The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-07
Eng1ewood Star Called Up on to Defend His Title Against Columbia Univer- sity Player.

fH1 HIS is getaway day for those golf A CTS who have taken part in the successful metropolitan amateur golf ampionship tournament at the Brooklawn Country club. With Os- wald Kirkby of the Englewood club, defending his title against youthful A. L. Walker, Jr, captain of the Co., lumbia University team, representing the Richmond club, the most success full tournament ever held at Brook lawn came to a close. While the per formance of the 2O-year youth from Columbia has been remarka ble from the outset of the match, he was not expected today to wrest the crow1 from KiG1Gby.
 A comparison of the scores of the two men for this tournament shows nothing that favors Walkers chances for a victory today. In the qualify ing round, Of course, Walker led the field. Aside from that showing the champion has always stood out in front. His general style of play is admittedly better than that of the youth.
 The gallery could not have wished for a finer match than the third round clash between Marston and Gardiner White. It proved to be one of those up-and-down affairs, with Marstor rising to the occasion when most needed. The Baltusrol man be- came up by winning the second and third holes. He lost the fourth and got only a half in 3 at the fifth, after his man laid him a stymie- White had missed his try for a 8, for Mars ton, in attempting to putt past. jostled the other ruber core into the cup As both balls dropped in il was half in 3.
 They turned for home all even, White getting 37 to Marston's 3S. Coming back wild tee shots were mainly responsible for Marston be- coming down at the thirteenth, but he won the next two and the match at the home hole, where the Nassau golfer pulled his approach
 Their cards follow:
 Marston out 34 5 34 $ 4-3s
 White out ..5 4 34 4 5 3-37
 Marston in --3 T 4 4-39-77 White in ....3 3 4 5-40-77
 Instead of showing an improve ment with his wooden clubs in the afternoon Marston had even more difficulty in peekng on the course against Walker. On the other hand, the younger man got off the line sell dom from the tee, and when 1t came to the irons three short shots were laid up with an accuracy that would have made professional envfous.
 Kirlzby played with all of his former dash against Sawyer. There was no standing up against the start of the Englewood crack, who got "birds" at the first two holes. His at the first and on the next green were the re- suit of 20-foot puts.
 From there on Sawyer kept after the champion so doggedly as to be only one down at the turn. krkoy went out in 36 which gave him advan tage of l up at the halfway stage. They ha1ved the next two, but another long putt for 3 gave Kirkby the twelfth. Sawyer got trapped at the thirteenth and became down. Then followed a trio of halves, leaving Kirl1by a winner at the sixteenth.
 So fast was Kirl1by going that As at the last two holes would have given him a. I'll The cards for the 16 holes follow:
 k irl1by out, 8245 A 5 5 436 Sawyer out, 43453 +s7 Kirkby in, 353 434
 Sawyer in, 3646 6434 New Sawyer, always a fine match player, put up great battle against Oswald Kirkby, but the Metropolitan titleholder was not to be stoppedt Kirl1by was at the top of his game, and that means brilliant golf, golf that even par won't stop.
 As an example, Sawyer opened fire with two par holes and then found himself two down. The first hole is 397 yards. Ktrkby's slaSh1n& drive