The sun., 1919-07-06
Nassau Star Beat Club Mate,
]. N. stearns, in Close Golf
Match on 21st Green. .
8 DOWN AT THE TURN
Makes Strong Finish-Mc-
Adams Defeats Mahlon in
Beaten Eight.
NJ INNS BRowN.

wEsTrtstp. N. j.. July b.-0ardiner
". White OF the Nassau Country Club
a Terminate, J. N. stearns.
Jr., In the Anal round OF the invitation
golf tournament at the Shackamaxon
Country Club to-day. but he ran head on
into a fine give and take combat In do
ing So Scheduled to 80 eighteen holes,
twenty -one were required to settle tho
issue, white winning by the margin Of
1 up.
Conditions were fine except for the
extreme heat, which, by the way, was
quite a comprehensive exception. Old
Sol was dispensing freely his most torrid
rays, and before the two players had
finished the first hole Of the composition
Precipitation was pouring from both OF
them. "
white appeared to be suffering bit
more keenly than his mate, at any rate
his game was sagglng more noticeably.
This was especially true for the first
nine holes, where he needed ~ strokes
to finish. Stearns was three strokes
under him. and enjoyed o lead of three
holes at the turn.
After haiving the first hole in par DE-.
both slipped on the second. but Whites
tfodble was more pronounced. Stearns
holed n 8 and won over whites Q. Once
ahead. stearns kept right on sweetening
his lead. He clicked of 4, 4 and 3. par
| figures Of the next three holes, and In
| each case was good enough to win.
| White counted q s on each Of the trio.
white wins sixth.
white braced at the sixth and had his
first winning hole He scored par 4
| against Stearnss 6. They halved the
seventh and White cut another from his
handicap at the eighth, scoring a 4
against a for Stearns. But he skid
ded srain at the ninth and could not
better a 6. leaving himself three down
at the turn for home.
Once Strengthened out, White played
steady golf on the second half Of the
round. His par on the 569-yard tenth
was good enough to win, Stearns taking
Is. But the latter got II back with 6
10 against Whites on the shor
eleventh.
/. Another par won for White on tn
twelfth. when Stearns got into trouble
and needed 6. Both scored 6s oil
the $40 yard thirteenth. and they wer
alike In needing 4 to get down at tn
fourteenth, which Is just 21s yards. TIL
fifteenth went to White with anothe
par 4, and both were good enough I
equal par on the 4e5 yard sixteenth
White continued the pace and sank
on the seventeenth to even the match
when Stearns slapped his tee shot int
, the water and was unable to do bette
than a 6.
stearns Overlooks Opportunity.
Stearns passed UP a fine opportunit
to win at the home hole. Whites drtv
sliced to the woods, and his third wa
also headed wildly toward trouble
when the ball struck tree and bounde
onto the green. Stearns got home 4
and had an eight foot putt for
8. However, after White ha
missed his try for 4, Stearns shove
weak effort and left himself stymi
for his fourth. 1t was halved in SIS.
8 Neither reached the green with HI
: second In going to the first extra hol
3 and 1t Melted no advantage either wa!
r being halved In 5s. The second was ais
I halved. both getting down for n
j White reached the green on the thir
n extra with his second. while Stearr
n was short. He Clipped on. but too
4 two puts to get down. White had h
= two puts for a winning TO end ii
c match and holed out.
Their cards follow.