The sun., 1919-05-24
WHITE ELIMINATED
AT SLEEPY HOLLOW
Beaten by Lee Maxwell in
Golf TOurnament-Mar-
ston Double Victor.
BY INNS BROWN,

OF the 1916 Sleepy Hollow invitation
tournament, will not repeat his 1916
victory in the joust now in progress over
this picturesque course. one-half of the
distance from the qualifying round to
the finish sufiiced to topple White from
the list of possibilities. Lee Maxwell Of
the home course was the agent through
| which White was effaced from the field
Of competition.
Battling through twenty hectic holes.
Maxwell emerged n winner by a margin
OF one hole. Just as the pair finished the
three hole loop. which starts the first
! nine holes. over the course. It was q
| red hot finish, and as the two teed UP
| FOR their first extra hole quite a crowd
gathered around to watch the fight from
| there out, since It was by far the most
engaging struggle OF the days play.
Inc battle was closely drawn at
| fair throughout Twice White forged
ahead into lead of two holes. but by
| the time each nine holes OF the regular
| eighteen holes was finished Maxwell had
succeeded in evening things Up again.
White Takes Lead.
1 Whlte TOOK the lead with a on the
second, and Maxwell got It back with a
on the fourth. White sank another 3
| on the short nfth, and stretched his lead
| with a nice on the 400 yard sixth.
But Maxwell countered with a s on the
| seventh. whereas White took 6. The
| eighth was halved and Maxwell pulled
| up to even terms with a 3 on the ninth.
On the tenth Maxwell fooled a
mashie niblick for his third and could
set no better than s. against Whites
D. The eleventh and twelfth were
halved In fours and fives respectively.
White missed a fine chance to win the
latter when he failed to go down a three
foot putt for 4. The thirteenth and
fourteenth were halved in fours White
won the fifteenth when Maxwelrs Sec
ond. mashie, landed behind a low
mound just of the green and stood 2 up
with to play.
| Maxwell rallied and gathered in the
sixteenth with a birdie 4, making a
clever approach and holinE a 7-foot
putt against Whites par 8. He also
won the seventeenth. when White found
1t necessary to use three puts after
| reaching the green. The eighteenth was
| halvd in Us Starting the extra holes
both counted As on the first and second
| On the third White failed to land his
second on. and then did not get his
| approach close enough to get down in
one putt. Maxwell was on in two and
took two puts.
| White Eliminates johnson.
White reached the second round by
eliminating A. II. Johnson, Sleepy Hol.
low. rather easily in the first round 4
and 3. Maxwell won from DR.. A. T
| HaiRht. Belleclaire. 5 and
ITt b.
cola, defeated A. s. Bourne, Garden
City. 2 and l. J. c. Parrish, National
Won from George A. Dixon. Jr., a club
mate, l up. Max Marston. Baltusrol
defeated w. G. Smith. Sleepy Hollow, {
and z. Hamilton X. Kerr, Greenwich
eliminated F. II. Hoyt. Engineers, 2 ant
/. G. L. Conley, Siwanoy. put out !
NJ. Thorsen. Sleepy Hollow, and 8
and ]. s. Dean. Princeton, scored a
and victory over Grantland Rice
The winners in the second round had
but little difficulty. except in the White.
Maxwell match. mentioned above. d, d
Cooke was pitted against J. c. Parrish
Jr.. and romped home a winner by tho
juicy margin Of 8 and :. Cooke, whc
has been playing fine golf at his home
course. The Arcola Country Club, wa.
moving along smoothly. He got plent,
OF distance of the tees and played the
rest of the game well.
MarstOn Defeats Kerr,
Max Marston had but little troubl,
with Hamilton Kerr. winning and 4
The Greenwich entry. almost without ex
ception short OF his opponent on his te,
snots found difficulty in keeping pace tc
'he greens. once there he had a fas
pace to follow after the first three holes
I
and third. but was always down in two
or less from there out
| Marston went to the front on the sec
ond. after Kerr drove out OF bounds ant
Increased his advantage on the sixth
with a nice 4. Kerr got one back on tn,
seventh when Marston pulled his seconc
snot into high grass and took four I,
get on. Kerr made a 8. But Marstor
won the eighth and ninth with a S ant
j, giving him lead OF three holes a
the turn. Marston was out in 40.
on both the tenth and eleventh Ker,
talieu 10 Keep pace. Marston was OF
noth green's In two shots and counted
Is against Kerr's 6s. The twelfth wen
to Kerr with a 4. when Marston's secon,
rolled across the green, and his third
was played back almost to the opposit,
side. Both were on the short thirteenth
with their tee shots. but Kerr lost afte,
taxing three puts. Alarston also wo1
the fourteenth. ending the match.
Tho Summaries.
First sixtsen-First round-In. Ma,
VEL, Sleepy Hollow. beat DR. T
Haight, Bellec!aire. 6 and 4; Gardiner "
white. Nassau, beat A. II Johnson Siaen,
Hollow. { and ,; ]. C. Parrish. jr IA
tionai. beat George A. Dixon, Jr IA
tonaL up; Max MArston Baltusroi bes
W, q. Smith, Sleepy Hollow and ,
| Hamilton X. Kerr. Greenwich beat r u
Hoyt. Engineers, and /; a. T. Conley
Siwanoy. beat J. N. Thorsen. sleepy Hoi
low, I and .: J. s. Dean, Princeton bss
Grantland Rice, Englewood 8 and
second Round--Lee Maxwell, Sleep
Hollow. beat Gardiner W. White Sassau
| up III holes); d. d. Cooke, Arcoia. bes
| :: Z. Parrish. Jr., National. and I: Ma
MArston Baltusrol beat Hamilton X Kerr
| Greenwich, and 4; J. s. Dean, Princetor
| osst o. L Conley, Siwanoy, and g.
second Sixteen-Flrst round-T Russe
Brown, Scarsdale. beat H. V, Gaine,
| Wykagtl, and 2: NJ. X. Waters ArdsleS
beat l. A. Hamilton. Garden City, s an
2; c. II. Brown, st. Andrews beat Scot
Stewart. Sleepy Hollow. up; II, w. Max
| well. Jr., Nassau. won from C. II Mess
more by default: O. C. Macy, sleepy Hol
low: beat Il. p. Cobb. Siwanoy, and
G: l.. Maxwell, Trenton. won from G. va
Cliet. Richmond County, by default; ]. c
Mcmahon, Sleepy Hollow, beat G. Smith
Jr,. Ardsley. up; A. W. HAigh, ScArsdaI,
| beat DIR. w, O.. Fralick Los An1aIas