The New York herald., 1921-10-01
African Rules" Used by
Minor Cck Divisions
Storm Puts Crimp in Cherry
Valley Tourney Play.

the path Of the golfers competing in
the invitation tournament at the Cherry
Valley Club yesterday, and as a re-
suit, confusion reigned where efficiency
had hitherto been the order. The first
and second round matches were on the
cards-the word cards being used adj
visedly, as a number of contestants let
the pasteboards decide their fate, while
theirs took the "come-seven" route, go
Ing on the impression that African golf
was relation to the links game.
Matches In the first sixteen, however,
were decided according to Hoyle, the
survivors being Harold Rowe of Cherry
Valley. Thomas Armour Of Scotland, A.
s. Bourne of the National Links, and
Morton Feary Of Garden City, and they
viii meet as named in the semi-final
this morning.
Only one match, that between C. p.
Barton of Rockaway and r. N. l..
Church of Nassau, in the second six
teen, was deferred until this morning,
by permission Of the committee.
Armour In the morning won on the
home green from j. T.. Adams of
Cherry Valley, after the last named
had been down at the tenth hole.
After luncheon, the Scottish golfer took
on p. S. r. Randolph, Jr., OF Lakewood,
but after the ninth hole the pair quit
until tho rain let up o bit. At that
stage, Armour stood 8 up, and the
match ended ON the fourteenth, the
French champion winning, 8 and 4.
The surprise Of the day came in the
defeat of John Montgomery Ward Of
Garden City, at the hands of Rowe.
The former baseball star won in the
morning from Il. Mortimer Barnes Of
Nassau, president of the Metropolitan
Golf Association, whereas, Rowe took
the measure of w. +. Ladd Of Rocka-
way. Rowe won from Ward by and J..
Bourne won his afternoon match from
Father Ryan Of Fox Hills by the COM
Portable margin of and 4, and in the
morning disposed of Howard w. Max
well, Jr., of Nassau, 2 and /. Last year,
Bourne captured the chief prize in this
tournament.
The summary:
First Sixteen--First Round.--IIaro,d Rowe,
Cherry Valley, beat W. Il. Ladd. Rockaway
Hunt. up and TO play; John M. Ward,
Garden City, beat f.. Mortimer Barnes, Mas
sau. up and to play; Thomas Armour.
V ! up; =. a' S. r. ): Randolph. ' Jr.. " lakewood.
beat Donald Mcclellan. North Hampstead.
up; A. S. Bourne, National Links. beat
Howard W. Maxwell. Jr;, Nassau. up and
/ to play; Il. u. Ryan, Fox Hills. beat Ray
Thompson. Engineers. ! up; II. Q. Berner.
National Links. beat w. ii. Harris, Cherry
Valley. by default; Morton Feary, Garden
City. beat Malcolm Stevenson, Meadowbrook,
3 up and to play.
Second Round.-Rowe beat Ward, 9 up and
to play: Armour beat Randolph. up and
4 to play; Bourne beat Ryan, up and
to play; Feary beat Berner, I up.
Beaten Eight. First Sixteen--First Round
Barnes beat Ladd. up and to play; Nc
Maxwell beat Thompson, up and to play;
stevenson beat Harris by default.
Second sixteen-First Round.-H. J; How
ell. Westhampton, beat s. G. Mabon, Garden
westchester. beat =. Il. chaifont. Garden
City Golf. up and to play; @. p. Barton,
up and 0 TO play; n. N. L. Church beat
Sterling Ivison. Cherry Valley, up and 1
to play: u. W. Seaman. Cherry Valley, beat
Grant 8 Pescoc e. chepay vaey up ses, A. s.e
art, Engineers. up and to play; J. Il.
Maxwell. Merton. beat Z. b. McKellar. North
CHERRY up pas feS ses tG William Pa D. cS1y sssy
tai. North Hampstead. by default.
Second Round.--Jones beat Howell, 3 up
and to play; Barton-Church match not
played; Peacock beat Seaman, up and 9
TO play; Maxwell beat Palmer up (2o
Beaten Eight, Second sixteen--First Round.
son, up 90 holes) - ,r beat Chrystal
by default.
Third Sixteen, First lsound--B. T. Allen,
Fox Hills, beat @. J. Wilson. Cherry Valley.
by default: A. Scheiss. Cherry Valley. beat
p Vaughn Cherry Valley. css,rs up and 1.5,ox TO
beat w. d. Johnson, Garden City. up and
s to play: L. w. Gwinn, Jr., Cherry Valley,
beat Phil Stevenson, Meadowbrools, up and
] to play: +. G. Russell beat G. Hibbard,
Cherry Valley. 3 up and to play; A. d. l..
Laing, Cherry Valley. beat Crowell Hadden,
Nassau. 4 up and 9 to play; Palmer Black,
>Nassau, beat II. s. Hammond, Cherry VAL
ley, by default: McGee Baxter. Cherry Val
ley. beat ". NJ. Goodlet, Cherry Valley. 2
up and TO play.
Second Round.--scteiss beat Allen by de-
fault: Gwinn beat Van vranken, UP and
8 to play Laing beat Russell. up and to
play: Baxter beat Black, up.
Beaten Eight. Third Sixteen-First Round.
Vaughn beat Wilson by default; Stevenson
beat johnson by default: Hibbard beat
tTadden, Q up and I to play: Coodiet beat
Hammond By default.