The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-22
Gregory Stages Game Uphill Battle to Even Count
 With Brooke
By HENRY VANCE

 championship of the invitation golf tournament, staged at the Country .lub. MT. Brooke captured this honor oll the seventeenth green in the finals against Bob Gregory, his rival of many years standing, Saturday after noon. MT. Brooke was off the tee on the seventeenth with an iron loft to the green. The ball fell dead on the green.
 THEIR CARDS
 Brooke
 Out ........,'..s.. 4o4 4oS S44
 In .o4o o34 oS
 Gregory
 Out o6a 4o5 o73
 In ................4 446 454 55 MT. Gregory who had been playing with nerves of iron all afternoon. did not seem Mustered by this beautiful shot. He calmly teed his ball and shot one that looked like it might be dead ringer for Brooke's fine drive. The ball was a bit short, however, and failed to carry over the sharp bank of the green. Gregory couldn't overcome this handicap, and when MT. Brooke sank one for three. his opponent walked over and clasped his hand in congrats.
 A BEAUTIFUL MATCH
 It was a beautiful match all the way through, with Brooke outdriving his man, and Gregory having the advan- tage of the short game. The two Bobs were in fine fettle for the acid test and were seldom in trouble. MT. Gregory, however. got away to a bad start, and was never up on Brooke, though he came from behind after get ting away to a bad start and squared the match just after the turn had been made. He came from behind by mak- ing two of the prettiest butts ever seen in tournament play at the country club. One was a 20-foot design. and the other rolled dead to the pin and into the cup after roll of 15 fee.. These two butts were uncanny.
 The weather was ideal for golf, though on one or two occasions stiff breeze caused the m to do wind calculations before making their drives. A blue sky, however, and a hor sun made it ideal for golf, and the fair skies attracted quite large gallery out to follow the participants.
 BROOKE SCORES FIRST
 They got going promptly at 2.3O with 1t Brookes honor from the first tee. 6otn were down the fairWay with their wooden clubs 225 yards and about an even lie. Brookc's second shot was just short of green, while Gregory's drive .sWerved bit too far to the right. Brooke's third was within a yard or the cup, but Gregory over q played the green Brooks took the F hole with four and was 1 up.
 Starting from the second tee Brooks was away for a 23O yard drive, but Greg ory's club bested this by 20 wards. On the second shot Brooke's iron shot was short of the green and into a bunker. Gregorys effort was a slice to the woods, just short Of the green but he oIfset this handicap by pretty recovery on hls pitch through the trees to the green. Brooke was out of the bunker and on the green in three and his l2-foot putt hit the rim of the cup. He sank it Tor five and took the hole. Brooks. 2 up
 NUMBER THREE HALVED
 On the third Brooke, after gaining the advantage, foozled an easy putt and al lowed his opponent to halve it. Number three in short and each man overdroye the green on the drive from the tee. Gregorys pitch was to the edge of the green and Brooke was within five feet of the cup on his second. He blew his third, however, and Brooke was still 2 up On No. both were away from the tee with almost perfect shots and were On the green in two. They sank 'em for As with Gregory still two down.
 Gregory got the first bad drive out of his system from No. 5. His recovery was splendid, however while Brooke sliced to the right on his second and into the woods. He played his third beau-