Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-24
PORTLAND men
Play Finals Today for
Golf Title

Between r. A. Randall and w. F.
I clapp-One Augusta Player, Dr..
Forrest c. Tyson, Reaches Finals
in Second Fiight-Bio Crowds Will
Watch Final Matches Today
! The Portland Country Club has
won the amateur golf championship
| OF Maine
Whether the first holder of Maine's
highest golfng honor will be E. A.
Randall or W. F. Clapp Will be de-
cided by a 36-ho'e match today. But
| whoever wins it, the honor goes to
! Portland. for both Of the finalists
are members of that club.
The Augusta club still has look
| in for one of the honors of the event,
| for DR.. Forrest c. Tyson has fought
! his way through to the finals in the
second fight and meets Kelley Cole
of Portland IN the final round in this
| division. P. NJ. Lawrence and W. T.
| Johnson Of the local club still lin
! ger in the beaten eight division Of
the second sixteen and are slated
! for a before breakfast round this
morning TO finish out their match
interrupted last night by darkness.
The first division matches brought
out some excellent golf. E. A. Ran
dali at last hit his stride and reeled
off some remarkable golf. defeating
F. L, Wentworth in the morning, 5.
4. and taking the measure of the
brilliant H. E. Mitchell of Bruins
wick in the afternoon, 50. Clapp, the
other finalist, also put up good golf
reellng off one round of So In the
morning play Clapp eliminated D. S
Stewart, the last Augusta player in
I the first flight, playing some phenom
inal golf TO do it. In the afternoon he
i had comparatively little trouble in
beating G. A. Sadler, "a
The match today betweel Randall
and Clapp should be an extremely
interesting one Clapp Is the more
brilliant player of the two. but Ran
dali is singularlv steady. He seems
u have caught the hang Of the Au-
H susta greens now and is especially
deadly on his short game,
Eighteen holes Of the championship
match will be played in the morning
4
lery will doubtless follow the match
both morning and afternoon.
Augusta's interest will he divid
ed between the first and second
flights, for the sole naming rep
resentative of'the local club. DR.. Ty-
son. will meet Kelley Cole in the fl
nails. Both are powerful players. sure
! Of doing some sensa tionai work, and
we'll worth the attention and inter
est Of a big gallery.
The attendance Of spectators b,Th
days has been large and an especial
~ large gathering is to be looked f'r
today. Dinner and SUPPER will ne
served at the restaurant as usual
on Saturday.
The results Of Fridays matches
follow.
FIRST FLIGHT.
Second round Mitchell OF Bruins
wick defeated Blanchard OF Port
land. up Ranaall Of Portland de-
foated Wentworth Of Waterville, :
4: Sadler Of Brunswick defeated Tur-
ner Of Portland, So; Clapp IF Port
land defeated Stewart of Augusta,
I1-5
Seminal round Randall defeated
Mitchell l up; CJapp defeated Sadler,
5-4.
SECOND FLIGHT.
Second round-Cole of Portland de-
featod Wilder Of Waterville, up.
Hill Of Augusta defeated Jewett Of
Augusta | up; Tyson Of Augusta
defeated Nash Of Augusta. AZ: Neale
Of Portland defeated Allen of Angus
ia. 81.
Semi final round-Cole defeated
Hill. l up; Tyson defeated Neale.
"a.
THIRD FLIGHT.
Seml-fnal round-Ty'er defeated
Owen by default; Kane defeated
Tiles, 4-2.
\; Final round-Kane defeated Tyler.
a-2
Beaten Eight, First Sixteen
Semi-final roun1--Cook defeated
Atwood, / up: Lewis defeated Frs
well, l up.
Beaten Eight, Second Sixteen
final round-Flsher defeated
Weston. 30; Lawrence johnson
match unfinished. darkness.
Beaten six Of First IS in End and Sd
Rounds
First round-Blanchard defeated
Wentworth, "a; Turner defeated
Stewart. 81.