The San Francisco call., 1909-10-22
YOUNG SMITH STAR
OF GOLF TOURNEY
Nineteen Year Old Wonder Vies
With Champion Sargent
for Days Honors

Play was resumed in the Portola
golf tournament at Ingleside yester-s
day, when the first and second rounds
of the match play were disposed of in
tournaments. AS a result of the days
play four contestants remain in each.
The seminal matches in the profess
sional event will bring together today
George Sargent and Willie Anderson
and Macdonald Smith and John Black.
The four successful amateurs were F.
c. Newton. Douglas Grant, John Law
son and C. D. Whyte. Newton VS.. Grant
and Lawson VS.. Whyte will be the semi
final matches to be played today. The
remaining matches in both events win
be over SO holes.
National Champion Sargent again
proved the star. but he had to divide
the honors with Macdonald Smith, the
19 year old wonder of the Claremont
country club.
Sargent tied the record of 20 for the
course and would surely have broken
it but for twice going off the course.
which cost him two strokes.
After receiving a default from Alex
Smith in the first round. Sargent beat
H H. Barker, the Irish crack, easily
Young Macdonald Smith also had
the distinction of beating Fed Mcleod
last years champion of the United
States. Smith showed brilliant form
and beat the former champion cleverly.
JohnNBarnes, a professional also tied
the record for the course in his match
with Reilly, but later fell an easy vic
tim to Willie Anderson.
John Black and George Smith fur
nished the closest match of the day
among the professionals. 1t took 81
holes to decide the question of SUI
periority. They were all square at the
eighteenth hole and halved the nine
tenth and twentieth holes. Black took
the twenty-first hole.
The semihnals unfortunately will
bring together two eastern and two
Anderson and Black will be pitted
against Macdonald Smith. Both
matches should prove close and inter
esting and will result in the best east
erner trying conclusions with. the best
Californian IN the finals.
Sargent is the present national cham
pion and Anderson held the title two
met in a home and home contest and
the match will not be forgotten in &
hurry.
Smith is the youngest and cleverest
of five we'll known brothers. all of
whom are crack professional golfers.
wonderful future has been predicted
him.
Most of the amateur matches. like
those Of the professional events. were
one sided. The exception was that be-
tween c. D. Whyte and F. Kales.
Whyte won in the twentieth hole and
his victory was a well earned one.
Kales was up at the ninth hole but
Whyte squared the match in the eight
eenth. Tie nineteenth was halved and
whyte took the twentieth, holing
10 foot put.
Newton showed his class yesterday
when he beat his club mate, Jack
Neviles. easily. Newton held the coast
championship. last year and Grant is
the present holder.
Yesterdays scores follow:
PROFESSIONAL
FIRST round-6;eo7ge Sargent beat Alex Smith
by default; H. H. Barker beat W. D. Clark
up and 2 TO play; John Barnes beat F. J. Reilly
5 up and 10 play: Willie Anderson beat ". j.
Bradley up and 10 play: Fred Mcleod beat
z. Martin up and 3 to play: Macdonald Smith
beat L. Berrien up and 70 play; W. Welsh
beat Jim Smith 1 up; john Black beat George
Second ,round--Ssrgent bsat Barker up and
to play aDde5sos beat Barnes Rr 81 np sPd ,.s 70
beat Welsh mp and TO play.
AMATEUR
First -ound-Jack Nerlles beat T. wilkes
up and to play: f. G. Newton beat A. $. Lilley
s up and 10 play. Doctor Jones beat J, r,
s. BIack by default John Lawson beat II.
Wilkes. by default; S. /. Abbott beat J. Allis
up and to aS TbE z Kaies ses beat 4 i Ms%sord
~ second ssg rornd@Newton beat Nevines up and
; 10 PLAY; Grant beat Jones up and TO play;
Lawson beat Abbott up spd to play; Whyte
beat Kales mp for 20 holes
An IS hole medal play handicap
event. open to all club members, will
be played this morning, and an g hole
bogey handicap tournament will be
PLAYED in the afternoon.
All Santa Rosa Comes
SANTA ROSA. Oct. 21-With the
probable exception Of Fleet day, there
has never been such an exodus of
santa Rosans to San Francisco as has
taken place here this week. feature
~ the affair is the fact that so many
metropolis and very few are making
less than a two or three days visit
BENJAMIN L. Damerell, ticket agent
Of the Northwestern Pacific at Santa
Rosa is believed to have made rec
ord for ticket selling this norning.
when he sold 315 roundtrip tickets TO
San Francisco in % minutes, IL per
minute He also sold large number
Of single and local tickets. as well as
made change for each ticket
Up to the. laste.train tonight there
have been sold 400 roundtrip tickets
70 san Francisco since the reduced
rate vent into effect last Saturday
morning, while hundreds of others are
planning TO so down tomorrow and
Saturday TO remain over Sunday.
SALOON KEEPER BAEKRUPT-Henry Friek-
niger a saloon keeper OF Redding shasta
coubfr.. 6led petition In bankruptcy ycstrr-s
day IN the United States district court. His
liabilities scheduled at SO, 400. %. His
available assets are not given