The New York herald., 1921-09-09
ROY D. WEBB STILL
MEDAL PLAY STAR
Former Englewood Golfer Ties
G. i. Lawyer for Arcola
Qualifying Prize.
BY KERR N. PETRiE.

Despite the fact that he has been
somewhat out of the picture recently
| that he no longer claims Englewood as
his home links. and that instead he
brought with him the rather outlandish
sounding club name OF Siaconsett. Roy
d. Webb demonstrated yesterday In the
qualifying round of the annual invitation
| golf meeting or the Arcola Country Club
| that he has lost little II any of the skill
which made him a terror TO oil sorts
of media. play fields the matter of three
or four years ago.
Roy admits that most of his bril-
liancy within the period In question has
been expended upon the seagulls or Nan
tucket, where the Siaconsett course Is
located. However, even that little bit OF
summer grooming evidently has been
good enough to keep the drives, APP
proaches and puts working with most
of the old time charm. for Webb turned
in a card Of 7S at Arcola when cards
in the seventies were proving extremely
hard to get And. had It not been for
the eleventh hour furry OF G. I. Lawyer
OF Baltusrol. who also played the
eighteen holes In rs, the former Engle-
wood star would have added the medal
to his collection.
AS It turned out the little word "ir'
played quite a strong game toward the
end of the day. If only Webb had done
Il little better than the s, 6, 5 with which
he closed his round or, IL Lawyer had
not taken at the sixteenth and n
at the seventeenth But that is just
how golf will go. Severa, others in the
field should have been able to better 80
without half trying, but the fact re-
mains they didn't
No matter how one may have felt like
comm!scrating Lawyer On his III luck In
not being able TO take advantage OF
his opportunities when the medal was
there for him to win. the fact remains
that Webb should have had 1t riveted
hard and fast to his trophy rack. for
the nineteen shots required for the last
three holes represented a streak of golf
that did not belong anywhere in the
saine which up to that stage he had
been s. owing.
Under Fours at Fifteenth.
For fifteen holes Webb had gone along
like a machine. He was out in 3s and
one under fours for the fifteen holes.
The break came when the Siaconsett
representative hit his second into the
bunker In front OF the green at the six
tecnth. a 425 yard hole. Afraid OF get
ting into the trap across the green with
his recovery. Webb played SO timidly
that he did not get out at all. Worse
luck still. he drove his ball Into an
almost impossible lie and the came as
matter OF course.
Lawyer on this same hole was down
near the edge of the road with a hooked
second. He also found a poor lie. the
result being that he moved his ball only
few yards with his third His fourth
he laid up nicely and then proceeded to
miss putt that he might easily have
tapped in with his foot The cards OF
ls leaders:
Roy ID. Webb
Ha' n '.,.':. 80. :ss:.s IS sss-7s
G. /. Lawyer
Gs' n ............ ..,,. 1854 E 39-sii 39-si-7s
Wesley NJ. Oier, Jr., OF South Shore
held the lead for a time with card of
80. but In due time that was equalled By
William NJ. Reekie OF Upper Montclair.
Former New Jersey State champion, and
by +. S. Danforth of North Fork. Reckle
won this tournament year ago.
After these three came c. T. Lansing
OF knickerbocker with 81 and Newton
G. Mair OF Shackamaxon. the present
holder OF the New Jersey championship
MAR had 70 work hard to get his place,
for he came home In 81 after amassing
the staggering total OF Is outgoing. At
that he was much more successful than
his opponent in the New Jersey final.
j. E Hale of Upper Montclair. who.
elso going out In IS, never did get
altogether down to earth. Hale, who
also was a sen1i-finallst in the metropoli-
tan championship this year. took "a ard
failed TO qualify for the first sixteen
First SIXTEEN.