The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-22
Golfers Gather for Big Tourney
EDITED BY JACK BETHEA
FOOD FOR RANDOM
By FRED En

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 According to reports from New Or leans, Birmingham will have the 1917 annual tournament of the Southern Golf association. President R. H. Baugh of the Southern league is ac- lively leading the campaign to bring the tourney to the Magic City. When a recent visitor to the Crescent City, President Baugh gave out the state ment that Birmingham had the honors practically cinched at the present and the vote was only a matter of for mality.
 The Times-Picayune carried the fol- lowing story:
 The 1917 annual tournament of the Southern Golf association will be held on the course of the Roebuck Golf and Country club at Birmingham, at date to be decided upon later, but prob- ably early in June of next year.
 This practically was decided upon yesterday when R. H. Baugh, presi- dent of the Southern Baseball league, prominent golfer and director in both the Roebuck Golf and Country club and the Southern Golf association re- ceived the cordial support of the New Orleans Country club, through Leigh Carroll, it's president, in his project of landing the tourney for the Bir- mingham organization.
 For some time it was understood that the local club would go after the tournament and it was believed that it had a good chance to get it if it was felt that course would be in championship form by the time the tourney is to be held. It has been decided since, however, that all the work that could be done in the time at hand will not get the course in con dition for the fine play necessary in tournament golf and when Mr. Baugh came along and declared that the Birmingham course is in shape for that kind of play, the full support of MT. Carroll and his associates was freely given.
 MT. Baugh recently has toured the south, visiting especially the courses which have sought the next tourna- ment, and stated yesterday that he has received the unqualified support of all the others for Birmingham. Of course, the matter will have to be voted on by the directors of the asso- citation but when all of these have ex-
 
 and that opinion is practically uani- nous, the result of the formal vote is easily foretold.
 New Orleans had the tournament. at the Audubon Golf clubs course, some years ago Since then it has been held in Atlanta, Memphis and Dallas, the latter city being host to the golf CTS this summer. It is thought prob- able that it will again come to New Orleans in 1918, when the new Coun- try club course will have been brought to near perfection.
 MT. Baugh, in addition to being pres- ident of the Southern league and an ardent baseball fan is recognized as one of the south's leading golf play CTS and is great booster for the sport which he considers little if any, less scientific than baseball.
 The death of Player Johnny Dodge seems to have cast a veil of gloom over the entire league and especially places where the late Gull had played Below is printed few of the state ments as viewed by other southern papers: Nashville Banner: Deep regret is felt throughout the circuit over the death of Johnny Dodge, former Vol, who was playing with the Mobile Gulls at the time of his fatal acci- dent. Dodge died in Mobile sanita- rum last night at 7:30 o'clock with concussion of the brain caused from the blow received in the Sunday game with the Nashville team. Rog- CTS was pitching, and in an effort to step in and meet the ball Dodge was struck in the head.
 Chattanooga News: Johnny Dodge, mh nd lnfi al fon in general mourn today. was one of the most popular players in the Southern league. He was of an un- usually bright and sunny disposition and at all times a perfect gentle man, both on and off the playing field. ~
 The death of Dodge should teach a lasting lesson to the pitchers in this league who are now in the habit of using the "bean ball'' in the pinches. Rogers, who struck Dodge, was not of this type, and regrets the sad affair worse than anyone else There are pitchers in this league, however, who deliberately place the life of opposing batsmen at stake in order to drive them back from the plate and dispose of them on wide curve balls.
 Mobile Register: But for the sad death of Johnny Dodge, a teammate, there would be great rejoicing in the Gull camp this morning. The rise of the Gulls into respectable company in the league race is overshadowed, how ever, by the death of their friend and fellow ball player His death, fol- lowing the injury Sunday afternoon, has cast sorrow over all the players. It is, perhaps, the saddest event in the Southern league annals in years, Mobile and the league losing a popu lar, efficient and conscientious player.