New-York tribune., 1916-06-25
Staten Island Champion
Wins Chief Cup in In
vitaton Tourney.
TOM BOYD, THE PRO,
PLEASED WITH PUPIL
Sweeny and Perry Both Fall Vic
tins TO Brilliant Play of
Island Star.
By FRED HAWTHORNE.

Staten Island champion, had won the
chief cup in the annual invitation tour
nament Of the Fox Hills Golf Club by
defeating c. T. Sweeny, North Jersey.
in the final round. that the island
champion was supreme. or almost so.
on his home course. Hammer Climi-
mated A. c. Perry. a club mate, liz the
morning round by . up and 70 play.
and defeated Sweeny by a margin of
up and . 70 play.
For a number of years now Hammer
has been winning the club champion
ship and the Staten Island title. having
succeeded TO the place formerly occu-
pied by Bert T. Allen. On Friday,
against Frank Barton. Hammer COM
pleted the eighteen holes in a record
breaking 20, so the gallery that trooped
over the hills after the finalists yes
tcrday was prepared for almost any
thing in the scoring line.
One Of the most pleased persons
about the clubhouse after Hammers
double victory was Tom Boyd, the pro-
fessional IL was Tom who persuaded
The club champion TO change his grip
20 the overlapping variety. and while
az first Hammer found a little difficulty
with the new hold, he finally gained
sufficient confidence 70 send his shots
out with his accustomed freedom. Once
this was accomplished Hammer began
20 improve in his game, and Boyd does
not believe he has reached his great
est heights yet.
Hits Terrific Ball.
Against Perry. in the semi-frcls
Hammer played better golf than he did
when opposed TO Sweeny. his medal
score in the morning reading =, while
in the afternoon he was going at ubCut
an S0-clip. Perry, a sturdy, broad
shou.dered individual. who formerly
did most Of his playing in the West
hits a terrific ball with his wooden
clubs. and is liable at any time to tear
of a round in the low 70s.
He was erratic yesterday. however,
and Hammer was always ready 10 take
advantage of any openings his )p-
ponent left for him. Perry lost the
first hole. after falling short on his
second shot, and the next hole was
halved in par figures. On the third
green Hammer ran down long mutt
for three. and a win, and then Jook
the long fourth, aided by a splendid
recovery with his iron.
His drive had left the club cham
pion's ball dangerously close TO he
fence. with hardly room for a full
backward swing, but Hammer lifted L
ont cleanly and won the hole in s TO 7.
after Perry had become involved in
difficulties with a deep trap. The lat
ter became 4 down by getting into an
other trap on the fifth. but when IL
came 10 the 557-yard sixth, where dis
tance counted, Perry did notable work
With a beautiful drive and then a
wonderful brassie shot that lew for
fully 240 yards before il came 20 earth,
Hammers opponent laid his ball almost
up to the green and ran down his putt
for a 4, one stroke under par. The
next was halved and then Hammer was
4 up once more by winning the eighth
IN par 3. He turned for home with
that advantage, the ninth being halved
A Wonderful Brassie.
The match ended on the fourteenth,
after hammer had won the thirteenth
bv jumping a stymie with his niblick.
On this hole Perry got off another
wonderful brassie shot, the ball sail
ing high over the yawning valley in
front Of the green, but finally landing
in the rough.
The fourteenth was halved in par 4,
giving Hammer the match by and 4.
but the bye holes were played out. the
winner getting d II. On the sixteenth
green he scored a brilliant 2 through
the medium of a twenty-hve-fo putt.
Sweeny started badly against VI. B.
Kaesche, of Ridgewood, but managed
to draw even at the turn. A long putt
al the fifteenth for gave Sweeny
that hole, and the match ended on the
short sixteenth after Kaesche's tee shot
had landed his ball in one OF the traps.
In the final match Hammer dropped
the first hole. after getting IN trouble
on his second shot. Both just missed
sinking their puts for 3 on the 421-
ward second and the match was
squared on the third. when hammer
got his par TO his opponents .. The
rext thrte holes were halved, but the
Fox Hills champion became up by
winning the seventh and eighth in par
figures. Sweeny took the ninth in TO
3. AMI Hammer started the inward
Journey with a one-hole advantage He
had gone out IN a., to Sweeny's 43, and
the match looked at this stage as
though 10 would be close one
From then on, however, the North
Jersey golfer fell off badly, being un-
able 20 take advantage Of the slips
made by his opponent He had several
opportunities OF cutting down the lead
hammer held. but fell down on easy
puts and suffered period of wildness
with his wooden clubs.
On the tenth Sweeny's drive left his
ball on the drain pipe, and he was per-
mitted 10 lift it and drop it again. Even
this did him no good, as he fubbed
with his iron. Hammer made no mis-
takes and laid his second to the edge
Of the ground. A long putt left his
ball within two inches Of the cup, and
he won in 4 to for Sweeny, making
him up.
Goats on Greens.
a more than one hole in the course
OF tLI. match the famous Fox Hills
goats r.azed about on the fairways and
the greens The opportunity was too
much for one Of the galleryites, who
told his neighbor that If one of the
balls should be stymied by a young
coat the player would have 10 play over
the animals back.
you know" he remarked with an air
Of superiority, growing things cannot
be moved
Sweenv's drive at the eleventh was
hooked badly and the ball landed on
the side Of a hillock in the long grass.
Hammer did little better topping his
drive and getting in trouble all the
way, so that Sweeny was able TO get
halve in g.
on the twelfth Hammers tee shot
landed his ball IN a trap. after sailing
.N.