Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-17

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a twenty-tive-foot putt to annex t
Never was a gallery so evenly d.
Fided as the throng which followed
TINS "pater ct filius" contest Natu-
rally, all the kids from the caddies up
were pulling for Roland, while the
veteran golfers sided with the father.
experience won in the end, as 1t usually
does unless youth comes through with
remarkable streak of brilliance
Albert played the last ten holes of
the match in one under tours, the last
Nas IN Sc, and then was only level
with his stalwart son-truly a chip
Off the old block. The yell that went
up when the lad ran down a thirty
footer on the eighteenth to halve the
match sounded like the last inning OF
a bail game when the smuggling idol
of the home club comes through with
the winning wallop.
Dad" Steady in the Pinch.
The hole looked as big as barrel
All he had to do was to get up. for
ROland's ball lay only four inches
away, and the chances were that
Alberts ball. if not exactly straight,
would hit the sons ball and drop in
anyway. But the winning putt never
wavered on its line and when it
plunked into the tin Roland "cele-
brated' his loss of the title by en-
SiIcillS the pdle1ndl SnOulue1S WIN Il
hug of congra tulationS.
Dramatic as the final act in an Ib-
sen drama was the entire progress
of the two MacKenzies through the
Semi-finals and final rounds The
dopesters had it all figured out that
chris Dunphy and Horace q. Chick
ring of Wilmington would meet in
The final round. They thought the
Mackenzies couldn't stand the pace.
But Albert walked through Dunphy.
"a h. ~ 49,. - 1. Il =
. and 1. while Il few yards back of
him stalked Roland. the son, trim
ming Chickerins to the queens taste
by and 3, missing d few shots, but
playing satisfying golf.
% And then the stage was set for the
greatest final of the finest tournament
ever held by the Middle Atlantic Golf
Association. There is only one paral-
lei for 1.-THE meeting of George S.
Lyon and his son, Seymour Lyon, in
he final for the championship of the
city of Toronto, Canada, last year.
And at the end the result was the
same with father victorious
You're a good lad, and good
golfer. but you've got to come to
papa just the same" said George at
and Albert MacKe nzie might have
said the same at Chevy Chase yester-
day.
Son Squares II Three Times.
His son has grit and plenty of it,
as any one of the hundreds who saw
that putt at the eighteenth will teS-
tify. And golf and the ability TO
come from behind in addition. Three
times during the round was Roland
down, and three times he squared the
match.
Only once was he up--at the first
hole. where Mackenzie pere pulled
his second shot These MacKenzies,
Fs.f "a, i
them besides the Scottish name that
MAX eS for grand Eolf-and graadly
they showed it yesterday \ finer
finish never has been seen around
Washington
Twenty-three years difference in
the ages of the tnalists-fatEer and
Son-and at the end the father vic
torious on the nineteenth hole.
Where is the critic who said golf
lacks qualities to satisfy thrillseek-
crS? Or the chap who persists that
golf is an old mans game? In what
other active outdoor sport could a
parallel spectacle be witnessed:
All Thrills Not in Final.
The thrills in this greatest of Mid
die Atlantic tournaments did not all
come on the last day, however. They
began early in the qualifying round,
when chickering cracked the course
record with Il 20 followed three hours
later by Is. Warren Corkran with the
same score.
The old course record went by the
boards five different times during the
medal round, for Tom Moore had a
T3 and Guy NJ. Standifer and Chris
Dunphy had 74s. Scores below rs
were scattered all through the tour
nament Chickering had three AZ
left for a 50 in one of his matches
yesterday. while Standifer had a II
with all puts holed. Such scoring
has never been seen in a tourna-
ment about Washington, or has the
golf ever been of such consistently
high order.
Mackenzie. the younger. won the
first hole with a par 4 when his dad
pulled his iron second to the rough.
The second hole was halted in S.
although Roland should have won
after a very long tee shot. He
hooked his second shot into trap.
Albert Mackenzie squared the match
at the third with Il par 4. when
Roland hooked into a trap. Albert's
second shot left him only a six foot
putt, which he didn't have to nego-
,Liate, Roland getting down in }.
Fourth Is Halved in IS.
The short fourth was halved in IS,
Albert sinking an eight-footer after
his approach putt. Ro-
land lost the sixth to become one
down when he overpitched the green
and then took three puts. The sixth
was halved in 5s, neither played get
ting home in 2.
Mackenzie, pere, won the seventh
10 become 2 up when Rolands
mashie shot failed to reach the green
and he missed a fifteen-footer for 4.
At this hole Albert's tee shot jumped
trap, and his second shot also
Jumped a trap and ran up on the
green. Two down, the kid" annexed
the long eighth when the father from
the trap to the left of the green
pitched over, and finally was down
in a
Then the fireworks began in
earnest Neither player reached the
green at the ninth. although Roland
was but few yards short. Albert,
away. Clipped up eight feet from
the hole. Roland Clipped up six feet
away and left his father a dead
stymie. TN sorry, dad" he said.
Albert couldn't putt around it and
failed to negotiate 1t with mashie.,
Roland holed and the match was
squared.
Albert Becomes Up.
Both players found traps at the
short tenth and the hole was halved
in four Albert became l up at the
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