New-York tribune., 1916-06-04
WYKAGYL GOLFER
LANDS TITLE OF
WESTCHESTER
Reginald Lewis Defea''
D. Partridge for Links
Championship.
Bv FRED HAWTHORNE.

schoolboy golfer, VINO Sent
A,derson down to defeat on frIuaS'
won the championship Of "eStchGes,vi ;t,Ga,vi
Comntv on the links Of the Wykagyl
Country Club Yesterday, by deieaI,uis
Dwight Partridge, Of Bedford the W. ~
holder. by 3 up and ! to CO. Id ''''
A couple Of slips at the fourth anu
ninth holes. on the outward Joufhcy'
caused Lewis to take forty stroKes W
The turning point, but coming IN ne Se'
90 fast a mace that Partridge was un-
able 10 hold him and lost four OF Ine
seven holes played. The schoolooy "HS
ono stroke under par when the maIe"
ended and would probably nave I
turned a rs for the eighteen holes nd"
the seventeenth been completed
In the semi-fnal round in the morn
inc Lewis had swept aside W. vernon
Rooth. ir.. of Apawamis, by margl"
of & and 3. while Partridge was dlsPoS-
inc of Stanley p. limerick, OF hudson
River. by 4 up and 10 play.
A summer rain that fell from leadeIi
skies and soaked the course unI'l
walking over it was like wadIng
through so much water, was not sum
Gent to keep crowd OF ABOUT one
hundred men and women from foIo"
ing the final round match every ioVe
of the way. Women sacrlhced "nI1c
shoes and summer gowns on the ara
of golf. and well were they re"arucu'
for they witnessed some sensatloeaI
shots in the course of the struggle IoI
the title. And the victory OF young
Lewis was a popular one with tne gai
lery. which was largely composed oi
club members.
Partridge's Chances Bright.
For a time, at the halfway point, II
seemed that Partridge was going 70
retain his championship. for Lewis fal-
tered. lost the lead that had been his
for most of the outward journey and
became one down when his opponent
took the tenth hole. But then the boy
from Ridgefeld started in with a ven
geance and not only won back his lost
ground. but forged into a lead that
Partridge was never able TO overcome.
At the very first hole Lewis gave an
inkling of the calbre of his driving
prowess by showing his tee shot
straight down the course for 28O yards.
The hole was halved in a par 4, Part
ridge making no mistakes. On the sec
ond the schoolboy sent beauty from
the tee for 260 yards, while the cham
pion topped his drive, and Lewis won
the hole in a par to 5.
The Wykagyl boy became , up when
he sank his putt for par 3 on the
third. his drive flying down the fair
way a full thirty yards ahead of Part
ridges. On the 546-yard fourth, with
most Of the going uphill. Lewis drove
goo yards. "Oh, what a wallop for the
4 bo
kagyl pro. who has taught the school
boy the finer points of the game.
Smiths words described the drive per-
fectly.
WiIdness Shown by Lewis.
But then Lewis slipped and showed
a streak of wldness. He lost his ad-
vantage by slcing his brassie shot
into a deep trap to the right, played
his third under an apple tree. failed to
get out of the rough on his fourth and
only reached the green after playing
six. Partridge had been having trou-
bles of his own, but was hole high in
cne less than Lewis and sank his putt
for a s. leaving him only | down.
Partridge put his mashie shot from
the tee on the 122-yard fifth just t.
the edge of the green. Lewis raised
laugh from the gallery by getting ex-
actly the same shot, his ball coming 10
rest Just behind Partridge's, and so close
that they touched, cheek by jOwl. The
champion lifted his rubber core TO al
low Lewis to putt and both got threes.
Next came the short sixth, with the
lofty green $50 yards away and need
ing a carefully played shot TO keep
the ball on. Partridge, with an iron,
was too strong and his ball disappeared
over the back of the green. Lewis had
the distance gauged better and landed
his ball twenty feet from the pin. The
Bedford man needed two more to get
on and Lewis won in a par to his op-
pOnent's 5, making the Wykagyl youth
> up.
Iron Shot Into Trap.
On the seventh, an iron shot to the
green, Lewis was ir the trap in front
of the green, while Partridge Law twen-
beautiful recovery and deliberate putt
and got half in par g. Partridge
pulled down the lead on the long eighth,
after Lewis had topped his drive and
was still fifteen feet away after play
ing four. The Bedford champion ran
down a twenty-five footer from the
edge Of the green here, in spite of the
fact that his opponent had laid him
half styme.
Partridge drew even for the first time
by taking the ninth hole in to 6,
after Lewis had overplayed his third
and was still away on his fifth. On the
short tenth the Wykagyl star was short
on his tee shot, failed to get near the
cup on his second and missed medium
length put on his third, giving the
Bedford golfer the hole in 3 20 4.
Those who had seen the manner in
which Partridge had gradually cut
down his opponents lead and then gone
TO the front himself began to entertain
fears for Lewis's success.
Reggie is gone now. Partridge al.
ways plays better on the last half"
was the general trend of the remarks
heard from the galleryites. Alec
Smith. smiling as always, shrugged his
shoulders and started for the club
house, hard by. Leave il to the kid:
he can take care of himself" he said,
and left Lewis to fight his own battles.
Lewis Comes Back Strong.
IL was then, just when he seemed to
be losing his grip, that Lewis came TO
life again and showed ne was far from
beaten. Perhaps not once i'm a hundred
matches will a gallery see a hole played
as perfectly. as sensationally, as this
STRIPPING schoolboy played the long
elbow eleventh.
Partridge sent a drive for 240 wards
down the fairway. Lewis followed with
275 yard poke that brought his ball
up near high hillock, with a clump
of thirty foot trees entirely shutting
off his view of the green. II seemed
as though the youth would have TO
waste the shot by playing out into the
fairway so as to have q clear shot on
his third.
But Partridge laid his second a