The New York herald., 1922-07-09
PARTRIDGE Is BEST :
ENGINEER GOLFER
Beats III. j. C. Tippett in Final
Round After Battle of
21 Holes.

Two former army captains Just out
or service. III. j. c. Tippett, retired
British Army officer. and Dwight Par.
fridge. retired United States Army Of
ficer battled twenty-one holes In the
finals OF the annual Engineers Club
tourney at Roslyn. L. l.. yesterday. and
Partridge won after a gruelling
struggle.
Tippett, who led detachment Of the
Royal Dublin fusileers in the world
war. and who was awarded military
cross for exceptional bravery under.
fire. has been golf secretary Mt the
Meadow Brook Club since he arrived
in this country last November Par
fridge. winner of the first annual West
chester amateur chaJnpionship. an ex-
interzcbolastic title holder and inter-
collegiate runnerup. had not played In
the metropolitan district since 1917. II
was this oddly assorted pair of bed
fellows who were linked in the finals.
Each OF the finalists had played eI-
ceptionally fine golf In Ynning their
way to the championship round. but
the quality of golf in the last round
was anything but excellent. Appar-
emily the strain Of three consecutive
both. as neither bettered an IS in the
closing circuit -
Partridge slaves on Defeat. W
Partridge just did manage to beat
off his rivals last bid for the crown.
as Tlppett evened the match at the
eighteenth green after being down
and 2 to 40.
Tippett had two narrow escapes at
the nineteenth and twentieth green's.
but his old fashioned aluminium putter
on each occasion enabled him TO stave :
off defeat. At the nineteenth Tippett
cupped six footer for a half In ). AT
the twentieth he holed a marvellous ten
foot stab for a lifesaving half in 4. -.
Partridge sliced his drive at the tweni
ty-first. but recovered tot the edge OF,
the green with a nicely gauged mid
iron shot Tippett's drive was straight
down the fairway, and his mashie APP
proach perhaps eight feet short OF the
green.
The exchange of approach puts up 20
the pin, thirty-five feet away, left Par--
fridge three feet from the hole. Tippett' &
was eight feet to the left. His second
putt hung on the tip OF the cup. how
ever. and Partridge holed for and the 9
championship. =
Neither Of the finalists had decided ,
margin at any stage OF the deciding
round They rounded the turn on even
terms, but Partridge drew away 10 a
two hole lead by taking the eleventh and
twelfth. Tippett won back the four >
self, up and 3 to go at the fifteenth. !,
with par of 4.
10 Foot Putt Saves Tippett. s.,
A fifteen foot putt for half in saved !
Tippet. at the sixteenth, and left Par :
fridge dormie 2. Tippett reduced this,
margin by capturing the seventeenth >
and then evened the match when Par
fridge used up four shots within ten
faa ~ he N the aiQlfeenth
The card: -
PAR
Out ...4 4 3 5-3s
PARTRIDGE
TIPPETT-
Out ....4 o 3 s 5 5 6-45
PAR
pARTRiDGE-
rfPpErr- rP EFT; 80
In ......4 555 4 8 5-st-ss {
PARTRIDGE Observation-Disclosures. A.
Tippett, in the seni-fnal round in the
morning eliminated Gardiner White. for :
mer Metropolitan champion. up--
Whites putter was not functionirg ac-
cording TO Hoyle. and Tippett reached
the turn. UP. The match ended whea %
White drove out Of bounds at the six
teenth.
-
posed Of Frank Hoyt veteran LOCAL en-
try. and 3. Ioyt won three Of the
first four holes but then subsided before
the attack OF the long driving Partridge
The summaries
CHAMPION SHIP sIXTEEN-s SEMI FINAI.S.,
Capt. i. G. Tlppett: Meadow, Brook. defeated
Gardner White. Nassau. 4 and ]. a.
Dwight Partridge, Bedford. defeated Frank
Hoyt. Engineers. UP.
FINAL ROUND.
SECOND siXTEES-SEMi- FINALS. =.
II. Miller Jones. Richmond County. defeated.
IL. J. Edwards. Garden City, and :. -
p D. Kouutze Belleclaire, defeated J. A.
Jackson. Engineers. 6 and :.
FINAL.
Miller Jones defeated Kountze, 5 and 8.
BEATEN EIGHT Y
Sam Allison, 81. Adams. defeated c. ID.
Cook. Arcoa, and 4. ~.
J. s. Watson, Quaker Ridge won from A. NJ
Burkard Engineers. by default.
THIRD sIXTEEN-SEMI-FI FINALS.
J. NJ. Demarest. Engineers, defeated Ii. w.
Littleton. sr.. Garden City. UP. '-@
J. Z. Bayne. Engineers. defeated Il. 7. hi.<ls
Fox HIS. UP.
FINAL.
Demarsst defeated Bayrc. and 2.
BEATEN EIGHT
A. d. Peterson Engineers, defeated S. p.
Brewster Nassau, UP (end holes).
G. T. Haddon Nassau. defeated +. d.
Eners. Columbia. 2 UP.
FOURTH sIXTEEN-SEMI-FINAL
Dr. Mendei. Engineers. defeated A. p. Roth
Manhattan and !.
George Owen. North Hempstesd. defsafed H
Moorecroft, Flushing, and .. --
FINAL.
M.ndel defeated owen. 3 and 2.