New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-15
MAX MARSTON
AND CARTER TO
FIGHT IT OUT
Former Makes a 10 Over
the Oakland Links, Aided
by Good Putting.
PYNE AND KERR GO
DOWN BEFORE CARTER
Junior Champion Pulls One OF
His Matches Out Of the Fire
on the Nineteenth Green.

WELDING n new putter with dexter
ity that would have done credit to q
Travis. Max r. Marston. the Baltusrol
Golf Club champion, fairly earned the
plaudits in tho invitation tournament
continued on the links Of the Oakland
COLI Club yesterday.
By winning two matches Marston1
worked his way 20 the final rouhu.
where he viii meet Philip Carter OK
the Nassau Country Club, az th.Ity SIX
holes to-day.
II scores made at match play could
be accepted Marston would no" be
credited with holding the Oakland rec
ord. for in his second round yesterday
he tore of 73, a stroke less than the
mark set By Francis OuImet, the ma
tioual champion, last week.
Marston's I3 PLACED a quletus on ny
aspirations Of Roy Webb, that carelul
representative Of the Fnglcwood 'oun-
trv Club. who 10 the national champion
ship ut Manchester last year got mo
the semi-fnal round Thus Tar TINS
season Webb has played only Iour
times. and his game has been coming
on with each round ...-
Carter. the metropolitan JUNIOR
champion. had TO play his best ~ the
morning 20 take the measure or Iercy
L. Pvuc I'd. now at tho top Of his game.
Always a dcodiy pu,ter, Pyn' lVed up
TO his reputation IN this respect, ana
after bringing of a couple Of long
ones he had Carter holding MS hrealh
on every green. In defeating Pyne the
Nassau golfer made the circuit IN 30.
q D. u
Carter and Hamilton X. Kerr IN me
afternoon was worth going to Bayside
90 see. These players had kept To-
gctbcr most Of the way, and II was
case Of All square starting for the sew
cutecnth. After the approaches the
balls Law nicely on the green. Kerr be
ing a tribe nearer the flag. Playing
the odd, Carter trimmed the cup. heTr
lad 81 ffteeu-footer for a 3 and made
il. Carter admitted that as the DaI
oisappcared his heart missed beat
Il quickly got going again, however
for I'D the hill to the home mole,
matter of 2lS yards, the Nassau golfer
drove the green. With his back to the
wall. so to speak. it was nervy shot
and deservably enabled him 20 square
the match. -.
saved the day for the plucky Phi-p'
4 wee bit of a hook served its pur-
rose well. for the bali came 70 rest
hole high about twenty feet 10 the lett
Of The pin. The distance Of TINS mole
is 228 wards. Kerr practically eifaced
himself by driving into the bunker,
thus making it impossible for HIM to-
Get better than (. whereas Carter had
no trouble in running down for 3.
"That boy has got the nerve" re-
marked Willie Collins. the Oakland
professional. Watch him tomorrow.
To those who followed the Narston-
Webb match there was little indication
during the outward journey Of any
thing worth while. so far as contest
was concerned. for Webb lost four OF
the first five holes. lie did not have
quite the length of the tee as the tall
Baltusrol golfer. but the difference IN
vardage later worked little or no handi-
can. Webb is deadly with mis- irons
from almost any distance UP 70 loO
yards. and after the early STAGES Of
the match ho gave his opponent few
openings.
Narstou. By going out in 81, turned
for home up. and nothing happened
90 change this situation until " ebb
"stole" the thirteenth hole In 3, sink
ing long putt. At the 5s5-yard four
tenth the Englewood man fell a trihe
green shy on his third shot. and TAX
ing for the hole became 2 down
again.
From there on. in order to get a
halye Webb found il necessary to make
holes in par figures. lie slipped up
at the sixteenth and IL cost him the
match. They finished out the bye
holes. Marston getting the % previous
" mentioned.
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