The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-09-06
GOLF TOURNEY APPEARS To Be
SOMEWHAT Of A FAMILY AFFAIR
TWO RowNDS AND TWO PoLLoCKS
WILL PLAY IN THE FINALS
THIS MORNING.
d. A. Beatty, who Won the Handicap
Event, Never Played Round OF COLI
Until Past Fifty Years Of Age.
BY C. r. CAMPBELL.

The third days play In the West Fir-
ginia patriotic golf tournament has
taken on the appearance Of being
decided family affair. w. j.. Rownd
plays julie Pollock in the finals Of the
first sixteen. while his son. Robert. plays
W, G. Hamilton in the final rounds of
the second sixteen. T. II. Pollock meets
d. 4. Beatty in the finals OF the de-
feated eight. Thus out of six men who
play in the finals today. two arc Rownds
and two arc pullockS. In the finals OF
tho third sixteen Russell Throp plays
w L. Weiss.
Yesterdays matches were close and
interesting. julie Pollock had To extend
himself tn the utmost Ii defeat Mr.. Joe
Wells. The match was carried Ia the
last green, Notwithstanding the fact that
Pollock had another remarkable round
Of 60. The players were even ut the
turn and both played remarkable COLL
coming homo. AT the II green Mr..
Pollock was one up and one To play, ana
by winning the Is hole won the match.
Mr.. w. Il. Rownd again demonstrated
his sterling qualities by defeating Mr..
Walter Stocklry. OF Farmont. Stnckiry
plays Il fine long game and it was only
owing TO the fact I'll Mr. Ruwnd's steady
consistent golf which allowed him To
defeat Mr.. Stockley by three up and two
10 play. Today Rownd plays Pollock
in the %6-holc final rounds for the first
cup. Play will start at am. and no
doubt quite II large gallery Will follow
the match around.
In the second sixteen Mr.. Robert
Rownd had no trouble in hlSpnsinS IT
DR. L. ~ lIudrcth Ill, and today will
meet Mr.. W. q. Hamilton in the finals.
Mr.. Hamilton sprung n surprise by de-
fcnting Mr.. II. t.. Fields. Mr.. Fields
had been winning all his matches IN
easy fashion and was looked upon us
the dark horse" who was TO win the
second flight.
In the third flight Mr. Russell Thrnp
had an easy match with Mr.. Joe Spcidcl.
winning by seven up and five To play,
and tomorrow will meet Mr.. W. L. Weiss
in the finals.
In the defeated eight Of the first six
teen. r. II. Pollock loUk t. r. Campbell
into camp in rather easy fashion anu
tomorrow will play II. \. Beatty. who
turned the same trick on J. Is. Baum.
Mr.. d. ~ Beatty. vino plays Mr.. Pollock
in the finals today and who won yester-
days handicap. is Il youth who blush
ingly cunfcSScS To hcing o. years young
and who never played n round of golf
until he was past fifty years old. Mr..
Beatty yesterday won the Baum trophy
with IL net score Of 90.
The committee early III tho tourna-
mcnt made 4 ruling that nobody could
win more than one Prize. 81 in case MIR.
Beatty wins the cup donated for the
defeated eight in the first sixteen he
will be disqualified from winning the
Baum trophy and this will compel the
three players who are tied for second
place to play off Il tic for the handsome
trophy DR.. K. &. Camden, George W.
Hewitt and W. T.. Wells arc all tied
with II for second place.
The scores for the Baum trophy yes
t"rtlay were as follows: