Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-06

Beckett-McLeod combination missed
another chance to go into the lead,
Beckett missing a five-foot ploping
putt for a 3. Mcleod put his team in
front on the hilltop sixth with a fine
niblick pitch and a fifteenfoot putt
for 3. sinking a three-foot putt on the
next green to become two up. Spencer
missed a three-footer on the seventh
for a half. Both Beckett and Mcleod
laid up fine chip shots at the eighth and
won the hole with is.
The ninth was not played well.
Beckett was short in the ditch. Nc
Leod on below the hole. Burgess on
the bank to the left. and Spencer on
the bank above the hole. The last. en-
deavorng to play his shot slowly down
the hill. failed to move the ball in two.
and was three feet above the hole in
three, getting down in four. Burgess
Clipped up to four feet and missed the
putt, and Beckett took three puts for
a ). Mcleod had the best chance, as
the green is fast and all he had to do
to win was tao stay below the hole. In
stead his ball ran two feet above the
hole and he missed coming back, and
instead of being four up at the turn his
team led by only three holes.
When both Beckett and Mcleod top
ped their drives on the tenth. and Bur
CESS and Spencer pounded out long
balls, 1t looked if they might pick
up hole, but Mcleod played one of
the best shots of the match. a full
cleek to the green, and got a half.
All We're in sight of the green on the
eleventh. but tried to pitch on and
failed to hold. the hole being halved
in four Four IS on the twelfth left
Beckett and Mcleod up and to play.
Spencer and Mcleod We're left to fight
it out. and Mcleod missed putt for a
., Spencer winning the hole and put
ting his side only . down McLeod's ball
hit the trees to the left of the short
fourteenth and dropped straight down.
Spencer played a fine pitch ten feet
from the hole. and won it with a g.
both Beckett and Mcleod missing puts
for half. Mcleod lost an opportunity
to sew up the match when a six-foot
putt for a on the fifteenth went
astray and stayed out. The sixteenth
was halved in three. Both Beckett and
Mcleod hooked their tee shots on the
seventeenth, McLeod's ball running
into the ditch and Beckett being just
off the green. Burgess was in the
rough short and Spencer to the right.
With Spencer and Mcleod tied for
the low medal score and McLeods ball
lying in the water at the bottom of
a fifteen-foot ditch, it looked hopeless
for the little Scot from Columbia to
expect 4laff on the hole, but he took
niblick and lifted his ball cleaniy
out Of the water onto the green. Bur-
CESS then nearly holed a >. his ball
hanging on the edge Of the cup. This
shot Won the hole. both Mcleod and
Spencer getting As. while Beckett took
three puts for a ..
The eighteenth hole was a heart
breaker for Mcleod Both he and
Beckett topped their drives and Bur
CESS was in the rough. Spencer being
the only one on the fairway. Mcleod
played an iron second well up and
Spencer took a midiron on the advice
of some spectators and carried over
the green. his ball coming to rest in
the mound back of the green. The
home green yesterday was as fast as
the proverhal lightning. and McLeod's
mashie third ran over to the fringe of
rough grass behind. Spencer tried to
play his chip too fire and just got
out of the grass in three. Mcleod
overplayed his fourth and ran across
the green In the meantime Burgess
had picked up and Beckett lay six feet
from the hole in five. missing the putt
for a t. Spencer's fourth shot was
ten feet below the hole and McLeod's
fifth an approach putt. two feet to
the left. Spencer missed his try for a
=. and then no one doubted that Mcleod
would sink his short putt and extend
the match to extra holes. but the ball
failed to drop. Spencers e winning him
the medal and the match.
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