Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-30
IMPORTANT EVENTS MARK
THE GOLF YEAR OF 1917
metropolitan District Play Deadcst
in Many Seasons, With Few Tour
ncys and Championships.
BOBBY JONES PROVES SURPRISE
Youngsters Play in Winning South
ern Tito Is Sensational - Red
Cross Matches Are Important.
Ouimct and Evans Playing Good.

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season of 1917 was tho dcadcst the
metropolitan district has known since
the sport was in it's infancy in this
country. as tho metropolitan Golf AS
ISOLATION followed tho lead Of the
United States Golf Association in can
ceiling championships, none OF it's title
play Journeys was held.
The only local championship events
were the womcn's at Piping Rock. the
Eastern intcrscholastic at Nassau and
the Staten Island at Richmond County.
each of these being held independently
OF the NJ. G. A.
The only tournaments were the Lake
wood (sprinG and falD, Scarsdale,
Father ond Son. Seniors and Baysidc.
I The spring affair at Lakewood. April
26-2S. was won by Percy Plat, who
had the distinction OF defeating Nor
man Maxwell. the young Philadelphia
star. by and /. In the final Plat de-
fcatcd +. Randolph, Jr.. by aud 3
! in eighteen holes.
! In tho autumnal Lakewood tourney
the winner was H. NJ. Forrest. Of the
homo club, who beat a. ]. Mcclure.
also Of Lakewood in the final by
and ). after eliminating Norman Max
we'll IN the morning by up.
Winter Title Plny.
In the Southern championships. tho
East captured two and the West one.
the womcnS. The North and South
amateur championship was won in the
final OF thirty-six holes by Norman
Maxwell. of Philadelphia, over w. c.
fownes Jr.. Pittsburgh. former ma
tional champion. by : and /. The
North and South open was captured
by NJ. j. Brady. OF Oakley. with 67--T4
III. with Fred Mcleod Columbia.
| Washington. ID. c., second, with IL
'2-lf3. The North and South women's
| went TO Miss Elaine Roscnthal, OF
Chicago. former Western champion, and
1914 national runner-up, who defeated
| Mrs Dorothy Hurd Campbell In the
| final by and >. These three cham.
pionships we're decided at Pinehurst.
An unusual thing in the seasons play
! was the winning of the Southern cham
| pionship by the youngest player eyer
known to have captured a title. Bobby
Jones, Just past his fifteenth birthday.
defeated Louis Jacoby. of Dallas, by 6
ana IN the thirty siN-hoic final at the
kocouck Links. Birmingham, on Juno >.
Rcd Cross Matches.
Inc most important local compcti-
were the international Red eros:
matches, the Ouimet- Guilford VS.
s-kirhy. the Mrs. Gavin-Travers
tho Travers -Gulford VS.. Kirkby-
anderson and Ouimet Gulford VS..
/ kirkby- Anderson matches.
women professional two-ball foursomc
play. cur-proressonal thirtv-siy-
hoia medal play, both at EnClewood
ana mems team matches at Raltusrol
Si~anoy and Garden City. Willie Mac
iariane the Hudson River pro, won
inc medal play in the play-ofr OF a tie
win George Mclean, OF North Hemn-
stead. at l46. with a round OF IS against
90 lot Mclean. The mixed foursomes
lne hret day were won by Miss G.. Ar
Bishop and Jack Hobcns with %
42--Si
Tho team matches were signaliscd
by the overwhelming superiority OF
the twelve home bred pros and tho a.
ieat OF Gil Nichols and Walter Hagen.
the pros by Jerome D. Travers the
amateur who was beaten only on ths
nome hole at Siwanoy by Jack Hutch
inSon, tho Scotch pro.
hooby Jones. tho boy wonder of
atlanta and Southern amateur cham
pion: also distinguished himself by de-
teatins cyril Walker, the strong pro-
ieSslona! from Shackamaxon, by lin
AT Haitusrol; by disposins Of Fred Nc.
Lcod. OF Columbia. Washington, D. C.
inc 1908 United States open champion'
ny up At siwanoy. and by taking tho
measure on the last day at Garden CITY
OF mmet French. the York profess
s'onai' by up. The Red Cross wecL
began on July 49,
Ouimct-GuiIford Win,
no hTst OF tho matches betwec,
"u ,, and Guiiford against Travcrs
ana Kirby WAS played at Brac Rurn
Mass. on September I. the Eos,o, ~, ~.
ih'shing up. Tho last half OF The
match was played at Baltusro1 wbora
inc ouimet pair won by and G
", ouimct and Guilford tackled J. g
Morth'nSton and John G.. Anderson a
", ~ o' mn, i. T.. on November
substituted for Kirby. The last hair
oi me watch was played at EnrIe-
WOOD on November *, with the g..
,oh pair again winning. this timc hy
Kirby SINS way 70
,,a IN ,ne meantime. between these two
n'at'hcS Travcrs substituting fo-
cn'mct and partncrins C;uilford w.
pe"tch at EnSlcwood on November I ?
oE anderson and kirkby by 4 and 80
nc most unusual match in this Soc
,'"h. IL not in the United States in Tho
ls''r! OF inc sport, was the handican
contest between j. u. Jraycrs 49,
times the amateur chamnjon -,
'hitcd states and once the omen ch,n,
Pioh' and IRIS. w. 4. GAVIN tho Ira
cih ana metropolitan champion. Mrs
riNin mad concession Of nine stroLex
IN eighteen holes
round was played first at EnrIe.
n
hnishins four holes UP. The last he,t
rnhlo or at Wykagyl on September 81.
Mnch Mrs. Gavin clinched the match
winning by I and 6. The defeat OF
nc american man repeated the e1-
rer'cnco or Harold II. Hilton in Eng
iahd' who was beaten by Miss r.ec,1
hcItch with handicap of nine strokes
Nelther former United States Cham
| p'"h k"oert y. Gardner nor Open and
N'ia,eur champion Chick Evans com
Petcd. Ihis was the first time an East
crncr won the title
! In tho professional ranks the most
important competitions were tho ma
tlonai patriotic open tournament az
"hitemarsh Valley and the western
! open The former was held on Juno
! -"-2.. and was won by Jack Ifutchin-
! SON Of Glen View. with cs3 for 73 holes.
! The second man was Tom Mcnamara.
! OF New York. with 299
| INC western open was held at West
| moEClanI. Ill