Evening star., 1920-06-13
DEFEATS
HIS CLUBMATE,
T, NJ B. STEVENSON
Annexes Title by Margin of
IL Up and II to Play at
Columbia Club.
BY w. r.. McCALLUM.

IumOia country CluD proven HIS
right to be champion OF the Dis
trict of Columbia Golf Association
yesterday when he defeated his
cIubmate Miller B. Stevinson by Il
up and II to play in one of the
most one-sided finals ever witnessed
in titular event
incidentally Finkenstaedt full
filled predictions of many OF the
leading devoteeS OF the game IN the
National Capital by concluslvely
proving his right to be called the
best player in the District. Although
the championship this year was
played over his home course-and
| it is admitted no other local anna
teur plays it as we'll as he-the large
margin of victory by which he an
neXed the title prove even to the
+ skeptical his right to the champion
ship.
In defeating Stevinson by such
large margin yesterday Finken-
staedt displayed exactly the same
brand of flaw.ess golf that has char
acterized his steady march to the
title. There is no discredit due
Stevinson, either, for he was simply
outclassed. and even at his best could
not hope to cope with the sterling
game put up by the Columbia young
ster. The runer-up has been playing
golf less than two years, and de-
round, notwithstanding his futile ef-
fort to hold the champion down to
small margin of victory.
Assumes Early Lead.
Out in Al on the first half of the
scheduled thirty-six- hole final round,
.Finkenstaedt was up on his OPP
ponent. who could not seem TO get
/ himself together. and dropped hole
after hole through missed tee shots.
After the turn the champion began
playing better golf and reeled off a
string of As to get the last nine holes
in 35 and reach the halfway point
. 10 up and IS to go, making MS caro-
for the first half 10 STEVENSON
|dropped the first three holes of the In
nine in the morning to 4 A. halved
| the next two, lost the next when ne
was short of the green in two shots
and then won his first hole of the DAY
when the champion hooked MS zee
shot to the short sixteenth ana Topped
his second shot. The seventeenth
.was halved and Finkenstaedt won the
Eighteenth with fine 4.
STEVENSON played poor golf IN lne
afternoon, whise the champion did not
play much better. The first hole was
|halved in 6. Finkenstaedt won the
second with ) when Stevinson ran
over the green and failed to get down
putt for half The third was
+Nalved in and the short fourth was
Badly played, half in . resulting.
|Finkenstaedt annexed the fifth mole,
putting him II up and 13 to play, with
a fine 4. the result of a good chip shot
dead 10 the hole.
Tbunderstorms which had been
threatening all day broke as the final
SITS drove off the sixth tee and Finken-
staedt missed his second shot, ena-
bling STEVENSON to win the hole in
lrenching downpour. 5-6. to become
f IL down with II to play. The end
came on the seventh hole. however.
when STEVENSON topped his first and
second shots and took three puts for
Ia 6 while the new champion was on
thA green in and down in 4.
New Champion a YounRster.
The rev champion has shown by
.far the best bit of golf ever developed
in the District OF Columbia in win
| ming the championship. He is just
past his majority and has been play
ing golf about six years. His style
IS of the best and he has this year
kaken on added distance from the tee.
His iron shots. easily the best part
Of his play. have been extremely ac-
curate all the way through the tour
ney. During his six completed rounds
n the title tourney he averaged Is.
composed of five 76s and II, the lat
ter round breaking the competitive
record for the present course. This
In itself points to the splendid golf
shown by the title holder and even
eclipses the fine performance put up
by Marshall Whitlatch in winning the
title last year at Chevy Chase with
bard of 305 for four rounds.
Many golfing enthusiasts were dis
hprDinted that he did not meet Wal
Ter R. Tuckerman in the semi final.
as this match would easily have been
bne of the best of the tourney. The
result could not possibly be forecast,
es the players are about evenly
matched, but the contest would surely
have been worth watching. with the
home club player having slight edge
bn his familiarity with the course.
On the other hand. the tried and true
match play qualities of the Chevy
Chase star might have outweighed
this advantage.
Cards of the Finalists.
Cards of the fnalists yesterday
follow:
MORNING ROUND.
out .....-........5 ) 5 4 Al
stevinson-
Ont .............6 6 . ) 6 3 6As
In .......344 44s4454 1870
In ...&.5 55s45s 5-39-s7
AFTERNOON ROUND.
rinkenstaedt-
Our ..-..8 q & K : K R-3s