The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-04

PLAYERS IN FORM
Nv MATTER BECK EFT.

ny w MI DE<t ~ 44
]. w. Young covered himself with
glory by defeating II. Stewart Jcne1ss
one OF the strongest golfers in Rich
mond for the championship cup iMa
tho spring tournam9lt at the Coun-a
try club yesterday,
II was spIendidly contested match
all through. From the tee there Wa
little between the driving of this
players. but Young Invariably pitched
and putted better than his opponent.a
Jcles opened by taking the FIRST
rhanks to deadly put for four
Second was halved in A. Young!
however. played the third in a perfect
4, and brought the match level. Hys
got the lead and was never dowIs
after that
This finishes the turn with Jones'
three down. Young finally winning az
the fourteenth by and 4. Their
score;
Young out ID a 5 444 b-3s
Jones out - 6 6 s 4 4 e43
Young in ...5 6 5---43--8fa
JpAsS ia " . y t y . . o+--f9 $3.50
BeIvtn Lads secoiid.
J A. Kelvin won the honors OF
the second division by defeating 4. ..
Hawse ut the nineteenth hole
w n. Hall defeated l. g. Clarke,
and z, in the third division.
r. II. HARDWOOD defeated w Peck. 4
and 2. in the fourth.
William Jackson defeated F. ID.
Villa ms, and 7. in the fifth.
The consolation of the first division
WAS captured by e. s. Williams M
the eighteenth green. from II. O..
Peck, after g. most remarkable match.
Playing par golf. Peck took the first
six holes, but fell down on the sew
enth. eighth and ninth. They turned
with Williams three dow1.
Some Great Golf.
Williams took the tenth in par and
going to the eleventh he got stung
on the ankle by a humble bee, which
bothered him for few holes, but he
managed to square the match at the
fifteenth.
Peck lost the sixteenth, but brought
the game to level again by getting
a perfect four at the seventeenth.
Luck favored Williams on the eigh~
teenth and he gobbled the hole and
match in a par 4
In the second consolation George
keesee defeated Walter Buckner
and l.
r. c. Walden defeated w. @.
Wright. l up. in the third.
+. A. Palmer defeated Word, and
s. In the fourth.
+. Belvin, Jr. defeated ]. A. White,
and 4. in the fifth
MEDAL Play Today.
There will he an eighteen hoiA
n1ehal MIA han
brate the Fourth. 1t will be divided
into two classes. The first class to
De for players, with handicaps OF
seventeen and under. and the second
for players with handicaps Of siEh-
teen aid over Play may begin at any
time. and the first eighteen holes will
count. prize will be given in each
class for the lowest net score.
The tournament that was SEIZED.
uled for last Saturday has been ex.
tended to next Saturday This Is an
eighteen hole medal play handicap.
NO player who reached the finals III
any OF the I'VE divisions or the cone
ISOLATION divisions are qualified to sl.s
Ter this event. A cup viii be given
for the lowest net score
Regarding Local Rules.
For the benefit OF the golfers who
are In doubt about the local rules
the Green committee wishes to state
that the only local rules are In res
CARDS to footprints t.1d wagon rutr.
whether In the rough or fair green.
and the road across the third and
fourth fair green and going to tic
IffAEI
II ball lay In hoor print or
wagon rut. lift and drop without
penalty,
II ball lay IN the road going 10
the third or fourth hole or in the
road 10 left of the fair green going
to tho fifteenth hole, IL may he lifted
and placed in the road without pen.
atty.