The sun., 1919-08-07
BY INNS BROWN.

Lester Conley Of Siwanoy. whose glory
In winning the recent Westminster coun-
ty championship is just beginning to
grow dim with age, added another sprig
of laurel to his golflng chaplet by re-
turning the low score in a field of more
than 100 starters In the qualifying
round of the Victory cup tournament
at the Siwanoy Country Club yester-
day. Conley captured the honors of the
day with a round of rs. Three strokes
back came young Jess Sweetser of Arls-
ley. C, u. Van Week of Greenwich was
third with 70.
Whether the full significance of the
title selected for this affair settled down
with full and due effect on the big field
or not at least one very realistic and
Iifellke touch mindful of days on. the
western front in La Belle France pre-
vailed. Mist and murk famed in stories
| CT doings lover there" aDounded In gobs
Wonder what's the trouble between the
| golfers and the weather man anyway,
They appear to have been at logger
leads all season on tournament quarry
ing dates.
) .Reverting to the matter of play, Con-
ley's performance reflects no little credit
, on his golfng prowess. After getting
| away to a fine start he wabbled bit
on the Second and counted six to get
down This jumped him up two strokes
over par, and he cast away another
, extra stroke on the eighth, when me
took five strokes TO hole out there. on
the tenth he took three to reach the
green and lost another stroke to par.
Conley Hits stride.
But from that point on there was no
, slack in his play. A five at the FOUR
teenth was atoned for with bird three
on the sixteenth He ran down fifteen
foot putt here. He had previously
missed even a more ambitious EFFORT on
? the twelfth, when his ball trimmed the
cup and stopped four inches away. Al
the sixteenth he recovered finely from
a rather poor tee shot. 1t hooked RAJ
, over near some trees. but his second was
, dropped hole high just Off the green
! He Clipped up and ran down slnge
, mutt A par 5 on the 545 yard eigh-
teenth brought him home In So. HIS
card follows:
Out 2" .",ss s : 80 ! I E::ss-1s
p Jesse Sweetser snapped tough KIM
!, in his aspirations for first honors Win
: large looming on the nth hole. II,
? hooked his drive into some bushes, where
: the ball landed in an almost unplayapl'
: lie. The youngster chopped away an
! gently and finally brought 1t out. but
needed to reach the edge OF the green.
Doubtless upset by his experiences he
took puts to get down.
Even with this discouraging incident
hc rounded out 40 for the first MIN,
: holes A fine 2 on the short sixth helpeu
10 remove. a part Of the sting OF thal
: i and he ran down a IS footer on the nlii'h
for a bird 3, which also helped. Turn
: ing the first half back OF Convey nc
: kept pace with the Siwanoy entry roi
. | ,,ft I,a second
in spite of the fact that he put his sec
ond out of bounds on the fifteenth. But
= he skidded a bit on the last two, taking
4 and G. ! stroke above Conley IN
: ea CHI case. Here is his card:
e q" mi: 30 : : : . ) -sS-7S
Kirkby Finds Trouble.
q Oswald Kirkby, Metropolitan cham
{ pion, did not qualify, and thereby hangs
a rather interesting tale. a SITUATION
r at the ninth hole, requiring the combined
Z qualifications of a porch climber. car
penter and maybe a tinsmith. so as
rusted the Englewood star that ne
picked UP his ball and declared hlmseli
= out of the going.
. Paired with John G. Anderson. kirkpy
mad come along in creditable tsyle
. through the eighth After a bad drive
4
a made a mighty swipe with niblick ior
= his second effort and skied the ball far
!, over the green and onto the slightly
!, sloping roof covering the clubhouse
yeranda. This roof Is surrounded by a
: railing some two feet high. which maze
p, the resulting shot rather difficult unless
. player carried a sugar scoop or some
q similar Implement in his bag.
Kirkby took one swing without ma
Il terial results His second effort didn't
h clear the rail, but the ball trickled
, through and dropped down into 10"
v hedge that borders the building twas
n enough The lank Jerseyman picked IL
= up and declared himself through so taI
4 as competitive play was concerned. lie
q played out the second nine holes and
~ was going strong enough to rip on a
- AZ for the second nine, and that too with
two shots out OF bounds. His drive on
b. the thirteenth left him three foot putt
a for bird 2, and he had one but little
% longer for a bird on the sixteenth
: He holed both.
u Sawyer Returns In so.
Jerry Travers, who made his entry
II and was expected right up until start
II Ing time. did not put in an appearance.
v However Ned Sawyer, who had been n
70 doubt about playing, showed up and
n brought in an so for his round Paired
" with Henry ]. Topping OF Greenwich
n both Sawyer and his running mate did
"a the first nine in AZ. Sawyer showed
!, Improvement on the second nine. which
i he turned in 3S, whereas Topping made
4 change for the worse. taking As.
The Greenwich player came near re-
? peating on Kirkby's clubhouse poke at
g the eighteenth. His second left him
a about a full mashie for the green. Hi
re put all of his considerable bulk behind
the shot. and the ball headed straight
y for a flock congregated near the score
If board to the left of the green. After
q much shouting and scurrying, 1t was
1. left a free course, carromed off the
l. board and a green's roller and left a
is good chip shot for the flag.
n Only Three Break so.
None of the stars except Conley
Smantser and Nnn Nleclr uara bile IL