New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-06
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Far and Straight.

Far and Straight.
In his morning match with Case
Wootton drove far and straight from
almost every tee. When he did foozle
with the wood on the drive he almost
invariably made up for his sins by get
ting off low, space-eating brassies,
even when going against the wind.
Case in the latter stages OF the match
developed a wild streak with the wood
and was topping his tee shots con-
stantly. In spite of this, the two
played evenly throughout the entire
journey.
BY the time they had set foot upon
the ninth tee Case. who had been lay
ing up his short approaches with UNI
canny accuracy, held a lead Of 4 up.
Things looked dark for the Atlantic
City favorite, but right there Wootton
proved his fighting strain and pro-
Ceeded 20 cut down his opponents lead
by flashes of brilliancy. At the tenth,
a 2lO-yard stretch he drove TO within
eight feef Of the pin and then sank his
ball for = 2, Case being content with
a par 3.
From then on Wootton slowly cut
down Cases advantage, the Owasco
man taking extra puts on the four
teenth. fifteenth and sixteenth. By
getting a par 3 on this last hole WoOt-
ton forged into the lead by / up. The
seventeenth was halved in 5s. after
Case had got around a difficult stymie,
and on the long home hole the local
player stopped the agony by getting a
par 10 Cases 3, winning by up.
The news of Wootton's victory was
hailed with delight at the clubhouse.
Westney Springs Surprise.
at looks made TO order FOR Tommy.
now, there's nobody left to beat him."
was the general comment, for nobody
imagined that Westney would turn the
trick Of upsetting Wootton. The two
have played hundreds of rounds here on
the links. Wootton almost invariably
having the better Of the exchanges, but
this very fact contributed largely to
the latter's defeat, for he never could
settle down to work against Westney
until il was too late.
Going 70 the fourth, Westney became
l up by gobbling the 120-yard mashie
pitch 20 the green in a sizzling 2, one
below par. His tee shot left the ball
only two feet from the pin On the
565-yard fifth hole Wootton got into
trouble when he sliced his drive TO the
road on the right. Two more shOt5
were necessary before he was out Of
trouble again, while Westney, keeping
straight, scored 6 TO Woottons 7, and
was up.
Tommy cut this down by taking the
seventh and eighth in ) and 8, but
Westney finished l up on the outward
journey by recording a par on the
ninth. On the tenth, after sending his
tee shot over the green, Wootton got
his 8. and the match was once more all
square. The next hole also was his in
another par 3, and he stood l up.
Thereafter, for a time. Wootton re-
gained control of his driver and sent
the ball tearing down the fairways for
we'll over 2l0 yards; but, having mas
tered the wood, he began TO find trouble
with his irons, and became a victim Of
the aggrayatng habit Of looking up in
trying to play short approach shots.
Deadly Putting.
Westney, in the mean time, was vast
ing few strokes, and although Wootton
held an advantage of from ten to fifty
yards off the tee, his opponent was
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