New-York tribune., 1919-10-31
White Beaten
BvOne Stroke
Ia Golf Tilt
Dean of Princeton Follows.
With Beall Next in Or
der: One Score Under 80

r any doubts had existed as to the
testing nature of the Cherry Valley
links they were banshed as result
of the Qualifying round in the invita-
tion golf tournament there yesterday
when only one player out Of nearly
ninety starters, succeeded in getting
around better than eighty. That fortu-
nate individual was Sam Graham, the
Greenwich golfer, who has already
done things a-links this fall.
Grahsn just managed to return a
.. stroke better than Gardiner W.
White. of Nassau. and then followed
J. Simpson Dean, of Princeton; L. c.
Beall. of Uniontown. the North and
The home club, in triple tie at 81.
These with scores of 90 or better made
the Nrst sixteen.
Play in Drizzle
4 fine drizzle, much "wetter" than
il looked. initiated against the chances
Of some OF the players, who experienced
difficulty in holding their clubs, but
the real reason why scores leaned so
heavily to the high side was due to
the course itself. No fault could be
found with its condition, the fairway
being in excellent turf and the greens
welngh perfect. The latter, how
ever are all on the undulating type,
causing one TO do a lot of figuring
every time he makes putt Even
Graham missed number Of short
understand how it was.
There was one golfer who was not
surprised at the putting post mortems,
and that was Frank McNamara, the
clubs pro who says person has
to know the Cherry Valley green's be-
fore he can putt them with any degree
OF certainty. Mcnamara has putted
there on occasions, notably when he
went around the course in g. which is
strokes better than any other effort
ever recorded for the circuit. The
harder than it looks, is that compara-
lively few traps meet the eye when
one plays around the course. There
Is an abundance Of rough however
and. as B. T. Allen aptly put it, easy
to get into and hard to get ou,.
Regrets were expressed when it was
found that J. D. Standish, jr., the
we'll known Detroit golfer, failed to
make the first sixteen. Every player
when he doesn't do well, has an ex-
cuse. Standish had a good one, al
though he did not shout it from the
housetops.
The fact is he came to Cherry Val
ley without his clubs, and played
through the testing round with bor-
rowed set. They were much heavier
than his own weapons, and it took
him about nine holes before he man
aged 20 accustom himself TO the change
He came in in ~, but the damage had
been done 50 that the best he could
get out Of his round was 81.
Links Outweigh Campus
Graham played with Dean, who has
been enjoying golf so we'll this fall
that he hasn't found time as yet to
return to Princeton. They went out
well enough Graham reaching the halt
way point In II, the other man taking
had 20 get 3 at the home hole for
his a.
His card read as follows
IA. ia..... ! Z ) : s-ss s-ss-ls
White might easily have had score
IN the 1D's had he been able to play his
snort approach shots up little closer
lie did not experience as much trouble
on the greens as some of the others
One putt he wanted badly, however
was fve-footer on the home green
i4.o sNc SIiot ndu Iclt inc DdIl d IIlilt
snort. and after chipping to within the
distance previously mentioned White
only needed 70 get the putt down Toy
-. The ball rolled straight toward thC
cup. but stopped on the lip
Three golfers, W. K. Nicholson, O
Wykagyl Allen. OF Fox Hills, and NJ
l.. Fearey. of Garden City, all hat
scores OF 90 Allen went out in ~ bu
took - 70 come back, whereas Fcare.
took 80 for the first half and cam'
home in Fl. Den Parker. Of Garde,
City, played steadily, taking s3 eaci
way
The draw for the first round to-da,
promises to produce several goo
matches. For instance. in one Of tn
lower brackets White and Dean are to
gether. while on the upper side Graham
Will take on Parker. The pairings fol
lows:
Fearey -. Nicholson. Graham VS.
Parker. Morse vs.. Maxwell, Leake W
Pell; ScharH vs. Calder, Dean vs.
White, Hicks vs. Allen, Beall vs.
Haight.
The scores we're az fellows.
FIRST SIXTEEN
Samuel J G,shsrn. Greenwich q g :