New-York tribune., 1922-04-07
Match Play in
Pinellurst Golf
Halted by Rail-,
Only Two Pairs Finish Nine
Holes in North and South
Amateur Tournament
By Ray Mccarthy

FINEhuRST, n. c., April 6.-Thc
survivors in the North and South am,
teur golf championship made bravt
attempt TO beat the roin to-dav b,.
tailed dismally. The weather man ,ys :
stubborn and had control Of tine s;tu,.
ton the whole day long. The yo;fars
are IN hopes he will reien. by to-
morrow, for there is still considerable
business to be transacted before ,be
final round
Two pairs OF hardy contestants man.
aged to finish nine holes and the Two
others struggled to the ninth before
suspendlng hostilities. As mottors
row stand F. H. Robson OF Rochestar
mas an advantage Of three holes over
Dohalo ParSon. of Youngstown. start.
,,n@ the second nine holes, Artbnr
yates. the merry medalist, swan to tha
'ufh one stroke or one holeahead of his
harp-shooting, lcft-handed opnonnnt
Michael Thomas. N'p''''''' l.
:, henry Topping fnds himself down to
r., l.. Scoiield, with ten holes to ho
piayeG BIZ FpWncs, former national
a 3i""Ieur chNhrioN. has an advantare Of
up on Harold Weber, with fen to 90
The second round will be finished -,
the morning ard the victors will clash
Immediately after luncheon in thn
scmi-fnal round. Wv
Fownes Plays Well III Mud
foWnes proved TO bc the best "aud
oer OF the field to-day He soggcd
along at the speedy clip Of even 4s. ANA
that going here is good in arv Kind Of
weather.
Weber, however. was quite equal tn
the task OF holding the pace. He is
a very steady individual and 9 down
DOESN'T mean much where he is con-
cerned. There will be some finn vnt
before this match is finished. Fownes
got the lead at tho second hole. and al-
though Weber squared matters at fro
third the Oakmont star grabbed .
couple of useful IS ON the fourth and
the sixth and halved the other holes.
Yates had been warned about the
proWess of this fellow Thomas. who
crashes the ball like Babe Ruth. So
ne probably wasn't greatly surprised
when the renncssean started y, with Vi i''o a
rush and won the first two holes. In
stead ne settled down to play golf.
Inc rain was getting in its best ticks
as the pair approached the turn. The
moisture seemed to bother Thomas
more than 1t did Sir Arthur. and the
former dropped three holes in row
and the lead. Yates was 2 up going to
the seventh hole.
Unless we misjudge the caliber Of
Michael Thomas we would say that
this match is far from ended as yet.
Topping Trailing Scofeld
Henry Topping was moving along
serenly and i'll good form until the
latter part of the outgoing Journey.
Then the rain caught him and ruined
his disposition as we'll as his score.
Topping faces q big handicap in being
down to Scofield, with only ten
holes left to play, for the latter is
quite proficient at Pinehurst golf.
Don Parsons took "A blows to make
the outgoing trip in his match with
F. X. Robson. Robson covered the
same distance in 40 strokes. Parsor
omplained that his nblick wasn't
working as we'll as it might or the
greens. He was missing the cup by
inches in attempting these pitch shots.
Robeson tried driving the ball along
the ground on the sand greens with
better results. He is up, and there
is every reason to believe he will be
one of the semi-tinalists. After with
drawing from the field of battle the
competitors. practced hip shots in
doors. If the weather continues as it
is that will be the most useful shot
for the boys tomorrow.
Al Mendes, of Siwanoy, lost to Z. c.
Beall, of Uniontown, by and 2 in
one of the few completed matches in
the second division play