The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-28
Beats Graham 2 and 1 in Final
Round-Takes Forenoon
Match on 10Th Hole.
ny INNIs BROWN.

John NJ. Ward, veteran linksman from
the Garden City Golf Club. who was
thrilling the populace with his brilliant
achievements on the baseball field be-
fore many of the present day golf stars
had made their entry onto this mum
dane sphere, walked away with first
honors in the Nassau Country Club In
vitation golf tournament. In the final
round yesterday afternoon he defeated
Sam P. Graham of Greenwich, and ].
In the forenoon the former baseball
star triumphed after nip and tuck bat
tie with fellow clubmate. Morton l.
Fearey, winning on the nineteenth hole.
Chatham had encountered no less stub
born opposition with T.. C. Beall Of
Uniontown. who carried him to an extra
hole also for q decision.
That final match was a battle of wits
as well as of skill and craft at swinging
the various clubs that go to make up
the complement of golfers kit. 1t was
a kind of Greek VS.. Greek contest.
Neither is long, slashing player. Bril-
liant tee shots for extra distance. mag
ni1cent seconds to the green from 200
yards and more away, find no place in
the repertoire of either player.
But when the issue settles down to
the short game. with well placed mashie
pitches and chips, accurately timed
puts. and over and above these use of
keen, hard judgment In sizing up a stu
alton, yesterdays contest was cast with
a pair Of real stars. Few and far be-
tween were the mistakes of the pair
within the scope of possibilities OF their
respective games.
To those who knew the possibilities of
the two players 1t was plain that a close
contest was in prospect before the match
began. However, Graham was a IA
vofite with the dopesters because he had
displayed a somewhat superior brand of
golf In more than one OF his previous
matches. He did get away with an
edge on the first hole, but Ward got It
back at the second. From that point on
the Greenwich player never enjoyed bet
ter than an even break. He dropped
back on the sixth, evened on the next,
then fell in behind, to remain there I'M
I'll the finish.
Graham Takes Lead.
Graham showed in the lead on the first
hole. Ward took three puts, losing, 8
to 4. The latter turned the tables ON the
| second. Graham's tee shot caught a
trap. and he took four to reach the green.
losing, to 5.
The next three holes were halved. On
, the fourth Ward saved a half in 8. when
he made a fine recovery from trap
and sank an eight foot putt. On the fifth
he took three puts after reaching the
green, one under his opponent.
Ward won the sixth in 8. Graham's
third overran the green, and he took two
puts after chipping on. But Ward lost
| his advantage at the next. when he
hooked his tee shot out of bounds.
Graham dropped short in a trap on
the eighth, then played his second over
across the green. Ward holed twelve
| foot putt for his 2. The latter made a
fine Clipped shot to the green to save
half on the ninth. He was trapped on
his drive and forty yards short OF the
green in 2. But he Clipped to within
two feet for a sure 4.
The tenth was halved in s. when Ora
ham laid Ward a stymie on his four foot
chance for a 5. On the eleventh II was
Graham, who came through with q
strong finish to get half in 4.
The Greenwich entry hooked to the
rough on his tee shot. His second was
seventy-hve yards short of the green
He pitched his third on twenty fee
beyond the cup. Ward was on in two
and laid his third dead Graham rar
down his long putt for 4.
Playing the twelfth Graham sliced tc
trap and Ward partially topped his
second. Both took three to get on, ant
the hole was halved in 8. Ward wor
the next to 8. He overplayed tho
green. but Graham was short in a trap
After playing the fourteenth ever
Graham won the short fifteenth 9 to 4
They broke even with 5s on the six
teenth. Ward slipped through with 6
par 4 on the seventeenth, against Ora
hams s. This gave Ward the match
Ward and Fearey had an up anC
Town tussle. which balanced off even oil
the eighteen holes. The former haS
mucn the bette nf the first nine holes
He counted 80 IL. the nine. Just ont