New-York tribune., 1922-04-06
Topping Only
Local Survivor
AT Pinehurst
Greenwich Player Shows
Fine Fighing Spirit in
Noril, and South Tourney
By Ray Mccarthy

PINEHURST, n. E.. April 5.-Thc
matches in the first round OF the North
and South amateur championship here
to-day showed conclusivcly how we'll
balanced is the field that is struggling
for the title this year. With the elm
ination of Lucien Walker. Richmond
County, Henry Topping, of Greenwichs
survivor.
Arthur Yates, who won the medal
yesterday. is a member of the West
chester Biitmore, but comes from Roeh
ester and will probably play for tho
Buffalo club this season.
Many thought some of the results
were quite surprising, which depe nds
largely on the point of view. Frank C.
Newton, Palm Beach, champion and
captain of the Massachusetts State
team, was picked by many to defeat
Michael Thomas, OF Nashville, Tenn.
But it was no startling upset when
the slugging Michael came through
with well-earned victory by a score
OF and /
Thomas is left-handed golfer, to
be sure. Some are inclined to hold
that against him. But the Tennessean
is sound golfer and fighter also
He will drive a. we'll as anybody in
| the field, is a grand putter and plays
a very snappy, short game. Anybody
who defeats Thomas will have to play
golf all the way
Almost before Newton realized what
was happening he found himself on
4 down. That was al the eighth hole.
Newton is battler himself He held
to his task and managed to cut down
the lead of his opponent one hole be-
fore the turn was made. He picked up
another hole at the tenth, and he stood
to win the eleventh until Thomas
dropped putt from the edge of the
green.
After that hole Thomas was never
| IN serious danger of losing his lead.
, Newton played with his usual tenacious
| spirit and fought hard to regain the
lead. but he found Thomas quite as
stubborn.
Young Lucien Walker, OF Richmond
County Country Club, former intercol-
legiate Champion suffered his first de-
feat IN Pinehurst to-day. Walker has
won every time he has PLAYED here
this season. He was one OF the ia
| vorltes in this meeting and for time
to-day it looked as if he would again
come through. But his putter failed
him badly in his match with Donald
farson to-day and he was forced to
withdraw. The score Of the match was
and /. The cards were as follows:
Parsor-
Walker ''-E
2p' Z" .......a ...:...a5 5 s.sassss .-ss
Topping did extremely we'll in win
ming from A. T. Roberts, Of Montreal.
The Greenwich star was not driving up
to his usual standard to- day and was
leaving himself considerable to do
through the fairway. Nevertheless. he
showed remarkable fighting spirit in
staging comeback after Roberts was
up and winning by hole
Topping had cut down his opponents
lead to one hole by he time the turn
was reached. Roberts won the tenth
but Topping came right back and won
the eleventh and twelfth. He took the
lead at the fourteenth hole for the first
time but lost again at the sixteenth
! mole. Then he came through and won
out on the last hole
George Ormiston and Walter Fo-
vargue, two real stars, had splendid
match IN the second sixteenth. Ormis-
ton, after an up and down struggle.
won by i up.
CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION
iiafoiu NebeI inverness. defeated S NJ
| Newton, Richmond. Va. 3 and l. w C.
Fownes jr.. oakmont. defeated J. A. Gam
/ mons Providence and .: f. X Robeson
Rochester. defeated Edward Lowery. Wood
Iand. up Qe hoies}: Donald Parso.,
Youngstown, Ohio, defeated A. Lucier
Thl Malker IclI,G,d. Richm9nd. and \; Michael
/ Newton, Broohlne 3 and i Arthur Yates.
Buffalo. defeated Francis Keating. Pine
hurst. up; Henry ]. Topping Greenwich.
defeated a. T. Roberts. Montreal. up:
=: i. Scofield. Pinehurst. defeated J. II.
| Wells. Liverpool. ! up % holes).
SECOND SIXTEEN
z. c. Beall. sherbrooke, defeated ". X.
, Wells. East Liverpool. Ohio. and 4; A. j
Mendes Siwanoy defeated J. F.. Blair
] Tuxedo. up; Z. i. Stranahan. Toledo. de-
| feated H. b. Lewis. North Andover, 3 up;
T. T. Burnett. Lambton, defeated II. Nc
! Keen il. Easton, Pa. ( and 8; l.. u.
! Pierce Rochester. defeated A. L. Hawse
| Richmond. up eco holes). 6. T. Dunlap.
| Canoe Brook, won from W. S. Dillon.
| Fitchburg, by default; f P. Elliott. Wood
| land. won from s. d. Wyatt, Fond du Lac.
| by default G. A. OrIniston. Oakmont. de =
/ feated Walter Fovargue. Aberdeen. 1 up