Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-06
A. |. HAWSE WINS Title
WASHINGTON MAN LOSES
CLOSE, EXCITING MATCH
country Club Entrnnt Capturcs Md
ole AhnntIc OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Gallery Followed ~HInyrrs.

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a.. l.. Hawsc. OF Richmond. by de-
!eatinG Il. L.. t'inkcrstcadt. OF Wash
ing;on. on the green OF the twentieth
hole yesterday. won the Mid-Atlantic
Golf Championship In the ,ourna-
ment held on the links at the Coun-
try Club OF Virginia. the playing OF
both men showing the results of
strain and wet grounds.
iiawse took the lead by winning
tho first three holes in play that was
below tho standard OF both confess
tants. Finkerstcadt look the fourth
with n par 4 and tho nfth with 4
under. The sixth WAS halvcd with
Pinkerstcadt suunring on the sew
enth. The eight was halvcd in three
after F!nkorstcadt had missed his
tee shot.
Finkerstendt took the ninth when
HawBe played in bad form. The
tenth was taken b. Hawse. Tinker
steadt pulling tee shot in the rough.
and hitting a tree with his second
shot. hole costing him u. The cicv-
cn,h was haivcd IN four shots. Hawse
getting 4 l-2 after being bunkcreG In
tee shot. The twclfth was won By
Hhwsc. Finkerstcait pulling into the
rough on second shot.
10th Make beautiful Zee Shots.
finkcrstcadt won the thirteenth
hole In a i've. Hnwse looslng the
fourteenth by taking three puts on
the green. Hnwsc ooh tho fifteenth.
holding the only putt during the
match. Both players made beautiful
tee shote for the sixteenth. Tinker
stcadt taking three puts FOR the cup
and looains the hole. Ha"sc took
three shots on the green Tor the sew
cntccnth loosing to tho Washington
man. the eighteenth was reached with
Finkcrstcadt leading and the gallery
holding iss breath; Einksts,ehas
his drive short and in the woods.
Finkersteadt went to the green on
hih second and Hawse remained In
the cup and Hdwsc drove out Of the
rough over several trees, landing on
the upper side OF the green. tinker
bteadt lost hIs chance Of winning III.
match on the eighteenth when he
failed for the hole, Hawsc making Il
diiacuii putt and wtnninS. .,...
drove the ball well and both played
reached the green on tho third and
tho match ioked AS II i were going
win the hole ~ poor work on the
twenty feet further than Hnwse:s.
Both droppcd we'll on the green in
cup on tho third attempt. Hiawse
winning the match on his fourth
shot.
last green. the balls both STRUCK tho
aid" OF the cup. rolled around and
then bounced TO one side. Iiawse's
was just out tho cup.
Warrington Stnr Eliminated.
In the first sixteen tho seml-nnals
were reached by a; l. liawsc and G..
mated = and J.. Flnkefsteadt elm
mated the crack Washington man.
Romaid WoodwardH, 2 and J. and
twentieth hole. "
elimina!ed "; T; wo"d, ! up ;wss.
Stevenson. . and l.. Palmer then
won over Augustine. : and 3.
Third sixteen. G.. Gray beat W II.
Sv''G %Sal over T. Z. iF%G GIaiborn nol,' a "
:. Neal winning over Gray in the
Fourth sixteen. II. a. Kicks los, to
II. NJ Mckenzie. . ana l.. and won
oyer {. .. Brown after Brown had
riimlnated r. V. GIN. ! up. Brown
MCKENZIE score being . M.
F!fth sixteen. Ma. Chambers beat
Won y; n; over Gra 4 T. : 1 s, !, Frank ,ns !ons;
mrs, hole. This the last match COM
SIKH sixteen. C., Z. Eweil took a
". a. Jones defeated r.. L, powers.
and /. Jones lost to Ewell in the
finals. ? up
matches were: S. ST.. Newton. J.. $
Barron. c. g. Vaughan. ". y. Wood:
ward and Alfred Smith. Tho win
with tho runners-up in the finals
OF h regular matches. and were
awarded PRICE as such.
mickey Made Lowest score.
The lowest score OF The touxnamon,
was made in tn. qualifying rounds.
when r.. X. ID. Mckay scored 10.
be botS TS of t6a Cof, 9ySL H2gss; IS,
Irlzes. were delivered on tho ro-
tunda OF the club house Immediately
aiter me matches were concluded.
Match Proved Poor, nut Close.
Commenting on the match het WOO,
liawse and Finkersteadt one OF tho
who stands high in local
solf circles. stated that tho match
was repletc with DOR playing on the
part Of both men. and stated that
Hawse should have tied the match
up several times before the last holes
taEe OF the Washington man ON an-
count OF nlaying the match on his
own course. Roth men failed n nun
her OF times when they could have
The finals Of the FIRST sixteen went
into extra holes. maintaining . The
precedent of previous years. Tho
faet that the majority part OF the
rain. that was at times n torrent,
also maintains the precedent SET in
previous years. The course yester-
day was very heavy. and that fact
told considerably in tho final scores
OF the golfers.
Possibly the pretticst playing OF
tho day took place in tho finals when
Hawse drove out of the rough and
onto the green. when tine shot look
ca almost impossible, as tho ball was
nehind tree roots and under trees.
nc came out OF his difficulty with
W shots, however, and saved the
Nearly 200 pcoplc followed the
players. despite the fact that 4 por-
Ton or tho watch was played In a
downpour.
MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS