New-York tribune., 1916-07-31
siwanoy Crack Loses BET
and Initiates Annette
Kellermann.
RIG CROWD WATCHES
THE AQUATIC FEAT
Frank II. Hoyt Demonstrates
That Golf Is No Game for
Reckless Bets.

MANY a ball has been driven into the
rond Of the Siwsnoy Country Ciuo
s.v.nteenth hole. but this small ah'
.,s.,A hodv Of water now has had the
,ov.l e1perience of embracing one oil
81. eub's foremost golfers. Unlike
,h. Golf ball. Frank II. Hoyt was not
driven into the pond. Before the eyes
~ large, spplsusive and highly
or0rs.S gallery, the sx-Bostouian took
bjs stane. on the stone wall close to
,b. waters edge. gave momentsry
.ho,cht 70 Steve Drodie and Annette
E.,,rmsn. and then dove voluntarily
s,.o Are. into the very wsters when
The siwanoy members try ever to sVo'd
From this might spring the errone'
ors seduetion that Nr Hoyt is dissat'
/ ;ss.a With th. SivApoy Country Clue
sbewers ST that he desired to be hrs'
10 utilize the elub's facilities Tor open
air bathing. Facts are thar Steai'hy
steve as he Is labelled In Boston, mac
ns OF those experiences, so rare %
IN. Of losing a wager. and part OF the
psyuept-with emphasis on part
va. that be should immerse himsen IN
siwsuoy's pond.
Renewing Hoyt from the pond tenn,
j,orsrily, we find the circumstances o.
The immersion essentially as foIioWs
sdoyt and Sumner R. Hollsnder pisyeo
Friday, at SiwGnoy to determine Whlen
should advance into the seml-nnaiS
Tor the Presidents Cup. hoyt' VINO IS
rated at 8 in the club handlcaps' nae nae
10 concede IL strokes 10 hollanoer
M hose medal play rating IS ~. A re
arently acquired Colfing prohelehcy on
kIollander's part, plus his handicap AhU
khe courage which helped MN get
the seventeenth TO square the mateh'
feft Them even on the round, for they
halved the home hole.
Made in the Nineteenth.
What normally would haze been the
end Of the match proved tins. time
merely the beginning, with all the eX-
citement. and double the sport, OF
championship match attendant upon
heir plav-off Saturday. 1t means tha'
. lille they were seated proximitous 70
i nineteenth hole after their match
UanGer remarked to 7. c. Gales, an
i or Presidents Cup contender.
wv. YOU 90 in and win your match
we'll meet i'm the semi-tnals."
You'll what" intcrjects and eJacu
Hoyt. you've as much chance
eating me as that famous snowfall
in -. Why, if you lick me III
! mp in the pond at the seven
that bet?" says Hollander.
"You bet!" says Hoyt.
The Gallery Waits.
, News travels fast When the Hoi-
.ander-Hoyt match started Saturday, q
,izable gallery started with it, recruit
- steadily as the play progressed.
ne first hole was halved. Hollander
Won the second with 4, which is good
for that hole. He should have won the
third, but in taking four puts he was
lucky TO halve. When Hollander won
1.-The fourth, becoming 2 up, Hoyt
Thought Of the pond, pulled himself to-
lCether and won the next two holes.
IThey halved the next two, but Hol-
lander captured the ninth and turned
IN the lead.
The tenth put them back on even
ems. Hollander won the eleventh,
Ut Hoyt, with the pond ever nearer,
oraced and took both the twelfth and
thirteenth. No doubt il was in win
hing the unlucky thirteenth that he
paved the way for his downfall. The
fourteenth went TO Hollander, but the
Fifteenth was booked for Hoyt when
ollsnder drove his first out of bounds.
! ioyt breathed in an atmosphere Of
lfalse security, for despite his ball was
out Of the club limits, Hollander came