New-York tribune., 1920-04-12

1ne occasion was the special golf
tournament for the men and women
tennis players in the annual North and
Soutn championship tourney. About
women teed of at eighteen-hole medal
competition, and the medals were
pinned ON Benjamin F. Briggs in the
mems division and on Mrs. Briggs as
ne best of the fair and more deadly
sex Briggs turned off a neat but not
gaudy 49-41-90, while his wife held a
Dig lead over the women with a card Of
The round Of the course served to
shatter some idols and disclose their
feet OF clay: The most distressing ex-
Of the West Side Tennis Club.
Baggs Ready for Killing"
Baggr had come down from New
York all set fer . grand slam at tha
. grand old game: His golf equipment
his irons polished and his wooden clubs
massaged with scented oil. Freddie c,
would have made MIR. B. Brummel look
like q scarecrow in North Carolina
corntleld, the whole picture set OF by
knitted four-in-hand tie that may only
be described by the word "deft."
After getting the "low down" on the
course from Uncle Joe Cotton, the Of
fetal and Ethiopian street cleaner of
the Pinehurst links. who is 1o4 years
old in the shade and several more in
the sun, Baggs estim ated that q card
Of about II would be ali right opposite
his name. AS some of the skepties
weren't anxious to take his word for it,
IF. c. B." consented to play it out as
matter Of form.
Condensing famous events In history,
let it be said that Mr.. Baggs's score
was just 100, and Its owner was glad to
get it. When he came up for air on
the nineteenth green Frederick C.'s
knit tie was playing hide and seek with
his left car. his Channels" were suffer
ing from virulent attack Of spotted
fever from mud splashes, and every
thing was all very sad.
The full casualty list follows:
vdss gsn5amin NJ IN r Prigss, 90; s. H9wsra
koase 49, Z assss Mss i5 49, 49, a. N''asas MsT.
ios G s. Bryan; los; Kenneth Simmons,
bury, lis.
Only One Card
Mrs Briggs was the only one to turn
in card among the women, the others
being frightened of when they hoard
Of her low scoring. We know the
scores, but we are not going to betray
any condolences.
Sreaking as one Of the hectic sur
vivors who finished with q total of 1O2
wound stripes, we declare that BaRgs
in his description Of the No. course
said only half Of it.
The tennis tournament will be re-
sumed tomorrow, starting right after
breakfast, and will continue until after
7 o'clock in the evening, and this will
be natural" as they use the old
standard time down here. (Hint to the
sporting editor not to expect early
copy)
In the morning the mixed doubles
will start, and the afternoon will be
devoted to the women's singles and
mems doubles. Those who meet in the
singles will face each other in the
round before the semi-inal in this OF
der:
Mrs. B. F. Briggs W. Mrs. Theodore
Sohst, Miss Helen Gilleaudeau vs.. Miss
Edith Sigourney, Miss Leslie Bancroft
VS.. Miss Mary Sigourney, Miss Leslie
Bancroft VS.. Miss Marion Zinderstein
and Miss Phyllis Walsh VS.. Miss Flor
ence Balln.
The semi-hnal round Of the mems
doubles will bring these teams against
each other:
Hathrock Morton and R. B. Didw.ll
VS.. W. T. Tilden ed and G. CARLTON
Shafer, q. c. Wick jr. and Kenneth
Simmons vs. s. Howard Voshell and
Samuel Hardy.
A keener interest than usua! at
taches to the mixed doubles in the
North and South championship tennis
tournament at Pinehurst this week.
The committee has bestowed the nom
de court of affinity mixed doubles" to
the event, and everybody Is speculat-
ing. But watch this space tomorrow.
Gould tn Defend T;tJa