New-York tribune., 1922-06-24
CaIiber of Golf
COntinuesHigh
At Apawamis
;uiIford, Meigs, Douglas and
Lewis Advance to Semi
Finals of Great Tourney
By Ray Mccarthy

There wns no lct-down or let-np l"
the ealibcr Of golf IN the Apa"am''
Club invitation tournament NJ Ny'
Yesterday. This meeting Is ju'i ABOUT
tho fastest invitation competition thh'
has hcen held IN this section IN "
long Nmc II player wasn't playing
mar golf he was doomed. Jesse Jun
ford national amateur champion
Dwight Mcigs. Findlay Douglas. TOT.
mer national titlc-holdcr, and Reginald
Lewis an played stellar golf and De-
cause they did they were able to ad-
vance 70 the scmi-hnal round. ms
morning Mcigs will encounter the
husky Jesse, while Douglas IS meeting
Lewis.
/, looks very mueh as II Lewis a
Grand little fighter. will meet Gui'tora
I, tho final round. Such contest
should be something we'll worth while
And II tho slashing hitter from Ola
New England does not tame HIS game
"a bit to-day IL would not De gIes,li
surprising to sec Lewis come thtous'
victorious. -. .,,or,,kc
or course, Lewis must hrst oVefIahgg
the veteran Apawamis Cluo star Huu
Douglas. playing on his home 'ihss, -
quite a match for the best oi 'n.."'
However. Lewis has the game, VI.
strength. the youth, the Temperance.
and aggress.vcncss, and theFe - 49,
reason 10 expect he viii trump o'e.
/ bis opponents this morning Me'ss ~
not expected 20 push Dui''o'' WY
I hard. -, tho
0amest and finest comeoacks ne na.
ever made IN n brilliant career, NVn
. his match against Grant reAeosn ~
the afternoon on the luehlest
shot We have ever seen. ~" sno.
va. made on the eighteenth hole, where
I this pair were struggling a'o"s o" '''''
I terms. -, n.t,.
rco.is had A wonderful drive on that
last hole. being right IN the middle OF
tho foirway and close up TO the green
/ within thirty yards. az least. rea-
cock had pulled his drive TO the leit,
Ve had TO cut the corner sharply 20
roach tho green. but he played. the snot
perfectly. a fire. high pitch that iand-
ed and stuck within twelve rect OF tne i
hole. Lewis knew he had TO DO fuly
as we'll. for his opponent had reason
able putt FOR 3. lie used a masnle-
niblick and swung back rather nut-
r,ediv. Ms club struck inc pa,I
elancing blow almost on the KNOB Inc
boll shot out at n low, fat trajectory
no, more than two feet from the grouna
and went flying toward the green. II
struck tho small mound on tho nea,
odee Of the left side Of the green, ana
thus impedcd, lost most OF Us toree'
eventually coming % rest WITHIN one
foot OF the pin. Had the pellet no,
been so obstructed u would nave sallea
right over the green into the tall um.
bcr beyond Peacock missed ms put'
and Lewis had the match. The Green
wich star was quick 20 console ms al
yersary but fate only was 70 plane
That old dame plays a prineipal roIe
IN this game. and there Is no use be-
moaning her dealings.
Notwithstanding tho result, Lewis
nut up a magnificent struggle IN the
face OF severe odds. Peacock was on
a wild rampage on the outgoing jour
rev and made the turn one under par
and four holes up. -Four up and TO
nlav BE- indeed n heavy handicap. But
.hcn Lewis started n little fireworks
of his own. lie won the tenth, the
eleventh. the thirteenth and the four
tocnfh. nlaying each hole perfectly.
Rpt after squaring matters he lost the
sixteenth. and that looked like his I'm
ish A. this particular stage OF the
journey.
Narrowly Misses 20.foot Putt
lie came right back. though, with a
fnc ( at the seventh 20 even the match
again. Peacock narrowly missed a
twerfv-foot putt there, the ball jump
ing out % the cup. Then came the
quick-changing eighteenth and vic
tory for Lewis.
Guilford knocked out two worthy op-
moments mostly By brute strength.
Power, even II 1. is not wholly con.
trolled. counts greatly in this game
quite as much as in any other.
Tho big fellow was lashing out ter
rife drives ard scoring we'll, although
he was not playing we'll, which may
sound parndoxical. Frequently he made
his way 20 the greens via the rough.
lie hacked the ball out Of the clover
and from out OF bad lies, but never did
he appear to be at all fatigued.
J. s Worthington was his victim in
/ the morning BY a score Of and (.
! Tommy Armour, who played a whale OF
q game against John Chapman in the
morning. when he was driving with
wonderful flight and direction. was
' simply nonplussed in the afternoon.
/ His tee shots went astray. his iron
/ shots lacked their usual eripsness and
! il was no time before the black-haired
Tommy was crushed by a score Of
and 5.
One Of the features Of the day was
the play-ofF OF the medal tie between
/ Richards and Chapman. This pair tied
again at Is each and will 90 at II again
/ TO- morrow
Tie summary;
FIRST sTNTEEN
FIRST raurd-D r MciFs M.rlon. beat
Gfanfiand Rice. Engievoo God. ! up Nsmil-
ton Kerr. Gre 'rwich. defeated J l. An
+ Armour. Wesichcr-cr- nilimore' dere-s,a J.
+ 10 CHAPMAN. Greenwich. up and 7. Jesse
i tl.lfori. Boston defeated J Worthlng.
! ton. Siwnnoy. 5 up and ( 7 : Douglas
ArnWamis. defeated Richard daisht Lido
uI ana samuel Graham. Greenwich,
cefea.-d ! y Gedies Slwanoy. ~ and !,
Reginald Lewis Greenwich. defeated M
Ward. Garden city. UP and = Grant Pea
oock. cherry valley defeated W. L. Rich
agf. Engineers up md
second round-Meigs defeated Kerr. :.
nrl ! Guuford efeate Armour. an 5. .
Douglass defeated Graham. Z and 2 Lewis
defeated Peacock. Up
SECOND SIXTEEN.
First round-F. q. pAuley. Princeton
defeated g y Peacock, ApaNamis. up,
W. Faikerson. Belleclalrc. defeated r.
I i. Banks. Green Meadow. up and l r r.
siurgls Scarsdale. defeated ,. u. HOLLAND
Wee hurn. up and ! T. Y. Bermlngham
Ns,, NJ and .. Dr. W r. Fralick. Belle
clare. defeated G. n Paul. Wesichestsr
I Hills NJ and W - Mcdonald. Wood