The New York herald., 1922-06-04
Sinks Six Foot Putt on Home
Green as Opponent
Misses.
RIVALS WE'LL MATCHED
Siwanoy Veteran and Rival
Battle Neck and Neck in
Downpour Of Rain.
BY KERR N. PETRIE.

to-day can go back and meet his club
mates without blush on his face. After
winning the county title In 1920 and de-
Tending 1t successfully a year ago the old
mid-Surrey star went through to his
third consecutive final yesterday at
Ardsley and only surrendered his crown
when E. E. Sturges Of Scarsdale, his op-
ponent. sank his six foot putt on the
home green after Worthington himself
had missed one only an inch or two
longer. Sturges's margin of victory was
UP.
To come through to the last bracket
Worthington in the morning had to face
Charles H. Brown of Hudson River,
while Sturges was opposed by the former
Chicago PLAYER. John De Witt. now a
member of Ardsley. Worthington won
by 3 and 2, while Sturges qualified by
and /.
The final was played in downpour
Of rain. which. breaking not long after
the contestants started, washed all but
the faithful few out of the gallery.
Considering the unfavorable weather and
the strain attendant upon a title Anal
excellent golf was shown. Sturges was
around in 70 and Worthington in 80.
While not bothered much by casual
the absorbent nature of the Ardsley soil
the contestants naturally had lot
Of trouble judging the speed of the
greens.
Throws Away n Chance.
Both men seemed determined to OBJ
serve the time honored adage relative to
giving the hole chance. They did as a
general rule, although on the sixteenth
Sturges. after driving the green, threw
away glorious chance by being short.
This hole is shot of 210 yards. Worth
ington was in the rough. He fubbed a
shot. too, by looking up. but he got his
next within six feet and sank the putt,
while Sturges took three from twenty
five feet thereby allowing half.
At this stage the men were dead
locked Worthington had been 2 up at
the thirteenth. but he lost the fourteenth
= through slcing two balls out of bounds.
He dropped the next as we'll when, after
both had sliced to the rough, the Scars
dale man laid his second within six or
eight feet of I've flag and holed out In
a 3. W
Sturges had good reason to grudge
himself these three puts at the six
teenth He would have had still stronger
grounds for self-condemnation had
Worthington sunk his putt at the next.
Sturges hooked wide of the green to the
rough and after putting and missing his
fourth he left his opponent with five
footer to become dorme.
So determined was the champion to be
up that he ran his ball out of dead.
However, he sank the next one so that
the waterlogged gladiators passed on to
the home tee all square.
sturges Sinks winning Putt.
Both drove finely on this crucial test.
For the second Worthington worked
clear of the out of bound. while Sturgess
ball hung in the long grass almost be-
tween the markers. Worthington. on his
third, played n low approach that made
the green after a dangerous filtration
with the trap. Sturges from the rough
was short. His fourth was six feet
short, while on long putt Worthington
was about the same distance beyond.
George Sweetser. who refereed faith
fully despite the deluge. measured the
puts and declared the champion to be
away. Worthngton missed land then
came sturgcs's great opportunity. Nerve
WAS us necessary as skill. The Scars
dalo man never flinched, Down went
his ball like a plummets and with the
shot he gnatched away that crown that
was beginning to look as though 1t were
glued to the head of worthington.
Sturges made his first bad puttinG
slip at THE third, where he took three
from distance of fifteen feet arc lost a
hole which he seemed likely to win. He
had the better approach. but Worthing-
ton got his 4. iiol'ng Ira two from thirty
feet.
worthfngton Takes Lead.
On the fourth Sturges lost a shot on
a trapped drive and although he played
the hole well thereafter he found him
self down thus early. The hfth he
won when Worthington sliced out OF
hounds and the match was squared at
the sixth, where the same player missed
pvtt OF one foot.
At the turn Sturges was 1 up, but
Worthington squared with putt OF
twelve feet at the tenth. The eleventh
also was feature hole for Sturges got
a half in 3 by laying a shot nearly dead
from a trap after mishitting his tee
shot
II can be said for Sturges that he Is a
worthy champion. All through the
tournament he has played fine golf.
Formerly he was a member OF Wykagyl
and golfers still recall how In a tourna-
ncnt at Shinnecock Hills he confounded
the experts by eliminating Oswald
Kirkby. That was perhaps ten years
ngo. And Sturges has improved greatly
sincc then.
The card of the hnal
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The summary.
CHAMPIONSHIP SIXTEEN. sEMI-FINAL--
e. r.. Sturges, Scarsdale. beat John DC
witt, Ardsiey, 2 and 1. J. 8. Worthing-
ron siwanoy, beat Charles II. Brown.
Hudson River. 3 and 2.
rINAI~-Sturges beat Worthington, l up.
SECOND SIXTEEN. SEMI-FINAL--H. v.
Gaines, Wykagyl, beat w. II. Wund. Dun
woodie, and 4. ". y. Johnson. 'Ardsley,
beat Jay Jones. westchester Hills, and 4.
TrNAr--(;aines beat Johnson, and 3.
xHIRD SIXTEEN. SEMT-FINAL--W. w.
S--rts. Hudson River. beat A. r. Chal-
mers, Scarsdaie, 1 up. l.. j. Goldman. Oak
Ridge. beat J. S. osilvie. Mount Vernon,
FiNAI-Goldman beat Harris. and 4.
Japs Defeat u. S. Ball Team.