New-York tribune., 1920-07-18

Sweetser has brought IN two titles,
the intercollegiate and the Victory cup;
Ned Sawyer captured the Metropolitan
amateur trophy for this club; ]. s.
| Worthington added the Westchester
amateur title, and Tom Kerrigan took
the Westchester open title. The aim
OF the Siwanoy Club members now is
to hand the English stars, Vardon and
Hay, a beating in their first exhibition
matches to-day.
| Sweetser a modest and likable
youngster of only eighteen, is fast be-
coming one of the best players ever
produced in the metropolitan section,
ard 1t would be no great surprise if he
should earn greater laurels before the
year wanes. His next appearance will
be in tho metropolitan open champion
! ship, and then he will start drive at
the national amateur title.
Close Match With Topping
Before subduing Anderson, Sweetser
encountered and defeated Henry Top
ping, the Greenwich club player, in
the semi-final round. The score of this
match was 2 and l. A miscue of q
short putt prevented Sweetser from
winning by the count Of 8 and 2, the
score by which he won all of his other
matches.
Sweetser has been in prime form all
Thursday with a splendid rs, score
that was easily the best of host of
stars in the competition and which led
by seven strokes the next best card.
Since match play was begun, Sweetser
| had won each of his contests handily.
Against Anderson Sweetser wasn't
exactly hard pressed at any time.
Johnny practically defeated himself.
AT least he handicapped himself con-
slderably by topping several brassie
shots, along with a couple of drives
Meantime Sweetser. hanging to the
main line and keeping close to par
early in the struggle and stayed in
front throughout.
There was one feature about yes
terday's match worthy of comment
Johnny Anderson is firm believer in
"jazzing" the play, and the way he
hlked around led many to believe little
John had an engagement with his
banker last evening. Sweetser also
wastes little time in wiggling his club
or in trying different stances, so that
the match was run off in rapid-fire or
der.
Tossed OFF First Hole
|
when he played short to the green on
his second shot and took a to Sweet
ser's 4. They halved the second in
par As, or in two and two uutts.
On the third hole Anderson topped
his drive and the ball galloped merrily
along to brook In trying to play out
Johnny gave himself mud bath and
buried his ball in the mire, after which
he picked up and conceded the hole,
Sweetser having scored beautiful drive
and good second shot to the green
The fourth hole was halved in par As.
Both were off the line on the fifth, but
Sweetser took one more putt and lost
the hole, 5 to s. Sweetser Immediately
went back to 2 up on the fourth hole
by slamming corking brassie shot %
the green, enabling him to get down in
while Anderson was taking 5.
On the next hole Johnnie sank long
putt for 8, and when Sweetser hooked
his drive to the woods on the eighth
the match became all even. At the
ninth, however, Sweetser again came
left him within a few yards of the
green. Anderson topped his second, put
( his third into the rough to the right of
! the green and finally took a 6.
Drives Often Into Brook
Both took As on the tenth. Ander-
sons drive from the eleventh tee again
found brook This time Johnny de-
cided to drop back and lose stroke,
but the move availed nothing, as he
was forced to take seven strokes while
/ Sweetser was playing out in par 5.
Sweetser went to up at the twelfth
with two more powerful wooden shots,
which put him in a position for 4,
while Anderson took 5.
The hustling Johnny cut down the
lead notch on the thirteenth by driv-
ing the green and holing long putt
for 8, while Sweetser took one more.
He also won the fourteenth with an
! other nifty putt of some twelve feet.
Sweetser quickly rallied, and, although
Anderson's drive was as good as his
opponents on the fifteenth fairway
| (this wasn't generally the case), his
second was no better and on his third
he overran the hole by ten feet, while
Sweetser rolled dead to the pin and
took his d.
Anderson sliced his drive on the six
| teenth, whereas Sweetser's landed near
the edge of the green. Anderson got on
in 2, Sweetser rolling to within two
feet of the hole. Then, when Johnny
missed his putt, he stalked across the
green to his clubmate and congratu-
lated him on his victory.
Tha cards.