New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
Risley Victor
At Atlantic CITY
By 2-foot Putt
Beats Knight at Eighteenth
Hole in Final of An
nual Tourney

ATLANTIC CITY, May 4.-Maurice
Risley, so long the youthful star Of the
home organization, this afternoon won
first prize in the Atlantic City Country
Clubs spring tournament, defeating
Fred W. knight, Aronimink Club, Phil
adelphia, up, Is holes.
Everything hinged upon putt of
less than two feet on the home green,
much as in the days when Walter
Travis and Jerome Travers were for
ever at each others throat
Risley had rather the worst of it
on the first half, being twice l down
and once l up, and turning home all
square, with an ordinary AZ, which vas
also his rivals total. Of the next four
holes Risley lost three and haIved one,
making it look dubious for the home
crowd, which was roofing for him.
However, he took the next three
straight, while the seventeenth was
halved. so everything hinged upon the
eighteenth.
Risley lost the first hole through
missing his third shot completely, due
t. slipping. knight lost the second by
being short. Risley took the third in
perfect 4, Knight reaching the
green away. The fourth squared mat
r.
par 3, Risley's approach lacking
steam. The fifth was indifferently
halved, Risley making fine approach
only to miss his putt.
Makes Spectacular Putt
The Sixth was Knights hole in a
tolerable after a poor approach,
needed six. The seventh hole was just
the reverse. knight missing his putt
after being short twice. Knight should
have done better than a half on the
eighth, but made a timid putt. Risley
saved himself half at the ninth by q
spectacular putt of medium length.
Risley, so uncertain on the tenth
that he changed clubs on the green at
the last minute, lost that hole after
missed putt Risley made an approach
on the eleventh that was a pippin, but
Knight stole a half Pitching over the
bunker beyond the green lost the
twelfth for Risley, who likewise failed
on the thirteenth through putting his
second into a pit, not getting out and
then picking up.
Risley's fine second on the fourteenth
gave him that hole, while the fifteenth
came to him through trickling down a
masterful putt that showed the current
41N cuahSo Win illtiAs N1SditluIc AulSHt
had begun to press. On the sixteenth
he was trapped and took two shots to
escape.
Each Yard From Cup
Knight lost short putt on the sew
enteenth, but Risley matched him, SC
everything hung upon the eighteenth
On their thirds each was within yard
Of the cup. Risley got down, but
Knight missed.
Their cards:
Risley. out. ......6 4 6 6 4 4 4-43
Knight, out ..... s 3 6 a 6 4 4-43
Risley. in. .......5 6 4 3 3 5 4-39-8:
knight, in. ......4 8 a s 4 S 5-40-8a
In the semi-inal, Risley retired
William Wallace, Greater New York
champion of 1910, and runner-up in
defending his title the next year, by
7 and 6. Wallace was constantly in
traps, and lost two holes through be-
ing stymied. In the other contest
Knight beat Frank Barton, Marine and
Field Club, Brooklyn, and /. Barton
clung to Knight like glue for thirteen
holes; up to that point they were
never more than hole apart. The
feature was Barton negotiating the
hole at the thirteenth, where he was
laid full stymie. Knights ball was
only two inches from the cup, and
Barton's five feet away, yet he made a
clean left with his niblick.
The summary: