The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
G. W. WHITE LOSES
LAKEWOOD FINAL
s
w. Reekie. Veteran of Old
Twenty Club of Edinburgh,
Wins by 2 and 1.
rs THE RUBBER CONTEST
Defeat Makes Fifth for Beaten
Man in Six Finals This
3es Year.
by KERR n. PETRIE.

by KERR n. PETRIE.
Special Despatch to THE New YORK HERALD
LAKEWOOD, n. j.. Nov 27.--By de-
feating Gardiner W. White OF Nassau
by UP and / TO play in the final OF
the Thanksgiving golf tournament of the
Lakewood Country Club. William Reekie
OF Upper Montclair, veteran of the old
Twenty Club of Edinburgh, Scotland,
rounded out the most prosperous season
that he has yet enjoyed since he became
a regular of the American links, several
Years ago. Reekie holds the New Jersey
State Association championship and he
was the winner of the first annual in
vitation tournament played over the Lido
links recently. He has thus won two
metropolitan tournaments in succession
and. moreover, the last pair of events
TO be held In the North.
But while Reekie is Justly proud of
his seasons record, the thing that
pleases him most OF all is that in this
final over Lakewoods reconstructed and
rejuvenated circuit he took the rubber
of an interesting series of three con-
tests from his rival, White. II was in
the tourney held in August over the Ma
tional links that White and Reekie be-
gan their list Of battles. They met in
the semi-final and White carried off the
honors. In the final of the Lido invi-
tation Reekie evened the score and then
came to-day's meeting.
1t is of interest, too, that in the quail
Tying round on Thursday both finished
at 81, missing a tie for the medal by
one stroke. To-day's match leaves White
tn rather an unusual position, inasmuch
as il marks the sixth final in which he
has participated this year and his fifth
defeat. He was in the last bracket at
the Metropolitan championship. and in
the invitation meetings at Sleepy Hol-
low. National, Piping Rock. Lido and
Lakewood. OF these the only ono from
which the Nassau man emerged with the
honors was Piping Rock.
Both Play Their Best.
Both White and Reekie had to play
their best. or at least to work their very
hardest, in the semi-final to qualify for
this last opportunity to settle their DIFF
ferences White was opposed to Fred
knight of Whitemarsh Valley. who tied
for the qualifying medal and won 1t on
the play off with c. ]. Dunphy of Wood
land, Mass. Whites winning margin
was up and to play. but three holes
from home the pair were all even.
short fifteenth. but he threw away the
sixteenth by taking three puts after
making a wonderful recovery shot out
OF stiff rough close TO the boundary
fence. On the seventeenth he drove into
trap and took a against White 5
Ear 4.
In the other semi-Anai match Kendall
was down with to play, but he staged
a rally that finally carried the match
onto the home green where he lost by
two holes. A long putt gave him the
fifteenth in 2, and tho next he brought
Reekie down to ] with 4. They halved
the seventeenth in 4, and ReelSie had to
duplicate this figure to annex the home
hole, thereby taking the match by UP.
A lot of ragged golf was played in
the final, but at the same time there
was a whole lot OF fine shot making.
Moreover, the interest never tagged and
this was as much as the gallery cared
20 have. Reekie set out as II he in
tended to make short work of White. but
after winning the first two there came a
decided slump in the New Jersey cham
pion's play.
He was of the third green with his
second and over with his third and he
was bunkered on his push shot for tho
fourth. Even so, he struggled through
these two with halves and did not lose
a hole until he had bungled the NTH,
where he drove into n bunker. played
over on his second and then failed to
reach tho green coming back on the
third.
white Squares Match.
White squared the match on the sixth
after fine fash Of golf by both men.
Reekie got away a poor drive that left
him with a most ticklish shot for his
second There was "a space of only
about six feet for him 20 pitch. never
tneless he placed the ball within eight
feet of tho cup. From what looked like
an almost certain loss Reekie had now
put himself In position for win. How
ever, White had something to Say TO
this. Instead of pitching his shot the
Nassau man made a run up and got
80 close that he was enabled to hole
the putt and win the hole.
Reel<ie won the eighth hole and turner
/ UP. but at the twelfth White again
squared when his opponent drove into a
bunker from tho toe. Playing the thir-
teenth White had his bali rebound from
tree out OF bounds onto the fairway.
but he lost the hole just the same. White
save Reekie a half at the fourteenth
by missing a putt OF less than eighteen
inches and no became down at the
next Reekie was bunkered at the six
teenth. but holed a twenty foot putt 20
eavc the day, and with a half in 6 at the
next he brought the match 20 a finish.
The srorns