The New York herald., 1921-10-16
HUNTER is VICTOR
| ON SHAWNEE LINKS
British Champion Defeats
Percy Kendall in Tourney
Final 3 and 3.

Special Despatch to THE NEW YoRx HnRAIp.
SHAWNEE ON DELAWARE, Pa. Oct. Is.
Playing good golf most Of the time.
Willie Hunter. Great Britain's amateur
titlehoider. won the Shawnee Country
Club invitation tournament here to-day.
defeating Percy w. Kendall. the Deal
champion, up and 2 to play In the flnal
round. Earlier in the day the visitor
met with sitter opposition when opposed
TO James d. Stand!sh. Jr., Of Detroit.
This marks Hunters first tournament
success since coming to America. He
will take part In a four ball match here
tomorrow against William Reekie, the
Upper Montclair player. who won the
Buckwood tournament during the sum-
mer. Next Wednesday Hunter VIII play
at Tredyfrin. near Philadelphia, in a
four ball affair He will have Max
Marston for a partner against Jesse
Guilford, national amateur champion,
and Francis Ouimet.
In the final to-day both Hunter and
Kendall started ind!fferentiy, finding the
trap on their second shots. Kendall took
two TO get clear of the sand and. losing
the hoic. became one down. pulled
drive from the second tee cost the Deal
man another hole. Then followed a
most unusual incident.
Going 20 No. 8. Hunters drive. trifle
sliced, left his bail In the road running
parallel with the fairway. In playing
the second shot the British champion to
every ones surprise grounded his club
After they had halved In s. Hunters at
tention was called to the infraction OF
the rule. and when told that 1t was q
hazard he Immediately gave up the hole
with the remark that he didn't know II
was q hazard, never having played a
ball off road before.
That left the golfer from overseas ]
up, and as he failed on a number OF
occasions to lay up the approaches with
his usual accuracy, enough openings
we're presented to enable Kendall to
draw level at the tenth hole. Hunter
then won three OF the next four holes,
which placed him In such a comfortable
position that halves at the fifteenth and
sixteenth left him q winner. He made
the round in 70.
Kendalrs driving did not give him
so much trouble earlier In the day. when
opposed to Alex Coles. The latter
srrothered four tee shots. and those mis-
takes had considerable to do with his
defeat, Kendall's margin being ana y.
The best golf OF the day was 70 in
the morning by Hunter, but even against
that pace Standish carried the contest
10 the seventeenth green. For fifteen
holes It was anybody's match.
First Sixteen. Semi-Finai Round-willie
Hunter. England. beat James d. sfandish.
Jr.. Detroit. up and 70 play Percy
Kendall. Deal. beat Alex Coles. Shawnee
Final Round-Hunter beat Kendall. up
Beaten Eight, First sixteen, Final Round
D. r. Neigh, Merton, beat III. X. Louden,
| Glen Ridge, up and TO play.
| Second Sixteen. Serii-Final Round-F. H.
Gates, Montciair, beat DR.. Jefferson. subur-
ban, up and Q TO play; Harry u. Salmon
| Glen Ridge. beat Henry kritler. North Hills
up and to play.
Final Round-diates beat salmsn. up and
| . TO play.
Beaten Eight, Second Sixteen, Final Rount
| IF. II. Harper. Trenton. beat W. d. Fowler
Third sixteen, semi-FinaI Pound-J. II
Haiton, Whitemarsh. beat w. A. Dolan
Shawnee, ! up 90 holee) H. Bentley
Shawnee, beat T.. +. Koehler. Jr., Soutf
Shore. 2 up and to play.
FINAL Round-Halton beat Bentley. III
Fourth Sixteen. semi-rinai Round--F. c
Hall. Montclair. beat Q. Cairns. Montclair
| Montciair, beat y. T. J. Bennett, Lulu Tenn.
| pie, 3 up and 2 to play.
Final Round-Hal beat Pointer, up and
Fifth sixteen, semi-rInal Round--R. L
! Mishler, Shawnee. beat w. e. Eiienberger
Shawnee. q UP and TO play: d. Il. Warford
| Seaview, beat II. Flynn. unattached. ! up.
Final Round-Mishler beat Warford, VI
| Q9 holes).