New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-12
Sawyer Sets Mark in
Defeating MarkweU
Bob o Link Player Carries
Match to Forty-second
Hole Before Victory

Chicago. July IA worlds record
extra hole match was staged to-day IN
the second match round of the Western
amateur golf championship at Mid.o-
than, Ned sawyer, of Boboliuk Club
Chicago, defeating Robert Markweil,
Yale University star on the forty
second hole after having been down
at the twenty-seyenth hole. 1t took
par golf for tie veteran Sawyer, West
cm champion in 1906, TO oyertake his
younger opponent, who was dormie 3
after thirty three holes Of splendid
golf but the strain finally told on the
young coilegian.
The other seven matches were not
close, and three we're one-sided.
Francis Ouimet, of Boston, defeated
J. T. Henry, of Chicago, 4 and 2, in a
rainy finish. The former national
champion barely sept square on the
first nine with a 81, one over par, but
gained three holes on the second nine.
Henry again held his own on the third
nine, but slipped a hole on the last
lap, losing down and ? to go.
Edwards Eliminates Bush
Kenneth Edwards eliminated Reuben
Bush, the last Southern contender. 8
and 2, the former Southern champion
never gaining lead over the Midlo-
THAN player.
Jack May, Argentine champion, had
no trouble m oustlng +. Hoover Ban
kard, Of Chicago. and 5, and Peter
burnett doWucd his fellow Chicagoan,
h. j. Peterson, 3 and 2.
In a runaway affair Jesse p. Gull
ford, Massachusetts, champion. defeat
ed G. Decker French, of Rock Island
Arsenal, 10 and u, being ~ up at the
end of the first round.
In another lols ided contest Donald
Edwards. Of Midlothian, medalist in
the qualifying rounds, defeated. 10 up
and to go, the only British contestant,
j. ;. Worthincton. John G. Anderson, Of
New York, hitting par golf in the sec
ond round, defeated Robert Bowker. Of
Chicago. : and Z, after the public links
expert had held the Eastern player
even on the first eighteen holes
The match between Sawyer and
Maxwell was followed by a large gall
lery, whose members hung breathless
on every shot until the Yale expert
finally put himself hopelessly in trap
on the sixth extra hole. Sawyer, who
had shot splendid golf ever since the
tournament started, kept il up to-day,
scoring 80 LIE on the first round in
a drilling rain, but Maxwell went
better with 36-40--76 and was up at
/ luncheon.
Strain Begins To Tell
/ Needing to halye only one of the last
/ three holes, the Yale golfer began to
/ feel the strain, found the rough OIL
the 53s-yard 3ith hole, and was we'll
over the green on his fourth shot.
Savers par was too good and Mark
well was dorme Q
The collegisn put his tee eleek shot
into creek on the thirty-ffth hole,
while Sawyer was 260 yards down the
. '6-ysrd fairway. Maxwell won >.ip-
plause from the large gallery when
with a shower Of mud he played a
niblick to the firm turf, but he could
do no better than .. while the former
straight and fair, but on the secOnd
shots Maxwell was short, while Saw
yer was in a bad trap at the corner of
the green. Maxwell Clipped to within
six feet of the cup and missed the
putt. Sawyer shot a nibllck from the
trap to within three feet Of the cup
and the match was square when he
holed in par 4.
On the extra hole. Sawyer drove $50
OF the 437 yards, while Markwell's cleek
shot was 225 yards. Sawyer was on
with splendid iron, but his opponent
found the rough. With three puts the
veteran only halved. At the next hole,
3s2 yards, both drove well, but the
second shots were short. Good chip
shots left each putt for a par four.
Both Shots in Trap
Both mashie shots on the 122-yard
third extra hole found traps on the LETT
of the table green. Although the balls
were buried deep in wet sand, two per-
feet niblick shots placed them fifteen
feet from the cup, and the hole was
halved in 4, Maxwell begging Sawyer
to hole his in 3 and end the suspense.
Sawyer showed no fatigue on the 90
ward fOrtieth hole, driving $50 yards,
and then reached the edge Of the green
with an srrow-like brassie. Maxwell
sliced 225 yards tofhe rough, but was
on in 3. Sawyer was having the best
of il, but could not quite get home, both
taking par five.
Gallery in Suspense
A putt landed Sawyer's drive across
the rough in the next fairway on the
3oO-yard fory-irst hole, and he had to
carry two OMinous bunkers to get
twelve feet from the cup. His oppo-
nent was equal on the link and the
hole was halved in par 4. This sent
the match past the record set ny
/ "Forty-Hole" Fairbanks, Of Denver,
and put the gallery in great suspense,
even Ouimet, Bobby Jones and several
professionals remarking that the straia
was too much for them.
/ The contestants eoolly walked TO the
forty-second tee for the l5s-yard sixth
/ hole. the tabled green of which IS sur
rounded on three sides with yawning
pits while the front IS guarded ~