New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-30
FORMER CADDIE
SEMI-FINALIST
IN GOLF ROUND
WOOtten Defeats Lewis in
Open Tournament at
Atlantic City.
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Atlantic City. Oct. 29.-Thoma, B.
Wootten. former caddie here, upset
ono of the metropolitan favorltes when
he defeated Reginald NJ. Lewis, Of
Wykagyl. In the second round of the
open golf tournament on the links Of
the Country Club of Atlantic City this
afternoon. Lewis, after tieing Max
Marston for the medal yesterday and
defeating Hugh Willoughby. the Phila-
delphia champion, in the first round to-
day, was fanciet By many to reach the
final. Weak putting proved his down
fall.
On the other hand. Mnrston, by main
tanning the same fine brand OF golf that
has marked most of his work this sea-
son, won both his matches, as did
James c. Parrish, jr., the Sh!nnecock
man, who won the chief cup here IN tho
spring. The other survivor in the main
division was Harold A. Steiner, OF In
wood. who eliminated Maurice Risley in
q rather sensational match carried 20
the twentieth green. As a result, Woot-
ten will meet Steiner and Marston will
take on Parrish in the semi-hnal round
tomorrow.
balls oF the tees in their match. As
far as the Wykagyl golfer was con
cerned. however, fine length with his
wooden clubs was discounted by indif-
ferent putting. ~ threw strokes away
on nearly every green going out" re-
marked Lewis at the finish. His best
hole was the fourteenth, where he
reached the green on his second shot
and sunk a 15-footer for a three. Tho
hole Is 495 yards.
Marston began the day by defeating
r. c. Maxwell, Of Trenton. So fast
did the New Jersey title holder travel
that he reached the turn in 81, despite
q al the sixth hole, where he topped
n drive 10 the bunker and took two
shots 70 get out. He faced the home
ward Journey up, but growing n
trife slack for a time, he lost three
of the next four holes. Marston won
the fourteenth In four, and the NJ
teenth in three.
Against T. P. Endicott in the after
noon Marston went out in 80, but even
so stood only 2 up, ss the Atlantic
City man, although wild Mt times had
saved himself By a deadly short game.
After he had won the match at the
fifteenth, Marston played on. getting
n II. The card was as follows:
2a'.......:.. :lSi3sS IS: IS
o. t'.c'.''' 1885 81 ,i-,.
The finish Of the Steiner Risley
match furnished the thrills of the day.
Going TO the sixteenth Risley stood
up. lie drove that green, a matter OF
23s yards, and Steiner reached the edge
on his tee shot. Playing the odd, the
Inwood golfer ran up so closely that
his ball practically hung on the Up OF
the cup. There was danger OF Risley
knocking his opponents ball into the
hole, but instead Of playing safe he
putted boldly and actually. ran down
the l5-footer for a ,, thereby winning
the hole and becoming dormie.
All he needed was a half then, but
he took three puts at the seventeenth,
losing there, and again missed his Try
for a at the home hole. That left the
pair all square, and meant an extra
hole. Both got round in "a. They
halved the nineteenth. but ut the TWEEN
tieth Steiner won with a 4. His oppo-
nent laid him a dead stymie there, but
the Inwood golfer jumped the ball with
his niblick
G. NJ. Church, the Princeton lawn
tennis PLAYER. who is taking part in his
first golf tournament, was defeated In
the first round in the third sixteen.
That threw him in the beaten eight. II
want 20 win just one match before
leaving here" laughingly observed
Church. He got his wish in the after
noon.
Davidson Herrow, the Princeton
champion. will be here tomorrow to
compete in the handicap.
First sixteen lfrst round. IT b "ooiteh. -
lantic CTS beat Pierre 4 Proal. Deal up end J
70 PLAY. Reginald Lwis. WkayL beat hu.h
wil1ughby. philadelphia Coun,fy. up. hafold g.. y.
steiner Inuood. beat ?. n Mccall. Atlantic Clty'
CrlanelI. Prncet0a / ~: Max Il. Marston. BAL
tusrol heaf r. g MARVEL. Trenton 3 up and . 20
play. T T. Endicott. Atlantic City. beat Maurice
T i1Tss r. ssfanccosk bea, Randolph r. Lake.
Food / no. II " Wood. Old YORK Road. beat
Herao. smelly N Ms,is1' ,:. W I'D .nast,
play steiner bea, Risley up t2o ho;sl Mirs;o Sc,
bat Fnd.co,t Up and 10 play; Parrish beat
"I Bss,,n sl.ht. nrsi sixteen or, round)-wil.
S.at Grinlel. up 10 holesl MARVEL bss,
Jones s up and to play; Randolph beat snsdie'
Second Re ,reeh lirs, round,E F. Jones. WON.
ins Valley. beat r. " Bennett Ausn'ic ci,y. 4
Ci,y beat George J. Yourll FranEford. by default
W J. Mcfarland. Atlantic city. beat y.
Huston. s. Da'Id's' up and to pl~; ~; a; W.
3 W and ] 20 PLAY u. g. NeHion. franh9rl.
heat Z. s. Davis. ffanMort. 5 up and 10 play
s,.nton. up and 10 play. Harold Palmer Bon
An bsat A v Wesiney. Atlantic CITY / 40;
; Boxing AFonimink beat ". j. craS A.
se'ond round Sen,eman hea, z T. Jones ~
and 3 70 play Brand beat Mel arland. up and
heat Pa I M