The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-10-04
BOTHWRIGHT AND
fBLAIRELININATED.
!NE0GAE Tourney
G. 7. Watson, Who Played
With Sarazen Recently,
Wins Close Match.

Two Of the matches in the tri-
Anal round of the Country. Club
annual championship golf tourna-
ment were completed Tuesday aft
,ernoon, T. E. johnson winning
tsom Jack Blair on the nineteenth
green and g. T. Watson winning
from s. W. Wright to the tune Of
one up In eighteen holes.
Both matches were keenly con-
tested. In the Johnson-Blair
match Johnson stuck close to his
more experienced opponent over
the first nine holes, but on the
second nine Blair got the breaks
and started for the eighteenth
green one up It looked like he
would hold that advantage and
win, but Johnson had splendid
drive and. second and squared the
contest VIXEN Blair took three puts
against his regulation two puts.
Things being all even, they both
drove well toward the nineteenth,
but johnson had the advantage Of
a better second which held the
green. He putted out for par
four while Blair was too weak
with his chip shot and lost the
hole and match when he required
a five. .t
johnson has been playing golf
only a few seasons but Is one Of
the hardest workers on the local
course. He has been .practIcing
conscientiously for. some time OF
late and played his shots yester-
day afternoon with boldness and
confidence that would do credit to
a professional. He will meet the
winner Of the Ed. Holbert and
Bobby Hood match in the semi
final round. ~
G. T. Watson was the second
winner of the day when he ell
minated S. W. Wright from the
championship tournament on, the
eighteenth green. Had Wright
been able to win the last hole Of
the round the match would have
been an overtime. session, but he
wasn't equal to the task. In fact,
after both players started with
par fours on No. 1 Wright became
wild with his putter on No. 2
and lost the hole, putting Watson
one up. From that point on the
former president of the Fairmont
Chamber OF Commerce played a
string of unbeatable fours and at
the end Of the first nine had
Wright four holes down.
Things changed considerably
on the second nine when Wright
got into a winning streak and
was helped along by Watson's
temporary slowing down. ordil-
arliy a remarkably accurate put
tel. Mr.. Watson lost his, touch. the
, first four holes OF the second nine,
and Wright's consistent par scor-
ing enabled him to play of from
the No. 6 tee all even. Wright's
drive was long and straight, while
watson sliced to the rough and
had to play his second straight
ahead into more rough territory
short Of the green. With the
gates wide open Wright unfor-
tunately cut his second far short
and to the right of the line and
then made two miserable dub at
tenipts to get his ball out Of long
grass and on the green. Watson's
playing on that hole was none too
good, yet he became one UP when
he finally holed a FIVE, one over
par, against his rivals seven.
The sixteenth and seventeenth
were halved in regulation fours
and the eighteenth in five which
closed the doors to championship
honors so far as Wright was con-
cerned. Watson advances to the
semifInal round In consequence Of
his victory and will tackle the
winner Of the Hartley Gwyn
match. It wouldn't be surprising
to local golf fans II he landed 10
the final round and even won the
1922 championship.
Watson a Favorlte
Watson is finished shot
maker and usually very steady
throughout his playing. Being a
member Of several golf clubs u
Baltimore. Washington. New York
and Detroit, he has had, the benz
fit OF association with many Of
the most able golfers in tns
country and only last week play:
ed over the Detroit Golf CluS
course with the national open
champion, Gene Sarazan.
The Detroit incident was the
result of a match arranged by
Alvin McCauley, president OF thu
Packard Motor Car Co., and Dr.
H. H. Hills, executive vice pres!:
dent OF the automobile concern:
who are close friends OF Mr..
Watson due to the latter's inter
ests In the Standard Garage Co 8,
distributors Of Packard cara.
Jack Blair of Fairmont, also was
a guest in the party which In.
Guided Mr.. Watson and the off
cials Of the automobile concern,
together with sarazen. who was
specially invited to be one Of the
foursome with Mr.. Watson, Mr..
McCauley and Doctor Hills.