The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-07-17

The semi-hnals OF the West Virginia
state goif tournament were played OF
yesterday on the links OF the WheelinA
Country Club. A. on previous days
large crowds thronged the grounds
and saw some OF the prettiest matches
q the tournament
The two most interesting matches
OF the day were between n. 5 Bloch
and W. Z. RoWnd. both OF Wheeling.
In which the latter was returned the
victor. and julius Pollock. Jr.. OF this
city. and W. ID. Stockley OF Fairmont.
IN which the former won his match.
These games we're played during the
morning and considering the condition
OF the course. all four players made
exceptionally good scores.
In the semi finals between Pollock
and Stockley. the former went out IN
% strokes and returned in 40 Pol
lock had Stockleys4 up az the end %
the hrst nine holes. The latter picked
up In his playing al that point and
Pollock was forced 10 his limit for a
considerable time. According TO his
own story OF the match. he was lucky
and made several lucky shots that
again gave him a lead over his CD
strokes and returned with ~. This
was one OF the prettiest matches OF
the day and a large number Of the
golfers who had been eliminated in
the previous two days play accom-
panied them over the course. Accord.
Ing 70 their story. Pollock played a
fine game and made several fine
mashie shots and did extremely well
In bis putting. His opponent also
played well al times. but failed on the
latter part OF the course where the
ground was in a soggy condition.
Rownd Plays Consistently.
W. +. Rownd defeated II. s Bloch
with a score OF 3 up and l to PLAY
This was another pretty match and al
though Bloch played just little be-
low his standard. much credit Is due
Rownd. as he played a consistent game
throughout. At the ninth hole Rownd
was leading Bloch with a score Of
three up. From the ninth TO 18th hole
II was a "ding-donR" match neither
player gaining advantage. At the sew
enteenth hole Bloch lost and Rownd
played a good game. winning the
match with three Up at that point.
Several times the players were play
Ing under difficult circumstances ow-
ing 10 the soft condition of the ground.
The matches In the second flight
were also productive OF some good
scores. In this flight J. VI. Hawkins.
OF Huntington. defeated +. J. Stone
with score OF up. and 4. u. Scott.
OF Clarksburg. defeated J. s Gibbs.
Jr., by the same score This will
leave Scott and Hawkins 20 play for
the championship cup In the second
flight. This match will be played on
this morning.
In the third fight. W. f. Wells. Jr..
defeated y. ". Hildreth with a score
OF up and { 70 play. and Frank HUI
giil defeated B. $. Mcclure. . up and 4
to play. Wells and Hugin will meet
to-day for the championship OF the
third flight.
In the fourth flight. ". 4. Vance de-
feated Robert Gass. Sr.. 2 up and to
play. and Boyd +. Homer defeated r.
;. Aleshire. up and to play. This
leaves W. a. Vance and Boyd +. Hor-
ner to compete for the cup that IL Of
fered for the fourth fight. This match
will likewise be played or today.
Handicap Match To-day.
The last round OF the Ringer handi-
cap match viii also be played on to-
day. This will consist Of Is holes.
and the winner Of the match will be
awarded the Ringer handicap cup.
About 81 players took part In this con-
test. and some OF them far exceeded
their scores Of previous days. The
players I'm this event were handi-
capped according 10 their scores Of
the previous days. The handicaps
were az follows. Players with from
~ 90 HH 90
handicap: players with from Z TO S
strokes were handicapped stroke:
those with from 20 3 strokes we're
Handicapped strokes. thols with
from ~ 20 rs were handicapped
strokes. those with from Is TO 20
were handicapped with strokes
those with from 90 20 20 were handi-
capped . strokes. those with from "a
10 20 were Handicapped with strokes
Following the completion Of yeqter-
Gays play a match was arranged on
the side between Fairmont and Hunt
inEton players These golfers seem
10 be- about evenly matched. and a.
this contest will come OF this morn
inE. 70 promises 10 be another feature
% the day which will undoubtedly
be one ~ the biggest affairs ever held
a. the Country Club
The last event ~ yesterday was
the driving contest only about -
players took part in this. and some
excellent shots we're made Zach
PLAYER was given three balls and was
allowed % take tho best Of his three
shots Tor the distance and place
menf This was won by p r Hamil-
ton when ho drove the ball a distaac
% lIl Yards HE drive was more y.
markahlo from the fact that be-
missed Die first two shots entirely.
fhe frsf BAN g0iuE distance of Ten
feet while The second bounded along
rho ground luf "a few yards farther