 2.
Third sivt~en--First round--C. Z. Gsrdi-
ger D. Garden City, beat G. g. .Greenway.
sS T9 ry ' Ssa, q ana s,a Vii B. w Ays1
s1s g. 2rAfp%gGSr's,. rPPsGT M9g,slair
Foot NgsvPmi'i, SesS 7. KeTT. Maidstone:
I \ L,nrh Rocksway' ! and Z: G. A.
sponprd. Garden Hity, beat l.. NJ. Greer
G ,;sr4c, C.,y 10y default W. J. Mcconviile
iip1c Rock hy default.
seroHd Houna -dardiner beat AyerilL
,'n Foot aud =; Spoford beat Mcconville.
For-'h sIx'een. First Round-F. snare.
~ ProaL Rumson. beat r NJ Robert
,,2n. Parden Cly. . and /; c. =. Dixon, Jr.,
~, ! 4 SULLIVAN. sleepy Hollow, beat
t.. W HENDERSON: Knollwood, UP Ga
E Hro'N. Inc and i g. !. rappin, Garden
~ default J. q Mcmahon. Garden city.
yea, y Jennings, Kingston, and 3: =.
- smith. Garden city. beat I Blair, Nassau,
/ 10 30 holosp.
s""'Hi Round snare beat PROM. and 4;
nftn boat >tVlmau. ana 3 Tsppin beat
and Mcmahon beat Smith,
p.Fi' sixteen. First Round-G. Lord,
y l-G4'. " i,ar9. Gh Harden 'S INV i hesi
II sands Garden city. up; ID Mo
n o. Midland heat NJ NJ Singer, Mont
P, i"iau'M G. ~. Farley. Upper Mont
.rt' " Gwinne. Jr.. Arundel By
'.4.. II. Ottlc, Nassau' hear ". II
IL ~ ZEN C'M by default; r. & Lord.
" N' boa, II. l.. Thornell. GARDEN CITY.
f. ~ d y g rappan, Huntington beat
i. H. I''HIugs, Garden City, Z ami I. e. -
o. .'tf.' 49,. and ..
, a. found Hart beat g. I.ord. = and
W ,Nr.ar heat Farley. . and I Ottley
I n Lord / up, Tappsn beat Cleg-
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