The sun., 1916-08-20
WHITNEY WINS
CHIEF CUP ON
NATIONAL LINKS
Former Southern Champion
Beats Richardson Easily in
Final Round.
FIRST DOWNS CARTER
IN CLOSE MATCH, AND 1

SOUTHAMPTON. J.. l., Aug 19.-Just as
expected. Nelson whitney OF New Or
leans had an easy time in the final round
Of the invitation tournament OF the
National Golf Links of America this
afternoon when he defeated G. Tiffany /
Richa rdson. National. and also Nassau.
by s up and s to play. Whitney's real
test came this morning. when he met
and conquered Philip Carter in the semi
Sinal round. and the result Of this after
moons match was almost a %foregone con-
ciusion.
II there was any one around who
doubted that whitney would beat Rich
ardson. his time for the cultivation OF
his doubts was limited, for the former
Southern champion began the final
match by taking every one OF the first
Ave holes. with such "A start as that the
rest was easy. He halved the sixth and
lost the seventh and eighth. turning for
home 3 up.
whitney Gets GOING Again.
The tenth was halved. but Whitney
got going again on the eleventh and by
the simple but effective process of TAX
ing the next three holes in a row
ended the match on the thirteenth green.
The cards:
Nelson whitney. Audubon: ....
o1 e T. Richardson. National:
whitney: ....
In.
Ia. :......... 80
sBye holes not played.
The match with Carter In the morning
VA a different proposition. for whitney
had to plny his hest to beat the former
3unior metropolitan champion by 2 up
and to play. At that about all
Whitney iii was e. play almost me-
chanically ~. Fec golf and SO he In a
position To- profit by all OF Carriers
mistakes, which were many. POOR
direction cost Carter a number of holes
hh only really fine golf coming at the
nfth and sixth holes. both OF which he
pla we'd In better than par figures and be-
came l up instead OF l down. a twenty
Ave foot putt gave him n I on the NTH.
and on the short sixth his tee shot
was 40 close to the pin that making the
putt for a 2 was an Easy matter.
Carter's Lead short Lived.
At the turn Whitney was l up and he
clung to his lead on the inward journey
by playing brilliant golf. the ma,cn end.
ing on the seventeenth. which was hal'ed
IN Z. whitney being dormie when the
hole began. a 1 on the home hole would
have given Whitney a 20. The cards:
Nelson whitney. Audubon. ..,.,,
Philip Garter. Brds.hamp,on;
Whitney
Carer: .
sBye hole no, played,
Richardson won his way into the final
by downing Gilbert c. GreenWay or Gar
den City by 3 up and 2 to play.
Oswald Kirkby Turns Up.
Oswald Kirkby. the metropolitan and
New Jersey champion, turned up FOR the
handicap to-day and won the gross prize
with an 81. There was a tie for the net
prize BET seen \. r. Fish. National. and
Malcolm Stevenson. Piping Rock. both
Of whom made the same score. Si-9-
7s.
An interesting match this afternoon
was the final in the sixth sixteen. In
which Herbert NJ. Hartman and II. j.
sionai championship in the early days of
American golf. met each other. Harri-
maa won.
The Summaries.
FIRST sixteen. semi.nnai Round-N-lson
Whi!nsy: Audubon. beat rritip cn nT'
srdson. National. beat q, e, GretnwGy.
oi Tinsi i Rsosu,niHVWahiiney b.a, Richardson.
Beaten Eight. First Sixteen, Semi nnal
Paul More, Morris County, / up. d, ID.
Cooke. Arcola. beat X. d. Lapham. San
rinal RoouanndaIropp.ns sea, Cooke. .
Second sixteen, sem,-anal Round-w. /.
Thompson. Huntingdon Valley, beat g, r.
T.S*.TmaH: N.,lG".' beat James C Par
Final Round-Tuckerman beat Thomp.
nd s;:s.H Eight @' stss~. s'' .i:roy s' msl qna.
heat II. T. whsple,, Hartford ! mpt,A $
Final Round--Bourne beat Maxwell. / up
Third sixteen.
Third sixte.n-semI-n mai rourd-Johr
VAR, Garden G''y. S's, Fr,n.GiGk
Sleepy Hollow, bea, X, L. Ames. Nationai
Final round-com.,ock hea, wa d. , up
Beaten Eight. Third SiS,e.n--S' nj ma
F !. Richardson, Morris County beat =
~. MACEDONIA u, NhtIOnal, up, Stei1el
clark. Garden CiE beat A. II. Chi!ds
E~nGlewood. and /.
Final round heat clark. ! IN
Fourth Sixteen-Semi maj round-D. II
McAipin %. Morris County, heat John q
hates, Morris County, 8 and .; ". W. Hon
man. LsnoA. beat c. =. Lee. Tuxedo,
Gnd I.
Final McAlpin beat Horman
Beaten Eloht, Fourth ~sixtoen-somI
final round-W. + Laid. Rockaway. boa
u. w. Goelet, Newport, | up; u G., Bake
we'll, Ailegheny. beat DevereGN Emmett
National, 2 and ..
Final round-Ladd beat Blackwell. I M
Fifth Sixteen-Sem i-fnal round-C. Y
Neserole, Englewood, telt + g. Jennings
Nassau. 3 and 2; Or J. Rowland, BaIti
more, beat c. Richardson. Wykagyl,
Final round-Howland beat Meserol'
. up.
Fifth sixteen.
Beaten Eight. Fifth sixteen-Scmi.Nna
0hund-James A. Stillman. National, bea
Z. +. Watson. Jr., Baltusrol. I up, -. /
armour. national; heat j. y. Edwards
Final und-StI! beat Armour,
and 4,
sixth Sixteen-scmi-hna round -Herher
N. Hartman. Piping Rock. beat J, I, Blail
National. l up 90 holes)i II J. vaughan
N~sticnal. heat Howard r, whltnsy, MAJ
sau. 7 and
Final Round-Hsrriman beat whlghan