The sun., 1919-06-29
MQrStOn Wins Golf
Final at Apawan1is
Adds to List of Victories by Defeating Peacock OF
Princeton in Keenly Contested Match, Up;
Hard Pressed from the Start.
by INNS BROWN.

Max r. Marston of Baltusrol added
another to his list of golf victories for
tho season yesterday by winning the
final round Of the Apawamis Country
Club invitation tournament He de-
feated Grant A. Peacock of Princeton
by a score OF up. after close tght
throughout the eighteen holes.
BY this victory Marston turned the
tables on Peacock, who had defeated
him the last time the pair met In tourna-
ment competition. The Princetonian
beaten eight OF the recent Lynnewood
Cup tournament at Philadelphia.
However. as the score indicates. there
was nothing to lend any great satisfac-
ton to Marston's supporters until the
pair drove or or the eighteenth tee. II
was a head and head race from begin
ming to end. and at no time until they
finished was either leading by more than
one hole.
The match wasn't productive OF any
sensational golf At the rate the two
travelled either might have lost in ar
earlier match had the performance been
enacted In q former round. Marstor
| required SO to do the first nine hole:
an indication OF the trip home, not q
single hole was halved Of the nine.
Peacock Takes Early Lead.
Peacock got q lead starting by holint
q on the FIRST hole. where Marstor
\ took three puts and totalled 5. Tit
next three were halved In As. though
Peacock had to pull a strong finish t
get his on the fourth, He topped hi
tee shot. played short on his second
Clipped on and holed fifteen foot putt
Marston was well on in two and tool
two puts.
Marston evened the match on tn,
short fifth. when Peacock took thre,
puts after landing his tee shot on. Mar
ston got a and barely missed hol
ing a fifteen putt for 2. He tool
a lead on the next, when Peacock playel
his second into trap and got a 8.
On the seventh Peacock trimmed tn
cup with a long putt, missing a 4. bu
had the luck to lay Marston a stymle
preventing him from sinking a tire
footer for his 4. Failing to pull along
side here, Peacock succeeded in doing s.
at the eighth. Both drove the green
which Is deeply undulating. and Marstol
took three puts for a I, against Pea
cocks 3.
On the 612 yard ninth Peacock fire.
his second into a trap and took fou
there In three and won with a par
against a 6. Peacock promptly nullife
Marston's lead on the tenth. On 1
two he holed a twelve foot putt for
bird 3, against Marston's 1.
| Marston Out in Front.
But the Princeton entry Just as quickl
opened a gap for Marston to take tn
lead again. He hooked his tee sho; o
tho eleventh over beyond the thirteent
green. and then fell short OF the gree
with his second. Marston, we'll on wit
his second, barely missed holing an
had an easy4.
The seesaw effect was continued o
tho twelfth. Both were just of III
green with their drives but Marston
approach ran we'll beyond the cup. HI
approach putt rolled back several fe,
beyond again. and he took 4. Peacoc
Clipped up nicely on his second an
holed a g. These figures were reverse
at the thirteenth. Just on the gree
Peacock Clipped fifteen feet short of III
pin and took two puts. Marston wa
. 4 UP In two and holed a 3.
Peacock had been winning the eve
numbered holes since the turn and ra
true TO form on the fourteenth. Marsto
! topped his third. but the ball Jumped II
brook. HIS best. however, was
whereas Peacock Clipped his fourth mes
the pin and got 5. On the ffteent
Peacocks second was short and benin
n mound. His third ran over the gree
> and he was unable to hole 8. where's
Aiarston got I.
Peacock won tho sixteenth with