Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-06
GOLF HONORS
MAY CD AGAIN
TO WHITNEY
Bv W. r. Tichenor.

NHONTGOMERY. ALA, June g.
M Unless Nelson Whitney can
keep up his best golfng gait,
the Southern Golf Association is like
ly TO have brand-uew champion
before long For Whitney is the only
former champ left in the running. OF
the other three only one, r. s. Bush,
has ever created a furry in a South
ern championship Whitney and Bush
meet to-day. In the other frame are
a pair Of unknowns. as far as cham
pionship experience Eoes-E. NJ. Tut
wiler. Of Birmingham. and A. J. FL
bridge. Of Texas.
Ellis Knowles. who looked ike a
very DANGEROUS contender this year.
threw away his chances 10 beat Mel
son Whitney in the third round Of the
championship After very Indifferent
work on the green's. he managed 10
pull himself together and squared the
match on the eighteenth green At
the nineteenth Knowles pulled MIS-
tee shot badly and then played his
second out Of bounds. His third
reached the green some 90 feet from
the flag Whitney. after magnid-
cent drive was short with his second
and just reached the edge Of the
green with his third. Both Of them
took two puts and the hole was
halved in five At the twentieth hole
Knowles again hooked his tee shot
far OF the fair green and was stymied
by a bunch of trees. Whitney sliced
his tee shot out of bounds. but his
second split the middle 0f the course.
Knowles attempted TO play over the
trees. but half topped his mashie shot
and hit "a limb which DETECTED his
ball so that It lay just flag high. but
about 80 yards from the hole. Whit
news third was wide. but stopped IN
the right edge Of the green. Knowles
played his third too strong and
passed the hole by Is feet Whitney
laid his approach putt dead for a five.
Knowles tried 90 hole HIS four, but
overran the hole by yard and
missed the putt coming back Whit
ney holed his five and won the match.
Whitney Beats Jaooby.
In the afternoon whitney met and
defeated L. Jacoby, Of Texas, on the
seventeenth green In the first part
Of the match Jacoby was very erratic
and was four down at the eighth tee.
Here he took a brace and won the
next three holes The eleventh was
halved as was the thirteenth. but
Whitney won the twelfth and four
teenth. and go was three up with only
four 20 play. on the next hole. after
making "a mess ~ his tee shot JaCoby
laced a mHshie shot stone dead, and
won the hole with "A three 20 Whit
ney's four JaCuhy won the sixteenth
and so was only one down Whitney
won the seventeenth with a three and
the match was over
Reuben Bush won both Of his
matches handAy He and Whitney
meet Friday I'm the semi final The
other semi -hnalists are T. NJ Tut
wiler, OF Birmingham. and a. J. AL
bridge, Of Texas
Rowan, Of Atlanta, Stars.
W H. Rowan, OF Atlanta, did the
best round made in the tournament
In his match with r H. Brooke. Of
New Orleans, when he turned In ~.
BY winning this match he reached the
semi final OF the second flight and
will play Foushe. Of Memphis The
other semi -hnalists In this flight are
Hardy, Of New Orleans, and Stein
mehl. Of birmingham
The players i'm the semi final OF the
third flight are prohasco and Stahl-
man and Sayre and Daley. In the
fourth flight there are left Post and
HarEeth and Weaver and England.
The Atlanta players in the other
flights are Root In the sixth flight
Dowdell Brown iu the consolation di-
vision Of the second flight, Hamilton
Block in the consolation division of
the third flight and W f. UazelwoUd
In the consolation division OF the sixth
flight