The New York herald., 1921-06-10
Several Stars Are Shaken Ont
in First Two Rounds at
Garden City.
SAWYER BEATEN EARLY
Champion Loses to A. l..
Walker, Jr.. Who Is De-
feated by j. 4. Hale.
Nv KERR \. PETRIE.

could not but be satisfied with the way
in which the annual title tournament of
the Metropolitan Golf Association devel-
oped as a result of the first and second
match rounds decided yesterday at Gar
den City. A really bad day it was for
the champions. so bad IN cact that
among the eight players who viii start
again this morning there is not a single
one who holds title of any prctensions.
William NJ. Reellie or Upper Mont
clair, last years New Jersey champion,
is still in the running, but Reekie lost
his title a week ago. Newton c. Mair of
Shackamaxon, who won it in the tourna-
ment at Canoe Brook. went out in the
first round at Garden City and with him
went .. E. Sawyer of Siwanoy. who was
out In defence of his metropolitan hon.
ors ]. S. Worthington the Westchester
titleholder for the last two years. and
last but by no means least, although it
Is sometime since they have won a
championship crown, Oswald Kirkby and
Jerome d. Travers.
When the first round was over the
bracket of the beaten sixteen looked like
a championship field in itself. But one
or two celebrities were to follow in con-
sequence of the afternoon play. To the
discard was added Joseph j. McMahon,
Jr., of Sleepy Hollow, the Westchester
junior champion: A. l.. Walker, Jr., the
intercollegiate champion. and Warren
X. Wood. formerly of Chicago, who al
though no longer a titleholder. neverthe-
less Is still very much q star.
It was ]. Simpson Dean, the Prince
tonian, wno eliminated Wood, and this
same Dean is entitled to respectable
slice Of the credit of the day seeing that
in the opening round he played Oswald
kirkby out of the tournament in a
twenty-five hole match. Dean did not
have to go extra holes in the afternoon
against Wood. In fact he beat his man
at the sixteenth by and after an ex-
hib.tion of golf that if it was not always
sound was certainly effective.
Dean Becomes Five UP.
AS by Wood at the first hole seemed
to rouse the lighting blood in the Tiger
In any event he played the next three
at par for wins, and even when he sliced
into the bushes at the fifth he refused
to loosen his grip. Playing Il typical Ted
Ray niblick shot he was on the green in
2 and down for a half in 4. Right on
top OF this Dean took three holes
straight, being no less than FIVE to the
good at this point. The ninth Wood won
with on a ten foot putt. lie got the
tenth in a par 8, but Dean cut his rally
short and won the match as stated.
For the third round this morning the
lineup Is Dean against Reekie and
Bourne against Gardiner w. White in
the upper half of the bracket, with Grant
A. Peacock of Cherry Valley against
John G. Anderson OF Siwanoy and W.
Parker Seeley of Brooklyn against ]. E.
Hale of Upper Montclair In the lower
half
Hale was runuor-,,n for tba Naa, Tor
sey championship. and he is liable to be
I'unner-up or something better in the
metropolitan II they don't watch out.
Last week, at Canoe Brook, the young
Upper Montclair giant showed q marked
tendency to visit nearby pastures. Be
cause of this il was considered he would
not go far at Garden City, where a
wild ball finds rough instead of a
parallel fairway. Hale surprised his
critics. In fact. he seemed 10 keep as
straight as the average, ana. what is
more. he hit a ball that was something
of drive and an iron shot rolled intU
one.
What Hale did for his club during the
day was TO play c. F.. Van Week. Jr. OF
Greenwich out OF the tourney at the
nineteenth hole in the morning and then
10 force the intercollegiate champion
Walker into Submission in the afternoon
on the second extra green
Walker Eliminates Champion.
The triumph OF Hale over Walker was
one Of the surprises OF the afternoon.
inasmuch as Walker had followed up
his fine showing In the qualifying round
by eliminating .he champion Sawyer
and that. too by the fairly decisive
margin of and 2.
Walker turned TWO holes 70 the good
Il. 80
Had he done so Il is doubtful II Hale
would then have had enough golf or
enough fight In him n batter down the
Columbia University team captains lead.
At this hole Hale was over the green
with his second while walker was on.
but three puts by the latter allowed a
half.
The match was squared at the six
teenth. At the seventeenth Walker had
TO play his second from sand However.
he probably would have won even then
had not his opponent laid q long chip
shot dead after virtually losing stroke
on second shot sliced among the trees
The home hole was halved in a poor
4. and at TIE ninctecnth Hale saved
himself by holing a good putt after over
playing into the rough on his second.
on the decisive hole Walker got into a
trap over the green, and played his re-
covery over The green into the long
grass. His third was 50 good that he
In all likelihood would have scored a 4.
However. Hale ended II by holing for
his 4.
The summary.
Championship, First Round--wiliam NJ.
Rsskie, Upper Montclair. beat John ".
stearns, ~, Nassau, and Joseph q.
Mcmahon, Jr. Sleepy Hollow, beat r. =.
Nlundy, Ardsley. > and I Warren x. Wood.
f-elhan1. beat w T.. Rhett Garden CITY
. and 3 J. Simpson Dean, Princeton. beat
.,syraid i<irkby. Engovood, ! up f22 holes .
". p. Bingham, ripping Rock, beat John NJ.
ward Garden City up; Gardiner w.
White, Nassau, beat Alex Calder, Cherry
Valley q and { Harry Scharff, Scottish
American. beat y. y. Holland. Wee Burn,
and I a. s. Bougne. Garden City. beat
Peacock. Cherry Valley, beat Frank W.
Dyer. Upper Montclair. and q A. S.
Brand, Cherry Valley. beat J. g. worthins
ton. siwanoy. up. John q. Anderson,
siwanoy, beat Peter Harmon Scottish Amer
ican, I up 60 holes); W. Y. Donohue,
ehackamaxon. beat Newton g. Mnir. shack
amazon, ? and = ". Mortimer Barnes.
3 and 2. W. Parker seeiey. Wee Burn beai
Jerome =. Travers. Upper Niontclair. and
A. r. r. Hale, tppef nontclair beat @.
W. Van Nleck. Jr. Lido up 90 hOesl
a. T.. Wakpr. Jr. fHchwoud County. beat
y v. sawyer. siwancy. ~ trd . go play
Second Rnund-fieoFlt Ncat Mcmahon.
and e. Dean beat wood. ard . white
heat Bingham. . and Bourne heat scharff
ana .. Peacock bee Grand. I up Auder-
eon beat ponnhue . and I seeics beat
Bsrnes. 2 and liolo beat Waller. M
20 hoiesl.