Evening star., 1925-06-21

Roland on the other hand, played
exactly the same brand of golf he
showed TO win his way to the final
round game steady, maChine-like
and accurate to the last degree over
the fast course. baked out by the hot
sun over a rainless month. Roland
fearleSSly pitched at the pin where
Richa rdson chose the. run-up shot
The pitch shot won. as il should win,
for most golf courses are not baked
out as was the course Of the Maryland
Country club during this champion
ship, an unfortunate circumstance, as
the course is one of the best in this
section when in normal condition.
When the match ended on the t1f-
teenth green in Roland's favor, with
the match his by and 3, the District
and new Middle Atlantic champion
had three par Is left for Il score of 13.
He was out in SO. and with pdrs on
the last three holes would have been
back in 81, exactly par figures for the
last nine holes.
Has Unprecedented Record.
Roland has entered six tournaments
In the Middle Atlantic section this
Spring and has won five OF them, his
only defeat hereabouts coming in the
Baltimore Country Club event, where
he succumbed to George j. Voigt. He
won the Indian Spring, Washington,
Chevy Chase and Columbia Journeys,
lost the Baltimore event and then won
the Middle Atlantic. His record mas
never been approached by any golfer
In this section, and stands out as prob
ably the best ever made by any golfer
I'm any part of the Nation. Certainly
II has never been approached around
Washington. for never before mas
District champion also won the Mlu-
die Atlantic the same year.
Roland has only played in three of
these championships, losing 70 his
father III 1928, losing TO L. Clln Me
Kirnmie at Richmond in the seminal
last wear and winning today. About
his supremacy i'll this section there
can be no doubt, his victory today
putting the final seal on the finest
record ever made by an amateur south
of New York.
Shipley Also Winner.
The second fight in the tournament
went TO another Washington player
when NJ \. Shipley of Bannockburn
defeated Tom Moore of Indian Spring
by > and l in the final round. Il. NJ
Waldron of Washington won the
fifth 16 consolation when his opponent
deauIted in the final round.
Roland won the first hole in the
final round, jumping into a lead ne
never relinquished against Richardson.
The latterS second shot. q hait-top-
ped nibIick. went out of bounds, ana
even though Roland took three puts
he won the hole in when Richardson
missed fiye-foot putt for par i
to win. The new champion drove
the green at the 236-yard third and
won the hole with a par ) when
Richardson failed 10 hole a lOfoot
putt for a half after hooking his tee
shot into the trees.
The fourth hole brought out the only
fireworks of the match, for Richard
son holed a 25-foot putt for birdie
3, which Roland sank a six footer for
a half after pitching almost dead to
the pin They halved the difficult
fifth hole in par 1, Roland laying a
chip shot stony, and the short sixth,
in par IS, with Richardson holing a
good putt.
Roland Loses the Seventh.
Roland lost the long seventh when
he hooked his tee shot to a bad lie
in the rough and had to play out short
of the green. He missed a 10-foot putt
for a half in a 4. when Richardson was
home in two shots.
The long eighth was halved, Roland
hooking his second shot TO the left
and Richardson only half hitting his
drive. Both men hit the cup for
birdie As but both pulls stayed out.
hOldnd won I!le SNORT HlHlu NlLI4- d
par 3. when Richardson's niblick shot
was in the ditch short of the green,
and turned up.
Even though Roland drove 375
yards at the 5l0-yard tenth hole and
should have reached the green with
2 mashie. his pitch shot kicked into
bunker at the right, enabling
Richardson to get a half in s. when
Richardson's second shot. after IL
l,-i, ho ht1Y, in
which MackenZie's tee shot nearly
ended.
Richardson won his last hole of the
final at the eleventh to become but
one down when MackenZies S second
shot was far short of the green, one
of the few shots he missed all day.
Richardson laid fine run-up shot
dead TO the hole for 4, and although
Roland had a 20-foot putt for a 4, his
ball stayed out on the far edge of the
cup.
Break Comes at Thirteenth.
The big break came at the thiI-
teenth, where Roland won three holes
in a row to establish his winning mar
gin. Roland's tee shot was hit so far
at this dog leg hole that he had but
q. short chip left to the green, while
Richardson's finely hit second shot
Just caught the edge of a bunker and
Sldytu H. ne lost lile IOIe WlltN IIG
missed a 15-foot pull for a half.
Roland won the thirteenth when
Richsrdson topped his tee shot into a
ditch $50 yards in front of the tee and
took d While Roland was down in a
par 4. Roland had his second birdie
of the final round at the fourteenth to
win the hole and become dormie, UP,
when he hit a tee shot 800 yards to
a bunker intended to catch the Sec
ond shot of the average player and
Clipped out dead to the pin. Rich
ardson secured a par 4, but Roland
holed this 3-foot putt for a birdie 3,
The end of the match came at the
fifteenth, 800 yards, where Roland
played a spoon to be sure not to go
over the green out of bounds. Rich
ardson made a gallant bid for his
birdie after good run-up shot, but
the ball Tipped the cup and stayed out
Amid the cheering of a gallery of 400
people Roland and Richardson shook
hands and the championship again
was in the Mac kenzie family. with
the Middle Atlantic cup going to Co
lunlbia for the second time in three
years.
Richardson Also q Youth.
Richardson. the runner-up, is only
10 years old and learned his game on
the public links in Baltimore. He
shot a 50 yesterday and had he played
the same type of game today Roland
would have had a much more difficult
time winning. AS it was, Roland had
the match well in hand at all times.
Richardson won his way to the fual