The New York herald., 1922-06-25
NATIONAL CHAMPION
LOSES BY ONE HOLE
Westchester-Bil Player
Becomes DOrmie 2 on
Siege Gum
DROPS THE SEVENTEENTH
Bostonian Makes Brave Bid to
Square, but Is Baffled
by Long Putt.
BY KERR N. PETRIE.

fenses the Boston Big Bertha and
national amateur golf champion, Jesse
Guilford, was Knocked out of action
yesterday in the final of the Apawamis
Clubs annual invitation tournament
by a well directed bombardment from
the batteries of Reginald M. Lewis of
the Westchester-B -Biltmore Country
Club.
Guilford had shown some signs of
diminishing power and lessening range
in the semi-final, when he defeated
Dwight r. Meigs of Merton only after
a scramble on the home green. He
took that match up with a for the
par home hole and after lunch pro-
ceeded to shoot off some of the dud
ammunition which had got him into
such trouble in his first round.
To make long story short Lewis
finally got Guilford two down with
two to play. The national champion
won the seventeenth after some weird
golf and then made a herculean effort
to carry off the eighteenth for a square
match. He had not been driving well
all day. On the home hole. however,
ried nearly to the bunkers in front
of the green and he laid his mashie
shot up within five feet of the cup.
Playing ahead of the champion Lewis
had approached to within twenty five
A, feet Of the cup, his shot being that
,rI.
lery rushed forward to see the closing
touches in the great eleventh hour
come back of the national champion.
The stage seemed all set for a tied
game on the home green, but Lewis,
amid cheers. sank his wonderful putt
for 8.
Finish Is Exciting.
So excited was Lewis himself that
after standing entranced for a moment
or two after he made the hit he started
to gallop across the green after the
rubber core right up to the cup. He
ran right into the arms Of the referee
with whom he proceeded to shake
hands. 1t was a dramatic finish
Gulford had been balked in the mel
of time and by as fine and timely q
putt as ever ratified the bottom OF 9
cLp.
Jesse very likely would have made hi,
3. 1t just seemed that that five foot
putt was coming his way. but nothins
that he could do now would have beer
OF the least service. He had to wir
that last hole to square the match sc
they called it a half and let it 60 Al
that. Lewis had the chief cup as wei
as a triumph over the national cham
pion by a margin of up.
Such form as Guilford showed in his
latest thirty-six holese would not have
taken him far in the national cham
pionship last year at st. Louis and he
will have TO improve considerably If ht
is TO stand even a ghost of chance OF
successfully defending his title in Sep
tember
Gulford was mistimng miserably a
times and moS OF the day he was try.
ing to iron wild hook out of his drive
This meant that he did a lot of playing
from the rough.
Guilford had the lead at the second
but lost IL again at the third, when hi
took three puts. and he missed a put
OF about eight feet at the fourth TO be
come down.
Fifth Hard Luck Hole.
The short fifth was Guilford's hard
luck hole. for instead of winning IL anc
bringing about a square match he lost Il
and became 2 down. The reason for thi.
was that in missing a short putt Lewis
laid the champion a styme, and tn,
latter, endeavoring to jump with hi
rnashie. knocked his opponents ball int
the hole and remained outside himself.
Guilford got square match ouicke
perhaps than he expected, for at th
sixth Lewis started with slice to tn
rough and put his second into a trar
IL r. 4.
equally expensive for Lewis.
The eighth was hslved in 8. So IA
this was the first really well playe,
hole of the match. AT the long mint
Lewis sliced his second into the rougI
and stopped his third and then heeled hi
fourth. Guilford won this hole an,
turned up.
II was well for Lewis that he has tn
happy faculty OF doing the unexpecte1
He holed chip from the rough at tn
edge OF the green for a birdie on tn
tenth and with the match squared agai'
he proceeded to forge ahead at tn
twelfth. where Guilford sliced into
bunker.
BY driving hole high on the $50 var
thirteenth the champion squared ono
more, but after a slicel drive to rougl
and an iron that carried him across tn
ditch and int the rough on the sdehi.
the Bostonian proceeded to top his thir,
at the fourteenth and thereby lose tn
hole.
More Trouble for Champion.
More trouble was in store for Guilfor
at the next for he tried to scoop hi
ball from a bunker at the side of tn
green with a jigser and paid the pen
s.;<y Lewis also was trapped here, bu
r-st out in one shot and holed goo
putt for 4. A half at the sixteentl
left Lewis dormie 2.
Finding himself off his wood Levi
had been using an iron from grea
many OF the tees. lie brought this clu
into play at the long seventeenth an
p lost n tremendous amount Of distance
Using n brassie for his second Levi
pulled away behind the trees but Gull
ford threw away his advantage by do
ing likewise with his iron. On the thir
shots Guilford was on and Lewis over
cuIford almost threw away his chanc
by over running his putt. but he hole
coming back The card:
LEWIS
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- Lewis qualified for the e.-ii-final b
defeating Findpey s. Douglas OF Apa
vr.mIs on the nineteenth green. thereb
spelling IN match between the presen
nstionaik. champion and one who ha
st4ts .t~.n~t tx.. five .