The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-11
OSWALD KIRKBY
IS METROPOLITAN
GOLF CHAMPION
Rccains Title Which He Held
In 1871 by Defeating HERES
hOff 3 and |.
PLAYS WONDERFUL GAME
IN AFTERNOON ROUND

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G'rv cow, l. l., June lo.-A round
o. unbeatable golf gave Oswald kirkby
o. Euelewood his second Metropolitan
championship tins afternoon m the links
Of the Nassau Country club. When
the frst half of the thirty six hole final
was over AZ luncheon time he was .
down to Fred HerrcshoN. hut he played
magnificent golf IN the afternoon and
Won by 2 up and | to play. Her
reshoT made a great fght. but II would
have taken miraculous golf to win. n
no miracles came to his aid.
out In 81 on a course for which par
II "a tells the story Of Eirkhy's game
this afternoon. and II might have been
two strokes better had he been com
PEELED TO putt on two holes. the third
and the sixth. He did try his putt for
a 3 on the t66 yard third in rather
careless fashion after Herreshor had
gwen up the hole and missed ii. but on
the sixth he did not even try for the
Ave foot putt for a which remained
to him when Herreshoff picked up.
not only does kirkby deserve the title
because of his great golf this afternoon.
but all through the tourney his golf
has been OF championship calibre. II
was almost a good on the two stormy
days as upon the two fairly pleasant
days. and he played like a champion on
every day OF the four. His was the
Kind of golf that makes champions, and
his latest crown was well won. Both
New Jersey and Metropolitan titles now
are his. as they were in 1914
As for Fred Herreshoff. he sought no
sympathy when II was all over. at
took better than par golf to beat me,
he said. and he was content TO let it
go at that. Incidentally. he thinks
that by his showing this week he has
proved that the Metropolitan handicap
committee erred TO n considerable en-
tent when II placed him on the 5 mark
on the 1916 list. Such an estimate OF
his golfng skill as that compelled him
N do something this week. and while
trying 10 do something he almost; sue
ceeded In doing everything
Match begins as II Ends.
To return to the final match. 1t
began as II ended. with Klrkby on top.
FOR HerreshoT's first drive was hit on
tor and the ball travelled not more
'han twenty-five yards through the long
grass in front of the tee. His second
vas not much better. and the hole was
kirkh,'s. tos The second was halvsd
I'm 5. Herrcshof losing n good chance
~ square the match by running too far
beyond the cup from Just short Of
the green. ON the third Kirkby hooked
his tee shot far into the rough. Just
got out on his second. played n weak
third over n tree and finally gave up
tho hole.
both took three puts on the short
fourth. which was halyed IN T. and
Frrreshoff repeated the trick on the
ffth. losing the hole and becoming /
dow for the second time. The sixth he
played splendidly. getting a good 4. and
winning the mole. A stymie which
Kirkby failed to jump made Herreshoff's
win easy, but the latter really deserved
the hole, as kirkbys second was not
good. TWO good approaches put both
balls on the seventh green about fifteen
feet from the pin. and Herreshoff ran
down his long putt for a 8. 1t was a
splendid shot and brought forth the first
real burst OF applause. The good putt
was practically wasted. however. for on
the short eighth Herreshor missed a
Putt of less than a yard and lost the hole
A ~chaureur's lou voiced inquiries about
the state of the match made from the
rad beside the ninth green helped
Kirkby to miss a putt for a half In 4.
and Herreshof was I up at the turn,
Each was out In ~ rather Indifferent
golf.
Then came the four halved holes, the
nrst three Of them we'll pla yed, but the
fourth a good deal OF a scramble. Kirkby
topped his drive, mad a poor second and
had to play his third before Herreshoff
played his second. The latter then put
a fine iron shot on the green. and when
K!rkby's fourth stopped eight feet from
o. $1,000 -
certainty. HIS long putt overran the
hole. however. and Kirkby surprised
every one by holing his eight footer for
as. Herreshoff missed coming back. and
the hole was halved after all. Both balls
landed In the pit to the left Of the four
teenth green. but kirkby's was IN a posi-
ton which compelled him TO play away
from the hole. and Herreshof won I to S,
becoming 2 up.
Long Fifteenth HaIv-d.
They halved the Ions fifteenth in 5,
Playing II well, but on the sixteenth Her
reshoff hooked into a pit from the tee,
losing the hole and half of his lead,
They halved the seventeenth In 4, but
or the home green. after tossing a penny
to decide which was away first. Her
Yc-hoff lost the toss, but holed the putt.
and then watched Kirkby fail to repeat
tho trick. The victory put Iierreshof
? ~. with half the match behind him.
"Ne ard:
MORNING. ROUND.
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