The sun., 1919-10-18
White and Mention Fall
in Greenwich Golf Tilt
Former Loses to Dyer, and Staten Island Cham
pion Beaten by Van Week in Close Match
Dean and Peacock Triumph.
By INNS BROWN.

The first two rounds of match play In
the invitation golf tournament Of the
Greenwich Country Club were run out
yesterday. and by the time the crash OF
drivers and the thuds OF niblicks had
died away at least two prominent con-
tenders had been Jostled right out OF the
frolic Two such familiar tournament
figures as Gardiner white and r. c.
Newton had been relegated to the side
lines. hors de combat.
Newton slugged his way to a victory
In the first round In impressive style
when he buried Hamilton X. Kerr, .
home club favorite. beneath a 7 and 8
defeat He dropped In turn before the
assault of C. q. Van Week, Jr., another
home club entry. In the second round.
losing by the margin Of one hole. White
on the other hand got his In the FIRST
round, when r. w. Dyer. Upper Mont
clair. swinging into something Of his
old time form. toppled him beneath q
3 and 1 score,
Dyer's elation over his successful
handling Of White was punctured In the
afternoon round, when Sam ]. Graham
Of the home club took him over the
hurdles to the tune Of q s to 4 beating.
These events brought about the placing
Of Graham and Van Week In the semi
final round. Meantime J. s. Dean Of
Princeton and Grant A. Peacock OF Gar
den City were battering their way sue
cessfuly through the first two rounds
for the privilege Of going TO bat in the
semi-hnal round this morning with the
two home players. Peacock will en-
counter Graham, while Dean hooks up
with Van Week.
Dyer Springs Surprise.
Dyer sprung something Of surprise
in his defeat Of White In the frst skir-
mish. The Upper Montclair entry has
taken part In but little tournament play
this season. He played good golf in the
Lesley cup matches. but gave indications
that his game was q bit rough in spots
But yesterday he got awny to a flying
start in his round with White, and the
Nassau champion was never able to
head him He shot 3S for his FIRST nine
holes. which was good enough to land
him three UP at that point of the fight.
On the second nine he held this ad-
vantage intact for four holes. winning
the eleventh and losing the twelfth.
Starting with the fourteenth, White be-
gan a squirt that threatened to overtake
kis opponents. He won both the four
teenth and fifteenth and was or well on
his drive for the sixteenth. Playing
their second on this hole. Dyer got a
rather unusual break. that stopped
Whites rally. Plsying his second. he
hooked the ball badly. but II struck q
spectator standing not far from the
green, bounded of and rolled onto the
green. giving him the hole and prac-
tically settling the match.
In the afternoon round Graham
showed in front. when he took the first
hole. but Dyer scored bird 3 to win
the third and get even. The next was
halved, and then the two exchanged wins
on the fifth and sixth. the score being
I to 5 on each hole. Graham counted
wins on the seventh and eighth. register
ing par - on both. After driving the
green. each took three puts on tho
ninth and Graham turned two UP.
Graham Wins Tenth.
Hc promptly took advantage of a slip
by Dyer on the tenth green, when he
| Nissed on a two foot putt for his and
lost the hole. The next also went to
Graham. due mainly to Dyers driving to
the rough, which caused him to use three
strokes In reaching the green. Dyer
| couldn't locate the green with his tee
shot on the 100 yard twelfth and took
| two shots after getting on. Graham
acded the hole to his winning list by
rolling his second to within easy dis
| tance Of the pin, counting his s. They
halved the next two to end the match.
Simpson Dean played a fancy brand
| Of golf in the forenoon In taking the
measure Of Henry J. Topping. He was
doing his usual distance ciouting from