The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-17
MARSTON WINS GOLF
MATCH FROM WHITE
Eliminates Nassau Star at
Garden City-Follett, Ward
and Sullivan Survive.
ny INNS BROWN.

invitation tournament at Garden City
Max Marston of Baltusrol, medal winner
in the qualifying round. and w. H Fol-
lett. Fox Hills, are left to battle with
two representatives Of the home club.
Cornelius J. Sullivan and John NJ. Ward
In the semi-f1nals These and the fnal
match will be played to-day.
In making his way to the semi-final
round Marston defeated J. N. Stearns Sd,
! a clubmate in the first round, and Gardi-
ner White of Nassau in the second. Fol-
lett eliminated James c. Parrish Jr.,
National In his first clash, and A. w.
Brand. Garden City. in the second.
Wards first victory came at the expense
Of A S. Bourne. National, in the first
match, and Hamilton X. Kerr, Green
| wich. in the second. Sullivan defeated
Il. b. Knowlton and w. b. Rhett, both of
the home club.
Chief interest IN the days play 10 far
| as the gallery was concerned centred
about the Marston-White match in the
second round. When the two drove off
| from the first tee quite a gathering had
congregated to watch their struggle.
The match rewarded the onlookers in
ono respect at least II allowed them to
watch a match that was carried through
the first nine holes all even solely on
extra good work on the putting greens.
Whites Putting Deadly.
It was the deadly holing Of eight, ten
and twelve footers by White that kept
him in the match ana nothing else.
| His work from the tee to the green's
from the very first hole was consist
| emily bad. On moro than ono OF these
4 he failed to recover on his second, but
once on the putting greens his work
was deadly. On no less than i've OF
\ the FIRST nine holes he was down in
one putt, and but few OF these were
! short ones.
| On the fourth hole. in particular, his
putter saved him the hole A half
topped tee shot Just put him on the
fair way. and his second landed OF to
the right OF the course. His third was
another weak effort. being q mashie
that sliced into the rough to the right
o; the green. He was on the green
some eighteen or twenty feet from the
cup. whereas his opponent was on in
three. White sank his putt thereby
halving in fives with Marston, who
| on every shot.
White was OF to . lead on tho first
in spite OF q rather poor drive into
the rough on the right His second ran
over the green. and he pitched back to
within eight feet of the cup He holed
his putt. Marston was nicely on ir
two. but took three to get down
Marston evened It on the short second
with a par 5.
Both had fours on the third. end the
fourth and fifth were halved in fves
White dropped good long puts on both
| the fourth and fifth to get an ever
break. However. on the sixth he lost
through wild and erratic play through
out Marston had a fne four. Will,
White took a six.
White Evens Count on Ninth.
The seventh and eighth were ha.vod
but White evened the count on the
ninth. Marston made his first mistake
here. After a long drive he Clipped
short Of the green into the sand, and hi,
third ran far past the flag. White on ir
two required but two puts.
hut success in sinking long puts be
gan TO fail White as he turned for the
trip home, and Marston captured bott
the tenth and eleventh with fours
against hves. TIE short twelfth was
talved in fours. The Nassau man blew
apart badly on the thirteenth His drive
was pulled far over into the rough be.
hind some trees. His second hit a tree
anc he did we'll to count a six. Marsto
had five. Trouble on the second sho,
left White no better than q five asains,
Marston's 4 on the fourteenth, and the
latter was dormio four.
White played the fifteenth faultieesly
for four against Marston's five. Blu,
Msrston wound up the match on the six.
teenth green by halvins with a four
Here are the cards:
Marston. out. .Ss4Ss4sI a,
White. out...........A 1855 ii
White in.... ''s ts .
j. n. Ward won handily in both OF
his matches In the afternoon he wa.
out in 80. ana was 8 up on Kerr at tn.
turn. He won the tenth, lost the eley
enth. won the twelfth and ended the
match OF winning the thirteenth.
W. II. Follett encountered trouble II
downing A. W. Brand in the afternoon
the match requiring nineteen holes
Brand invited trouble for himself with
drive into the trap on the nineteenth
HIS second dropped in tho trap tuS
short OF the green and he took tv,
strokes to get out. playing over III,
green. Follett was on in two and tool
but four.
The Results Follow.
First sixtsenmFirst round--John NJ
tional. and 8; Hamilton X. Kerr, Green
Tich beat James r. Hyde. South shore
: and 2; A. W; Brand. Garden City. bss
H. Toilette. Fox Hills. beat James c
Parish. Jr., National Links. 5 and 2; W
p. Rhett, Garden City. beat Max Behr
garden City ! upi Cornelius J. sullivan
CITY, ana 2; Gardiner ". White, Nassau
r Marston. Bal,usrOl, beat John y
S's ssGaSd 3D. R Nasssu. = aTd .; 80.
city Sea, Hamilton X. Kerr ws GEs.n9 eS5S''
and D: w. h. Follett, Fox Hill, beat A
W. Brand. Garden City. up Ii9 holesc
C. j. Sullivan. Garden City, bea, W b
Mars;on. Baltusrol. beat Gardiner White
| Nassau, and ..
second sixteen--First round-pon Parker
GARDEN city city beat G. 4. Dixon. u. Mas
Beat r. Rannsy W Sreenxi Jh S1t nS
7. Van Cilef. Richmond County, beat II
a. Steiner. Hollywood. by default; Malcolm
stevenson. Piping Rock. beat g. Olney
saS, wiI,.9 and w.. =; B. Z Allen Fox Hills
beat W. 3. MacDoaaid. Wood%ay Ci'S
and o. Morton l. Fearey. Garden City
beat w. l. Hicks, Nassau, and 1; ELL
F HSaR Hii,s s'sss and S0snty beat L O. spindiei
second Round~pon Parker. Garde,
CITY, heS, z; r. Watson. JEt Nationei
VAN cs sSsnsS c SReE fGsS
Percy n. Pyne "a. Garden city. beat B. W
Allen, Fox Hills, and l ! Ellis Adam,
Essex County, beat NJ. L Fearey, Garde
Second Round-H c. Berner, NASSAU
beat G. Timpson. RockAway. and 8; /
a. Hamilton. Englewood. beat ]. K va
yrsnken. Cherry Valley. and o. c. q
Jennings. Nassau, beat W. c. Van cliS
Garden City. beat Ralph Peters. Jr, Choir
Valley, and !.