The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-08-06
F. A. MARTIN WINS
Manchester Boy Wins First Presi
dents Cup in Annual Tournament

The qualifying round of the 15tf
annual tournament for the first presi
dents cup at Ekwanok Country Club
was play on Wednesday, July Goth by
field of 12S golfers with c. II. Gard.
ner of Agawam Hunt Club Of Provi-
dence, r. l., well in the lead rs winner
of the gold neral for the round.
Dr. Gardner was very consistent as
to going out and coming in, taking 36
for each lap and in the course of the
round he had three brides which off
set an equal number of wasted strokes.
His best effort was a three at the sec
ond hole and the three at the ninth
was nearly as good. His card follows
Out 5, 3, 4, 3, a, 8, 7, 4, 8, 36; in, 6, 2,
4, 8, 5, a, a, 4, a, 1912.
The nearest competitor of DR.. Gard
ner was F. A. Martin of Vermont
championship fame who took 40 for
the outward journey, but returned in
Sc for a total of76.
The feature of the first round Of
match play for the first presidents
cup on the links of Ekwanok Country
Club Thursday was the defeat Of the
medalist, C. H. Gardner of Agawam,
by D. Clark Corkran of Baltimore.
To Reginald NJ. Lewis of Ridgefeld
Country Club one of the cleaverest of
the younger crowd Of golfers, belongs
the credit Of winning hard fought
match from the veteran, Walter j.
Travis, of Garden City, Friday after
noon in the semifnal round for the
First Presidents cup. Lewis was
driving a long straight ball, averag-
ing well beyond his opponent and his
putting, even under strain, was all
that could be asked for.
F. A. Martin was going altogether
too fast for Jesse Guilford of Inter-
vale, playing out in 35 and being but
one over fours when the match ended
at the 18th with Martin five up and
three to play. Martin had threes at
both the eighth and 18th which are
each par four holes.
The next name to be inscribed on
the first presidents cup at Ekwanok
Country club will be that of Frederick
A. Martin of Ekwanok, native of
and twice Vermont cham
pion. To get this honor Martin on
Saturday won a hard fought Sc hole
final from Reginald Lewis, the 1S-
year-old golf star Of Ridgefeld, c. C.,
by four up and two to play.
Making a succession of four threes
early in the morning round Martin
gained lead of three holes and af-
.er the honor had exchanged several
lines the round ended with Martin
our up. Lewis was driving the long
sst ball of any player in the tourna-
nent, but during the day he had
many approach puts which were far
,hort and he failed TO hole several
,utts Of three feet or less. Martins
main advantage throughout the day
vas his putting, which almost with |
'ut exception was faultless and in
luded two very long puts.
In the afternoon Martin was con-
family in trouble going ous and Lewis
Won at the third, sixth and seventh.
1t the last mentioned hole, which is
low $50 yards, he holed out from a
distance Of nearly 200 yards, this be-
ne the only three for the new green
nd history records but one on the
riginal 537 yard hole.
Holes were halved then until Mar
in won at the 18th and again at the
9Th and Lewis paying on the 10th
nd last hole Of the match was hope
ass. Heavy showers fell for some
ime during the afternoon round.