The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-13
SWEETSER VS.. WILD
IN ARCOLA FINAL
Ardsley Youngster to Meet
Jersey Runner-Up for Hand
some Golf Trophy.

Edward M. wild Of Baltusroi and
Jesse w. Sweetser Of Ardsley will meet
to-day in a thirty-six holes final match
for the Arcola trophy on the links Of the
Arcola Country Club. The pair wealth.
cred the two rounds of play yesterday
without being very thoroughly extend
ed. Wild proved a rather easy victor
over c. T. Lansing of Knickerbocker in
the second round. winning. Z and 8.
Sweetser beat C. p. Eddy of the home
club, and 3. In the semi-final Wild
won from II. B. Fem, Ridgewood. 4 and
2. while Sweetser had the long end of a
and score against W. G. Pfeil of
y ountakah.
The match promises to develop into
a close, sternly fought contest. Wild,
who has entered but few tournaments
this season, made a great showing in
the New Jersey State championship at
Deal several weeks ago. when he beat
all Corners until he encountered Max
Marston, a clubmate, in the final match.
Sweetser made his first serious bid for
fame by winning the qualifying round
for the Westchester County champion
ship at Apawamis. He followed a bit
later with a great showing in the Vic
tory Cup tournament at Siwanoy, where
he lost the final match to d. E Sawyer
on the thirty-eighth green.
Sweetser Leads at start.
In his match with Pfeil yesterday
afternoon Sweetser took the lead on the
first hole and was never headed, though
the Yountakah player managed to pull
back onto even terms on the seventh
green. Sweetser took the first three
holes in a row. scoring in par figures on
the first and third. Both played the
aAt
was good enough 10 win. But at this
point Pfeil braced and picked up the
fourth and fifth. Pfeil was down in par
on both. The sixth halved. Then Pfeil
evened the match on the short seventh.
when Sweetser staggered around badly
enough to miss his try for 8. Pfeil
scored a par 3.
Starting for the eighth Sweetser
pulled himself together and peeled off
par s, to win. He followed this with a
bird on the short ninth. Both were
good enough to win. The two went out
in Al each, but Sweetser stood 2 UP at
the turn. They halved the tenth and
Sweetser took the short eleventh with a
par to increase his lead to three. He
lost the twelfth 5 to 4, but got his ad-
vantage back with a 5 on the long thir-
teenth.
Half Fourteenth Hole.
The fourteenth was halved, but Pile
Won the fifteenth with 4. when
fSweetser took three to reach the green
Starting to the sixteenth Sweetser sliced
his drive out of bounds. but Pfiel failed
\ to profit by the slip. His second caught
a bunker and he failed to get out or
his third. Sweetser> eventually won witt
6, ending the match.
| Wild carried Fem at too fast cliI
through the first nine holes. The Ridge
wood entry was erratic in his putting
and took 40 to the turn. Wild scored
80 and stood up as they began thu
second nine. Fem captured but on
hole of the first nine, the eighth. Wilt
won the second, third, fourth, sixth an'
seventh.
Fem started in to make the going In
teresting on the second nine holes will
3s on the tenth and eleventh. He VOL
tho tenth and halved the next. He alst
had a fine opportunity to pick up tn
| twelfth, when Wild's second caught {
trap. But again Fenn's putter wa
vel king badly and he could do no bette
than a half. Neither reached the greer
oil the long thirteenth with the third ant
both took two puts after chipping on
scoring Is.
They halved the next two in pa
figures. Fem chucked any chance H.
might have had OF staging rally will
a tee shot out of bounds on the six
teenth. He tore off good one on hi
next attempt, but the handicap of
stroke was all Wild needed. He wol
the hole. to 6, and the match. VI
and to play.