The New York herald., 1920-12-30
EXTRA HOLE MATCHES
ON SOUTHERN LINKS
First Match Round at Pine
hurst Full of Surprises.

Special Despatch to THE New YORK HERALD
PINEH URsT, n. c., Dec. 29.-The first
match round of the annual midwinter
tournament, played on the championship
course at Pinehurst to-day, was remark
able for the defeat or narrow escape of
most of the leading favorites and for
series of extra hole matches of uncom-
mon length played in the lower divisions.
William E. Donahue of Shackamaxon,
who won the qualifying medal yesterday
with a round of rs, weent down to a 4
and defeat at the hands of James c.
Ward Of Kansas City, thte transMissis-
sippi champion.
Ned Beall of Uniontown, the former
North and South champion, was put out
Of the running by p. II. Thayer of Brae
Burn. who won by l up. More surprising
still was the defeat of E. L. Scofield.
the Stamford expert, who lost by l down
TO c. l.. Becker of Philadelphia, N. Y.
Scofield qualified in II yesterday and
Becker in his normal s5. Becker fin
ished in 81 and Scofield in SO.
A. Lucien Walker Jr.. of Richmond
county, last years intercollegiate cham
pon. won his match with c. +. Wat
son, Jr. of Baltusrol by the narrow mar
gin of 1 up. Watson was 3 UP on
Walker at the eleventh hole and II looked
like another favorite gone to the bad.
The twelfth went to Walker. however.
and he reduced his disadvantage to ]
down at the thirteenth by sinking one
from off the green for a winning birdie
3 on this difficult hole. The sixteenth
also went to Walker and squared the
match. which finally went to the Rich
mond county golfer when he won the
eighteenth by a brilliant recovery from
a trap to the green. followed by the sue
n "a nf q fX-fn
for n par figure 4.
Walker and Ward are now the reign
ing favorites for the final honors.
Walker will be opposed tomorrow by G.
l.. Becker. Ward will meet John D.
Chapman of Greenwich who came
through by and 3 victory over Prest-
ly MacLaughlin of Jersey City.
First sixteen-R. II. Hunt. Worcester. bea,
Morton l. Fearey. Garden City. 3 and 2:
Baird. Columbia, up; James G. Ward. Kan
sas City, beat w. +. Donahuc. SnacKamaxon.
and 3; j. u. Chapman, Greenwich. beat
=. s. MacLaughlin, Ekwanok and 3; A.
l.. Walker. Jr.. Richmond County, beat c.
+. Watson. Jr.. National Links. up; c. l..
Becker. Philadelphia, NY, beat p. l.. SEQ
beat Carman Messmore. Ardsley. and 2;
+. II. Thayer, Brae Burn. beat Edward c.
Beall. St. Francis. up. .,.
beat E. II. wisewell, Montclair. up (2l
holes): G. s. Waterhouse, Ardsley. beat t.
A. Kelley, Southern Pines. / up; G. w.
Statzell. Aronmink, beat J. A. Allen, Bal
iusrol. o and ): Ray Thompson. Engineers.
feat II. ]. Frost. Brae Burn, 9 and q: II. s.
=, arson, New Haven, won from Norman w.
Peters, Englewood. by default: $. o. Miller,
Engewood, beat A. s. Higgins. st. Andrews.
: and 4; G.. T. Dunlap. Canoe Brook, won
from G. B. Keene. Pine Valley, by default;
T.. T.. Porter, Swanoy, beat +. B. O'Brien,
Detroit. | up C22 holes).
Third SiNtcen--Joe Hotchklss, New Haven,
beat g. .. Clarke. st. Andrews. / up; q.
W. Mead, Glen Ridge beat J. r. Bowker.
Woodland. and g. Or. j. s. Brown, Mont
clair beat T. l.. wabridge. New York,
up; Donald Herring. Princeton. beat William
G.. Bibb. SLEEPY Hollow. and 3; w. T.
Barr. Deering Iia rbor beat A. S. Gilman.
Shaker Heights, and 3: J. ID. Montgomery,
Toronto. beat /. 4. Korndorff. Upper Mont
clair. 1 up: +. r. Richardson, Monoosnock.
beat John II. Bell, Wykagyl, md |: Edwin
Sander. SALISBURY, beat O. G. Frost, Wood
land. up.