The New York herald., 1922-05-07
RECEIVE ONE STROKE
ON HANDICAP LIST
Nassau Star, Now Titleholder,
Takes Place Of ID. "a
Sawyer.
CHICAGOAN NOW AT TWO
Joins William M. Reekie. Who
Retains Position He En-
joyed Last Year.
BY KERR N. PETRIE.

Instead of having D. e. Sawyer to
bear him company as was the case
last year Oswald Kirkby this season
finds Gardiner w. White joining him
In the honors post on the Metropoli-
tan Golf Association annual handicap
list. White succeeds to the position
formerly occupied by Sawyer on the
allowance roster by virtue of having
displaced the former Chicagoan as
champion of the association White
came through the annual classic at
Garden City and it is only fitting that
the merit OF that achievement should
be fully recognized by promotion to
the top rung Of the ladder.
As was the case a year ago there
is no one at scratch. Only Kirkby and
White stand at handicap one. While
again there are two of the experts on
the second rung of the ladder at two
strokes william M. KecKie of Upper
Iontclair alone remains, for White has
moved away from his rival of the year
before and in the place Of the Nassau
man comes Sawyer.
OF the three stroke men thore are
six of the old group, Frank w. Dyer of
Upper Montclair, A. +. Hammer of
Baltusrol. Jesse w. Sweetser of
Swanoy Jerome D. Travers of Upper
Montclair. A. l.. Walker, Jr., OF Rich
mond county and Z. NJ. Wild ef Bal
tusrol. r. M. Lewis of Gre nwich,
who was on this mark a year ago, has
been dropped to four along with the
Garden City veteran. Walter j. Travis.
Newcomers are John G. Andei son Of
Grassy Sprain, Grant A. Peacock of
Cherry Valley and Rudolph e. knepper
of Princeton. Anderson and Peacock
were respectively the medalist ard run
ner-up. in last years metropolitan
championship. They come forward
from the four-stroke position. Knepper,
one of the coming stars of the West,
and runnerup to Charles Evans, 'r., last
year in the Western championship, has
driven his way through from han n,icap 5.
stearns stiIl mt Four.
The four handicap group furnishes a
rather interesting commentary On the
uncertainties of the game of gslf and
the vicisstudes of those who play the
game. seeming to point the moral that
there is nothing so unstable as the
position of the near-great. For Of those
who enjoyed the sunshine from this
vantage point twelve months a@o only
one remains He is John N. Stearns,
Jr.. of Nassau. True enouah Anderson
and Peacock have moved ahead but II
is very doubtful IL these two belonged
in the three bracket in the first place.
AS for the other lamerted fours''
c. III. Paul and Roy Webb have been
dropped to five strokes while ]. S. Dean
and H. X. b. Davis, two of the hreatest
smiters of the game, have vanisht from
the scroll of fame. Dean, of course,
hero of ten thousand fights and star of
the 1919 and 1920 seasons, betook him
self to parts remote with his graduation
from Princeton, while Davis lid not
get in one good sound lick all season
due to an accident to a foot. Evidently
the present day M. @. A. nandicappers
have more business sense thar SYM
pathy or sentiment in their makeup.
Having no golf record to show Davis
simply was dropped.
But while signing for those niblickeers
of the good old days golfers also will
fined time to whoop it up for the new
blood that finds itself f,ltering into
the four stroke column. AnC new
blood SCARCELY expresses IT, for the new
comers are found to be no dashing
members of the infant prodigy class
but staid solid linksmen such az ]. S.
Worthngton. who battled his way
through the second Westchester cham
pionship. w. Parker Seeley of Brook
lawn, and T. V. Birmingham of
Wykagyl. Warren K. Wood, formerly
of Chicago. is also with the four stroke
players. but he did not have q handicap
in 1921.
Those who may have been wondering
what the handicappers thought of their
work last year will find the desired in
formation below. providing they are
good enough for marking Of nine
strokes or better