The sun., 1919-08-10

There is nothing OF dross in the golf
Ing makeup of Jesse w. Sweetser.
Ardley's 1s-year-old links sensation.
Though he lost the Anal match of the
Victory cup tournament at Siwanoy
yesterday to D. e. Sawyer Of the home
club. the young man proved conclusive
ly that he is clear grained. simon pure
golfer and a bearcat OF a match player.
He carried Sawyer to the thirty-eighth
green for a decision.
That he had the skill of a master at
his finger tips he showed a short time
since by shooting a IS at Apawamis to
qualify for the Westchester champion
ship. But his elimination in the semi
final of that joust by Lester Conley left
some doubt as TO his ability in match
play. In earlier matches of the Siwanoy
tournament he began to pile up evidence
Of such ability. Yesterday he added on
the convincing touches.
In Ned Sawyer he was meeting a
player reckoned one of the veterans of
stifr match play OF the country. Thir-
teen years ago. back in the days when
n lollypop had decidedly more fascin-
alton for Sweetser than driver or
mashie. Sawyer won the Western anna
teur championship and he has been ac-
customed to reading his name In the
headlines since.
OF late years Sawyer has not figured
overprominently In big golf events. But
during this season he has taken part in
no less than two of the prime events
of the year in this section, the metro
politan amateur and the national open,
and he had set no mean store by the
winning OF the Siwanoy affair. More
over. Sawyer is an ace at match play;
what the professional clan describes as
great money player. meaning that
when the pinch comes he's there from
countless different angles.
sweetser Proves MettIe.
He was there all right yesterday.
Otherwise the motif of this chronicle
would be the recounting of how the
youngster won. As It is. 1t is reduced
to a recital of what a worthy battle he
waged In losing. The point to be regis
tered just here Is that 1t must be a case
Of mint against flint. when so many
sparks ny at the clashing. No doubt
about the flnty surface OF Sawyer's Q
golfing. ergo the deduction that there
Is no little silica is Sweetser's golfing
exterior.
The morning round was a decidedly
mediocre performance Judged in the
light OF standard medal play golf Err
rors Of execution from the tees through
the 1arWayS ana on tne greens were
mixed with misjudged efforts in such
a way as to make the recorded figures
from hole to hole look decidedly shabby.
But there was unmistakable evidence
OF violent conflict in match competition
all the way.
The two rolled up forty-three strokes
apiece In going out in the morning, fully
four or five over what either would rea-
sonably be expected to do In medal play.
But there was action at each hole, as
may be judged from the fact that each
hole yielded decision In favor OF one
Of the two OF the entire eighteen holes
but one, the sixteenth, was halved.
Sweetser finished the round up.
The youngster took the first with q (,
when Sawyer landed short OF the green
with his second and took two puts.
5weetser promptly hooked tn the rocl.
wall going TO the second and had to
play out safe. still forty yards back OF
Bawyer's drive. He shattered a wonder
ful brassie some 225 yards to the green
for his third. Sawyer mistudsed his dis
tance badly and carried over the green
into the rough with a spoon second. He
dubbed his first mashie effort and Sweet
ser won with 5.
8 sawyer wins short Third.
The short third went to Sawyer when
Sweetser took three puts after both