The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-08
WHITNEY IS LEADER
ON NATIONAL LINKS
Transmississippi Champion
Scores 75 in Qualifying Round
Gardiner White Is Second.
Special DsspatcA to TIE sux.

SOUTHAMPTON, l.. l., Aug. NELSON
whitney. whose seasons golfing accom-
plishments include the winning Of the
Transmississippi and Southern amateur
led a field of 1875 play
ers In the qualifying round Of the invita-
ton tournament at the national links
here to-day. Whitney turned in a card
of rs for the eighteen holes. Gardner
White of Nassau took second place with
IS. None of the others scored below so.
Whitney played very nne golf going
out scoring a SO for the frst nine holes.
He found trouble on the tenth and
eleventh coming back and also slipped
a stroke on the fourteenth. where his
figure ran to 6. Otherwise there was
little criticism to be found with bis
game. Here is his card for the round:
f Out ..H..:.:.::.. :tstssstsGssss-1s
Philip Carter. who recently won the
tournament at the nearby Shinnecock
Hills Club, found trouble in making his
way around the dificult national course,
and had to be content with an SO for his
round. But he was0t alone in his dis
tress by any means. There were several
other excellent players who ran into
difficulties galore In their rounds.
The field was featured by the pres
ence or four former national amateur
champions in Findlay S. Douglas, Eben
NJ. Byers. H. ]. Whlgham and Charles
b. Mcdonald. Byers was the only one
Of the ex-aces who succeeded in landing
In the first sixteen. scoring an So. WILL
lam Reeixie of Upper Montclair, a fine
player. also failed to get into the select
circle. registering a 80.
The Summaries.
FIRST SIXTEEN.
Nelson NJ whitney, Audubon, rs; Gardi-
Morris County So; 9. j. Sullivan. Gsra Sn
City, 81; John NJ Ward, Garden City. 50;
James r. Hyde. National. 81: P. v. G.
en IT, Gs4G.n cs hSsn bs.T.
National, IS: e. H. Brown, Detroit, 81;
Paul Moore. Morris County. IS; Archibald
stone. IS; Fred snare. Havana, S.; Resi-
maid Fincke Mount Kisco. IS; c. NJ
Amory. Myopia. Sc.
OTHER SCORES.
E. 6 s. Knapp w.stb5eok IS; Paul nd.I Levi.
T NJ. Claim. Brookiine. 81; Fuller Potter
National. IS; G. C. Greenway. Jr.. National
ssi r. 5. Douglas, Nassau, So; William
Reekie. Upper Montciair. 80; b. F. Rein
mund. Enxlewood, 80; H I. Bingham
wood, 90; l.. A. Tying. shinnecock Hills
o.: J. c. Parrish. Jr.. National. ss; shep.
pard Romans. Englewood. IS; L. b. Var
Ingen. National. ss; seney Plummer. Apa-
wants. 80.
J. H. wickwire, Buffalo. %: W. NJ. wat.
son. Baltusrol, %: F. s. Wheeler. Apawa-
mis-. "a; George A. Dixon, Jr.. National
%; orsn Root National. %; H. J. whiE
National n " Ma
tional, 90: II. ]. Howell West Hampton
%; J. Insley Blair. National, 81; Jane,
A. Tying, National, IS; c, H. sabin. Ma,
SionGl. 90; John l. Gillespie. Somerset Hills
P. Belknap, Garden City; J. d. Voorhees,
National. 100; Arthur coppell, National
101; ]. d. Sawyer, National, 1O1.
Arthur r. Jones. NATIONAL, 1o1; II. C
cey, National, 1902; Charles E, Mitchell
National, 1902; Morgan ]. o'Brien, Ma
tional. 1O4: Jason Billings, Morris County
1o5; w. V. s.; Thorne. National LOG; ]
Copper Lord. National los; w II. Dean
Nassau, 10s; VIII. Nichols. Piping Rock
Ill: Joseph p. Grace. National. ia; Oliver
c, Macy, Sleepy Hollow. 100; D. Ellsworth
National. 1875