The New York herald., 1922-08-27
BIRMINGHAM WINS
SIWANOY GOLF FINAL
Wykagyl Veteran 0utclasscs
r. L. Mundy of Ardsley by
z Up and ) to Play.

Val Birmingham. the rangy veteran Of
Wykagyl. carried off first honors In the
annual invitation golf tournament OF the
siwanoy Country Club yesterday after
noon by decisvely outciassing r. f.
Mundy, the Ardsley regular In the final
round by the margin of UP and to
play.
Birmingham played the same con-
sistent golf that he showed on the pre-
vious day and his opponent never had a
chance The tall Val was out in 80. and
turned for home with an advantage of
eleventh. and ended the match on the
thirteenth green with par 3.
Mundy was wild eff the tee. and at
several holes was SO far embedded In
the rough that he picked up. Berming-
ham won the Ill yard eleventh with a
birdie by sinking long putt from the
edge of the green. The cards:
Birmingham. out. 4 8 $50
Mundy out. ...... ) 8 @ 6 4 4 5-44
Bermlngham. in. 8 ;. 4 9
Mundy. In. ........ D
Both semi-fnal matches were decided
ON the sixteenth holes. Birmingham
eliminated Leonard Martin a seventeen
year-old youngster representing the
Aapwams Golf Club, by and 2, while
Mundy mastered Ray Thompson of
Westchester Biltmore by and 2.
Birmingham started badly In the
semi-fnal match, slicing his drive Into
a trap and losing the hole by 6-5. The
youngsters lead was short lived. how
ever, for Birmingham reeled Off five
pars in succession, four of them winning
holes. Martin needed extra puts at the
fifth and sixth. but he got one hole
back by laying his second shot at the
seventh dead TO the pin for a birdie 3.
while his older opponent took ).
Birmingham was up at the turn,
and speedily increased this advantage
by winning the tenth and thirteenth,
was momentarlly halted by being laid
a stymie at the next, but finished the
match on the next hole.
Ray Thompson's erratic work on the
greens lost his chance to win. Mundy
squared the match at the seventh. when
Thompson's ball glanced off stone wall.
and was never headed after that.
Mundy took the lead by up when the
Westchester Biltmore man missed easy
puts at the eighth and ninth. Thomp-
son laid Mundy a stymie at the fifteenth.
Mundy pitched to within a yard of the
flag from the rough at the next hole.
6. Lesley Conley of the home club.
former trans Mississippi titleholder. and
A. c. Gregson. Belleclaire champion and
medalist in the Long Island champion
ship at Lido. put up great battle in
the final of the beaten eight, the home
representative winning byS3 and /. Con-
ley had a medal round OF 3S--3S-76.
and Gregson returned 40-3s-7s. Greg
son scored 35--40--75 in the morning
in beating H. S. West by and 5.
An unexpected reversal featured the
final of the second sixteen when j. $.
Worth ington the ''old man of Siwanoy,
former Westchester county champion,
who marched rather easily through his
preliminary matches bowed to T.. l..
Rohdenburg OF Englewood, former
Princeton player. by and ]. The
summaries:
FIRST SIXTEEN.
SEMI-FINAL RoUND-T. v. Birmingham.
wykagyl. defeated Leonard Martin. Apaw-
Ardsiey. defeated Ray Thompson. West
chester Biitmors, 2 up & and : TO play.
Birmingham defeated Mundy, UP and 5
to play
BEATEN EIGHT-FIRsT SIXTEEN
sEMI-FrNAL RoUND-G. L. Conley. 81
wanoy. defeated Or. J. i. Taft. White
son. Beleclaire. defeated II. s. West.
Grassy Sprain. up and to play.
FINAL ROUND
conley defeated Gregson. 8 UP and to play.
SECOND SIxTEEN
sEMT-TINAL ROUND-E. l.. Rohdenburg,
Englewood defeated Stephen Berrien, Up
per Montclalr up and TO play. J. 81.
Worthinrton. Siwanoy, defeated III. VI.
Gaines. wykagyl, ! up.
FINAL ROUND
Rohdenburg defeated worthington. 8 up and
] to play.
BEATEN EIGHT-SECCND SIXTEEN
SEMT-FINAL ROUND--Nat Mallouf Quaker
Ridge. defeated Oscar Carlson, Slwanoy.
up and TO play. j. NJ Hobbs, White
Beeches, won from Jack Kennedy, Atlantic
City. by default.
FINAL ROUND
Hobbs defeated Mallouf. up.
THIRD SIXTEEN
sEMf-F1NAI, RouND-W. H.: Reilly, ST.
wanoy, defeated Sumner ". Hollnnder.
siwanoy, up and . 10 play. O.. A..
Inekoy, Siwanoy, defeated T.. J. Barber.
knolwood. / Up go holes).
FINAL ROUND
Lackey defeated O'Reilly. up and to'plny.