The Washington herald., 1918-05-19
Columbia Country Club
Youngster Lands Hon
ors from c. B. Field.
By FRANK H. YOUNG.

BY FRANK H. YOUNG.
Robert Finkenstaedt. one Of Ii.
Columbia Country Clubs youngsters
yesterday captured top honors in thu
annual spring golf tournament Of tho
Chevy Chase Club, when he rather
easily defeated c. B. Field. a former
member OF the Evanston Country
Club Of Chicago, who is now repre-
senting the home club. In the hnal
round Of. the frst night TO the tun,
Of up and 3
This victory gives him the honor
Of having his name inscribed on tho
Taft cup. while his prize was q replies
OF IT, Field was given q replica o.
the Sherman cup and his name viii
be engraved on the original
Morven Thompson, OF Chevy Chase
won the second flight, with Georre
Chasmar. Of Columbia, a. runner-up.
while the other two were won by
Columbia players. Emmons S. Smith,
tr-, beating his clubmate, J. Z. Bsines
in the finals OF the third, and Hnrry
Wardmsn taking the fourth, with n,
A ellis. Of Chevy Chase, as runner
up.
Field went into the finals in IN.
first night by a victory over DIR. Lee
L. Harlan In the semi-finaIs. while
Finkenstaedt's opponent was Thomas.
W. Sasscer, OF the Maryland Country
Club. Both Of these matches were
rather one-sided. In the FieId-Har-
ban setto, the latter was visibly on
his game and after the FIRST hole Was
never In the running. He took No. /
when he laid Field a stymIe and the
latter's ball knocked his into the hole
Field then either won or haIvcd every
other hole but the ffIh and eighth
on the outward trip and turned for
home up. The tenth and twelfth
were halved, Field taking the elev-
enth, thirteenth. fourteenth and f,-
teenth. the card for the match being
as follows:
Field, Out. 545Sa5 4sSS
ln...... S54SG4'.-
Harlan, Out. 4554S5 5554-O
ln...... secs 4J5ss-SG
Finkenstaedt defeated Sasseer bv
the same score as the Field Harlan
match. up and ;. the Baltimore
player only winning on hole in the
hrst nine. This win. with halves Of
the second and fourth. gave Finkcn-
staedt up lead for the fust nfnr.
Sasscer played a little better com
ing in, taking three and haIvinE on.
OF the six played. but the Columbia
players lead was too big to over
come and the match ended on the
fifteenth green.
The fnal round match bctwe.,.
Field and Finkenstaedt started out
like II would be and exceptionally
close one as the first two holes were
halved. although Finkenstaedt had
an excellent chance OF winning the
second when his opponent sent his
drive TO the sandpit- His second
was short, however. The third We
poorly played by both players. Field
topped his second and sent IL in a
bunker. Finkenstaedt doing like
wise. but his second luckily bounced
over after hitting the top. Field
lost the hole when he took two to
get out. his opponent winning with
8. The Columbia player took the
fourth with a pretty par three after
going into the water hazard from
the tee. He made a good out and
holed a ten-foot putt which enabled
him 10 win after Field had missed
short one. The latter lost the
next when Finkenstaedt laid his
third dead to the hole after both
had cleared the green on their sec
onds.
Field won his first hole when he
took the seventh. being on in on. 20
his opponents ,. and making par l.
Finkenstaedt made il UP when he
took the eighth. the home player los
ing any chances he had when he
topped his second and then overplayed
his third.
A long putt gave Fiukenstaedt In.
ninth, making him up at the turn
Field won the short tenth when he
made his first good putt OF the match
running down one Of about fen tec,
after Finkenstaedt had missed one ~
about the same distance. A TONED
drive cost the latter the next hole
and it also looked very much as n he
would lose the twelfth when he nuIIe6
MS drive TO the rough. He made 4.
pretty out, however. and followed A,
oy sinking the longest putt Of the
match-a down-hill one Of at less,
twenty feet, get q birdie !
Ftnkenstsedt also did some pr.tty
sAAS Nnen he
went TO the sand-pit from the tee
ana then sent a beautiful chip-shot
dead to the hole for ;. Field &C.
ting 4. Both got in trouble on
the fourteenth and IL was hslyed
the match ending on No. is when,
after both had sent their seconds
INTO a water hazard. the Columbia
PLAYER made better out, and won
with to Fields 6.
throughout the match. Finkep-
st2edt had all the best Of it. H.
ana Field were about the same on
their drives. but the Columbia en-
lrant was much better on his iro,
shots and on the greens. The medal
scores were high and. as a whole.
rather mediocre golf was shown.
The card:
Ffnkenst'dt, Out I5sstsS6Ic
In 4633eBsssIs7-H
Field, Out 46745sITSa
In 5IGl66ss.N-H
FIRST SIXTEEN.
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