New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-10
Herreshoff and Kirkby to
Try Conclusions on
Nassau Links.
METRO TITLE IS
COVETED PRIZE
Garden City Expert Wins way
to Semi-Finals by De-
feating Dyer.
Bv FRED HAWTHORNE.

try Club links this morning. when
Frederick Herrcshof. of Garden CITY
faces Oswald Kirkby. Of Englewood, IN
the final round Of the annual Metro
poiitan Golf Association championship
tournament. ,o
HorreshofT won the title in 1910
when he defeated Jerry Travers al
Morris County. For the next three
wears Jerry held sway Then, in 1914
Ar Fnclewood Krkby came home IN
tho lead. brushing the veteran Travis
aside In the final.
Herreshof won his final bracket yes
,erdav by defeating Harold l.. Downey'
Of Apawamis. by > and ! in the morn
ing and carrying Frank n. Dyer, rem
svlvania State champion, 10 defeat IN
in the semi-fnal in the afternoon by
margin Of up and > to play. kirkby
faced more formidable foemen, first
taking the measure Of young Reginald
VI. Lewis in a runaway match at up
and & 20 play and later defeating Max
Marston, Of Baltusrol, by up and ! to
play.
4 Log Fire Caucus.
Men who have figured in national and
sectional tournaments for years sat
around the big log fire at the mine
tecnth hole" last evening after the
fnalists had gained the right TO con-
test for the title and discussed the
chances Of each on the morrow.
ii was recalled that Herreshof had
twice been runner-up for the national
championship H. Chandler Egsn in
1904 az Baltusrol and TO Harold H.
Hilton AZ Apawamis in 1911-and that
he had started this season with the
expressed determination 10 come
back" TO the high niche he formerly
occupied.
Kirkby, a younger man and one Of
tho most dangerous golfers in the land
when he is going at his best, showed
last week at Ernglewood that he IS
yoing 70 make a lot of trouble for any
aody who blocks his path by regaining
his title Of New Jersey champion at the
expense OF Marston after twenty-five
holes Of whirlwind play.
After everything had been weighed
.n the balance the inclination seemed
70 be strongly in favor Of Kirkby com
ing home in the lead to-day.
The Englewood star gets greater dis
tance Off the tee than Herreshof, and
his work with the irons yesterday left
little to be desired. Only on the
greens did kirkby show any weakness,
end ~ that he putted better than both
lewis and Marston.
Herreshoff at Best.
HerreshofT was travelling at better
than par going out in his match with
Dyer being 81 at the turn, and the
Montclair man was never able TO re
gain the lost ground, the match ending
on the sixteenth green.
The largest gallery OF the week start
ed out behind Kirkby and Reggie
Lewis in the morning. The sensational
work Of the Wykagyl youth on Thurs
day. when he vanquished both Phil
Carter and Nelson Whitney, had
whetted the appetites of the gallery
gods. and they scented keen battle
when Lewis bumped into Kirkby.
From the first. however, 1t was seen
that Lewis was utterly off his brilliant
game of the day before. Not half a
dozen times during the match did he
hit clean ball, his wooden clubs and
his irons failing him completely. The
New Jersey champion took the first
hole in par, to 5, Lewis being wild
off the tee and on the green.
II was even worse at the second, for
Lewis topped his drive. the ball skip
ping along through the rough for only
fifty or sixty yards; and, even with his
second he was still short Of klrkby 8
drive. The latter laid his approach six
feet from the pin and putted only once,
getting a 4. one under par, while Lewis
had TO be content with a s.
Kirkby in Trap.
The third was halved in a par s.
and on the short fourth. the island
green, Kirkby was in the trap from the
tee, while Lewis laid his ball twenty
feet from the cup.
Although he was so far down below
the level Of the green that the caddy
had TO raise the flag so he could mark
the hole Kirkby took out his nblick
and lifted the ball clearly out Of the
sand and laid 10 ten feet from the pin.
Lewis was ten feet away on his putt
and then the Engewood man laid him
three-quarter stymie as he tried for
his .. The Westchestcr champion got
down on one knee 20 study the line
but failed 10 get past, and the hole was
haived in four.
Going to the fifth Kirkby hooked his
drive and the ball came to rest square
ly In the centre of the old tee, former
ly used by the women. perfectly teed
up. Lewis was straight, but fubbed his
second, and was just on in three.
klrkby got a beautiful brassie away
and was on in three. Lewis required
two puts to get down, while Kirkby
nailed the cup on the first attempt
giving him the hole in a perfect 4, to
RcgCle's =.
Lewis Drove Out.
The sixth was halved IN 8, and on
the uoXt Lewis drove out of bounds
and kirkby won in 10 8. Lewis final
~ managed 10 win hole when Kirkby
was short on his mashie pitch TO the
short eighth, over the pond, the cards
reading 3 to 4.
The Wykagyl boy succeeded in get
ting half IN at the ninth by a bril-
liant recovery from under tree, and
they started the inward journey with
kirkby 3 up. He had gone out in 80, to
lcWis's -.
Matters went from bad to worse for
Lewis and he lost the next three holes
in q row. clubbing his approach shots
and wasting puts. The match was
ended when they halved the thirteenth
and kirkby was the winner by 6 up and
8 20 play
After the luncheon hour Kirkbv and
NarstOn went out near the caddie
house and tore of dozen practice
drives Having tried out their heavy
artillery and found everything work
yng smoothly they went 10 the first
tee and began their second battle
within a week; for the Englewood mar
had beaten Marston in a 22-hole tusslC
az Englewood last Saturday Marstor
was keen for revenge, but il was not
10 be his day.
Worked Like a Team.
The men went along like a team fol-
the first three holes, halving each in
mar figures Neither was able TO gain
an inch although lrkbv WAS getting