The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-16
TRIMS D0NNALLY
J AFTER BRILLIANT
EXHIBITION 4 UP
Championship Flight
Ends on 33rd When
Donnally Misses

snaca. 10 The world
DkLAHOMA CITY, June 15.--
once again James A. Kennedy of
Tulsa has proven that he is peerless
amang amateur golfers OF Okla
homa. by defeating G. N. Donnally
M the oklahoma City Golf and
Country club 4 up and 3 to play at
Lakeside Thursday he won his third
y cons gutiye state championship.
4 During the morning runs OF the
decisive struggle, the best golf of the
tournament was produced. Both
showed effects of the wear and tear
Of ,ne long tournament during the
afternoon play. To be three up at
the noon hour, Kennedy had to
shoot II medal, the fastest round
OF match play ever staged In an
oklahoma amateur championship.
Play Was Surprise.
The veteran oklahoma Cityan
gave his youthful rival much
SITTER game, especially during the
morning, than had been expected.
As the match progressed, however
he wayered and in the afternoon his
approaches and puts time after
time ucked Just little OF being up
TO where they should have been,
D1nnally went one up on the first
hol, when he scored n birdie four
while Kennedy was playing it in par.
He took the next par three while
Kennedy was off in his putting.
Kennedy brdied on the third TO win
il, halved the next three and then
squared the match on the ninth with
a birdie on the eighth and an eagle
two I'm the ninth, for the remark able
medal of 35, three under par.
Never "a flor that was the OKLA
homa City man in the lead. After
both had pared the tenth, Donnally
missed three-foot putt on the elev-
en,h and went one down. lie had an
excellent chance to square things
again in the thirteenth when he was
on in two while Kennedy required
three, but his putter failed him.
Again on the fourteenth he had
ten-ioot putt for the hole, but
couldn't sink It.
Two Up on Sixteen
Kennedy went two up at the six
teenth when Donrally's approach
was trifle short and he required
a par five while Kennedy went one
under.
The seventeenth was halved and
then Kennedy added another hole
10 his margin, when Donnally's ap-
~
making him three up at noon.
After playing the first four holes
in the afternoon in par, both went
up in the fifth. each requiring a six
and then Kennedy took the sixth
wih a birdie four.
Donnally came back on the sew
enlh, Kennedy driving into the
rough, pitching into bad territory
with his second and then missing
his putt, requiring six to Donnal-
w four
Came Back Strong.
The Oklahoma Cityan reduced the
Tulsans lead another on the eighth.
Kennedy hitting a three with his
tee shot and then seeing his putt
which would have given him a half.
stop on the rim of the cup. They
hsived the ninth and thus Kennedy
stood two up at the final turn home.
Kennedy sank an eight-foot putt
for birdie three and the tenth hole,
going three up. He gained another
at the eleventh when Donnally was
short on his putt.
The thirteenth proved unlucky for
the champion for he drove into the
rough by the fence, then pitched
into a sand pit and missed his putt
after pitching on TO the green. Dom
nally played faultless and sank his
third for birdie.
The fourteenth also was unluCky
as he sliced his tee shot into the
rough and then kicked into the
rough again on his iron second. But
Donnally failed to take advantage
OF this opening. clubbing his own
approach and enabling Kennedy to
naive the hole with n six.
on the fifteenth the match ended
when Donnally missed his putt for
half and he was four down with
only three to play.