The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-16

~ the sixteen players who qualified
" 10 enter the opening round Of the
open championship OF the Oakland
and San Francisco Golf clubs five
We're oaklanders. six We're members of
ne Preside club, two came from the Bur
ihsame Country Club and one each from
me Los Angeles Country Club. the ARMY
and the Navy. The San Rafael Golf Cuh
had no representatives. The best scores
IN me qualifying round were made by
john Lawson and w. L. Johnson. whose
records were 70 each: Major II. J. Cal
lesher' I. ;. A, and Lieutenant w G.
Miller I. ;. n, both qualified with III:
While y. ". Howard. secretary of the
santa Catalina Golf Club. Just failed TO
qualify with ll3. No golfers came down
from Tacoma. Portland or Victoria. B. G.
\ W Howard and +. Condo Jones were
The only Southern Californians
In the opening rounds OF the compeu-
Ton, which was at match play over eight
cen holes. Lieutenant W q. Miller who
had made i'll in the qualifying round.
easily beat l. O. Kellogg. who had made
lnt. q. Page, whose qualifying score was
lOa. after close struggle. defeated ]. W.
byrne' whose qualifying round was made
IN Jos, John Lawson beat r. r. FolFer
by an ample margin. ". L. Johnson beat
A b Williamson. r.. &. Jones won from
y. r. Gaylord. though the latters medal
play score was lOl as against the formers
l02 and r.. NJ. Fitzgerald defeated r. s.
StrattOn. The best medal play score was.
that 81 John Lawson. who made thirteen
holes IN O.. which would give 50 for the
full eighteen holes.
OF the eight who entered the second
round three represented the san Francisco
club. two the Oakland. while the Bur
lingame Country Club. Los Angeles and
The Navy each had one representative. In
this round the winners were g. Page. J.
Lawson. r. Condo Jones and II. Il. Good
win, the last making the eighteen holes in
competition.
ne san Francisco Club thus had two
representatives in the seni-nnal round,
the Burlingame Club one and the outside
world one. All these We're sure OF prizes
the losers taking the third and fourth. and
the winners the first and second. Al this
time Il looks as though the final round
would be between John Lawson and II. d.
Goodwin. though 4. Condo Jones is a like
% candidate for one OF the two places:
The Oakland Golf Club was minus its
strongest player. &. =. Hubbard, while +.
r Folger fell an easy victim TO John
lawson. Quite a crowd Of spectators fol-
course and the verdict rendered by them
was that Lawson was better with the
brassie. driver and putter. while In APP
preaching the two were about on even
terms
As is the case in all competitions. there
were some curious results. II. NJ. FitZ-
gerald and r. Condo Jones. with medal
play scores OF l02 each. proved victors.
Holes. which would give loo FOR eighteen
holes was badly beaten. and Lieutenant
W @ Muler's l09for seventeen holes, which
would give JOG for eighteen holes, proved
an easy winner though +. 5 Stratton and
A. h. Williamson. with scores OF 100, and
R H GAYLORD. with a score Of l0l, were
beaten.
In me seui-fnal round +. Condo Jones
was matched against II. 3. Goodwin, and 4
charles Page against j. lawson. me I
round was 10 have been played on on 1
Thursday. but the heavy rain prevented;
The first competition Tor the Sounclis
Gun Of the San Francisco Golf Club VIII
he held on Saturday. the Soth inst. The