Evening star., 1921-05-22

ans Do~Su III Qclcdt DcloIS tlC i'S
lay. as Smith had defeated George ).
final round on the 10Th hole.
Not regarded before the tournament
as having more than an prsside
chance. Smiths game got better as the
| tournament progressed. reaching its
| elimination in the final when he was
out in 36 against the Canadian. and
4 might have cut two strokes off even
! that fine score had he been made to
putt for the hole on two occasions
/ where Thompson conceded the hole.
Nothing daunted by the fact that he
was four down at the turn, howevee
the game little Canadian. who. by the
way. plays with a style very mach
like that of Charles Evans. ir. tn
United States amateur champion. ade
a determined fight. He succeeded in
| winning the eleventh hole. dropping
the next and then winning two in =
! row to become two down and four to
go. His long putt at the thirteenth
for a was applauded by the gallery.
When he nearly holed a pitch shot az
the fourteenth and won that hole y:
gallery was with him. Not that the
! golfers who composed the gallery did
not admire the fine game Smith was
| playing. but they wanted to see the
| match carried a few more holes.
The fifteenth was halved In g.
! Thompson missing a holeable putt.
! and the match came to an end on the
! sixteenth. where the Canadian missed
a three-foot putt for half after he
| had a grand chance to win the hole.
Both men hit fine balls of the hrst
| tee, and both were just short and of
| the green in two. The hole was halved
| in 4. however. both men chipping up
dead.
Smith Takes the Lead.
Smith broke into the lead on the
| second hole. where he hit a very long
tee shot and put his midiron second
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tee shot and hit a good iron that
failed to get home. His chip shot was
ten feet away. and he missed tho
putt, Smith winning with a 4. Smith
also won the third hole with a
against Thompson's 4. the latter put
ting his second shot in the cross
bunker. $50 yards from the tee.
Thompson won his first hole at the
fourth. where he ran down a fine
putt for 2, Smith taking 4. Thomp-
son was in the trap guarding the
green at the fifth and took two shots
to get out. while Smith drove the
green about fifteen feet above the
hole; Thompson conceded the hole
The sixth hole was halved in 5.
Smith half-topping his chip shot after
two fine wooden shots to the green's
edge. Thompson saved the hole by
good chip shot and a good putt.
Smith played the seventh hole per-
fectly to become up. His high pitch
after a fine drive was twenty-five feet
from the hole and he sank the putt.
ond The long eighth was halved in
5. both men playing good pitch shots
to the green. Thompson's bid for
just hung on the lip of the cup.
Canadian Hooks Tee Shot.
The Canadians tee shot at the ninth
was badly hooked and his second shot
, struck a tree and bounded back, while
Smiths tee shot was short and to the
right of the green. Thompson was
! dead in 4 and ceded Smith the hole.
the latter being dead in three.
The tenth hole was halved in IS and
Thompson won the eleventh with a
good 4. At this hole smiths mashie
second struck tree at the right Of
the green when it seemed sure to go
into the woods and bounded into the
rough near the edge of the green. His
chip shot was not dead and he missed
the putt. while the Canadian star
played a fine pitch shot after a hooked
second and ran down the putt for a 4.
Smith won the twelfth to again be-
come 4 up. when Thompson sliced his
drive and went deep on his second
, shot, Smith playing fine mashie to
the green.
Thompson won the thirteenth. how
ever. with scintillating .. after a
very fine iron shot to within twelve
! ACCt Va the PIN. oNibh "dS at luc
edge of the green to the right and
took three puts.
! Thompson also annexed the FOUR
teenth when Smith sliced his tee shot
and also his mashie second. The Ca
madam was lucky here. however, as
he went deep with his mashie second
shot and did not get to the ditch. His
third shot almost holed out. however.
Smith missing four-foot sloping putt
for half.
Smith got his share of the breaks at
the fifteenth, where his iron second
shot jumped the ditch to a fair lie on
the far bank. from which point he
played a high niblick shot to the
green. Thompson's brassie was not
well hit and his chip shot left him
too much Of putt. the hole being
halved In So.
Both Get Into Rough.
Both men were in the rough OF the
sixteenth tee. where Smith was :
away and only half hit his second
shot, still being in the rough. Smith
played a fine mashie shot. which did
not have enough stop and ran over
the right edge of the green into the
his third shot and Clipped up to
four feet in 4. Smith lifted out of
the ditch and played a fine fourth
shot almost dead to the hole. running
with a four-foot putt to continue the
match: He took great pains with the
putt and allowed just a little toa
much for the hillside, the ball RIM
ming the cup.
All through the match Smiths ap-
proach putting was the finest seen
here in a long time. He seldom left
himself very much to do around the
hole and only missed one holeabls
putt. that at the fourteenth for a
half.
1t appeared that Thompson was try
| ing to hit the ball too far on the
first nine holes. as after he gave up
| trying to drive level with the long
hitting Smith he played better goii.
| Fraser Hale of the Chevy Chase
| Club won the second flight. defeating
! j. Donald Cassels by and in the
| final.
| The third flight went to John w.
| Brawner of Columbia. who defeated
/, his clubmate. ID. Bradley Gish, in the
| final round by and 3.
! Stewart w. Cramer of Chevy Chase
annexed the fourth flight from J. E.
Baines of Columbia. winning by
! and 5.
summary Of Events.
First flight: Semi mi-fnal-Russel Smith, wav-
; erley. defeated q. $. Lyon. Toronto. ! up in
| 10 holes: Frank Thompson. Toronto. defeated
| A. r. Mackenzie, Columbia. up. Final
| Su;th defeated Thom6son and