New-York tribune., 1921-05-26
N. J. Golfers
Annex Match
BY Big g Margin
Travers and Reel<ie Humble
Westchestcr Pair; Kirkby
Beats Sawyer on 10Th
By Ray Mccarthy

Rain, pouring down as If turned loose
from hydrant, held no terrors for
golfers representing New Jersey and
Westchester County yesterday. Twen-
ty-eight linksmen, regulars all, engaged
in battle of thirty-six holes over the
watery course Of the Century Country
Club, and when the match had ended
the New Jersey team, as it did last
year, had captured the majority Of the
contests. Yesterday the triumph of the
Jerseyites was q slaughter, their mar
gin of victory being 18 to 2.
Westchester won only one of the
four-b ball contests and corraled but one
victory in the singles. The Jersey
golfers took five of the four-ball
matches and halved another and won
all but one OF the singles
The four-ball matches were played in
the morning during a veritable cloud
burst. The feature of this round of
water sports was the defeat of Ned
Sawyer, Metropolitan amateur cham
pion, and his partner, Warren K. Wood,
who, like Sawyer, is a former Western
amateur title holder. This pair was
beaten in a hard-fought match by the
score OF / up. Jerry Travers, Of
Upper Montclair and William Reekie,
New Jersey amateur champion, were
the winners.
Mcmahon on Winning Pair
Young "Laddie" Mcmahon, OF the
Sleepy Hollow Club. and M. K. Wat
pair. They defeated r. C. Maxwell and
j. L. Hale in a well played and close
struggle by 1 up. Stephen Nash and
II. Y. Barrow. in their match with the
Westminster couple, w. +. Purcell and
Donald Mckay, finished all even.
The real feature of the afternoon
round was the struggle between the two
stars, Oswald Kirkby and Ned Sawyer,
This was a contest worthy Of cham
pionship tournaments. Both played
fine golf to the nineteenth hole, where
Kirkby got bird for the victory.
Kirkby got the jump on the fourth
hole, where he got a birdie" by lay
ing his iron shot dead to the pin. At
the seventh the Jersey star lost his ad-
vantage when he slipped up on five
foot putt, lie came back with a very
fine on the eighth hole, again laying
his iron clout dead. That left him,
[ up at the turn. He was out in 80
to Sawyer's 40.
The Siwanoy member quickly squared
the match at the tenth hole, which he
won in brilliant manner. There he
played nifty chip shot which landed
on the green and rolled into the cup.
giving him "birdie" 8. They strug-
gled along on even terms to the thir-
teenth, where Sawyer regained the lead.
At this point Kirkby hooked out of
bounds, but continued the fight for the
hole and managed to get a fine 5.
Sinks Forty-Foot Putt
At the next hole Kirkby again got
back on even terms by sinking a forty
footer for a birdie" 2. At the seven
teenth the Englewood member missed
his second which landed back of
tree, and in playing out he lost a
stroke which cost him the hole. How
sver, he rallied brilliantly and by sink
ing dazzling fifty-foot putt at the
nome hole got 4 for a win, which |
squared the match. Then he went to
he extra hole and won the issue by !
sinking another putt of thirty feet for
l 3. The cards:
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Warren Wood was Westchester's only
Einner on this round. He defeated !
William Reekie in fine game by up
nd 2 to play. This man Wood will bear |
Watching in the metropolitan amateur
championship, which is to be played |
soon at Garden City. Frank Dyer and |
lohnny Anderson had a grand struggle |
Dyer winning on the home hole, where |
ne sank ten-foot putt.
The summary: