New-York tribune., 1919-06-21
hammer and
Walker Score
At Fox Hills
Baltusrol Golfer Beats
Van Clief; Storm Hin
ders Play in I'd Round

1t has long been the boast of golf
devotees that the elements play a
small part in their lives, but the
hnksmen competing in the invitation
tournament at Fox Hills yesterday
afternoon had to bow before the wrath
of Jupiter Pluvius, and as a result a
number of the second round matches
in all divisions remained unfinished.
The committee, after several of the
greens became awash, ruled that con-
testants who were unable to conclude
their matches would be permitted to
finish this morning.
With the thunderstorm and down.
pour it became so dark as to make it
impossible to follow the flight of the
ball. Those in the main division were
better off than contestants in minoy
flights, for only one of the second
round matches in the first sixteen re-
mained unfinished. After playing
eleven holes, W. H. Follett and B. T.
Allen, both Of the home club, had to
give it up as bad job. At that point
tollett was up.
A. F. Hammer, of Baltusrol, winner
of the medal in the qualifying round
WOO oOic W Ilu1Su his d1teTuOOn maCCn
with Courtlandt Van Clief, of the
home club, but only after an inter.
mission after the fifteenth hole. At
that stage, Hammer stood up with
three holes to play, and when the pair
started again Hammer settled matters
by winning the sixteenth hole and the
mach, and g.
L. F. Hunt, Of Jamaica, had two good
matches. He defeated L. G. Spindler,
former Fox Hills champion, in the
morning, and later eliminated F.. H
Kendall. of South Shore. Hunt will
meet Walker in the lower half Of the
semi-fnal bracket this morning, while
the winner of the Follett-Allen tilt
will clash with Hammer.
The summary of the first round
matches:
FIRST FIRST S SIXTEEN; ; first round-A. F
Cnef, Fox Hills. beat P F. Bessire, FOX
hilis beat up M,,'sn W; H. sfslL Follett Fox Hills
v. e. Van cief. Fox HiIs f'a's' up; e. peg F.
Hunt' jamaica beat L. G. spindler. Fox
South Shore. beat J. d. Newman. Fox
Hills. ! up; W. II. Gardner Buffalo, beat
a. d. Mitchell. Fox Hils, up and to
play; a. l.. Walker, jr., Richmond County
beat ]: NJ. Brander, Fox Hills. up and
s to play.
SECOND SIXTEEN, first round--G. G.
Worthey Fox Hills, beat S. H. lvson
Gherry valley, up and to play; E. G.
Massa pequa, up and to play; NJ Prain
Fox Hills. beat w. P. Nicholson Wykagyl
8, up and to play; George G. Baxter
FOX t,o Hills, beat g. L. Rohdenburg, Colum
Fox Hills. beat DR.: "A. Carpenter Oak
land, up and l to play; W. j. Ryan,
Fox Hills. beat w. l.. Richard. Fox Hills
! up G9 holesl; j. w. McMenamy, Fox
Hills. beat T. Tunis. tr. Columbia, up
and 4 to play; W. w. Van Loan Fox
Hills. beat r. J.. Spots Fox Hills, up.
THIRD SIXTEEN, first round-A IL
Pogson, Fox Hills, beat W. W. Harris
Dunwoodie. up and 1 to play; e. H.
Byte, Fox Hills, beat M Schneider, Co.
lumbia. up and to play; J. S. Griffin,
Deal beat r. e. Lipscomb Baltusrol by
default; A. S. Trippe. Fox Hills, beat T.. r.
Villerail, Fox Hills, l up; r. w Tannock.
Fox Hills beat c. r Sweeney. unattached,
up and to play; II. Miller Jones.
Richmond County. beat r. starbuck, Fox
Hills, up and to play; r. strobridge
Nan,s ! up ns holes9 F K Flaugh, New York
Valley, UP and to play