The Washington herald., 1920-06-13
Robert Finkenstaed Lands
District Golf Championship
By FRANK H. YOUNG.

kenstaedt surely showed IL in all
OF his rounds in the District of CO.
lumbia's championship tournament,
which ended on the Columbia Coun-
try Club course yesterday when he
ran away" from NJ. b. Stevinson In
the thirty-six sole final round, win
ming IL up and IL to go.
Soon after the start of the match
any doubts as to who would win
vanished as Finkenstaedt continued
the brilliant work which has
marked his play throughout the
event and outplayed Stevinson, a
clubmate. from beginning to end.
Only twenty-four holes were neces-
sary, STEVENSON being able to win
but two of these. He got away to
a bad start and lost the first three.
conceding the third. Number four
was halved, and again Stevinson
conceded a hole when he picked up
his ball on No. s.
Takes Three Holes.
Finkenstaedt took the sixth. the
seventh and eighth were halved.
FinkenstAedt taking No. ana
turning for home 6 up. A win of
the tenth, when he sank an eigh-
hp anu ne
was 8 up when he took Nos. ii ana
IL, getting the eleventh in par fig
ures and the twelfth one under par.
Stevinson played we'll here and
equaled par. Two stymies ng-
ured in the play on the thirteenth.
Stevinson stymieing Finkenstaedt
and then being stymied when Fin
kenstaedt attempted to pass him. He
made a pretty shot here, pitching
over the stymie for a half in par :.
Takes Fifteenth Hole.
Number II was halved. both get
ting par As, Finkenstaedt becoming
10 up when he took the fifteenth.
Stevinson won the sixteenth - his
first and only win of this round -
when his opponent got in trouble
and took a on this par 3 hole. The
next was halved and the round end
ed with Finkenstaedt 10. when ne
took number Is by vftue Of beau
tiful second shot to the green.
Stevinson started the second
round with the big handicap of be-
ing 10 down staring him in the face.
and under these conditions tried to
play too carefully with the usual
resultant effect on his game. He
got into all kinds of trouble playinS :
No. 1s and took to reach the green.
and, of course, lost this one.
HaIyed mt Twentieth
The twentieth was halved due to
Finkenstaedt missing 4 short putt
for a win. Both PLAYED par golf
on the twcnty-frst and IT was
halved as vas No. 90. FInKen-
staed; won the twenty-third when
he made beautiful third shot dead
to the hole from behind a bunker.
This gave him a Par to his op-
ponent's 5. A missed third slot by
Finkenstaedt cost him the twenty
fourth hole ard the best re could
get here was Z to his opponent
5. This was Stevinson's only win
of this round and his second OF tie
match.
TIE match ended on the twenty
fifth whes Stevinson topped his
drive. his second was weak and he
was just of the green on his third,
Finkenstaedt meanwhile getting
beautifully of the tee and reach
ing home iE ., which gave hin,
an easy 4 when his opponent miss
d
The best thai can be said OF Ste
vinson is that re tried hard. as lie
was outclassed at every depart
ment of the game and never had a
chance. Finkenstaedt was better
both off the tee and through the
green. his aTIrc&Ches being 20
coed that he was very rarely CALL
ed 1pon to r&ke 4 long Tutt.
The cards for the match wee:
First Round.
Finkenstaedt-
Ont SIS 5454554 4I
In 344344 4 4-3J-16
Second Round.
Out 5 4 j4 I-S3-I6-l09
First Round.
Ont 6s 3 6 < 4 SIS
In As 8 As 3 1 $3.50
Second Round.
Out ) 4 ) ; q X N-36-S6-l22
Finkenstaedt was given the gold champion
ship medal. while Stevinson got a silver
one as runner-up.