Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-20
By Percy H. Whiting.

w once. though with the
course as soggy s usual,
30 men set out early on the So
hole grind through the finals
and finals over the East Lake
course Of the Atlanta Athletic club,
which Will decide by nghtfall the
ownership of few hundred dollars
worth Of silverware offered for the
purpose.
Friday mornings matches served
to separate the sheep from the
goats, as 1t were-to divide the 80
players who qualified into winners
and losers flights. In the after
moons play the 80 were cut to 40.
Saturday mornings matches will
reduce the number to 20. And In
the afternoon the number win again
be divided by two, leaving ten
men, each of whom is entitled TO a
handsome trophy as a testimonial
of his golflng prowess and as a SOU
vsnir Of the occasion
AuAdlASt Alidutd play bib are go
ing 10 cut prominent figure in the
ultimate distribution OF prizes. One
reason is that they so largely out
numbered the visitors Another IS
that they are playing good golf
Over q course as difficult as the
one at East Lake. the home play
ere. who are accustomed TO the
yawhing chasms and the mentally
and physically hazardous water
shots, have a shade of advantage.
Good Sized galleries were out to
witness the closing rounds, and the
interest in the affair has been sus-
tanned up to the very last,
THE compa lively small number
Of visitors who came to the To-
cal tournament will probably re-
suit in a change Of date for the
invitation event next year The
local tournament came at the end
of long string of tournaments
the Birmingham invitation event
the Chattanooga championship and
the Montgomery invitation tourna-
ment-and II found the Southern
players surfeited with invitation
tournaments. II this event had been
held In late September or, in fact.
almost any told time In the fall. II
would have attracted a larger field.
However. one thing was demon
c4 rot aH hxs he av,t
and that was that there will never
be any lack OF entries for a local
invitation event: for Atlanta has
enough golfers to pull an interest
ing tournament any old time. 1t is
doubtful II any course in the South
ever furnished as many fairly good
players 10 one tournament as the
local club did on this occasion.
rx~HE results of yesterdays matches
] follow
First Flight.
First Round-Smith Cullum Dir
mingham) defeated r. E. Richards
(Atlanta), by default; H. G. Scott
(Atlanta) defeated G.. w. Adair
(Atlanta). up; r. H. Baugh Dir
mingham) defeated L. Arnold (At-
lanta), up; G. H. AtMsson CAT
lanta) defeated f w. Daley (Nash-
ville). up and 2 to play; c.
Knowles (Atlanta) defeated L.
sherfersee (Charleston). up and
I to play w. r. Tichenor (Atlan-
tai defeated DR.. F. Holland CAT
lanta), by default; c. p. King (At-
lanta) defeated T b. Fay (Atlan-
lanta). up; s. Probasco (Chatta-
nooga) defeated r. G. Blanton (At-
lanta), 4 up and to play.
Second Round-H G. Scott CAT
lanta) defeated Smith Cullum (Bir-
mingham). up and to play; G.
H. AtlSisson (Atlantal defeated r.
H. Baugh birmingham, 3 up and
2 TO play; c. Knowles (Atlanta) de-
feated w. r. Tichenor (Atlanta). ?
UP and l 10 play; = Probasco
Chattanooga defeated c. P. King
(Atlanta). up and 6 to play.
Defeated Eight-G w. Adair
(Atlanta) defeated r. f. Richards
(Atlanta), by default; e. W Da-
ley (Nashville) defeated l.. Arnold
(Atlanta), up and 4 to play; DR.
F. Holland (Atlanta) defeated L.
Sherfersee charleston, up and
3 to play; T. b, Fay (Atlanta) de-
feated r. G. Blanton ATLANTA,
up and to play.
Second Flight.
First Round-E. h. Crawford
(Birmingham) defeated w. e. WIZ
son (Atlanta) by default; r, P.
Jones (Atlanta) defeated c. Y.
Rainwater (Atlanta), up and 2
TO play; Dick Jemison (Atlanta)
defeated f. G. Brown CBirming-
ham,. ! up, 10 holes; A. Davidson
(Atlanta) defeated w. c. Holley-
man (Atlanta). up and TO play,
E. Martin Chattanooga defeated
A. A. Doonan (Atlanta). Z up and
to play; H. G. Seibles (Birming-
ham, defeated f. II. Barnett (At-
lanta), up and 1s holes; C. f.
Corwiu (Atlanta) defeated c. ].
Holditoh CAtlante). up and
to play; w p. Ward (Birming-
ham) defeated E. T. Winston cat
hnta), up and 2 to play
Second Round-E b. Crawford
birmingham defeated R. P. Jones