New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-21
Topping Beats White
on the Golf Links

here. and laid his third less than three
feet from the pin a certain par L. buI
what can a man do when his opponent
does the impossible? That Is what
Topping did, for he holed a long, tricky
putt for a 3. and was now up. Inc
long eleventh was an easy par ior
the Greenwich golfer. and he stood .
up. with only seven holes TO GO:
Both reached the green on the snort
tenth from the tee. and then rematk-
able thing happened, for Topping, VINO
had been sinking all kinds ana coma,
tons Of puts, did not seem able 70 ma
the hole al all. and took three eputis
TO whites two, and the latter was
down.
On the thirteenth. over 500 yards
Topping's brassie shot came TO rest IN
a deep sandpit TO the left OF the green
and about forty feet from the hoie'
White had kept straight and was on the
far edge on his third. Just when the
gallery had conceded the hole 70 Car
diner however, Topping slsshed at the
ball with his niblick and sent II soar
ing aloft, 20 come to rest two ieet from
the hole. White ran his fourth up 10
within three feet. and then his oppo-
nent caused the gallery to gasp IN
establishment by running past the hole
on the like. Again he failed TO sink
the ball. and White won in TO and
was only down.
The fourteenth was halved in 4, and
on the next White held the advantage
20 the green, with Topping playing
tho odd a good thirty feet from the
cup. Gardiner ran his fourth Up 10
within two feet of the hole while Top
. l., i md cell
ten feet away. It was the critical point
Of the match, for White had TO win to
continue in the battle.
Biplane Over Links.
Topping knelt down to gauge the
putt, and as he gripped mis- club there
sounded faint buzzing overhead that
grew in volume every second. Top
ping glanced up sideways and saw what
everybody else was looking at. a bi
plane slipping swiftly through the air
southbound and about 200 feet up. The
solitary aviator leaned over the side
OF the aeroplane body. He was watch
ing for the putt that was to decide the
match, and after another momentary
pause Topping tapped the ball and sent
u home to the cup for a half and the
match.
The cards follow:
Topping
Out .........4 : - , . ( SIS
In ...........3
White
In ....."....4 3 3 3 3
Topping started ismatch against Dyer
by losing the first two holes, but squared
matters on the sixth with a long putt.
They ran along evenly after that until
the ninth, when Topping, who was
starting to strike his real speed. got
TO Dyer's 3. the latter missing a short
putt. Topping went out in SO TO Dyer's
80.
The tenth and eleventh both went to
the Greenwich player. but Dyer got
the thirteenth with par ,. Both found
the trap on the fourteenth. but Topping
recovered better and won IN a par 4,
standing 3 up. On the next two holes
Topping was short and in trouble, and
Dyer. with brace of As, took both. On
the seventeenth Dyer pulled to the
rough on his drive and dubbed his
second, but this third. which he had 20
hook around a tree, was a wonder and
reached the green. Topping required
three putss, and the hole was halved
in 6.
The home hole was halved in 8, Top
ping running down a long putt and
the match was his. The cards read:
Topping. so. and Dyer, 81.
The summaries follow:
FIRST sIXTEEN
semi final louud-Henry J. Topping Greenwich.
defeated Franklin X. Dyer Montclair ] NJ. Garll-
ner ". White. Flushing. defeated John NJ. Ward.
Final roand-Topplns defeated White. 4 up and
Beaten eight (ssmi-fnsl round)-A. w Brand
s. Andrews. won from n. C. Berner, Nassau by
default
Final round--wInism b. Rhett Garden City. de
fested Brand. Up and 10 play.
SECOND SIXTEEN.
Semi final round--Frederck Heursho-. Garden
City defeated ". +. Ladd. IT, RockawIy. up
; saa 70 Ks Msids bSanf u Garden CIV De
Tns round-Herreshon defeated Bourne up
'' '''' THIRD SIXTEEN.
semi-fnA round-P. S. P. Randolph. r. Lake
wood. DEBATED W. W Pell Cherry VALLEY. j up
C. u Brown. ST. Andrews defeated +. T. Turreil.
Morris County. up and 20 PLAY.
Final round-Brown defeated Randolph. ! up 90
'''' FOURTH SIXTEEN.
Semi final round. Inslee Blsir Tuxedo. de-
feaied A + Palmer Fox HIS. Up and 3 TO
play. J. NJ Greer. Garden CRY. won from A j.
Rsnney. Greenwich. By default, ION
Final round-Bsir defeated Greer. up 90
"V''''' FIFTH SIXTEEN.
semi-ansl round-Robert W Goele,. National
defeated H. b Miller. 81 Andrew / up; J. >
Keeler. Apawauis. defeated u. N. stewart Dun
Woodle, up and 10 play.
Final round-Kecler defeated Goelet 10.
EIGHTEEN HOLE HANDICAP.
Loading sco-es-sam Allison Atlantic CITY. s.
e-76. A A. Van Nrsnken. Cherry Fshey; So. II
& l. TIFFANY. Piping Rock. s9-S-Sl; MAJ II.
Rehr Baltusro S7-5-s2. r & HaIeneyer New
port qO-s-s2 Maxwell Il. Msrton' bsIust y1.
S5-2-s3; ". d. johnson. Garden C'y' 90
Martin W Llttle,on. Garden City. sj-s-So.