Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-06-26
OUTHERN AMATEUR GOLF
TITLE Goes TO ADA|R
ilnnta Player DisposcS OF Youth
full WcnZlcr on Links ut
Nashville.
osEK FIGHTS GAME BATTLE
trugglr Useless, NV Veteran Plays
Almost Perfect Game = FINAL
Day Hottest Of Week and Course
Is Baked.


NASHVILLE. TENN. June 2j.-Thc
outh"rn amateur golf title held By
iiobhy Jones. Yell. in his absence IN
.ngiand. 70 another Atlanta golfer
er" today, when Perry Adair, or the
mid Hills club. overwhelmed II. X.
iackJ Wenzler. Colonial club. Mem
his. $ up and 10 play IN the nnal
latch %! the tournament,
Adnir. who won the medal for low
cor" with - in the qualifying
'Und. had been lOw ncdalist three
mes before In Dixie championship
tournaments. but this VAS the first
me h" had aurv!vcd the match play
{" ~a4 at the top Of his game
rough practically every match and
al no clnrc finishes The At!antan's
am" was ii l'itic ragged "A. times
hts morning. toth on the tee and in
iuin@ but hts recovery shots were
rriliant Ne improved greatly du-
hs tho afternoon. when his iron
hot$ were nothing short OF perfect
p 10 The pin, and he would have
one IN" urst round well under par
ad h" been putting We'll
~ u was. .Aduir required three
ntts on TIA. hith and ninth holes.
" vent out IA &c against par 81.
:ainSt this dazzling exhibition
'"nIl"r fought Eamciy. but vas help
ss, II" started tho afternoon round
hown 10 Sdnir and reached the
-Nouth hoic down AIair then sho,
a. next four Uud,r par, winning
~ ~ them ana ending tho match on
ne eleventh green with AN eagle
hrre. laying tn" iron shot dead to
ac pin.
I W"uHic! eliminated Adaii las, year
n the FIRST match .: the Western
'nateUr TAT .Adai, Vac ahead Of tho
iicinphis lad AZ. through their match
IpdEy, and finally won tho champion
hin. which n nrst sought on tho
l:ich.uHd course here IN 1913 In
Pat year Nelson Whitu"y. N-S or
Fans put the Albanian out in tho
nails An 'inoi'iclal avcraE" 90!
dalr's cards cor all OF HIS champion
Ihlp matches here this year showed
| ln shooting between ~ ana - -
.crderfuI record for ans golfer on
Against hdairs game the youthful
lNcnzlcr. who learned the !igst rudl-
lIcGts oi TIA" ancient gam" a. "A caddy
the municipal nnks IN Memphis,
Sus always striving. but never able
10 get the jump. when the game was
Jagged Ia the morning .\dair was
ust lit;ic Bit better and used his
Np.ri"ncc and NOHdcrfu! array Of
Eo,s TO head OF hiss opponent. The
iirge gallery that followed tho match
pplaudcd wcEZlcr on every occa-
on aud plainly the great majority
wanted 10 see him WIZ. Adair coin e
Ineu;cd on II privately to friends
urluG the afternoon. and seemed 10
g more determined 10 Win than ever,
r. received generous applause AT
mes for his reCov"rics and his per
ec, drives.
The weather was unusually hot
hrour hOut the wees and today a
,iistcrinE sun MAS made worse by
,iyh humidity II seemed to affect
he players NOR. in the morning
nan during the afternoon, although
he second eighteen holes Was start
. shortly after o'cloch. The Belle
ieadc cCurs- was hard baked from
he long drought with the greens
rac:lo,i IN many places from the heat.
I'hc hnri. dry greens. however. gave
he ball a long roll and enabled those
In the championship matches and
essc- lights 10 set long distance on
long for many Of them.