The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-02
RANKING DIXIE GOLFERS
BY PERCY H. WHITING.

before the championship. Undoubtedly
he is better than sixth when in form.
He qualified tenth, defeated his team
mate Pilot in the first round and Ney-
burn of Louisville in the second. Rich
ardson's marvellous ~ eliminated him
in the third round.
From this point on the ranking is
more or less of a matter of paying your
money and taking your choice.
Robert Baugh, Birmingham's veteran
war horse, steadiest and jolliest of south
ern players, is given seventh position on
the strength of his qualifying in the
bunch that tied for eleventh place in the
championship because he qualihed well
in the Louisville and Nashville tourna-
ments. and because he went to the third
round of the southern championship, los
ing to Oliver.
Leigh Carroll once a champion himself,
is placed eighth. He qualified poorly,
though in the championship, but defeated
Scott of Atlanta in his first round, Grub
of Louisville in his second and lost to
Egan in the third.
r. G. Byrd of Atlanta and Jack Edring-
ton of Memphis are given ninth ana tenth
places because of their good qualifying
scores in the championship byrd tied LOT
third and Burlington for sixth places and
ON their known ability.
Charles Nelson of Louisville, who sell
dom does we'll in championships, repeated
in this respect in, 1908, but he won the
Nashville invitation event and was run
ner-up at Louisville. The class IN those
events was not high, but 1t took good
golfing to get into the last rounds or
each. Andrew Manson is given twelfth
place largely on the strength Of having
won the junior championship cup In the
Memphis event from classy field and on
his known ability.
That much for the ranking. Now for
a few who were not ranked. Falls, who
made a marvellous IS in the Memphis
tournament, finishing second to Egan, did
nothing at match play, and afterward in
the Nashville tournament qualified in the
second fight. Pfeil, another Memphis
player, who qualified well up, fell down
at match play Otherwise the players who
| qualified in the first two places are all
| ranked So are all of the semi-finalists
and all but one of the semi-semi- finalists.
| 1t may be interesting to know that the
! consensus of opinion among many golfers
| who were asked for their opinions in re-
gard to a ranking resulted in the follow
! ing arrangement: Egan, Whitney,
! Schwartz, Eustis, Oliver, Richardson,
Manson, Nelson, Carroll Massey.
| 1t may also be interesting to give the
rankings of the two years back, which
! were as follows:
| l9O7-rNelson Whitney. New Orleans
! first; Lawrence Eustis, New Orleans, sec
| ond; ]. p. Darlington, Memphis, third; r.
| G. Byrd, Atlanta, fourth; r. nj. Brooke
New Orleans, fifth; w. P.'Ward, Birming-
! ham, sixth A. H. Manson, Darien sew
enth; Fl. H. Thach, Jr., Birmingham
! eighth, A. w. Pollard, Dallas, mimi
| Charles N Nelson, Louisville, tenth.
19O6-Leigh Carroll New Orleans. hrst'
| Andrew Manson, Darien. second; Nelson
| Whitney, New Orleans, third; Albert
| Schwartz, New Orleans, fourth; Laurence
| Eustis. New Orleans. fifth; Noble A
i Hardee, Savannah. sixth; ]. p. Darlington
| Memphis. seventh; George c. Oliver Biz
| mingha1n, eighth; f. G.. Byrd, Atlanta
, ninth; r. H. Baugh, Birmingham, tenth.