The New York herald., 1921-06-26
KIRKBY TAKES GOLF
FINAL FROM PEACOCK
Englewood Star Defeats Met
Runner-up 3 and 2 to Win
Apawamis Tourney.
by KERR n. PETRIE.


who had the metropolitan amateur golf
championship snatched away by Gardi-
rer w. White OF Nassau when IL was
all but within his grasp, encountered no
better luck IN the final OF the Apawamis
Clubs Invitation tournament yesterday
than he did az Garden City. Peacock
came through to the last bracket for
match against Oswald Elrkby OF Engle-
wood, but although playing iinely and
making 4 good match of II Cor thirteen
holes sudden adversely descended upon
him and, losing three holes in row
beginning with the fourteenth, he missed
the chief cup by a margin of and 2.
KirKby. who appears to be as much at
home or the short Rpavamis course as
Willie Hoppe is on a billiard table,
played the sixteen holes necessary to
clinch the victory In even fours. He
was out in 81. against Peacocks 3S.
For the holes from the second to the
eighth inclusive the Cherry Valley star
was two under fours. but he required a
six at each OF the first and ninth
That first hole was an odd affair.
Peacock began by playing into a trap
and from there he proceeded to get
mixed up with the fountain which
quenches the thirst OF jaded golfers COM
one Kirkby proceeded at the third to add
another hole to his lead, driving to the
basin green of the 315 yard hole and
easily scoring 3.
At the short fifth trapped tee shot
by Kirkby enabled Peacock TO reclaim
one of these two holes and at the next
the latter squared when his opponent
fell short into trap on his approach.
Kirkby was In error from the tee Of
the snort eighth and lost with a
against a 3. but he squared on the
ninth by laying beautiful iron shot
from a nasty downhill lie about eight
feet from the pin.
/ Starting the inward trip Kirkby fell
short with his approach shot and al
lowed Peacock once more to assume
the lead with a par 4. fine approach
to within few feet of the pin and a
masterfLl recovery from a trap by Pea
cock were the bright features Of the
eleventh hole. Kirkby had fine
chance for 3. and when he missed II
seemed that Peacock must halve. How
ever, in this match the Cherry Valley
man was not putting with the accuracy
and consistency which had been so no
table feature of his game in the met
ropoli.an final. Kirkby squared the
match with and never thereafter
was down.
With a well placed tee shot IL looked
for time as II Peacock might have
the better of the play at the 203 yard
twelfth. but Kirkby from off the green
hit the cup with his chip shot and got
an easy half A brilliant half In fol-
lowed at the 26O yard thirteenth. Kirkby
pitching practically dead from off the
green.
On the fourteenth Peacock found IL
necessary TO play short of the brook on
his second. Kirkby was well over and
up the hill. but In the rough TO the
right and he was home for an easy
five. Peacock made n fine third. but
although from down below It seemed
that the ball was on the green. 1t was
found quite a bit short. Strong with
his fourth. the metropolitan runnerup
missed the putt coming back and
Kirkby again had the lead In to 6.
Driving nearly 800 of the 365 yards
on the fifteenth, KirlSby played an easy
mashie shot to the green. Following a
hooked tee shot. Peacock reached a
bunker which has been placed at the
left hand corner of the green, and al
though making a fine recovery failed to
sink the putt for half In 4.
The next hole was the last Peacock
again had his putting 10 blame for los
ing this one. Driving TO the right of
the green, he got back 10 within about a
clubs length of the cup with n pretty
chip and then proceeded 10 miss the putt.
On the green with his first Kirkby ran
up TO within. two feet He sank this
putt easily and took the match by
and 2 The card