New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-11
NJ.Chanpion's
wv ildness Costs
Him Match, 5-4
Upper Montclair Star Main.
.tains Steady Pace and
Easily Keeps Early Lead
By Ray Mccarthy

William Reekie, star golfer of the
Upper Montclair Country Club, is
kindly disposed toward the Arcola
Country Club. He has won three
tournaments on these links in as many
starts within year or so. Last year
he won the Arcola Club tournament
and short time latter captured the
New Jersey state amateur champion
ship over the same course.
Yesterday he defeated the present
New Jersey title holder, Newton c.
Mar, of the Shackamaxon Club, in the
final round of the annual Arcola meet
ing. by 5 up and to play, thus cquar-
ing matters for his defeat at Canoe
Brook last June. ]. E. Hale, club
mate, was the player who put out
Reekie in the Jersey meeting at Canoe
Brook, and in the final he was beaten
by MAR.
Hale competed in this tournament
also, but failed to get into the first six
teen. and was beaten i'll the second
round of the second sixteen. Both Hale
and MAR are rugged youths Of good
geiSng possibilities, but they are quite
inexperienced, and as yet unsteady and
unused to the difficulties that beset
aspiring golf champions.
Reckless Short Game Effective
Mair was very wild, both with wood
and iron, in the final yesterday, and the
steady going Reekie had but little diff
Guilty maintaining 8 lead which he
picked up early in the match. Reekie,
like. most of the golfers who learn their
game on the other side of the water,
has sound, crisp. short game which is
very effective for good scoring.
Mair, like most young Americans. is
lmbued with the deadly desire to kill
the pill. We say deadly advisedly, for
an& golfer who hits long ball that is
inclined to sail off the main line is
going to get into innumerable diff
culties. That at present is the trouble
with Mair's game.
The New Jersey champion, stalwart
youth, has a good swing and hits the
BAH well. But he lacks steadiness. He
realizes his own shortcomings, for en-
the long thirteenth hole, par of which
Isl six. he took an iron to play his
tee0shct. Nevertheless, he pulled the
shot badly. When he learns to keep
them straight MAR will be a consistent
winner.
On the first hole he was short on his
approach and Reekie, on with two good
shots, got four and the jump at the
outset. Both played their approaches
poorly on the second and halved the
hole in tives. MAR was over the green
on the short third and Reeke won
dat hole also with q three.
The Jersey title holder drove out
OF bounds on the fourth hole and be-
cafae three down, Reekie winning the
hole with a five. MAR drove out of
bounds again at the next hole but
mara ged to get a half on the hole
inefous BY playing fine second shot
dead to the pin.
Winner. Four Up at Turn
The sixth was halved in five. At the
seventh Nair again was over the green
and, although Reekie also went over, he
managed to get back we'll enough to
getsshis and win the hole. They
halved the next two holes in par
figures, both getting down good puts
az the ninth for their S. At the turn
Reekie was up.
Both were wild at the tenth, visiting
Thorough and getting into traps. Mair
had chance to win the eleventh hole,
but missed his putt. He managed to
halve the twelfth by sinking putt of
twenty feet, afte1. he had driven the
rough and had dubbed his second shot.
Both MAR and Reekie were all over
the, course at the long thirteenth, yet
each managed to get 6, which is par
fer the hole Reekie clinched the issue
at the fourteenth by planting a beau
tiful tee shot to within ten feet of the
hole and sinking his putt. MAR sliced
his shot and landed on the side of the
Hill guarding the greer.
The cards were as follows:
+ 3--3T