The Washington herald., 1919-06-29
BY FRANK II. YOUNG.

oulpidylnS MS opponent at ali
departments of the game. ID. Clark
Corkran. OF the Baltimore Country
Club. yesterday won the Middle At
lantic Golf Association title in the
championship event played over the
Columbia Country Club course. de-
fCating Walter r. Tuckerman. of
Chevy Chase. 6 up and S. in the
final round of the frst flight
Honors in the event were well
divided, Columbia winning two six
teens when the Mackenzie brothers.
Albert and Hugh. captured the sec
ond and third, respectively; H. r.
Swartzell. of Kirkside. taking the
fourth: Charles G. Hume. Norfolk,
the fifth. and j. Martin Scranage.
of Bannockburn. the sixth.
OF the consultations, Columb bia.
Chevy Chase and Bannockburn each
| furnished two winners as follows:
Robert Finke nstadt and Eugene
| Gott. ST., of Columbia. first and
| sixth, respectively: Marshall Whit
latch and B. II. Warner. jr., both of
Chevy Chase. second and fourth. re-
spectively. and Basil NJ. Manley and
E. d. Williamson. accounting for
the third and fifth, respectively. for
Bannock burn.
! Neither of the semifinal round
| matches for titular honors were
close. Tuckerman was in much bet
| ter form than in his final round
match and led Walter r. McCaIlum.
| of the Washington Country Club.
| all the way. De latter being way
off on his putting. Corkran had
/ things pretty much his own way
against Ballantyne. from whom he
took the title.
Marshall Whitlach. of Chevy
/ Chase. winner of the second sixteen.
| turned in one of the best medal
cards of the day when he beat
! Haines.6 up and 4. for the prize in
| that flight. With two stymies
against him. he was around in 76.
He is a former New York player
and was generally looked for TO
| qualify in the first flight.
! The good weather brought out a
! large gallery for the final round
match in the first fight finals be-
| tween Corkran and Tuckerman and
the gallery was somewhat disap-
pointed on account of its one-sided-
ness. Corkran was going well while
his opponent was decidedly off This
! tells the story in a nutshell. Cork
ran outdrove the Chevy Chase crack
on an average of fifteen yards a
hole and in addition was better on
his approached and on the green
Soon after the match started it was
a procession of wins for the Balti-
more player. the only question be-
ing by how big a margin he would
| win.
The first hole was halved when
Corkran missed putt of about a
yard for a win. Tuckerman messed
up the second and lost it after top
ping his drive and taking four tc
get on the green. Tuckerman was
on the green in two playing the
third. with Corkran just off. but
lost this one when the latter holed
a six-footer, after his fourth stopped
at the edge of the cup. The fourth
| was halved after the local player
had sent his second out of bounds
! which cost him a stroke. He los,
the fifth when he took four to reach
the green after following good
drive with topped shot and a short
third. Corkran pulling his second
slightly by laying his third almost
dead.
Tuckerman had hard luck on the
sixth. his putt trimming the cup but
enabling him to get a halve. The
seventh was another poorly played
one by the local entrant. who sliced
to the rough. was snort of the green
on his second. and then overran on
his third. Corkran winning 4 to 5. On
the short 194-yard eighth Tuckermar =
dropped his tee shot in the trap be-
low and just short of the green. made
good out, and trimmed the cup with
his third. Corkran reaching the green
from the tee and having no trouble
getting a par 3. Corkran became {
up at the turn. when he took the
ninth after his opponent had topped
his second.
The tenth was well played by both
Tuckerman's second hitting the edge
of a bunker and kicking on wit.
Corkran's Just short. 1t was halved
in 4. this being the first hole the ioca,
player made in par figures. The loca,