The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13
To-day VIII Be Must Interesting
 from Spectators Standpoint
SOME EXCITING CONTESTS
Finals, Handicap Tournament, Profes- sional Contest and Driving On Programme for Today.
 Notes of the Game.

The seml-finals were played yesterday in the invitation gold tournament of the Birmingham Country club, and the finals in the 'Dubskyr class were played, w. L. Murdock defeating W. W. Crawford for the cup.
 In the semi-fnals for the Lakeview cup yesterday afternoon R. H. Baugh de- feated II. E. Thixton, I up and to play and W P Ward defeated J. L. Kerr of Memphis, 1 up. Mir. Thixton and MT Baugh play this morning for the cup and the loser wins the runner-up cup
 In the semi-fnals for the Highland cup Henry L. Badham defeated D. M. Key holds. 1 up, and E. K. Campbell defeated Culpepper Exum by similar score on l9 holes. Those two play the finals today, the loser getting the cup for the run ner up
 The Red Mountain cup, for the second flight, will be played for this morning, by T. ! Watson and R. II. Thach. JG. The former defeated Clarence Angler of Atlanta in the semi-hnals yesterday, up and to play Young Bob Thach defeated Bob Strain of Darien, Ga, up and l to play in the semi-nnals, leaving Thach and Watson for the finals.
 The finals in the "Dubskies' cup was played, w. l.. Murdocl defeating W. w. Crawford MT. Murdock defeated Oscar Underwood in the seml-finals, and MT Crawford administered a like dose to Cap tain Bell of Anniston
 One feature of yesterdays playing was the two matches between the four pro fessionals who are attending the tourna- ment, and a purse was raised for match game between them today. They will play IS holes today and IS tomorrow for a purse which amounts to about $l5O. All the members of the club are interested in this contest. Yesterday large gallery of spectators followed the professionals. Simpson. one of the best players in the United States. went around the nine holes yesterday afternoon with very low score, his driving and putting being mighty close to perfect.
 The event today outside of the finals in the cup play, will be the handicap tournament which commences at an early hour this morning. All the players in the city are entered for this cup, both the visitors and the locals, and great n- terest is being shown in it. The win ners in the cup events will not be all i lowed to contest in the handicap tourna- ment.
 In addition to that there will be q driving contest for a handsome trophy sent to Birmingham by an enthusiast from | New Orleans, who was unable to play. 1 All the amateurs are to enter this driv- ing contest and it is expected that some record distances will be made. | On account of the for contests, today promises to be the most important from i the spectators standpoint, and 1t Is cX- pected that there will be larger crowd of onlookers than on either of the pre- vious days. There is great interest in the ! finals for the cups, the driving contest, the match between the professionals and the 1 handicap tournament.
 Yesterdays Results.
 The results yesterday in the various cup flights were as follows
 First Flight-Kerr defeated Squires 3 up and 1 to play: w. P. Ward defeated II. c. Stiles up and 1 to play; H. F. Thix- ton defeated H. P. Stringfellow 1 up. In the sem-hnals Ward defeated Kerr 1 up, and Baugh defeated ThXton up and to play.
 Second Flight-Clarence Angler defeated R. H. Brook 1 up in 19 hoes T. J. Wat son defeated F. Steinmehl up and to play; R. II. Thaeh, Jr., defeated s. Cow din up and 1 to play; Bob Strain de- ceated John w. Tomlinson up and 8 to play In the semi-fnals Thach defeated Strain ? up and to play, and Watson defeated Angler.
 Third Flight-E. K. Campbell defeated II. E. Smith up and 3 to go Culpepper Exum defeated E. S Watts 1 up in 19 holes II. L. Badham defeated c. A.. Stlllman up and to play; o. M. Key holds defeated II. C. Moore up and 1 to go In the semi-finals Badham defeated Reynolds 1 up.
 Fourth Flight-W l.. Murdock defeated Fl. Martin; Oscar Underwood defeated A. | l.. Fulenwider; A. w. Bell defeated c. O.. | Simpson, and W. w. Crawford defeated w. II. Johnson. In tine semi-hnals M.r- | dock defeated Underwood and Crawford