The New York herald., 1921-10-30
Scottish Golfer Makes Clean
Sweep of Match and Medal
HonOrs.
BEATS VAN vLECK, a-2
Pine Valley Player Makes
Fine Rally, but Loses
at Sixteenth.
BY KERR n. PETRIE.

Heading off a dangerous rally on
the Homecoming stretch by an oppo-
nent who refused tc consider a deficit
of four holes at the turn an impossi-
BILE handicap, 7. d. Armour. the Scot
tish amateur golfer. yesterday added
the match play honors of the En-
gineers Country Club invitation tour
nament to the medal play laurels, de-
featlng c. E. Van Week, Jr., of Pine
Valley, in the last round by margin
Of up and to play.
Outgoing Van Week experienced
many ups and downs. but after turn
Ing into the homestretch with his OPP
ponent leading him by 4 up the Pine
Valley man came to life to such an ex-
tent that he played the last nine
within a stroke of the difficult par Of
"a, and this was conceding him moth
ing that he did not play for with per-
haps the execution Of Ave foot putt
on the thirteenth green, where he had
arrived with his approach. With q
4 there Van Week still would have
been home In SO, and at that he missed
a short putt for a 8 on the home
green.
The danger point Of the match for
Armour came at that thirteenth hole,
for it marked the third success in four
holes enjoyed by Van Week and brought
the lead of the Lothianburn amateur
down to one. Had Tom failed to hold
the difficult fourteenth green there
would have been a battle such as the
national championship did not see. Van
Week was on, but Armour made no
mistake with his tee shot The ball held
nicely, and after Van Week had rolled
his long putt within a foot or so Of the
hole Armour was even left with a chance
to win. And despite the fact that he
missed the putt the situation was saved,
innsmuch as the play here saw Van
Week through the most dangerous part
OF his rally.
Never for a moment did the Pine VAL
Icy representative stop battling as long
as life remained. However. Armour had
caught his wind, and at the next he put
the slxids once more under Van Week by
seizing the thin end of opportunity and
laying his second nicely on the green
from the rough after his opponent had
sliced into a bunker on the edge of the
pitched to the rough and was playing
two more on his fourth. That fourth
almost holed out, but with Armour dead
the miss was as good as a mile 1t lett
the Edinburgh man 2 up with to play.
Armour Plays over Trees.
AS Armour got himself into something
of a mess with a pulled drive on the
sixteenth the gallery began to recall the
fact that at the same place the day be-
fore and under exactly similar circum-
stances Van Week had Initiated the rally
which left him victor over Roy d. Webb
on the nineteenth green. In this contest
with Armour Van Week again was
road to a success at the sixteenth with
q drive that carried straight down the
fairway to within sight Of the green.
Besides the rough, Armour had to
contend with a downhill lie and a line Of
trees. 1t was case Of over the top or
nothing. Tom dug his mashie niblick
deep into the grass and played the shot
to perfection. The ball did not settle
anywhere near the flagpin on one Of those
miraculous strokes, but the fact that Il
held the green was everything.
Playing the like. Van vleck cut little
too close to the bank and found himself
somewhat cramped for space on his chip
shot. which had become a counter for
the fine runup played by Armour. With
the latter now little more than two feet
from the cup Van Week had to do some
thing brilliant TO win. Gripping his club
half way down the shaft he made
valiant try for 8. but on the sloping
green the sphere kept on until 1t was
clubs length beyond the mark.
Instead of scoring the easy success
that at one time looked likely on the
hole. Van Week now found himself
fighting for his life. To add to his
difficulties. the Pine Valley man had
his opponents ball slightly in his way.
but IN the circumstances he could not
afford TO conccde the putt. The upshot
of this situation was that Van Week
missed and Armor holed. this turnabout
bringing the match to conclusion In
favor OF the latter by up and 2 to
Ilay.
Van Weeks troubles began as early
as the first hole outgoing. for here he
pitched MS second into trap and failed
on three attempts TO get clear lie
picked up. Armour halved the second
on a single putt after sliclng his APP
proach to the roadway. and at the third
the Scotsman became up when Van
Week sliced his second into a bunker
ond then played his third away into the
rough across the green.
Armour
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