The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-21
VARDON GETS BULK
OF EXTRA MONEY.
Makes Best Score for Day In
Golf Match on Cherry
Valley Links.
BRITONS BEAT YANKEES
Ray and VardOn Triumph
Over Bowling aud McNa-
mara All Three Ways.
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Ted Ray, the English holder OF the
open golf chpFnpIonship Of the Chi'eu
States and his partner, Harry Vardon'
ak times winner OF the British open
crown, won all three ways In best beh
match played over the Cherry valley
links ut Garden cI,y yesterday against
Frank Mcnamara, the home professional
and Jack Bowling OF Scarsdalo, Extra
monetary inducements In tho shape or
prizes for low card both morning and
afternoon. as well as for the winners
IN the two eighteen hole rounds, brought
the British experts back TO something
like their best form and kept interest
high all the way through. Yardon and
Ray took the morning match by ana i
and the afternoon by up. They won
the thlrty-sIx hole tit by ana !,
Low individual scoring for tho day
was done by Vardon. who the first tine
around lied with Dowling at II for the
score prize Vardon at that time OF
course was feeling his way around un-
familiar ground. Once over the course
ne was IN a position to return "a Tor
tho afternoon. which was a clear four
strokes lead over the other three, Var
don for this little effort got an additional
prize o! S95 all to himself He and Ray
also divided $50 for that second jaunt
over the Cherry Valley sward.
In addition 10 all this prize OF 500
was offered for any one equalllng the
course record Of n held by Mcnamara,
Needlessato say that money was not,
won.
The remarkable thing about the morn
ing match was the long sequence Of
halved holes. Vardon and Ray won the
first and third, but from there to the end
everything was hnlved. II was not
through any particularly brilliant play
that the Brltons opened their account at
the hrht, Ray was steady for his par 4, hut
both Bowling and Mcnamara took 5. on
the third Ray sacrificed a stroke by n
slice out Of bounds but nevertheless ha
managed TO score his 1, halying with
Vardon.
VRrdOn Putts Confidently.
The afternoon round saw VaTdon al
most at his best. Occasionally he was
asked TO play the odd on the second
shots, but this is perhaps the least OF all
Vardqns worries. When that second
had been played he was there with the
others and very often inside. but the
greatest improvement OF all was IN the
putting. Vardon probably felt more at
home on tho Cherry Valley turf In any
n ahAnah Of hn aulf uats
that had ruined his game at Englewood
the previous day. There was never much
Of a sweep or follow through 10 his put
ting stroke but he hit the ball sharply
and usually sent II on a true line TO the
hole And In addition TO hollng several
useful puts Vardon laid his long ones
up with rare Judgment.
In the driving department Ray usu-
ally had the best OF H. but In McNa-
mara Ted found one that refused to
take much OF his dust. Down the wind
Ray occasionally sent the ball see yards.
Dowling the midget OF the quartet, also
had several lusty drives that aroused
considerable enthusiasm. One OF his
best was at the fourteenth hole, where.
with the wind behind him, he outdrove
all four. and that despite the fact that
Rays shot must have measured at Least
2S5 yards
Vardon's twelve foot putt on the third
sent the Britons into the lead In the
afternoon, but on the next b39 yards
against the wind, Bowling laid his third
within five feet OF the cup and holed for
Il 4. The eighth brought the next change
in the game. Ray winning this with a 4,
Mcnamara pulled his toe shot for this
one and hit tee with hls second, but
after reaching the green In came
within a hairs breadth OF holing for his
4. With Dowllng not more than twenty
five feet from the cup on his second, a
half seemed certain, but the Scarsdale
pro missed his short putt.
Three holes beyond the turn Vardor
made II up for himself and his part-
neT with the only made by the group
With a length OF 40 yards this hole Ia
pat s, but with the wind behind ell were
beyond the pin with the seconds. Dow
ling and Ray each took three puts
wlhle Mcnamara from the fringe Of the
rough Clipped up close and then missed
the putt. Vsrdon's ball had come to
rest Just short OF the rough on the
back OF the green. SO close did the
sphere lie against the stubble that Var
don seemed to be In error when he Sc
lected his aluminium putter for the shot
Instead Of flubbing or foozlinR. how
ever. Harry ran that ball sixty feet over
the green 10 within little more than Q
yard Of the cup and holed for his I,