New-York tribune., 1922-06-08


New Jersey champion, and Reggie
The tall. young siwAnoy blonde, who
won the intercollegiate championship
for Yale two years ago, Travelled the
thirty-six-hole route in i5S strokes
and this pace is faster thar Il looks
70 be In print. He was tied with Reg
gle Lewis at rs for the forenoon round
but In the afternoon was just one
stroke better. with Frank Dyer coming
fast Dyer and Lewis each had l54,
with Tommy Armour. Of the West
chester Biltmore course, securely fixed
in fourth place at 1877.
Armour to-day proved the vast un-
certainty Of golf. In the forenoon
round he needed 81 strokes TO reach
the bottom Of the last cup. But, this
out Of his system. Armour finally struck
his top game. returning the low score
Of the field for eighteen holes with a
brilliant 73, which included an even
more brilliant 80 for the last long
nine.
Armour's Strong Finish
Armour was a different golfer in the
afternoon, despite the growing neat,
which came beaming down out Of
eloudless June sky.
Here is Armour's afternoon card;
out....-..-.... t-ss
ir.............. 4-35-3
There were extremely few deficits on
the part Of the better golfers who man
aged 20 make the grade. Gardiner
White. A. L. Walker jr., Hammer, Pea
cock, and the elee. in general, all sur
vived to face the match test which be-
gins on Thursday.
Gardiner White, the present cham
pion, before starting his first round,
purchased a club ticket which hap
pened 10 be numbered 13. He then
qualified in thirteenth place and he IS
now wondering whether the double l3
has any significance as IL had for Jim
Barnes at Columbia last summer, when
from locker i3 he marched forward 70
his open championship.
Scoring at Lakewood Is none too
easy. Most OF the greens are banked
and much more tricky than they look
20 be. The result was that many ap-
proaches either failed TO get up or else
slipped BY, with the attendant agony Of
trying 20 get down in two from some
where Oft the banked edges. The two
stroke penalty for out OF bounds also
added its heart 70 the suffering which
prevailed 20 many high places.
Sweetser's play to-day was extremely
STEADY up 10 the last nine holes. lie
was hitting his tee shot on far, high
carry, straight down the middle. play
ing his iron approaches well to the
green and hitting his puts with firm
ness and confidence. In the morning
round he was out in 80 and back in 37.
IN the afternoon round he was out IN
Sc, and then he slipped at one or two
holes, but not very far.
One can take ~ strokes coming
home without making many mistakes
II the mistakes happen TO come at
certain terrifying places. For example
pulled tee shot cost the Siwanoy star
al at the long thirteenth, the only bad
hole OF his long journey. He Is playing
90 well that only fine golf will beat
him, but has strong opposition ahead
IN DYER. Lewis. Armour. Walker. White
and several others who may 90 faster
than they have gone with the medal
score restriction over.
Anxiety as Day Ends
After a long. hot day there was still
nearly Two lNAls u dNAANtf AN+ NV
unlucky enough 20 climb as high as
17S. There were several tied al this
figure with an outside chance for
play-off II all finally narrowed down
20 Todd. Of Princeton. He had an .
in the forenoon round and he went out
IN 20 for the afternoon. So there wasn't
any buoyant hope left in this.
Word finally came in that Todd
needed a 4 at the 4l5-yard hole 70 get
his 90. The 1885 Immediately got busy.
They began warming Up vehemently
when the news came that Todd had
failed 20 clear the rough on his tee
shot. for this is hard hole after
fine drive. But their hopes were shat
tered when the Tiger golfer slammed
brassie from the rough mp fairly near
the green. chirped on and went down in
one putt.
The run Of SIS and 9's was fairly
large. due in several instances to At
tempts 20 carry the fence corner Of the
sixteenth green. The carry here is 10
yards and failure was an out OF bounds.
The summaries;
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