The New York herald., 1922-06-24
FREAK GOLF SHOT
BATTLES PEACOCK
Lewis Laws Mishit Approach
Dead and Wins Match
at Apawamis.
ny KERR N. PETRIE.

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Since he became golfer of the front
rank Grant A. Peacock of Garden City
has absorbed his fair share OF the
games hard knocks. but he would be
justified in believing that the expert
ence which he had yesterday in a game
against Reginald NJ. Lewis in the Sec
ond round Of the Apawamis Clubs an
nual invitation tournament entities him
to the leather medal as the prize hard
luck niblicker of his age and genera
ton.
TO such good purpose did Peacock
coax the rubber core along over the
first nine holes Of this particular con-
test that he was out in "a and up.
A little more of that sort of golf
and his Westchester-B Biltmore opponent
would have been eating out of his
hand, so to speak. Unfortunately for
the Garden City man, Lewis took it
upon himself to stage a rally coming
home. and this spurt brought the match
all square at the fifteenth Peacock
became ! up again at the sixteenth and
teenth.
so far luck had not interposed to any
great extent, but it certainly jumped
IN with both feet at the home hole.
where> Peacock. with his second. was
within about eight feet of the pin.
Lewis had much the longer ball from
the tee and also the easier approach,
put the shot which the Westchester-
Biltmore representative played was
1,.tl.
portant, however. it was effective in a
high degree. The ball came off the
heel of the mashie-nlblick. or the
socket, or anywhere but the center of
the face, but the little god of luck
seized upon ii in it's extremity and rode
it to victory
Instead of finding a resting place In
the bunker IL dived desperately for the
side OF the green. Finding a parallel
trap awaiting it, changed it's mind and
dashed itself against the corner of the
green. and. thus saved from disaster,
1t floundered across the green and Law
at the hole side as dead as a split fish.
That settled Peacock. 1t would have
settled any one but a wooden Indian.
Inc Garden City man missed his eight
loot putt and Lewis started for the
club house to prepare a written apology.
he had the hole in 3 to and the
match by ! up.
GuiIford TrOunces Armour
Lewis and Peacock provided the en-
tertainment for the gallery at an op-
perfume time. for Jesse Gulford, the
national amateur champion and
Thomas d. Armour proved ungallant
enough to take the crowd away out
on the middle of the course and there
n a6f1 Tt
not the fault OF Guilford save for the
fact that he trounced Armour by and
., but the latter could not get his game
working.
In the morning the Westchester- Bilt-
mor1 secretary had played a brilliant
~ to dispose of j. d. Chapman OF
Greenwich by a one sided margin.
However. Armour lost his game when
he most needed 1t and Guilford did
not drop a single hole in the thirteen
played. Three up at the turn, the
champion added the first three home
coming and half at the thirteenth
gave him the match.
Guilford in that first round showed
something OF flash himself, for after
going out In 80 against J. s. Worthing-
ton of Siwanoy he proceeded to come
home in 33 for a II. Guilford won that
match by and s.
In the semi-finaI this morning Gull
ford will meet ID. r. Meigs OF Merton.
while Lewis will play Findlay $.
Dou las OF Apawamis Thus in the
two brackets there is the present cham
rion and man who held the national
title almost a quarter OF a century ago.
Douglas came through on impressive
victories. first defeating r. a. Haight
OF Lido 5 and 8 and then Samuel
Graham of Greenwich by and q
The summary:
FIRST sIXTEEN-EIRsT ROUND.
d. II. Meigs. Merton, beat Grantiand Rice.
Garden City. up.
Hamilton Kerr, Greenwich. beat ]. l.. Ander-
son, Cherry Valley. and 3. d,
Thomas Armour, Westchester- -Bitmore. beat
j. ID. Chapman. Greenwich, 8 and Z.
Jesse Guilford. Boston. beat J. s. Worthing-
ton, Siwanoy, and 4.
+. s. Douglas. Apawamls. beat Richard
Haight. Lido and 3.
Samuel Graham, Greenwich. beat +. b.
Geddes, Scarsdale, and I.
Reginald Lewis, Greenwich. beat J. NJ
Ward, Garden City, 3 and 2.
Grant Peacock. Garden city. beat ". L.
Richard, Engineers. and 2.
SECOND ROUND.
Meigs beat Kerr. . and I.
Ciuilford beat Armour. and Z.
Douglas beat Graham. 4 and 2.
Lewis beat Peacock up.
SECOND sIXTEEN-FIRsT ROUND.
l.. o. Pawley. Princeton. beat c. N. Peacock
Apawamis, . up.
w. n. Fulkerson. Belieelaire. beat II. l..
Banks Green Meadow, and l.
L. y. Sturges. Scarsdale, beat II. II. Holland.
Wee Burn. and l.
r. " Bermingham Wykagyl. beat s. ~
Pierson, Woodway, and o.
DR.. w. q. Fralck Belleclalre. beat c. II.
Paul, Westchester Hills. and I.
w. H. Mcdonald, Woodway, beat S. J..
Fuller, Jr., Apawamis o and Z.
Alfred Morrell. Greenwich, beat A. @. Greg
son, Belleclaire, | up.
Don Parker. Garden City. won from II. J.
Topping, Greenwich, by default.
SECOND ROUND.
Fulkerson beat Pawey, 1 Up.
sturges beat Birmingham. up.
Mcdonald beat Fralck, and e.
Morrel beat Parker, up.
THIRD sIXTEEN-FIRsT ROUND.
Dwight Partridge, Bedford. beat w. W.
Kicker, Apawamis, I and 3.
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