New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-06
KIRKBY CLOSE TO
JERSEY GOLF TITLE
Risley Only Player to Stand
Between Him and Second
Crown of Links.
VAN VLECK BEATEN
IN MORNING ROUND
d. p. Douglas Gives Metropolitan
Champion a Scare Before
Acknowledging Defeat.

In his quest of another title within tho
short space Of two weeks Oswald Kirkby,
OF Englewood, worked his way to the
final round Of the New Jersey State Coli
Association championship tournament on
the links OF the Morris County Golf Club
yesterday He will meet Maurice Risley.
OF Atlantic City. at thirty-six holes, to-
day
Kirkby once won the Jersey title. and
recently over his home course gained the
metropolitan crown. but thus far he has
never held both championships at the
same time. On the other hand. Risley
has for several years been regarded as
the most promising of the Atlantic CITY
players. He learned the game as a cadde
on the course by the sea.
Because of his low score In the medal
round Charles T.. Van Week. jr.. OF Bal
tusrol, looked like possibility to win the
tournament, but the former Yale baseball
pitcher had his hopes dashed by Risley
in the morning. Although not nearly go
long off the tee as his opponent. Risley
more than made up for that with greater
steadiness.
A 4 at the ninth would have given Ris-
ley a SO out. but he took there ana
turned for home up, his opponent losing
the hole because OF wild second shot
that landed his bail in the hollow close 10
the tenth green. Van Weeks last chances
vanished with weak shots at the fifteenth
and sixteenth holes. Risley winning the
match by a and 2 margin. Finishing
the bye holes. the Atlantic City golfer
made the round in n.
Later Risley met with unexpected re-
sstance from w. d. Vanderpool. OF the
home club, who. as a Princeton student,
showed promise over the Morris County
course back in 1898, when he came within
an ace Of qualifying in the national anna
teur championship.
In the early stages OF the match II
didn't look as II the Morris County man
would make much OF a showing against
the South Jersey golfer, and the contest
was regarded as good as over when Nan-
derpool stood down with four holes TO
play The erstwhile secretary OF the Met
ropolitan Golf Association then won three
straight holes. thereby squaring the
match. They divided the home hole In
and the card showed that both had mace
the round in rs. They halved the first two
extra holes in As. but Vanderpooi lost the
next as a result Of poor drive.
Kirkby began the day in fine style by
going out in IS at the expense Of Devereux
Lord. of Haworth. That fast pace gave
the man from Englewood a comfortable
lead of up at the turn and the match
was only carried to the thirteenth green
Later Kirkby met a Tartar In ID. T.
Douglas. a Princeton student whose nome
organization is the Midlothian Country
Club near Chicago. Douglas plays In eH-
celIent form, and ii was probably fortu'
nate for Klrkby that the last named got
the lump by winning the first two holes
in as. Out in Ss. Kirkby faced the nome
ward tourney up. lie was only up at
the sixteenth, but as the two last hoies
we're halyed he won by the narrow margin
of single hole
on occasions during the match hirAoy
vas threatened with an attack VI
"reckitis"; in other words. hitting APP
p,oach shots on the neck of the mashie'
The card Of the Kirby-Dougias ma'en
fellows: