The sun., 1919-08-10
Sawyer Beats Sweetser
In Fierce Golf Struggle
Ardsley Youngster Carries Veteran Through 3S Holes
Leads at End of Morning Round by Up
Proves Mettle in Match Play.
By INNS BROWN.

found a trap and he took two to get out
and five to get on. The fifth went to
Sweetser with s. This time II was.
Sawyer who needed three puts. The
sixth is another short one. and again
Sweetser had three puts after driving
the green. Sawyer won In 3.
The Siwanoy star hooked out Of
bounds on the seventh. Sweetser put his
second in trap and ran over the green
into the rough on his third. But he
holed a chip shot to count a par I and
won. Both bungled the eighth. Each
found trap with his second. Sawyer
took 2 to get out, and Sweetser won with
a S. The latter overplayed his mashie
second on the ninth. and the hole went
to Sawyer with par 4. leaving Sweet
ser 1 up to the turn. ,
The next three holes went to Sweetser
in row, r. and 4. Sawyer being one
above. The latter retaliated by grab
bling the next three in succession. His
figures were 8. and 3. the latter a
birdie on the 430 yard fifteenth. The
sixteenth was halved. Then Sawyer
evened the fatch, to 8. at the seven
teenth, a styinie blocking SweetseTs putt
for a 4. Sawyer's second sliced to the
brook on the eighteenth. He dropped
far back on the seventeenth and played
fine iron to the edge of the green for
his fourth. But Sweetser landed his
third on and won with a s. to hnish the
first round 1 up.
Afternoon Round IL Better.
The afternoon was a slight improve
ment In total strokes and a repetition of
the hectic conflict of the morning in
competitive play. The first two holes
were halved. Sweetser missing a three
foot putt for to win the second. after
Sawyer had topped his drive and taken
three to get on. The short third again
proved a tough nut for Sweetser. Both
drives were trapped. Sweetser played
out across the green into high grass.
He Clipped back and missed a short putt
for I. Sawyer got his second putt
down to win with that figure, and even
the match.
Sweetser grabbed the fourth when
Sawyer hooked his drive and failed to
get nut onto the fairway with his second.
Sweetser ran down a par g. The count
was reversed at the fifth. Sweetser
sliced his second into the rough under
some trees. and didn't get on with his
third. Sawyer left the gate wide open
on the short sixth with a mashie sliced
down under some trees.
But Sweetser temporarily chucked
away his chance with a hoist out into
the road on the course. His second was
a beauty, twelve feet from the pin.
Sawyer made a fine recovery, landing
eight feet from the cup. Sweetser missed
his putt ana Sawyer had a putt for a
3 to win. Instead he overran the cup
and laid himself stymie- Sweetser got
the hole with 4. Sawyer got the
seventh, 4 to s.
After halving the eighth in 4s Sweet
ser took the ninth with a bird 8, run
ming down a twenty foot putt He turned
1 up. The tenth and eleventh were
halved in and respectively, Sawyer
chipping on from Thorough to within two
feet of the pin on the latter Sawyer
got the twelfth when Sweetsers second
landed short in the brook. But the
younsster promptly took the thirteenth,
Q to 4. Sawyer being trapped from the
tee. Three puts cost Sweetser the
fourteenth. Sawyer hoiing Z. Sawyer
also got the fifteenth. Z to 8, giving him
the lead for the first time. sweetser
Clipped short on hts third and Sawyer
ran down ten foot putt.
sweetser Takes Seventeenth.
The sixteenth was halved In Is after
Sweetser wasted one shot Just on the
green The seventeenth saw Sweet
ser's second twelve feet from the cup,
with Sawyer on the edge OF the green.
The latter's approach partially stymied
the youngster. But he ran his putt
true for the hole. 1t lacked about one