The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-04-06
WALKER FAILS IN
PINEHURST TOURNEY
Parson Causes His First Defeat
Of Year-NewtOn Beaten
by Left Handler.

Special Dispatch 10 THE NEW YORK HERALD.
PINEHURsr. n. c., April Sit would
would be difficult tonight to convince
Frank c. Newton. Palm Beach champion
and former captain of the Massachu-
sets State golf team, that Harry Vardon
was right when he said there never was
a good left handed golfer. In the open
ing round of the North and South anna
teur golf championship to-day Newton
was defeated by none other than Michael
Thomas of Nashville, Tenn, and a left
handler withal The margin was and l.
While the subjugation of the Palm
Beach champ by the sidewheeler from
Nashville was one of the terrific social
calamities of the year. the round also
broke up the long line Of victories which
A. l.. Walker. Jr.. OF Richmond county
has been amassing. 1t remained for
Donald Parson OF Youngstown. and the
Tin Whistle champion, to take Walker
over the hurdles, 2 and /. The defeat
of Walker and Newton puts two former
Staten Island champions out Of the
tourney.
Walker had not lost a tournament
start this year until to-day. He and
Parson had a close match. Walker told
to his tee shot at the fourth that 1t
would be tight match" and it was.
Neither player ever led by more than
one hole until Parson won the seven
| teenth and became . UP with l to play.
The 1913 yard fourteenth hole. over a
shimmering pool OF water, was mpor-
tant. The players were all even. Walker
placed his mashie shot on the sand, not
more than twenty feet from the cup
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the flag, the ball running fifteen feet
beyond the cup. Walker took 8 and
Parson holed a very difficult downhill
putt for a and became up. He
never relinquished the lead thereafter.
Henry Topping of Greenwich was the
sole survivor from the metropolitan dis.
trict Topping eliminated the only for
egn player when he dropped a putt
Of three feet TO win on the home green
from Capt. A. T. Roberts of Scotland.
The Summary.
Harold Weber. Toledo defeated S. M. New
ton. Richmond. and l.
w. G. Fownes. Jr.. Oakmont. defeated J. A.
:, Gammons. Providence. and 1.
F. X. Robson, Rochester defeated Edwar
Lowery. Norfolk 90 hoies).
Donald Parson. Youngstown. defeated A. l..
Walker. Jr.. Richmond County. 2 and I.
Michael Thomas Nashville, defeated f. C.
Newton Brookine. 3 and L.
Henry J. Topping. Greenwich. defeated Capt.
=; T. Roberts; scotland. UP.
East Liverpool 90 holes).
Arthur Yates. Rochester, defeated +. r.
Heating. Pinehurst. ] up.
SECOND DIVISION.
=: G.. Beall, sherbrook, defeated W. e.
Wells. East Liverpool, 5 and 4.
A. j. Mendes. Siwanoy, defeated J. +. Blair.
Tuxedo. . up.
r.. A. strahan. Toledo, defeated II. b.
And
F.. 7. Burnett Lambton. defeated II. Nc
Keen. Jr.. Easton Pa. 4 and 3.
L. y. Pierce, Rochester. defeated A. L..
c. T. Dunlap, Canoe Brook. won from w. S.
Dillon. Fitchburg by default.
+. p. Elliott. Woodland. won from S. d..
Wyatt, Fond du Lac. by default.
G. A. Orlniston. oakmont, defeated w. Fo-
varSe, Chicago. UP.
THIRD DIVISION.
c. W. Carroll Jr., Norwich. defeated l.. Els
ner, New York. up.
w. S. Van Clief, Richmond County defeated
L. G. Moulding. Pittsburgh. and l.
FOURTH DIVISION.
Lee Stenfeld. North Shore. defeated c. L.
Sebring, Youngstown. and 4.
L. II. Pinney. Springfield, defeated G. B..
Hudson. North Fork. . and .
FIFTH DIVISION.
A. S. Higgins, st. Andrews, defeated z. II.
Wiswell. Englewood, and 2.
J. NJ Thomson, Spring Haven. defeated j.
Boland, Shackamaxon. UP.
SIXTH DIVISION.
u. O. Everhard. Grand View. defeated w. HI.
Stalker Englewood. 3 and ].
Donald Herring. Princeton. defeated J. p.
Williamson. wilkesbarre and ?.
SEVENTH DIVISION
J. NJ Haffen, slwanoy. defeated II. b.
Swope. Overlook, one up.
A. r. Sawley. Ardsley. defeated Ray Twyet-
fort, Bridgehampton, > and :.
l. HeIman Fairview, defeated NJ. G.. Brum-
bauEh Whiternarsh 90 holes).
C. l.. Tapping, Garden City. defeated A. NJ
Dickinson. Waterbury. and 4.
r. u. O'Brien. Detroit. defeated ;. f. STAY
maker, Ardsley. and ].
EIGHTH DIVISION.
A. NJ Graves, Providence. defeated Joseph
w. A. Kipp. Yountakah. defeated Fl. ~.
Page, Hartford. up.
NINTH DIVISION.
C. r.. Thomas. East Liverpool. defeated O.
II. Smith. Deal. and 2.
w H. smock. Deal. defeated T. A. Briggs.
r. T. Country. I up.
James Barber, Englewood. defeated w. G..
Burns Siwanoy, and q.
A. u Fisher. Tedesco. defeated +. G. Elder.
Glen Ridge (i9 holes).
TENTH DIVISION.
Clinton Scotland, New York Newspaper. de-
feated G. G. Stransher. Red Bank, and 2.
lanes w Morse. New York Newspaper. de-
feated A. c. Judd. Waterbury. up.
T. r. Thumser, Marine and Field, defeated
L. w Stott Franklin. Pa. and >.
w L. Douglas won from G.. r.. Barber. Race
Brook. by default.
n W Eason, Ardsley. defeated s. NJ. white.
Fox Hills. up
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