The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-08-21
BAR Der LEADING
MORSE At EHD0F
1ST IS HOLES
EkwanOk Player Was Six Up and
Going Very Strong
MORSE is NOT UP TO FORM
0. E. Thompson of Bratteboro Win
ner in Second Sixteen and L. r.
Hutchinson of Barre in Third 16

The finals for the state champion
| ship in the Vermont golf tournament
| which opened on the Mount Anthony
course this morning developed by far
| the best play of The three days. The
contestants for the title were George
| e. Morse of the Rutland Country
club and w. A. Barber, Jr., Prince
| ton sophmore, attached to the Ekwan-
| ok club of Manchester. At the end OF
| the first round OF holes, Barber had
| his opponent three up and doubled
| his lead On the second round. Barb
| er played each round in 49, Morse
made the IS holes in 81, considerably
better than his qualifying round OF
| sc.
In the second sixteen o. f. Thomp-
son of Brattleboro beat ]. G. Estey of
Brattleboro l up in 19 holes.
In the third sixteen l.. r. Hutchin-
son of Barre beat Richard Kellogg
of Mt Anthony up.
In the first consolation j. f. Walsh
of Barre beat A. L. White of Ekwan-
ok 5 and 4.
In the second consolation C. S.
Clark OF Ekwanok beat G. w. Platt
OF Rutland and 3.
The handicap match cards were
turned in shortly afternoon and show
ed that C. NJ Clark and +. B. Hous-
ton, both of Ekwanok, had tied with
a net score of 7S f. H. Harris of
Brattleboro had a net score of 49,
The best gross score of the match.
79, was made by r. r. Clark of Elk
wanok.
The next annual tournament will
be held at Rutland, the date to be fix
ed by the executive committee.
The Visiting players speak in the
highest terms of the condition of the
course which reflects no little credit
upon Greenkeeper Mcdonald.
The feature mdtch of the second
and semi-fnal rounds yesterday of
the Vermont state golf tournament
which is being held on the course of
the Mount Anthony country club was
played between George E.. Morse of
the Rutland Country club and f. 7.
Clark of Philadelphia, who plays
from Ekwanok Both were playing
consistent golf and Clark seemed to
have the advantage most of the way.
He was two up at the turn and after
Morse had squared the match at the
fourteenth promptly took the lead
again at the next hole. Morse's put
ting, however, was particularly true
and when he holed his fifth long put
at the seventeenth hole the players
were again on ever terms. Going to
the last hole Clark missed his drive
and was unable to recover the lost
ground
The other pair in the semi-tinals
were Clarence L. Holden. Mt. An
thony, and a former state champion,
and w A. Barber, jr., Princeton
club player attached to Ekwanok.
Barber won and 2.
The summary of the more import
ant results follows:
Champion division second round
match play. r. r. Clark. Ekwanok,
beat f. B. Huston, Mt Anthony,
and d. George Morse, Rutland, beat
+. b. Jennings. jr., Mt. Anthony by
default c. l.. Holden, Mt Anthony,
beat Il. NJ. Pond Rutland and A. w.
A. Barber, ir., Ekwanok, beat p. H.
Jennings, Mt. Anthony, by default
Semi-inal round. Morse beat Clark,
1 up. Barber beat Holden. 4 and =.
Second sixteen. second round John
Daniels, Barre, beat Il. p. Jennings,
Mt. Anthony, Z and 5. 0. Il. Thomp-
son, Brattleboro. beat H. F. Leslie,
Montpelier. ] up. w. o. Henderson.
Ekwanok, beat A. j. Holden, Mt
Anthony, and 5. j. G. Estey, Brat
tleboro, heat J. A. Leslie, Barre, s
and 6.
Semi-fnal round. Thompson beat
Daniels, and 5. Estey beat Hender-
son 2 and l.
Losing eight of first sixteen. Sec
ond round. p. b. Jennings. Mt. An
thony, beat b. b. Sheldon. Dorset, by
default. j. Il. Walsh, Barre, beat
Guy b. Johnson, Mt. Anthony and 4.
a. l.. White, Ekwanok, beat c. NJ.
Clark, Ekwanok, and L. John Reid,
Barre, beat w. II. Dunn, Rutland,
up.
Semi-fnal round. Walsh beat Jen-
nings, 6 and 8. White beat Reid,
and 8.