The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-09
CARTER is BEATEN
ON NATIONAL LINKS
Loses to Gardiner White in
First Round Of Match Play
Whitney Wins Easily.


against each other In match play for the
first time in many. many moons Gar
diner W. White OF Nassau and Philip
Carter Of Bridgehamton furnished the
feature match OF the FIRST round in the
invitation golf tournament at the Ma
tionai Links to-day. After fighting on
even terms on the first nine holes. which
each finished in 80. white eventually
drew out to win . up at the eighteenth
This match drew tho gallery in the
morning. and the crowd was we'll paid
for its jaunt around the course. Carter
was the nrst to gain an advantage after
the turn, which he held until they
reached the sixteenth. where White
evened the match. On the seventeenth
white dropped a birdie 8 against for
his opponent. standing dormie one. Start
ing the long eighteenth Carter topped
his drive and his second found a bunker.
He was still short of the green after his
third attempt. White meantime was Just
shy of the green with his second. and
after making his third Carter conceded
the hole and the match.
combat with Carter in the morning White
bumped into another tough Job in the
afternoon round. He encountered c. J.
Sullivan OF Garden City, who always
gives the Nassau star good stin argu-
ment in match play. White won. and
| /, but only after a tough struggle.
In spite of on the ninth hole,
White went out in IS. but even this
didn't distance his opponent, who trailed
-. f~- al NJ tfrE
for home White developed streak OF
wiidness, and by the time they had
! finished the sixteenth Sullivan had cut
| Whites lead to one hole. But the latter
| took q brace on the seventeenth ana
scored a to win against Sullivan's D,
giving White the match. Here are their
cards for the round
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| The day was a rather poor one for
Carter. He was due for another Jar in
the afternoon, which came through a
defeat by Martin w. Littleton, Jr.. In
the beaten eight of the first sixteen
Littieton won and 2.
Il. NJ. ByArs Is beaten.
! Another surprise of the day came in
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national champion. Byers bumped into
a Tartar in E. H. Brown Of Detroit.
who came through a winner by the big
margin of 8 and Q. In the afternoon
round Brown in turn came near having
an apparently easy victory snatched
from him. He was pitted against James
r. Hyde OF the home club, and romped
into a long lead by the time they turned
the first nine holes At the eleventh
~ La nv "
braced and took the next six in sue
cession. The eighteenth was poorly
played by both. Brown eventually win
ming 6 to Z, Hyde taking three puts.
Archie McIlwain enabled youth to take
its fling in the afternoon round at the
Z expense of John NJ. Ward. the Garden
City veteran. After a head and head
battle McIlwain won 1 up. Nelson
Whitney found fairly easy sailing in
both his matches. beating C. NJ Amory
of Myopia and in the morning and
following this with and victory
over Paul Moore of Morris County in
the afternoon.
The Summaries.
First Sixteen. First Round-John NJ
Ward. Garden City. beat H. solley. Maid
stone, 5 and 4; Archibald McIlwaine. Ma
tionai. beat Fred Snare. Havana, and .;
James r. Hyde. National. beat c; H. Mel
os Morris ssA Go9 ESsn and E. Na,ona
and s; Nelson W. Whitney, Audubon. beat
C. NJ. Amory. Myopia. and 81; Paul Moore
Morris County, beat Reginald Finke. Mount
Kisco, I and s; Gardiner w. White. Nassau
beat Phil Carter. Brldgehampton, up
e; J. Sullivan; Garden Gard r,, CITY beat NJ "
First sixteen. Second Round-McIlwalne
defeated Ward. up, Brown defeated
and !; white defeated sullivan. 2 and l.
| First Beaten Eight. First Round-snare
defeated solley. 8 and /: Mellon won from
and I; Lttieton defeated Carter. and 2
Second Sixteen. First RoqndIM J
BT bsSS r. .DS beat cS Rsr Msis
d; c. h. Macdonald. National. beat e. I
ss.S sat onslry S.a and Dousa.
beat t. NJ. Claim. Brookline. and 3; w
, Band. Rockaway Hunt, and 2; b.
| Reinmund. Engiewood. beat Walter Shoup
saltIsrS and pott: sfo G6eenw sSd Sa
defeated coiiidse. ara q Nash defeated
Greenwsy. and q; ReekIe defeated Rein
second Beaten Eight. First Round
tsated Potter; and 4; shoup defeate'
: som, Cleveland. beat c. P, Dixon. "
, Rockaway Hunt. and I: F. 5. Wheeler
/. City. 6 and 4: Sheppard Romans. EnEle
] wood. beat T. VI. Robertson. National.
and 2; ]. t. Trippe, Maidstone. beat H. r
> Stearns. Apawamis. up; H. p. Bingham
: Chevy Chase. beat L. II. Tying. Shinnecoct
. I up; 8. Plummer. Apawamis. beat c. V
Meserole, Englewood. and 4; George A
= Dixon. Jr.. National. beat l.. S. Van InEen
National 8 and Z; A. S. Bourne. National
oeaL j. u. farrlsh Jr., Nstlonai' . ana
, defeated Wheeler. ! up; Romans defeated
Trippe, / up; Bingham beat Plummer.
and 1 A. s. Bourne beat Dixon, l up.
Third Beaten Eight. First Round-Dixoi
defeated Blagden. up (21 holes); Robert
, son defeated Stearna. and 8; Meserole de
feated L. II. Tying. and /; Parrish de
3 feated Van Ingen. and l.