The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-30

professionals like Hagen and
Hutchinson have within three years
repeatedly emphasized the. part
luck plays in stroke competitions
where everything is ct1mulattve.
How much more then is It true in
hole play. wholly a game Of chance.
Although everybody admits there
has been q steady leveling as to
form, since the war, there never
has been q season in the East in
which stars went through roundB.
0nostly finaIsl without winning q
hole. something OF a paradox.
There was the case Of William.
Reekie. against Frank Dyer, in the
windSup OF the New Jersey state
championship. q title Bill had held.
Like the final in the tApawafnis
tournament when Dexter Cummings
goose-egged Oswald Kirl3y, thrice
Metropolitan tftilist George Morse
in capturing the Vermont honor did
not allow Sayre Mcleod TO take q
hole on the last eighteen, although
the latter played well = the morn
- the play OF of the lie ii the
Metropolitan open. Jiln Baines
would NOS have annexed 3 single
hole from Bob MacDona1d hid
their contest been st snatch
rather than stroke play.
Outside title struggles there NasI
the instance OF Captain Il. G @. |
Tippett. late Of England. doing the
same thing to Dick Loulsbery at |
Piping Rock while after holding al
leg on the Arcoia cup 8iH Reekie
did not do much better against
young Dick Jones in the finish Of
that fixture.
Max Marstin IN. his morning
round with Bobby Jones IN the ma
tional at Flossmoor did not win q
hole until the seventeenth vet
eliminated the Southerner in the
afternoon.
Nineteen.twenty three. too. VIII
long stand out because Of its crop.
Of stvmIes They began In the Brit
ish amateur when Francis 0uimetl
laid Roger Wethered one which the
latter knocked into the hole IN at Z
tempting to negotiate 1t. That
turned the contest.
In the very first Northern cite
struggle-the Long Island, stymie !
at the home hole proved the decid- !
ing factor. Then In the national
amateur there were Marston's five
etymies against Sweetser. It was
q stymie on the extra hole that put /:
Tom Sherman out of the semi finals
Of the New York State champion |
ship. The list might be extended
almost indefinitely.
This also has been 3 year Of
pIayOffs, the most notable being
% the national open, the metro /
pOlitan open, and the EIlaWnee
open. There also was tie for |
the qualifying medal in the ma
tional amateur, the New York
State and the st. Adams tOurna-
u1ent, among others.
Another popularity Of the season
has been the gravitation of leading |
qualifying prizes to stars OF South.
ern birth-Bobby Jones and Alexa /
Stirling, although the former had
70 play off with Chick Evans to
win the trophy at F1ossmoor For
the p. G. A. the qualifying was by 1
districts, so the Atlantans had al
monopoly in the major events.
Still another oddly was recorded |
when both the national amateur
and the professional championship
finals were carried to thirty-eigit 4
holes. new marks being established
thereby.
When the American team was
picked to battle for the interna-
tionaI cup abroad DIR. o. +. Will
ling, Of Oregon, was named as q
substitute, not without misgivings,
yet he made the best showing Of
the invading delegation and pIucked
success out of the teeth of defeat