The New York herald., 1922-10-08
SHAWNEE GOLF CUP
ANNEXED BY KNIGHT
Philadelphian Defeats DR..
Steel, Tourney Dark Horse,
2 and / in Final.

Special Dispatch to THE NEW York HERALD.
SHAWNEE ON DELAWARE, Pa. Oct. T.
Fred w Knight. former Philadelphia
champion from Whitemarsh, won his
second chief golf cup or the season by
defeating DIR. F. A. Steel of Canoe Brook
to-day. 2 ana /. in the final round of the
invitation meeting at the Shawnee Coun-
try Club. Although defeated Steel, who
has seldom appeared in competitive golf.
proved the dark horse of the tourna-
ment.
His best golf was furnished in the
semi-flnals when he went OFT in 2S
against r. w. woolworth. the former
Princeton star. Steel was three under
par for the first seven holes and his
only slip going out came at No. s. where
he pulled his approach to trap and
needed six strokes When the match
ended at the fifteenth Steel only needed
to finish In par for "a.
In the meantime Knight and f. A.
Bicking, the ST. Davids veteran, were
having the closest kind OF a contest
/ The Whitemarsh man, out in 2S, made
the turn up. lie saved himself a half
In 3 IN at the twelfth by sinking a long
/ putt. but on the next green Bicking
stole" one away by running down a
SO-footer at .. Tne latter stood 1 down
/ playing the sixteenth which he lost. his
tee shot finding the water. That placed
| knight dormie 2. Bicking won the
seventeenth. but nalf in at the home
! hole left knight a winner by ] up. He
had a rs to so for the St. David's repre-
| sentative
A poor start practically killed Steel s
chances in the final. The first thing
l he knew he found himself down and
when knight captured the tenth the
margin stood up in favor Of the
Marathon King" Steel put up a
plucky fight from there in but the odds
were too great, the match ending at
the seventeenth. Knight was going at
a II pace.
Pierre Proal Of Deal won the second
sixteen prize His opponent was w
/ Churchill of Overbrook, whom he de-
feated 4 and 2.
Hamilton Gardner of Buffalo and
Hawley Quier of Berkshire played off
their tie for the qualification medal
Gardner winning SO to s..
The summaries:
FIRST SIXTEEN-SEMI-FINA ROUND.
Fred w. Knight, whitemarsh. beat +. A.
Blckng. st. David's. up pr f. a; steel
Scranton, and 3.
FINAL ROUND.
knight beat Steel. and /
BEATEN EIGHT, FIRST SIXTEEN
FINAL ROUND.
Hamilton Gardner Buffalo. beat Donald
Parsons, Youngstown, and 2.
SECOND sIXTEEN-SEMI-F FINAL ROUND
w. Churchill. Overbrook beat II. 8. Baird
Newark A. c., . and Pierre A. Proai
Deal. won from W. S. Lack, Trenton, pS
FINAL ROUND.
Proal beat Churchill. 4 and ..
BEATEN EIGHT. SECOND SIXTEEN
FINAL ROUND.
E. Carlisle, Overlook, beat II. Compton
Suburban. 3 and >.
THIRD MISREPRESENTATION ROUND
} j. W. Dodson. Berkshire, beat p. c. Sleepy
|, Deal 3 and .: Tracy White. Asbury Park
beat X. /. Clemson, Orange County,
FINAL ROUND.
, White beat Dodson, and 3.
BEATEN EIGHT. THIRD SIXTEEN, fINAl
ROUND.
". w. Buchanan. Suburban. beat J. w
Mason, ShackamaXon, ! up.
FOURTH sIXTEEN. SEMT-FINAL ROUND
G. w. Rainear. Aronimnk. beat T. ouier
| Berkshire. : and & George Mcguire, Tren
ton. beat G.. +. Toms. Red Hill, up.
FINAL ROUND.
Rainear beat Mcguire. and ..
BEATEN EIGHT. FOURTH SINTEEN-
FINAL. ROUND.
c. J. Levett Ardsley. beat w. S. Sheehan
Trenton. and >.