The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-20

Atlanta, April 19.-(Special.) )-The state or Georgia will be better represented at the coming Southern Golf association championship than it has ever been be- fore, not even barring the two held with in the state. In number there may not be quite as many as attended the Att lanta event last year, but more clubs will be represented and the class of golfers sent will be { ecidedly higher
 The undersigned village of Daren, Ga, will be represented by the man who made it famous among golfers-Andrew Manson. MT. Manson, who is a Scotchman and learned his game on no less renowned course than old St Andrews itself, has won more honors in southern champion ships than any other man. Twice he has been champion and twice winner of the lower-score medal.
 Last year MT. Manson was handicapped too severely by the Atlanta course. It was long and hilly. while he is small and not of powerful physique. The consequence
 was that he qualified last, and, after win ming his first round, lost his second in a
 gruening contest with Will Ward of Bir-
 mingham.
 Bob Strain, clubmate of Manson's,
 was here the other day and brought word
 that Manson was playing his game right
 now, and that he would bear watching
 in the Memphis event Other Darien
 golfers who expect to go to the tourna- ment are J. Manson, R. Manson, R. A. Strain and J. D. Clarke
 AtIanto ui1 cartaiply send olIt tho strongest delegation that ever left this
 city At the head, as usual, will be F.
 G. Byrd This golfer has never failed
 to qualify in the first division of any
 tournament he has entered and last year
 only missed by one stroke tieing for the Iow-score trophy with l.. Eusts. He won
 the cup in the losers eight of the first division.
 Next in point of past records at any
 rate is w. P. Hill, who will leave his
 campaign for city attorney long enough
 to take another shy at the championship. Mr. Hill was a semi-finalist in the first southern championship runner-up in 1904,
 and winner of the second flight cup over the Atlanta course last year.
 Another s. G. A. prize winner in the party Will De SeTDy n. w HiliiS, I i"iiiiSi up in the first championship. Though a player of some 13 years experience he IS not in the class with the present day prize winners in the s. G. A. He might give an account of himself in the third or fourth flight.
 No other members of the Atlanta team have ever '.got in the pictures in a 5. l G. A. event but several of them promise | to. Among the young golfers who will at tend are George Adair, president of the Atlanta Athletic club; w. k. Tichenor, l once famous Auburn football and base 1 ball player who won his first prize in the | Nashville invitation tournament last year; A. A. Palmer and perhaps s. c. Will liams president of the Southern Tennis association.
 Of the old guard not already mentioned | are w. J. Tilson, once famous athlete | at Yale; Dr. Frank Holland, P. T. Marye, Clarence Angler, Thomas B. Paine, Lowry Arnold, H. Clay Moore Fulton Colville w. K Stone and Frank Stone. These are the golfers of the Atlanta | club who are reasonably sure to make the | trip And all of them are good enough ] players to have chance at, first or sec