The New York herald., 1922-10-15
A. G. ERICSSON WINS
NASSAU GOLF MEET
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all the way across the eleventh fairWay
and nearly into the woods Again at
the sixteenth party of wildeyed Vets
and Drys dropped their implements of
warfare and sat down on the turf by
way OF proving that despite the occa-
sion no excess baggage OF any sort was
carried
They signaled the finalists to do
their worst. but the experience begotten
of almost round ducking the disciples
and enemies of Volsteadisnr had steeled
the nerves of Gregson and Bacon. The
Highlands man Immediately shot off at
n target to the right. while with
tremendous sweep of his driver Greg
son circled the horizon from the other
direction.
But to return to the play and to pick
up the tournament as it staggered
through the semi-final stage in true
topsyturvy style, Howard Maxwell yes
terday lost the inspiration which aided
him in trouncing Gardner White in the
previous round. Playing White he had
been unable to keep the ball out OF the
cup when he began to putt. Howard,
before he had gone more than half
dozen holes. had become abjectly apollo
getic. But in the semi-final against
Bacon apologies would have been mis-
placed This time he could not hole
a thing Z
Maxwell lost the first four holes, then
he won the sixth and eighth ana stood
down at the ninth. Coming back he
reduced the disadvantage to 1 at the
thirteenth, but in the closing stages of
the contest Bacon held the upper hand
and won eventually by up and / to
play.
AS Gregson also had eliminated Rich
ard Lounsbery of Oakland by 3 to the
finalists appeared wei. matched. Sub
sequent events proved this to be the
case. They fought it out fairly evenly
for the first nine holes and then started
a wild career of hooking, slicing and
topping, in which 1t looked as If the one
had decided that he would not yield an
inch t. the other.
Determination played large part in
deciding the honors Of this final. but, as
II not invariably does, 1t very often led
the players from the beaten track. Greg
son squared the match at the tenth and
then sliced to the twelfth fairway, while
in an effort to be chubby Bacon took a
ceek, sliced. but failed to carry the
trap. He was trapped on his next shot
as well, but halved when Gregson. after
making the green in his second, took
two puts.
The twelfth saw Bacon with the prize
slice up to this stage Gregson kept
straight and won the hole with a 4. The
redan thirteenth was neatly halved in
par 3, but once these champing war
horses felt the turf of the open prairie
under their feet they were off again with
a rattle.
The fourteenth at Nassau is quite q
good hole nowadays. A par 1t is.
Gregson won it in 8. and he had two
strokes to spare. And the remarkable
thing of it Is that Bacon was never in
a bunker. He started with a drive that
was meant to smash the Flagstaff 420
yards away, but the shot was skied.
On his next attempt Bacon topped. anc
then by way of variety lie mad sciaf
and foozle. Gregson sliced into the
rough, missed his second, but got home
nicely on the approach
Both FUN at Fifteenth.
Not content with that chapter OF acci-
dents both fiuffed their tee shots for the
short fifteenth. Gregson got a lie in
soft sand and sent his second into
bunker. Playing two without getting
clear he picked up. Bacon meanwhile
had laid a fine second from clayey lie
within six feet of the cup.
Then came the sixteenth where the
finalists avoided being drawn into anv
argument on the merits or otherwise OF
hard 'likker'' and the like by steering
a course north and south, -each accord
ing to his taste. They arrived at the
green in due course, and Gregson won
with a 5.
Another feast for the little gods Of
hooking and topping was spread at the
seventeenth, where a party of three
coming out to see how the finalists were
faring received a couple of shots across
their bows as they stood away off on
the eighteenth tee. About this time 1t
might have been thought that there was
something of battle going on at Mas
sau tor a party of Vets and Drys, un-
able to restrain their enthusiasm, let go
from the second tee and Joined their
fire to that of Gregson and Bacon.
Right there Nassau almost lost pro-
fesslonaL Jim Maiden was one OF the
party under bombardment, but being
more of strategist than warrior, Jim
beat a hasty retreat.
Although missing his drive. Bacon
won this seventeenth. Gregson still was
dormie They played the eighteenth as
they had played most of the long holes
incoming a hurricane hook carried
Gregson to the first fairway. while n
couple of slices kept Bacon in the rough
to the right. Gregson got to the edge OF
the green in three and watched as his
opponent beat himself. A six was the
! the best that Bacon could do. The card