The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-04
Special Despatos to The SUN.

cup. In the first Of two days clash for
that highly esteemed links trophy
against the New York entry here to-day.
The Quaker team finished out with q
winning margin Of 0 and 6. The morn
ing round In foursomes came near pro-
viding clean sweep. They resulted in
a to i victory for the visitors. The
singles matches were divided at s. all.
Meantime the Massachusetts, team
engaged the veterans, which weren't all
veterans at that. The old stagers APP
peared for the start short handed and
several Of the younger players on hano
were tossed In to I'LL out their lineup.
Aided by even such young blood as
Grant Peacock and one or two others
the vets" were unable to keep tho Bay
Skaters from making a clean sweep In
the foursomes. In the singles a few
other shifts were introduced and again
the visitors came away easy winners,
to 3. making Ia to for the day.
Interest centred chiefly in the indi-
vidual battles Of the afternoon round.
or these matches the grapple between
Oswald Kirlxby, the Metropolitan cham
pion. and s. Davidson Heron, the re-
Gently crowned national amateur golf
king. drew the closest attention Of the
crowd. 1t resulted in rather disas-
trous trimming for the Oakmont wal
loper. kirkby took his measure by the
wide margin Of up and to play.
1t was Kirkby's match almost from
the start The Englewood crack took
the lead at the first hole and from there
out held the match in hand at all stages.
Fourteen holes Of play were covered be-
fore the issue was determined, and of
that number Heron succeeded In scor-
ing but single win. He caught Kirkby
staggering for a moment on the seventh
hole, and managed to run down a ten
foot putt for a win. though he himself
had played the hole rather weakly ex-
cept for a very fine drive,
KirIxby Easy Victor.
In suffering his defeat Heron may
muster up many sources for regret al
his own shortcomings. He certainly
played game far different from what
he developed in wading through the ma
tional championship tournament on hin
home course some six weeks ago, Blu,
losing to Kirkby to-day was a poor idea
OF something to sit nights and brood
over. Heron might well have made the
final outcome closer. But there Is only
small handful of talent SO to speak
who could have taken Kirkby's meas.
ure. going as he did throughout the
round.
The Metropolitan champion went ou'
in 3S, one storke above par, and will
little closer competition might have
been bit lower than that He wa:
always well within himself except al
that seventh, where shows on hi,
| card. 1t was almost sure thing al
along. with the possibilities lying ahead
for even better Only rarely was h,
pressed to score. and on several occa
| sions he was within range Of a wher,
his card shows I. which proved gooc
enough to win.
The first hole went to Kirkby in 4
when Heron was short on his second, q
pitch. and then failed to get up with
chip third. They split the second in 4
Kirkby then won the third with tina
/ figure when Heron missed a three foo
putt for a. half The fourth went I.
Kirkby in par 8. Heron sliced his te,
shot and found trap for his pains.
The long hogback fifth also fell int
Kirkby's winning column In par s. Her
ron sliced his drive to rough, played hi
second across to rough on the left, wa
out short with his third. and thel
dropped a pitched fourth still short. II
missed his putt for a six.
Both handled the short sixth in par
Then Kirkby ran afoul of his wors
break OF the round. After both ha,
got Off fine drives Kirkby hit a poo
second that ran along into the rough Of
| the left. He slashed a long iron sho
from this rough to the green, nut tn
ball ran across into n trap. Heron wa
none too good. pulling his third to tn
left of the green. His approach left hir
a ten foot effort. which he sank to wi
in 8. when Kirkby took two puts afte
playing out of the trap.
Heron Trapped mt Eighth.
Heron was trapped on his drive 70
the eighth, was out rather short. bu
overplayed his third. Kirkby's secon
trickled just of the edge of the greer
but he shipped his third within a var
Both played the long ninth In good styl.
scoring a half in par 5.
Strengthening out for the run threug
the second nine holes. Kirkby slashed
terrific drive straight down the middl,
connected up a brilliant iron second tina
left him an eight foot putt for a bird
which he ran down to win. His recor
of sS strokes out had enabled him {
turn four up. and this made him five.
Both found traps on their second shot
to the eleventh and It was a half in
They ran neck and neck to the green o
the thirteenth, with Kirkby within to
feet on his second but he took two putt
and they halved this in four. The II
yard thirteenth was divided In 3, bot
driving TO within fifteen feet of the haI
Rirkby was then dormie fve. and tn
match ended when they halved the ne1
In par 4.
Max Marston, lined up in the ranks {
mia Vel
Jr., In his match, thereby renewing a
issue developed earlier In the season 4
the metropolitan championship q
Brooklawn. In that event the youn
Staten Islander came through a WHINE
To-day Marston succeeded In turnin
the tables, dropping his younger opp
nent by a score OF 4 and 8.
1t was Walkers frst tournament al
pearance here since early in the sun
mer. Since that time he has been pla!
ing most of his golf on the Vernon
courses. Judging by appearances he he
failed somewhat to profit by the expsr
ence. In to-days round he was commi
} ting the irretrievable error on the nj
tional course Of bungling his tee shot
One can't miss his tee shots here and r,
; main prosperous unless he drawr an o.
ponent who errs similarly.
Marston got lead on the FIRST no
only to have the match pulled baC
even twice by the time the two had III
. ished seven holes Walker took the Sc
ond with a bird 3. After halvipg u
, third Marston sank a ten foot putt 4
winning on the fourth. Walker z
| the sixth in par 8. but didn't hold Il
/ green on the short siAth and lost 1t.
, to . The Staten Islander pulled G
? another bird to win the long seventh.
to s, But he lost his grip thereafte