New-York tribune., 1919-06-29
Peacock Beaten
In Invitation
Golf Tourney
Princeton Player Works
Way to Decisive Stage
Only to Lose by 2 Up

Another victory was added to Mo-
r. Marston's credit in the invitation
tournament at the Apawamis Cluh
yesterday, when the Baltusrol ro)fer
defeated Grant Peacock, of Princeton
in the final round by up. Earlier in
the day Peacock worked his way to
the decisive stage by defeating John
M. Ward, OF Garden City, while Mar
ston barely managed to take the meas
ure of w. H. Gardner. of Buffalo.
An indifferent start, much the same
as in his earlier rounds, marked Mar.
ston's effort at the first hole in the
decisive match. Bot and Peacock
got away good drives, but the Prince
ton representative had the better an
proach,, his iron leaving him a reason
able putt for g. whereas the Baltus-
rol players ball came to rest on the
edge of the green to the left. After
failing to lay his next Marston missed
his try for a 4, which Peacock got
without trouble.
Good Putting by Peacock
At the second hole Marston not only
outdrove his opponent. but also pot
we'll inside the others approach but
good putting enabled Peacock to get
half in 4.
For a moment it looked as thoupb
Marston would toss away the third
hole, as he supplemented pulled drive
to the rough with a second shot that
brought up on the far edge of the
green. From there he failed to allow
enough for the slope, with the result
that his long putt drifted away to the
right, leaving his ball some six feet
from the hole. In the meantime Pea
cock, with drive and mashe, both
as straight as a die, had a 15-foot putt
for 3. He made bold try, the ball
hitting the cup, but refusing to drop.
.Marston then sank his putt for a
half in 4.
When Peacock topped his drive at the
third it looked like hole for his op-
ponent, especially as Marston got away
long ball straight down the course.
A fine iron shot left Peacock few
yards short of the trap guarding the
green, whereas Marston laid his rub
Der core about eighteen feet to the left
of the pin. Peacock's third went some
ten feet past the cup on the high side,
but he saved a half by holing the
tricky downhill putt for 4.
After barely reaching the edge of
the green on his tee shot at the short
fifth, Peacock overran his approach
putt and, missing the next, lost the
hole, Marston getting his 3. That
squared the match.
A showed approach to a trap followed
by wasted stroke in the sand cost
Peacock the sixth hole. where his OPP
ponent, making no mistake, got par
4. That placed Marston l up and he
would doubtless have won the sixth
but for stymie. To begin with, Mar
ston sliced his drive to the edge of
the rough. but recovering we'll got close
to the green, using a spoon.
Halved in Five
Peacock's second left him a trife
short and he overran the pin on his
next effort. Marston's short mashie
shot left his ball about four feet from
the hole. Playing the odd, Peacock
Tipped the cup and in so doing laid the
other stymie. Max tried to cut
around with an iron, but couldn't quite
make it, so it was half in ).
Down the hill to the short eighth
Marston's tee shot took an unexpected
ly long run. the ball coming to rest on
the far edge of the green. From
there he needed three puts. thereby
losing the hole, as Peacock got his B.
spot. That squared the match again.
By winning the 600 yard ninth in s
to Marston became ! up at the turn.
He went out in SO to Peacock's 80.
Thereafter action followed with no
cessation until Marston finally won IN
the home green. Not a single hole was
halved on the inward journey. Pea
cock squared accounts by laying an APP
proach to within twelve feet Of the flag
at the tenth and getting bird ..
but he lost the eleventh, becoming l
down again.
A 3 at the twelfth squared the match
once more, but perfect play enabled
Marston to become / up by winning
the thirteenth in g. He played the long
fourteenth indifferently, taking 8, but
became l up again at the fifteenth,
where the Princeton representative
topped his second shot.
Marston stood 1 up then, but when
he made hash of the sixteenth it was
once more case Of all square. To the
seventeenth Peacock lost, getting be-
hind the bunker on his second shot,
drive and then landed in the trap on
his second. Marston won the hole in
and the match by 2 up. He had
n to the others 80.
The card follows:
Marston. out....5 3 SIS
Peacock. out. 80. 4 q 4 ) , 6-5a
Marston, in. 4 4 8 ] ) 3e-77
Peacock, in......3 4 il-so
Gaines Gwathmey, of the home club,
had the best gross in the hane cap, a
n, while L. w. Sterling. of Port Ches-
ter, won the net, returning 9l-l6-Io
The summary follows:
First sixteen. semi !.nal round - Max
Marston. of BaltusroI. boat X. II Gardner.
of Buffalo. 2 up. Grant Peacock ot Prince,