The New York herald., 1922-08-23
CADDIR TWO UNDER
PAR IN N. ]. TOURNEY
Michael Cestone Takes Title
From Field Of $50 With
74-68-142.

Michael Cestone's ambitions towards
reaching the heights of golf attained by
Gene Sarazon and Walter Hagen are a
step nearer fulfiilment to-day. He wears
the crown OF champion caddie OF the
State OF New Jersey. secured after a
severe test OF thirty-six holes yesterday
In the annual tournament at the Essex
County Country Club Of West Orange
under the auspices Of the New Jersey
State Golf Association.
With $50 rival bag toters of all de-
scriptions. from as far south as Attain
tic City and as far north as Lake
Hopatcong on hand for the honors.
Mike turned In card of 142 for the
double round OF the $3.50 yards course.
two below par. with a 6S four below
par In the afternoon. 1t was two shots
ahead of Charles Furye. thirty-one-
year-old caddie OF Baltusrol. almost
twice the age of Mike. who is II.
Mike Cestone represented Upper
Montclair. where he has >caddIed for
more than five years. In two former
attempts he finished among the first
ten.
brassie driver, but two members OF
Upper Montclair had loaned him q reg
ular set. of which he made good use.
His morning card placed him fifth,
with Norman Emerson Of Essex county
setting the pace with 60. In the early
afternoon Furye had brought In II to
top 70. and after an hour OF waiting
the honors were conceded to him. Nov
Ing pictures were taken; and the
cameraman had departed, when II was
reported that a youngster was coming
in four under par at the fifteenth. All the
officials, trailed by hundred boys
hurried out, skeptical, to say the least,
and arrived to see Cestone sink a ten
foot putt for a birdie on the longest
hole, the sixteenth.
With such a gallery Mike became
nervous and rushed through the other
two holes. wasting as little time as pos
sible. He took an extra stroke on the
seventeenth, but recovered his COM
posure on the final hole and missed by
inches for a birdie 2 in holding out a
chip shot. He got his par 8. He had
IL pars and brides in the afternoon.
There was triple tie at LAT for
third among Anthony Appice of Glen
Ridge, who lost first place on the play
Off last year: Emerson and Tony Wy
man of Essex County. The homo club
won the four man team match from
twenty-five clubs with 500. Emerson.
Wyman. Farrell and Luhr composed the
team.
Cestone's card and par follow:
In ..@..... @ 44s4ssSa s--Ss-7a
MORNING.
Cestons-out 5 445-s9
In ...3 4 4 3 4 8 +-35-7A
AFTERNOON.
Cestone-Out a 4 8 a d 4-S5
In -. 3 4 , 4 4 3-33-6S-142
Caddie masters were on hand, Just
fifteen OF them, also for titular- play.
Percy Barnes OF the home club led, with
73-S4-157, but was ruled out because
he was not full fledged caddie master.
only an assistant. SO the championship
In this division went to John Dante Of
Suburban who had S0--74--154. Brother
Joe of Baltusrol won it last year. but
was disqualified yesterday on the tenth
hole In the afternoon for picking up his
ball. The leading scores:
CADDIEs.
Michael Cestone. Upper Montclair
74-6S--142; Charles Furye, Baltusrol.
73-71-144: Anthony Appice. Glen
Essex County, 69-7S-147: Tony Wy
man, Essex County, 70-77-147; T..
Costello. Englewood. 77--74-151: C..
Nichols. Linwood. 76-76-152: J. Far
rell, Essex County, 77-76--153; T..
Dante. Baltusrol. 8o-75A155; E. Web
or, Ridgewood. S0--75--150: II. Coyle,
Englewood. S1-74-155; Z. Wyman,
Essex Fells. 75--S1-156; ]. Murray.
Mountain Ridge, s2--74--156; T. Nc
CURE, Mountain Ridge. s1-75-156; w.
Hurd. Colonia, S0-76-156; G. Fields.
Linwood, S1--76-157; c. Sattie. Baltus-
rol, S1--76--157; s. Calamano. Weequa-
hic Park. 79-7S-157: r. Engles.
Knickerbocker. 82--76-15s; T. Matzek.
Roselle. 82--77--159: NJ. Trustum. West
End, 81-7S--15s.
CADDIE MASTERS.
John Dante. Suburban, so-74--154; I;
Joe Egan. North Jersey. 75-34-159:
N. Gentle, Glen Ridge. S2-79-161; H.
Janjoski, Canoe Brook. ss-s1-164; l..
Anthes. Echo Lake. 90--7s-16s: d.
Kinley. Roselje. s7-84-171: L. Weber.
Ridgewood. st--91-172; M. Fafucci,
Upper Montclair. 92--S1-173 A.
Wheeler. Norwood. S9--84-173: w.
Papeo. Mapeiwood. 90--S6--176: Z.
Heaney, Hollywood. 99-79-17s.