The sun., 1916-09-27
TWO GREENWICH
GOLFERS SURVIVE
ON HOME LINKS
Graham and Topping Are Left
in Fight With Peacock
and MarstOn.
pIAYOFF FOR MEDAL
VICTORY FOR GRAHAM

GREENWICH. Conn. Sept. :s.-The
.Acm.breds" Jared reasonably well in the
Are, two rounds Of match play In the
,reen vich Country Clubs invitation
tournament to-day. for two OF them.
samuel J. Graham and Henry J. Topping.
cached the semi.hnal round Their two
,.,ow Sc ul-nnalists are Max Marston
o. Bal,us rol and Grant Peacock Of
Princeton. Tho draw, however. spoils
al chance " an al Greenwich hnal to-
morrow afternoon, for In the morning
,raham must play Topping in n match
While tho two visitors. Marston and
lencock. arc hehting 1t out in the other.
Whether Graham or Topping earned
lie most glory to-day was . pushing
~.aes,ion. As far as mere quantity was
.oncerncd Graham was the star. for he
10. only won his two matches. beating
Gardiner White IN the morning n c.
&. Comstock. Jr.. In the afternoon. but
lie also gathered in tho medal as the re-
.a, Of making a rs while playing with
White. Reginald NJ. Lewis and Hamil-
ION n. Kerr, the two others who tied for
ne medal yesterday. also kept their
sores in their morning matches. Kerr
taking 50 and Lewis picking up.
Topping Comes Home II 36.
Topping waited until this afternoon to
RAKE himself famous and almost waited
90 .ong a, that. lie had Kerr as his
opponent and as the result Ut some most
different soft found himself I down
4. the turn. 1t was not n pleasant posi-
ION - be In. so as he walked from this
an,h green to the tenth tee. answering
meanwhile the polite inquiries OF those
about the s~corcboard. Topping devised a
p.arsi 10 cxtricate himself. He put par
and Kerr IN the same class coming In
ard beat them both, par by one stroke
Jli Kerr by five holes. 1t was n great
uly and tic - for the inward journey
Vas by all odds the best golf Of tho day.
The match was squared at the four
'een'h, Topping won the sixteenth and
,he others were halved.
Gardiner White Mas not the only star
Mo was put out OF the running in the
morning for Reggie Lewis and Frank
Dyer also went down TO defeat. The
'cnaecticut and Westchester champion
vas doing some experimenting with a
oup'e 81 borrowed clubs and he dis
savered that while playing Max Marstor
experimenting was a poor plan. Marston
vas playing tne golf and o the match
BY . UP and 3 to play. Graham's "a
vas largely responsible for Whites
downfall, and Dyer was beaten by W
!arker Scelcy OF Brookiawn.
OF course The big match in the at.
''rnoon was the struggle between Ora
nam and Kerr for the other thrc,
matches lacked the thrill which Toppipe
provided for the gallery tina followed
lin. Constock proved an easy victim
'or Graham, the latter winning by 6 VI
and ) TO play. but the other two were
close.
Marston's opponent was Parker Seele,
ard the former Connecticut champion
put up q good fight which was car
Ied 10 the seventeenth green. wher,
MaTsion triumphed by . up and / 4
pay. The last match In was that be
,Heen Grant Peacock and Vincent II
hilton, tho tall young holder of tn,
metropolitan junior title. Hilton wa
not at his best and after a strusgl,
mat was close all OF the way. Peacock
Won Icy ? up and l to play.
-" NOaihSJ Will tIu tN MORROW n n
most Of tho stars will move on to Bos
ION for the Lesley Cup matches, which
''s to be played at Brooklino on Fri
say and Saturday. Topping. although
ue was named as q member Of tn
metropolitan team. probably will not b.
ao'e to play at Brookline. The sum
mar!es:
yflrst sixteen. First Round-Hamilton X
Ae'r; Gteenwich, beat NJ. l.. Fearey. Rich
;S.a TSSaA' Ss, ! npi Henry ). Topp,as'
and 5: {. q. com.tock' Sleepy DiHi oIio;~
eat Drew Fletcher. Nassau. and 1: San
" y G,ahsm, Greenwieh., beat Caroline
w99, BiitusrOl. bea, Reginald. W. Levi.
n,Gok'swn., beat Frank.w. Dyer. eMosi
e.s,,J, T. HusSard. hrooni.S s l'n" an,
Grant Peacock. Princeton. heat v. {
?Hs SsSs TMaiio9.l. , and i..,,.
,'rah.n, hcat. Comstcck. Z and 3; Marsto
"at Ssei.y. : and /. Peacock beat Hii,oI
beaten Eisht, Of FRS, Sixteen. Fir,
"a, f.eJ;hsr;" and 5: LEWIS S.s, Dye
.sosa n %s's T eiii I'H !esSdI ! Se
cSs,nw!ch. and I: Ellis Adams, .Esse
;Td i;E l. scohsla. Jr'. wee Burn. s..
ra.nn,sn, Green%ics. beat j.. s. Thomp.o1
,Iamps sHs c0a s.s,oI ! Up &C.. a. h'';:'' x b !
s Dstl' D. ! 'c e Z 8 Man, 4 n. s, Bella: S1'.n-isi
neos.. M.s "sTsa.'. ! H%. ."S !: :. s r. hd
snn si"snoy. beat L. L. -sprott. Brood
.seeoni round--Adams bea, Holmes,
D., stofieId heat Chapman, I and
nI' beat humphreys. /: and !; Carha
", Ho.!a,ier, 8 and s.