The New York herald., 1922-10-26
N. Y. A. G. GOLF TITLE
FOR H. c. RICHARD
Defeats Henry McAleenan
and l, Winning Honor
for Third Year.
BY KERR N. PETRIE.

By KERR N. PETRIE.
With celebrities enough from other
lines sprinkled throughout the prize list
to prove conclusively that golf has tho
ott er sports on the run, the last annual
golf championship Of the New York
Athletic Club before that organization
moves into It's own quarters next year
at Mamaroneck as the Winged Foot
Golf Club. came to a successful con-
clusion yesterday at the Green Meadow
Country Club.
There were, of course, one or two pa
thetic Incidents to touch the tender
heart strings OF the committee. such,
Halpin finally has decided to throw
away his clubs. But, taking 1t by and
large, it has been quite a tourna-
ment. IL only viewed from the aspect
which discloses wealth OF talent which
when fully budded. will begin to put the
Winged Foot Club on the metropolitan
golflng map.
| Harold c. Richard won the champion
| ship title, but this fact no longer sur
prises. For three years Richard has re-
mained undefeated. and the committee
| is wondering whether it might not save
something on the engraving bill IL II
made contract 10 have the name OF
this player repeated say half dozen
times on the championship cup.
! The Richards just cannot keep their
! fingers out of II. AS IL the third con-
secutive success of Harold were not
enough, Walter L., the other well known
golfing member Of the family, went out
and won the triple playon for the
qualifying medal from Pierre A. Proal
of Deal and w. H. Buchanan OF West
chester. the scores in this event being
50, 81 and S5 respectively
Defeats Richard Lounsbery.
In the semi-final Of the main division
Harold Richard defeated Richard I.ouns-
| berry Of Oakland 2 and i while Henry
M'Aleenan, the former champion OF
| Hollywood. eliminated A. c. Harrington
by and score. In the final for the
title Richard defeated M'Aleenan by 2
and /, thus preventing n celebrated
high diver from taking the honors OF
another sport than his avowed speciality.
Versatility appears to be writ large
over the sportsmen of the New York
A. c. In the second sixteen Jack Sell
lers, the half miller. came dashing
through with swing that was strangely
mic movement on the cinderpath and in
the fourth and fifth slxteens there were
winners from the ranks Of the trap
shooters in II. II. Duden and D. r.
McMahon.
1t is not known that Joseph Paterno
who annexed the third sixteen trophy
has left any record behind him on track
or field. However Joe. as he Is fam
iliary known. Is almost dead ringer
in personal appearance for Gene SaraZen
and, what is more, he plays a lot like
Gene--in spots. The shot with which
Palermo came out Of the woods and the
rocks to win his final on the eighteen
green, one of those looping mashie nib
lcks with a lot OF back spin, was
worthy OF Sarazen at his best. The
stroke brought victory to Paterno by
/ up.
Good golf was plentifully sprinkled
throughout the semi-final and final
rounds Of the major division. In the
n orning McAleenan went out In 81
against Harrington and made the dose
still more pungent by hopping stymic
at the eight In most approved Joe Kirk
wood style. This stynie was not one OF
the ordinary kind II was duplicate
OF the shot that Walter Hagen brought
off against Abe Mitchell in his match
at the westchester-B Blltmore Country
Club. The ball took one hop after It
had cleared the obstacle before dis
appearing into the hole.
While this was going on Harold
Richard was going out in 3s and scoring
la rs for the benefit of Lounsbery. The
latter had IS. but he was never up
during the round.
McAIeenan Leads at start.
"a
a. IL a champion was about to be de-
throned and new one crowned. Nc
Aleenan was 2 UP at the fourth. but he
lost the fifth and then took three puts
to allow his opponent to bring the
match square at the eighth. At the turn
the pair were even. Coming back Rich
ard forged to the front. He won the
eleventh in n par 8 and then laid his
second within six feet of the cup and
scored birdie at the eleventh. The
thirteenth he won when McAleenan
sclaffed into the brook. SO that with
TO play Richard was UP.
Quite an exciting touch was lent to
the concluding stages by rally on the
part of McAleenan, Initiated and sus-
tained by some fine approaching and
putting The former Hollywood cham
p;on got down a fairly good putt 10
keep the match alive at the sixteenth
and had not Richard replied to n thirty
footer by McAleenan at the seventeenth
b. sinking a putt OF ten feet the match
would have gone to the home green.
In the light OF this finish McAleenan
must have regretted wasting shot at
the fourteenth by approaching half way
with his mashie. That Is. the ball was
half way when It hit. However. it re-
turned down the slope right to the
players feet. The card OF the final:
RICHARD
out .......5 8 & 60
out .........5 3 s58 - . GO
RICHARD
| McAI.ETNAN-
IL ~ 44s q 4 ,-4o-so