The sun., 1919-05-23
MARSTON LEADS Big
FIELD OF GOLFERS
Despite Heavy Going Returns
Card Of rs in Sleepy Hol-
low Invitation Tourney.
NJ INNS BROWN.

NJ INNS BROWN.
Bringing in . card OF rs Max r.
Marston Of Baltusrol kept up his perfect
average for over four starts by taking
away first honors in the gratifying
round Of the annual invitation golf tour
nament which began yesterday At Sleepy
Hollow. On three former occasions this
seasonal Lakewood. Baltimore and
Garden Cfty@the Jerseyman had cap
tured the low medal soore Yesterday
he was three strokes better than Gerdi-
Der White Of Nassau, who ran second
with 70.
Conditions were anything but favor
able for golf. Practically all day long
rain showered down on the course. fall
ing at a lively rate during q good part
Of the time. especially around midday.
The course was. OF course. made much
slower by reason OF the weather and
the putting green's became treacherous,
to say nothing OF the fsirvayA Ground
rules were necessary on at least two
holes
However. q large fisid oravsd condi-
lions to enter the competition Most
Of them finished and four flights Of
sixteen are carded for match play to-
day. There wero quito q number OF
golfers who gave II UP a. q bad Job
before they had played out the eighteen
holes. John G. Ai.Jcrson and s. p.
Hollander were among the list who de-
cided IL wasn't worth while The
former stated that on more than one
shot his club slipped from his hands
and after trudgins through nine water
logged holes very much below his usual
| form he decided he had had enough and
| withdrew.
White Turns In Fine Card.
Gardiner White came in shortly AFTER
| 1 O'Clock, during q steady rain with q
card Of 70. He went out in II and came
homo IN IS, and for como time II APP
poared that he was IN line for tho low
rcore. Tho nearest approach until late
| in the afternoon was J. s. Deans 81.
The Prncetonian took SO on the first
half. but ran three strokes over that
mark getting back.
| White fell afoul OF Q pair of rxes on
tho eighth and ninth. taking three puts
to each green. On The tenth. both par
Is holes, he was down in Is. which
helped materially IN holding his count
Gown HIS card follows:
Out On "a : ) & : : EL7s
Marston went out in q streak In spite
Of unfavorabie conditions. He was only
one over par for tho round. He took
So on the fourth and sixth, both par
~ but he sank on the $40 yard
seventh. A 8 on the 337 yard fourteenth
ran him two over par for the returl
trip. He was two over there. but played
every other hole in par.
In Opposite Brackets.
Contrary to the outcome of the draw
in the recent tournament at Garder
City, Marston and White are not SLATED
To meet early. White drew into the
upper half Of the bracket. while Mars
ton dropped into the lower. They vii
not como together. therefore, except ir
the final round. in case they battle theii
way through the three previous rounds
In spite Of tho fact that they arr
going to encounter some very cievel
players. II 10 quite possible that they
will meet In the final test In 1915 thiI
pair fuoght out the final round. Whit
winning. In their recent meeting a
Garden City Narston was the victor
Should they meet IN the nnaf this time
their struggle win prove highly inter
esting.
Match play IL scheduled to start a
Q O'Clock this morning. with the fourtl
sixteen leading OF. Tho players VII
tee or every Eve minutes up TO $40
when the third sixteen starts The FRS
sixteen will follow tho third. startinl
at 1870. and the second sixteen VII
begin at IL o'clock.
Pairings for To-day.
Following are the pairings: Frs
sixteen DR.. 4. T. Haight. BeIeclaire
vs. Lee Maxwell. Sleepy Hollow: A. X
johnson. Sleepy Hollow. VS.. Gardiner "
n Cooke.
A. S. Bourne Garden City: George A
Dixon Jr, National, VS.. J. c. Parrish
=, Jr. National Max r. Msrston. Baltus
roll, vs. w c. Smith. Sleepy Hollow
Hamilton W. Keer, Greenwich. va F. II
Hoyt. Engineers; J. NJ. Thorsen, Sleep!
Hollow, vs. G. L. Conley. siwanoy; J,
. Dean, Princeton, vs. Grantland Rice
Englewood.
Second sixteen; II. V. Gaines. Wy
kagyl, VS.. T Russell Brown. Scsrsdale
y. X Waters Ardsiey, Va. L. A Hamil
ton. Garden city: Scott Stewart. Sleep,
Hollow, VS.. G. H. Brown. St Andrews
C. II. Meszmore. Ardsley. VS.. II. W
Maxwell Jr.. Nassau: o. C. Macy
lsieepy Hollow. VS.. 4. p. Cobb. S!wanoy
re. Van Chef. Richmond County, vs. c
L Maxwell, Trenton: w. NJ McCord
Knollwood. VS.. Cornelius Ftske Jr.. Ards
ley; A. W. Haigh. Scarsdale. VS.. DR.. w
3 Fralick. Los Angeles.
Third sixteen-A. J. Mendes. Siwanoy
VS.. H z. Hayes, Sleepy Hollow; II W
Chapman. Scarsdsle> VS.. J. C. Lord
Sleepy Hollow: II. l.. Brewster. Scars
dale, VS. Lindsey Russell. Tuxedo: Rich
ard Lounsbery, Sleepy Hollow. VS.. S. II
Ivison. Cherry Valley; Austin Sands
Newport, VS.. d. B. Lawrence. Sleep
Hollow: L. A. Gillet VIZ. z, p. OBrier
Sleepy Hollow: A. e. Ranney. Green
witch, vs.. o. c. FIoyt, Sleepy Hollow G
B. Francis, Sleepy Hollow, vs. F. d.
Longacre. st. Andrews.
Fourth sixteen-C. V. Rich, Sleep
Hollow, drew a bye; A. p. Nelson. Al
lanttc City, Va. w. G. Bib, Sleepy Hol
low: r. Sutton, Sleepy Hollow. W. Z.
Bloodgood. Sleepy Hollow; Edwar
Crandan. Gedney Farms, drew bye
A n. Jekyil, sleepy Hollow, Va. F. 4
Moore. Apawamls; II. c. Lee, Sleep
Hollow. vs.. w. Smith. Sleepy Hollow
W. Nicholson drew a bye; A. NJ. Peter
| son, Sleepy Hollow, VS.. :. a. Talmadg'