The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-16
AT APAWAMIS
RACE AGAINST XXI
Gardiner White Leads Field of More Than 100 in
T~hirty-six Hole Qualifying Round-Last Pairs
Finish in Evening Hours.

RYE. y. \. June l5.-rhe annual In
,itatiou tournament Of the Apa aamis
club began to-day. and III auhitious
golfers tried to play a thirty-six hole
qualifying round during the daylight
tours There were just enough with
drawdls at the end Of he morning round
to save the day for the men at the bot
tom of the list. All who wanted to wers
able to finish. but the last ten or twelve
pairs came In on The double quick in
groups of four. and i, lacked only ten
minutes Of : o'clock when the last putt
was holcd. \ bright June day would
have provided plenty OF light. bu, on
an overcloudcd day such as to-day. the
field was too big to play two medal
rounds.
Gardiner W. White. who has nearly
but not quite won the medal IN every
tournament he has entered this year.
came into his own to-day. and led the
field with a score of IS. 75-l53. The
IS in the morning was only one OF three
such performances, Reginald VI Lewis
and Harold l.. Downey making the other
two, and Henry Topping was Leading at
that point with a IS. hut the 10 IN the
afternoon was in a class 10y Itself. II
not only put White at the top but gave
him hat proud position 10y the generous
margin of four strokes, Lewis, with -.
7a-l57, finishing second ropr,nr.
whose ~ IN the afternoon was nine
strokes worse than his morning total.
tier for third place at l5a with powney,
md T V Birmingham of Wykagyl and
c. l. Watkins Of Apawamis were next
in line. with l6o apiece. The highest
score that won "A place in the first six
teen was 10. and among the golfers
with that total was Fred Herreshon,
whose So in the first round was good
enough until II was supplemented with
an SIS In the afternoon.
The medal went to White because
from tee TO green he was playing almost
faultlsss golf. once on the green he
did not do so well. and poor putting
cost him n number of strokes He was
well content with the days work. how
ever. and said after il was all over that
except for hiss putting he never had
PLAYED better eolf than he did to-day.
Like nearly all Of the good golfers TO-
day. he BEGAN with a ) on the frst and
another : on the second. although on
zach Of them par j. 4 Then he settled
down and kept exactly even with par to
the turn. which he reached in IS. ON
the inward journey he missed a couple
of puts which he should have m.de.
and ran his Ola for the round up to IS.
\ remarkable succession Of Is, broker
; only ny a = a, the eighth. took him 10
the turn I'm 81 in the afternoon. lie
sliced Into a bunke from the second
tee. hu, a great shot from the sand nut
his bail on the green and he WIS down
In two puts for the 4 on the short
NTH he took three puts, hut ne made
up for IL later ny holing a twenty footcr
D.. for a Ane 4 on the sle yard ninth.
Ne began the inward Journey with a
5 on the tenth. due to a high pitch that
s.uc~ lust short, ~ the green. lie dropped
another stroke on the fourteenth where
he purposely played short in he teeth
OF the wind. and took s for the hole
Three puts on the seventeenth greer
gave him another s. but the rest Of the
round was steady perfect golf played
under trying conditions. The winnins
card:
Gardiner W White. Flushing
MORNING ROUND
Out. g lt3tt "a.
~. 3i5it i-N-E
AFTERNOON BOUND
ON, ia SIS
In ...... 5 I 2 = --ao--5-lb
An unusual number OF out Of tow