Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-08-20
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victory and defeat. Due to the fact
that each player picked up on several
greens. there was no official medal
score, but on the last twelve holes,
Kicker played within four strokes OF
par, which is As for these holes, and
DR.. Tyson was only three or four
strokes behind him. Kicker won the
championship by putting, his work on
the green's being superior to DIR. Ty-
sons. DR. Tyson outdrove his OPP
ponent, and the approach shots of the
two men were very even.
The win on the 39th came about
by superior putting by Mr.. Kicker
when one stroke won the title for the
Poland Springs amateur. Kicker took
the honor on the 39th tee, and drove
a liner 200 feet straight up the fair
way, his second shot took him on, but
at the upper outer edge of the green.
Tyson's drive was 100 feet, bad lie
in a rut in the road which crosses the
fairway. his direction was poor on his
second shot, and he landed in the
rough lust below the lower right cor
rer of the green, his third stroke was
a peculiar one, it was mashie,
starting from under the club with
beautiful pitch, and appearing to he
we'll timed: as it rose in the air, 1t
hit telephone wire above the green,
ran along the wire for a foot or so,
and dropped on the green about 10
feet from the cup. DR.. Tyson chose
to play the ball instead of taking a
new shot. Kicker narrowly missed q
putt Of II feet for three. DR.. Tyson
putted for the that would even up
the hole--the ball started with perfect
direction, and went directly to the
cup, but the doctors shot was a
trife hard and it bounced across for
a miss Mr. Kicker holed a perfect
par four. and the match was over.
DIR. Tyson lost an opportunity to
become champion on the 36th green.
AS the two players teed up for this
hole, DR.. Tyson held Mr.. Kicker
1-up. The doctors drive was 225-
yard liner, but hit a telegraph pole
and came to rest a. foot from its
base. DR. Tyson dropped in the edge
of the rough in place of taking a
new drive. and tried a brassie shot
from the heavy lie instead of using
his iron. His shot went out of
bounds for a penalty of > strokes,
and he was forced to shoot another
ball for ii 4. This stroke was a long
one. landing in front OF the first tee,
about 20 yards from the Both green.
The doctor layed a beautiful mashie
within feet of the hole, being on in
3. Kicker had marched straight
down the fairway with al 190-yard
drive, good second shot, and mashie
that placed him on the edge of the
green in 3 His first putt put him
within I feet of the hole. and it
seemed certain that he would hole
out in >. He missed his putt. how
! ever. and was forced to take a 6,
which gave DR.. Tyson an opportun-
ity to halve the hole and win the
match 1-up. He missed his putt,
however, by heart breakingly small
margin, and the Seth hole closed
with the match even-Gp
A gallery of several hundred mem
bers of the Country club, their
guests, and fans from all over the
State witnessed the match, and fol-
lowed the players around the course
with breathless interest on their final
round.
The finals in all divisions were run
off today, resulting in many close and
hard-fought matches. A feature of
the day, second only to the cham
plonshlp fight was the match for
the winner of the beaten s of the
first 10 between H. II. Pierce, Jr.. of
Augusta, and l.. E Wardwen of
Camden, won by Wardwell 1-up after
70 holes of play in what Was sched-
uled as an IS hole match.
The Augusta Country Club opens
the qualifying rounds of it's Annual
Mems Club Championship Tourna-
ment today. 1t has a fast field of
players as evinced by the showing of
the local men in the State Tourna-