New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-12
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n the Qualifying Tour
ney Round.
GARDINER WHITE
FINISHES SECOND
o..,se Declared To Be Harder
than II Looks, Owing to
Lack of Markings.
Ry FRED HAWTHORNE.

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'ths G. Anderson. Of the Siwsnoy
,.,,,rv Club. Mount Vernon, led field
:. ,os golfers yesterday in the quail
go round Of the spring tournament
= ,hs Ardsley Club. at Ardsley-on-
v,.,on with card Of 49-35-77. Gar
49,, " White. Of Flushing, came
~. behind. with 40--Ss-7s. A. T.
n,isht Of the Rumson Country Club
8, bird with <O-S9-79.
n WAS only By d great comeback in
d. las, nine holes that Anderson. run
.,,.vp for the national title last year,
.,,,red to beat out White. who had
.-,rsS In his card an hour earlier.
I,,bis Reid. OF S. AndreNN, Of whom
-o,s vss expected, found the course
1,vord his ability, and had 70 be sat
49, with an Sc George T. Brokaw.
20 won the tournament Of the Uni
r,.,;,v Club Golf Association on
Wednesday, finished in fifth place, with
s. ,c,
czntland Rice, Of Englewood, came in
s6sr the wire in the same figures, SO.
vhiie X. L. Downey, Of Apawsmis,
turned in an ST.
What should prove the feature match
- the day viii take place this morn
rF. when Anderson and White pair of
8, match play. Anderson's card for the
eighteen holes reads:
o. - tsS IS
After the last card had been turned
/, ard 8 general opinion as 20 the quail
N Of the course was sought, the pre-
niling sentiment seemed 20 be that
ss psr OF ~ az Ardsley is a mighty
gis one, and that the test Is a far
-sre deeeiving one than casual inspec-
rsr would lead a man 10 believe.
Anderson said he found most OF his
rosble IN gsuging the distances be-
arse OF the lack of distinctive traps
.ifough the fairwsys and near the
rssns. Il was not until the young
sotehman had fFittered many useful
rits on the outward journey that he
asld estimate the speed Of the greens
;rreetly. Thereafter he was guilty Of
Few mistakes.
Three Shaky Puts.
But for three puts on the last hole
Anderson might have had a rs, even at
hat late stage OF the round. Starting
(om the eighteenth tee he was told
hat all he needed 20 win the qualifying
medal was a on the last hole. He
promptly proceeded TO take that many
strokes, although his second shot left
ns ball just shy Of the green. Three
pitts did the damage.
speaking OF putting. a word or two
~ 10 Anderson's work in this respect
and a brief description OF the weapon
iisN. might be Of interest. When the
Svsnoy golfer called for his putter on
10 first green the csddie yanked out
i,eskish looking tool with q wooden
lead, almost six inches in length. heeled
With a heavy brass plate and with
Sliced shaft. Il bore all the imprints
q such a weapon as our eolfng an
csstors might have used in bleak Scot
ard threescore years ago. and could
tTe been mistaken for a spoon without
e'sating any scandal.
"A Sweet Little Stick"
But John Of Siwanoy would not hear
anything detrimental spoken of his club.
'l, a sweet little stick" he said, and
declared he had found It the last time
~ went across the water"
Nevertheless, he seemed TO have all
nnds Of trouble at first in controlling
hs hoary old stick, and missed putt
after putt that should have found the
zap.
An extra putt on the first hole gave
hin .. On the second he trimmed the
cup for ?, and had 10 take one more.
Al The third and fourth he dropped
strokes through his inability TO find the
marx, and ended the first nine with q
on the last.
Anderson's driving left little 20 be
ossifed. As rule, his iron shots
through the fairways were straight and
hto good distance Several mistakes
IN approaching helped to pile up his
stroke total going out. and he was far
from satisfied But still he stuck 70 his
rlek putter.
Going Up hill 20 the tenth, the silva
roy king pin got his par four, and on
The next hole he got under par with
me three, aided by a wholesome putt
o. fully twenty feet.
On the twelfth. over the pond snd mp
70 the loftily perched green, Anderson's
crlVe struck a rock half way up che
MI and ricochetted back for City yards,
'nding BY the edge Of the brook. He
teovered we'll, but required three more
eo's before sinking his ball.
A Forty-FoOt Beauty.
On the short down hill pitch 10 TIE
sirteenth Anderson landed his tee shot
the left edge Of the green, and then
~ down a long, curling putt Of forty
.se', Even the blas6 caddy compli-
stnted him.
The Siwanoy man had 70 drive in the
leeih OF a gale going to the 990-yard |
sixteenth, and the wind brought the /
agh ball up short. Then came an
oher seintiilsting shot. With a bras /
re Anderson tore into the ball. clear /
.ag the yawning gully and q group Of 4
AIl trees hundred yards ahead and |
sylhg the ball on the edge Of the |
Teen, blind hole.
mere with q little chip mashle, he I
sno, boldly for the cup, and the ball /
, .iSa IN distance of fifty feet, in
giving the Siwanoy star one /
uhesI part for the hole.
ouli against the wind, Anderson got |
pay . on the seventeenth, and then |
Gus sixth. WV
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