New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-20

Rain which fell throughout the day.
made the course heavy and sore-., ,ns
altogether conditions did not tend
toward low scoring. Even so. Marstr--
made the early round in so to "a for
MS opponent. and in the afternoon
both were going at about tho same
clip.
Three puts at the first hole cost
wild that, and Marston became nm
al the next, where his second sho.
landed to within six feet of the pin.
and he foled tho putt for bird" 3.
Going to the fourth hole. Wild's sec
ond shot got in the brook In front of
the green, and he lost there. when he
took 6.
First Mistake at Fifth
Marston made his first mistake at
the fifth. when his third attemn.
reached this same brook in the hack
OF the green. The winner reached
the turn in az, to 43 for his opponent.
and at that point Marston stood 2 IN.
He increased his advantage by win
ming the eleventh, where he laid his
second shot dead to the hole. using
mashle- niblick for the purpose. and
ran down his six-;nch putt for 3.
two strokes better than Wild. The
last named won the fourteenth. when
Marston's ball fell short and he took
q. BY winning the sixteenth and sew
enteenth each in a, Marston became
4 up.
To the short home hole, both got
IN trouble. Marston's ball went in the
trap and no took two to reach the
green. Even so. he managed to halve
puts.
Marston made hash of the first hole
IN the afternoon, taking three puts.
and he further reduced mis- lead Mt the
next, where he drove to the rough. His
ball was 20 deeply imbcaded that all
he could do on his next attempt was
to dig it out, and he took &. where
carrier in the day he had recorded 3.
re won the next, when Wild's third
shot fell short of the green. but three
puts at the twenty second cost him 6
strokes and the hole.
Wild Gains Half
Had Wild been able TO run down ,
four-foot putt at the next holc he
would have had a half there. dosrito
second shot that went out Of hounds
both were in a trap at the twenty
fourth, but good recovery. s,inplo-
mented by fairly long putt. gave
Wild the hole in 3. A short second shot
at the next cost Marston : there. and
at that point he was only one ur.
Things began to look better for Wild
at that stage of the game. arl tho
dopesters had it all figured ont trf
the Psychology of the thing wa that
W I'd would have the Indian SIGN on
his opponent from there on.
Marston, however, came right back
by winning the eighth hole after Wild
missed an eight-foot putt, but the last
named reduced his opponents aivan-
tage to one hole when he won the ninth
in to 6.
A sliced drive to the rough at the
tenth cost Marston that hole and for
the first time since the contest started
W ia squared accounts. Halvcd holes
followed until the thirty-third Of the
match, and Marston became ! I'D at
the 400-yard sixteenth There he
reached the green ,in two beautiful
shots. while his opponent was short
on his second, and, after chipping 10
within 10 feet Of tho hole on his next.
missed his try for a T.
Marston Drives Well
BY that time everyone was on tho
qui vive. Marrton drove close - tho
corner at the clbow-like home hole,
which left him an open shot 70 the
green. Wild's sliced drive hit the
trees, but the ball rebounded from
there into a trap. His lie was good.
50 that he was probably better OF
than if his rubber-core had remained
among the shrubbery.
Instead Of playing safe on his next
Wild attempted TO get home, and a
topped bah resulted. The sphere hat
the bank Of the bunker short % tho
green. Marston was home or his sec
ond. and Wild. who had to pitch over
VIZ ter, laid his bail stone dead.
This elected salvo Of applause
T rom me galley. Marston's ball was
IN casual water. and after replacing
the rubber core he took a mashie. with
which he almost holed out from the
edge Of the green. That ended the
match, and Wild didn't even trouble 20
play out the hole The card follows: