The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-09
CASUAL COMMENT ON
 PLAYS AND PLAYERS

News of the big fire in Birmingham in which several people lost their lives was telephoned to the clubhouse and caused consternation. A wave of horror swept over the assemblage when the loss of life became known Niist reports placed the death list at P and stated that the whole block had burned. There was almost stampede for automobiles and a rush for the city.
 E. M. Tutwiler, Sr.. and his son Herbert both qualified for the fourth flight and both defeated their opponent in the first round Tn the second round they were paired and the younger generation proved too much for the old gentlemen, although it was necessary to go an extra hole to prove it. The result was up at the end of 19 holes for Herbert Tutwler.
 Rollo Steinmehl went down before Reu- ben Bush. the New Orleans crack, but came back strong for the junior prize, winning his match, , up and to play This was the only match in the Roebuck Springs Junior play in which it was not necessary to go further than IS holes to establish the winner. TWO other matches required an extra hole and the Probasco- Doughty match went to 20
 The matches between Reuben Bush and George Adair and T. F. Clark and Martin Condin were the feature matches or the day yesterday The former match closed in a blaze of glory for both players.
 The match ended and ? for Bush, ana 1t was only by a remarkable shot that Adair saved himself at the fifteenth hoie. Bush needed the hole to win. but Adalr made a out of perhaps 45 feet, hohng the ball
 Bush holed out on the match on the next hole with the same kind of a shot, only prettier He had q poor lie on the extreme edge of the green, but by a won derful put holed out at 35 yards, the flag being in the hole. There was a burst of applause from the gallery as the two men shook hands.
 Clark played the same steady golf yes- l terday that he did Thursday, winning l both his matches. In the morning ne ] met E. r. Manson of Birmingham, Mass, I defeating him easAy rp and 5 to play. l In the afternoon his play was not so l strong. In his opponent, Martin Condln l of Memphis. he had a formidable antagon- l ist, who made a remarkapie recover! after being two down at the tnlrteenth ] hole.
 Clark won on his accurate driving and | safe putting in the latter part of the
 match In the first half Condin was con 1 stantly in trouble, being bunkered sev- ]! eral times and getting bad lies He was
 also handicapped by trouble with his left | hand.
 The gallery was more in evidence yes | terday than it has been yet and prob- ably 50 people followed the Clark-Condin match. One of the enthusiasts who came out to look on was Culpepper Exum. MT. Exum was there at all times even if he didn't walk certain foot-log across a tranch in tine western end of the links.
 MT. Exum yesterday was dressed in the I pink of fashion, from top to toe and ap. peared proud of the fact. He joined
 the gallery about the fourth hole and
 proceeded well enough until it was tim'
 tc go from the eighth to the ninth hol'
 where it Is necessary to- walk a foot
 log over small stream about 10 fee
 wide. Several people walked across ant
 then it was MT. Exum's turn. He hesi
 tated.
 Cautiously he slid one foot along th'
 log. advanced about two inches from th' hank and regarded the crossing dubousiy "I guess that's a hazard all right, he observed. Again he essayed to cros and. like the Tuscans in Horatius' again turned back in dread.
 A man behind spoke impattsntly. ~Aw