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

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w once. though with the
course as soggy as usual,
30 men set out early on the So
hole grind through the semi-fnals
and finals over the East Lake
course of the Atlanta Athletic club,
which will decide by nightfall the
ownership of a 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 40S
Saturday mornings matches will
reduce the number TO 90. 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 testimonial
Of his golflng prowess and as SOU
venir OF the occasion
Naturally. Atlanta players are GO
ing TO cut a prominent figure lngthe
ultimate distribution Of prizes one
reason is that they so largely out
numbered the visitors Another Is
that they are playing good golf
Over course as difficult al the
one at East Lake. the home play
ers. who are accustomed to the
yawning 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 comparatively small number
OF visitors who came to the To-
cal tournament win probably re-
guilt In change of date for the
invitation event next gear The
local tournament came at the end
Of a long string of tournaments
the Birmingham invitation event,
the Chattanooga championship and
the Montgomery invitation tourna-
ment-and 1t found the Southern
players surfeited with invitation
tournaments If this event had been
held In late September or in fact,
almost any told time in the fall, 1t
would have attracted a larger field
However. one thing was demon
strated by the local tournament,
and that was that there viii 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 If any course in the South
ever furnished as many fairly good
players to one tournament as the
local club did on this occasion
THE results Of Yesterdays matches
follow:
First Flight.
First Round smith Cullum CHR
mingham) defeated r. e. Richards
(Atlanta). by default; II. G. Scott
CAtlanta) defeated G. w Adair
CAtlanta), , up; r II BaugA (Bir-
mingham) defeated l., Arnold cat
lanta), up. O. ii Atkisson (At-
lanta) defeated H. w. Daley cash
villel. up and > to play. G.
Knowles (Atlanta) defeated L.
Sherfersee (Charleston). : up and
to play: w. r. Tichenor (Atlan-
tai defeated Dr +. Holland CAT
lanta), by default. c. p. King cat
lanta) defeated T b, Fay (Atlan-
lanta). / up. s Probasco (Chatta-
nooga) defeated r. G. Blantoh CAT
lanta), I up and to play.
Second Round H. q. Scott cat
lanta) defeated Smith Cullum Chr
mingham). up aad 3 to play, G.
H. Atkisson tAtlanta) defeated r.
H. Baugh birmingham. 8 up ana
to play; G Knowles (Atlanta) de
feated W. r. Tichenor ATLANTA,
up and l to play; 5 Probasco
Chattanooga defeated G. z. King
CAtlanta) up and to play
Defeated Eight &C w Adair
CAtlanta) defeated h. t. Richards
CAtlanta). by default f. w Da-
ley CNashvine) 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 CAtlanta) de
feated r. G. Blanton (Atlanta).
up and 3 to play
Second Flight,
First Round-E b. Crawford
birmingham defeated W f, VIII
son (Atlanta). by default, r. p
Jones (Atlanta) defeated c. "
Rainwater (Atlanta), 4 up and
to play Dick Jemison (Atlanta)
defeated f. G. Brown (Birming-
ham), up. 70 holes A. Davidson
(Atlanta) defeated W G. Holley-
man (Atlanta). 3 up and ? to play;
e. Martin Chattanooga defeated
A. A. Doonan (Atlanta). up and
s to play, H c. Seibes (Birming-
ham, defeated f. H. Barnett (At-
lanta). up and 10 holes c. +.
Corwin (Atlanta) defeated c. J.
Holditch CAtlanta) , UP and
to play; w p Ward (Birming-
ham, defeated &. T Winston (At-
lanta). UP and to play.