New-York tribune., 1919-10-17
Nassau Expert
TopsCreenwich
Field With "a
Leads ITO Starters by Four
Stroke Margin; Rocks
in S cond Position

After trying vainly all season Gardi-
ner w. White, the Nassau record holder.
won his first qualification medal of the
year by leading the field in the invita-
ton golf tournament at the Greenwich
Country Club yesterday. His score of
"a led Il. d. Rocks, of Metaromet, by
four strokes.
White had been "nosed out" in test
ing rounds on no less than eight other
occasions during the last six months.
In the summer he won the Shacka~
maxon and the National Links tourna-
ments.
Fog hampered the playing Of most
Of the competitors. II rolled in so
thick from off the Sound as to cause
one to lose sight of the ball almost
as soon as it left the face of the club.
Making approach shots to invisible
green's presented a novel problem, but
good golfers have way of circumvent-
ing obstacles that confound the aver
age mortal!
Par for the Greenwich layout, cover
ing more than $500 wards, is 70. 35
came back in &C. The Nassau cham
pion's card read this way:
2u'.... In... s J 1 s--3s6-74 -s
Rocks Misses Chance
Shortly after White had finished his
round word came to the clubhouse that
Rocks stood an excellent chance Of
winning the medal. It surely looked
that way at one stage. The Metacomet
entrant had gone out in 3S, and then
started back 3, 2, 2. There he stood
two better than As for twelve holes.
Par for the remaining holes would
have given him 72, but instead Rocks
took 80 for the last slA. His card tol-
lows:
Ga'. fs 5 3-4S o-iS-7s
Another card gem of inconsist-
ency. was the property of c. Y. Benton.
one of the leaders in the Hudson
River Golf Association. He declared
it was the weirdest round he ever
had D}aved After starting with three
Is and getting we'll over the bunker
on his second shot at the long toufIn
Benton PLAYED the next six holes two
worse than an average Of q. mat
! gave him total OF 90 gong out Hc
/ then reeled of the inward half IN 80
for a total of SIS, the high qualifying
figure.
With the exception of White and
Rocks. the ONLY other contestant TO get
under 50 was c. c. Lima. of Mahopac
who bad II. Henry J. Topping. who
was responsible for the Greenwich
club giving d tournament TINS TALL
played in something like old-tlme
form, going out in 80 and back in II
for an 80, score eQualled by Grant
/ Peacock Of Garden City, and j. Simp-
son Dean, of Princeton.
New Club for Newton
Y. c. Newton. who changes club af-
tiliations with chameleon-like rapldity
had an 81. 1t will be recalled that or
Monday he represented Richmond
County. while winning the Staten Isl.
and title, but yesterday he shiitec
back to Brooklinc.
Frank Dyer, of Upper Montclair
who while student at the University
of Pennsylvania several years ago wor
the Pennsylvania mpionship, reap
peared in the competitive game and 60
an 81, the same as S. j. Graham, run
ner-up at Nassau and Piping Rock,
There were 10 starters, and man!
failed to return cards. They foun(
the going sitter than formerly, TO-
since the last invitation meeting seV
eral holes have been heightened an'
trapped. There are new eleventh an'
twelfth tees. The ninth green is ais
changed from its ori iginal location.
Provision was made for three SIX
teens. It had originally been INTENDED
to send the field over the course twlc
for 36-hole qualifications but hecaus
of the fog and the large number o
starters the committee cut the media
play test TO eighteen holes.
The scores: