The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-31
GRAHAM TOPS FIELD
IN COLE TOURNEY
Card Of 70 Low in Qualifying
Round at Cherry Valley
Rain Big Handicap.
BY INNS BROWN.

In spite Of very unfavorable weather
conditions more than four score golfers
needed the call in the final invitation
tournment of the season at the Cherry
Valley Club yesterday. The enthusiasm
was there all right. but the handicap Of
a slow drixziing rain. which sent shiv-
ers through the players, operated sue
cessfully against low scoring, and more
than few good ones failed in the test
OF making the first sixteen.
Sam ]. Graham Of Greenwich cap
tured first honors In the qualifying
round, when he brought home a total
Of 70. He enjoyed a margin of one
stroke over Gardiner White of Nassau,
when the final returns were made. The
first nine holes of the journey cost him
Al, while he counted the second nine
In ss. Here is his card:
In .....5 / s-ss-7s
White threw away one moro stroke
than did Graham on the first nine holes.
which cost him AZ. Both of the par
8 holes on the first nine, the fourth and
ninth. cost him 6. He attributed his
failure to bring in a better card to
carelessness In making his iron shots.
He was driving well. putting equally
as well. But failure to keep his head
down and his eyes on the ball cost him
rather dearly on his iron shots through
the fairways. Like Graham he needed
SO strokes to do the second nine.
IN EH' .. - { ss $3.50
standish Falls Down.
James d. Standish. Jr.. leading light
Of the Detroit goling district. fell one
stroke shy of the limit which admitted
to the first sixteen. He put himself in
the hole with erratic work on the first
nine holes which cost him forty-nine
strokes. On the second nine he steadied
down and cut seven strokes from the
above total, but missed out with his
card of 81.
However. he was playing under quite
n handicap. He is making the trip East
on other missions, one of which is to see
the Williams football game On Saturday.
Hence he did not bring his golf equip
ment. He played the round with Dor
rowed rigging, including clubs, shoes
and other regalia, and naturally enough
was unable to play up to his usual form.
L. G. Spindler. one of Fox Hills's best
bets. also failed to get in the first flight
by a single stroke. S. H. Ivison of the
home club, a familiar tournament figure.
suffered quite disappointment. In
spite of the advantage OF playing a
course which he knows thoroughly. his
score ran over the century mark. Z. L.
Bloodgood. who formerly played at
Cherry Valley. but is now affiliated with
the Knickerbocker Club, also failed to
get within the century Init.
Triple Tie for Third.
None Of the rest of the field were able
to crowd White and Graham. A triple
tie for third place at 81 resulted between
E c. Beall Of Uniontown. Simpson Dean
of Princeton and Alex Calder of tho
home club. G. E. Morse. who is now
AFFILIATED with the Pine Valley Club of
Philadelphia, and C. p Leake of Garden
City dropped closely N behind the above
trio with IS each.
With prospects of another battle be-
in sight the two have been drawn In OPP
posite ends of the bracket. Graham's
name was drawn from the hat in the
pair. whereas White came well
along toward the last. Among the
others in the upper half with Graham
are Morton L. Fearey and Don Parker
of Garden. City, and Howard Maxwell,
Jr., OF Nassau. Harry Scharff. a public
links star, Simpson Dean and E. c..
Beall are among those who dropped into
the second half with White.
Here is the draw in full for the first
round: Fearey VS.. Nicholson, Graham
vs. Parker. Morse vs. Maxwell. Leake VS.
Pell. Scharff VS.. Calder. Dean VS.. White,
Hicks vs. Allen Beall VS. Haight