The evening world., 1920-06-11
Defending Title Holder in Golf
Championship at Apawamis
Meets Formidable Rival.
BIZ William abbott.
.HE Metropolitan golf champion
ship swings into the third

THE Metropolitan golf champion
ship swings into the third
round to-day dt ApawamIs with
the certainty that several favorites
are sure to be removed from the big
links party. OF the eight SURVIVORS
who'll tramp over the beautiful Rye
course the match that brings Ned
Sawyer and Oswald Klrltby together
Is by all odds the most important.
This may be more OF battle than
. the thirty-six-ho finals tomorrow.
Sawyer. former Western champion,
won the qualifying medal Wednesday
with a total OF l4S, his first round OF
n being the best brand Of golf that's
been flashed during the meet. The
hard-hltting Slwanoy star takes to
the Apawamls course like a duck TO
water, and he'n be a tough opponent
90 beat.
Klrlaby defending titleholder, has
shown enough TO get by on each oc-
caslon, but his game isn't up TO the
usual Kirkby standard. However, he
may be steadily working up &c a
climax and Sawyer may be rudely
surprised. but in any event this
match should be a humdInger.
jerry Iravers, who carries the
hopes OF many fans that he'll come,
all the way back to his old brilliant
game, encounters rough going when
he starts TO measure strokes with
Henry Topping. Topping, while err
rattle, 10 very dangerous when his
shots are working well. Travers, who
won from Johnny Ward In the second
round yesterday, was not particularly
elective, especially on the greens.
Another corlking mix-up should occur
when Frank Dyer tackles Gardiner
White. a tournament veteran who is
overdue to pull down the Met"
trophy. And there won't be many
tame moments when w. +. Scely and
John Stearns OF the Nassau Club get
busy. seely already has won the
tournament twice.
The biggest upset OF the second round
was the comparative ease with which
Henry Topping defeated A. l.. Walker,
intercollegiate champion, who was
runner up In 1919 for the metropolitan
crown. Walker sliced his drive on the
very iirSt hole. This gave Topping an
opening and he went through like a
steam roller and finally flattened his
young rival TO the tune OF and 6,
which was tossing in a few for good
measure.
The entire round was mined with
surprises. Johnny Anderson, one OF
the low quaiifiers. took on John
Stearns. who proved TO be a tartar.
Anderson messed up many puts;
Stearns got most Of his down in good
shape, which simply explains the final
result.
Gardiner IN his match with ]. s.
Worthington, a middle-age English
man, had to 10 to the twentieth green
for victory. Al one time Worthington
was down, but caught up with
White and finished oil even on the
eighteenth. Both missed the green or
their seconds on the first extra hole
and halved the hole In SIS, although
white had a fairly short putt for Z
win. Worthington. very tired. played
with considerable effort On the mex
hole, with the green on a hilltop, Whit
outdrove his weakening opponent full,
forty yards. He then laid a grea
mashie 20 within five feet OF the pir
Worthingtons second shot only go
half way up the hill and his thre
ran the green; White got his thre
over-ran the green; White got hi
three and all hands were glad
tramp back 70 the club house.