The New York herald., 1921-05-23
]. G. ANDERSON IS
FOX HILLS VICTOR
Defeats j. &. Mcmahon, Jr., 4
and 3. in Golf Tourney
Final.
MORNING MATCHES CLOSE
Anderson Beats Follett at
Goth, While Mcmahon Wins
on Home Green.
BY KERR N. PETRIE.

BY KERR N. PETRIE.
John q. Anderson Of Siwanoy pu
the first notch for the season in thu
shaft Of his niblick yesterday at Fo7
Hills, when in the annual invitation
tournament of that well known gol
organization he went right through
the field Of contenders. and aftei
squeezing out on a twenty hole match
in the semi-final went on and defeated
Joseph G. Mcmahon, Jr, of Sleepy
Hollow in the final by 4 UP and tC
play.
Beginning the day with two repre-
sentatives, the home club was showed
under in the semi-final. w. Roy BAN
hill being put out of the running b!
A1cMahon by single hole and w. II
Follett. the Staten Island champion
going down before Anderson by thu
odd hole route. This left the fina
completely in the hands of West
chester golfers, Mcmahon being the
junior champion of the county organ
ization and Anderson former holder o.
the senior title.
The big match was not the final, a.
through being too anxious. let Ander
son get too big a hold on him at tn
outset The Siwanoy man opened hi
account with the very first hole. and h
kept on adding to his lead with sucl
regularity that he claimed four of tn
first eight. After that Mcmahon tool
q bgace both literally and figuratively
for he won the ninth and tenth. How
ever, the damage by this time had bee,
done. Anderson picked up the two holei
lost by weak putting on the last out
going and first incoming hole and
standing dormie 4, Won the match will
half at the fifteenth.
McMahon's Second Final.
This makes the second final which
McMahon has contested unsuccessfulIy
within the last month, as ne also figured
in the last bracket at Lakewood. Nc
doubt Joseph would rather have the
spoils that go TO the victor than the
cup Of the runner UP. but he has time
enough The surprising thing to the
mere Junior champion should be max.
ing such a stir.
McMahon in the final did not quite
play the game which he had been play-
Ing In some OF his other matches. He
hit some very long tee shots and at other
times hit hard without much result. Ru,
where he really let himself down was ir
his finishing. Anderson won his frs,
hole when the Westchester Junior title
holder played a short approach little
strong, and he won the fourth on Nc
Mahon's poor putt. At the third, tinid
play on the green had robbed the Sleepy
Hollow youth OF success
Then, perhaps. Anderson was just a
trifle too clever and too much the expe-
rienced campaigner for his young oppo-
nent The third produced a fine ex-
ample OF the recuperative qualities of
the Siwanoy man. John had played
wide with his tee shot into the rong
grass off the green, and when, with the
odd for his second. Mcmahon ran up
within a couple of feet, II looked dollars
to doughnuts that Anderson would be
compelled TO sacrifice the hole How
ever. instead of doing anything of the
Kind. the Siwanoy man laid his ball
within about five or six feet OF the cup
and sank the putt for the first three
leaving II up to his opponent to get n
half. A less experienced and able golfer
doubtless would have lost that one.
At the next Mcmahon sliced so badly
that his ball lay on the fringe of the
seventh green. The fairway OF the sew
enth was his line TO the hole and his
third shot brought up beyond his objec-
tive close to the fence and in such a posi-
ton that he had to remove the tall flag
marker at the back of the green Nc
Mahon made clever recovery, but An
dersop was there ahead of him, becoming
up.N At the next there was half, but
on the eighth Anderson had an easy sue
cess, Mcmahon topping both his tee shot
and his second
Fourup at this stage. Anderson lost
the ninth through overapproaching into
a bunker and the tenth went TO Me-
Mahon when the Siwanoy player took an
extra putt. The second shots told the
tale on the eleventh, Anderson playing
finely and Mcmahon hooking wildly. So
.much trouble did the latter encounter
on the hillside that he finally relin-
quished the hole.
For this he made amends by laying
his tee shot over the pond within about
eight feet OF the cup and sinking tho
putt for 2, but he was outplayed on
the difficult thirteenth. where Anderson
got a wonderful A. on the next Nc
Mahon topped into the gully and al
though he made a fine second to the
edge Of the green he could not prevent
Anderson from becoming dorrnie. A half
in 4 at the fifteenth settled the match
The card:
Anderson
Out .......-....4 - 10 go $50
, In ...........-.. 3 -
En' IN ............:. ......,.....99 t-'s
McMahon's semi-hnai match witt,
Barnhill had one outstanding feature
the winning of the sixth hole In 8 to q
The Junior champion was the hero OF
that extraordinary exhibition. Barn
hill needed the extra stroke BY getting
out Of bounds. Two holes later Mcmahon
lost q BAH.
Playing tho home hole Mcmahon wac
l UP. Barnhll was in a trap over the
green with bis second. but he made his
opponent hustle fer the half neverthe.
less by running down 40 foot putt
In the other match Anderson was 2
UP on Follett AZ the eleventh and up
going 10 the fifteenth. Follett then won
the fifteenth and sixteenth and Il was
not until they had played the twentieth
that the hold or the Fox Hills man waE
shaken loose. lie took an extra putt
The summary.
First sixteen -somi-rina'-T. q. MoMahon
Jr. s.eery Hollow beat w Roy Barnhin 81
Fox mis- ] up. John o. Anderson, siwanoy
beat w. ~ Foilett, Fox Hiils, ! W go hoes)
F'insI-Andcrson beat Mcmahon, and 3.
Second sNteeu.-S 4. Rohden.
Marine and Field, by defauit: Francis Ryan
Fox HIS, beat u, & Griffin, Deal, and 4.