The sun., 1919-05-25
LEE MAXWELL WINS
AT SLEEPY HOLLOW
Downs J. Simpson Dean Of
Princeton 8 and 1 In
Gruelling Match.
MARSTON DISAPPOINTS
Bsltusrol Mans Defeat by
Princetonian Surprise Az
ter Close Contest.
BY INNS BROWN.

Much TO the delight Of his frienHs
and club members Loo Maxwell Of the
homo club captured top honors In the
final round of the annual invitation
tournament at the Sleepy Hollow Coun-
try Club yesterday afternoon. Maxwell
smashed his way through to q final VIC
tory by downing J. Simpson Dean of
Princeton, and I, after he Rad taken
tho measure Of D. u. Cooke OF Arcoia
In the semi-fnal by a count of 4 and 8.
Dean earned the right TO break into
the final round by a somewhat surpris-
ing victory over Max Marston OF Bal
tusroi in the morning. In advance of
the match 1t was conceded that tho
Princetonian was a high class golfer.
good enough to engage the attention of
n very large percentage OF the best IN
amateur ranks but Marston was the
choice Just the same.
Experience Counts q Lot.
Disconcerting stead!ness on Aiaxwers
part after the first hole and added ex-
perience in tournament play enabled the
homo club man to subdue Dean, his
younger opponent. For the FIRST six
holes Dean was travelling along at O
fino clip, playing every shot we'll, being
one under tours and leaving only slight
room for rebuttal.
But on tho seventh green Dean missed
q short putt, leaving him no better than
a half. A bit later on the eighth a putt
OF some Ave feet went astray. From
that point out Deans entire game within
seventy-flve or 100 yards Of the CUP
began to waver. And from that point
out It began to become apparent that
Maxwelrs unerring steadinsss made his
chances loom larger and larger the fur
Their the struggle progressed.
Just how closely the two were battling
for moro than one-haIt OF the route may
be gathered from the fact that of the
first eleven holes only three furnished
decisions. Dean won the first and sec
ond. Maxwell won the sixth. The re-
naming eight through the eleventh were
halved.
halved On the twelfth Maxwell picked
| UP ono, making the match even.
Maxwell in the Lead.
Maxwell shot the short thirteerth
some fifteen feet from the pin. Dean
was unsteady and his effort was short
The ball landed in a sand trap encircling
the green. HIS out was only fair. Max
| we'll ran UP to a foot Of the cup on his
approach putt and won when Dean failed
to hole his from fifteen feet away. For
the FIRST time 80 far Maxwell tool, the
lead.
Dean retrieved his loss OH the four
teenth. His second was short Of tho
green. and Maxwell was almost hole
high TO the left Maxwell approached
to within eight feet and holed a four.
Maxwell took two after getting on and
| had to count 8.
Both played their second rather poorly
after good drives on the fifteenth. Dean
was in high grass behind little mound
10 the left Maxwell oyerran the green
! into more high grass. Deans out was
I almost over the opposite side Of the
green and his approach was eight feet
short Maxwell got TO the near edge
on his out and then ran up to within
a foot OF the cup on his fourth. Deans
| effort went straight for the cup, but
stopped short by two or three inches
only. Maxwell was again 1 up.
| On tho long sixteenth. both were well
over the brow of the hill on their second
, But Dean fooled his third. getting no
moro than thirty or so yards with his
mashie Maxwell got onto tho edge o.
! the green and got down with two puts
Dean failed TO hole a long putt for q
half and Maxwell was dorm,e Q
Decided at the Seventeenth.
| Both reached the seventeenth green
in two, buttDean made a poor approach
| putt. Maxwell rolled up to within a.
foot of the cup. Dean was unable to
hole his second and Maxwell took the
hole and the match The byo hole vas
played out, each making a s.
Scores Of the round: