The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-21
BIRMINGHAM BEATS
GRAHAM WITH EASE
Steady Play Enables Wykagyl
Golfer to Win Apawamis
Invitation Tilt.
MARGIN + UP AND 3 TO GO
Greenwich Player Takes Only
Two Holes, Both Through
Rivals Poor shots.

RYE, n. Y, June 2o.--Playing a brand
or golf that made the spectators wish
that he were seen more often In ccmpc-
tit!on. T. V. Birmingham OF wvkaPyl de-
feated SAMUEL J. Graham Of Greenwich
by up and 9 TO play IN the final round
OF tie annual invitation tournament Of
the Apawam!s Club this afternoon. Br-
Iningham played on excellent and steady
game, doing little that vcrgtd on tho
brilliant but making few mistakes.
When the pal. get out this afternoon
good match vas anticipated. as Graham
was the medallis; on Thursday and Ber-
minghan had the distinction of having
played the hes; golf OF the tourney when
he beat Gardner W. White yesterday.
Then. too. h" was the runnerup here
year ago. none other than Jerome ID.
Travers keeping him on the list OF win
ners then.
or the fifteen holes that were played
only two were lost by Birmingham. ana
both were lost as "a result OF his own
poor shots rather than Grahams good
ones One OF these was the first, and a
sliced tee shot followed by a pulled bras
sey accounted for II. The only other
after being on the green In he tooN
three puts from point not more than
twelve feet from the cup.
The six holes won by the Wysakyl
golfer were duo in about equal M as
ure to his own good golf and 20 Graham's
poor game. All OF the seven hal'ed holes
were made In 4.
After dropping the frst hole Bermiig-
ham hslved the next three. A chance to
square the match AT last presented Itself
on the short fifth. where Graham's sliced
tee shot hit II tree and fell In tnc long
grass far short of the green. BerIning-
ham. who was safely ON from the tee
won the hole In to 4.
Bermingham went ahead on the sew
enth when Graham overran the green on
his second and was trapped. and when
the Greenwich golfer failed To- get his
par 9 on the eighth. the tail Wykagyl
man was up Then came the ninth.
on which Bermingham fell from grace,
and he turned for home only up The
cards for the nrst nine We're: Berming
ham, 81: Graham. 3s--excellent going.
Coming in Birmingham continued to
play steadily and had little trouble In
winning three of the next six holes. Ora
ham overapproached the eleventh green
and could not get back out Of the long
grass for his 4; he threw away the
thirteenth by trying to hole a long putt
for . and missing the cup on the
way back.
That made Birmingham up and
when ne won the fairly long fourteenth
In G TO Z. both playing indifrerently.
he was dormie 4. As an expiring effort
Graham made his best shot OF the day
at the ffteenth--an approach that curled
up to the pin in pretty fashion, but II
did him no real good. The hole was
halved In 4 and the match was over
The bye holes were played out. and Ber-
mingham made AN Appropriated 20. 1t
was AN excellent score. for the stiff wind
made the play more difficult than usual
The cards:
r. V. Birmingham wykagyl:
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Observation-Disclosures %................ .t.:ii. IS. .-..
Birmingham reached the final by heat
Ing l.. NJ. Richmond by ny and 3
TO play In the semi-fn round in the
morning. It was Bermlnghsms match
practically all OF the way and he was
not hard pressed to win.
Graham had different sort OF story
TO tell OF his semi -finnl against Max r.
Marston Of Baltusrol. When he holed out
on the fourteenth. Graham was dormie
4. but Marston refused to be beaten
by so wide a margin aud pun up n great
fight that carried the match to the home
green. Graham finally winning by up
Play In Ave siXteens and the beaten
eight OF the first sixteen was completed
this afternoon. and the usual handicap
was played. Max Marston won the gross
prize with rs, and thl net prize went
TO w. J.. Richard, st. Andrews, whose card
was 7e-s. n.
The course was In splendid condition
for the tourney, which was well managed
by George II. Barnes, chairman. and other
members OF tho club tournament commit
tee. The summaries:
First sixteen. Semi final Rounds. J.
wySasy pca, L. Up ~ RioimohS s'% oaksnG
Final Observation-Disclosures beat Graham.
Round--H' L. ,Downey, Apawsnis, beat Lee
sssS;cgk, Princeton. boat g, O. waldo,
Finai Rosnd--Psscoek beat powgey,, up
Wallace: ira Apawam!s. beat II. s Graves,
S1"t g 4 VICE ras ~ K:Tr an aHIa''0n
Final Round-Kerr beat Wallace. up.
TnirS s' Jf s.. ssm haw
Oakland. beat ". II. Ho!ston. Wykssyi 5
Final Round---Franklin beat comstock,
Fourth sixteen, s.m,.nna ,Reund=aH A,
w ykasyi. inp up; &. t. Watkins. Apnwamis.
beat e A spSnoSd siGrdeR CITY ! w; =,
Firth sixteen. sem!-nnal Round-zP, s.
Wykaryi, ! ard .: y NJ Mcsensmt, Duh Dun.
woodie; beat A. o. Richie. wykagyi / up
as holcs).
Frnal Eound--McMenamy beat MacLaush-
lin. and 9.
The Leading scores In the handicap:
". Z. Richards; =. Andrews. 7s-s, IL II
Webstsr ' &pawsm is SIT, "a; {. N. Pea.
cock, ApaSsgs, SIS =; Z. n. Rich
Kpswanis, ST., 75; G. NJ, Rcyea, wyRssyI.
s6-s. 70; G, $. Ludlow. Engiewood. sS-S
49, II. =. Graves. Apawamis, s3--6, II.
HnXING ON OLYMPIC earn