The New York herald., 1921-06-12
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WHITE
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awhile. then scared like bird and came
TO rest right out on the centre of the
fairway
White had been driving well from this
tee all week long. but this time 1t was
different. The club did not connect with
the ball as l. ought 10 have done. and
for the second the Nassau man had to
play from the rough, using iron when he
ought to be using wood for distance, let
ting up when he ought to be letting out.
For Whites supporters the situation
was heartbreaking. Gardiner had to do
the best he could under the circum-
stances, and while the ball came lamely
out of the rough to run forward not far
beyond the roadway, leaving still long
shot to the green, there was Peacock
blazing away with his brassie. hitting
as hard as he knew how and aiming
straight for the pin.
Fortunate for White, Peacock does not
possess the chief driving attribute OF
Ted Ray. His direction was all that
could be asked for. but still there re-
mained something TO be done, quite
pitch, not far, II is true, but far enough.
White for his part did the best he could,
but 1t would have taken one of those
100 to | shots to satisfy his admirers
then one OF those deadly strokes right
to the rim of the cup.
No such thing happened. Whites ball
broke off TO the left and left him with a
thirty foot putt--a thirty footer for a
man ! down and playing the last hole
but one against a mere ten yarder for
the man who stood one hole 10 the good!
Some of the spectators by this time
had broken away from the gallery and
were running for train. Those heard
a mighty shout and turned back to hear
that White had sunk his putt had
sneaked over birdie. leaving Peacock to
do likewise on his ten footer to hold the
match dormie.
Squares Match at seventeenth.
Now. Grant Peacock Of Ch arry Valley
Is a mighty fine putter. but 1t is not 10
his dscredit that he missed this ono.
II was a situation calculated to shake
evan the nerve of the statue OF the per-
feet golfer. Grant this time didn't even
give the ball n chance. II hesitated n
few riches below the cup and-there
was the match as 1t had been at 10
o'clock i'm the morning save for the ta,s
that 1t had put upon the nerve and
muscle OF the contestants and the
nerves OF the gallery.
But If the seventeenth hole had BEEN
exciting what, watchman, OF the eight.
eenth, or. rather. the thlrty-sixth?
Wouldn't 1t have been fitting climax
to such nerve grinding match II
White after his grand rally and glofi-
GUS putt had undercut his ball into the
lake or smacked It so hard in his ex-
citement that II landed in the bunker
back OF the green?
And what did he really do? Nothing
much but dive into his store of mashie
and midiron shots for the brightest gem
that he possessed. That ball came down
hole high on the club house side of the
cup not clubs length from its target.
Shout? Had II not been for the ap-
proachlng storm one might have heard
the yell or the elated Nassaultes I'm the
tniddle of the Brooklyn Bridge
Peacock did not have match for that
marvellous stroke. In fact. Grant
played rather weakly. as II asking him
self, What's the use?' The sphere shot
from the club of the Cherry Valley ex-
pert. and although II easily cleared the
lake. II left Peacock with a mighty
struggle on his hands TO get 3. He
was away down at the bottom of the
green, to the left hand side.
His second was well above the cup
and the only hope lay In sinking that
downhill putt and trusting that White
would miss his shot Of three and a hair
feet. Peacock tried hard hut the ball
did not take the right run breaking or
the hill II passed the cup and White
had two for the tltle--two from less
than a clubs length. Peacock extended
his hand before White had time to take
his stance.
The gale of wind which swept the
links practically all day long made an
interesting match OF IL for the gallery.
the play brimmlng with sensational re-
coveries. Peacock had better control
than White. especially over the last few
holes Of the match, but he did not have
that putt on the seventeenth and that
gem OF shot over the water et the
home hole