New-York tribune., 1921-08-28
Siwanoy Star
Plays Superb
Game of Golf


rluded 8 week end OF brilliant golf play
on the Sleepy Hollow Country Club
course by defeating Robert Lay, of the
Ekwanok Club, Manchester, VT, on the
final round yesterday afternoon, up
and to play The victory gave Sweet
ser second leg on the Victory Cup,
which he won last year.
Sweetser's last round against Lay
was q fitting climax to series of per-
formances that were clean cut and
magnificent. The youngster clearly
demonstrated his superiority over the
field Of contestants that competed here,
and Il he plays the same kind of game
in the national championship at St.
Louis he will surely be a contender for
the title.
On the qualifying round the former
intercollegiate champion finished in a
tie with Lee Maxwell for the medal,
and the next day, while disposing of
two such stellar performers as John
Stearns and Frank Dyer. won the play
OF for the medal Yesterday morning,
in defeating Reginald Lewis, Of Green
wich, in hard struggle. he came
within a stroke OF equaling the course
record OF II, held by Lee Maxwell, of
the home CLUB.
Narrowly Misses Par
And in the final round playing even
better than he did in the morning, he
finished at the fifteenth hole with an
average score of two under Is. Had
he played out the bye holes in par
figures he would have had a score of
II, equal to the course record Against
that pace Lay, who is former Yale
star halfback had but little chance.
This sturdy golf warrior was playing
as we'll as ne knew how and making
good match Of the issue, but he was
simply outclassed.
After a sloppy round in the morning
in which he and John Anderson, of
Siwanoy, did their best to hand each
other the match, Lay came through with
good round in the final
He was ont IN 56 with Sweetser and
was on even terms with his opponent
at the turn. But after the turn was
made Sweetser, putting wonderfully
well and playing superb short game,
quickly forged to the front. Lay is
also a good prtter and his work on
the greens on the outgoing trip helped
him materially.
On the first hole Sweetser took three
puts and lost the lead. But he
squared matters at the second. where
Lay was trapped on his tee shot. Each
got 5s on the third, but on the
fourth Lay dropped putt Of twenty
feet for birdie 8. They halved the
fifth in par IS and at the sixth Lay
became up when Sweetser missed his
putt Ct six feet.
Inc Yale star got down putt of
eeven feet and the long seventh through
for beautiful birdie and won the
hole Lay caught a trap at the ninth
and lost the hole. Thus they made the
turn all square.
Sweetser Speeds Up
Then Sweetser started, and at the
long tenth, par 5 hole, he was on
in two shots and down in four to win
the hole. Lay apparently had the elev-
enth hole won. but Sweetser sank q
putt Of ten feet for a half. Law Vent
ten feet past the hole at the twelfth.
where Sweetser got a and became
up. He took three puts on the thir-
teenth also, becoming 3 down. Sweetser
won the fourteenth also. being on nice
ly in two shots and sinking putt Of
eight feet Lay had a putt OF about
the same length for a birdie 8, too,
D0s ,.''sseo IL, ana SWeetser vas dormle
na.l ac ohe hteentn' "here he
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