New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-03
Princeton Star
Outplays Yale
Expert, 3 and 2
Superb Golf Brings Title
to Tiger Upon His Third
Bid for the Honor
BY Raw Mccarthy

GREENWICH, Conn, July play
Ing superb golf, the kind characteris-
tic of a champion, j. Simpson Dean,
the crack Princeton player, wrested
the intercollegiate championship from
Jesse Sweetser, the plucky young
Yale star. at the Greenwich Country
Club to-day. by score of up and .
to play over thirty-six holes. 1t was
one of the finest struggles that ever
featured the final round of the inter
collegiate meet and was fitting
climax to the best tournament of this
kind ever held in this country.
1t was grand victory for Dean, who
departs from the Nassau institution
this year. For the last three years he
has been one Of the leading, stars in
the college world. Twice he has made
strong bid for the title. Since early
spring this year, the stalwart Tiger has
been playing marvelously welE
Dean has won no less than four
qualifying medals this year and has
been close to the top in every meet in
which he participated. He can gain
no end of consolation from his wonder
full triumph to-day, coming as it does
at the end of his college career.
Hard Match to Lose
1t was. of course, hard contest for
Sweetser to lose, but this fine young
performer, who is improving all the
time, will have another opportunity
to regain his lost laurels. He took his
defeat to-day like the real sportsman
he is, while Dean. elated over his new
title, is preparing to leave for Eng
land with Dick Haight, his team mate,
and Sidney Scott, Yale team captain.
Both of these stellar linksmen were
in splendid form to-day, particularly
on the second round, in which each
played whirlwind golf.
Dean was driving his usual tremen
dously long ball, was playing his iron
shots with all the firmness and conf
dence of professional, while in the
afternoon he was veritable demon on
the greens. In fact, it was his excep
tionally good putting on that second
round that won him the title.
Sweetser also was playing wonder
full short game and holding his own
fairly we'll with his bigger opponent
in driving. Neither played up to his
usual standard on the morning round.
Each missed several shots on the fair
way and was off form in putting. How
ever, the struggle on this journey was
close and exceedingly interesting all
the way. Sweetser was l up at the
turn, but Dean overcame that advan-
tage and finished the round one shot
to the good. Sweetser was out in 80,
to his opponents 40, and completed the
round in II strokes, as against Deans
rs.
Sweetser Starts Well
Sw>etser won the first hole on this
round, getting a perfect 4, while Dean
sliced his drive into the woods and
took 6. The Princetonian came back
nicely on the second, getting his 3 and
squaring the match. He also won the
fifth hole, Sweetser taking three puts.
The Tiger golfer played the eighth
poorly, his second becoming lodged in
a bunker, and Sweetser went to the
front at the ninth by sinking a long
putt.
Coming in Dean won the eleventh
hole and squared the match, then won
the thirteenth, Sweetser taking an
extra putt on both greens. He also
Won the sixteenth, but Sweetser got
back one at the eighteenth, which he
played in good manner. Then came
INTERIM ssion, after which both con-
testants cut loose with the best golf
they had in them.
Dean knocked out birdie on the
very first hole on this round, sinking
a long putt of twelve feet after both
had played onto the green nicely in
two shots. At the second hole Dean,
having the touch, dropped another
long putt, while Sweetser took a a.
That put the Princeton man 3 up.
Playing perfect golf that was beauti-
full to see, they halved the next two
holes, getting par on each. Sweetser,
who is a fighter and endowed with an
ideal golfng temperament, came to
life. He played the fifth perfectly,
getting fine A, while Dean slipped up
with his putter. the only time on this
round, and took 5.
Sweetser in Stride
Sweetser continued along in perfect
stride and won the next hole with
another fine par i, Dean being short
on his approach and taking a 5. Both
took IS in the seventh hole, Dean
missing his putt and Sweetser being
short on his approach. Each played
the difficult eighth hole perfectly.
Dean bounced his fine tee shot high
up on the plateau green on the ninth
hole and sank a putt of some twenty
feet, leaving him up at the turn. Dean
was out in SO to his opponents w.
The Nassau student pSyed the
tenth also in sensational manner. He
had a perfect tee shot and sank a
putt of some twelve feet. Then he was
8 up. 1t looked as if he might win
the eleventh hole also when he sank
his putt for birdie 3, but Sweetser
went right after him and made good
to halve the hole.
The Yale star grabbed a wonderful
2 at the twelfth hole, the green of
which is located on the summit of a
steep hill. He drove to the green and
sank n putt of ten feet while Dean
was taking a.
The thirteenth, played in exquisite
golfing manner, was halved in 4s, while
at the long fifteenth Dean, after hitting
two perfect shots, planted a long iron
shot within nine feet of the cup and
got birdie a.
Spectacular Finish
Sweetser came right back and won
the fifteenth, playing out of trap
splendidly. Dean pulled his tee shot
far to the left on this hole and took
A. The Princeton player ended the
match in a most spectacular manner
on the sixteenth. He pulled his tee
shot to the opposite fairway and then
played wonderful high mashie sh OF
over the trees to the edge of the
green, ran his approach putt dead and
got his a. while Sweetser, in trap
on his second, took 5.
The cards:
MORNING ROUND
Out:
Dean .........e $50 40
In:
Dean 4 At a. 4 5-3S-7s
sweetser ... 4 4 4-40--77