Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-26
CLAPP WINS
Golf Championship on
Augusta Links

Winner Portland Man and in Final
Round Saturday Defeats Randall of
Same City-CoIe Wins Second
Flight Cup ..
Playing brilliant though erratic
golf, W. F. Clapp of Portland defeat
ed +. A. Randall of Portland up
and { to play Saturday in the final
round of the amateur golf champion
ship of Maine, winning thereby the
title and a handsome silver trophy.
Kelley Cole, also of Portland, won
the second flight cup while Harland
Turner, likewise of Portland won in
the beaten six" division. So alto
gether it was very much Portland's
tournament
The championship match was nip
and-t'ick up to mid afternoon. At
lunch time Mr.. Randall was one up.
On the first round after dinner he
flickercd slightly and when the eighth
hole had been played Clapp was up
on the round and two up on the day.
Both got fair drives, Randall bounced
over the brook on two while Clapp
played his ball into the stream. Then
the affair struck a snaE. At the start
Of the tournament Il rule had been
made-a very unwise rule it appeared
to many, that anyone playing into the
brook on a second shot be allowed to
drop back with 40 penalty. This rule
Rad been repealed fGr the final day O.
play. Randall had been notified.
Clapp had not--formally, at least.
The question then arose as to Whetl-
er Clapp should be assessed penalty
OF one stroke for throwing out his
ball. If he had to count that penalty
stroke he lost the hole, if not he tied
il.
The argument was as pleasant as a
basket Of chips and 10th men willing
~ agreed to leave the question 70 the
tournament committee. Yet the affair
was a goat-getter and it cost Randall
any chance he may have had. Clapp,
after pickering violently on TIE first
hole of the final round. steadied down
and played fair golf. while Randall,
after starting off we'll on the twenty
eighth hole, lost interest in the match
and faded to a faint whisper From
the second hole Of the final round to
the end it was a slaughter.
Randall's game was all gone-he
had stopped trying. He played list
lessly and without determination and
i was all over but Juggling back the
clubs. Probably il did not matter
Clapp appeared to have slight edge
on the afternoon play and would pre-
sunlably have won, regardless Of dis
putes. As it happened. however.
Randall might as we'll have with
drawn outright. At the end Of the
fifth hole Clapp was either ) UP or s
up, depending upon how the tourna-
ment COMMITTEES decided the point,
and as there remained but four holes
to go the match was over. no matter
what the decision vas.
The scores were:
MORNING ROUNDS
Clapr, Out 654 443 445 SO
In 6s4 SAB 44s 43-s2
Randall Out 554 SAB 43s 80
In 555 554 535 42-sl
AFTERNOON ROUNDS
Ciapp, Out 554 564 53s--43.
In 554 "a
Randall. Out sos SEA 545-45
In 565 s.
The results Of the other matches
follow:
Second fiight-kelley Cole defeated
DR.. Forrest c. Tyson So.
Losing s, first f1ight-H Lewis de-
feated w. H. Cook, 80,
Losing eight. second fight-Dr
Stanwood Fisher defeated w. T.
Johnson, FL.
Beaten S Of second and third flights
Turner defeated H. L.
Mitchell, 80.
A purse was raised at noon for
match between Frank Gilman, the
local professional and John Graham
of Bangor, which was won by Gill
man, "a. Gilman had a score of 80
31-7s.