The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-30
MILWAINE AT TOP
IN JUNIOR TOURNEY
Wins Medal in Qualifying
Round and Takes First
Match Easily.
CARTER ALSO PLAYS WE'LL

GARDEN CITY, L. l., June 29.-Archie
Mcllwaine. National. just back from
Yale. where he has completed his fresh
man year. led the field this morning in
the qualifying round of the Metropolitan
junior championship. played on the diff
cult links of the Garden city Golf Club.
\ high wind added To the difficulties of
the course. and Mcllwainc's winning
score was an 80, equally divided between
the first n second mines. The FIRST
match round was played this afternoon
and the four semi-finalists In the first
eight, or championship division. are
Howard ". Maxwell, Jr., Nassau. and
Reginald M. Lewis. Wykagyl. In the
upper bracket. and McIlwaine and Philip
Carter, Nassau. the defending champion.
in the lower.
A field OF thirty-two young golfers
played In the qualifying round. and Car
ter was expected by most OF them to
win the medal. lie played with Nc
llwaine and 1t did not take long to dis
cover that Carter would have to forego
the honor Of placing his name at the top
of the list. Neither was playing espe-
cially good golf. but Carter's putting cost
him many strokes and he took As to
reach the turn. Mcllwaine In the mean
time was steady and, getting nothing
lower han a 4 and nothing higher than
n 3, was out in 40. lie played much the
same kin OF golf coming In, but varied
the nonotony by taking a 6 for the
rather long thirteenth. which was played
In the teeth of the win to-day. He
finished with "A 4 on the home green by
taking three puts. His card:
Archie McIlwaine. NATIONAL.
21''.: s-;c-so
Carter, after his Indifferent outgoing
$500. t..- 80. ILL., h ,,,tA
ConNng In. and his score for the last
nine holes was 3S. His total of SO put
him in second place.
Although only eight qualified for
the championship, there was a margin of
twelve strokes between the leading score
and the so which proved to be the
highest score in the first eight. As
there were no ties to be decided I'm
making up any OF the four Fights. and
Il. Mortimer Barnes, secretary of the
Metropolitan Golf Association. who was
in charge OF the tourney. lost 10 time
in making the draw and getting the
first round under way in all four
eighfs.
In the championship set the first
round was uneventful. and not even the
suggestion of an upset occurred. Car
ter's antagonist was Vincent Hilton OF
Greenwich. who was the runnerup q
year ago. Up to the turn everythins
went Carriers way, and he was 4 up at
the ninth. Then Hilton began to play
golf, and with Carriers assistance or
one hole. where the champion knocked
his ball in for a win he gradually cui
down the big lead, until at the six
,eenth Carter vas ,lly ! up. The
title holder settled II on the next green
however. winning the hole and with II
the match by 9 up and 1 to play.
Two Of the three other first d.
vision matches went TO the seventeenth
green. After being dormie two. Regi.
nald Lewis beat Eugene +. Stevens OF
st. Andrews at that point by 3 up
and I to play, and Howard w. Max
well, Jr., Of Nassau. beat Roger Jones
OF Canoe Brook in exactly the same
way. McIlwaine won the fourth match
by a much bigger margin. beating A.
Gordon Whitman OF Manhattan by
up and 3 to play.
After all the first round matches
were in there was a driving contes,
from the third tee, which was won by
Richard Haight of Wykagyl. Each
contestant was permitted to make three
drives, and Hsight's winning total was
1853 yards l foot. a. @. Whitman won
the second prize with f3S yards. The
summary:
Championship division:
Name and Club. Out. In. TIL
Archie Mcllwsine. National....40 40 so
PHILIP v q. Carter, Nassau....45 IS SO
4. Gordon Whitman. .Msnhattan.45 q 81
Reginald NJ. Lewis. Wykagyl... t5 IS
vincent Hilton, Greenwich. .....3 Il 80
Roger Jones, Canoe Brook ......47 a 90
Eugene c. Stevens, st. Andrews.47 IS Q.
Second Eight-Richard A. Haight. Mas
sapeaua. 80; a. l.. Person, Jr.. Montelair.
%; Earl ID. Mcmillan. Scottish American.
80: Alden blanchard. Brooklawn. IS:
Devereux Emmet. Jr:. Nassau. IS: Harold
Mahon,, Sleepy Hollow. SO; Marshall W.
Hettrick, Deal. 80.
Third Elght-George s. Billings. unat-
,sched. lo3; Alan .Egsers. Baltusrol. lo4;
W. Timpson, R~ocksway, 100; Ensign Conk-
lin.. scarsdale. 100; Alan Putnam. SHINE
cock. los; +. w, Arnold, Jr.. Montclalr.
ioL; John D: Beals. ,Jr, wykasyl. lO7,
attached. Is. 53-lO9; Walter Mendeisohn,
Fairyiew. 80. Sill; Harold Matthews.
Flushing. %. 60-ll5 Louis Werner. -Jr,.
burg, unattached. SO, e2-11s; Monroe
siegel, Woodmere. 81, 67-l2s.
Championship Division. First Round
stevens, 3 and /; McIlwaine beat Whit
ham, 4 and 8; Carter beat Hilton. 2 and /.
Second Eight. First Round-Downey
Ssst Haight. up; Blanchard beat Nc
Third Eight. First Round-Eggers bea,
Timpson, : and 4; Conklin beat Billings:
and Z; Arnold beat obendoerfer. 2 and
heat Mendelsohn, 8 and 8: Werner beat
BoNney' ! up az hoIesl siesel bes!