The Washington herald., 1920-05-09

NothulUAA OOuulFy OlUD kOllEre
captured the lions share OF the
prizes in the Washington Golf and
Country Clubs invitation event
which ended yesterday when they
took all of the four flights and one
In the consultations. Bannockburu
players accounted for two OF the
consolation prizes while the home
club took the remaining one.
Robert Ftnkenstaedt. of Columbia.
upset an old superstition of the
game when he won both the low
medalists prize and then took top
honors in the first sixteen. Edward
Styles Of the host club was runner
up, losing to Finkenstaedt in a very
close match. 2 up.
The second sixteen went TO Hugh
Saum who beat Daniel X. jackson,
also OF Columbia, 2 up and !; Gard
ner p. Orme defeated Samuel l..
Mosby, Of Washington. in the third
finals, 2 up and 1: while fourth
flight honors went TO J. r. Baines
who beat E. Kempf. OF Washington.
badly at 7 and G
styles Wins Easily.
Finkenstsedt went into the final
round Of the first flight at the ex-
pense OF Albert r. Mackenzie. a
clubmate. while Styles opponent
was Lynn Haines. OF Bannockburn.
This latter match was not very
close. Styles winning up and 2,
but Mackenzie pushed Finkenstaedt
TO the limit before slccumbing. 1 up.
carrying the battle to the last hole.
This was a real fight Mackenzie
being down at the turn. He was
down when he lost the tenth but
rallied and took three Of the next
four. The fifteenth was halved and
when Mackenzie counted a birdie"
on the sixteenth TO hos opponents
par they were all-even. The
seventeenth was halved, Finken-
staedt taking the match when he
won the home hole with, a Al un-
der par. Mackenzie getting in trou-
Bile and taking a 6. Both shot eN-
ceptional golf. as is attested by the
following cards:
Fihkehstaedt--
Out 536335543-3T
In. 454544S L57-T
MacKenZic--
Out ss5I4
In. 543 Ss424 G-S7-T6
Players Errstie.
In the final round match between
Finkenstaedt and Styles. both play
ers had chances OF turning in scores
OF close to the coure record. Both
were erratic in spots and on several
occasions each missed shots they
would ordinarily make. On the other
hand, each made a number OF out
of-the-ordinary shots. all of which
made the match a thriller from be-
II =
tell what was going to happen and
way, had such a small lead that Il
looked as II he would lose his ad-
vantage most any minute.
Styles should have taken the first
hole but misse da putt OF less than
two feet which enabled his oppon-
ent to halve il. Kinkenstaed sliced
his drive and made a beautiful sec
ond to the green on this hole. He
won the second in par ;. when
Styles was short from the tee. over
played his second and then missed
his put coming back. The
latter lost the third when he
pulled his drive almost out of
bounds, made a poor second and
topped his third. getting on
the green in Z to Finkenstaedt's
Finkeastaedt Misses Putt.
A missed putt of less than a yard
cost Finkenstaedt the fourth hole.
He should have won easily but had
to be content with a half The NTH
was also halved. Styles nearly win
ming II when his putt hung on the
edge of the cup. Styles missed a
four-footer on the sixth but luckily
won the hole when his opponent
was short by inches in an attempt
for half; The seventh was halved
in 4.
Finkenstaedt became 2 up again
when he took the eighth with a
birdie" ,. running down a 25-foot-
er. He came very near duplicating
this stunt on the ninth when he
missed a thirty-foot one by less
than two inches. Dame Fortune"
smiled on Styles here as he man
aged to halve the hole after he had
apparently missed his short putt.
his bail striking that OF his op-
ponent and caroming to the hole.
styles Uncorks shot.
when they turned for home, the
Columbia Llayer was up but
Styles uncorked the feature play of
the day on No. 10 when he sank
pitch-shot from the rough, this
60-footer making him only l down.
The next two were halved in par
figures, both playing the hard new
eleventh hole perfectly. Styles
should have won both the thir-
teenth and fourteenth which were