The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
ny FRANK II. YOUNG.

feating Dwight Partridge, of the
Bedford Country Club, Connecticut,
) up and 2 in the final round. This
victory adds. his name a second time
to the Presidents Cup" presented
the club several years ago by eX-
President Taft. as he won previous
ly.- when he beat Norbert Dempsey
in 1916.
The second sixteen went to G.
Seymour Lyon. jr.. of Toronto. while
all of the other prizes were cap
tured by local talent. Lee Harlan.
of Columbia, won in the first flight
consultations. while Gardner Orme,
in the third, and NJ. B. Stevinson, in
the fourth, were the other Colum-
bia winners. In addition to furnish
ing the winner in the honor flight.
the home club landed the second.
third and fourth consultations with
o EdEecomb L. Jones. L. NJ. Talcott,
and T. p. Porcher, respectively.
Thompson Eliminated.
Tuckerman went to the final
round at the expense of william ].
Thompson. of the Mississaugs Club
of Canada who was low medalist.
The local player was very steady.
going out in 50 to his opponents 50.
He won the inward trip, when the
Canadian entrant waivered on sew
eral holes.
In the other semi-final round Das-
tie. Partridge beat Marshall Whit
latch. of Chevy Chase. The latter
is a well-known golf writer and II
is suggested that an appropriate
subject for his next book would be
on The Abolition of the Stymie."
as it was a stymie that killed his
=, N,,A
l down going to No. l6. when Part
ridge laid him a dead stymie after
the former apparently had the hole
won which would have squared the
match. AS it was, he had to be con-
tent with halve. He won the next
hole. but the home one went to the
visitor. giving him the match, l up.
Tuckerman shows Form.
In the finals. Tuckerman slightly
"utplayed Partridge at every angie
Of the game. the latter being espe-
cially poor from the tees, as time
after time he sliced or pulled his
drives. while he found almost every
bunker of the course. On the other
hand. Tuckerman was lucky on sew
eral occasions. while Dame For
tune" was anything but kind to his
opponent.
Neither was particularly good on
the greens although the local player
was a little the steadier. Only one
long putt was made. Partridge sink
ing a l2-footer to win the fifth.
while seven short ones were missed
by the two, Partridge missing
. and 3-fOot ones on the second
and third holes. respectively. while
Tuckerman did the same stunt on
Nos II and Is. and both fell down
on the 18th.
Takes First Hole.
Tuckerman was well away on the
first hole and on the green on his
second. taking a when his long
attempt for a ) hung on the lip
"f the cup. He won the hole when
Partridge half-fiubbed his drive and
took a ). He was 2 up when he
won the second. He made a good
drive but topped his second allow
ing Partridge to reach the green
even with him in d? after the latter
had sent his tee-shot to the hazard
and made a poor out. Tuckerman
took two puts. while his opponent
took three. missing one of about a
yard for a halve
Another missed putt cost Par
fridge the third. With any kind Of
luck he would have won this. not
withstanding the fact that he sliced
10 the rough on his drive Tucker
q man made a nice tee-shot. but in
stead of lOfting his ball to clear the
bunker ahead of him he decided to
line IL. He struck the top but finally
kicked over. Then after each had
missed their puts. Partridge fell
down on one of less than two feet
for Il halye.
Partridge Gets Hole.
On the short I45-yard fourth
Partridge scored his first win. Both
were on in l and ran up nicely, but
Tuckerman missed short putt
The par fifth was we'll played by
both being halved in ;. Partridge
did his best work here as he pulled
his tee-shot to the trap, made
nice out and then sank one from
about twelve feet away, Tuckerman
meanwhile reaching the green in l
and going down in the regulation
two puts.
Partridge made it down when
he took the sixth. due to the fact
that the home player laid himself
q Stymie. The visitor was moor
eNCHntlOnaI
out and was on in with Tucker
man. After the latter had missed
his approach putt Partridge laid
his fourth dead to the hole. win
ming when Tuckerman stymied
himself coming back The seventh
and eighth were halved in par hg-
ures, Tuckerman becoming nm
when they turned for home by tall
Ing the ninth hole. He was lust off
the green from the tee counting n
par to his opponents ). the latter
topping his drive badly to the tran
Driver In Ditch.
The visitor was again bad from,
the tee when he sent his ball over
the tenth green to the ditch which
cost him this hole. The eleventh
was halyed in fye VIXEN Tuckerman
ridge took Number IL. due to n
poor iron shot by TUckerman. all
though the latter came very close
t" hAlve when his long putt was
short by inches. Both went into
traps from the thirteenth tee and
made good outs. Partridge winning
and making the count against him
only one down when Tucke-man
missed a short ore and conceded
him the hole.
Playing number II. Tuckerman
was IN the green on his second
while the New EngIander was in
the rough behind the green on his
and overran en- his out. This made
Tuckerman 2 up and he was dormie
when he took the fifteenth. Again
Partridge vas oor off the tee, half
topping and pulling his drive to the