The New York herald., 1921-01-16
MEDALIST VICTOR
AT MATCH GOLF
r. NJ. Purves Defeats l.. A.
Hamilton in 'Ad' Tourney
Final.

Special Despatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
PINEHuRsr, n. c., Jan. 15.--All the
flnalists in the tournament of the Winter
Golf League of Advertising Interests
finished last nights annual banquet and
the subsequent festivities in time for an
early start this morning. Victors and
vanquished took part In various other
events during this afternoon.
r. Murray Purves OF the Woodland
Golf Club, Auburndale, Mass, winner of
the qualifying medal annexed the cham
pionslfip titleAnd trophy at the fifteenth
hole Of his final match, with j.. A. Ham
iltoh of Garden City. Purves won by 4
and g. Purves won the second. third,
fourth and fifth holes. Hamilton was
putting badly at the time. He had six
foot putt for winning at the third,
but overran the cup, failed to go down
on the return shot and lost the hole
in g.
Hamilton reduced his disadvantage to
down at the sixth, where he won with
and climbed up to 2 down at the
long seventh, where Purves played his
only poor hole of the round and took
Z.
Driving for the eighth, 32Q yard
blind hole. Hamilton reached the green.
but threw away an easy win by taking
three puts for half in 4. Then he ex-
actly duplicated the proceeding At the
ninth and stood 2 down at the turn.
where he ought to have been on even
terms.
These were the last chances that
Purves allowed Hamilton for win.
The tenth and eleventh were halved and
the Woodland golfer Increased his lead
to up at the eleventh by putting his
second shot dead to the pin and taking
the hole with birdie 3.
Going to the fourteenth Purves had
poor drive. but played a great brassie
second and reached the green. Hamilton
also got on in 2. Purves trimmed the
cup with his putt from near the edge for
birdie on this most difficult hole of
the championship course, and as Hamil-
ton also missed his try for the hole
was halved.
Purves had another opening for a
birdie at the next hole, but he was half
stimied and missed the putt. the hole be-
ing halved in par 5.
Going to the fifteenth Hamilton
trapped his drive, but made a great re-
covery to Within six feet of the cup.
This did not do him any good in the
final analysis as Purves put one down
from near the edge for 3. Hamilton
missed his relatively short one and
Purves won by up and three to go.
Purves went out in AZ. including that
on the seventh hole, and came home
in 81 for 70. Hamilton picked up on
several holes
j. III. windrum OF Dunwoodie, who had
three stroke handicap advantage over
his opponent, III. j. Frost of Siwanoy,
won the major trophy In the second
thirty-two. The match was all even at
the seventeenth and went to Windrum
by / up when he sank a twenty footer
on the home green.
l.. G. Suscipi Of Mount Vernon. handi-
cap twenty. won the chief trophy in the
third thirty-two at the end of a % hole
match with w. +. Powers OF Englewood
handicap twenty-five. The first seven
OF the extra nine holes were halved and
Suscipl finally won by up by diht OF
playing the eighth and ninth in as, as
against AS for his hard fighting OPP
ponont. The summary
First Thirty-two-Cbampions Eight
Z. Murray Puryes, Woodland. beat l.. A
Second Isight-G. II. Williams qD, Arcola
beat r. + Harrison, u@, Arcola a And and 2 2
Link. beat r. q. Maxwell 40. Hlnsdale
Fourth sIght-clarence Cone (1s). .rnwood
Second Tnirty.two- Eight---J. y
windrum CAD. Dunwoode, beat H. J. Fros
'isse: Second saTeEH Eisht1r.p !. Ross t1D, Hudson
River, beat u. L. Hedges uD, Baltusrol
up.
wanoy. beat J. r. woods CiG), siwanoy,
and 3.
Fourth Eight-D. NJ. Stewart O2). Dun
woodIc. beat w. II. o'Brien (2o), siwanoy
| and l.
Third Thirty -two--winnlng Eight--r. g
suscipl (2o). Mount Vernon, beat w; +
Second Eight. A. Nigel (23). Sears
dale. beat J. A. Dcson (2s). Exmoor, up
Aibans,. beat Ralph Trier t2o). Fox ftilis
Fourth Eight--wm G. Isor t22). st. Albans
beat J. 4. O'Brien (26), Siwanoy, and 1
Fourth Slxteen--wnning Eght--C. w
Hoyt (S0). Cherry Valley. beat J. A. Sui
Ivan GOD Essex Fells. and J.:
burgh, won from w. #. Brainard (25)
Montclair, by default.