Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-07-30
TW|TCAELl GOLF CHAMPION
Local Player Overcomes Lead
and Beats Pond of Rutland.
decisive Match Mt State Tournamc nj
Goes Al Holes-Gordon Defeats
Dodge In Professional Glass
Prizes Awarded.



1t was a gruelling contest that went A
holes and one In which the veteran
runner-up, DR.. f. NJ Pond Of the Rut-
land Country club, made a mighty effort
to capture the prize that has never been
nearer his
After losing the McCulloush c,,p IN the
qualifying round by one stroke and hay-
| ing the four players who comprised the
team eliminated in the first, second and
third rounds Of match play the Wau-
| banakoe men turned to DR.. Twitchell as
their one hope for first honors On him
| doNolvod the task Of playing 36 holes Of
golf three days in succession and of
being followed In the crucial match Sat-
urdaN afternoon by n crowd Of en-
thusiasts that thronged the links These
are tests that few amateur golfers can
endure with equanimty. and because he
kept his nerve and made good DR..
| Wltchell won In the language of the
| sportsman, he showed class
At the end of the first is holes Dr..
Pond was ( up. On the first nine holes
they were even up. Ponds medal score
Tor the last nine of the morning round
was 81 and he was at the top OF his
! game. Twitchelrs GOODNESS and nerve
was not shaken by the lead he had to
! overcome. He came through the next
nine with a rush that swept the Rut-
land man off his feet and was ] up at
the end of the third nine holes. The
score was even up on SO holes. and
neither man could get one on the other
until five moro had been played.
AWARDING OF PRIZES.
l.. c. Clark president of the Wauban-
akee club. awarded the prizes at the
conclusion of the championship round.
He complimented the winners of the va
rious events on their play and sports
manship. The clubhouses were filled with
members and their guests. many of whom
were ladies' A party from Shcburne
farms included Arthur Train of New
York, the celebrated writer list of
the winners and the medals and cups
awarded follows:
state champion-Dr. NJ. c. Twitchell,
| Waubanakee, gold medal
| Runner-up-Dr. Il. NJ Pond, Rutland
Country club. silver medal
Winner of losing eight first l6-W.
Woodgate Shelhurne, unattached.
Winner in second 16-Wolcott Sibley.
Mountain View Golf club, bronze and
silver cup.
Runner-up, second 16-Dr. w. II. Enges-
by. Wauhanakee, copper cup.
Winner of losing eight, second 16-John
Reid, Barre Golf club. bronze cup.
Winner in third &c F.. Lamb. Wau-
hanakee, copper cup.
Best net score in handicap match
DR.. r. |. Hall, Rutland Country club.
bronze cup.
| Second best net score in handicap
f. |. Soule Waubanakee, pewter mug
Best gross score in handicap-H +.
Leslie, MONTPELIER Country club, bronze
medal.
BY the rules OF the tournament. no
player could be the winner of more than
one prize
Aside from the dropping out Of the
Ekwanok players, after the qualifying
round the tournament was marred by no
luntoWard Incidents. The Waubanakee
club found It a pleasure to entertain so
many out-of-tOwn golfers, and from the
expressions of satisfaction heard from
Its departing guests, the club feels that
It will not be another II years before the
State tournament is again held in Bur-
lington.
| boRlbDN DEFEATS DODGE.
In the professional match for a purse
Of $50, played Saturday morning and
afternoon, Hugh Gordon Waubanakee
beat G. |. Dodge Rutland Country club
6 and 5, The purse was split s35 to the
winner and $l5 to the loser. Gordon was
? up on the first is holes. and UP on
a Dodge ran down a sensational mutt
on the 2Sth green, but Gordon came
across with one almost as long. and
halved the hole. That shot settled the
match Dodge knew he was beaten. and
although he stuck It out. Gordon won
the next three holes and took the money.
Both men played with the precision ex-
pected of professionals, and the match
attracted large number of spectators
Their medal scores follow:
| Hugh Gordon, Waubanakee IS - lb5
g. |. Dodge, Rutland c. C...sl so 161
| The championship match between
Twitchell and Pond was even all at the
33rd hole. Pond got away the longer drive
on the 3ith, Twitchell cleared the second
raYinc In two. but lay in the rough at the
| left OF the green. Pond was on the green
In two. Twitchell barely made It in three.
sui away, all depended on his putt and
wave ol dppld use swept the gallery as
| he holed out with absolute accuracy
Pond halved it with four Could he
have got three, the match would hay
| been his.
| Twitchell won the 35th and was ND and
to go. Both were over the bunker in two
but Pond had the edge and evened the
match with four Twitchells approa CHI
was poor and surprised the gallery His
ball, however, lay between two small hum
mocks. and he could not chop 1t out and
get either direction or distance
Pond topped his drive from the 37th tee,
and lay less than 80 feet away. 1t looked
rs though he had eliminated himself, but
| this was to be but one of n number OF up
sets Twitchell followed suit by topping
| the ball and only by a lucky bound clear
ed the wall near the tree Pond got out of
trouble with a long brassie shot that
nearly equalled Twitchel's second, and
they halved the hole in DOGGY.
Both got fine drives from the 3Sth tee.
Both made poor approaches and ran over.
| They lay alike on the green and each
made five. Neither man was playing
his game,
Two more long drives were made from
the seth, Twitchell topped with his bras
Sic The ball struck the edge of the road
and bounded almost straight up in the
air, Ponds second shot was a thriller.
The ball cleared the bunker. Twitchell
was beyond the green In three and on It In
four, Pond made the green In three and
ran over on his fourth. He struck the lip