The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-11
By GORDON SHAND.


which featured nearly every tour
nament OF the year. and. second. for
the failure OF any one player TO
show consistent superiority over
the rest OF the A d.
There 9re. hswev'r. four local
player whore work during tho past
year entities them to Be rarked so
Close to the peak that II - ncar'y
an imrcs sible sk o" draw ny
definite Ne % demarhatlon.
We refer to Guy VI Stardifer.
District and 'hevy has. am
pion: Albert MIX MI. winner OF
the Washington @ N a d country
Club tournament aud senl0nalist
in IN. Chevy chase and Middle A.
Ianti,. events: Bobby Fiah"nStaodt.
rupner-ur at the Washington CluH
and In the Midi. Atlantic tcurna-
mont. and Walter TuckernGn. win
nor 81 Columbia's invitation tour
ney last fall.
Al the start % rhe season Mac
EenzIe. always a e.. nsi-teat plal or
with command over wide Nari ~
OF strokes. jumn- d into the lime
light by featinE Finkenstaedt.
the 1870 title no!J--. ia III r~al
round or the frs' event or tho y ar.
tho Was',ington 6 ~ and Country
( club t-u-nancnt. neld last May. He
continued his brilliant play al
/ Chevy Chas. later in the month.
and was tn only wa-hingtoniau o
reach the Semifnals in a tourna-
nent which. with the &c -pti'n 81
the national open. had the most M
prcssive entry list OF any local az
| fair this year.
FinLenstnedt ReEnins Form.
In June. Finkenstaedt began 70
regain the form which had char
acterized his play in 1920. and won
! his first tournament victory OF the
vear over Mackenzie in the semi
final round Of the Middle Atlantic
4 event on the course Of the Princess
Anne country club at Virgil "a
/ Beach. though falling before War
rem Cochran. Of baltimore. in the
finals.
I Finkenstaedt also did splendid
/ WORT in the open" at Colun' b!a
and surprised many Of the done
sters by qualifying among the
leaders. though he did not quite
: have the stuff" or stamina 70 hold
the pace in the four Cru"llinC
rounds Of championship play.
Local players took 4 lay"f from
competitive golf for the remainder
Of the summer and the next big
tournament. the invitation event
staged by the Columbia Country
t club. was not held until October
. l. Df- hr IL
. Washington to make his permanent
resid ence in YOUNGSTOWN. ohio. and
Mackenzie had slipped somewhat
from the form which characterized
his early seasons play.
II was Walter Tuckcrmau. the
cool chevy Chase star. who out
olassed tho field in this event In
the final round he was an over
whelminE victor over Miller Stew
son. of Columbia. who came rapidly
To the front in the CLOSING months
. Of tho canNa gn. and played splen-
did golf up to the final round OF
the Columbia event
In the District championship
tournament at Chevy Chase which
followed week later. william :
R"yhurn Of the home club. got
may 10 an impressive start and at
parcutly had only TUckerman as a
possible rival
standifer Wins District Title.
Eut Gay NJ. StanGifer. Portland.
Greg. golfer. who. however. has
done, much OF his playing over the
columbia course. turned iu s and
=" on the second and final day. phc-
nomcual scores under the existing
weather conditions. and when both
Eoyhurn and TuCkerman "Jlew'' in
the final lS-hole jaunt he breezed
, home a winner by a margin Of ;
strokes
Confronted by a season marked
boy upSetS at every turn. the task
~ rating District golfers is by no
ans "cut-and-dricd" affair In
the following list. however. the at
tempt mas been made to rank the
nrst ten players. not on their recog-
ni2ed ability as golfers. but strictly
on their records during the past
year
Tho District championship tourna-
mcut has been considered rather
more carefully than the other events
of tho year. because at - holes.
contested in weather which was
golfer. it provided the most thor
nugh test of the year.
And il must be remembered that
these selections are merely the
.opinion of one man. a mere dub"
at the game himself Criticisms
will be welcomed as the flowers In
Nay,
The Best Ten.
Here are the selections:
|. Guy N. Standifer. Columbia and
chevy Chase District champion.
,'hevy Chase champion and runner
M for the Columbia title Prob
ably the most spectacular OF local
players His game has improved
tremendously since last spring.
.. Albert Mackenzie, Columbia
Winner. Washington Golf and
Country Club tournament, and
semi finalist in Chevy Chase and
Middle Atlantic events.
A consistent. versatile player
with command of a wide range OF
strokes.
>. Robert Finkenstacdt. Colum-
bia. Runner-up in Washington
, Golf and Country Club and Middle
, Atlantic tourname Proba bly,
rates at the top in all-round play
hut his inability to compete in the
District title event precludes any
chance Of ranking him No. l.
l. Walter Tuckerman, Chevy
Chas Winner Of Columbia invita-
ton tournament. Extremely care.
. full. Studious type. One of the most
consistent putters in Washington
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