The New York herald., 1922-10-14
MAXWELL'S PUTTING
ELIMINATES WHITE.
Long Island Golf Champion
Gives Remarkable Display
on Nassau Greens.
BY KERR N. PETRIE.

Gardiner w. White of Nassau, former
metropolitan amateur golf champion,
has begun to believe that old man
Noah. the person who successfully
evaded the first great water hazard of
which there Is any authentic record and
landed on the fairways of Ararat, has
not been getting all the credit that has
been his due these many years. White
arrived at this momentous conclusion
yesterday at the completion of the
second round of the annual invitation
golf tournament of his home club. and
while he was yet deeply immersed in
the details of a match in which his
clubmate, Howard w. Maxwell, Jr.. had
encompassed his discontinue and eff
fected his elimination by the convincing
margin of up and 3 TO play.
Quite natural White was thinking OF
the deluge. for he had Just been through
a deluge such probably. as no linksman
has had to endure at any time during
this waning season. However. it was
not deluge II water This time it was
a deluge of puts. but deluge never
theless. These puts washed away all
resistance from the brilliant winner OF
the qualifying medal and left him
disconsolates OF the first and second
rounds.
1T was remarked during the qualifying
round that the Maxwells in this Nassau
meeting were numerous enough to stage
tournament all their own. Yesterday
they did their best to oblige. Howard.
the conqueror of White. is the present
holder of the Long Island amateur
championship. BY way of opening his
day Howard first laid his uncle. John
H.. of Merton Cricket Club, Philadel
phia, hors de combat. Nor were kid
glove methods employed The score
was and 3, a fearful wallop for a
nephew TO visit upon the dignity OF an
uncle.
Trounces His Uncle.
And in the light of subsequent hap
penings it begins to look now as though
the young Long Island titleholder had
later concluded that 5 and was not
altogether chubby, to put it mildly. He
may even had remorse of conscience. In
any event Howard Maxwell. Jr.. went
home last night fairly satisfied that his
uncle had forgotten all about that
trouncing in the first round. II the
latter hadn't it is safe to assume that
he was alone. for in the moments before
dusk the only subject worth while was
the terrific putting streak under which
Howard had smothered White.
On the first few holes OF the round
the former metropolitan champion could
scarcely do thing in retaliation.
There was scarcely any use trying, for
on each OF the first four greens Max
well was down in a single putt I'm
accountaby he missed a six footer on
the fifth, but he was back at the old
game soon thereafter. In all he had
seven puts on the first six holes and
for the first ten holes he required but
thirteen sweeps Of the blade. All agreed
that it was the most amazing putting
streak seen on the Nassau links this
year.
Maxwell began by hoiing an eight
footer on the first green. On the second
he dropped a. putt OF seven feet. An
eighteen footer went down at the third
and at the fourth a twelve footer dis
appeared. White at this stage was 3
down. He won the next, but lost the
sixth, where he hooked his second into
n trap.
Realizing by the time he reached the
eighth that heroic measures were neces-
sary White laid his tee shot stone dead
and scored a winning .. However. Max
well carried off the ninth and so started
into the home stretch 8 up with a par
equalling SO for the first nine.