The New York herald., 1922-08-09
VESTS 149 LOW IN
LONG ISLAND GOLF
Rockaway PRO Leads G,
Heron by Single Stroke at
Cherry Valley.
ny KERR N. PETRIE.

Had the Long Island open golf cham
pionship been an affair of thirty-six in
stead OF seventy-two holes Jimmy West,
the midget professional, of the Rockaway
Hunt Club, to-day would be airing his
title down among the channels of CEDAR
hurst Over two rounds Of the Cherry
Valley links yesterday West led the field
by a stroke, with an aggregate OF l49,
but as the newly formed Long Island
Association has decreed that thorough
ness be It's watchword and that the pro-
fessionals and amateurs who are after
the honors step along for four rounds
Jimmy finds II necessary to hold his
lead through another busy day before
the world OF golf will proclaim him king
pin OF that golfing territory which
sweeps westward from Flatbush to Mon
tauk and extends from Long Island
Sound to the Atlantic Ocean.
AS 1t has been noted West has the
lead, but he is being hard pressed for
the honors. His MOST relentless pursuer
through the affray of yesterday was @.
Heron Of Meadowbrook, the pro who
the previous day had carried off the best
ball honors in company with II. G. Tip
petit Heron had $50 against Vests
14s, and by the way he is going It looks
West had rounds of "a and 70. Heron
made It In rs and "A. Two strokes away
from Heron, and therefore three behind
the leader. were William Kline. the
promising assistant at Garden City
Country Club; Charles s. Courtice OF
Piping Rock and George b. Wolfe of
Huntington. And after these three
came John Riddell. Jr.. Of Cherry VAL
ley. dark horse II ever there was one.
with 153.
with Howard Maxwell. Jr., the Long
Island amateur title holder; Gardiner
w. White, last years metropolitan
champion Grant A. Peacock. the rum
ner up in that tourney: John N. Stearns,
Jr.. and in fact the pick of the Long
Island amateurs on hand one might have
been pardoned for overlooking Riddell.
who has only q club reputation so far.
Amateurs Start Badly.
1t so happened, however. that players
such as White, Peacock and Stearns were
making rather heavy weather of 1t In
the forenoon. And when later on the
accepted stars of the amateur ranks did
come TO life they found Riddell step
ping with them and with totals Of 10 and
"a taking first for his class by a sub
stantial margin.
II.
among the amateurs, his cards Of IT
and 70 giving him lead of one over
Sterns and Peacock, who were tied at
157. and OF three over White and Z. M.
Barnes of Piping Rock.
White. who still is handicapped by
the hand injury which he sustained in
an automobile accident last fall. and.
incidentally. IS likely to be handicapped
for sorie little time to come. began with
an 81. That also was Peacock's total.
In the afternoon White cut away nine
shots from his opening effort while Pea
cock better this by two shots with a
73. the lowest card returned during the
day. But for one unfortunate hole Pea
cock would have been right along with
the leaders. That one bad hole. the
seventh OF the morning round. cost the
Cherry Valley man Ave or six extra
strokes.
On 500 yard hole nine would have
been bad enough. However, 1t so hap
pens that this seventl-is a par three.
Peacock got into the trap over the green
on his tee shot and then proceeded to
bang the ball hither and yon from trap
to trap. That 73 in the afternoon GER
tainly was timely. With a little care
Peacock might have cut stroke or two
from this even as he topped into a trap
on his second shot at the twelfth and
took six for a par four hole. Then at
the seventeenth his approach hit the
bank and rolled to the roadway. costing
him n shot.
And just as Peacock had the low
card for the afternoon SO in the morn
ing did West show the way with his
"a. Jimmy. as he thought 1t all over
afterward in the locker room, did not
see why he could not just as well have
had a SO or a 20. Had everything gone
az happily in other directions as In the
driving the Rockaway Rocket would
have hit a mark somewhere about Mars.
Jimmy Admitted that he never drove
better in MS life. About the only time
that he aid get into trouble from the
tee was when at the fourth he tried TO
steal little bit on the corner shot over
the rough. The ball kicked in. Then
Jimmy took mashie when he might
better have used a mashie-niblick He
started to play for his 5 but left himself
n four foot putt and missed. That
was the only ono on his card all day
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