The New York herald., 1921-10-23
Defeats Chris Dunphy 8 and 2
for HOnOrs Of Golf
Tourney.
rs / DOWN AT THE TURN
Home Player Squares at the
Eleventh and Takes Lead for
First Time in Twelfth.
BY KERR N. PETRIE.

Although wholly on the defensive
having to square the match no less
than three times in that time, John N.
Stearns, Jr of Nassau and Piping
Rock came through in fine style to
win the chief honors in the Pipirg
Rock Clubs annual invitation gclf
tournament yesterday. defeating Chris
Dunphy of Breton Woods and Wood
land, Mass. in the first round by up
and 2 to play.
Both Stearns and Dunphy estab-
lished their right to contest the last
bracket in no uncertain fashion, for
while Stearns was out winning from
II. T. Bingham of the National Llnks
by up and to play, Dunphy was
taking his semi-final match from Z.
w. Nash of Rockaway Hunt by 6
and 5.
Playing in high wind Stearns
showed a really remarkable flash of
golf in the morning round and by
going out in "a he bettered his own
record for that half of the course.
Against most opponents Bingham
probably would have turned with
lead, for he was out in Al, and con-
sidering the conditions, this was ex-
cellent going at Piping Rock yeste--
day Instead Of being up, however.
the National Links representative
found himself no less than six hol ss to
the bad. for Stearns was two strokes
better than the par over these first
nine.
Opening with a par Stearns found
this good enough to put him / up. Evil
IDENTIFY this early success whetted his ap-
petite, for he lunched on pars and
brides all the way out save at the ninth,
where a mutual was registered. On
the first eight holes Stearns had five
pars and three brides, his 3s at the
fourth and fifth and his at the 444
yard seventh being the par clippers. That
seventh saw Stearns sink a thirty foot
putt. Even then he did not win, for
bingham also sank a good one.
Stearns had won the first, third,
fourth, fifth and sixth. He made 1t up
when he won the eighth in and then
wanted a par 3 to bring him to the turn
in SO. Against the high wind that ninth
of go yards was one nf the hardest pars
on the course. for the ball had a way
of twisting aside from the green into the
rough or the bunkers.
stearns Over Par Only Once.
Throughout the twelve holes Stearns
was over par just once, that being at
the eleventh. where he got a half in 4.
At the next he finished the matcn with
n par A. Considering the golf that
Stearns was showing IL was scarcely to
the dfscredit of Bingham that he did not
win a single hole during the entire
match.
Nor was il surprising to find that
Stearns had lost some of his brilliance
when he started the second round. he
was two strokes over par when ne
holed out on the first green and, with
his putt hanging on the lip of the cup
he lost to Dunphys g. A trapped tee
shot bv Dunphy brought the match
all square at the third. but only an
other hole was required to upset the
equilibrium again. Stearns, after ap-
preaching short. Clipped to the back
Of the green and Dunphy won the hole
in to 5.
When looking back upon this match
Dunphy probably VIII plaihe ms put
ting for letting him down. He had
grand chance to widen the gap at the
fifth but failed to sink putt or ABOUT
six feet. Stearns had sliced behind
tree but managed to play his seconu
on the green, about eighteen feet from
tho Gun After he had run his tnird
close he left Dunphy with the hole at
HE mercy. but the Woodlander failed
to drop the ball.
stearns appeared to be In q fair
way toward losing the sixth when ne
nutted ten feet or so beyond the hole