The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-08

day, when first and second-round n vitation tournament were played, Today four golfers are left to fight two of them Birmingham players an
 There were upsets. of course, and there were matches that ran true to form Close matches were played. and there were some tits that were won by something resembling land slides.
 Tn this mornings semi-final match es, the following golfers will meet. the winners to meet in the finals this afterIfoon:
 Jenks Gillem, Birmingham and Glenn Crisman, Selma.
 Rob Munger, Birmingham, and Mike Thomas, Nashville.
 These four alone remain to contend for the championship, out of field of 16 golfers who teed off in first flight round matches yesterday morn ing. With one exception, they all won their matches easily yesterday. and never had a close call.
 Munger Is Pushed
 It was different in the case of the exeeption-Bob Munger, who was forced to put forth his best efforts to- win his first and second round matches yesterday. xn the morning round Friday, Munger eliminated 2 kinsman. Lonnie Munger, but was forced to the seventeenth green to do so. Bob eliminated Lonnie, two up and one to go.,
 In his afternoon round, Bob Munger was forced even harder than that to win. In his match with Ike Osbun, who has played great golf this week, Beb Munger was carried the limit, winning on the eighteenth green one ups Ike Osbun's great showing in the qualifying round Thursday indicated that he would be prime contender for the championship, and 1t required a master like Bob Munger, playing the golf of 8 master, to put Osbun out of the running.
 Bob Munger is one of the most consistent golfers Birmingham has ever produced, and he is being pick ed to give the Nashville golfer, Mike Thomas. grand battle today, and Is thought to have at least an even chance to eliminate his opponent in the semi-finals.
 Thomas Wins Easily
 About this Mike Thomas. the Nash william is a southpaw golfer and he swings an unusually effective club from the port side. It is seldom that a left handler reachesNthe top in golf, but Thomas great work during the qualifying and two match play rounds at Redwood stamp him as q really good golfer.
 In yesterdays play, Thomas was not even forced to extend himself to win his two matches. Thomas elimi- mated. Henry Plunkett, local golfer in the morning round, without a struggle, and 5. In the afternoon, he ran even wilder, defeating H. G. Sefbels, another Birmingham contend CT, in. the twelfth green, seven up. Thomas played some great golf yes- terdag, and must certainly be taken into consideration in doping out to- days probable winners.
 Crisman Eliminates Boyd
 Glen Crisman, the Selma golfer who has developed into something of a dark horse, furnished the upset of the day Friday. He eliminated Pol !, lock Boyd, Chattanooga, in the first round. and ?. Boyd is Tennessee : state @titleholder, and national inter- ] collegiate champion. The Chattanoo- sun is an unusually good golfer, but the Selma expert was in too good fern to lose yesterday.
 in the second round yesterday Ciisman eliminated a mighty good man in Doc Leslie Brownlee. who had ftsa9A A3 a sensational battle with R. l.. Gregory for a one-hole victory in the ffret- Founa. Crisman won in rather deefsise fashion, defeating Doc BpeMBlee, 5 and 4.
 it',ii GilIem in Form
 ,Jenks Gillem. who has rarely ever bceme,recognized as a championship contender, has been at the top of his game ,during the present tournament, and Yesterday won two fairly easy vf,tcries. eliminating David Roberts Jr.in the first round and c. D. Cor wimin the second, winning both nratehes by up and to play.
 Blob. Baugh, Jr. who turned in low qtieaifying score Thursday, lost his firap match yesterday, when he was effmiriated by c. E. Corwin, 3 and l. 31ihe: lower flights were productive of.soH1o good golf yesterday. In the see1nd flight, Chick Ridley of Att lanta,swho was picked as a sure semi firalixt in that division, lost to Her. bert Tutwiler in the second round.
 The. matches were run off smoothly ycsteFday, with very few hitches and theniinimum of defaults. Roebuck officia1s are to be congratulated upon tlei splendid manner in which they are staging their annual invitation tournament this year. That the af- fair will end up a complete success th3s afternoon is manifested by the uuuSUal interest in the meet and the gqed golf being played by the con. tegfarts