Evening star., 1916-10-02
BECKETT IS winner
He and Spencer Beat Mcleod
and Jack Burgess.
THRILLS AT BANN0CKBURN
Fine Putt by Beckett On Twenty
First Green Ends Exciting
Pro Golf Match.

A hero in golf may be of any ma
tfonality, from the windy hills Oh care
donia or the breezy downs OF Ensiaha'
hnt II remained for an American poy'
Howard H. Beckett of the Washington
co1f and Country Club, to step into
the limelisht yesterday afternoon ana
come through with the putt "hieh
saved his team, consisting OF hiiaseii, 3,
lanes Spencer of the W ashihseoh
Suburban Club and Dave burgess Oh
the Bannockburn Golf Club, over "hlch
course the match yesterday was played
re opposing pair was Fred MCLEOD
az : ,umbia and Jack burgess VI
-, ~ hase. and. after leadlns pS
two noles all the way round they saw
beckett make the putt on the seFNn-
teenth hole to reduce the iead 10 one
snd saw Spencer sink another long
one on the final hole to square the
match Then, up on their toes and
firhting with all their skill. the three
who apparently had been hopeless1s
beaten won the first OF tne 'nfee
and. and Beckett again shone when ne
ea1k the winning putt on the twenty
first green
burgess and Mcleod broke into the
lead when the former reglstered oi,
when Spencer with good chip shot
head to the hole won the fifth hole
after the third and fourth had been
halyed. Mcleod with fine iron shot
wooden shots which nearly put him
home on the long seventh. won the hole
with a five, just missing five-footer
for a A. McLeod's pitch on the snort
eighth hole was but three feet from
the pin and winning the hole put his
good tee. SHOTS
to the ninth, but Dave Burgess dropped
out when he hooked his second The
other four were on the green, but Spen-
Ger with a scintillating run-up shot
from the far edge of the green won the
hole with 3, when his ball wavered
OF, the edge of the tin and then dropped
putting his side but two down at the
turn.
Tenth Hole Is Halved.
The tenth hole was halved in fours
the eleventh in five. although Spencer
aliced his drive to the right and broke
his midiron in getting out. Jack Bur
9ess and Beckett both were on the
green at the iron shot on the twelfth
and halved the hole in three. All OBJ
tained fours on the short thirteenth
over the ditch, and the fourteenth was
halved In five, although Spencer had
q chance to win when he lay but 1ouI
feet from the cup on hsi third. At this
Afage 1t looked Impossible to beat Nc
Leod and Burgess. for they were play
ing with the regularity of machines
and alternating with admirable team
work. McLeod's iron shot on the f1f-
teenth hole was just fifteen feet short OF
the pin, and he halved the hole with
Beckett and Spencer when the latter
pair holed good puts. Dave Burgess
broke the ice with win on the long
sixteenth hole, when. after Mcleod
had missed his third shot and Jack had
hooked his second to the hillside in &
bad lie, Dave PLAYED straight down the
middle and registering a par five woI
the hole to put his team only one dowI
and two to play
The hero chapter came at the seven
teenth hole. This is short mashi'
shot-about 40 yards-to a green JUS
ON the edge Of a deep ditch. and in th'
place the pin was situated yesterday
very difficult spot to play for. All go
nicely on the green except Jack Bur
CESS, whose ball hit a rock in the mid
die Of the stream and bounced higl
to the left. Mcleod stepped up to hi
ball, about twenty feet from the hole
and sank 1t for a two. The gallery