Evening star., 1926-06-13


ing the 16 holes, winning all four and
had two pars left for a score OF -,
when the contest ended. After the
first three holes, two of which he
dronped because of his own errors,
Houghton steaded down and matched,
STEVENSON shot for shot through the
remainder of the match, losing only
The four holes on which the Coiuln-
bia man ran down puts for brides
Four down at the turn, HouShton
won the eleventh, thirteenth ana 1our-
teenth, while Stevinson was winning
the long twelfth. His rally came TOO
late, however.
STEVENSON had three IS in row at
the sixth, seventh and eighth, one OF
1hem a conceded 5-foot putt at the
seventh, where Hougntdn had pulled
his tee shot out Of bounds.
ONLY one final match went past the
eighteenth green, that in which Harry
+. Krauss of Bannochburn defeated
cant. X. J. Fielder in a contest which
krauss won by running down good
sized putt on the third extra hole.
Stevinson and Houghton won their
way to the final by victories over ".
l.. Richardson, jr., of the Maryland
Country Club and Frank ROeSch OF
Club. Stevenson beat Richardson
and t, while Houghton displayed
plucky brand of golf to down Roesch
ON the nineteenth hole, after RoeSch
had Jumped into a lead of four holes.
Roesch was l up going to the M
teenth, but dropped the sixteenth. All
square playing the eighteenth, HouSh-
ton put his second shot on the edge OF
the green, while Roesch hooked his
second beyond the guarding trap, and
was on the green in 3, 20 feet from
the hole Houghton'S approach putt
ran II feet past the hole and he was
unable to sink the return putt, giving
Roesch half in ). Roesch's tee shot
at the nineteenth sliced far to the
right, and he lost the extra hole IN
to for HouGhton, who played
two fine shots to the green.
Make Poor Start.
The finalists started out poorly,
halving the first hole in oS. SteVinson
drew first blood, winning the second
hole with a par 4, when Houghton's
second shot went over the green.
Houghton also lost the third hole
when he pulled into the woods, struck
d tree with his second shot and finally
picked up, ConCeding the hole to
StevinSon, who was on the green IN
TWO. They halved the 2l4-yard fourth
in As, neither man reaching the green
from the tee, and also halved the long
fifth in IS, although Stevinson should
have had a 4. At the fifth StevinSon
played one OF the finest shots of the
day, a midiron from well back of the
traps that nearly reached the green.
STEVENSON got his first birdie at the
long sixth, playing a long iron shot
10 feet to the left of the pin and sink
ing the putt for a 3. Houghton was
also home in two shots on this diff
cult hole, but lay 80 feet short of the
pin and missed his try for 3. Stevin-
son won the seventh to go into a four
hole lead, throwing a high nihlick
shot to within five feet of the hole
after Houghton had hooked his tee
shot over the fence out of bounds
Houghton conceded him the putt.
They halved the short eighth in So
and the long ninth in 5s.
Gets a Weird Half.
Four down. Houghton got d weird
half at the tenth, where he pulled his
tee shot into the road, pitched out into
IL bunker ana ran down q putt for a
4, with STEVENSON on the bank above
the green in two. Ifoughton won the
eleventh with par 4, when Stevin
sons chip failed to lay dead.
The Columbia player got the hole
back at the long twelfth. however,
again playing u spectacular iron shot
from the rough at the right to the
edge Of the green. Houghton mar
rOwly missed a l2-foot putt for a half
In 4.
His win for the fourteenth left
Houghton but two down and the
stage seemed set for a close finish.
But STEVENSON crashed out a long
tee shot at the fifteenth, laid a high
niblick shot 20 feet from the hole and
ran down the putt for another birdie
8, while the best Houghton could do
was 4.
Dormie up. Stevinson pulled his
maShie shot at the short sixteenth to
the left Of the green, and Houghtor
did the same. 1oughton was away
and only got half way up the bank
with his runup. STEVENSON played his
second shot II feet past the pin and
Houghton laid his third shot dead.
STEVENSON putted up to within two
feet and both holed for q half in 4,
giving STEVENSON the match.