New-York tribune., 1919-10-18
Breaks Defeat
Gard. White.
Medal Winner
Dyer Beats Nassau Star, 3
and |, but Later Loses to
Graham, of Home Club

Graham, of Home Club
Favorltes were treated with scant
consideration in the first and second
match rounds of the invitation golf
tournament at the Greenwich Country
Club yesterday. For starter, Gardi-
ner v. White, the Nassau star, who
won the medal on Thursday with "A.
was defeated by Frank Dyer. of Upper
Montclair, who in turn was brushed
aside by Sam Graham, one Of the
Greenwich regulars
AS the situation stands, the semi
finals vii consist OF Graham vs.. Grant
Peacock, Of Garden City in the upper
half, while in the lower side J. Simp-
son Dean, of Princeton, will take on
G. +. Van Week, jr.. representing
Greenwich
Whites game frequently proves lack
ing just when great things are eX
pected He has short mashie shot
that fails him at times, and it was that
way yesterday, plus a lapse in putting.
They formed damaging combination.
to say nothing of the breaks in luck
which appeared to be all in favor Of
the winner.
There were two Incidents quite out
of the ordinary. With the match all
square going to the seventh hole
Whites second shot left his ball be-
hind tree in such an awkward place
as to mean the loss of stroke and
the hole
From there on it was hard shedding
for a time, Dyer winning the eighth
and ninth in par figures and turning
FOR home 3 up. The Upper Montclair
golfer had gone out in 38.
White Makes a Rally
1t looked all over for White when
his opponent captured eleventh and
became up. The Nassau favorite
twelfth fourteenth and fifteenth so
that he was only one down going to
No. 16. 1t was there that the vagares
of the game again appeared.
White with two Indifferent shots,
rad landed il, bunker, but when his
opponent hit wild second White
figured he had nothing worse than a
half coming. But Dver's ball struck
man en- the hip and bounded gayly to
the green, enabling him to win the
hole in 4.
That practically finished White, who
lost the mex mole, leaving Dyer's mar
gin and |. The winner had a II to
Whites so as follows:
$:.:. s.: $::. s.: II: !: !: !; 7'':557=s4
Graham won as he pleased in the
slorning over c. V. Benton, of the
Hudson River Country Club After
being up at the turn, the home play
er showed he was there by neatly
jumping a styme on the tenth green.
Peacock after defeating {. c. Lima,
Of Malopac in the early hours. had
Georg. Morse, the former Rutland
golfer. now playing from Pine Valley
Dean began the day ausDiciously by
defeating Henry J. Topping. one of
Greenwch's leaders. Topping. unable
TO putt with any degree Of accuracy,
never looked winner.
Forced to Home Green
R. D. Rocks, the Metacomet golfer.
who got a 78 in the medal round. was
forced to the home green to defeat F.
W Potter, Of Wcstchester but +. c.
Newton. of Brooklinc, made short work
of Hamilton X. Kerr, home man, who
has not been playing his best golf this
season. Van Week furnished some
thing OF a surprise by stopping R. NJ.
Lewis 3 and /. In winning this match.
Van Week travelled at a 78 pace.
In view of what ne did 70 White.
Dyer was expected 10 make things
warm for Graham, but apparently the
Upper Montclair man had no more
good shots left in his BAG. He outdrove
his opponent many yards from nearly
every tee, but there Overs Golf prac-
tcally stopped He missed short
putt on the ninth green, otherwise he
would have turned for home only
down
As it was. Graham who went out in
80. stood up at that point and then
practically settled the match by win
ming the tenth, eleventh and twelfth
holes in row The shortest putt
Dyer missed was on the tenth green,
failing on a twO-footer after his op
poncnt had run down one of fully
eight feet
Neither Dean nor Rocks could putt
in their match, though they kept we'll
together going out, the former being
only UP at the turn. Dean won the
twelfth. fourteenth and sixteenth,
which cave him the match. 4 and ..
Van Week stood uD on Newton at
the sixteenth and they halved the last
two holes in par As, leaving the
Greenwich man a winner by a single
hole margin.
The summary:
han. Greenwicn beat c v Benton Hud
son River. UP and to play, Frant pyer
Montclair. beat Gardiner " White, Mas
sau 3 up and ] to play; Gran Peacock,
Garden City. beat G. - Lima. Mahopac.
Valley. beat H. Gillian, Greenwich up
and 3 to play. J. simpson Dean, Prince
/ ton beat Henry j. Topping. greenwich.
up and to play: f.. I. Rocks. Meta -
+ comet beat T W. Potter. W"stchester,
I up, f. G Newton. Brookline. beat Ham
iiou X Kerr. Greenwich, up and 6
/ to play G. T. Van NlceN, Jr, Greenwi ich,
boat r. NJ. Lewis. Greenwich, UP and
second round-Craha,n beat DYER up
{ and TO play; Peacock beat Morse, up
I and to play Dean beat Rocks. up and
. TO play. Van week beat Newton, up
Beaten eight first sixteen (hrst ronnd)
White beat Benton, up and : To- play
/ Linn beat tllllan. up and ? to play
Topping beat Potter. by default, Lewis
beat Kerr by default.