New-York tribune., 1922-03-12

golf tournament, which started on \
The nineteenth hole furnished Wake
with very lucky break He hooked
his tee shot far over the railroad into
what would be out of bounds on ninety
nine courses out of one hundred. There
is no out of bounds district here, how
ever. The wild shot of the Richmond
County player fell into what in dry
weather is a tangle of brambles, but
the heavy rains OF yesterday had
turned the ground into a lake of casual
water.
Walkers ball was not located, but it
was assumed that it was in casual
water through the fairway which al
lowed him TO drop outside the water
without penalty. He then had an open
shot to the green, and hammered an
iron about fifteen yards from the sand
Elliot drove down the middle and
put his second on the edge. They
halved in L.
AT the twentieth hole both were short
in ?. Elliot's third ran beyond the
hole to the far of the green. Walkers
pitch ran straight for the cup and hit
the back of it, bounding less than two
feet away. Elliot took a and Walker
holed his putt for the match
Walker Leads at Start
Elliot and Walker resumed play at
the eighth tee, with Walker / up' II
was just at this point that their match
vas stopped yesterday by heavy rain
Ihey halved the eighth in IS and
Walker won the ninth with 4 to
Elllot's ., the Woodland player shank.
ing tls second shot. Elliot also last the
tenth and eleventh to par As by Walker
and became 4 down.
ne Richmond County star then be-
San to plan his tee shots off the rail
way. his drives had a fade, and as
ne also failed to get down in two NUTS
at t'so holes, Elliot stepped in and won
the thirteenth, fifteenth and seven.
teenth and eighteenth holes, all in par
The cards:
Walker .'... ss54sts.5 .-s7
Extra holes, 4. 0'3-'S
N'll''' SS5sssts : : 5-se S-se >.
Extra holes, 4. 8 ~
The match in which B. P. Merriman.
buhaio, were opponents was resumed
at the tenth hole. They were all
square Going to the thirteenth Bvdo-
lex was l up on the North and South
amateur champion, and it looked as If
ne would Increase his lead. Merriman
visited trap and was on the edge Of
the thirteenth in 3, with Bydolek on
in 2. N''eN VII
Merriman then holed a sofoot putt
Tor 4, and Bydolek took three puts
ana lost the hole. This squared the
fourteenth with a par 3 and the fiji
teenth with par 4. Bydolek drove
INTO trap at the short hole and failed
10 CHIP his third close enough at the
nfteenth. The sixteenth and seven
teenth were halved in par figures.
Medalist Yates Plays Poorly
Frank Blossom, of the Indian Hill
Club, Chicago, eliminated Arthur Yates.
the medalist, by 3 and score. Yates
did not show anything like the golf he
did IN the qualifying round, when he
scored 10 for the second eighteen
hoies. When rain interrupted this
match yesterday Blossom was 2 up.
with eight holes completed. Play was
resumed at the ninth, which Blossom
won with par 4, making him up at
the turn.
Yates hooked wild one off the tenth
tee into the bullrushes and lost it to
Blossoms 4, but he got two holes back.
winning the eleventh and twelfth in IS,
The thirteenth was halved in SIS. the
fourteenth in 3s and then Yates muffed
another tee shot at the fifteenth and
lost the hole to Blossoms par A. The
match ended when they halved the 213-
yard sixteenth in IS.
John d. Chapman, of Greenwich, was
the only first division player to com.
plete his match yesterday. He de-
feated L. D. Pierce, Rochester 6 and 4
The semi-fnals will be played Mon.
day. Chapman will meet Merriman anc
Blossom will oppose Walker.
The tournament has been interrupted
twice by rain and there were many de.
faults by golfers who had to return
to their homes tonight. They did not
wish to play to-day, knowing that i,
would be impossible for them to re
main for the semi-fnals next week. All
of the first and second division players
are remaining TO complete the tourna.
ment.
The summary:
FIRST DIVISION
John y. Chapman. Greenwich defeated
Lesley D. Pierce Rochester and A: B. p
Merriinan, Waterbury, defeated JOSEPH
Bydolek. Buffalo, 3 and I Frank Blossom
Indisn Hill defeated Arthur Yates
mona County. defeated Fred 8. Elliott
Woodland go hoes).
SECOND DIVISION
J. Hanowen Old York Road defeated
= NJ Smailey, Chicago. and 3; Captain
a. 7. Roberts, Scotland. defeated Francis
n. keating. Pinehurst. 2 and !; E. P
Brucn. Cleveland. defeated j. r. Slack
Atlantic City. up; j. Bertram. Wyka CYL
detected Fred Kennedy. Springfield, i up
THIRD DIVISION
W S. Van Clief. Richmond County, de.
feated J. Flynn. Greenwich, . and 4
George Van Keuren, Engle~ood, defeated
II. NJ. Robinson, Montclair, by default
5. Tennessee Pinehurst. defeated P. S. Nc
Laughlin. Ekwanok, ! up; r. H Hunt
Worcester. defeated c. Z. Beardsley, Water
bury. by default.
FOUTH DIVISION
George NJ. Statzell. Aronimink defeated
J: r. Turney. siwanoy, by default; NJ. NJ
Sheedy, Altoona, defeated r. l.. Car
michael and 3; C. H. Halsted. Rome
defeated r. W. Poor. Oakland. by default
". Il. Whitcomb. Piainfield. defeated P.
B. @ OBrieH. Detroit, and Q
FIFTH DIVISION
c. Hollingsworth. Greensburg, defeated
c. l., Schoonover. Warren. Ohio, and 4
W Bicknell, Cleveland, defeated A. S.
Brown jr.. Salem (ls holes); c. w. Sharp
Woodland, defeated H. Cochran. Plainfeid.
by default; ]. S. Brown. Montclair. de-
Seated J. A. Middleton. Beverley. by de-
fault.
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