The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-08
CONTINUE UPSETS TO
TOURNAMENTS CLOSE
Maxwell Wins Lakewood Final
From Kendall After Cook
and Douglas Lose.
SHORT HOLE HALNED IN Z

LAX Ewoop y j. Nov. John Y. Max
well. Jr., for many years Nassau golfer,
but who NOW plays from the Merton Crick-
ct Club OF Philadelphia, won the fall
tournament Of the Country Club of Lake
wood to-day In the final round this af-
ternoon he defeated Percy W. Kendall
OF Deal on the nineteenth green.
Maxwell's victory brought to an end
one OF the most remarkable series or
upsets that has cropped up In Metro
politan tourney In many years. The Held
was one OF the best OF the season, but the
elimination OF the favorites began with
n vengeance on the first round, and con-
tnued right through to the end. Walter
J. Travis. Max X. Marston. Fred Here
shoff and Maurice Risley were put out yes
terday morning. The second round In
the afternoon went about az expected.
hut the surprises began TO turn up again
this morning when both OF the favored
semi finalists went down to defeat. Max
we'll hardly was conceded n chance against
young Horace Cook of Trenton, but re-
fused to be shaken on. and taking advan-
tags of Cooks frequent lapses on the put
ling greens won by up. Then the
general expectation was that Kendall,
though a good golfer, would be beaten
by Findlay Douglas. but the match proved
otherwise After being hole behind
Douglas squared matters with fine 3
~ the sixth. but lost the next three holes.
and was down. by halving the thr-
tecnth and winning the fourteenth with
Kendall took the match by up and
to play. and another favorite was out
Of II.
When the final hogan there we're few
who picked Maxwell as the winner and
II was generally agreed that Kendalrs
long driving would give him marked
advantage. II didn't ON the first hole
Maxwell. with an easy swing. sent hi,
ball fifteen yards further than Kendall.
VINO drove his with his vicious lunge, and
right through the round Maxwell usually
hit the longer ball. on the sixth he
outdroye Kendall by fully twenty yards.
There was little good golf on the first
nine holes. though neither golfer could
gain an appreciate advantage. on three
OF the first i've holes the beaten golfer
was 40 far out of II that he picked mp
his bail. They reached the turn with
Maxwell up. and those in the gallery
were becoming somewhat bored by the
undressing play, that is. all but one
feminine spectator who got in the way
OF Maxwelrs sliced drive on the ninth
and who took lively interest In the
doines of the players for the remainder
OF the match.
Maxwell won the short tenth. TO 4,
with the spectators still looking on list
lessly, but the eleventh was a hole which
made up for everything that had gone
before. II is short pitch over a
brook and NaNwels tee shot was hole
high hut a few feet off the green to the
left Kendall kept on the green, but was
fully twenty feet from the pin. Maxwell
took out the iron that enabled him to
run up number Of deadly chip shots
in the course of the round, and carefully
ran the ball across the green into tho
cup for ..
Before the crowd had ceased applauding.
Kendall stopped over hts ball and banged
Il straight and true for the hole into which
n dropped whereupon the spectators re-
doubled their applause. for a hole halved
IN when both golfers are over twenty
Feet from tho cup In not the usual thing
The next three or four holes were well
played and Maxwell chung to his lead until
the seventeenth, where he was dormc
There he took s. Kendall winning with a
T. and carrying the match to the home
hole. nne drive. a second shot to
within two feet Of the bin, end an easy
putt gave Kendall a on the 400 yard
home hole. and the match was all square
On the extra hole Kendall missed an easy
putt and Maxwell won. The cards;
John II. Maxwell Jr. Merion.-
f n9 60. '.',. / 5 ; & ! : = sS--'ss-.s
Percy " Kendall. Deal
2 EFT Nm. : &: : - : { s--s,-r-
Extra Hole-Maxwcu. 4, Kendall 8.
Another extra hole Anal resulted In the
second sixteen, where W. u. Snacketord
Atlantic city. and A. W. Brand. ST. An
drews. went 20 the twentieth hole. Three
Shackelford holed a chip shot for a 3 and
Brand surrendered. In the handicap Percy
Plat won the gross prize with 10. after
tie with Max Marston. which was de-
cided by lot. Platts net score was Z.
and tied hun with \. $ Ridley. Atlantic
City whose score was ss-l6. ~, but a:
Plat took the gross prize the other wen,
TO Ridley The summaries:
First sixteen. Semi-nnal Round-John r
Maxwell, Jr.. Nassau. beat Horace r Cook
Trenton, 2 mp Percy W, Kendall. Dea', beat
Final Round-Maywell beat Kendall. "
second sixteen. semi-nnai Round-A. W
Brand. -. Andrews bsW Louis Livingston
westbrook, and |: W Ernest Shackeitord
Atlantic city. beat v C. Longley Rhode
Final Round--shackelfordb beat Brand.
UP go hoesl.
Third sixteen. seml-hnal Rounds X
o. Forest Lakewood, beat Frederick 9
Averil Garden city. beat II. $. Jennings
Twaalfskill. and /.
Final Round--Do Forest beat Av.rin
Fourth sixteen Semi final Rouud-willian
Thaw' Allegheny beat r A. Realm, Gler
T. pemlns RS% 11sMeaf up pOGff s bG.. Sea
PInal Round--Soldwedel beat Thaw. / uu
Handicap scores-Percy Plat. Ridgeheid
n 4 M = EdI' R,; A,iantic ,csity SIS
7; namags OF CITY ss-.i2. 10; w. r
Cooper. Oakland SIS, 7s; W. q. Fra iissS
Los Angeles. 92-fl rs: w s. Van Ciiei
Richmond County. st-l5. 70; =. p. Frazier
Essex County SCI, 10: G. II. Goodrich
second Round for Autumn Cup.