The sun., 1919-08-14
'POINSETTE LANDS
HERALD GOLF CUP
Beats Two Former Winners in
Last Two Rounds of Van
COrtlandt Tourney.
ny INNS BROWN.

Will the array of golfers who have
attached one leg of the Herald cup In
the past kindly push yer n make room
for a newcomer? Allan +. Poinsette OF
the New York Newspaper Golf Club Is
now included in his growing coterie.
He attained his place by bowling over
Walter F. Purcell in the n round OF
the tournament which ended at van
Cortlandt Park yesterday. He won, b
and 4.
Polnsette's trick of humping the PIN
ming from under Purcell again averted
a permanent winning OF the trophy.
Purcell walked away with the tourna-
ment when il was last staged. in 1916.
and would have gained permanent pos
session of the cup had he won yes
terday. In addition to Purcell William
Wallace. who won back In 1908. was
also shunted out by Poinsette. taking the
count In the semi-final round In a nine
teen hole match.
The newcomer displayed a very fine
brand Of golf to subdue Purcell after his
close call with Wallace. He made prac-
ticaiiy NJ mistakes except in taking an
extra putt on the first, and what
amounted to almost the same at the
fifth, where his second rolled into a
shallow trap at the edge Of the green.
He was out in 81, just one over par. He
needed everything he got, for his oppo-
nent kept pace with him, n also ran
of the first mine in 81.
HaIve First Hole.
They balved the first in IS. when Poln-
settle took 8 puts. He took the second,
4 to 5, and the next two were halved in
IS The fifth went to Purcell. 4 to 8.
Poinsette's second was In a shallow trap
and he took 2 puts after getting on.
Purcell was Off the edge of the green
with his second, Clipped on n holed
out with 1 putt. Poinsette reversed
these figures on the sixth, when Pur-
cells second was short.
After halving the second Purcell exc
cuted the most spectacular shot OF the
round ON the short eighth. Both drove
the green. with Purcell some eighteen
feet away and stymied. He took a
mashie n Clipped over Poinsette's ball
and the pellet rolled into the cup for a
2. evening the match. Both scored As at
the ninth. and they turned even.
From this point out Poinsette ran
away with the match. He grabbed off
the next Ave holes in a row., scoring two
Is and three IS to turn the trick. He
| scored n 4 at the tenth, chipping his
third on and running down a single
putt. The short eleventh over the pond
! Melted a 8. The twelfth, 425 yards dis
tant. was turned in 4, chiefly by reason
Of a very well played chip shot over a
mound to the green, leaving a five foot
putt. which was holed. He finished the
meadows with As,
Match Ends on Fourteenth.
His drive on the thirteenth left him
about fifteen feet from pin, and he sank
another 8. On the fourteenth he clipped
| his second some ten feet past the pin,
then holed another 8. This ended the
match. The two decided to play out the
bye holes. and Poinsette reeled Off a
quartet of As, barely missing a 3 at the
eighteenth. His card for the round to-
tailed 70.
Wallace gave Poinsette a neck and
neck battle through the eighteen holes
In the morning.
J. G. Fraser of the Scottish-American
Club won the consolation from Ralph
Seeler, unattached. / up in 20 holes
Seeler was 1 up coming to the eigh-
teenth, but drove to the left of the green
behind a bunker and took three to get
on the green. Fraser dropped a 3 to
even the match.