The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-03

round or the annual United North and
south golf championship here this morn
ing After luncheon Guilford. New
Hampshire State champion at the age o,
~ and thrice winner OF that event since
that time. went down before nineteen.
year-old Fillmore X. Robson. tho Pawl
Ing school student, In a match Which
was carried to the twentieth green and
played in driving rainstorm.
Robert Hunter Of Wee Burn defeated
Walter J. Travis OF Garden City by
and ] In the morning. and with s and
defeat over T. w. Case OF Owasco In
the afternoon moves forward to meet
young Robson In tomorrow morning 4
semi final.
J. II. sullivan, Jr.. Of woodland dis
posed of r. s. worthington Of Shawnee
tho United titleholder. in the morning
and In tho afternoon he put young Phi
Carter of Nassau, generally regarded
as Ouimets most dangerous rival, out
OF the running. sullivan moves for
ward to play Henry J. Topping OF Green
witch, who won the United from Hamil.
ton X. Kerr Of Ekwanok in 1913. Kerr
lost this morning to young Robson
Toppings wins to-day were from II. IL
Gwaltney of Baltusrol In the morning
and I. s. Robson OF Oak Hill In the
afternoon.
In theh lower divisions the keenes,
match was a twenty hole win by Or
e. II. Gardner. the Rhode Island cham.
pion. from $, r. Wright. Jr., of Phils-
delphia In the afternoon. The storm re-
suited in many defaults.
Interest for the day naturally cen
tired In Guilfords victory over ouimet
Guilford made the turn In 81 to 40. 3 up.
winning the second. fourth. fifth. sixth
and eighth holes and losing the first and
the ninth. where Ouimet poked down a
2. Ouimet's undoing was his short
work. not alone his putting. but his
approaching. and the crisis of the out
ward journey II not the match was on
the seventh, Where Ouimet overap-
preached on his fourth and required 8
where he should have recorded s. as
Guilford was in trouble. with a short
drive and required four strokes to make
the green.
Guilford made the green Of the tenth
on his second and his third laid Ouimet
a styme. which cost the champion the
hole. TO T. Ouimet was in the rough
on the eleventh with "A pulled tee shot.
but he made the green on his second
and went down in two puts, duplicating
Guilfords T. The latter was beyond
the green on his second. The twelfth
was halved in 3, both players being short
on their second and third shots. OUT
teenth, where he was snug mp 10 the
green on his second. Guilfori's second
to "a trap costing him the hole. Gull
ford won the fourteenth In I through
u fine second, while Ouimet found pit
with his iron. Duim"t's last opportunity
was the fifteenth. where he overdrove
the green with Guilford hole high at
the left. Ouipiet lost "A stroke in COM
ing up and Gulford duplicated the per-
f..r B,s VA,
the hole was halved in I and this gave
the match to Guiiford 10y and 3.
Young Robson made the turn up
in his afternoon match with Gulford.
winning the first, third. sixth and ninth
holes and losing tho fourt.- and NTH.
where Guilford recorded a 3. two under
par The hole il >27 yards long Their
Gods at the turn were 80 and ~. Gull
ford squared the match with par Is on
the TENTH and eleventh, hut lost the
twelfth 10 3. Bracng. he won the thir-
tenth. fourteenth and fifteenth in 4, ).
for lead of up. Robeson took the
sixteenth In ) to reduce the lead and the
s~enteenth in I. where both players
were trapped on their irons from th>
tee, G.. ford was away and at the
front of the greco and he put too much
ginger into his stroke and overran the
green. still away he played n third
which was short. Robson was in a
pit at the right OF the green and got
"A good out, pushed his ball UP snug to
the hole and went down In for
win.
Guilford had every advantage on the
eighteenth. Robson pulled off the
course in the rough In his tee shot and
Gulford was straight down the alley.
Robeson's second made a pit at the
front OF the green, which Guilford over
ran. Robson lost a stroke In getting
tho ball into play and his fourth was at
the very edge Of the green, by very
fortunate chance close Ia the cup which
had been moved away from the centre
because of water. Guilfords third was
short and likewise his fourth, and both
missed puts which under normal green
conditions would have been easy finally
halving in s.
Some of the clubhouse gallery turned
out for the nineteenth hole in spite of the
storm which was coming stra ght down
the course with wicked swish. Gull
ford had a bit the better OF II at the
start, but Robescn recovered on the
journey down the course and saved the
hole for half in s. Guilford's tee
shot on the twentieth was his undong,
A sliced and topped ball so hit because
his club shandle slipped In his hands,
skidded some forty yards At right angles
and landed in the scrub oak. on his
second he was able TO make only
short pitch out into the foreground
rough. and his third was short and his
fourth overran, Robeson's tee shot was
a beauty, but his second was snort, and
likewise his third, hut he went down
in s at a distance OF about as many
inches, while Guilford was fortunate in
recording on an equally short putt.
Hunters win from Travis was on the
seventeenth green. where he ran down
"A for . up and to play victory.
Kerr had the hest OF 1t In the early
stages OF his morning match with Robe
son. hut he missed simple putt for
winning 2 on the seventeenth and Robdr
son won the eighteenth In DOGGY to
square the score and the nineteenth for
the match, s TO 6, Topping was 3 UP
AT the turn In his match with Gwaltney
and he halved the seventeenth for a
2 and ! win.
vans win from Carter would have been
sufficient excitement for one day, hut
II was completely lost in the shuttle. The
Woodland golfer made the turn up.
but the match was all square on the
eleventh. Sullivan was up again on
the thirteenth, but Carter reduced the
score with 2 on the fifteenth. sullivan
came back for a DOGGY win on the six
tenth and he took the match through
halving the seventeenth in I. DR. Gard
with Wright, won the last three holes to
tie, halved the nineteenth and took the
match with a winning on the TWEEN
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