The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-13
PIPING ROCK TO Be
HOST OF THIS WEEK
Invitation Tournament Be-
gins Thursday at Rela-
lively New Course.
COLLEGES STILL AT 1T

Even though the national champion
ship Il a thing OF the past the com-
petitive season Is by no means over
for the golfers of the metropolitan
district. The Rumson Country Club
began the post championship series 'of
invitation tournaments last week In
successful fashion. n this week Is
the turn OF the Piping Rock Club.
It is probable that a large number OF
golfers will be on hand when play be-
gins at Locust Valley on Thursday for
although the Piping Rock course Is a
comparatively new one the clubs invi-
tadon tournaments have attracted fields
that were good in both quantity and
quanty. Last years tournament was
won by Archie Reid. who defeated Max
Marston In one ofNthe best played finals
Of the year.
The tourney this week, rs Usual, will
last three days. and 1t Is probable that
the number Of slxteens will DO deter
mined by the number of golfers who
hand In scores In the qualifying round
on Thursday.
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The college golfers at Greenwich have
not vet finished their individual cham
pionship. for the series OF team matches
look up most OF last week and the
Individual tourney was not begun until
Friday.
The semi-nnal round will be played to-
day and will be at thirty-six holes
+. r. Blossom and l.. L. Bredin. both
Of Yale, meeting In one match. while
49, -Aah 90 NAtlltnNna and Grant
Peacock of Princeton are playing against
each other In the second match. h
nnal between the two golfers who are
victorious to-day will be played to-
morrow, and also will be at thirty-six
holes.
Edwin wild's easy victory IN the
Rumson Country Clubs last
week helps to prove that the golfor who
plays only on week ends can win now
and then after all. Robert A Gardner,
the new national champion. has been a
week end golfer for the last two or three
years. and yet at Detroit he outplayed
a field composed Of men who have many
more opportunities TO play than he now
enjoys.
Gardner managed to get a months
~yacation this year and spent the three
weeks before the championship In play
ing golf, the first chance he had had TO
do such a thing in four or Ave years.
II helped him to put the final polish on
his game and was just about long
enough to prepare him thoroughly for
the battle for the title.
Another thing hat aided Gardner in
his successful effort to regain the title
which he held sic years ago was a slight
change in his grip which he made at the
beginning OF the present season. lie
now uses an overlapping grip for all
his shots and gets much better results
han he used to get. When the cham
pionship began he was we'll satisfied
with his wooden shots, and he had good
reason to be pleased with them, but COM
planned that he had not obtained control
was over. however. he was playing his
great half iron shot in faultless style
and was decidedly happy to find that
his fayorit stroke was In working order
again.
Mrs. Clarence H. Vanderbeck, the new
holder OF the women's tic title.
qualified for the championship for the
first time as far back as 1909. Al that
round. but, refusing to be discouraged,
kept right on improving her game until
she reached the highest honor that she
IA gain on this side OF the Atlantic.
Leading the field In the qualifying round
on Monday and winning the title on
Saturday form an achievement of which