New-York tribune., 1921-06-11
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Peacock Victor
Over ]. E. Hale
And Anderson
Struggle Between White and
Dean Goes TO 18th Hole;
Title Match Play To-day
By Ray Mccarthy


try Club. WHO was tho finalist in last
years metropolitan amateur champion
ship against Ned Sawyer, will appear
in that role again to-day at the Gar
aen City Country Club. White, in win
ming his way to the final round yester-
cay, showed rare exhibition of game
ness and skill in the semi-inal round
against j. Simpson Dean, the stalwart
Princetonian.
The Jersey student, who has been
playing brilliantly since tho opening
Gay, started out full speed ahead in
the afternoon. After playing only
three holes he had White 3 down and
maintained this advantage to the
eleventh hole.
The Nassau Club player, although
he got into trouble frequently, was
making marvellous recoveries right
along the route and plugging all the
time. He cut into Deans lead at the
eleventh and twelfth holes and finally,
at the sixteenth green, for the first
time in the match, he caught his op-
ponent. Then at the eighteenth hole
he won q well-earned and remarkable
victory.
1t was certainly q hard contest for
Dean to lose, but it was an inspiring
and exceedingly satisfying victory for
White. He is now favored by many to
defeat Grant Peacock in the final
round to-day.
Must Be at His Best
However, if White does come through
in the final he will have to travel in
top form, for Peacock is playing the
best game of his short career Just at
present. This wiry little blonde haired
lad who when a student flashed about
the Ice rink as star on the Princeton
hockey team is gamester of the first
order and will take some beating be-
fore he comedies White the honors.
Peacock scored two fine victories
himself yesterday. In the morning he
eliminated Johnny Anderson, Siwanoy's
representative, who won the qualifying
medal. Peacocks margin of victory over
Anderson was and /. The Cherry VAL
ley player made the same kind of FIGHT
in this round that White put up against
Dean.
Anderson won the first three holes,
eut Peacock quickly rallied and cap
tufeo three IN succession on the out
going round, squaring the match. They
were all even at the turn, each being
out in AZ. Peacock then won the four
teenth and fifteenth, becoming 2 up,
lead he held to the end.
Peacock had little difficulty defeat
ing ing j. Z. Hale, of the Upper Moatclair
Club, in the afternoon by 5 and 4,
Hale was in one of his erractic streaks
and the Garden City contestant, play
ing steadily, got the upper hand in
snort order. Hale when he is steady
IS a hard man to beat, as he showed
iast week IN the Jersey state meet by
winning from both Travers and Reekie.
Hale Wild From Tee
Yesterday, though, Hale was wild
from the tee, and in an effort to steady
down he did not use his wooden clubs
after the eighth hole. Peacock was
up at the turn and increased his
lead coming in.
The cards were as follows:
oo'-Esae0ok Hsle ...s ....,ss ! sssSss-ssss
In--Peaooek .....-4 4b5
Hale ...........4 G s
Whites victim in the morning was
A. S. Bourns, of the Garden City club.
The Nassau club man had rather
easy time of it in this match, winning
by 7 and B. He was playing easily and
superbly and scoring at will all the
way.
Meanwhile Dean was springing a
tartling surprise by trimming the cap
able Seotchman, William Reekie, of the
Upper Montclair club, 5 and a. Deans
golf in this match was the best that
has been shown in the tournament by
any player. The Princetonian, playing
perfectly, was out in 81 to Reckless Al
and was three holes to the good at the
turn.
Then came the struggle between
Dean and White which developed into
real give and take battle as was ex-
pected White had his niblick working
to perfection with the result that he
was able to keep in the running by re-
markable recoveries on hole after hole.
On several occasions he lost chances
through failure to be up on his ap-
proach.
White hooked his tee shot to the
rough on the first hole and immediately
became one down. He also lost The
second, Dean being on the green nicely
On the third White fell down On q
short putt, which left him three down.
They halved the fourth in SKIES, White
getting a beautiful out to the green
from a trap. The Nassau star was also
trapped at the fifth, but got out in good
shape to earn another half.
Dean Catches Trap
Dean caught trap on his second at
the sixth and lost hole. He trimmed
the cup on the seventh. barely missing
five. At the eighth White again
saved hole by wonderful recovery,
his out from a trap in back Of the
green almost going down. The ninth
was halved in par fours.
Dean went back to three up at the
tenth hole, which he made in par four
while White took three puts. Dean
was in the rough on the eleventh and
took three to get out White also cap
tured the twelfth, Dean being off the
green on his tee shot. Both got skies
on the thirteenth and halved the four
teenth and fifteenth as well. The break
came. on the next hole.
White was on in three and had a
fifteen putt for four, which he got.
Dean was on in three only ten feet
away and, failing on this putt, took a
five, which put him On even terms with
his opponent. They halved the seven
teenth, Dean getting nice out from a
deep trap to the left of the green. On
the final hole White pitched to the far
edge of the green, while Dean caught a
shallow trap on the far left-hand side
of the velvet. He played the ball too
cleanly in coming out and ran far past
the pin, taking two more to get down.
White rolled his second to the very lip
of the tin, picked up his ball and shock
hands.
The cards:
Out--white 54 As 44ea 4E42